![[TAS] Spectar Arcade 253,320 points in 28 rounds @Prog61](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uw48JuiQK8Q/sddefault.jpg)
Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Spectar Arcade 253,320 points in 28 rounds
-Spectar is a sequel to Targ.
-There are 2 ways to end a round:
-Eat all the dots like Pac-Man (36 dots at 20 points each)
-Shoot all enemies (10) like Targ
-Note that dots may disappear for reasons other than eating them:
-3:10, 6:34, 7:10, 7:46 An enemy's bullet hit a wall, the dot there disappears
-If you kill an enemy on a dot, the dot disappears (1:32)
-If an enemy bullet hits another enemy on a dot, it disappears
-If you shoot an enemy missile over a dot, the dot disappears (3:19)
-The game reaches its hardest point at round 11, from there enemies are always as fast as the player
-At this speed it's almost unplayable for a human
-The quickest way to get points (if you are a TAS) is to finish the rounds as quickly as possible to obtain the round bonus: 1000,2000,3000... (max 9000 points)
If you eat all the dots you get (6X6=36 X 20) 720 points
If you shoot all the enemies (90 points each from round 9 and onwards, lower before that) you get (10X90) 900 points
-But if you're a real player, you might want to stay as long as possible in the first round and shoot the green and yellow enemies that appear regularly.
As shown here: twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/262580
In this video you can see that he kills 212 green/yellow enemies (for a 1st round of 48360 points) while keeping as many red enemies as possible so that they don't accelerate.
From my testing, if you keep 4 or more red enemies, they will never speed up.
His game ends on turn 11 which is almost unplayable by a human.
This also shows that you can wait for green/yellow enemies for as long as you want.
-Round 15 (2:49) I shot all the red enemies except one and waited for green/yellow enemies but only 6 appeared, I don't know why. Or maybe I should have just waited longer?
-Round 16 (4:21) I didn't shoot any enemies
-Round 26 (6:24) I waited again at the end but with 3 red enemies, after 24 green/yellow enemies I decided to stop.
-Round 17 at 4:41 shows the limits of hit boxes, this is the closest the player can get to an enemy without dying. (View it frame by frame with the “Greater than” key)
-The player's hit box does not appear to be centered on the player's sprite. I sometimes had trouble not colliding with an enemy because the collision would happen before they visually hit each other.
-In Mame, you need the Targ samples to have the shooting and explosion sounds.
-Shooting and explosion sounds often play more times than they should. Emulation problem?
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.
0:00 Rounds 1-5
1:05 Rounds 6-10
2:01 Rounds 11-15
4:19 Rounds 16-20
5:23 Rounds 21-25
6:23 Rounds 26-28
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Spectar Arcade 253,320 points in 28 rounds
-Spectar is a sequel to Targ.
-There are 2 ways to end a round:
-Eat all the dots like Pac-Man (36 dots at 20 points each)
-Shoot all enemies (10) like Targ
-Note that dots may disappear for reasons other than eating them:
-3:10, 6:34, 7:10, 7:46 An enemy's bullet hit a wall, the dot there disappears
-If you kill an enemy on a dot, the dot disappears (1:32)
-If an enemy bullet hits another enemy on a dot, it disappears
-If you shoot an enemy missile over a dot, the dot disappears (3:19)
-The game reaches its hardest point at round 11, from there enemies are always as fast as the player
-At this speed it's almost unplayable for a human
-The quickest way to get points (if you are a TAS) is to finish the rounds as quickly as possible to obtain the round bonus: 1000,2000,3000... (max 9000 points)
If you eat all the dots you get (6X6=36 X 20) 720 points
If you shoot all the enemies (90 points each from round 9 and onwards, lower before that) you get (10X90) 900 points
-But if you're a real player, you might want to stay as long as possible in the first round and shoot the green and yellow enemies that appear regularly.
As shown here: twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/262580
In this video you can see that he kills 212 green/yellow enemies (for a 1st round of 48360 points) while keeping as many red enemies as possible so that they don't accelerate.
From my testing, if you keep 4 or more red enemies, they will never speed up.
His game ends on turn 11 which is almost unplayable by a human.
This also shows that you can wait for green/yellow enemies for as long as you want.
-Round 15 (2:49) I shot all the red enemies except one and waited for green/yellow enemies but only 6 appeared, I don't know why. Or maybe I should have just waited longer?
-Round 16 (4:21) I didn't shoot any enemies
-Round 26 (6:24) I waited again at the end but with 3 red enemies, after 24 green/yellow enemies I decided to stop.
-Round 17 at 4:41 shows the limits of hit boxes, this is the closest the player can get to an enemy without dying. (View it frame by frame with the “Greater than” key)
-The player's hit box does not appear to be centered on the player's sprite. I sometimes had trouble not colliding with an enemy because the collision would happen before they visually hit each other.
-In Mame, you need the Targ samples to have the shooting and explosion sounds.
-Shooting and explosion sounds often play more times than they should. Emulation problem?
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.
