![[TAS] Marble Madness Arcade in 1:38 (209,440) @Prog61](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W-gQNfHKO_o/sddefault.jpg)
Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Marble Madness Arcade in 1:38 (209,440)
-Timing starts from gaining control of the marble (when the "Time to finish practice race" text box disappears) (0:07) and ends the frame that the goal tape goes blue after crossing the finish line on the last level. (1:45)
-I wanted to see if, with the Arcade version, I could make a TAS as fast as the Genesis TAS on YouTube: youtu.be/RfZ3X0Sk46M
-With Speedrun.com rules this TAS finishes the game in 2:00
-Why is the Genesis much slower than the arcade one? Because on the Genesis the delay between levels is much longer. We cannot therefore compare the two TAS with these times.
-So I measured the time the ball rolls. Measured with a stopwatch, it's not very accurate but close enough for me.
-Genesis 1:17
-Arcade 1:13
-Levels 1-2-3 the two TAS are almost identical.
-I couldn't do all the tricks like on the Genesis on level 4. So the Arcade TAS is about 2 seconds slower on this level.
-Level 5 the Arcade TAS is a bit faster.
-Level 6 even with a missing jump at the start, the Arcade TAS finish about 4 seconds faster. The Genesis TAS must wait at the end, missing a cycle.
What is a TAS? youtube.com/c/Prog61/about
For a good introduction to TASing: youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
For more information visit https://tasvideos.org.
#marblemadness #atari
#Arcade #ArcadeGame #CoinOp #Mame #Gaming #RetroGaming #TAS #ArcadeTAS #ToolAssisted #toolassistedspeedrun
Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Marble Madness Arcade in 1:38 (209,440)
-Timing starts from gaining control of the marble (when the "Time to finish practice race" text box disappears) (0:07) and ends the frame that the goal tape goes blue after crossing the finish line on the last level. (1:45)
-I wanted to see if, with the Arcade version, I could make a TAS as fast as the Genesis TAS on YouTube: youtu.be/RfZ3X0Sk46M
-With Speedrun.com rules this TAS finishes the game in 2:00
-Why is the Genesis much slower than the arcade one? Because on the Genesis the delay between levels is much longer. We cannot therefore compare the two TAS with these times.
-So I measured the time the ball rolls. Measured with a stopwatch, it's not very accurate but close enough for me.
-Genesis 1:17
-Arcade 1:13
-Levels 1-2-3 the two TAS are almost identical.
-I couldn't do all the tricks like on the Genesis on level 4. So the Arcade TAS is about 2 seconds slower on this level.
-Level 5 the Arcade TAS is a bit faster.
-Level 6 even with a missing jump at the start, the Arcade TAS finish about 4 seconds faster. The Genesis TAS must wait at the end, missing a cycle.
What is a TAS? youtube.com/c/Prog61/about
For a good introduction to TASing: youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
For more information visit https://tasvideos.org.
#marblemadness #atari
#Arcade #ArcadeGame #CoinOp #Mame #Gaming #RetroGaming #TAS #ArcadeTAS #ToolAssisted #toolassistedspeedrun
![[TAS] Marble Madness Arcade in 1:38 (209,440)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W-gQNfHKO_o/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Marble Madness Arcade in 1:38 (209,440)
Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Marble Madness Arcade in 1:38 (209,440)
-Timing starts from gaining control of the marble (when the Time to finish practice race text box disappears) (0:07) and ends the frame that the goal tape goes blue after crossing the finish line on the last level. (1:45)
-I wanted to see if, with the Arcade version, I could make a TAS as fast as the Genesis TAS on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RfZ3X0Sk46M
-With Speedrun.com rules this TAS finishes the game in 2:00
-Why is the Genesis much slower than the arcade one? Because on the Genesis the delay between levels is much longer. We cannot therefore compare the two TAS with these times.
-So I measured the time the ball rolls. Measured with a stopwatch, its not very accurate but close enough for me.
