According to Movie Class Guidelines and Publisher Guidelines, this movie should be classified as a concept/demotration of unusual goal choice (to game over with a texture pattern).
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
Is this run still being worked on?
Also, what is the reason for choosing the (J) rom over (US)?
For some reason, this run came to a halt in last few months.
The author chose the (J) ROM for basically two reasons:
1. Major: A glitch involving Chain Rod and sometimes boxes which allows Zero to go through certain ceils and floors only works in the (J) version of the game as stated in previous forum posts and private messages.
2 Minor: The text in the (J) ROM is significantly shorter than that in other versions.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
Wow, I tested this version of openMSX just now and realized that it did support rerecording! The way it recorded the replays was quite a bit unconventional, which I found kind of interesting. Under the experimental TAS mode (frame advance being used), it would be appreciated if the graphics were redrawn immediately after each reversion and the input display were updated without delay.
Maybe more tests at some other time. Anyhow, good job!
EDIT: Just a minute ago I realized it was the conventional way most PC gamers saved their replay files! This enables the player to record unexpected things at any time.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
I'd like to help maintain it. Please let me know your email address.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
TAS Movie Editor
* written by: Maximus
* contributers: gia
You forgot about me who managed to fix fmv, gmv and fcm fatals and high CPU usage and add mmv and pxm support and so on.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
@Nach:
I see. It is this very "Rebuttal" your April Fools joke. And this site will be shut down soon.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
Yes, I TASed it. But I don't think an ED 1 run is acceptable here. I wish Aqfaq will make an ED 8 run next time.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
Hey, I'm not dead yet, and I'm still working on my own NOOB run (used to be a co-authored run, but ljffdb2 quitted the two-player team at the beginning). I don't know the exact date when I can finish it, but I suppose this year.
EDIT: It is going to take much longer than I expeced.
I think moozooh was right with that two players making two runs of the same category of the same game would be a waste. However, I won't interfere with your plan. If you feel like put your run (not this test run) in the workbench, just do it.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
Which TAS do you think manipulated luck the best in 2009?
The question is specially questionable for this category: man vs. bot?
The bot won last time. Thus this time we shall balance light and darkness.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
I vote for the one whose movie obsoleted my favourite TAS of all time (that received the highest entertainment rating I've ever given).
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
What if a character uses an elemental-strong-or-weak-against-something/ill-status-causing/energy-or-item-stealing/full-screen/high-frequency-multiple-hits/one-hit-KO attack as it does in the original TAS?
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
Ah yes... I've played some of the other earlier ports of this game. Just out of curiosity, is there any reason you picked this one in particular? (Most of the ports would have different levels, so...)
The thing is, I'm not sure how well suited for TASing the series as a whole is. There's not much that happens differently from level to level, so the interest would largely be restricted to route planning, and even then for people who know the games; watching more than a few levels for anyone else is going to get boring fast.
As I've stated in the description and you've probably seen, due to new levels and gameplay elements, this game is not merely a "port", but rather a "sequel" that shares (most of) the basical gameplay mechanisms with other Lode Runner titles. With somewhat good graphics/sounds, fast paces, glitches/exploits and many unexpected solutions that many other TASable games in this series are unrich of, this game is a quick choice.
There are other "not bad" choices from this series, but they suffer from all kinds of drawbacks.
Baxter wrote:
There are no codes or passwords to start at the hardest world? I assume you stopped input after the small world because an ending was triggered and it would be too repetitive/long if all worlds were included?
As I've described, the hardest worlds require beating all easy worlds beforehand to play. All worlds would take over an hour to finish which could be boring (especially for Middle World which is significantly easier than other worlds, and High World which consists of many large enemy-less/solo levels).
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
2) TASers, please quit trying to use new PPU. The old PPU is in there specifically for us.
What if the new PPU results in unreal bahaviors in other games, too? We'll make comparisons using Nestopia and Nintendulator as well?
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
I'm sorry to say that, but I decided to abandon my run. It is really sad for me, having spend so much time on this game. I contributed a lot, and I think it should be finished but...
What?! How could you do that? My life in TASing has then been ruined... for years.
Never mind. I guess nearly every TASer has something that he/she/it (honoured bots!) can't fullfill by his/her/its quitting TAsing video games someday.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
No offense here, but you guys lack consistency.
Comparisons in fastism:
2009's:
[1428] Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (USA) "100% souls" by Kriole in 28:01.58
vs
[1397] SNES Romancing SaGa (JPN v1.0) by knbnitkr in 02:14.77 (others probably wouldn't have nominated this run)
2008's:
1145 Genesis King's Bounty in 00:09.93 by gia & Aqfaq
vs
1227 NES Wizardry - Proving Grounds of the Mad Overloard by TaoTao in 00:45.82
Comparisons in botism:
2009's:
[1428] Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (USA) "100% souls" by Kriole in 28:01.58
vs
[1312] Genesis Shining Force (USA) by DarkKobold in 1:59:59.05
2008's:
1145 Genesis King's Bounty in 00:09.93 by gia & Aqfaq
vs
Some runs we forgot to (or decided not to) nominate at all because they were not made with bots
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
@Kriole:
Wow, I cancelled my "warpless any%" 2.5 years ago, and I then made a new "glitched any%" instead. However, your recent "100% souls" woke up the evil spirit of frame war within me, and this new WIP broke the seal on it. So watch out for a new AoS run anytime! Gwahahahah!
Joking aside, have you ever seen the mysterious "shortened invulnerability" glitch mentioned in my post? I can swear that I once recorded it occurring, replayed the movie to verify it, but then overwrote the only movie along with the relevant savestates by mistake.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
This is more of a wake-up call, really. If Yrr is still working on this then I'm going to do a Dawn of Sorrow all-souls run instead.
You almost woke me up.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
So you two publishers again.
EDIT: I just now found something.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
Instead, get rid of the old INI file. Then restart VBA and see if you can reconfigure (Options/Input/Configure Controllers/Controller 1...) the input with your keyboard/joypad.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
Actually, some games that do run at 60-62 fps don't run smoothly, as if they rushed out 60-62 frames within half a second and then halted until the fps were calculated.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
While looking hilarious, this movie suffers from a bad script as a film.
Still Yes vote for it.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
And sometimes the emulator displays a different time length from that in the submission/publication.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
Argh! Desyncs for me right at the end of level 1. Mr. Samurai-face ends up stopping just short of the end, and gets kicked past the end-of-level point by the flaming skulls.
The Dega and ROM versions both match up. Anything else I should look for?
I'm unsure, but it's worth trying to turn off (uncheck) the FM Chip option.
<klmz> it reminds me of that people used to keep quoting adelikat's IRC statements in the old good days
<adelikat> no doubt
<adelikat> klmz, they still do