0:00 Rounds 1-5
1:05 Rounds 6-10
2:01 Rounds 11-15
4:19 Rounds 16-20
5:23 Rounds 21-25
6:23 Rounds 26-28
![[TAS] Spectar Arcade 253,320 points in 28 rounds](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uw48JuiQK8Q/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Spectar Arcade 253,320 points in 28 rounds
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Spectar Arcade 253,320 points in 28 rounds
-Spectar is a sequel to Targ.
-There are 2 ways to end a round:
-Eat all the dots like Pac-Man (36 dots at 20 points each)
-Shoot all enemies (10) like Targ
-Note that dots may disappear for reasons other than eating them:
-3:10, 6:34, 7:10, 7:46 An enemys bullet hit a wall, the dot there disappears
-If you kill an enemy on a dot, the dot disappears (1:32)
-If an enemy bullet hits another enemy on a dot, it disappears
-If you shoot an enemy missile over a dot, the dot disappears (3:19)
-The game reaches its hardest point at round 11, from there enemies are always as fast as the player
-At this speed its almost unplayable for a human
-The quickest way to get points (if you are a TAS) is to finish the rounds as quickly as possible to obtain the round bonus: 1000,2000,3000... (max 9000 points)
If you eat all the dots you get (6X6=36 X 20) 720 points
If you shoot all the enemies (90 points each from round 9 and onwards, lower before that) you get (10X90) 900 points
-But if youre a real player, you might want to stay as long as possible in the first round and shoot the green and yellow enemies that appear regularly.
As shown here: https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/262580
In this video you can see that he kills 212 green/yellow enemies (for a 1st round of 48360 points) while keeping as many red enemies as possible so that they dont accelerate.
From my testing, if you keep 4 or more red enemies, they will never speed up.
His game ends on turn 11 which is almost unplayable by a human.
This also shows that you can wait for green/yellow enemies for as long as you want.
-Round 15 (2:49) I shot all the red enemies except one and waited for green/yellow enemies but only 6 appeared, I dont know why. Or maybe I should have just waited longer?
-Round 16 (4:21) I didnt shoot any enemies
-Round 26 (6:24) I waited again at the end but with 3 red enemies, after 24 green/yellow enemies I decided to stop.
-Round 17 at 4:41 shows the limits of hit boxes, this is the closest the player can get to an enemy without dying. (View it frame by frame with the “Greater than” key)
-The players hit box does not appear to be centered on the players sprite. I sometimes had trouble not colliding with an enemy because the collision would happen before they visually hit each other.
-In Mame, you need the Targ samples to have the shooting and explosion sounds.
-Shooting and explosion sounds often play more times than they should. Emulation problem?
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.
0:00 Rounds 1-5
1:05 Rounds 6-10
2:01 Rounds 11-15
4:19 Rounds 16-20
5:23 Rounds 21-25
6:23 Rounds 26-28")
![[TAS] Major Havoc Arcade levels 1-21 (1,030,478 points)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vYL8wGIRrY4/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Major Havoc Arcade levels 1-21 (1,030,478 points)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Major Havoc Arcade levels 1-21 (1,030,478 points)
-The goal of this TAS is to see all the levels achieved by a TAS.
-This is not a speedrun
-In the maze section, you can kill any enemy (except the cannon) using the shield (1000 points), but only once per life or per level.
-The shield can also absorb 4 bullets fired by Robots (Perkoids) (No points).
-To get a higher score, I try to kill one enemy (sometimes two 3:48 and 11:46) in each maze.
-In the maze, normally an O2 (Magenta) gives you 100 points, but if you collect them after hitting the reactor (Yellow), they give you 1000 points (and increase by 200 points for every subsequent one collected).
-The strategy is to keep as much O2 as can be collected before the reactor explodes.
-On level 11 the ONE WAY on the left side of the reactor appear to encompass the reactor (15:37). Once you touch the reactor, you cant go back in the direction you came from. I had to change my pattern because I couldnt leave some O2 (to collect after touching the reactor) where I had planned.
@jerky512dslextreme commented that it is possible to go back by jumping, he was right, I tested it and if you jump high enough (higher than I tried doing the TAS) you can get back the way you came, even if youre in the middle of the ONE WAY sign. Thanks for the tip, if I do another TAS I will do this part differently.
-Level 5, I played with the Fishoids to see what they will do if you dont shoot them (6:00) But you cant do that for long because soon one of them will go straight to you in an inevitable way as shown in level 21 at 34:33.
-Level 17, I beat the fishoids by not moving and just holding the fire button (25:19).
-The bonus in the Fishoids section decreases by 100 for every second.
-Level 7, at the end of the maze (9:19) I wasnt sure if it was possible to jump over the fireball (Pyroid) but there was room to do so. But it was very precise, about a 4 frame window to jump perfectly.
-Level 10, in the fighters section (Flyboids), I kept one at the end to see its pattern (12:45).
-The bonus decreases by 400 for each fighter (Flyboid) you let pass under you.
-When the Bonus reaches 0, the section ends even if you have not killed everyone.
-In the Space Fort section where there are red line planes that are indestructible, normally the wave ends when you shoot all the fighters (9:40).
-The bonus decreases by 400 for each fighter (Flyboid) (not red line planes) you let pass under you.
-The section ends if the bonus reaches 0.
