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Posted: 4/1/2004 9:32 AM
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Sjoerd
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Phil wrote:
lol he's using wine.A windows emulator for Unix ;).
I know, but that's not working. So I was wondering if he wasn't running real windows since that would probably work.
Posted: 4/1/2004 9:22 AM
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Sjoerd
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I would accept VirtuaNES movies if it worked in wine, but currently only Famtasia ones are accepted.
Don't you have a machine running windows? Just curious...
Posted: 3/31/2004 7:17 AM
Post subject: Re: avi vs fmv
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Sjoerd
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feitclub wrote:
More importantly, using FMVs will cut down on storage space. I had nearly 2 Gigs of speed run videos squatting on my hard drive. Now all I keep are a few hundred kB of ROMs & FMVs. Save Space! Use FMV!
Then again, FMVs will only work with Famtasia and 2Gigs of movies will fit on just 3 CDs...
Posted: 3/29/2004 1:37 PM
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Sjoerd
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You could try using a PS2 keyboard and a USB keyboard or 2 USB keyboards(i think...). Just make sure you sort out who's in control of what keys before you start. :-P
Posted: 3/28/2004 9:05 AM
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Sjoerd
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I can't wait to see it (don't use Famtasia, so I've got to wait for the avi). This has got to be my favorite NES game and I've played it from start to end quite a few times. Wheel-overuse probably makes this movie less interesting than, say, a movie which uses all abilities, but the speed you gain is so huge that you can't say no to it for a time-attack. Should still be very interesting. The time sounds pretty good, I've never seriously tried to speedrun it, but I'd guessed it'd take about 45 minutes for a perfect run. Now the next challenge: finish the game with all secrets... ;)
Posted: 3/24/2004 11:56 PM
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Sjoerd
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I think it shouldn't be too much work once you figure out how to do it. Subtitling movies and such just takes a lot of time because of both the translating and synchronising. The first is not applicable here and the second is much less important. I don't know what the best way to implement it would be. I don't know too much about this kind of stuff. But I think that many DVD playing programs support external subtitle files. Some research on ripping sites would probably reveal more. Then you could either add seperate files, or create seperate files and rerecord from the DVD playing program. I'm just curious what you'd like to see in the subtitles. Most movies are rather fast, so you only have time to make very quick comments on some things and that can also be done by just posting it here or adding a text file with comments... Still, the idea sorta appeals to me. :-)
Posted: 3/22/2004 7:08 AM
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Sjoerd
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As you've probably notice, practically all attacks slow you down a lot. Some abilities speed you up a lot. From the top of my head, there's the fireball thing, tornado, wheel and UFO. Maybe some more. You could win a lot of time by finding a way to mix any of these as soon as possible, though the movie would be more interesting if you use some different abilities. If you decide to mix, there's a good mixing list here. Also, don't forget to run. When I used to play this game a lot, I always forgot about running because you need to press the direction twice and it's not very easy to tell the difference if you're focussing on your enemies too much. :P
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