This is a run of Amazing Spider-Man for the DOS. It uses a glitch to complete the game very quick.
Emulator used - JPC-rr 11.2
Heavy glitch abuse
Genre: Platform
Genre: Action
Stuff to know
Jumping is faster then walking
In order to the glitch, Spidey must be standing and not crawling
How to do the glitch
Make your way to the foyer
Climb up on to the helicopter
When the helicopter reaches the bottom, get off.
If you are at Mysterio's End, climb back up on to the helicopter.
When the helicopter has reached its peak, jump to the left.
Hold spacebar and up+left to shoot a web. This will carry to the left easier.
If done correctly, spidey will be standing up in the wall. If he is crouching, crawl out and try again.
Press up to fall down through the wall, then pull yourself onto the platform. Make sure you go on to the platform on the bottom (spidey should be upside down)
Stand up, walk to the left, stand on the button. The bad guy will fall and the game is complete.
Closing Comments
Thanks to Vampier for linking to the glitched video on the forums, and revertebrae on YouTube for a glitch demonstration which can be found here. I hope you like this short, glitchy run!
DarkKobold: Claimed, to give me an excuse to install JPC-rr on my new compy.
DarkKobold: Nitrogen, Nitrogen, does whatever a nitro can, glitches through walls, kills a boss, look out, here comes a publication!
From IRC discussion:
17:39 <Ilari> How long would this game be if played "properly"?
17:39 <nitrogenesis> about 20 minutes
17:39 <nitrogenesis> it'd be really boring
17:40 <Ilari> Ah, goodie.
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
...what happened?
No need to answer. I'm voting Yes.
Spidey seems to appear
1) on the other side of the screen
2) inside the wall at the moment
the rest is obvious
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
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Ilari wrote:
From IRC discussion:
17:39 <Ilari> How long would this game be if played "properly"?
17:39 <nitrogenesis> about 20 minutes
17:39 <nitrogenesis> it'd be really boring
17:40 <Ilari> Ah, goodie.
Wait, really?? I recall this game being really long. It's divided up into save-point areas called "Takes" (like "takes" on a movie set), and I only made it up to Take 5. I don't know how long the game actually is, but I'm betting a non-glitched playthrough would take at least an hour!
Anyway, apart from that, I was plenty frustrated with this game as a child, and I love how you've ripped it apart. You completely ignored all of the game's puzzles (except for how to beat Mysterio, but that's easy). Yes vote.
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically.
Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.)
Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html)
Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature!
Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
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Posts: 2224
Location: Georgia, USA
There are two shorter submissions, but neither got accepted:
* ais523's NetHack "fastest death" in 69 frames
* Alden's Minesweeper in 28 frames
In fact, both of these were so short, they were encoded as animated images!
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically.
Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.)
Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html)
Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature!
Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
