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How can you jump through firebars? I think that's one of the only things I don't understand when watching smb speedruns.
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andrewg wrote:
I think if you have a 370 finishing 1-1 you definately get the fastest time. I thought it was added at the end of the level. The backwards jump does save time there.
What do you mean?
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How can you jump through firebars? I think that's one of the only things I don't understand when watching smb speedruns.
I don't remember jump through firebars in every runs.
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What!? In the full completion you can jump partly through firebars. disreguard the first post.
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AH ok, so you mean jump though firebars when Mario is Big... Graphics size != actual size.
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Oh wait, Mario's top half doesn't get hurt if he ducks in water and then swims, so when he ducks and jumps through the firebar it's basically the same thing?
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yes and only with McDonald's client Mario.
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I was discussing Left+right glitches just now and I have another question. At the start of each level do you press left+ right together or is it left for one frame and then right?
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It's left+right. Well, you can easily check the inputs to confirm.
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How do I check inputs?
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Within the emu or with an editor. As for emu, it's explained in the FAQ.
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It's mentioned here
FCEU Press the , key. Configurable under Config>Map Hotkeys...
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Here's a video called "Mario Lecture". It shows off a bunch of odd bugs in the game, including one I thought impossible - jumping straight through a brick. Who here speaks Japanese and can translate this?
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Chamale wrote:
Here's a video called "Mario Lecture". It shows off a bunch of odd bugs in the game, including one I thought impossible - jumping straight through a brick. Who here speaks Japanese and can translate this?
Most of these tricks are on the SMB tips page. There's some really weird stuff that's possible with the SMB engine, but a lot of it just isn't applicable to a TAS. There are some obscure hacks that require some of this though. (See the AIR hack for instance)
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Chamale wrote:
Here's a video called "Mario Lecture".
Other videos of the same series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HzFPrJ4iSk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyr0Tvw8qnQ Not really anything groundshaking for me, but entertaining to watch for sure.
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If you submitted it, I'd vote no because the game isn't beatable.
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Technically it can be beaten. After 0-1, you go back to the title screen and the game thinks it has been "beaten".
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Do you even get the power to choose which world you start on after you "beat" it?
put yourself in my rocketpack if that poochie is one outrageous dude
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So IOW, it's lamer then the FDS -1 run.
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World 0 is very straightforward and short. No need to speedrun it.
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He submitted it shortly after creating this topic so not much need to post more "This is a baaaaad idea"-messages. http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5772
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Check out http://speeddemosarchive.com/Mario1.html - it has a video that claims to be 5:00 (By my count, it looks more like 5:04) but that's still short of the TAS record 5:07. Why doesn't the TAS use glitched pipes like this version - is it only present in SMB+Duck Hunt ROM?
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Tristal wrote:
Check out http://speeddemosarchive.com/Mario1.html - it has a video that claims to be 5:00 (By my count, it looks more like 5:04) but that's still short of the TAS record 5:07. Why doesn't the TAS use glitched pipes like this version - is it only present in SMB+Duck Hunt ROM?
SDA timing ignores the title screen, hence shorter time. I don't know where you got 5:07, because the actual TAS record time is 4:59.93 as shown here: http://tasvideos.org/374M.html (includes title screen).
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Bisqwit wrote:
Tristal wrote:
Check out http://speeddemosarchive.com/Mario1.html - it has a video that claims to be 5:00 (By my count, it looks more like 5:04) but that's still short of the TAS record 5:07. Why doesn't the TAS use glitched pipes like this version - is it only present in SMB+Duck Hunt ROM?
SDA timing ignores the title screen, hence shorter time. I don't know where you got 5:07, because the actual TAS record time is 4:59.93 as shown here: http://tasvideos.org/374M.html (includes title screen).
Sorry, must've had a reaaaaaaally old TAS file saved...
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Yeah, my run is like 3-4 seconds slower than the fastest TAS.
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