User Files from Samsara

Another 9 frames saved. Why haven't I just taken the Block 1 from the Grant submission and tried to improve that?

Not much better though. 5 frames saved.

42 frames faster than Random's cancelled submission at the end of Block 1.

Backing up first minute-ish of Green's stage because I'd really rather not lose everything and have to redo it.

718 frames (12 seconds) ahead of the published run. Most of the improvement comes from better boss/miniboss strategies.

boy howdy gosh and golly i love me some weapon management

dragster is the ultimate stress test because it tests how stressed i can get over a video game older than i am

This movie tries to recreate the currently published run in BizHawk, but loses frames everywhere due to needing to do different things to get the same results. Not sure if it's more accurate emulation or just my general incompetence. Note that the file is automatically 5 seconds longer due to the GBA BIOS, actual time lost compared to the published run is ~10 frames.

Stops before Drac fight.

Old Axe Armor "hard, level 1", resynced.

16 frames faster. Everything up to Behemoth chase is arandomgameTASer's input.

.15 seconds faster than TASeditor in level 2

Global timers are the bane of my existence.

6 frames faster than published run by direct comparison: Actually about 19 frames faster but 7 are lost due to the emulator and 6 are lost due to enemy spawning being on a global timer. Because ugh.

Red's shouting is basically how I react whenever anyone asks me "Hey Samsara, do you like Gunstar Heroes?"

No comparison to the published run, this is only a test anyway.

speaking of garbage you can't understand, SNOOPY MAGIC SHOW

Had to copy-paste my original input to a new blank file to properly switch the core from Performance to Compatibility, which wiped the re-record count. Actual count is ~5000.

Updated watch file using the addresses listed on the Game Resources page.

shouldn't crash bizhawk anymore

Currently 155 in-game frames faster than the published run: 129 in Field 0, 24 in Field 11, and 2 in Field 23. Still working on Field 23.

I think I'm done now. Please no more improvements.

shoutouts to Tompa for 1 frame improvement

Not synced past frame 11623, coming back to this after a long rest

it's like 31 frames faster or something

thank you atma

Backup. Through JodValley.

Removed an extra frame of lag that slipped in by mistake. One frame improvement.