This is a 20.5 second improvement over my previous TAS. Improvements come from the ability to use better tools, such as Ram Watch, that I didn't have when using old mednafen-rr.

TAS considerations

  • Gordo runs on the ground at a rate of 8 pixels per input frame (4 frames), but when run-jumping he moves at 10 pixels per frame. Obviously being in the air as much as possible is good. However, he can only jump at a fixed amount, and so it is difficult to plan this and find opportunities.
  • Health Management is complex. Gordo is tiny and enemies are HUGE, like well over half the screen many times. If you don't want to stop and fight them, you must go through them. And typically they deal a lot of damage (the ones that aren't insta-death, which too many are). Worse yet, you don't ever get an energy refill between levels or worlds! So you must consider each opportunity to take damage in context of the whole TAS.
  • Bananas give you health, this helps a lot. However, the collision detection is horrible for bananas, and often Gordo will run right over them without touching them, sometimes you have to get creative just to get gordo touching the banana on one of the few video frames (this game's video is an awesome 15fps).
  • Lag. You would think that given 4 frames to process the video, and a tiny screen, that it would be enough. But no, this game is always lagging even more.
  • When Gordo runs, he flails his arms around like a maniac. This is hilarious and fun to watch. And probably more interesting than anything I just said.
Enjoy.
And yay, Lynx emulation in BizHawk.

feos: Accepting as an improvement.
Guga: Processing...

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #4491: adelikat's Lynx Gordo 106: The Mutated Lab Monkey in 08:16.19
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Love that choppy, 15 frame per second video. No vote, sorry.
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Great, now we'll get a whole slew of crummy Lynx games for christmas. Joy to the world. :v
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I don't know why but I just thought this would happen very soon after Bizhawk 1.9 came out. :^
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damn, that walk is FABULOUS.... yes vote
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Enough of this monkey business, it's time to put this submission where it belongs.
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Good job cleaning up the movie. I give you credit: it really doesn't look like you wait around much for anything, and that's probably harder than it looks. That walk / run that Gordo does is awesome, though it doesn't really redeem the run. I was entertained enough to vote Meh.
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I changed the reported Lynx framerate, and fixed this submission as a result, There was also a slight correction in BizHawk as well, post release. The site was reporting ~60.2 BizHawk 1.9.0 was reporting 59.8 The correct framerate is 59.89817311 The site, and emulator have been fixed accordingly. And this submission was recalculated.
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It's about time for a special adelikat tier - these TASes of shit games you pump out are far more valuable as tech demos than they are as entertainment.
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I love how you introduce new systems in BizHawk by creating a TAS to showcase it. Its an improvement over the previous submission, so yes vote.
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Adelikat, do you have any plans to continue your "all platforms challenge"? There are many new ones since you finished that project. And who doesn't love TASes of obscure games ^^
Current project: Gex 3 any% Paused: Gex 64 any% There are no N64 emulators. Just SM64 emulators with hacky support for all the other games.
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It is still the plan. But right now, the "TAS something once in a while" is a big challenge, let alone such an All Platforms challenge.
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adelikat wrote:
It is still the plan. But right now, the "TAS something once in a while" is a big challenge, let alone such an All Platforms challenge.
Nice to hear! It would surely be interesting to see what you would come up with for the remaining platforms.
Current project: Gex 3 any% Paused: Gex 64 any% There are no N64 emulators. Just SM64 emulators with hacky support for all the other games.
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eww... it's an improvement so it'll probably be accepted, but there's no way for me to say it is entertaining so, No. I agree with thatguy, that it should be a run to prove that the emulator now emulates a particular system. It could be bundled with the emulator, as the Lua scripts are? Pretty unlikely we'll see it happening, though.
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Looking at the votes, I honestly wish the people who voted "YES" would actually rate movies as well. :P
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I thought we might see an improvement of this run now that LynxHawk is out. That walk is really funny, as are the people falling through the ground when you finish a level. Nice run, but voting Meh for entertainment.
adelikat wrote:
The correct framerate is 59.89817311
Does that mean that this frame rate is incorrect as well? Was that one for a different model of the Lynx, perhaps?
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Guga, I'm more or less looking for a response over the next 3 days. Are you still publishing this? Because as soon as you said "Processing..." only 9.51% of the YT has been uploaded since the 28th. Reason why I'm asking this is because it shouldn't have taken a week to do... unless you have something which has hold you back from publishing this in real life or if it had subs.
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CoolKirby wrote:
Does that mean that this frame rate is incorrect as well?
Yes it is. That is the problem with static content that is subject to change living on obscure pages. It gets out of date.
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Can a run be vaulted not for being technically unimpressive or lacking interesting gameplay but simply for being ugly as sin?
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CoolKirby wrote:
Was that one for a different model of the Lynx, perhaps?
From the best information I can find, 59.898fps is the nominal refresh rate of all lynxes.
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Can a run be vaulted not for being technically unimpressive or lacking interesting gameplay but simply for being ugly as sin?
You mean the game?
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natt wrote:
From the best information I can find, 59.898fps is the nominal refresh rate of all lynxes.
Thanks for your responses, guys. Interesting, I wonder where that other number came from. I'll update the framerates page, then.
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CoolKirby wrote:
natt wrote:
From the best information I can find, 59.898fps is the nominal refresh rate of all lynxes.
Thanks for your responses, guys. Interesting, I wonder where that other number came from. I'll update the framerates page, then.
The other number was identical to the Neo Geo Pocket number, so I suspect it was a data entry error
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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. ---- [2729] Lynx Gordo 106: The Mutated Lab Monkey by adelikat in 08:16.19