-Genesis 1:17
-Arcade 1:13
-Levels 1-2-3 the two TAS are almost identical.
-I couldnt do all the tricks like on the Genesis on level 4. So the Arcade TAS is about 2 seconds slower on this level.
-Level 5 the Arcade TAS is a bit faster.
-Level 6 even with a missing jump at the start, the Arcade TAS finish about 4 seconds faster. The Genesis TAS must wait at the end, missing a cycle.
What is a TAS? https://www.youtube.com/c/Prog61/about
For a good introduction to TASing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
For more information visit https://tasvideos.org.
#marblemadness #atari
#Arcade #ArcadeGame #CoinOp #Mame #Gaming #RetroGaming #TAS #ArcadeTAS #ToolAssisted #toolassistedspeedrun")
![[TAS] Hyper Sports arcade (332 450 in 1 round) (obsolete)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WH9we6UksVQ/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Hyper Sports arcade (332 450 in 1 round) (obsolete)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Hyper Sports (Arcade).
This video has been obsoleted by : https://youtu.be/YPlquCHRVfE
This NOT a speed-run, the goal is to reach the highest possible score in 1 round.
Notes:
-Improved by lifting 340kg in Weight Lifting
-I am missing 200 points because I could not obtain 9.90 on my first try at long horse, even if I copy the data from the next try.
-And I am missing the 3000 pts bonus for swimming, when you finish at the same time of another player.
-If you know something else that I can do to top that score, let me know.
-In order to have the plane bonus in the Triple Jump and the mole bonus in the Pole Vault, I had to edit the high scores so that I cant beat them. It seem that the game does not give those bonuses if you beat a World record.
Button 1 and 3 = Run
Button 2 = Action
-I tried many pattern to find the fastest pattern to run/swim.
-Alternating between the two buttons each frames (1 3 1 3 1 3...) is too fast and do not work.
-At first I thought that the fastest pattern was to hold the buttons for two frames:
1 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 1... meaning 30 button press per second
but I found a faster pattern that work:
1 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 3 3... so 36 button press per seconds
With this pattern I achieve 40:36 at swimming instead of 42:42 with the other pattern.
To achieve the 39:75 in the video I altered the pattern just a little over the course of a second to reach 38 button press per seconds which seem to be the maximum.
Swimming
-I use the no breath trick:
-Start by pressing 1 and 3 simultaneously. (exactly on the same frame)
-While pressing 1 and 3, tap button 2 3 times
-You have to hold 1 and 3 until your character surface, that is at least 78 frames.
-If you release 1 or 3 at any time before that, the trick will not work
-You cannot tap button 2 on the first frame, but you can tap anywhere in the 77 frames window.
Skeet Shooting
-When you have not missed any target, a bird?? appear, you have to shoot it on the opposite side that it appears, you get a bonus for that.
-Then a second bird (from Tutankham) appears, you can shoot it many times. but you must stop shooting when it is not under a target, if you shoot too much, the game will not allow you to shoot for a while. Your target will turn black.
You get 1000 points each time you shoot it.
The maximum I achieve in this TAS is 13 times.
Long Horse
-I was not able to score more than 9.90 possibly because of the maximum speed for the first round
-It is possible to have a 3000 points bonus but it is not as much points as doing a good try.
-To have this bonus, when you are supposed to spin, just do a half spin to land on the head, you will get a 5.40 note.
Archery
-The easiest sport for the TAS because its exactly the same pattern again and again.
Triple Jump
-To have the 3000 points bonus plane, you have to get the angles 35, 41 and 45 in that order (which are the best values) and also hit the board and not have a world record.
-I found that the running speed has not as big an impact on the length of the jump than I expected. My final speed is 1516 but I jumped nearly as far with a speed under 1400.
-I fiddled with the first steps of the run to start a bit slow so that the character foot land on the last pixel of the white line.
-Tapping while selecting the angle help a little but just a few pixels
-While in the air on last jump, I did not find a pattern of button press that help. On the contrary every time I pressed a button it slow the jump down.
