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Deja Vu TAS by Randil

This run improves the published run by 806 frames (13.43 sec) mostly by not picking up the SNAPSHOT and not examining LETTER1.
  • Emulator used: FCEU 0.98.26
  • Aims for fastest possible time.
  • Manipulates luck.
  • Genre: Storybook.
I found that it's not necessary to either take or examine SNAPSHOT in order to beat the game. Because I don't pick this item up, I don't have to discard it in the sewers later on. All this saved ~10 seconds.
It's not necessary to examine LETTER1, which saved about 3 seconds. LETTER1 is evidence against Sternwood and Vickers, just as MEMO and DIARY, and because I don't examine those two items, I figured that I might not need to examine LETTER1 either, which was the case. :)
Then there were the usual frame improvements here and there. I saved a few frames by having less items in my inventory (it takes shorter time to load), and there were a few optimized cursor movements.
All in all, most of this run looks identical to the published run, but Deja Vu fans will probably spot the differences. :)
More detailed comments might come later...
Enjoy the run!
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Posted: 5/21/2008 12:52 PM
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #1984: Randil's NES Déjà Vu in 10:18.75
Posted: 5/21/2008 10:30 PM
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caitsith2
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So you stiffed the cab driver, when you had the coins to actually pay him.
Posted: 5/22/2008 5:32 AM
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Haha, you dispose of items in the sewer... And ... clear your name? Your name wasn't very clear if you had to throw stuff in the sewer!
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Posted: 5/22/2008 6:53 AM
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caitsith2 wrote:
So you stiffed the cab driver, when you had the coins to actually pay him.
Yep, it's a few frames faster to stiff him than to pay him the coins. This can only be done the last time you take the cab to Peoria though. And I guess our hero Ace isn't as innocent as you'd first think - stiffing the cab driver, hitting a butler unconsious, using savestates to win the jackpot on the slot machines, etc... perhaps he deserves some jail time. :) About throwing stuff in the sewers, I realize that it's a little bit suspicious, but the fact is that these items have been planted in order to frame you for a murder you didn't commit, so it's all in your right to get rid of all these items.
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Posted: 5/24/2008 11:41 PM
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Mr._Kelly_R._Flewin
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O.O DAYUM! I never though to ignore either snapshot or letter.... and what an improvement! My own speedrun's gonna have to be tweaked now as well as my guide... that's just incredible! I feel like a moron to not have thought about either of those. :( Now to figure out how to calculate how many torch units are used per action in Shadowgate and I will be good to try and improve my own speedrun of it. Mr. Kelly R. Flewin
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Posted: 6/20/2008 5:52 PM
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Has anyone claimed this for encoding? if not I am now
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Posted: 6/21/2008 8:39 PM
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [1133] NES Déjà Vu by Randil in 10:18.75
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