Joined: 7/4/2005
Posts: 714
Location: Albuqueruqe, New Mexico
Glitches found through computer input are the TAS equivalent of sequence breaking, but can go for years without their applications being realized – one trick in MegaMan was rejected by TAS runners because it killed MegaMan. But late in 2006 those same players realized that using this trick at one point could ultimately benefit a run attempt, and ten seconds was shaved off the previous best. And that’s a previous best achieved, at the very least, through a frame-by-frame input. At one remove, this might seem a dangerous level of obsession: but it’s exactly the dedication required to make games betray their creators.
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Joined: 3/25/2006
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Location: stuck in Pandora's box HELLPP!!!
the mockball, which has a faster running speed; the waterball, which is used to fall through water more quickly; the kagoball, which allows you to morph through platforms.
None of this is even true. Mochball is rolling with speed equal to running speed. Waterball is to keep your horizontal speed in water without the Gravity Suit. Kagoball allows you to morph though enemies not blocks.
the current fastest TAS of the 1987 game was posted as recently as November 2006.
Meh. The text wasn't very coherent and I don't think TASing was explained in enough detail. I have a hard time believing that anyone from outside the community would get a good, complete picture about TASing on the basis of that article.