-So, for the final result I tap during all the jumps but no tap at all after selecting 45 degree for the last jump.
Weight Lifting
-You get a 1000 points bonus to press the buttons 1 and 3 at the same time the weight touch the floor. You have a 9 frames window to get this bonus
Pole Vault
-Its a shame that the character is not aware of where is the bar, if he would not put his foot at the wrong place, I would have gone higher than 6m00.
-Consecutive Mole bonus has by far the most impact on the score:
1000, 2000, 4000, 8000, 8000, 8000...
But the game wont give you the bonus if you beat a world record.
So, to have this bonus I had to set the world records at values that I could not beat.
-You have a one frame window to place the pole at the right position to not lose speed.
-Then, you have a window of 6 frames to release the pole.
-By tapping 1 and 3 after releasing the pole you can get very high.
-Any button press before releasing the pole have no effect.
See tasvideos.org for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs.")
![[TAS] Nagano Winter Olympics 98 arcade](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WO8TSvgQN3U/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Nagano Winter Olympics 98 arcade
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Nagano Winter Olympics 98 arcade
-This is a quick TAS to close out the Winter Olympics.
-This TAS is not highly optimized, the goal was just to get a gold medal in each event.
-This game is listed as Imperfect Graphics and Sound in MAME. There are some small graphical glitches and there is no sound at the end of events.
Events
Speed Skating 500m
-You must press the A button as quickly as possible.
-The maximum speed you can press is 1 frame every 2 frames (30 tps) to get about 64 km/h.
Luge
-At the start you have to tap the button as quickly as possible, the maximum speed is 1 frame every 3 frames (20 bps)
-I think that when you reach 200 km/h you cannot avoid the walls which slows you down
Ski Jumping Large Hill
-I dont know why my second attempt wasnt as good as the first, Ill have to work on that. I thought I could jump further with a stronger tailwind but it didnt work.
Bobsleigh
-The fastest you can press the button at the start is 1 frame every 3 frames (20 bps)
-The fastest you can press B to get all 4 guys into the bobsleigh is to press with 33 frames between 2 hits (about 1/2 sec) so you can get all 4 into the bobsleigh in less than 3 seconds.
-After the good start I had, I could have let go of the bobsled without touching the control and finished with a WR 40:04 (instead of 36:37 while driving)
Short Track 500m
-Difficult to TAS because you cant just quickly press a button.
-I started by playing the game and recording myself, then I changed the lane changes in the editor to block incoming traffic.
-BTW Left and Right on the joystick seem not to work for changing lanes, its Up and Down that work
Snowboard Giant Slalom
-I held the joystick UP to go faster except for a few gates. I think it could be optimized to keep it up all the way.
-The instruction says: Make use of the edge button to make a beautiful turn I think the word beautiful is the wrong word, it should probably be something like faster
-I thought button A was for turning left and B for turning right but it seems you always have to press A to turn faster.
Alpine Skiing Super-G
-I held the joystick UP all the way down to go as fast as the game allowed me.
-Is there anything to do to start faster? At the first intermediate time (26:00) I had a +0.50 and I find it suspicious
Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom
-I held the joystick UP all the way down to go as fast as the game allowed me.
Alpine Skiing Downhill
-I held the joystick UP all the way down to go as fast as the game allowed me.
-At the first intermediary time I got a + 2.93 is there a way to do better?
Speed Skating 1500m
-Same as Speed Skating 500m
-I use the B button (to turn) only for the first 3 turns. It doesnt seem to affect the result much.
Short Track 1000m
-I did the same thing as in Short Track 500m, since it is not possible to go faster than the other players, the only way to win is to block the others.
-Note that in the replay it is not my player who finishes first!!!
Freestyle Aerials
-I dont know why I didnt get 7.0 everywhere on the 1st attempt, but I got it on the 2nd
Curling
-Not much to say here.
What is a TAS? https://www.youtube.com/c/Prog61/about
For a good introduction to TASing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
For more information visit http://tasvideos.org.
