This topic is for the purpose of discussing #869: Sami's NES Adventure Island II in 29:18.47

This was far better than the version(s?) previously submitted. Nice route you took! It seems that you actually timed some of the routes, which I think is great! I do think a run with warps is more interesting, since it'll shorten the movie a bit, since the game is pretty linear. I did some testing on it, for a warp-run, so I'm pretty familiar with the game. The game is pretty easy, and this movie is not as optimized as it could be, and [since the game is not too hard] not as optimized as it should be. Therefor, voting 'no'.

Yeah, game is pritty easy. i want to make warpless TAS :)

I'd use the cheat code to go to island 8 and beat the game there without any power-ups. That's the real chalenge in this game.

That's a non-TAS challenge... it's easy to do with tools (obviously), and not that entertaining (imo). It would be cool to see someone do it without using tools, but I don't see the point in TASing that.

easy?? i don't think so, it's hell.

easy?? i don't think so, it's hell.

i think same what Baxter. Too easy

Game easy o_O I have never done game even with cheats. World 8 is pretty tough.

in some bosses couldnt you have used your dinos better to kill faster?

I use dinos kills bosses but when i throw axe boss start flashing. Usually dino hit same time and it's not effect.

Ahh, yes, about time someone gave this a for real attempt. Looks good for what I can see. At first I wondered why you had some pauses in the 'Choose an Egg' room, but I imagine it was to manipulate what level you got next. Nice work making use of the Dinos. Yes vote from me.

I use dinos kills bosses but when i throw axe boss start flashing. Usually dino hit same time and it's not effect.

well, im not even going to test.. imho it was already enough reasons to vote yes.. gj sami^^

Uses no warps/passwords Voting No because of that. Why didn't you use warps?

Because i want to make fullrun without warps :p

Make one with warps so maybe it will please people. Seriously, consider this one rejected.

Can't there be two seperate runs, one with warps and one without? If you use a warping password at all you'll have to go straight to the final island. And while that'll make for a shorter movie you'll miss out on the whole game.

I totally agree that. I want to see full run because it's more entertaining to watch :)

warping password

o_O Don't you know that there's warps like in SMB to skip worlds? Plus, there's no password in that game. Though, there's a level select trick.

Voting yes. This is a game I tried many times to beat (and failed), and it is nice to see it played. I only was bored during the bonus round, although that cannot be helped unless you find something insane to do while wating for it to finish. It is possible the run can be improved, but I doubt total improvements will total a minute even if they were found.

Don't you know that there's warps like in SMB to skip worlds? Plus, there's no password in that game. Though, there's a level select trick.

The level select trick was what I was refering to, though I didn't know there were warps like in SMB. But even so, there are still warpless and nonwarpless versions of SMB runs, so shouldn't the same apply here? This is a warpless run of Adventure Island II.

well I will vote yes because this is a good run and there is no warps version nor one being worked on. (why I am voting for a run that I don't think should be published, I don't know, maybe because it is so late) IF this runs is published though, I would hope that a warp run REPLACES this one. Things I like: good optimization of the dinosuars you noodles around differently in each egg room (little details like that make me happy) good minimizing of your health bar Things I don't like: Unlike the smb series, the game is a bit repetitive when all the worlds are played. The extra levels are similar and don't really add much.

well I will vote yes because this is a good run and there is no warps version nor one being worked on.

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oh, sweet :)

Very nice movie Sami! :) As always, high quality TAS from you! Really fast boss battles, and that blue dinosaur sure could run fast without moving his feet too much. :P Voting Yes!