zallard1 | Super Punch Out!! - Rick Bruiser [0'09"65] (PAL WR) @zallard1 | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 12 minutes ago.
This run was done on an original Spanish Super Nintendo cartridge of Super Punch-Out, as well as an original PAL Super Nintendo 1chip console that was recapped and modded with the Borti RGB amp.
Rick Bruiser on the PAL version has a couple of pretty massive differences compared to the NTSC version. If you would like to compare the NTSC-U fight to this one to see the changes between the two strategies, you can check it out here: youtu.be/kQZu8m929KY
Likewise, if you want, you can compare the NTSC-J version to this fight too, as it has a pretty sizable difference vs the NTSC-U version with the dizzy animation: youtu.be/ZE37xPqLWik
Phase 1 happens to be completely identical to the NTSC strategy, so we’ll just cover that real quick. Start the fight by not pressing anything for the first frame of the fight, then press Up+Y for the second frame to get a left jab to sneak past his guard. Rick is unique in that he will reel back and retaliate with a jab every time you sneak a punch through his guard, so keep that in mind whenever you fight him!
Dodge his retaliation jab, and Rick will immediately attempt 2 jabs on your right side, followed by a hook on your left side. Immediately upon being centered from your previous dodge, throw a right jab with a slight delay to counter Rick's jab, then proceed to buffer the following sequence: right jab, right body, right jab, right jab, right body, then another right body to interrupt his hook. This deals exactly the amount of damage needed to get you the ideal phase 2 and 3 refills of 25HP and 14HP, which is exactly enough HP for a single uppercut in phase 3 to TKO Rick.
Rick’s ideal health refill will “cascade” down from phase 1, because health refills on this game are partially determined by how much health the opponent had before the final punch knocks him down. You can get lower phase 1 times if you do faster punches, but Rick’s health refill will be ruined in phase 3 if you do.
Upon throwing that final right body, Rick will go dizzy, and buffering 2 left gut punches into a low super will net you the first knockdown of the fight. This dizzy animation is also considerably shorter than the NTSC-U version's since Rick goes dizzy immediately when the punch hits in the PAL and NTSC-J versions, while in the NTSC-U version, he recoils and attempts to do a retaliation punch *BEFORE* the dizzy animation actually starts. This saves quite a bit of time over the US version as you'd expect.
For phase 2, there’s a huge deviation because of the speeds of punches in the PAL version compared to the NTSC versions. To start phase 2, you will need to do a guard manipulated uppercut, which means pressing nothing at all for the first frame, then Up+A for the second frame.
This allows Rick to take an uppercut, although he can dodge it 5/8's of the time, as well as doing a sidestep jump, which is 1/8 likely each time he shuffles his feet. Assuming he does neither of these, he'll be hit with the uppercut, and attempt to counter-jab you for it, to which you just dodge to the right.
On the NTSC versions, you would need to then dodge to the left to avoid his hook after dodging the retaliation jab, then cancel your dodge by pressing the A button at the perfect time to cut the dodge tightly and do a low super for the 2nd knockdown of the fight. However, in the PAL version, you have *exactly* enough time to center yourself and just immediately throw a low super directly into his hook, and it’ll barely land. Thankfully this maneuver is also super easy to do, as you just need to buffer a quick dodge and immediately cancel it with the A button to throw the low super.
The first time I ever saw this strategy anywhere was from a channel named “Jelly Man” many years ago. I couldn’t find the video up anymore, but I did come across the channel again recently. The channel does have an NTSC video of Rick that at least referenced the PAL video I'm talking about here: youtube.com/watch?v=G_eulxtO9dU
Phase 3 is simply the exact same as the start of phase 2 thankfully, which just involves another guard manipulated uppercut, which means pressing nothing at all for the first frame, then Up+A for the second frame. The same odds apply, where you need to win a 5/8's luck roll, and not get the 1/8 Rick sidestep. Once this uppercut lands, Rick will go down for the TKO in under 10 seconds!