0:00 Attract
0:47 Speed Skating 500m
2:51 Luge
4:46 Ski Jumping Large Hill
7:11 Bobsleigh
9:08 Short Track 500m
11:24 Snowboard Giant Slalom
13:45 Alpine Skiing Super-G
16:36 Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom
19:17 Alpine Skiing Downhill
22:12 Speed Skating 1500m
25:21 Short Track 1000m
28:27 Freestyle Aerials
30:32 Curling
35:31 Ending
36:25 Credits
38:56 Attract")
![[TAS] TX-1 Arcade (Italy) (8/8)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WPtZOGVpWsA/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] TX-1 Arcade (Italy) (8/8)
Tool-assisted speed-run (TAS) for TX-1 Arcade Italy (258760 points)
Passed cars 141, remaining time 43, for a total score of 258760.
Summary of the 8 TAS
Africa 275570 Total time: 272:12 Passed cars: 156 Remaining time: 28
U.S.A. 271180 Total time: 267:55 Passed cars: 179 Remaining time: 33
Japan 270330 Total time: 265:83 Passed cars: 182 Remaining time: 35
France 260020 Total time: 255:89 Passed cars: 182 Remaining time: 45
Spain 279670 Total time: 269:23 Passed cars: 189 Remaining time: 31
Monaco 268800 Total time: 262:01 Passed cars: 169 Remaining time: 38
Belgium 269160 Total time: 261:63 Passed cars: 177 Remaining time: 39
Italy 258760 Total time: 257:81 Passed cars: 141 Remaining time: 43
See tasvideos.org for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs.")
![[TAS] Mortal Kombat Arcade Sonya Playthrough Flawless](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X5yCVDRPnTM/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Mortal Kombat Arcade Sonya Playthrough Flawless
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Mortal Kombat Arcade, Sonya Playthrough Flawless
GOAL: This is not a speedrun. The main goal is to have fun with the game. Tell me in the comments if you think I achieved my goal.
Im not an expert on this game, Im sure there are tricks I havent done. Tell me what did I miss.
-I know there is a hidden character to fight (Reptile) but Im not completely sure of the exact requirement to get it.
-The fastest way to fill the gauge in the Test Your Might rounds is to alternately tap LP and LK at a speed of 30 tps.
More info on the game:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game)
https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat
What is a TAS? https://www.youtube.com/c/Prog61/about
For a good introduction to TASing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
For more information visit https://tasvideos.org.
00:00 Character select and Battle Plan
00:18 Liu Kang
00:56 Sub-Zero
01:42 Scorpion
02:20 Test Your Might 1
02:31 Raiden
03:26 Kano
04:16 Johnny Cage
05:08 Test Your Might 2
05:19 Mirror Match (Sonya)
06:03 Endurance 1 (Kano and Raiden)
07:20 Endurance 2 (Sub-Zero and Cage)
08:29 Test Your Might 3
08:40 Endurance 3 (Raiden and Sub-Zero)
09:46 Goro
10:58 Shang Tsung
12:08 Ending
13:26 Credits")
![[TAS] Radar Scope Arcade (10 waves)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xc5BOnBKBr8/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Radar Scope Arcade (10 waves)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Radar Scope arcade (10 waves) (93,100)
Notes:
-from Wikipedia: Radar Scope is one of the first video game projects for artist Shigeru Miyamoto and for composer Hirokazu Tanaka.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_Scope
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted_speedrun for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs/Superplay
or http://tasvideos.org for more video.")
![[TAS] Mario Bros Arcade (2 players) (36 phases)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y5Wqeet8FH8/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Mario Bros Arcade (2 players) (36 phases)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Mario Bros Arcade (2 players) (36 phases)
Goal of the TAS:
-Have fun with two players
Notes:
-Phase 36 is the same as phase 29. The game loops phases 29 to 35 indefinitely.
-I did not plan in advance what I would do in the TAS. I improvised almost every phases.
