![[TAS] Sente Mini Golf (73,500) Arcade @Prog61](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UK8SovPZ1Xk/sddefault.jpg)
Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Sente Mini Golf (73,500) arcade
Here's a quick TAS. Quick to do and quick to watch.😀
The player controls the speed and direction of each shot through the movement of the trackball.
When the trackball is moved, the game monitors the speed and direction of the trackball for 20 frames, then shoots the ball accordingly.
A button alternates between three (or two) starting positions for each hole.
For most of the holes, I tried to make the hole as the programmer intended, but there are some that probably aren't doable in one shot.
For these holes, I exploit a bug in the game. If the ball hits a corner fast enough it can go out of the playfield. This is a classic problem of collision between a ball and 2 walls. But I'm not sure that this bug is exploitable for a human player because you have to hit the ball at a very high speed.
GOAL:
-Try to do each hole in one shot.
-Hole #1 (0:00)
-Hole #2 (0:07)
-Hole #3 (0:15)
-Hole #4 (0:19)
-Hole #5 (0:28)
-Holes done as intended.
-Hole #6 (0:33)
-I was able to shoot close to the hole but it appears that it is (probably) not possible to shoot as hard as necessary to reach the hole.
-So I use the glitch by shooting to the nearest corner.
-Hole #7 (0:39)
-Hole #8 (0:46)
-Holes done as intended
-Hole #9 (0:56)
-Done as intended
-I kept the longest path (fun to see), it is possible to make this hole more quickly.
-Hole #10 (1:04)
-Hole #11 (1:18)
-Hole #12 (1:25)
-Holes done as intended
-Hole #13 (1:29)
-I use the glitch by shooting in the nearest corner. I could have easily done it as intended but it was more fun to watch with the glitch.
-Hole #14 (1:36)
-Hole #15 (1:40)
-Holes done as intended
-Hole #16 (1:45)
-Done as intended, but using the kind of vacuum cleaner.
-It's probably not doable in one shot without this.
-Hole #17 (1:56)
-I use the glitch by shooting in the nearest corner.
-It is probably not doable in one shot.
-Hole #18 (2:00)
-This hole is probably not doable in one shot. The best I could do without using the glitch was in 2 shots.
-And you need to avoid the eyes because they send your ball to the start.
73,500 is probably the maximum possible score for this game since I made all the holes in one shot.
Or am I missing something? Tell me in the comments.
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.
Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Sente Mini Golf (73,500) arcade
Here's a quick TAS. Quick to do and quick to watch.😀
The player controls the speed and direction of each shot through the movement of the trackball.
When the trackball is moved, the game monitors the speed and direction of the trackball for 20 frames, then shoots the ball accordingly.
A button alternates between three (or two) starting positions for each hole.
For most of the holes, I tried to make the hole as the programmer intended, but there are some that probably aren't doable in one shot.
For these holes, I exploit a bug in the game. If the ball hits a corner fast enough it can go out of the playfield. This is a classic problem of collision between a ball and 2 walls. But I'm not sure that this bug is exploitable for a human player because you have to hit the ball at a very high speed.
GOAL:
-Try to do each hole in one shot.
-Hole #1 (0:00)
-Hole #2 (0:07)
-Hole #3 (0:15)
-Hole #4 (0:19)
-Hole #5 (0:28)
-Holes done as intended.
-Hole #6 (0:33)
-I was able to shoot close to the hole but it appears that it is (probably) not possible to shoot as hard as necessary to reach the hole.
-So I use the glitch by shooting to the nearest corner.
-Hole #7 (0:39)
-Hole #8 (0:46)
-Holes done as intended
-Hole #9 (0:56)
-Done as intended
-I kept the longest path (fun to see), it is possible to make this hole more quickly.
-Hole #10 (1:04)
-Hole #11 (1:18)
-Hole #12 (1:25)
-Holes done as intended
-Hole #13 (1:29)
-I use the glitch by shooting in the nearest corner. I could have easily done it as intended but it was more fun to watch with the glitch.
-Hole #14 (1:36)
-Hole #15 (1:40)
-Holes done as intended
-Hole #16 (1:45)
-Done as intended, but using the kind of vacuum cleaner.
