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Hi. This is a new run of Windows Spyman that, requested by turska, completes the game using the correct 50 fps setting. There is also an improvement of 988 frames which is a lot more then I expected. It looks like only 2 seconds because the game is now running at 50 fps.
  • Hourglass-r81 was used
  • Heavy glitch abuse
  • Genre: Platform
Sorry for the small text. But check out my previous submission for more info on tricks used. Enjoy.
turska: Judging.
turska: Replaced movie file at the author's request. The new movie is 140 frames faster.
turska: Why are Ikiki's games so fabulous? Accepting for publication.
natt: Processing

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Posted: 5/13/2012 7:57 PM
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TASVideoAgent
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #3603: NitroGenesis's Windows Spyman in 01:14.36
Posted: 5/13/2012 11:26 PM
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I don't understand how switching to 50 frames-per-second aids in TASing this game. I figure there's something that isn't as arbitrary as most games, but, I'd like to know what it is.
Posted: 5/13/2012 11:34 PM
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NitroGenesis
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50 fps is the game's natural frame rate.
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Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
Posted: 5/14/2012 5:41 AM
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Is it conducive to better gameplay at all, or was the change made just for the natural frame rate's sake? I assume the character moves at the same real-time speed either way, which is why so many frames were cut since the last submission of Spyman.
Posted: 5/14/2012 5:50 AM
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TheReflexWonder wrote:
Is it conducive to better gameplay at all, or was the change made just for the natural frame rate's sake? I assume the character moves at the same real-time speed either way, which is why so many frames were cut since the last submission of Spyman.
The movement speed (by time) is not affected. But smoothness of motion should have improved slightly as number of lag frames has been cut from about one in six to about zero. The extra framerate above 50fps will show up in this game as lag.
Posted: 5/15/2012 2:04 AM
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Would someone be able to provide an encode, please? I liked the previous submission for this game, but I'm unable to watch this movie from the emulator. Thank you!
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.
Posted: 5/15/2012 5:05 AM
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I found an improvement near the end of the movie. Here is a very rough demonstration. Once you've implemented the improvement, just post the movie in this thread and I'll replace the submitted file.
Posted: 5/15/2012 10:35 AM
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Thanks, turska. Expect it sometime tonight.
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Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
Posted: 5/15/2012 7:27 PM
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NitroGenesis
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Ok, turska, I saved 40 frames from your run. I'm going to look through my run for any minor improvements before posting, ok?
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Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
Posted: 5/17/2012 6:23 PM
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Syncs on hourglass r81 (no vm, w7 64) 
  File: スパイマン.exe
CRC-32: 279c1769
   MD4: c5b37f62d6bcd124259d40f855ad6a1e
   MD5: 9c7861b4621cafe0a78bc82c8b5bacfd
 SHA-1: 3a8cb1e1d08cfb7a3b50f30332f8d75b8d34ad69
Audio situation is the same as Nikujin (not surprising, as they use the same engine); with the correct midi device, the run will sync in stock hourglass and play midi while doing it. In order to capture correctly time-synced midi for publication though, I need to use a somewhat different build. I'll publish this with music soon-ish if someone else doesn't step in first.
Posted: 5/18/2012 4:31 PM
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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. ---- [2042] Windows Spyman by NitroGenesis in 01:14.36
Posted: 1/31/2022 2:05 PM
(Edited: 1/31/2022 2:06 PM)
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The original download link to the game is dead, but I managed to save it from the Internet Archive, which helpfully kept it. I'm posting a mirror here for anyone in the future that wants to TAS this game or encode this movie. https://mega.nz/file/HtFCVDCK#3LXZ3jdI0fqWlT0snGD6JR2G43IC6XyiUsYBTi3uCtg