User Files for Smart Ball

Well, that was... embarrassing. :D

I realized I wasn't utilizing the new tech to its full potential on some of the jumps and falls, so I went through the entire segment and improved it further by 30 in-game frames. This also let me reduce some lag thanks to not picking up 1-up and the three unnecessary balls that were slower to skip otherwise, so now this WIP is 116 in-game frames and 64 realtime frames faster than andymac's.

It is probably still improvable by a few frames (one particular thing that stands out is the unfortunate frame of lag in the final room of 2-A), but at this point I'd like to move on.

Well, I made some relatively easy headway on this, so I guess this is a WIP now?

Anyway, 86 input frames saved vs. andymac's, 62 frames faster in realtime; all from better movement (speed control in particular).

Further progress will come slower because different routes will need to be tested (stage 3 in particular). The published TAS makes at least one poor choice in that regard, so I'm expecting at least half a minute to come from better routing alone.

Improved version here.

This movie improves upon andymac's level 1-A by 18 input frames (address $1C5D, 1u) and 2 realtime frames despite Snes9x's faster fadeouts/loads.

Leaving this here in case somebody else is already working on this game and/or I forget about its existence for an indefinite amount of time.

Requires BizHawk with BSNESv115+ but may sync on the regular BSNES core; I haven't tried.

Improved version here.