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GB Minesweeper TAS

This run is 20 frame faster to Ryuto's run Using a strategy at start of the levels and intro for improve his movie

Objetives

  • Emulator used: vba-rerecording-svn421-win32
  • Aims for fastest time
  • Uses a level password

Comments

Time Table (To frames)
LevelsFrame savedTotal
Intro-5-5
Level 1-1-6
Level 2-2-8
Level 30-8
Level 4-1-9
Level 50-9
Level 6-6-15
Level 7-4-19
Level 80-19
Level 9-1-20
Level 100-20
  • Total gained: 20 frame faster

Other comments:

I'll be working on an improvement in the last levels because I want to practice the trick of "AB" input, used in the early levels to improve this run

Thanks to:

  • Ryuto: For make the movie and some tricks :)
  • Deign: For his WIP posted here: WIP... I can guide through his movies, to make this run and improve a bit more. Also, for some new tricks

Suggest screenshots:

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Noxxa: Judging.
Noxxa: Accepting as an improvement to the published movie.
Spikestuff: Taking over, feos I called this.

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Posted: 2/14/2014 7:25 AM
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TASVideoAgent
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #4191: Kiske's GB Minesweeper in 00:29.45
Posted: 2/14/2014 12:19 PM
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thatguy
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I'll give this one a weak yes, it's too short to lose my attention. However, as a sub-second optimisation of a Vault movie, I'd be surprised if it didn't end up in the Vault too.
Posted: 2/14/2014 10:07 PM
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Is this entertaining? Not really, and I voted no. Should this be published? Definitely.
Posted: 2/15/2014 12:56 AM
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Watched the embed--amused enough for the short length. Minesweeper doesn't quite fit the usual TAS flair, but being less than a minute long makes it work. Do you still have to press an input to get to the ANTARCTICA CLEAR! screen? If just waiting is good enough to get to the ending, there's always clearing the largest patch of zeroes last and ending input early.
Posted: 2/15/2014 1:44 AM
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Twisted Eye wrote:
Watched the embed--amused enough for the short length. Minesweeper doesn't quite fit the usual TAS flair, but being less than a minute long makes it work. Do you still have to press an input to get to the ANTARCTICA CLEAR! screen? If just waiting is good enough to get to the ending, there's always clearing the largest patch of zeroes last and ending input early.
Yes, but I've been trying, and you have to press "Start" to get to the "ANTARCTICA CLEAR" screen. But without, does not appear ! Unless there is another way for improve the movie!
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Posted: 2/15/2014 6:03 AM
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No vote, but leaning towards Meh.
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Posted: 2/15/2014 8:53 AM
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What is the password good for? Level design? Are they the same as the previous tas?
Posted: 2/15/2014 8:54 AM
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Improvement? Yes Entertaining: Throws off cliff To the MEH! *ahem* VAULT!
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Posted: 2/15/2014 9:02 AM
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It's a solid speedrun, but wasn't there an agreement that VBA-rr is no more acceptable for GB/GBC?
Posted: 2/15/2014 9:04 AM
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Odongdong wrote:
but wasn't there an agreement that VBA-rr is no more acceptable for GB/GBC?
I thought it fell under the same as Snes9x 1.51 where it's "accepted but the emulator is deprecated" Edit: Syncs on vba - svn 480 (latest version)
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Posted: 2/15/2014 11:11 AM
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I hate to see someone try Solitaire like this. o_O
Posted: 2/15/2014 5:27 PM
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Still not entertaining, no matter how you slice it. Then again, never did understand the obsession people have with this game... x.x;; Sorry... No vote. Mr. Kelly R. Flewin
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Posted: 2/18/2014 5:12 PM
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Never played this version, but IIRC in the windows version, to defeat a level it is sufficient to click on all non-mine grids, without necessarily marking all mines. Is that true here? The action moves a bit too fast to really tell, but it looks like you mark all the mines.
Posted: 2/18/2014 10:41 PM
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Lord Tom wrote:
Never played this version, but IIRC in the windows version, to defeat a level it is sufficient to click on all non-mine grids, without necessarily marking all mines. Is that true here? The action moves a bit too fast to really tell, but it looks like you mark all the mines.
He marks them because the game counts down all the remaining flags before allowing to move on to the next level.
Posted: 2/18/2014 11:59 PM
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feos you like taking stuff from others don't you?
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Posted: 2/19/2014 12:15 AM
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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. ---- [2537] GB Minesweeper by Kiske in 00:29.45
Posted: 2/19/2014 3:44 PM
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Spikestuff you didn't let me equalize my pubcount and judgecount, so I will do nothing to you.
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Posted: 2/19/2014 10:42 PM
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feos let me play the "to be fair" card. You were taking something I was done with it and waiting it to be accepted on the 16th of Feb. You only have yourself to blame. irony with my signature huehue
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Posted: 2/20/2014 6:42 AM
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To answer myself. Password unlocks the level 7 stage, i.e. highest difficulty. Level design is always the same.
Posted: 2/20/2014 11:38 AM
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Glitcher wrote:
I hate to see someone try Solitaire like this. o_O
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Posted: 2/20/2014 2:10 PM
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Spikestuff wrote:
feos let me play the "to be fair" card. You were taking something I was done with it and waiting it to be accepted on the 16th of Feb. You only have yourself to blame. irony with my signature huehue
What submission was that, and show me your post telling it is being encoded, that I skipped.
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
Posted: 2/20/2014 9:23 PM
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One. Where were you on irc? No. Two. Did you see our little special place? No.
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Posted: 2/21/2014 1:44 PM
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I don't understand you. No surprise you couldn't inform stuff was encoded. I use a clear phrase for that. It looks like this: "Encoding all".
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