This is my run of the Atari 2600 game Bobby is Going Home, completed in 4568 frames (01:16,13). I chose this game because it's a very simple one.

Game info:

Poor Bobby needs to get home, but there are so many obstacles in his path. Guide Bobby through seven screens of diving hawks, dashing chickens, tricky pits, thorny rosebushes, and deadly sinkholes to get him home safely. Little Bobby must walk through 7 scenes before he arrives his home. Once he makes it, the journey begins all over again. Since the game repeats infinitely, I did only the first 8 screens.
  • Emulator used: BizHawk 1.2.0

Goals:

  • Aims for fastest time
  • Hmm... that's it.
  • Genre: Platform

Screen by screen comments

I'm not troll enough to write "Stage by Stage".

Screen 1:

Well... that's a... kettle. And a broken bridge. Jump!

Screen 2:

Two ponds, a bird (hawk) and... hmm... a fountain? Still easy, bro.

Screen 3:

A butterfly and two chickens. What the heck is that pink thing in the sky?

Screen 4:

Another kettle, two ponds and a butterfly.

Screen 5:

A magic bridge and... oh, that's a fence, or a rose... or a fountain.

Screen 6:

Three ponds, a butterfly and a green thing.

Screen 7:

That one was hard. A bird and three rolling stones. Unfortunately, I had to walk in the opposite direction 1-2 frames to avoid that stupid bird.

Screen 8:

Bobby's home!

Ram Addresses

Enjoy!
Screenshot: frame 4567.

adelikat: Accepting for publication to the Vault

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #3739: Lollorcaust's A2600 Bobby is Going Home in 01:16.13
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What makes this game unreasonably challenging? IMO, that is a necessary criteria for acceptance.
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Since when did the poll question change?
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E1dan wrote:
Since when did the poll question change?
New site system. Games can't be rejected for entertainment anymore. A bunch of No votes will just land the run in the new Vault.
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why u do dis/
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CoolKirby wrote:
E1dan wrote:
Since when did the poll question change?
New site system. Games can't be rejected for entertainment anymore. A bunch of No votes will just land the run in the new Vault.
Good to know, anywhere I can read some more information about this? also what is "the Vault", what are the criteria for it? And who now decides what movies are published?
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Though entertainment is no longer a factor, the submission must still follow the rest of the site rules (must beat all known records, be at least mostly optimized, etc.). If there is a lot of audience support, it will be published as a Moon. If a lot of people found it boring or not very good technically, it will be published to The Vault. This page explains The Vault for you.
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CoolKirby wrote:
Though entertainment is no longer a factor, the submission must still follow the rest of the site rules (must beat all known records, be at least mostly optimized, etc.). If there is a lot of audience support, it will be published as a Moon. If a lot of people found it boring or not very good technically, it will be published to The Vault. This page explains The Vault for you.
Good to hear that entertainment is no longer a submission factor. Thank you for explaining :)
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Personally, I find just the name of the submitter distasteful.
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It is just the name of a song that I like. I'm sorry if I have offended you
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Sorry for the double post. Here's an encode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwiXcsfLiig
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Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
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This takes me back to simpler times. Oh, the nostalgia...
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Not bad. I don't understand why Bobby has that stupid jingle every time he jumps, though. Did he have bells in his pockets? From a technical standpoint, this seems alright. There seemed to be a lot of little delays at the beginnings of screens; most of the time, I could tell the delay was needed, but I wasn't sure about all of them. The close bird-dodging was good. I liked seeing the "magic bridge"... you look like you caught that at the exact right time. Out of curiosity, how much time do you lose for each jump?
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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The run is definitely not bad. Does the music on this game have emulation problems, or was the composer just tone-deaf? I mean, it's not quite Crazy Bus level, but it's getting there...
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graywords wrote:
The run is definitely not bad. Does the music on this game have emulation problems, or was the composer just tone-deaf? I mean, it's not quite Crazy Bus level, but it's getting there...
I fear that's exactly how it sounds... hell, it even sounds smoother because when you played Atari in those old TV's you could also hear a small buzzing when there was a lot of bright colors on the screen... those were the days BTW, yes vote... that jumping on the minute mark, holy beejesus
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add a red cape and some shrooms.... you see where it's going... right yes
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How can anyone vote anything other than No on a shallow game like this? Seriously, I don't get it.
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Meh for entertainment. The enemy dodging and bridge were cool. No reason not to publish it to The Vault though.
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SmashManiac wrote:
How can anyone vote anything other than No on a shallow game like this? Seriously, I don't get it.
Because you are judging it from a modern perspective. Atari 2600 games were all like this, because that's how video games were at the time (late 70's - early 80's). So, you have to bear this in mind when judging them. It also helps if you actually were around during that era, playing those games when Atari was king. This game was actually pretty fun back in the day. I remember playing it a lot when I was a kid. It's also pretty advanced considering the limitations of the system.
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mklip2001 wrote:
Not bad. I don't understand why Bobby has that stupid jingle every time he jumps, though. Did he have bells in his pockets? From a technical standpoint, this seems alright. There seemed to be a lot of little delays at the beginnings of screens; most of the time, I could tell the delay was needed, but I wasn't sure about all of them. The close bird-dodging was good. I liked seeing the "magic bridge"... you look like you caught that at the exact right time. Out of curiosity, how much time do you lose for each jump?
Actually, jumping doesn't make you lose time.
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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. ---- [2228] A2600 Bobby is Going Home by Lollorcaust in 01:16.13