-It's probably not doable in one shot without this.
-Hole #17 (1:56)
-I use the glitch by shooting in the nearest corner.
-It is probably not doable in one shot.
-Hole #18 (2:00)
-This hole is probably not doable in one shot. The best I could do without using the glitch was in 2 shots.
-And you need to avoid the eyes because they send your ball to the start.
73,500 is probably the maximum possible score for this game since I made all the holes in one shot.
Or am I missing something? Tell me in the comments.
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.
![[TAS] Sente Mini Golf (73,500) Arcade](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UK8SovPZ1Xk/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Sente Mini Golf (73,500) Arcade
Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Sente Mini Golf (73,500) arcade
Heres a quick TAS. Quick to do and quick to watch.😀
The player controls the speed and direction of each shot through the movement of the trackball.
When the trackball is moved, the game monitors the speed and direction of the trackball for 20 frames, then shoots the ball accordingly.
A button alternates between three (or two) starting positions for each hole.
For most of the holes, I tried to make the hole as the programmer intended, but there are some that probably arent doable in one shot.
For these holes, I exploit a bug in the game. If the ball hits a corner fast enough it can go out of the playfield. This is a classic problem of collision between a ball and 2 walls. But Im not sure that this bug is exploitable for a human player because you have to hit the ball at a very high speed.
GOAL:
-Try to do each hole in one shot.
-Hole #1 (0:00)
-Hole #2 (0:07)
-Hole #3 (0:15)
-Hole #4 (0:19)
-Hole #5 (0:28)
-Holes done as intended.
-Hole #6 (0:33)
-I was able to shoot close to the hole but it appears that it is (probably) not possible to shoot as hard as necessary to reach the hole.
-So I use the glitch by shooting to the nearest corner.
-Hole #7 (0:39)
-Hole #8 (0:46)
-Holes done as intended
-Hole #9 (0:56)
-Done as intended
-I kept the longest path (fun to see), it is possible to make this hole more quickly.
-Hole #10 (1:04)
-Hole #11 (1:18)
-Hole #12 (1:25)
-Holes done as intended
-Hole #13 (1:29)
-I use the glitch by shooting in the nearest corner. I could have easily done it as intended but it was more fun to watch with the glitch.
-Hole #14 (1:36)
-Hole #15 (1:40)
-Holes done as intended
-Hole #16 (1:45)
-Done as intended, but using the kind of vacuum cleaner.
-Its probably not doable in one shot without this.
-Hole #17 (1:56)
-I use the glitch by shooting in the nearest corner.
-It is probably not doable in one shot.
-Hole #18 (2:00)
-This hole is probably not doable in one shot. The best I could do without using the glitch was in 2 shots.
-And you need to avoid the eyes because they send your ball to the start.
73,500 is probably the maximum possible score for this game since I made all the holes in one shot.
Or am I missing something? Tell me in the comments.
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.")
![[TAS] Marble Madness Arcade 222,410 pts](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U_HWUzSExa8/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Marble Madness Arcade 222,410 pts
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Marble Madness Arcade 222,410 pts
The goal of this TAS is to achieve the highest possible score.
Difficulty Setting: Very Easy.
Note:
-I set the game at Very Easy to have the 65 sec at the start at level 2 instead of 60.
-At the end, I move around because moving gives you points, so I convert the remaining time into points.
-Thanks to SprintGod for his TAS of Marble Madness on Genesis. Almost all the skips he uses also work on the arcade version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI0Ndea8FXs
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] Cruisn World Arcade (3/3) Road King in 20:52.36](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VHbRSziEePk/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Cruisn World Arcade (3/3) Road King in 20:52.36
Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Cruisn World Arcade (3/3) Road King in 20:52.36
GOAL:
-Complete the game as quickly as possible
-Try to beat the times on Twin Galaxies at:
https://www.twingalaxies.com/game/cruisn-world/arcade
https://www.twingalaxies.com/game/Cruisn-world-rev-l23/mame
-The first thing you learn while playing this game is that you never need to brake or release the gas pedal. All curves can be taken at full speed, but you lose speed when sliding.