Here is the luck breakdown for this strategy to succeed:
Phase 2:
-Landing an unstunned uppercut (5/8)
-Rick stands still (7/8)
-Total Phase 2 odds: (5/8)*(7/8) = 35 / 64 = ~1 / 1.82857 (or ~54.69%)
Phase 3:
-Landing an unstunned uppercut (5/8)
-Rick stands still (7/8)
-Total Phase 3 odds: (5/8)*(7/8) = 35 / 64 = ~1 / 1.82857 (or ~54.69%)
Total fight odds: (35/64)*(35/64) = 1,225 / 4,096 = ~1 / 3.3436 (or ~29.9%)
Pretty decent odds all things considered! It helps a lot that phase 1 has zero luck at all, and phases 2 and 3 are reasonably likely.
Anyways, thanks for watching!
This run was done on an original Spanish Super Nintendo cartridge of Super Punch-Out, as well as an original PAL Super Nintendo 1chip console that was recapped and modded with the Borti RGB amp.
Rick Bruiser on the PAL version has a couple of pretty massive differences compared to the NTSC version. If you would like to compare the NTSC-U fight to this one to see the changes between the two strategies, you can check it out here: youtu.be/kQZu8m929KY
Likewise, if you want, you can compare the NTSC-J version to this fight too, as it has a pretty sizable difference vs the NTSC-U version with the dizzy animation: youtu.be/ZE37xPqLWik
Phase 1 happens to be completely identical to the NTSC strategy, so we’ll just cover that real quick. Start the fight by not pressing anything for the first frame of the fight, then press Up+Y for the second frame to get a left jab to sneak past his guard. Rick is unique in that he will reel back and retaliate with a jab every time you sneak a punch through his guard, so keep that in mind whenever you fight him!
Dodge his retaliation jab, and Rick will immediately attempt 2 jabs on your right side, followed by a hook on your left side. Immediately upon being centered from your previous dodge, throw a right jab with a slight delay to counter Rick's jab, then proceed to buffer the following sequence: right jab, right body, right jab, right jab, right body, then another right body to interrupt his hook. This deals exactly the amount of damage needed to get you the ideal phase 2 and 3 refills of 25HP and 14HP, which is exactly enough HP for a single uppercut in phase 3 to TKO Rick.
Rick’s ideal health refill will “cascade” down from phase 1, because health refills on this game are partially determined by how much health the opponent had before the final punch knocks him down. You can get lower phase 1 times if you do faster punches, but Rick’s health refill will be ruined in phase 3 if you do.
Upon throwing that final right body, Rick will go dizzy, and buffering 2 left gut punches into a low super will net you the first knockdown of the fight. This dizzy animation is also considerably shorter than the NTSC-U version's since Rick goes dizzy immediately when the punch hits in the PAL and NTSC-J versions, while in the NTSC-U version, he recoils and attempts to do a retaliation punch *BEFORE* the dizzy animation actually starts. This saves quite a bit of time over the US version as you'd expect.
For phase 2, there’s a huge deviation because of the speeds of punches in the PAL version compared to the NTSC versions. To start phase 2, you will need to do a guard manipulated uppercut, which means pressing nothing at all for the first frame, then Up+A for the second frame.
This allows Rick to take an uppercut, although he can dodge it 5/8's of the time, as well as doing a sidestep jump, which is 1/8 likely each time he shuffles his feet. Assuming he does neither of these, he'll be hit with the uppercut, and attempt to counter-jab you for it, to which you just dodge to the right.
On the NTSC versions, you would need to then dodge to the left to avoid his hook after dodging the retaliation jab, then cancel your dodge by pressing the A button at the perfect time to cut the dodge tightly and do a low super for the 2nd knockdown of the fight. However, in the PAL version, you have *exactly* enough time to center yourself and just immediately throw a low super directly into his hook, and it’ll barely land. Thankfully this maneuver is also super easy to do, as you just need to buffer a quick dodge and immediately cancel it with the A button to throw the low super.