-Sometime the collision between Mario/Luigi and a moving coin is not detected correctly. (6:15)
For a good introduction to TASing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted_speedrun for more information or http://tasvideos.org for more video.")
![[TAS] Time Pilot Arcade (2 of 5) 247300 in 5 minutes](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YCeNows9fw8/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Time Pilot Arcade (2 of 5) 247300 in 5 minutes
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Time Pilot Arcade (2 of 5) 247300 in 5 minutes
The goal is to find out what is the best way to get the best score in 5 minutes.
This is known as Caravan mode in Arcade Archives TIME PILOT on PS4 and Switch
The stopwatch starts as soon as the player can shoot.
I tested 5 different strategies:
1- Stay on wave 1 while getting as many paratroopers as possible (5000 points), shooting formations but not shooting 56 planes so as not to see the boss
2- Stay on wave 1 shooting as many planes as possible. (optimized for combo)
3- Stay on wave 2 capturing as many paratroopers as possible (5000 points) and shooting mid size Bombers for 1500 points each
4- Shoot anything as fast as possible
5- Stay on wave 3 shooting as many helicopters as possible, taking advantage of the missiles to score many combos (optimized for combo)
Notes:
-All bosses give you 1200 points for killing him by shooting or hitting him. This is given when he explodes, then you get another 3000 points.
-Scoring combo:
-When you shoot something (planes, bomb, missiles, boss) you get 100 points.
-But if you shoot a second thing before 1/2 second elapses you will get 200 points
-And so on, the score increases with each hits as long as the new hit is within 1/2 second from the previous one: 300,400,500,600,700,800
-The maximum points is 800, the next hit (9th) (always within 1/2 second), points will reset to 100
-If you shoot 8 planes in 4 seconds, you will get 3600 points not 800
-When you shoot a mid size bomber on wave 2 (1500 points) it take 4 shots, if each shots are within 1/2 second of the previous one, you will get 100+200+300+400 = 1000 points + 1500 points
-All bosses take 8 shots to kill, so you get 3600 points for the 8 hits, plus 1200 points for killing a boss, plus 3000 points more for a total of 7800 possible points for each boss.
-In video 2 and 5 I do not shoot as fast as possible, I wait for some enemies to appear before shooting them quickly to maximize the scoring
-In video 4, I did not optimize it. The TAS should be able to score higher if it did not shoot as fast as possible. I should do another TAS to test that.
-I should try a TAS that stays on wave 4 and shoot as many planes as possible, I think they spawn faster than the helicopters, if so maybe I could get a higher score .
Conclusion:
-Getting only the paratroopers in wave 1 is much slower than expected. I did not predict that the score would be so low.
-Only shooting planes in wave 1 is not fast enough, the planes are too slow to spawn.
-Shooting helicopters in wave 3 seem like a good strategy. Their patterns are relatively easy to predict and learn, unlike the fighters in wave 4 and the saucers in wave 5.
For a good introduction to TASing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted_speedrun for more information or http://tasvideos.org for more video.")
![[TAS] Hyper Sports arcade (351 390 in 1 round)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YPlquCHRVfE/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Hyper Sports arcade (351 390 in 1 round)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Hyper Sports (Arcade).
This NOT a speed-run, the goal is to reach the highest possible score in 1 round.
Two changes were made to improve my score:
-I Started a two players game to have the bonus of 3000 points in swimming
-Faster running/swimming pattern of button pressed
To achieve a faster pattern for running/swimming, I had to modify Mame.
Mame scan the buttons once per frame, but this game read the buttons 2 times per frame, so, I hardcoded the pattern in the Mame source, triggered by a not used button.
It was easier than to try to edit the TAS at 120 fps since Mame is not made for that.
The best pattern I could find is around 46 button press by seconds instead of 38 for the old TAS.
