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MyCatSucks
2006-03-02 01:07:58 pm
according to Nintendo Power vol 57...





Thats an impressive time for back then. Current record is 59 minutes, not that large of a gap for this run being so old.
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Yoshi348
2006-03-02 05:19:04 pm
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Ready and willing.
Probably using the in-game timer which is borked, of course, which could add a minute or two or three, depending on the amount of saves.
MyCatSucks
2006-03-02 05:34:43 pm
So are you saying that you think this kid in Nintendo Power actually had a lower time?
bartendorsparky
2006-03-02 06:15:05 pm
always move fast
the saving in m2 cuts off the seconds, so if you saved at 10:47, you would restart at 10:00.  so, the player's actual time would likely be several minutes more.
carlmmii
2006-03-03 04:45:58 pm
Quote from MyCatSucks:
So are you saying that you think this kid in Nintendo Power actually had a lower time?
No, higher. His time is most likely around 1:15, which is still commendable.

I hovered around 1:25 100% for around 8 years before I found brightstar's run and saw how I could do the exact same thing. Then with his discovery of the spider throw and a bit of determination, voila.
DominicanZero
2006-03-05 09:22:27 pm
直死の魔眼使い
Not to mention that, given the stats back then, this was probably an any% run.
arkarian
2006-03-05 09:43:39 pm
red chamber dream
Wonder how they verified this. Sent in a screenshot of the final time?
Dr. Trence
2006-03-05 09:59:13 pm
they had to. anyone could of sent in a false time, even if they didnt have the game. thats what we do to vertify what we got time wise these days isnt it?
arkarian
2006-03-05 10:05:10 pm
red chamber dream
Right, but I'm wondering if they videotaped themselves or something, or just took a screenshot.
nate
2006-03-06 09:33:58 am
was standard procedure to take a picture (analog, of course) and get it developed and send that in iirc. also, look at the picture below the times in that scan.
Mr Potter
2006-03-18 11:36:23 am
When you guys time the videos, do you time when you start playing and do not have control over Samus and the door transition? Possibly the in-game timer just doesn't record moments when the player has no control over Samus, so it might not be as screwed up as you think.
nate
2006-03-18 02:26:57 pm
nah, the buggy timer (the way in which the timer is buggy) was confirmed with an emulator.
carlmmii
2006-03-19 01:25:37 am
You're right, it doesn't record moments when you're not in control of samus.

It also runs faster (or is it slower? I can't remember any more) than real-time, and has the nasty second-shaving anomaly when saving.


Basically, it's a piece of shit. ^_^



It's also very easy to spot if you use VBA and keep the memory map on live update. A lone string of bits getting updated quickly that's easily decipherable.