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11.02.2009 11.03: is writtenin on fceux-2.0.3.win32, 1 player, time: 09:33.81 rename Gryzor_(J).fm2

adelikat: Rejecting this run due to 1) sub-par technical quality (see thread for details) and 2) too similar to the 2-player published movie to warrant a 2nd category (and/or failing to be faster than the 2-player run).

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2179: Lord_of_Olympia's NES Contra in 09:32.87
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Soooo this is Contra right? Why did you use the J version? Why is this slower than the existing movie?
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Kyrsimys wrote:
Soooo this is Contra right? Why did you use the J version? Why is this slower than the existing movie?
Slower? and I did not notice.:) Why not correctly ? It is my first movie. Version of [J] this the original.
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(I'm guessing) Translations for the russian text: "P.S. If you asked me a question in Russian I could understand it better" "Learn the great and powerful Russian language" Lord_of_Olympia, http://tasvideos.org/ForumRules.html The language on this board is English. Posting in other languages is allowed, but all discussions should be at least translated to English. Языка на этой BBS является Английский. Отправка в других языков допускается, но все обсуждения должны быть не менее переведен на Английский.
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Did not read this. I will write on english
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The last known 1-player version was played on the U ROM, and it's only a second slower. While switching to J ROM saves about 22 seconds by itself. That's not to say that the current published run uses 2 players and is about 35 seconds faster.
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I will try to edit Gryzor _ (J).fm2 on fceux-2.0.3.
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There is no NES Gryzor. Only Contra or Probotector.
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Dwedit wrote:
There is no NES Gryzor. Only Contra or Probotector.
um... filename is "Gryzor (J).nes"
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Dwedit wrote:
There is no NES Gryzor. Only Contra or Probotector.
There should be. From the three names, "Gryzor" is the coolest. "Contra" is just banal and mundane. It's like "opposing force" or similar unimaginative names. "Probovector" starts having that cool cyberpunkish sound. However, it's maybe a bit too bombastic, even to the point that it sounds a bit ridiculous. However, "Gryzor" is exotic and cool-sounding, without trying to be too over-the-top (like "Probovector").
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Dwedit wrote:
There is no NES Gryzor. Only Contra or Probotector.
If you want to split hairs, you're correct. There's a Famicom version of Gryzor.
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Titus Kwok wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/murdererofhoofedmammals/gryzor.txt filename is "Gryzor (J).nes"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't those kanji read as "kon" "to" and "ra" respectively?
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Wow, way to repeat a three year old argument.
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Nuh uh, it was called DMG in japan
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RT-55J wrote:
Titus Kwok wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/murdererofhoofedmammals/gryzor.txt filename is "Gryzor (J).nes"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't those kanji read as "kon" "to" and "ra" respectively?
That is correct. The Japanese version appears to have been named Contra... but with kanji to make it cooler!!
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So are we all in agreement that GoodNES's label is incorrect?
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A better question would be, "Has anybody bothered watching this movie?"
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Actually, yes, I have. Given that I haven't seen the old version, I found this to be fairly entertaining. A few pointless shots here are there not hitting any targets, but oh well.
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Given that we have a 2-player any% and a 1-player pacifist, I don't really see why we would need a 1-player any% of this game. Similarly we had a rejected Super C 1-player movie as well: http://tasvideos.org/1660S.html Note: This movie was as well optimized as the published 2-player. Its rejection was purely based on being a less entertaining rehash of the 2-player version. Also, since no one has linked it, 1-Player pacifist: http://tasvideos.org/756M.html Only about 13 seconds slower than this submission. A lot more than 13 seconds were sacrificed for the sake of the pacifist goal. Also, he uses the J-ROM presumably for the same reasons I did in both published movies so I don't think that argument needs to be raised. Yes it is called gryzor but shouldn't, again we already discussed that. And moozooh's calculation are pretty accurate, this movie is at least 22 seconds slower than it could be, so I think it needs to be rejected on those grounds.
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So I watched the run until level 4 and there are several glaring errors. 1) In level 2 you fail to get the single stream from the spread gun in order to kill the turrets faster, carefully watch the published movie or genisto's 1-player movie. You lose a lot of time here 2) In level 3 you don't do the "Jump glitch". In the published movie you will see at least 4 opportunities to do this. Each one saves approx 60 frames. 3) The spread gun use on the bosses could be a lot more accurate, you waste a lot of bullets, again watch the published movies carefully. It's a good start, but this movie fails to at least match previous movies.
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