Post subject: Ecco the Dolphin
nesrocks
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as suggested by someone on the speedruns.org forum, i'm gonna make this one. i love the game, and it was the only genesis game i had. i also think this will be a very loved movie by everyone since it's such a cool and beautifull game. i recorded ecco swimming fast and it looks very nice. might get dizzy sometimes hehe..
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As I said in the "big list" topic, this is a must-see for me. Playing the game is one thing, but seeing it played good and fast would be great.
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the first level already is a chalenge, ecco has no BRAKES!!!! lol, but i'm acquiring playing knowledge that i hope can be used on all other levels
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nice... while recording it doesn't seem fast, but while playing, wow! the fast charge move can be done without waiting, press C, and the press B so he will charge forward right away! perfect for after u beat an enemy.
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I really want to see a good run of this. It's one of the harder games I have ever played, and it's responsible for a smashed-up controller of mine... Good luck with it.
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I'd rather see a Tides of Time run, myself.
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I'd rather see both... .. ^_^;; Oh, hey, this is my first one-line post here! I need to add more text!!!!! Yes, Ecco is a hard game. The sequel is harder too. I used to spend ages when I was little just jumping around in the surface of the water.. great times... Then, when Ecco came out the the Dreamcast, I did -exactly- the same thing. Just sat there splashing around the water saying "ooooh pretty..."
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I like Tides of Time better too. The vertical levels where the huge boss chases you were awesome.
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i personally like the first one, because it was the first of the 2 i played. it's like watching a movie and then watching the sequence, u lost the originality feature. ecco 2 has some nice features, but the first one has more of the underwater feel to me. i have tried playing the second one, but i got tired in the middle of the game.
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FODA wrote:
ecco 2 has some nice features, but the first one has more of the underwater feel to me.
Agreed. I didn't really like jumping from midair lake to midair lake (partly because, if you missed, you had to start all over again).
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I have no complaints over seeing some incomplete previews... *wink wink nudge nudge*
I like my "thank you"s in monetary form.
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ok, here it is! http://paginas.terra.com.br/lazer/parasempredaniel/ecco-foda-v1.zip i don't like it so far, on the first level i used "hit rock with face" to do tight turns, i thought it was ugly, so i did "slow down way before turn" on level 2 to make the turns and i think it looks uglier. i guess i can't slow down at all...
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Hehe... Sonic throw your self in the wall.. heres ECCO :P hehe.. Countinue.. I want 2 c the rest :D
Wheeeehaaa.. Yaaayy..
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Which version didja use? I nabbed both 'ECCO - The Tides of Time (E)' and 'ECCO - The Tides of Time (U) [!]' and neither seem to work properly. The former has you plowing into a rock almost immediately and getting hung up. The latter brings up a language-select screen at the beginning that you never get out of. x.X;
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Tides of Time is the sequel, aka Ecco 2. He's time attacking Ecco 1. I used "ECCO_(U)_[!].bin" and it worked perfectly.
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Whoa. I never tought ecco could be this fast, keep working on it, i want to see how fast you can do the later levels hehe
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*wince* Ach, I knew that. I guess I just skimmed through to see if a version was mentioned, saw the second game mentioned, and my half-asleep brain rolled with it. But yes, I'll be happy to see the rest of the levels, as well. Ecco seems to be set on Ludicrous Speed. o_o
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ok i'm gonna start all over, this time i know how his movement works.
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new version has made it 200 frames faster. i decided to get hit on this run. it would be a nightmare to try to avoid getting hit, and it would be slower, as always, so i'm going for speed. finished level 3 ----- 2:00 mins finished level 4 ----- 3:30 mins
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How'd you get Ecco to move so fast!
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pressing C repeatedly increases speed, and the emulator helps to make it perfect.
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Can we get to see what you have done so far? The preview of the first two levels were very interesting.
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It says I'm forbiddon to download or something like that
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