http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA0JkJtWexE&NR
Is this hacked or does the player behind it have some talent?
EDIT: I've decided to change this thread into something more useful.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA0JkJtWexE&NR
Is this hacked or does the player behind it have some talent?
EDIT: I've decided to change this thread into something more useful.
I am skeptical that this is real. But if it is.... she sure can 1up most shooters.
Emulation with slow motion was probably used
Emulation is absolutely used -- look at the message that pops up at the start of the game about the savestate and the frame counter. This is being played in zsnes (or snes9x, I forget which).
At that point, there is no way to tell if it is someone playing or a tool-assisted replay.
Not to mention this is a showcase of memorization, not insane-reflex bullet-dodging autistic skill (lol) that the video intro would have you believe.
I hope that was real, because that would be amazing.
Maybe it's me being a skeptic, but I swear I saw this video already as a tool-assisted speedrun.
edit: It's not the video I'm thinking of. Still...
Why is it in Engrish?
Why would anyone be impressed by 30 seconds of no-shoot footage of the beginning of gradius III?
Why is anyone impressed, ever, by anything tool-assisted? It's an enormous waste of time.
It serves as a good way to show just how badly a game can be wapwned.Quote:
Originally Posted by PBMax
It also serves as a useful tool if you are obsessed with speed running a game legitimately, as it sets a reasonable upper bound for one's performance.
Agreed. After seeing the speed run of Castlevania NES I can totally pwn that game now. I'm not as fast as the speed run, but it's still pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dipstick
Most speed runs through emulators are likely hacks and can't be counted officially, but what they demonstrate can show the player how to turn any game into a fun experience and sometimes teach you how to actually break it.
Considering this thread's potential, I think it would serve better to list games that have been burned through because I'm really impressed with some of the vids they have listed. I'll start with Alice.
Damn, Youtube doesn't have Quake 2 Done Quick 2.
Oh please. When it's passed off as real play, of course it is, but you'd have to be bitter as hell to not find some of the tool assisted videos cool.Quote:
Why is anyone impressed, ever, by anything tool-assisted? It's an enormous waste of time.
I did a speedrun of Brain Age the other week.
I'm going to try Madden '95 next whenever I have the time.
I keep thinking of buying a recordable VCR/DVD player and that would most likely include putting up videos of games people don't seem to put much attention to, but that's gonna put a $300 hole in my pocket.
Or you could just buy a fifty dollar low-lag capture card. I got a Leadtek Winfast TV2000 or something like that, works great. Not perfectly lagless, but fine for pretty much everything I've tried outside of shooters.
I made a video of myself speed running SMB1 and SMB3 without tool assistance, but the SMB1 is kind of slow @ 6 minutes and SMB3 is too long for youtube to take without a director account :(
Isnt' there supposed to be a card that'll allow you to hook up via component and play your xbox/ps2 on? I've been thinking of going that route for a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tain
Yes.
I'm sure there are component capture cards, but I'm also sure they'd be significantly pricier. And the lag's a total gamble; the first card I got had enough lag to make even RPGs unplayable.Quote:
Isnt' there supposed to be a card that'll allow you to hook up via component and play your xbox/ps2 on? I've been thinking of going that route for a long time.
Those Alice videos were really boring. Done on easy so it really isn't even a viable run in the first place since it's based on taking so much damage and powering through bosses, and on top of that nothing really interesting was done.
Found some a nice Sonic Adventure DX run which uses at least most of the glitches and shortcuts that I've heard of.
Not actual speedruns, just a batch of new glitches.
Majora's Mask: warping to owl statues before they're activated.
Castlevania: SOTN: bunch of stuff (the video is for the Saturn version).
Okay, one speedrun. SOTN in sub-18 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gactivefy on GameFAQs
I love this shit.
I really love the crazy exploits on Super Metroid.