Yeah, it's needed, otherwise I would receive them from Ashura and it is a lot slower.
@ Derakon;
The release version or good rom is more generous as it gives you all your health and
magic after you beat a boss.
but it seems to be the only advantage of the good rom... I'm doing Tower of Tarolisk
and despite all of my efforts to finish The Temple Infernus as fast as I could, I'm now
only 270 frames ahead, easy come easy go :(
edit:
oh, yes, there's another advantage and it's the only way to save time on the good rom;
the text can be skipped faster than the beta, the rest is slower, but that's ok.
anyway, I'm doing Petrolith Castle and I'm 570 frames ahead now.
edit2:
still stuck on Petrolith Castle, the crushing ceiling? glitch didn't work on the good rom,
it's not possible to jump while sky is crouching, so it will be another slower stage :(
(the other one is The Tower of the Tarolisk, the last two spiked platforms are too high)
edit3:
Petrolith Castle's done, but I got a really bad surprise after The Falls of Torment;
unlike the published run, I don't have all of my magic back, pretty unfair if you ask me.
edit4:
Gateway of Eternal Storms in this version is a completely different stage, and of course, slower!
I'm doing Storm Fortess of Kh'lar 16 frames behind :( the lack of magic is a nuisance!
edit5:
More differences between the two versions;
on the good rom it's not possible to zip on the roof by simply jumping onto it and casting a spell :(
The Great Tower is also a different stage at the beginning, now there's spiked walls everywhere :(
I'm doing The Great Tower, 909 frames behind. It will be hard, but possible to save some time soon :)
edit6:
Still on the great Tower, but the speed addrees of Sky would really speed up my progress here, oh well...
edit7:
okay, I'm doing the re-fights with the bosses, but I'm still ~900 frames behind :( I'm still trying and of course I'll finish it, but looks like the project failed...
final edit:
the movie is finished, 1428 frames faster, but well, see for yourself:
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1302171542/Dooty-SkyBlazer.smv
