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Introduction

I like Arkanoid.

Category Rules

  • Heavy luck manipulation
  • Uses fastest speed
  • Uses hardest difficulty
  • Beats all 99 rounds
  • No warp powerups used

Software + Hardware

Rom Information

  • Name: Arkanoid - Doh It Again (Japan)
  • ROM: Arkanoid - Doh It Again (J) [!].smc
  • SHA1: 03F839819A253EED9A928D8D7CC80FCC245AB23D
  • MD5: 2CDBA2EA2369BFE29E9B5C59A04C8F8E

Emulator

  • EmuHawk 2.9.1 (Core: Snes9x)

Routing Bot

  • Bot: JaffarPlus
  • Routing Core: QuickerSnes9x
  • Platform:
    • 2 x AMD Epyc 7742 (128 cores, 256 threads) + 384Gb RAM
    • Exploration Rate: 0.25 Mstates/s

Strategy

Generally I tried to use all the lessons learned in my NES Arkanoid movies. However, this game is a bit more complicated since it contains more types of bricks, powerups, and bosses.
As per strategy, I always looked to get the Laser, 8-ball, M, and super powerups. Since the powerup type are not RNG but pre-determined (levels are paired to powerups pretty nicely), I had to devise a specific strategy for each level.
The game also contains several bosses types that require different approaches. The bosses repeat thrice and the game finally ends after you defeat the last boss in the 3rd iteration. This movie took several months and severely inflated electricity bills to make, so I hope you enjoy!
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #9449: eien86's SNES Arkanoid - Doh It Again "warpless" in 58:08.69
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Invariel
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Loving the video so far. One question: In Round 29 (13:37 into the video), you have Laser, but you don't destroy the blocks on the right with it; is that shot not possible?
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
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Invariel wrote:
Loving the video so far. One question: In Round 29 (13:37 into the video), you have Laser, but you don't destroy the blocks on the right with it; is that shot not possible?
glad you're enjoying it so far! You're right, that block would block (lol) the laser shot.
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Thanks!
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
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Wow you did a great job using different items and also found some nice collision glitch. Yes vote.
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