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  • Emulator used: fceu-0.98.15-rerecording
  • Movie length: 35978 frames (00.10.00)
  • Aims for the fastest time possible
  • Does not abuse any programming errors
  • Uses death as a shortcut
  • Takes damage to save time
  • Manipulates luck
  • 100% Completion
I had some lack of motivation but I'm finally done with this run!
Here are some notes about the run:

Level 1

I used the star for my advantage in many places. In the boss, I shot the fireball from the pervious room so that I could get the star ready faster.

Level 2

Some better star usage here. After picking up the secret item and riding the bird, I choose the lower path so I can use star which is faster. I used same kind of tactics in the boss as Nitsuja. I had to be slower though because the boss wasn't asleep anymore :P

Level 3

I couldn't use the same death-shortcut as Nitsuja because I had to get the secret item. I was a bit faster in the boss.

Level 4

Luck manipulation is very annoying in Gimmick! It took me a lot of rerecords to get the desired fireball from one of the enemies. I used a lot of shortcuts, and some small optimization in the boss.

Level 5

I used a lot of Nitsuja's tricks but I was able to make them a lot faster. I killed myself after getting the secret item, it's over 20 frames faster but seems bit boring. Again, boss was a bit faster.

Level 6

I came up with a little shortcut in the 4th room, I used star to go from the right side. And I was able to enter the secret room a bit faster this way. The last room before the boss was a lot faster than in Nitsuja's run. Minibosses were pain to manipulate. I came up with the idea to use the bomb first and it saved some frames. In the second miniboss, there's invisible wall so I can't just enter the pipe :/ Boss was greatly improved.

Level 7

I mounted the white monster-thingy earlier. Star was used a lot
And just to note that almost every room was faster when compared to Nitsuja's run (some were as fast as in Nitsuja's run).
Suggested screenshot frame: 29386

Thanks to...

Nitsuja: His run was great help when doing mine. Brushy and Randil: They whipped some motivation into my lazy ass to finish my run :P And special thanks to Brushy, he helped me with this submission text.
Enjoy! :)
adelikat: Excellent improvement. Accepting for publication.

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Posted: 7/23/2006 5:02 PM
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TASVideoAgent
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #1132: Sami's NES Gimmick! "best ending" in 09:59.63
Posted: 7/23/2006 5:14 PM
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Brushy
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Yay! Amazingly fun TAS.
Posted: 7/23/2006 5:20 PM
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Bablo
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I've been waiting for this. Good run!
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Posted: 7/23/2006 5:38 PM
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Randil
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I'm really glad that you finished this run! I've been following your WIPs since start, and I'm really impressed by the result. Really good use of the star, and very precise and accurate movements. Not to mention the boss fights, which were very fun to watch. The game itself also makes for a good TAS. So to sum things up, really great job on this run, I'm glad that I motivated you to finish your run! :) Voting YES, of course.
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Posted: 7/23/2006 5:44 PM
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JXQ
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Um, this game is awesome. End of story. I did not know of it. Great TAS potential which you captured here. Voting yes.
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Posted: 7/23/2006 6:36 PM
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nitsuja
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Wow, 56 seconds faster, really pushing those stars to their limit. The most surprising thing was that star jump off of nothing in the final room before those minibosses.
Posted: 7/23/2006 6:48 PM
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Sami
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Thanks guys :)
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Posted: 7/23/2006 7:23 PM
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Haven't seen gimmick until now. I was certainly entertained. I'll vote yes.
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Posted: 7/23/2006 8:11 PM
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What a huge financial investment! Now we're certainly more interested in gimmick!
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Posted: 7/23/2006 8:59 PM
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xebra
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This movie was great! It was pretty short, the graphics are reasonably attractive, and even more importantly, I could tell you played very precisely. There were probably a million things I didn't notice since I don't know anything about the game, but just the way you maintained speed off of slopes, the star usage, etc., was all very awesome.
Posted: 7/23/2006 9:17 PM
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Count me in with all the positive things people have said about your run. Nice improvement. Easy yes vote.
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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!!!!!!
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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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Posted: 7/23/2006 9:30 PM
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Sami
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Im glad you guys like it :)
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Posted: 7/23/2006 11:36 PM
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Zalien
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Impressive use of stars and taking damage. Its not too surprising you shaved off some major time on the previous run so I'm voting yes.
Posted: 7/24/2006 7:57 AM
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Kyrsimys
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Glad you improved this, now it's really on the same level as nitsuja's run.
Posted: 7/24/2006 8:30 AM
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Sami
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Yeah, that first version was my first TAS so it was little slow :p
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Posted: 7/26/2006 6:21 AM
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Radz
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This game is one of my favorite in Tas Watching, Yes.
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Posted: 7/27/2006 6:36 PM
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Admitably, even without watching I'm gonna be sad that you had to take damage and die and such, because your original run was SO awesome doing it the way you did, because I know this game is ridiculously hard. But you have to do what you have to do. Glad you got a faster version out. BTW, YES vote.
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Posted: 7/28/2006 7:52 PM
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Great TAS.. woah... great improvement , great run and everything ;)
Posted: 7/29/2006 8:43 PM
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Sami
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Thanks Shin ;)
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Posted: 7/31/2006 6:34 PM
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Wow exactly 10:00. You don't see times with so many 0's very often.
Posted: 7/31/2006 6:54 PM
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Sami
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My Startropics 2 TAS time is funny too. 01.01.01 :D
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Posted: 8/1/2006 11:12 PM
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xebra
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I just watched this run again for no reason and it kicked a bunch of ass the second time around, too.
Posted: 8/1/2006 11:27 PM
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Sami
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REALLY glad to hear :) Thanks man ;)
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Posted: 8/2/2006 12:47 AM
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SXL
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this game has all what it needs to be make a good tas : - short - fancy, cute - game unknown, yet interesting - special attack (and slopes) can be used to speed character up - some glitches (fast stair climbing, others...) - short bosses to me, it's the perfect example of games that should be picked. also, the author uses every element of the list with talent and ingeniosity. if the game was better known, I'd say it should be recommended for first time viewers, as it has all those features that clearly demonstrate how to make a tas interesting. nice work Sami, I hope you will find and tas some other gems soon again :)
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Posted: 8/2/2006 1:32 PM
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Awesome, definitely a yes!
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