Wohoo! I finally got this done! I've been wanted to do this
time attack since I first started time attacking. I couldn't
do it though since Famtasia crashes when you enter the
Technodrome. So now I used the FCEU emulator.
However I don't like it as much as Famtasia ;)
Ok. My time is 18:43 according to the emulator. The existing
run by TheLastStarfighter is 19:34 I think. So my attempt
is a bit faster.
Turtles is a hard game. I've never completed it on a real
console due to the hardness. So this run should be impressive ;)
The randomness is a bothersome factor in this game.
Therefor it looks a bit strange in some places. For example
in the Dam I change to Don just before the end and then a
bit later I change to Leonardo for a couple of seconds. Why
didn´t I changed to Leo in the first place? This is because
Don is the strongest turtle and I needed him to kill this
one enemy which I couldn´t manipulate. Ok, I could have
avoided/killed/him with Leo but with the cost of time and
fluency of my run. So I simply choosed the smoothest way to
do it. Oh, also you might notice that Leonardo only takes one
half square of damage! So why did I even bother to change to him?
Simply because I had to. Those darn robots takes 1 whole square
of energy IF you only have 1 square left. I tried several
different things but came to that conclusion. Stupid but true.
Hmm. I have to kill some enemies to clear my way and since
most of them takes more then 1 hit, even with Donatello, I
have to stop for some fraction of a second. I tried with
different trix to cut this waiting down to minimum and I
think I succeeded.
I didn't find any glitches unfortunately but I used one
that TheLastStarfighter used vs that big mouse-robot-boss.
If you pause during the fight you can hit him even when he
has his mouth close.
I also took a different route in the technodrome because it
was faster. The last corridor was a pain in the ass because
of all those space men. I think I handled them as fast as
possible.
Well. That's it I think. This should be pretty impressive
to anyone who has played this game ;)
- As fast as possible
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game (one glitch)
Enjoy!
/Walker Boh
Bisqwit: Processing.
One thing I wonder is why you (almost) never used jumping
to progress faster on conveyer-belts that move against your goal.
I don´t jump on these conveyer belts for 2 reasons.
1. There are 3 types of heights on jumps in this game. Low, middle and high jumps.
To be able to jump on most conveyor belts the low jump is prefered. However, those jumps
are pretty high aswell and at most places I would have banged my head into the ceiling making
me stop for a fraction of a second. It seemed unnecessary long when I played so I choosed not to jump.
2. Those turtles jumps pretty far even with the low jump. So the other reason why I didn´t jump as much
was because I would get past those belts and fall down. I guess I could have jumped more but with the
result of more waiting in mid air at the end of those conveyor belts.
I hope that answers your question.