The first time I ever saw this strategy anywhere was from a channel named “Jelly Man” many years ago. I couldn’t find the video up anymore, but I did come across the channel again recently. The channel does have an NTSC video of Rick that at least referenced the PAL video I'm talking about here: youtube.com/watch?v=G_eulxtO9dU
Phase 3 is simply the exact same as the start of phase 2 thankfully, which just involves another guard manipulated uppercut, which means pressing nothing at all for the first frame, then Up+A for the second frame. The same odds apply, where you need to win a 5/8's luck roll, and not get the 1/8 Rick sidestep. Once this uppercut lands, Rick will go down for the TKO in under 10 seconds!
Here is the luck breakdown for this strategy to succeed:
Phase 2:
-Landing an unstunned uppercut (5/8)
-Rick stands still (7/8)
-Total Phase 2 odds: (5/8)*(7/8) = 35 / 64 = ~1 / 1.82857 (or ~54.69%)
Phase 3:
-Landing an unstunned uppercut (5/8)
-Rick stands still (7/8)
-Total Phase 3 odds: (5/8)*(7/8) = 35 / 64 = ~1 / 1.82857 (or ~54.69%)
Total fight odds: (35/64)*(35/64) = 1,225 / 4,096 = ~1 / 3.3436 (or ~29.9%)
Pretty decent odds all things considered! It helps a lot that phase 1 has zero luck at all, and phases 2 and 3 are reasonably likely.
Anyways, thanks for watching!
![Super Punch Out!! - Rick Bruiser [00965] (PAL WR)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B8fBD-WpucE/hqdefault.jpg "Super Punch Out!! - Rick Bruiser [00965] (PAL WR)
This run was done on an original Spanish Super Nintendo cartridge of Super Punch-Out, as well as an original PAL Super Nintendo 1chip console that was recapped and modded with the Borti RGB amp.
Rick Bruiser on the PAL version has a couple of pretty massive differences compared to the NTSC version. If you would like to compare the NTSC-U fight to this one to see the changes between the two strategies, you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/kQZu8m929KY
Likewise, if you want, you can compare the NTSC-J version to this fight too, as it has a pretty sizable difference vs the NTSC-U version with the dizzy animation: https://youtu.be/ZE37xPqLWik
Phase 1 happens to be completely identical to the NTSC strategy, so we’ll just cover that real quick. Start the fight by not pressing anything for the first frame of the fight, then press Up+Y for the second frame to get a left jab to sneak past his guard. Rick is unique in that he will reel back and retaliate with a jab every time you sneak a punch through his guard, so keep that in mind whenever you fight him!
Dodge his retaliation jab, and Rick will immediately attempt 2 jabs on your right side, followed by a hook on your left side. Immediately upon being centered from your previous dodge, throw a right jab with a slight delay to counter Ricks jab, then proceed to buffer the following sequence: right jab, right body, right jab, right jab, right body, then another right body to interrupt his hook. This deals exactly the amount of damage needed to get you the ideal phase 2 and 3 refills of 25HP and 14HP, which is exactly enough HP for a single uppercut in phase 3 to TKO Rick.
Rick’s ideal health refill will “cascade” down from phase 1, because health refills on this game are partially determined by how much health the opponent had before the final punch knocks him down. You can get lower phase 1 times if you do faster punches, but Rick’s health refill will be ruined in phase 3 if you do.
Upon throwing that final right body, Rick will go dizzy, and buffering 2 left gut punches into a low super will net you the first knockdown of the fight. This dizzy animation is also considerably shorter than the NTSC-U versions since Rick goes dizzy immediately when the punch hits in the PAL and NTSC-J versions, while in the NTSC-U version, he recoils and attempts to do a retaliation punch *BEFORE* the dizzy animation actually starts. This saves quite a bit of time over the US version as youd expect.
For phase 2, there’s a huge deviation because of the speeds of punches in the PAL version compared to the NTSC versions. To start phase 2, you will need to do a guard manipulated uppercut, which means pressing nothing at all for the first frame, then Up+A for the second frame.
