Of course he did not change which ROM he was using partway through the movie.

Haha, i phrased that badly. I meant if he realised that a certain rom was so bad that it was worth starting from scratch to find a more reliable one.

Different versions of the ROM usually don't change whether the game records without desync. Not enough differences between them to do that.

Hey, Listen! (lol - sorry... I love that pic) I can't believe I just read 17 pages of this. I also can't believe I haven't been back here for months - but it's finished! I remember reading the tons of pages on the WIP way back then... Congrats for not losing patience (or sanity) and completing it! Still waiting on the download, but just wanted to point something out to the backwalking/item equipping discussion somewhere back around page 10. It's probably been brought up in IRC or on IM's before, but couldn't you make a really simple AutoIt script (once you had the timing down) to accomplish that? I do understand that super gliding probably makes the point moot, but I never really realized that it wouldn't really be *that* hard to write an input script like that and just run it, have it pick up off of frame advance so you wouldn't waste a frame. You could easily cut it off too when it got to the point you needed it to. I'd write a proof of concept but out of all the files/tools needed to try, the only one I've got at the moment is AutoIt. Anyway, great job again and I can't wait to watch it after work tomarrow. =) Better drama between these two threads then most reality TV shows too, btw.

Ahahahaha, loving this commentary. Ocarina of Time is treated with such wide-eyed reverence that it's refreshing to hear what's basically an MST3K treatment from JXQ. You are a hero, sir. ;)

I did think that the commentary was an interesting concept. Perhaps more for other long movies...

Agreed. There have been three runs that I have watched that have contained commentry, this, a Devil My Cry run, and a Metroid prime 2 run. They turned the runs from decent viewing into runs that are amongst my favorite.

Thanks guys! There's a torrent to the avi with commentary included, if you are interested, that way you don't have to worry about them going out of sync.

it does not seem to be seeded anymore since a while. I'm the only client connected, so I'll drop from it.

I'm seeding it currently, and it shows someone connected but it's transferring at 0 Kb. Cardboard has also been seeding, so I dunno.. :\

Another good reason for commentary is that it could also be used to explain some of the finer points of the run. For example, JXQ should make one for his Super Metroid 100% using it to entertain (I'm not insinuating that this movie is at all boring, in fact it is my favourite TAS) and also to explain tricks and glitches and why he did what he did in certain places.

That would actually be great, and not only for the evil laugh he would do at the end as he happily lets the fuzzy little animals boil to death into a chicken and acid soup. With comments like "The rules of Samus's movement had to be re-learned each time I got an item that changed something about her movement." suggests there would be a lot to talk about. Not that I want to delay any Sonic runs that may be in progress of course...

Zelda is a slow-paced game, not just because of the long backwalks and cutscenes. The commentary really helped getting through those parts, and added tons of entertainment to the unentertaining situations. Now, Super Metroid is fast-paced, and with the amount of subtle tricks JXQ added, it never got boring for me. I don't need added entertainment. I don't need additional information either, the submission text + SM Tricks page left little to ask. While I'd definetly appreciate more JXQ-style-madness in audio format, I guess it'd better suit a different run.

I'm not insinuating that this movie is at all boring, in fact it is my favourite TAS

^^^ I agree but commentary would add an extra dimension to any run, fast or slow.

It all depends on the point you want to get across. A commentary on a more serious game that is better suited for a TAS would probably not have as much time available to make fun of the game, and would be better spent explaining things or telling stories about parts that were especially difficult or rewarding during the making of the run. Personally I think that kind of commentary would be difficult to make interesting.

Point taken. Then again I'm probably just thinking of what I would like to hear whilst watching the run. For example, I would be fascinated if whilst watching the run the author was taking me through it: "This was the most difficult part..."; "2000 rerecords here..."; "Perhaps I could improve here next time..."; "This is the glitch I was talking about..." etc. However, that's just me talking.

It's almost more interesting to hear someone who doesn't know the game in and out be surprised at the same spots you are, and conjecture on how certain sequence breaks were done or damage was avoided. Also, the MST3K effect of poking fun at games that weren't designed with speedruns in mind, which was my favorite part about this. Listening to the author talk about specific glitches and route planning on a TAS wouldn't be as easy or as fun to listen to in my mind; the comments allow them to write as much as they want about any specific point without having to say, "okay, this part riiiiiight....HERE, that millisecond jump" and then explain it for two minutes. YMMV of course, that's just where I'm coming from. I think commentaries might actually be more fun for traditional speedruns, because then there was an actual play session the author could talk about, specifically mistakes, close calls, distractions that happened during the session, I think it'd just in general be more interesting to hear about. Expanding on the MST3K idea: Imagine a site that had people run games with the cutscenes left in, and other people would go in later and give the game itself the full MST treatment. It'd be a game demo site, just geared toward showing off as many of the neat things you can do in a game rather than solely aiming for the fastest time. Imagine the riffing a game like Metal Gear Solid 2 would bring upon itself.

I cannot possibly imagine how to create an interesting voice track for the Rockman TAS, being an unfunny person and all. All the good stuff goes so fast past that you can't explain it well... it would need to be explained together with a slow-motion video. And that would more be like a "making of" video then.

"Making of" just brings MTV-like images into my head. We'd have crazy clips with cameras ever-moving and hip-hop playing, spliced with images of women dancing and groups of people watching the video and going "WHOAAAA!!!!" and giving each other dap whilst listening to their ipods and answering their flashy-looking but cheaply made cell phones. It'd be grand fun :) Actually, Bisqwit made a large picture for one of the levels (Cutman I think?) that did an excellent job of explaining the "route" (term used loosely, especially for that level, heh).

Expanding on the MST3K idea: Imagine a site that had people run games with the cutscenes left in, and other people would go in later and give the game itself the full MST treatment.

Just reading the cutscenes is funny enough! http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=2713

what if professional comedians commentated?

Can we please change the image to this one? No offense, but honestly, the treasure chest sucks. It shows nothing that is amusing or out of the ordinary. For those who don't know, the Golden Scale is normally obtained as an adult only. I've thought about using a couple of the other images on this page (just about the only publicity the run managed to get...*sigh*), but thought they may spoil a bit too much.

You know what else sucks (no offense)?

You know what else sucks (no offense)?

Condescension?