Because of this new pattern, I improved the following:
-Swimming, time went from 39:75 to 37:51
-In Long Horse, I did 21 spin instead of 17 for a score of 10.00
-In Weight Lifting, I could lift 350 instead of 340 kg
Also, because of the 2 players game, the timing in Skeet Shooting was different, and I got the 500 points by getting the first two skeets with one shot in the second round.
Old notes
-In order to have the plane bonus in the Triple Jump and the mole bonus in the Pole Vault, I had to edit the high scores so that I cant beat them. It seem that the game does not give those bonuses if you beat a World record.
Button 1 and 3 = Run
Button 2 = Action
Swimming
-I use the no breath trick:
-Start by pressing 1 and 3 simultaneously. (exactly on the same frame)
-While pressing 1 and 3, tap button 2 3 times
-You have to hold 1 and 3 until your character surface, that is at least 78 frames.
-If you release 1 or 3 at any time before that, the trick will not work
-You cannot tap button 2 on the first frame, but you can tap anywhere in the 77 frames window.
Skeet Shooting
-When you have not missed any target, a bird?? appear, you have to shoot it on the opposite side that it appears, you get a bonus for that.
-Then a second bird (from Tutankham) appears, you can shoot it many times. but you must stop shooting when it is not under a target, if you shoot too much, the game will not allow you to shoot for a while. Your target will turn black.
You get 1000 points each time you shoot it.
The maximum I achieve in this TAS is 13 times.
Long Horse
-It is possible to have a 3000 points bonus but it is not as much points as doing a good try.
-To have this bonus, when you are supposed to spin, just do a half spin to land on the head, you will get a 5.40 note.
Archery
-The easiest sport for the TAS because its exactly the same pattern again and again.
Triple Jump
-To have the 3000 points bonus plane, you have to get the angles 35, 41 and 45 in that order (which are the best values) and also hit the board and not have a world record.
-I found that the running speed has not as big an impact on the length of the jump than I expected. My final speed is 1516 but I jumped nearly as far with a speed under 1400.
-I fiddled with the first steps of the run to start a bit slow so that the character foot land on the last pixel of the white line.
-Tapping while selecting the angle help a little but just a few pixels
-While in the air on last jump, I did not find a pattern of button press that help. On the contrary every time I pressed a button it slow the jump down.
-So, for the final result I tap during all the jumps but no tap at all after selecting 45 degree for the last jump.
Weight Lifting
-You get a 1000 points bonus to press the buttons 1 and 3 at the same time the weight touch the floor. You have a 9 frames window to get this bonus
Pole Vault
-Its a shame that the character is not aware of where is the bar, if he would not put his foot at the wrong place, I would have gone higher than 6m00.
-Consecutive Mole bonus has by far the most impact on the score:
1000, 2000, 4000, 8000, 8000, 8000...
But the game wont give you the bonus if you beat a world record.
So, to have this bonus I had to set the world records at values that I could not beat.
-You have a one frame window to place the pole at the right position to not lose speed.
-Then, you have a window of 6 frames to release the pole.
-By tapping 1 and 3 after releasing the pole you can get very high.
-Any button press before releasing the pole have no effect.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted_speedrun for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs
or http://tasvideos.org for more video.")
![[TAS] Congo Bongo Arcade (extra) 1000 points jump demonstration](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ym2UGF-RoSE/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Congo Bongo Arcade (extra) 1000 points jump demonstration
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Congo Bongo Arcade (extra) 1000 points jump demonstration
If you jump directly to the upper ledge, you are awarded 1000 points instead of 500.
I did not know this trick when I did the Congo Bongo TAS.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted_speedrun for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs
or http://tasvideos.org for more video.")
![[TAS] Time Pilot Arcade (4 of 5) 287700 in 5 minutes](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yo27F9Vhj50/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Time Pilot Arcade (4 of 5) 287700 in 5 minutes
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Time Pilot Arcade (4 of 5) 287700 in 5 minutes
The goal is to find out what is the best way to get the best score in 5 minutes.
This is known as Caravan mode in Arcade Archives TIME PILOT on PS4 and Switch
The stopwatch starts as soon as the player can shoot.