This allows Rick to take an uppercut, although he can dodge it 5/8s of the time, as well as doing a sidestep jump, which is 1/8 likely each time he shuffles his feet. Assuming he does neither of these, hell be hit with the uppercut, and attempt to counter-jab you for it, to which you just dodge to the right.
On the NTSC versions, you would need to then dodge to the left to avoid his hook after dodging the retaliation jab, then cancel your dodge by pressing the A button at the perfect time to cut the dodge tightly and do a low super for the 2nd knockdown of the fight. However, in the PAL version, you have *exactly* enough time to center yourself and just immediately throw a low super directly into his hook, and it’ll barely land. Thankfully this maneuver is also super easy to do, as you just need to buffer a quick dodge and immediately cancel it with the A button to throw the low super.
The first time I ever saw this strategy anywhere was from a channel named “Jelly Man” many years ago. I couldn’t find the video up anymore, but I did come across the channel again recently. The channel does have an NTSC video of Rick that at least referenced the PAL video Im talking about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_eulxtO9dU
Phase 3 is simply the exact same as the start of phase 2 thankfully, which just involves another guard manipulated uppercut, which means pressing nothing at all for the first frame, then Up+A for the second frame. The same odds apply, where you need to win a 5/8s luck roll, and not get the 1/8 Rick sidestep. Once this uppercut lands, Rick will go down for the TKO in under 10 seconds!
Here is the luck breakdown for this strategy to succeed:
Phase 2:
-Landing an unstunned uppercut (5/8)
-Rick stands still (7/8)
-Total Phase 2 odds: (5/8)*(7/8) = 35 / 64 = ~1 / 1.82857 (or ~54.69%)
Phase 3:
-Landing an unstunned uppercut (5/8)
-Rick stands still (7/8)
-Total Phase 3 odds: (5/8)*(7/8) = 35 / 64 = ~1 / 1.82857 (or ~54.69%)
Total fight odds: (35/64)*(35/64) = 1,225 / 4,096 = ~1 / 3.3436 (or ~29.9%)
Pretty decent odds all things considered! It helps a lot that phase 1 has zero luck at all, and phases 2 and 3 are reasonably likely.
Anyways, thanks for watching!")
![Splatterhouse (Arcade) - Speed Run [13:28] (Former WR)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BDmn-yGiuVc/hqdefault.jpg "Splatterhouse (Arcade) - Speed Run [13:28] (Former WR)
This was played on an original Splatterhouse arcade PCB on the H.A.S. supergun. My Splatterhouse PCB also now has the EVERTEN stereo expansion board, so the audio is more clear now with separate stereo channels! This run was done on the hardest difficulty, which starts you at 2HP instead of the default 4HP.
This was also recorded through the Datapath E1 capture card via RGB and upscaled to 4k, so this quality is about as crisp as you can possibly get on real hardware. For comparison, you can check out my first 13:37 run from a while back which was recorded via S-Video to see how much better the recording quality has gotten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvgl8DadM6M
It is also worth noting that the game is running at a slightly higher framerate than the home release ports out there (JP Wii VC at 59.94 fps, and the Namco Museum version runs at ~60 fps). This board appears to run at about 60.60 frames a second, so this benefits from small time gains compared to those versions.
It’s also worth noting that YouTube will kind of “squish” the frame rate of the video in order for it to comply to the standard 60fps that their platform handles, which results in some staggered scrolling and uneven flickering that can be very slightly unpleasant to some people.
I dont normally do this, but since this arcade board is significantly outside that spec (60.6 FPS), I’m also including some lossless video files that do not have this issue. The smallest one will just be the actual resolution of the game (288x224), as well as an integer scale for 4x of that size. These files are pretty large since they’re lossless, like on the order of 3-6 GB depending on the one you pick, so just be aware of that! The 4x scale is the most comfortable size to watch, but it can be taxing to view on some computers, so be aware of that too.
