Mini Putt TAS

Essentials

  • Emulator used: FCEUX r3028
  • Aims for the lowest score (primary goal), and the fastest time

About the game

Mini Putt is a simple putt-putt golf game. Some holes have funny gimmicks.
This game was never released outside Japan.

About the run

In this run, I achieved hole-in-one in all holes except for 4-2.
I used a lua bot to find solutions. But my primary goal is the lowest score, so I did not search so thoroughly for the fastest time. For reference, I put the log emitted by the bot.
note: the re-record count does not include the trial-errors made by the bot.
These parameters affect the ball movement:
  • Weather ($0545)
  • Cursor ($9B-$9C, $9D-$9E)
  • Power ($054E)
  • Curve ($054D)
You can easily manipulate weather by adjusting the timing to finish a hole. I think we have no reason to choose weathers other than "fine".
Some holes have gimmicks that run on a fixed period.
In "play" mode, you can choose gender of player. But gender seems not to affect gameplay.

1-1

You can not save any frame by increasing power from this movie. The speed of ball seems to be capped when it is shot horizontally/vertically. This rule also applies to other holes.

1-9

Period of gimmick: 244 frames
As you see, you can zip through the wall by hitting the ball toward the space between the wall and the gate.

4-1

Period of gimmick: 124 frames

4-2

Period of gimmick: 124 frames
Unfortunately, I could not find a hole-in-one solution in this hole.
It is possible to zip into the elephant. But I could not break through the elephant body even on 2nd shot, so, to say the least, it will be very difficult to break through the elephant with one shot.
You may think the 2nd shot is sloppy, but on 1st shot, I could not get a straight line for 2nd shot without large loss.

4-3

Period of gimmick: 62 frames

4-5

This hole has 4 portals, and each portal leads to a random place ($B3-$B6). You can easily manipulate it like weather.

4-9

Period of gimmick: 144 frames

Tricks

You can zip through a wall and go out of bounds by hitting the ball to the corner of wall precisely. I put the movie in 1-2 and 1-4. It seems that the corner needs to be an obtuse angle. I did not use this trick in this run.

Noxxa: Nice showcase of tool-assisted precision. The movie keeps a good pace throughout, and it was received well by the audience. Accepting for Moons.
Spikestuff: FORE!

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #5184: TaoTao's NES Mini Putt in 06:54.17
Fog
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This was well done, surpassed what me and Spikestuff did with a few hours of work :P
Arc
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I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.
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Arc wrote:
I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.
Sigged!!
Nitrogenesis wrote:
Guys I come from the DidyKnogRacist communite, and you are all wrong, tihs is the run of the mileniun and everyone who says otherwise dosnt know any bater! I found this run vary ease to masturbate too!!!! Don't fuck with me, I know this game so that mean I'm always right!StupedfackincommunityTASVideoz!!!!!!
Arc wrote:
I enjoyed this movie in which hands firmly gripping a shaft lead to balls deep in multiple holes.
natt wrote:
I don't want to get involved in this discussion, but as a point of fact C# is literally the first goddamn thing on that fucking page you linked did you even fucking read it
Cooljay wrote:
Mayor Haggar and Cody are such nice people for the community. Metro City's hospitals reached an all time new record of incoming patients due to their great efforts :P
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Very nice!
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Fog wrote:
This was well done, surpassed what me and Spikestuff did with a few hours of work :P
Wait we actually did "work" on this game? Well that's news to me.
WebNations/Sabih wrote:
+fsvgm777 never censoring anything.
Disables Comments and Ratings for the YouTube account. These colours are pretty neato, and also these.
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I guess 4-2 will be the "elephant in the room" for getting a hole in one in each level. The levels were done very quickly, so there was no chance of being bored.
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Spikestuff wrote:
Fog wrote:
This was well done, surpassed what me and Spikestuff did with a few hours of work :P
Wait we actually did "work" on this game? Well that's news to me.
Sorry, it should be "work", my apologies.
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That's some really creative golfing. Shame about the 4-2 not being hole-in-one friendly. Entertaining either way, voted yes.
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Simple, quick, silly. Yes vote!
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Excellent! *V sign*
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. ---- [3194] NES Mini Putt by TaoTao in 06:54.17
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Both archive downloads seem to not be working.
"The guy was fatally injured and wants to be covered by God's tears (rain) before he dies. God is too busy to bother because it wastes frames." Frames 16:26
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xnamkcor wrote:
Both archive downloads seem to not be working.
Seems to have been an archive issue, as I did see it go through and was able to enter the page initially. The files that were uploaded are still on the archive servers... However right now I'm getting a white screen error with the upload. I still have the files, I'll retry everything the next day if it is indeed an archive issue (Even though other publications didn't get hit by this issue). Edit: Archive links should be working now.
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On Android based system on MX Player the video stops at 34 seconds, but audio continues. Effort to seek after that point proves fruitless. If I try to seek back to 00, it happens again as 34 seconds. I'll try VLC and see if the same happens. But I really prefer MX. I can try Kodi too. PS: It's the Compatability version with "512k" in the filename. Will also try non Compatability and YouTube versions. PPS: Playing from USB storage. Will try onboard. Edit: 512k on LAN, USB, and Local: Video error at ~00:00:34 Normal MKV on LAN and USB(Local not tested): No issues besides "normal" pixel problems. YouTube: Not tested. VirtualDub reports no errors on the 512k file. MPC on PC handles everything fine. Edit: VLC for Android has no issues. Edit: MediaInfo for PuttPutt says
Duration                       : 7mn 29s
Source duration                : 6s 772ms
"The guy was fatally injured and wants to be covered by God's tears (rain) before he dies. God is too busy to bother because it wastes frames." Frames 16:26