I tested 5 different strategies:
1- Stay on wave 1 while getting as many paratroopers as possible (5000 points), shooting formations but not shooting 56 planes so as not to see the boss
2- Stay on wave 1 shooting as many planes as possible. (optimized for combo)
3- Stay on wave 2 capturing as many paratroopers as possible (5000 points) and shooting mid size Bombers for 1500 points each
4- Shoot anything as fast as possible
5- Stay on wave 3 shooting as many helicopters as possible, taking advantage of the missiles to score many combos (optimized for combo)
Notes:
-All bosses give you 1200 points for killing him by shooting or hitting him. This is given when he explodes, then you get another 3000 points.
-Scoring combo:
-When you shoot something (planes, bomb, missiles, boss) you get 100 points.
-But if you shoot a second thing before 1/2 second elapses you will get 200 points
-And so on, the score increases with each hits as long as the new hit is within 1/2 second from the previous one: 300,400,500,600,700,800
-The maximum points is 800, the next hit (9th) (always within 1/2 second), points will reset to 100
-If you shoot 8 planes in 4 seconds, you will get 3600 points not 800
-When you shoot a mid size bomber on wave 2 (1500 points) it take 4 shots, if each shots are within 1/2 second of the previous one, you will get 100+200+300+400 = 1000 points + 1500 points
-All bosses take 8 shots to kill, so you get 3600 points for the 8 hits, plus 1200 points for killing a boss, plus 3000 points more for a total of 7800 possible points for each boss.
-In video 2 and 5 I do not shoot as fast as possible, I wait for some enemies to appear before shooting them quickly to maximize the scoring
-In video 4, I did not optimize it. The TAS should be able to score higher if it did not shoot as fast as possible. I should do another TAS to test that.
-I should try a TAS that stays on wave 4 and shoot as many planes as possible, I think they spawn faster than the helicopters, if so maybe I could get a higher score .
Conclusion:
-Getting only the paratroopers in wave 1 is much slower than expected. I did not predict that the score would be so low.
-Only shooting planes in wave 1 is not fast enough, the planes are too slow to spawn.
-Shooting helicopters in wave 3 seem like a good strategy. Their patterns are relatively easy to predict and learn, unlike the fighters in wave 4 and the saucers in wave 5.
For a good introduction to TASing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted_speedrun for more information or http://tasvideos.org for more video.")
![[TAS] Aztarac Arcade 6 waves (157,340) (1/3)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YsxgqWGB0zI/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Aztarac Arcade 6 waves (157,340) (1/3)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Aztarac arcade 6 waves (157,340) (1/3)
Goal of this TAS:
-Reach wave 7 so you can have the surprise I had in 83s when I reached this wave.
Settings:
Average Play Time: 2 Minutes see notes
Difficulty Level Tracking: Automatic
Free Game In Sagittarius: Yes
Notes:
-Because of the Average Play Time set at 2 minutes, the game only let you play 7 waves instead of the 12 available. (look for my video 3/3 to see the 12 waves coming soon )
Update: It seems that when you are able to keep all 4 bases at the end of a wave, you are rewarded by skipping a level. Average play time seems to have nothing to do with it.
-This video show (at last :)) the proper use of the radar. This is missing from many videos on YouTube.
-The video stop abruptly because Mame crashed at the end. (probably too much vectors at the same time)
-On my next video I will show you the last wave.
Waves shown in this video (as listed in the Owner Manual)
1-Capricorn (4 formations)
3-Pisces (5 formations)
5-Taurus (6 formations)
7-Cancer (6 formations)
9-Virgo (8 formations)
11-Scorpio (9 formations)
12-Sagittarius (6 formations)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted_speedrun for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs
or http://tasvideos.org for more video.
For some interesting information on this game:
https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/01/20/centuri-aztarac-finding-the-holy-arcade-grail/
https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/12/08/tim-strykers-aztarac-the-final-chapter/")
