I had the hope to see at least 1 port TASed and i found it! Thanks nymx and all involved.
$71A6 is level counter, and it does indeed cap out at 9.Language: asm8E38: 21 A6 71 LD HL, 71A6h AF:0444 BC:005C DE:8900 HL:71A7 8E3B: 7E LD A, (HL) AF:0444 BC:005C DE:8900 HL:71A6 8E3C: FE 09 CP 09h AF:0844 BC:005C DE:8900 HL:71A6 8E3E: 30 01 JR NC, +01h AF:089B BC:005C DE:8900 HL:71A6 8E40: 34 INC (HL) AF:089B BC:005C DE:8900 HL:71A6
Liked this Tas quite a bit. Solid superplay. The Zelda type gameplay seems well done, even if it has some similar areas.
I am a little disappointed that you inserted me into this the way you did. This is Sniq's time to shine, and this thread should be about him.
And the route planning would be INSANE!
I also voted Yes because it's fun watching the guy scamper around the screen (and I've also heard that the controls on the Colecovision version are not great to begin with, so TAS really helps in this case).
I also think it would be worth trying a "max score" run i.e. collect everything you can get to, kill all the enemies you can and find the optimum treasure room run to collect as much as you can out of it. The Colecovision version has an advantage for that type of run considering you're not under a time limit there.
Also am I the only one that finds it annoying to see an all lowercase name come before a name with capital letters in it? “nymx & DrD2K9” just looks weird to me for some reason.
Killing bowser with fire flower before touching the axe removes the cutscene where the bridge goes away and bowser falls. It saves like 3 seconds.
Can you not jump over the sign to ride the van through the second tunnel?
To clarify, the thought I had was at 4:38. Instead of going to the back and then dashing once you're past the tunnel, stay on the front through the tunnel. Then at 4:40, jump as soon as you're out of the tunnel and then do the frame-perfect jump to make it over the red sign with enough speed to still land on the van for the next tunnel. If memory serves, the yellow signs can be ignored, or is that just when standing on the van?
Out of curiosity, did you try that with the vans in the later level?
Well done! This must have been quite the adventure to manipulate the RNG, reduce lag, and find better routes. Always fun to see a game I had as a kid beaten like it's nothing.
Just before the final boss, there's a blue bouncing thing. Is there no way to use it to get up (either left or right)?
The other thing I noticed is the lack of glitches. The closest thing was using the momentum from the slide in the first level to go faster, but obviously that's intended. I have to wonder if there's some way to get more dashing or something.
I take it you cannot stay on the truck as it continues moving?