-I did not see any advantage in choosing the manual transmission
-I did 4 TAS of this game improving my times in each one. I decided to post all four, not just the last one, because I think theres something fun to look at in all of them.
-1 - El Diablo in 21:41.54 https://youtu.be/Ls-OX71fxrY
-2 - Humvee in 21:11.27 https://youtu.be/5_mN4Ry-5e0
-3 - Road King in 20:52.36 This video
-4 - Banzai GTV in 20:10.92 https://youtu.be/3XDq4eCPxu4
-As my main goal is to achieve the best possible time, I didnt mind not finishing first. To finish first, you have to be a little lucky. The first cars must be involved in an accident, otherwise the chances of finishing first are very slim.
Special moves:
See the pinned comment for the list
Comments:
-For this video I chose the Road King because it is supposed to be as fast as the Humvee and I wanted to take a different vehicle.
-I tried to do a Mega Roll at every opportunity, on every jump, to get 2 seconds bonus as many times as possible.
-Australia: With 8 Mega Roll I beat the best time on Twin Galaxies (finally!)
-China: With this truck, I wasnt able to jump as many times as with the Humvee. I thought this vehicle handled like the Humvee but that is clearly not the case.
-Africa: I improved the final time thanks to all the Mega Roll I did but if you check the time before bonus, this truck is slower than the Humvee by more than a second on almost all the tracks. The truck has more problems than the Humvee recovering from a Mega Roll, losing more speed.
-Egypt I finished less than a second slower than the time on Twin Galaxies (1:28.03 versus 1:27.60). I probably would have beaten it with the Humvee. At least this time I finished first (not thanks to my good driving (11:02)).
-Moscow thanks to a Mega Roll I beat the time on Twin Galaxies, but once again I was slower than the Humvee by more than 1 second.
-Germany, Italy, France, England: Not enough jumps on these tracks to make a difference. Still being about 2 seconds slower than the times posted on Twin Galaxies, and being a bit slower than my times with the Humvee.
-Mexico: The green surface has less friction than the gravel road. I tried to use the green surface more strategically than with the Humvee and achieved a significantly better time, about 3 seconds off before the bonus. But I wasnt able to jump as often as with the Humvee, I lost time because of that.
Notable Moments:
-0:10 I used the view buttons to select another car and change its color. Hold view 1 or 2 for a selection of 8 more cars. Press View 3 to change color.
-1:20 A shark is eating a diver
-1:50 Turn the corner on two wheels (5 wheels?) (double-tap the accelerator when turning a corner)
-14:13 Abuse the out-of-bounds collision to lose less speed after the Mega Roll
-14:36 Temporary loss of control when going downhill
-22:45 151 mph for a few seconds proving that the green surface has less friction than the road
Shortcuts:
-Hawaii 0:51
-Australia 4:50
-China 6:26 and 6:54
-Mexico 22:53 and 23:19
-New York 25:19 and 25:26
-In the end, it is certain that the “Road King” was not the best choice. With this vehicle you lose control if the road goes downhill, you cant jump as easily as with the Humvee and it is often more difficult to recover from a Mega Roll as you lose more speed. It seems the Road King is about 2 mph slower than the Humvee on a long straight road. (143 vs. 145 mph)
-What is the best car to take? I am not sure.
-The fact that a few times posted on Twin Galaxies are 2 seconds faster means Im probably missing something. On the N64 version it is possible to take turns without losing speed. Maybe thats whats missing, but I havent found how to do that, if its possible on the arcade version.
-In conclusion, it is certainly possible to make a better TAS.
-Everything I did in these TAS is achievable by a human with a little luck (or not just a little?). I didnt use any special tricks or cheats, just precision driving.
What is a TAS? https://www.youtube.com/c/Prog61/about
For more information visit https://tasvideos.org.
0:00 Intro
0:15 1-Hawaii
2:21 2-Japan
4:14 3-Australia
5:57 4-China
7:54 5-Africa
9:45 6-Egypt
11:49 7-Moscow
13:55 8-Germany
16:01 9-Italy
18:10 10-France
20:13 11-England
22:12 12-Mexico
24:13 13-New York
26:17 14-Florida
28:14 Ending and Credits")
![[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.")
