Posted: 12/10/2004 12:00 AM
Post subject: here's a request, a speedrun i'd love to see
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NecroVMX
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Joined: 8/13/2004
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pretty obscure game, but i'm sure some of you have heard of it, called big nose the caveman. it was a non-liscenced game so there was a bit of controversy about the company that made it, and some other games, this was the most high profile one i believe though. it was in a weird gold cart with a hole on the underside with a switch on it, dunno what that was all about, but because it wasn't 100% compatible with the nes sometimes it was a bitch to get working. i never beat this game, i did manage to get to the last world but it pretty much would destroy me and it took me forever to get there. the music and graphics are pretty good for an nes game and the game is INSANE hard, so a speedrum that makes it look easy would be REALLY impressive, at least to me. there was also a sequel called big nose freaks out but i know nothing about that the only thing is that some of the later levles are "repeats" so that might get a bit irritating.
Posted: 12/10/2004 5:04 AM
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BoltR
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I acually looked into the game a few days ago, and it looked pretty cool, and it also looked like it would make for a good run. Although it's a game I had never heard of, so I didn't look into it further.. Edit: Sorry I was thinking of Big Nose Freaks Out
Posted: 12/11/2004 12:33 AM
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NecroVMX
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i heard that they're pretty much the same game engine, different levels. i remember a long time ago that the first big nose game wasn't emulated well, but that might have changed? it's a cool game the ONLY thing about doing a run is some of the levels repeat with different palletes and enemies.
Posted: 12/11/2004 12:41 AM
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BoltR
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No the games are quite different, and I do beleive that someone has acually picked up this game for a run. Atleast the first level has been done.
Posted: 12/11/2004 12:46 AM
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NecroVMX
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that's awesome news, and thanks for the heads up on them being different, i never did play big nose freaks out
Posted: 1/16/2017 1:10 AM
Post subject: Big Nose The Caveman
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Dwedit
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So this game was featured at AGDQ, showing off an awesome skip level glitch. The game has been submitted before, and has been rejected in the past due to "Bad Game Choice". (As far as I know, TASvideos hasn't done that since they introduced the vault.) Obviously, the current rejected runs can't be published since they don't beat the AGDQ speedrun. ('Must beat existing records' rule)
Posted: 1/16/2017 3:31 AM
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Samsara
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It's not a glitch, it's an intentional set of level warps, which ultimately makes most of the run trivial. The submissions are still ineligible, as the first one is clearly suboptimal and the second one is a Moon goal for a Vault movie.
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