1x size: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ymraiek2ppyns2t/Arc_SH_1328_1x.avi/file
4x size: https://www.mediafire.com/file/5ly4gjpu0c9ydq8/Arc_SH_1328_4x.avi/file
So Stormcrow56k picked this game up for speedrunning recently, and found a couple of new strategies in a few spots. The main optimization he found was for the stage 2 boss, where he found an approach to kill the chair with one punch and one slidekick, however its extremely difficult and inconsistent, so he also found a backup strategy that minimizes time loss if you dont get it, which helps justify going for it.
Beyond the chair kill, theres a really hard strategy that requires good luck on knives such that they cross in the center of the room, as well as a really difficult jump-punch strategy to take out the 2 airborne knives, which requires pressing jump and punch on the same frame to get Rick to carry his punch state into the air and punch twice in the air. Normally when you do a jump, your first attack will always be a jump kick, and any subsequent attack will be a jump punch (unless you hold down for more jump kicks).
The other big find that Stormcrow found was for the Jennifer boss fight in stage 5. Effectively, you can exchange one of the punches early in the the fight with a very late slide kick for the last attack, which saves you one attack and nets you a tiny bit of time.
This run was pretty much what I was looking for. I got the best version of the new stage 2 boss kill, then nailed stages 5, 6, and 7. I had a few small mistakes, like in stage 3, I hit attack too early and did a ducking kick instead of a shotgun blast. In stage 4 I somehow managed to only get 1 hit on the boss when it initially stops (usually I get 2), then ended up having to kill the boss as it touched the floor on the right side, whereas the best kill gets it when its at the top of the screen on the right. The final mistake in the run was me missing a slide kick near the end of the chair room, which loses about a quarter of a second.
I lost about half a second on the final boss due to luck, with the hands spawning on the same side that the head spawned both times. The stand out highlight of this run is definitely the stage 6 boss kill. For the rest of my splits, I maintained roughly the same pace on average, but I got a gold split on 6 due to how aggressive I was able to play it. This run was also almost damageless! I only took hits at the very end of the run due to bad luck with the hand spawns. I also streamed this on Twitch if anyone would like to watch the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1200261672
The exact time of this run is a 13:28.974, which beats the old run by 3.103 seconds (old record was a 13:32.077). With this run, I’m done with this version of the game unless new strategies end up being found. This run is slightly over 2 seconds from my sum of best, which is wild considering how many luck elements the game has. I’ll probably start messing with getting captures for my SNES to be as crisp as they can be, then start messing with redoing the Super Punch Out individual fights with high quality uploads.
Anyways, thanks for watching!")
![Splatterhouse (Arcade) - Speed Run [13:38]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BtJs_YZL0Dg/hqdefault.jpg "Splatterhouse (Arcade) - Speed Run [13:38]
This was played on an original Splatterhouse arcade PCB on the H.A.S. supergun. This run was done on the hardest difficulty, which starts you at 2HP instead of the default 4HP. This was recorded through an S-Video connection because my setup cannot support RGB signals at the moment.
It is also worth noting that since I am running this game on an original arcade board now, that the game is running at a slightly higher framerate than the previous version that I ran (JP Wii VC at 59.94 fps). This board appears to run at about 60.60 frames a second, so this run benefits from small time gains gradually throughout the run vs my old run on Wii JP VC.
The run itself had a few mistakes here and there, but it also had some incredible parts. Stage 2 has a slide hit on the chair now, stage 4 had a perfect fight outside of going for super unpredictable glitched hits, stage 5 had good boss luck, and the 7th stage boss fight was perfect execution and luck!
Definitely want to improve this time further, but Im going to have to start going for some really difficult strategies at this point to save time now.")
![Untitled Goose Game - Any% Speedrun [8:27]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CVIPl0dd5Yc/hqdefault.jpg "Untitled Goose Game - Any% Speedrun [8:27]
EDIT: Been real busy with the tail end of GDQx and AGDQ submissions & registration to where I havent gotten a decent chance to update the description for this video to reflect recent times. There are way too many comments to reply to all of them, so Ill add an FAQ here addressing some of the more common comments Ive seen.
