The game is divided up into 9 stages, with the first stage serving as a tutorial (thus the shortest stage). Along the way there are a few power ups/techniques you can get. I'm aiming for an any percent run, going for the quickest time possible avoiding anything I don't need. In order to even consider doing a 100% run one has to complete the game at least once anyways.
I like to thank Chamale for his topic on the game (which hasn't seen any posts since 2007). His WIP .vbm showed me quit a few tricks. Such as allowing Left+Right at the same time to shave some frames at in the first stage. Unfortunately for his run, he was running it on a intro hacked rom (Eurasia I think) which adds an unnecessary 27 additional frames to his run. I also like to note while following his excellent run, I managed to shave off an additional 54 frames (along with the 27 frames from the intro) off his run by the end of stage 3 (a grand total of 84 frames).
I've just finished the 4th stage which you can see HERE(obselete)
I like to note the following:
Drama, too long, didn't read, lol.
I'm not really into Stafy but: Someone called tarby made a glitched run. http://bb2.atbb.jp/tas/viewtopic.php?t=15 I figured, you might want to know about it.
Ah Stafy is really really awesome... but yeah there is already a thread about it.
Drama, too long, didn't read, lol.
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 9
The last picture takes place in a scrolling section of a stage, and since it takes place in front of a door I included it, though one could easily get around it andsave time.
Looking at each spot you have to use it, it would seem that skipping the star dash would in fact be the faster way to go. The star dash has a different animation than the regular spin dash, it can plow through multiple blocks unlike the spin dash but when you hit an enemy/boss, it does not keep on going. I need to test if it goes further (and if it does, how long does it last before it wears out). I also need to test if the star dash will in fact hurt the final boss in one hit or two(like the spin dash).
More testing to follow.
edit: Just tested it out, it turns out they are identical in speed, distance, and length of the animation. By pushing against a wall and letting a dash go at a 1000 mark on each, they both traveled the same distance within 38 frames (when the animation ends) they ended up in the same exact spot.
I'm gonna say the star dash (or should I say just an slightly improved spin dash) will not be used as it would actually cost time in order to get it.
Addresses Used:
*03006462 - Horizontal Speed
*03006466 - Vertical Speed
*0300645A - Horizontal Position
*0300645E - Vertical Position
*03000F7C - Boss Health
Tricks Used:
*Quick Start-up: To start moving in any direction earlier, hold the d-pad in that direction for 1 frame before using the A button.
*Reset Spin Timeout: To reset the 3 spin limit earlier, sometime after the speed has reduced by 1, hold any direction + A for 1 frame, before Spining.
*Quick Water entrance: Whilst on land, jump to enter a body of water instead of falling.
*Demo Glitch: This simply unlocks all stages and vehicles, nothing more.
Stage Comments:
Stage 2: I ride on a balloon, then exit the stage, nothing special.
Stage 9: I reset the spin timeout to exit the first room earlier, then skip some miniquest. I somehow bypass a laser gate, unlocked the boss door, and now stuck on luck mainipulation.
Thanks to:
*Chamale - Gave me the idea to try Legendary Starfy.
*Applepieman - Gave me motivation to optimize the movie.
*Gocha - For this run.
Notes:
Currently rerecorded 10505 times. I'm simply stuck trying to get the boss to kill himself. If all goes well, I would be done by the end of this week.I got a desynch here. What rom did you use?
Ok. It looks like the input got erased in that vbm. I get stuck on the title screen and there arent any button presses untill frame 3494. The rest after that is blank. EDIT: Wait....What just happened?! Youre at the final level?! What is going on?!
Thats a nice WIP. Any plans for a V4?
Thats a nice WIP. Any plans for a V4?
You know, Since the game is so short, I think this game could use a 100% as well as an any%. Just saying.
I very much agree with this post.
Forget party hats, Christmas tree hats all the way man.
Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
