General

  • Emulator used: JPC-RR r11.2 (should also sync on r11 and r11.1)
  • No special settings
  • Complete episode "Holiday Hare"
  • Abuses level design screwup
  • No damage, No death
  • Aims for fastest time

About game:

Jazz Jackrabbit... Very fast running and shooting action. This game is the first of two Jazz Jackrabbit Xmas specials.

BIOS/OS/game versions used:

The BIOS/OS versions are identical to 2651S.
The game is downloadable from ftp://ftp.fh-niederrhein.de/pub/dos/games/action/jazzxmas.zip
imageinfo report about game image used:

General data:

FieldValue
NameJazz Jackrabbit Xmas special 94
File name/home/Ilari/repositories/jpcrr/disklibrary/Jazz Jackrabbit Xmas special 94
TypeHDD
Tracks16
Sides16
Sectors63
Total sectors16128
Primary extent size7584
Storage Method3
Sectors present6560
Claimed Disk IDe32c2963660664de95aab7e3f388d015

File table:

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Tricks:

Route choices

Route choices were determined using level editor to display the maps (and experimenting when it wasn't obivious what is fastest way).

Level comments

No level

I have no idea what causes that pause in menu (the game seems to freeze for a moment).

Holidaus 1

Nothing too special... Just running, jumping, shooting. Getting TNT pack costs 1/6th of a frame, but I get 2 of those back next turn. Additionally, the TNT pack will save few seconds in level 2.

Holidaus 2

The turning can easily lose frames. In the end, I sequence-break by blowing up TNT, which will trigger the exit (no, it does not seem to be possible to trigger the exit from shaft with springs, even if the distance to exit is approximately the same).

Holidaus 3

This level has so many interruptions that any gained frames tend to be lost soon.

Screenshot suggestions:

Triggered exit scrolling into screen with wall between Jazz and exit (at about 93.5s mark).

Final stats:

Length: 02:23.761 Rerecords: 2232.

mmarks: Added Mister Epic YouTube module

adelikat: Good viewer response, and while the same game engine as the published movie and this submission, the level layout is different in each to warrant publication.

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2950: Ilari's DOS Jazz Jackrabbit "Holiday Hare '94" in 02:23.76
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I'll go to my kitchen to cook encodes (SD & HD) from this movie.
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Mister Epic wrote:
I'll go to my kitchen to cook encodes (SD & HD) from this movie.
HD alone is enough, I already have SD encode (not uploaded yet).
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Ilari wrote:
Mister Epic wrote:
I'll go to my kitchen to cook encodes (SD & HD) from this movie.
HD alone is enough, I already have SD encode (not uploaded yet).
Fine. HD encode only then. EDIT: YouTube'd And the suggested screenshot is...
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Oh, the sweet memories. Yes vote.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa <dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects. <Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits <adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
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Good work Ilari. Both TASes for 94 and 95 are as good as the TAS for the original game. Both movies get a Yes vote from me.
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That was very nicely done. Yes vote.
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Direct download Archive collection Screenshot (from Mister Epic's post) Youtube watch URL Movie length: 3:42 Description (I'm not good at this): In with the tradition back then, Epic Megagames did xmas-themed (demo) version of their game. This is the 1994 version, the first of three xmas-themed Jazz Jackrabbit games. We also have run of the [yyyM|second] of those games MD5: 4d9dacb058c21b292a1528fc7350f780 jjxmas94-tas-ilari_512kb.mp4 87480f702c1db11a562aa2bbc096ab8c jjxmas94-tas-ilari.mp4 SHA-1: 69c491975079530dd1dfec81adedb1e8b53659a4 jjxmas94-tas-ilari_512kb.mp4 732839c0e0b456a4fec9ef0037237af01afe5487 jjxmas94-tas-ilari.mp4 SHA-256: 130736c8e24974a5052aa1701b10d88495a219cd5e4967332fc47705ca544c7c jjxmas94-tas-ilari_512kb.mp4 6f702f2afb4d2558ad8139efe9b1c4a36a7264b9da87016bf1fef0c042b03b88 jjxmas94-tas-ilari.mp4
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [1704] DOS Jazz Jackrabbit "Holiday Hare 1994" by Ilari in 02:23.76
Post subject: Re: #2950: Ilari's DOS Jazz Jackrabbit "Holiday Hare '94" i
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There is a small mistake in what adelikat said while judging this run. I notified him by private message a couple of days ago since I don't like to draw attention towards mistakes, but he probably didn't read it so I have to report it here.
adelikat wrote:
Good viewer response, and while the same game engine as the published movie and this submission, the level layout is different in each to warrant publication.
The "this" submission links to 1951S instead of 2951S.