Q1: This run is invalid because you used glitches, why do you think this run is valid?
A1: This run is valid because glitches are universally allowed for speedruns as long as you arent using outside sources to alter the game code. There exists a glitchless category for this game which bans the use of prop flying, clips, and various abuses of the game geometry. I might run that category eventually since it looks fun too!
Q2: You didnt do all the tasks on the list, which should mean this isnt an any% run, right?
A2: Any% has always meant that you complete any amount of the game necessary to reach the end as fast as possible. The category that corresponds to completing all the objectives in the game is the 100% category, although this game also has an All Main Tasks category now!
Q3: Did you know about *insert some new trick/clip/ect or trick from another run or the DeSinc video*?
A3: Yes, I do. Most of these mentioned tricks were found very shortly after I posted this run 2 days after the game came out. I found prop flying literally on my casual playthrough on release day and was the first to find a skip for areas 1 and 2 (this video uses prop flying to skip areas 1, 2, and 3, which afaik was first found by a runner named Emily). This also leads nicely into the next question...
Q4: Hey your time got beaten, its now a 3:XX/2:XX, are you aware?
A4: Yep, it happened shortly after I posted my run in fact! I just havent gotten a good chance to update the description accordingly for this video until now, since all my recent GDQ related activity has finally calmed down. As of the time I posted this video, this was the WR, but the current record as of my writing this FAQ, the record has been lowered to a 2:24 by a runner named yisk. To check what the current records are as of your reading of this, check out this page: https://www.speedrun.com/goose
Q5: Im pretty sure the time you listed is wrong? It should be 8:45/10:42/ect
A5: Timing for this game starts the moment you first press Y to honk, and ends the frame the bell hits the ground. By that timing scheme, this ends up being a very low 8:27.
Q6: Why didnt you put the rake in the lake?
A6: ???
Alright, that should cover everything I can think of right now, Ill probably add more stuff to this as I think of it. Ill leave the original description for this video below this line for posterity.
Despite technically being a world record, the optimization of this route is in constant flux due to how this game literally just came out, so expect this to be obsoleted very, very soon with a route change or persistence with attempts from me or other runners.
That being said, this game is hilarious and I love it. Expect to see more of these in the coming weeks. Hopefully someone will be able to find a way to break into that gate that leads to the end, but a really powerful invisible wall is making it difficult to find a clip. Anyways, enjoy!")
![Punch-Out!! (Wii) - Blindfolded Full-Game Speedrun performed at SGDQ 2019 [1:10:16]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cj5Dcsr1AkQ/hqdefault.jpg "Punch-Out!! (Wii) - Blindfolded Full-Game Speedrun performed at SGDQ 2019 [1:10:16]
This might be my best speedrunning achievement to pull off at a live GDQ. This run has zero losses or restarts from start to finish, including the bonus Donkey Kong fight at the end. I not only defeated everyone first try, but I beat every opponent in ROUND 1 under marathon pressure!
In this run, I mentioned that this was a new PB (personal best) time for me, but this is a non competitive category since I picked it up primarily for my live run at SGDQ, so by a technicality it is also a world record. I just generally dont like advertising world records as such if categories have zero competition, but because Ive gotten so many questions about it, I figured I should at least acknowledge it in my description.
This was timed with real time (RTA) during SGDQ, but since I never lost or restarted a fight, this can also technically be timed with the in-game time sum of all the fights in the game. This alternate timing method ends up being a 35:45.45 for in-game timing!
I was thinking of adding fight-by-fight comments, but I figured a better method would be to just add a commentated version later on down the road. I would do it sooner, but my voice is still kind of shot from SGDQ, haha.
Anyways, enjoy!")
