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Summary

  • Emulator used: VisualBoyAdvance 1.7.2 re-recording v21
  • 40 lines mode, level 9, height 5
  • Aims for fastest time
  • Manipulates luck
  • Genre: Puzzle

Description

This is a 241 frame (4.02 second) improvement over the current published run.
Most of the improvement came from luck manipulation. The block sequence is affected by operations (slide, rotate, drop) or pressing Select to show/hide the next piece. This makes it possible to get some but not all kinds of tetrimino you need without losing any frames. Actually, I just tried hundreds of fastest (or at most 1 frame slower) inputs of the single placement. I also made the platform like NES Tetris, so that I could save three frames per tetris. It's a small improvement, but entertaining to watch.
Thanks to all GBC and NES Tetris runs. I hope you enjoy.
cpadolf: Accepting as an improvement to the published run.

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Posted: 11/26/2009 3:07 PM
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TASVideoAgent
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2471: veup's GBC Tetris DX in 00:35.18
Posted: 11/26/2009 3:32 PM
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Baxter
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You are actually the first to submit a run that obsoletes a published run of mine, congrats :). Very nice improvement too, 4 seconds is a lot more than I thought would be possible. Great job! Voting yes.
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Posted: 11/26/2009 3:37 PM
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Lex
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I watched Baxter's run and your run back-to-back. There's a clear change in strat and a huge (>10%!) improvement. I love it. Definite yes.
Posted: 11/26/2009 7:29 PM
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sgrunt
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Obvious yes vote for improving a run this short by this much. Encode: http://www.archive.org/download/VeupsGbcTetrisDxIn0035.18/tetrisgbc-tas-veup.mkv (wait a few minutes if you can't get there right away) DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xba93s_veups-gbc-tetris-dx-in-003518_videogames
Posted: 11/26/2009 11:36 PM
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N._Harmonik
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Another Tetris run so soon? What next? Tetris 64?
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Posted: 11/27/2009 12:01 AM
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MarbleousDave
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N. Harmonik wrote:
Another Tetris run so soon? What next? Tetris 64?
Yeah, and maybe The New Tetris.
Posted: 11/27/2009 1:02 AM
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Aktan
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Here is an encode: http://www.archive.org/download/VeupsGbcTetrisDxIn0035.18_465/tetrisdx-tas-veup.mp4 http://www.archive.org/download/VeupsGbcTetrisDxIn0035.18_465/tetrisdx-tas-veup.mkv Daily Motion link: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbacbp_gbc-tetris-dx-in-003518-by-veup_videogames
Posted: 11/27/2009 3:17 AM
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That was insane. The good kind.
Posted: 11/27/2009 3:21 AM
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Ryuto
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I never thought Baxter's run could be possible to improve by four seconds. Compared with previous run, the strategy of your run is definitely different from it. The way of putting peaces is impressive. I enjoyed the run. I hope you will make another Tetris run. I'll vote yes.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ryuto138
Posted: 11/27/2009 5:46 AM
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veup is the new Tetris master! YES vote.
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Posted: 11/27/2009 6:34 AM
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Randil
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Very nice and short, I vote yes!
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Posted: 11/27/2009 12:02 PM
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Sir VG wrote:
veup is the new Tetris master!
That was some rapid dethronement. :D
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Posted: 11/28/2009 7:38 PM
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Now that the run has been accepted... Suggesting frame 662 or 673 as screenshots (probably the latter), just before (as with old run's screenshot) or during the first line clear. Have some optimised pngs:
Suggested description wrote:
This movie plays the GBC version of Tetris, aiming to get the required number of lines as quickly as possible. Of course, the best course of action is to only get "tetrises" (four lines at once). This is a 4.02 second improvement over the previous movie.
(...which is pretty much the same - just edited for grammar and conciseness, and also gets rid of "this time" which is an artifact of the very first submission for this - the then-author also did an NES Tetris run.)
Posted: 11/29/2009 12:21 AM
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Flygon
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I'll take it for encoding and see if I can get smaller then Grunts encode (For reasonable quality, of course), if not, consider another encode of yours accepted. =P
Posted: 11/29/2009 1:26 AM
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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. ---- [1405] GBC Tetris DX by veup in 00:35.18
Posted: 12/14/2009 2:37 PM
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Bezman
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That's quite a crafty tactic, shortening the falling distance... I loved watching this. I think that keeping the ending at the end of the .avi is a nice conclusion though, even if I'd skip it when rewatching.
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Posted: 2/8/2010 11:05 AM
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Flygon
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Bugger it, the encode broke on YouTube.
Posted: 2/8/2010 12:22 PM
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Warp
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The GameBoy Color has a vertical resolution of 144 pixels. What's the point in encoding it with a vertical resolution of 1080 pixels? EDIT: Ah, I totally forgot about this.
Posted: 2/9/2010 7:44 AM
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Flygon
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Here are fully functional files: Archive.org (MKV format) YouTube This repost is because the old YouTube link and encode was broken. It is in MKV format because MP4 does not support PCM. I send special thanks to OmnipotentEntity and Aktan for help.
Posted: 2/17/2010 12:26 AM
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Bezman
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It may have been a joke, but I actually really like the 1080p version. When stretched normally, the video would interpolate the colours - even the 360p version looks relatively blurred and muted - but doing it via a 'nearest neighbour' method just makes the pixels look so crisp and sexy. Maybe not 'true' for NES/Snes games since a CRT would blur the pixels but I would still support a sexy 1080p SMB encoding.
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Posted: 2/17/2010 5:33 AM
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Bezman wrote:
Maybe not 'true' for NES/Snes games since a CRT would blur the pixels but I would still support a sexy 1080p SMB encoding.
You called?
Posted: 2/17/2010 9:21 AM
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Bezman
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Awesome! Fun to watch again but it was DK that REALLY made use of the crisp, large pixels. The bold colours in DK and the simple shapes are really lovely and can definitely be better appreciate in HD. The others that I watched didn't have quite the same majesty but there's definitely something appealing about seeing the crisp edges of these chunky pixels. Please carry on with your HD versions.
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