This run wasn't ended by a glitch, it was ended in the normal way of completing the final battle without dying. Other glitches done previously in the run interact negatively with the ending, but it is not a glitch-ending.
That's just the game's copy protection. It tries to detect if the game is running on a copier. Some emulators fail this check. Try using another emulator. Here is some of the stuff it does: - When starting a level, if a random byte in bank $00 is not mirrored at bank $40, you lose all your subtanks and upgrades. - If the game sees that $700505 acts as RAM, after you get hurt 128 times, the game will start messing with your input. Also, your charged buster shots, should you manage to fire them, will not move. - When you pick up a power up or go through the boss door, the starting location is reset to the beginning of the level if a random byte in bank $00 is not mirrored at bank $40. - When an enemy drops an extra life, the intro stage will be uncleared if $00804e isn't mirrored at $40804e. - If $701000 acts as RAM, after 128 explosions, you'll die when a bullet is repelled by an enemy. The intro stage will be uncleared when shooting while dashing. Powerups will disappear quickly. - If $700804 acts as RAM, after you jump 128 times, every other jump you make will be really tiny, for 127 more jumps. Climbing walls will hurt you. Shooting while on the ground will reset the starting location to the beginning of the level. You will not be able to wear the Ride Armor. The miniboss in Spark Mandrill's stage will have twice as much health. - If $700800 acts as RAM, some worms will be impossible to kill. The miniboss in Spark Mandrill's stage will shoot sparks more often.
If this is published, we could always make a link back to the currently-published 20-minute movie. It would be similar to what we've done with Super Mario 64, where that publication has a link to the latest 16-star run (to my current knowledge). Just because a movie is obsoleted doesn't mean it goes away... sure, it has diminished visibility, but the people who are really interested in Chrono Trigger will probably look through submission comments anyway and would check out interesting links.
there's no 100% TAS and there'll never be one. Planning all ingame time related things is almost impossible without many many years of work if you want to do it optimally. If there's ever going to be a 100% TAS, it'd probably/certainly be pretty bad technical wise.
My favourite part: This was a great run, and a blast to watch. I only have two gripes: 1) After such a perfect run, it somehow seems wrong not to have getting the 'good' ending as an objective. Yes, it would cost a minute or so watching the torture scene, but after seeing Snake walk through the place untouched, having him simply give up at the first hint of pain just doesn't feel right. 2) The backtracking required to heat and cool the PAL key is really boring, and kills the pacing of the TAS entirely. I think a Twin Snakes run of this game would be better (and faster) as you don't need to leave the hangar to heat or cool the key. However, neither of those can keep me from voting yes on this one. Good job. :)