![Splatterhouse (Arcade) - *Former* High Score World Record [737,700 points] (TG/Aurcade ruleset)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EHXAO3vsPI0/hqdefault.jpg "Splatterhouse (Arcade) - *Former* High Score World Record [737,700 points] (TG/Aurcade ruleset)
EDIT: I beat this by 73,700 points! Check out the new run here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8PPDkUaWsQ
This was played on an original Splatterhouse arcade PCB on the H.A.S. supergun. This run was also done on default difficulty settings shown at the end of the video, and was recorded through an S-Video connection because my setup cannot support RGB signals at the moment. Here is a picture of my boardset w/ its original romset & supergun setup: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dy6ucfvUwAA4AZC.jpg
Its worth noting that this run follows the Twin Galaxies & Aurcade ruleset for score in this game, which bans the use of the double KO tactic on the final boss, which is otherwise the most lucrative option to cash out your extra lives. If this were allowed, then you would have to set up guaranteed double KOs with the blue orb timer, which is something on the order of 14+ minutes per double KO. You could also die to rocks at the end, but if youre on a good pace, the guaranteed route is the best option for consistency. Without the restrictions in this category, scores in the 1.2 - 1.3 million point range are possible.
I also need to make a note that showing your physical DIP switch settings for this game is worthless. Switch 1 enables the settings menu, while switches 2-8 do absolutely nothing, so the only thing that showing the physical dip switches does is tell you whether or not the game is in test mode... which should be already obvious if thats the case or not by looking at the screen. Once the run was over, I flipped DIP switch #1 to show off the actual settings the board was set to during that run.
Because I am doing these attempts on a SuperGun, whenever I reset the board, I am pressing the Test button on the SuperGun. This actually resets the board without me having to power off the board and cause potential damage to it over time.
This recording is from my Twitch stream, which is where this run was performed live for an audience of about 50 or so people who decided to watch attempts that night. I respond to a bunch of live Twitch chat questions frequently throughout the run, so if you want context for any of this, it would be best to watch the Twitch highlight since that saves chat logs of what everyone said throughout the run. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/387908746
I did do 2 local recordings of this run, but both of them got messed up in one way or another (one had 90+ inserted frames in a huge cluster in the middle, and the other was recorded with an awful codec). At this point, my best recording was my live Twitch stream, so ultimately I decided to just export that.
Im also posting an archive of the entire Twitch stream, which includes the boot sequence of the board from powering it on initially:
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuPVP-qEBlA
Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/387910164
Ok, now that we got all the fine details out of the way, lets talk about the run itself. I made a splitsheet out of a Google Doc to compare my live run directly to the previous run that I uploaded to youtube. This lets you know my score pace on a level-by-level basis so its really easy to follow how well Im doing at any given moment.
I made some silly mistakes early on that cost me a fair bit of health, but thankfully none of it mattered, because the first time I got to stage 6, I never got hit all the way until the blue orb appeared to kill me.
Something I need to elaborate on; the blue orb is a counter-measure so that players do not stay in one spot for an infinite amount of time. This is so theres something to kick idle players off of the game so any new players who walk up to the cabinet dont get any free games, as well as just make sure that players cant stall in one spot to prevent others from playing. This orb is great for score, since it puts a finite limit on how long you can point press any given spot.
My stage 6 loops were completely all over the place. Some loops were completely awful, where I would die way too early. Most of the other loops were insane, and handily made up for any of my weaker stage 6 loops.
With the completion of this run, this marks a new world record for this category, besting Anthony Paparos previous record of 716,000 ponts! I gotta give huge shoutouts to both Anthony Paparo and Caitlin Oliver for driving up this score over the years! Their efforts to optimize this score ultimately inspired me to attempt this once I finally got access to arcade hardware.")
