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Hammerin' Harry in 06:58.81

Objectives

  • Take damage to save time
  • Abuse programing errors
  • Beat the game as fast as possible
  • Luck Manipulation

Comments

Well, I'm presenting here a TAS of a nice game known as Hammerin Harry, it is about a guy who takes his adventure to rescue his girlfriend by beating some bad boys using his hammer. He goes through 5 levels, after each one there is a bonus stage except for the last 2 levels, there isn't anything new in the first level, but what's new is in the bonus stage, you may or may not notice it while watching the movie but the timer count decreases instantly from 30 to 29, which saves around 2 secs, well that is due to the pause at the very first frame where the in-game timer starts counting down, also I tried to keep the bonus count on 0, even if I kill many of enemies but that only for entertainment, this also saves around 48 frames, next there is the second level, at the very start, I didn't take damage because I want to save it for later, that cost me like 20 frames but it deserves it thanks to previous bonus stage, although I optimized the stage a bit later on. The next 2 bonus stages are the same as the first one. The 3rd level technically hasn't anything new except for a small lag reduction at the beginning and a funny glitch that allows hovering in the air while pressing left or right rapidly, also allows going to left from right (crossing the globe?!), unfortunately, it is completely useless but it worth to talk about. In the 4th level, I saved much time by taking the giant hammer that deals double damage than the normal one, it saved around 4 sec or so, however it isn't much useful in other stages as it needs time to take it while it won't save more, it is a lose of time. The final stage as well isn't different too, but I reduced lag here and finished the game with a time below 7 minutes.
In conclusion, this is an improvement over the current run by 756 frames or 12.57 seconds, mainly due to:
  • A pause trick that advances in-game time 1 sec ahead on bonus stages
  • The use of giant hammer in level 4
  • Some minor optimization and lag reduction in various levels.
I also want to thank NitroGenesis for his run as it was good too.

Enjoy, and Thanks For Watching


Fog: Judging.
Fog: Nice improvement!
Accepting as an improvement to the previous publication!
feos: Let's pub some tiny ones while Sabre Wulf is being sorted out.

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I am waiting for an encode to watch this run, but I'm excited about this! I just saw Hammerin Harry at SGDQ, and it looks like this TAS finally incorporates strategy improvements mentioned at SGDQ.
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically. Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.) Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html) Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature! Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
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mklip2001 wrote:
I am waiting for an encode to watch this run, but I'm excited about this! I just saw Hammerin Harry at SGDQ, and it looks like this TAS finally incorporates strategy improvements mentioned at SGDQ.
Currently, I have big problem with internet so that's why I didn't upload an encode until now, I will try again and upload it, hopefully you like the run.
I still learn more about English. https://www.youtube.com/user/McBobX100
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Working is the best way to achieve goals in speedruning. Hardworking is a pain.
Post subject: temp encode
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If you had problems, you should have said it right away. Link to video
my personal page - my YouTube channel - my GitHub - my Discord: thunderaxe31 <Masterjun> if you look at the "NES" in a weird angle, it actually clearly says "GBA"
Post subject: Re: temp encode
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ThunderAxe31 wrote:
If you had problems, you should have said it right away.
Well, I thought I could but the inernet "betrayed" me once I started uploading and I'm still trying, since I made an HD encode for official pub. I just forgot about mentioning it already. Btw, thanks for the encode, that will help currently of course.
I still learn more about English. https://www.youtube.com/user/McBobX100
I wrote:
Working is the best way to achieve goals in speedruning. Hardworking is a pain.
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Cool game! Great job, i laughed a lot, on ship auto scrolling part! yes vote
GAW sms... Totally destroyed
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I watched the encode. Great job! Stage 4 looks much less laggy now.
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically. Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.) Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html) Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature! Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
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Very nice job. Never would've guessed this game could go below 7 minutes. It's sad you have to beat up your girlfriend to save time though :O
YoungJ1997lol wrote:
Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
Post subject: Encode suggestion
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If this run is going to be published, I suggest the encode in the submission as an official one for publication.
I still learn more about English. https://www.youtube.com/user/McBobX100
I wrote:
Working is the best way to achieve goals in speedruning. Hardworking is a pain.
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NitroGenesis wrote:
It's sad you have to beat up your girlfriend to save time though :O
Because I know she wouldn't give any rewards for rescuing her, I decided to punish her, lol.
I still learn more about English. https://www.youtube.com/user/McBobX100
I wrote:
Working is the best way to achieve goals in speedruning. Hardworking is a pain.
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. ---- [3472] NES Hammerin' Harry by McBobX in 06:58.81