This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2191: Ele's SNES Spindizzy Worlds in 08:08.93

I liked this. I found it interesting throughout, and I challenge anyone to prove to me that a game resembling Marble Madness is a bad thing! I will cede that a game like this may be optimized but can look unoptimized. Difficult controls make for a tricky TAS--I honestly can't say just by looking how optimized each individual movement, turn, and corner is, but I can tell you that the paths and techniques are fantastic. Near the end, when you zipped straight down the room, barely jumping over the pits between the diagonal bridges, I was amazed. But, like you said, it looks from up here that it's possible to improve that maze room, either through path or through different movements at each bit for a frame dig. I approve of this run, though, as it is! Short, speedy, well thought-out. --Ah, except for one thing. Easydizzy? Is that an easier difficulty level? What is the difference between Easydizzy and Spindizzy? If there aren't reasons why you can't reasonably use the hardest difficulty level, I would argue that you should.

I did some fairly serious work on this game before dropping it. This run is not too bad, but it is far from optimal. Spindizzy is a much more advanced level structure, the run is far more interesting, but much more lengthy. There are 23 levels on the hardest difficulty. I would estimate a completed run to be about 25-30 minutes. Getting on the rail in Gargoyle would save time. Corners aren't turned as tightly as they can be much of the time. You can get going pretty ridiculous speeds and still maintain a fair amount of control under TAS conditions. You should always weave out as far as possible before turning a corner, because it takes time to begin to accelerate in the new direction. The run is not really tightly optimized and I believe there are multiple level paths which could have been done better. Here is 10.5 Levels of my run, which is not tightly optimized, but I believe the quality is significantly better than this run. The first couple levels aren't too well done in my run. http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/482693612/Half%20Pyramidia.smv If there was interest for this run I would resume work on it. If you are interested in improving this, please feel free to contact me.

om, nom, nom... crunchy!