Madou Monogatari I is a first person dungeon crawler type of RPG, similar to Shining in the Darkness, but a little simpler. This game has only spells as weapons and they are cast by using different button combos (such as left-up-left-right). The Mega Drive port of Madou Monogatari I has
real-time battle system, which means that fast controls produce fast spell casting. Together with very manipulatable randomness, I believe this would be a nice game to TAS. Probably not the basic fast-paced action, but an intriguing challenge to complete fast. I might try it at some point, because I like rerecording games where the movements need little optimization, but the available strategies are vast.
My problem is that the game is Japanese and I can't quite understand everything that happens in the game. I have been able to find only one web page, but it does not give much info:
http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/puyo/puyopuyo3.htm
I wonder if some Japanese sites have any maps, walkthroughs or any other info about this game. Any search help would be appreciated from people who know Japanese. Thanks.
So, the luck-manipulation in this game has huge possibilities. Avoiding encounters is easy to do even manually, because every forward step has so many possibilities for luck-manipulation. I have tested it briefly and I was able to avoid all encounters or get a few different encounters without losing any time, just by trying different button combinations on the useless frames.
Every forward step has 10 frames that can be used for luck-manipulation.
Turning left/right has 9 frames.
Turnin 180 degrees has 17 frames.
I have an idea of using the dungeon maps (the in-game ones, if nothing else is available) to plan the shortest route. Then I would plan where to encounter certain enemies to get some necessary item drops. Bot would be needed only to manipulate those few encounters. Everything else should be quite easy to do by hand. Well, I'm not sure if I do this game myself or not, but it is a funny idea for the future.
So, any chance somebody could help me find some Japanese site with more info about this game? Alternatively, I could post screenshots or savestates for people to translate for me, if somebody is willing to do that kind of thing. :)