Glitch Topic

2007-06-01 04:42:58 pm

Yeah, I've encountered this fadeout quirk before. Unfortunately, it's entirely useless as it doesn't save any time (both in-game and otherwise) at all. It just holds Samus longer on one spot instead of moving her further down the elevator.

Cpadolf

2007-06-01 04:51:57 pm

Almost happy

Yes i was afraid that was the truth, and even if it would have worked it would'nt have been fit for anything but a TAS wich goes for the ultimate ingame time.

Also if you pause just before going to another room (and i mean really close to trigger the switch room scene) the screen stays black until you press start again, have destroyed a couple of my segmented runs by waisting seconds of running in black.

JaggerG

2007-07-02 09:24:10 am

Shifty Leader

That M2k2 guy

As I played SM Impossible, I accidentally managed to Kago-Ball into the drone right above Phantoon's room. I bombed the bottom-most morph tunnel out...and got stuck inside it. >_< I thought it could be practical for speedruns, but since it gets you stuck, that kind of defeats the purpose.

Cpadolf

2007-07-02 10:19:02 am

Almost happy

I think that glitching through the robots is known and used at least in TASes.

JaggerG

2007-07-03 02:22:13 am

Shifty Leader

That M2k2 guy

Is there any place it can actually help in a real speedrun, though? Like for getting an item early?

moozooh

2007-07-03 06:42:49 am

Quote from JaggerG:

Is there any place it can actually help in a real speedrun, though? Like for getting an item early?

Only on the bottom deck (the eyedoor room), if you manage to both kagoball through the robot and continue mockballing thereafter. Otherwise, there's pretty much no useful application to it, especially during the no-power phase.

See also:

Cpadolf

2007-07-03 08:15:58 am

Almost happy

Well also JXQ glitches through the robots a couple of times in his 100% TAS, but not in the way JaggerG explains it, it kind of looks like the zebite glitch.

mooseproduce

2007-07-16 05:04:14 pm

Once S.S. is dead, walljumping off of him causes him to jiggle. O_o Is this some well-known fact, or have I just discovered the most useless easter egg ever?

I couldn't find anything else that had a similar effect (bombs, etc), so I'm pretty sure some programmer actually spent time implementing a walljump jiggle.

Chanoire

2007-07-16 05:34:44 pm

It's known. Might be in Brickroad's glitch FAQ.

Aren't there other things that jiggle from walljumps? I'd expect it wouldn't be something specific to Spore Spawn but a property of whatever type of object it is that he becomes after defeat.

RT-55J

2007-07-16 05:40:35 pm

Armor Guardian

Walljumping off of any sprite causes it to jiggle. You can even do it on frozen enemies.

P.JMan

2007-07-16 06:05:50 pm

I like Big Butts and I can not lie

and those blocks with with faces in blue Brinstar

Zarode

2007-07-16 08:55:44 pm

I remembered it was called Shaking the Dead or something. I can't remember which site I saw it on, though...

Maybe Samus.co.uk?

arkarian

2007-07-17 12:14:50 am

red chamber dream

hmm ... never heard of it.

CrAzY

2007-07-17 01:59:01 am

Yep. Spore Spawn, Those Blue Square Blocks with faces in Blue Brinstar, and Frozen Enemies are the only ones that I can recall off the top of my head. I am sure there are more...
grin new

P.JMan

2007-07-17 03:20:22 am

I like Big Butts and I can not lie

And the thing that Kraid shoots from his stomach

JaggerG

2007-07-17 04:53:06 am

Shifty Leader

That M2k2 guy

I've noticed that auto-close/reopen shutters jiggle, but I'm not sure if it's only those kind or auto-shutters in general.

mooseproduce

2007-07-17 10:11:57 am

Yeah, I found out last night that it works on frozen enemies too.

"Shaking the Dead"... I like that. Needlessly ominous. :D

Dragonfangs

2007-07-17 04:23:58 pm

It also works on certain parts of Crocomire :P.

P.JMan

2007-07-18 01:03:04 pm

I like Big Butts and I can not lie

and Funes and Strechies

ducknerd

2007-07-18 01:45:13 pm

Eschews avatars

Now you're just making up names.

P.JMan

2007-07-18 02:55:11 pm

I like Big Butts and I can not lie

lies

JaggerG

2007-07-19 04:45:10 am

Shifty Leader

That M2k2 guy

I can vouch for Funes, but I thought Strechies had another t in it (before the letter "ch")

P.JMan

2007-07-19 01:04:45 pm

I like Big Butts and I can not lie

Funes and Nami's then. Or I could just call them E2BBs and E73Fs

Tonski

2007-07-19 02:16:47 pm

Didn't it work on that Maridia turtle too? That walljumping shaking thing.

And of course it works on frozen enemies.

Gaius_4

2007-08-08 06:15:00 pm

After getting the SpringBall (for the 2nd time after doing the reset glitch) I was running back through that tunnel that was dug, I was dashing and firing the ice/plazma ...ray ...thing. :? Anyway, I shoot open the door going back out of that room (going left), jump out... That thing is exploding and I'm getting a shine spark charge (not from pressing down -just running) but as I go through the door the game starts to slow down. The screen scrolls over as if I'm going over to the next room, but it freezes and... that was it.

Had to reset.

Edit: Why was I getting the Spring Ball? I was getting everything again. I was mainly curious if I could get 200%. :P