Post subject: Tetris The Grand Master series
Joined: 12/29/2007
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There's already several Tetris TASes on this site; why not a TAS from arguably the hardest Tetris series of all time? A counter-argument that I've heard is that realtime play is already at such a high level that a TAS would look pretty similar. I'd have to disagree; if you take a look at this example TAS from TGM2+: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZaq0jQcZVQ even with the super-fast regular gameplay of Death mode, this run is able to cut the unassisted play time record nearly in half (~169 seconds compared to ~293). For more experienced watchers, a TAS could also perform tricks that are known to be borderline impossible at regular speed; the most straightforward example would be stacking with the Tetris hole at the left instead of the right, something which virtually zero realtime players attempt since it is extremely risky and offers no benefit. Any thoughts?
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Is there an emulator that can do TASing for these games yet? I know that shmupmame42 is the best emulator for TGM2, because it fixes a bug with Psikyo ROMs and their busy loops to make their shmups play better, and TGM2 is also by Psikyo so it gets fixed too.
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shmupmame removes input lag from the game itself. so any TAS under it would be invalid.
Post subject: Tetris: The Grand Master 3
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The RTA is already impressive. Link to video
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There's a TGM2 TAS of Death Mode: Link to video
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