The Game

TAS goal

Movement

• walk (very slow!). You cannot walk through the sides of the screen (no warping).
• jump forward (fast, but takes quite a while)
• jump upwards
• jump against the side and bounce off
• top-kick
• hit with hands in the middle
• bottom-kick
• kick while jumping (any variation)

TAS tactics

• Go through the pre-stage screens as quickly as possible. I use a minor glitch here: you can already start the jump before the screen is visible (you won't see the player standing at the start of a screen). I do have to attack some of the enemies here and there to avoid getting hit by them.
• Approach the boss as quickly as possible, using forward jumps (sometimes bouncing), otherwise you can't hit him.
• Beating bosses:
  • to prevent getting hit, do small movements (often backward) or just attack and miss. Basically game AI manipulation.
  • bosses tend to walk backwards quickly at some points. The only thing you can do then is jump to him to get in reach again. Walking is way too slow!
• the bonus item at 0:21 gives you temporary invincibility, but it's obviously not useful for this run. (For normal play it is also not very useful, as it lasts only shortly, you can hit the boss only once or twice at most...)

Final words