![Super Punch Out!! - Mr. Sandman [01313] (NTSC WR)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EIYq3sQ2QOE/hqdefault.jpg "Super Punch Out!! - Mr. Sandman [01313] (NTSC WR)
This run was done on an original Super Nintendo cartridge of Super Punch-Out, as well as an original Super Nintendo 1chip console that was recapped and modded with the Voultar RGB amp to restore the correct color intensity. For some more in depth information about my general RGB setup, you can check out this pastebin here: https://pastebin.com/TtXx1PQx
Additionally, Ive decided to include a non-stretched version of this fight in an unlisted video. If youd like to learn more about why Im including this too, you can check out the description in the second video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fDa4XbU_JQ
Mr. Sandman is a breath of fresh air in the Major Circuit, as he has a completely set pattern with no random elements, making him a completely skill based fight. Back when I initially was matching the TAS on these fights for the first time, this was the fight where I discovered a pretty critical quirk that would end up being put to good use for several other fighters, along with this one, but well get to that in a bit.
This fight starts with you not pressing anything for the first frame of the fight, then pressing Up and Y to throw a left jab for the second frame. This manipulates his gloves down, which allows you to freely punch Sandman in the face. Once youve landed your first left jab, follow it up by buffering 3 more, then buffer a left gut punch. From here, you need to do a very slightly delayed left gut punch to intercept his slow uppercut, but *dont* counter the uppercut itself. From there, just buffer one final left jab to get him dizzy!
Now heres that quirk I mentioned briefly before; you have the ability to delay your dizzy knockdown in order to make Sandmans next phase be a little faster! Fights in this game have whats called move timers which effectively boils down opponents having moves that are scheduled to come out after a set number of frames on the in-game timer. This seems like an idea thats simple and makes sense, but what if I told you that we could take complete advantage of this mechanic in certain scenarios to make execution more consistent on certain punches?
Lets take this fight for example! Sandmans first punch in the second phase begins to come out in 5 frames. In order to intercept that like the TAS does, you would need to manually delay for those 5 frames before you throw your uppercut. This is reasonable to pull off for people, but wouldnt it be better if it could land frame perfectly every time?
I found that you can burn frames off of an opponents move timer *while* they are dizzy! What this means is that I could find a different buffer for the dizzy buffer to waste those 5 frames *there* instead of having to wait out those 5 frames in the next phase before throwing the uppercut.
Once you throw that final jab to get Sandman dizzy, you want to throw a left jab, into a right jab, into a left jab, into a low super to burn those extra frames I was talking about earlier. I opt to throw a low super for the phase 1 knockdown since knocking Sandman down with an uppercut is 42 frames slower. When Sandman gets up, you do NOT have to delay those 5 frames like the TAS does, because of the setup during the dizzy, you can just HOLD Up and A to buffer a super punch to hit him frame perfectly every time!
Its worth noting that Mr. Sandman is special, in that he is specifically hard coded to have a KO be completely impossible on him, even via methods of hacking. This means that despite how much youve dominated in phases 1 and 2, Sandman will get up on his 3rd knockdown with a *massive* health refill, which is unlike how this works for any other fight in the game.
For phase 3, you start by throwing an uppercut with a slight delay. I like to time this uppercut immediately after I hear the first note in the Major Circuit theme, which works really well for setups that are playing on an actual Super Nintendo on a CRT (or RetroTink with lagless monitor). From there, Sandman goes into his signature move, the Dreamland Express.
In this game, the Dreamland Express is pretty slow, so you just have to cut the final quick dodge as tightly as possible. Also, once youve dodged the 3rd uppercut, you need to stun him with your RIGHT hand, because this jab deals slightly extra damage that you NEED in order for this strategy to work, and then follow it with an uppercut. Finally, Sandman will throw another hook, similar to how the phase started, and youll also need to land an uppercut into it. I dont have a great cue for this, but I try to time it very slightly after I see Sandman fully centered.
Once that uppercut lands, then Sandman should be down for the TKO! This fight is fairly challenging to match the TAS on just because you would need to land 5 frame perfect maneuvers throughout, but the lack of randomness makes this fight a great mix of challenge without being annoying. I would highly recommend giving this one a shot!
Anyways, thanks for watching!")
