Mario had a hell of a time in Sonic's world on NES, so he gave Sonic his world and some crap controls on Genesis.
If you haven't played this game, I amusingly suggest you try it. The speed and controls (or lack thereof) are abysmal. Then watch the movie.

Run Info

I meant to run this a long time ago, but it wasn't possible to accurately run because of an emulator bug in Gens where Lakitu would spawn infinite spinys. An emulator without the bug has been out for a short while, and after seeing a WIP of this game on the forum I felt like I finally had to finish it. The game is very straightforward as expected of a Chinese pirate. It is also programmed pretty poorly as expected of a Chinese pirate.

Notes

Only the 2-3-4 warp in 1-2 and the world 5 warp in 4-2 are implemented (the one in 1-2 being backwards from NES SMB). No vines are implemented. Springs are implemented but none are seen in this run.
It is faster to lose the mushroom in 1-2 and get another one for 5-4 than to get on the ceiling of 1-2 by a few frames.
In castle 6-4, there is an unavoidable fire bar that will damage you as you run past. There are edited ROMs that fix this, but the original pirate cart has this bug. As there are no mushrooms in this level, if you die or otherwise are not Blue Sonic when reaching this fire bar, there is no way past it.
The bloopers turning into fireballs in 8-4 is common, but the platforms turning into fireballs in 5-4 is not...

Bugs

Jump Bug

The floor calculation is really really bad, so Sonic can jump in midair. In fact it is faster to jump than to fall, as falling will reduce speed to 1 for a frame when the top position is recalculated.
Hitting the ceiling in a jump starts counting down the jump value from its current value, so in castles I can ceiling-hug the entrance. Saves and costs no time :)

Flagpoles / Level exit triggers

Not really a bug, except that it can be exploited with the jump bug. Yeah, they can be jumped over, and yes, there are end-level triggers after them. Ending by jumping over a flagpole will save several seconds.
The World 1-1 flagpole is lower than all the others, so Sonic must jump higher to clear them.
There is also a level exit in castle 7-4 that 5-4 and 6-4 did not have.

Thanks for watching


feos: Judging...
Noxxa: Replaced submission file with a 26-frame improvement.
feos: Accepting to Vault. Notice: this game only actually works in an emulator with the [f1] ROM dump, not any of the two [!] ones (even in Genesis+GX), so I believe it's okay to accept a non-[!] ROM run.

Post subject: Movie published
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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. ---- [2693] Genesis Sonic Jam 6 by True in 07:53.69
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A fun run. Yes vote! Admins: in publication you forgot to put: - Unofficial Game (is a unlicensed game) - Uses warps - Takes damage to save time (on 2:37) Can you correct this? :)
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Congrats on your first published movie True!!! Although I'm not sure why you are still an editor only and not an editor/player...
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Although I'm not sure why you are still an editor only and not an editor/player...
It's because he can't write his name. He wrote "true" in the submission forms, but his actual name is "True".
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My actual name is "true," but the forums have had it as "True" for a while. It doesn't bother me that they're different. This shows the forum account "True" as an applicable account to the player profile "true" Maybe it is because it doesn't show up in Latest Publications yet. Doesn't really matter, I am not concerned, the runs I do are not the ones many look forward to.
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It's because for new player entries, we have to manually add the forum account(s) of the player(s).
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First off I want to say, I am a long long long time viewer of this site. I love tasvideos.org. It has been my home screen for at least 5 years. Seeing this video on the home screen is what pushed me to actually make an account and post something This rom hack is GARBAGE! Look how broke it is! Sonic can jump off thin air in every stage and stay unharmed. This is a thorough and quality site. With all due respect, this TAS video has no room on this site. We have to draw the line somewhwre. This DEFINITELY crosses it. Am I right or wrong? Is this not a garbage TAS? In respect for tasvideos.org I purpose this TAS video be removed from the site. Do you agree or disagree?
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First off I want to say, I am a long long long time viewer of this site. I love tasvideos.org. It has been my home screen for at least 5 years. Seeing this video on the home screen is what pushed me to actually make an account and post something This rom hack is GARBAGE! Look how broke it is! Sonic can jump off thin air in every stage and stay unharmed. This is a thorough and quality site. With all due respect, this TAS video has no room on this site. We have to draw the line somewhwre. This DEFINITELY crosses it. Am I right or wrong? Is this not a garbage TAS? In respect for tasvideos.org I purpose this TAS video be removed from the site. Do you agree or disagree?
Just to correct you on one thing: it's not a ROM hack. It's a pirated 'port' which was made from scratch, and as a bootleg game, it was actually released on cartridges. So it doesn't quite follow the same standards for publication as ROM hacks do.
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What point are you trying to make anyway? The game is so shit that it shouldn't be on the site? The examples listed above prove that pretty much any non-ROM hack is eligible for the Vault category at least. "Bad game choice" is rarely used as a reason for rejection anymore because of that. On top of that, runs are never un-published for any reason so that little tangent isn't really going to give you the result you want. You claim this has been your home page for five years and you're not even familiar with the basic submission/publication rules?
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Is this not a garbage TAS? In respect for tasvideos.org I purpose this TAS video be removed from the site.
Wait, I just noticed this. Haha, wow, I'm a complete dick in half of my posts and I don't even think I've said anything that offensive to anyone that wasn't rambling about ACE!
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ericjsepulveda, are you a hater? There are many runs which feature even much harder use of glitches… Also, even in the brand games (for example, Rockman&Forte and Sonic the Hedgehog) it is possible to walk on nothing under certain conditions. Does it make those games bad?
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ericjsepulveda wrote:
First off I want to say, I am a long long long time viewer of this site. I love tasvideos.org. It has been my home screen for at least 5 years. Seeing this video on the home screen is what pushed me to actually make an account and post something This rom hack is GARBAGE! Look how broke it is! Sonic can jump off thin air in every stage and stay unharmed. This is a thorough and quality site. With all due respect, this TAS video has no room on this site. We have to draw the line somewhwre. This DEFINITELY crosses it. Am I right or wrong? Is this not a garbage TAS? In respect for tasvideos.org I purpose this TAS video be removed from the site. Do you agree or disagree?
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I'm so gald you enjoyed the run, ericjsepulveda! Your enthusiastic feedback is welcomed and very much appreciated; thank you! Just so you know, I am redoubling my efforts to complete a Somari TAS. Additionally, I think I can save a few more frames in Sonic Jam 6, so look forward to an update in the near future! If you have any further suggestions or know of any top-quality games I have not yet TASed, please let me know!
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Oh yes I want some Somari TASing pls... sorry for that.
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Haha, wow, I'm a complete dick in half of my posts and I don't even think I've said anything that offensive to anyone!
That wasn't the case a few months ago. What has turned you into a right creep? I want the Samsara from the Run Saber days back. :(
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Samsara wrote:
Haha, wow, I'm a complete dick in half of my posts and I don't even think I've said anything that offensive to anyone!
That wasn't the case a few months ago. What has turned you into a right creep? I want the Samsara from the Run Saber days back. :(
Things change over 4-5 years, yo. I've been through a hell of a lot. I'd rather not turn this discussion thread into The Many Woes of Some Douchebag On The Internet so I'll just leave it there. Plus, you don't want Run Saber Samsara back. His run has at least 30 seconds of known improvements. That's shameful.
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