-Note that the hitbox of many enemies is smaller than expected. I assure you that no invincibility cheats were used, which would be useless for a TAS.
At 27:24 we see that the hitbox of a Perkoid does not reach the top of the sprite. But dont try this at home, I was 1 pixel away from dying.
-After level 20, Levels 16 to 20 repeat but with random colors.
-It took me about 20 hours of work to make this TAS. I hope you find this as fun to watch as I enjoyed making it. Thanks.
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.
0:00 Level 01
1:07 Level 02
2:36 Level 03
4:16 Level 04
5:50 Level 05
6:53 Level 06
8:09 Level 07
9:36 Level 08
10:55 Level 09
12:05 Level 10
14:11 Level 11
16:06 Level 12
17:28 Level 13
18:46 Level 14
20:34 Level 15
23:10 Level 16
25:15 Level 17
26:40 Level 18
28:37 Level 19
31:09 Level 20
33:22 Level 21
36:17 End")
![[TAS] Crossbow Arcade (4,739,500) (5 loops)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vhXa19Xz3PE/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Crossbow Arcade (4,739,500) (5 loops)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Crossbow Arcade (4,739,500 pts) (5 loops)
Warning Flashing light
-To see much less flashing white screen, skip to loop 2 (13:16)
-The game allows you to shoot at around 3 shots per second.
-Normally there are 20 frames between shots, but not always. Sometimes I had to wait 22 to 25 frames before I could shoot again, I dont know why.
-In the map, the game asks you to choose a color but does not tell you which path is associated with which color. You need to remember this or you can view the map on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow_(video_game)
-Since you can choose your path, you can:
-Do the 8 levels one after the other
-Do the boss after only 4 levels (Shortest path) Desert, Ice Cave, Drawbridge, Castle Room (Green, Blue, Blue, Red)
-Never do the boss by doing the same 2 or more levels in a loop. This can be a good plan if you only have one friend and always lose one during the boss fight. But beating the boss gets you 250,000 points, which is tempting.
-You get a new friend on 5 of the 8 levels for a maximum of 8 friends.
-Desert
-Volcano
-River
-Jungle
-Ice cave
-You do not get a new friend
-Town
-Castle (Drawbridge)
-Castle Hall
-New friends are awarded only once.
Loop 1
-Complete all 8 levels to collect all friends.
-Shoot as fast as possible at as many things as possible.
-Almost every round is full of things to shoot at. Since it is not possible to fire more than 3 times per second, the TAS has something to shoot almost all the time.
Loop 2 13:16
-Keep all 8 friends alive
-Complete all 8 levels
-Only shoot things that would kill a friend.
-At the end, in the Castle hall, I close the light. As you can see, every object/character has pale/white things on them so they can be seen in complete darkness, except for one friend (27:50).
Loop 3 30:18
-Keep only 1 friend
-Do the 8 levels with him
-Only shoot things that will kill the character
-Show that you can wait for the bridges to make themselves. (31:46 33:41 34:29)
Loop 4 36:12
-Take the lower route in the map (5 levels).
Loop 5 39:32
-Do the 4 higher levels in the map (Shortest Path)
-In the Town level, the ghost cannot be shot when he is transparent. Since he flashes quickly, in real play he can be a real pain to kill. But you absolutely have to kill him since he will kill all the friends in his path.
-There are 3 levels where you have to shoot something to make a bridge so the characters can cross, but you dont have to shoot, the bridge will make itself after a few seconds as shown in loop 3. (Volcano 31:46, Ice Cave 33:41, Drawbridge 34:29)
-As far as I have been able to test, the time before the bridge is made seems to be a fixed time from the start of the level, regardless of whether a friend is waiting for it. And the waiting time is different for each level.
-This could be a way to make these levels a little longer to score a few more points. But the game doesnt want you to stay there forever.
-In the castle hall, once a friend reaches the trap door the scepter will glow, shoot it to open the trap door and allow your friend to go down.
-You can wait until 2 friends are on the trap before opening it, but it cant be more than 2 since the game will wait before sending another friend (as shown at 27:23)
Evil Master (final boss)
-All you have to do is shoot his eyes when they are red.
-But shooting his eyes before they turn red will give you 5000 points (only each time you hear a sound), a good way to increase your score.
-Soon after his eyes turn red, they will shoot at the friend. To avoid losing a friend, you must shoot both eyes in less than 1/2 sec.
-If you have a problem with the boss always killing a friend, try shooting the right eye first, you will have a little more time to shoot the left eye since its first shot wont kill the friend. (Seen in the video on Twin Galaxies) https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/213985
-So if you dont have 2 friends in play, it might not be a good idea to go there.
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.
0:00 Loop 1
13:16 Loop 2
30:18 Loop 3
36:12 Loop 4
39:32 Loop 5
42:47 Ending")
![[TAS] 101 Clips of Arcade Games TAS](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vnvX-b0C284/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] 101 Clips of Arcade Games TAS
All clips are from videos on my channel @Prog61
If you have any questions or want more details about a game in this video, visit my channel and read the description of the game you are interested in.
Note:
-Sorry for the quality of the forest section of Return of the Jedi, I dont know what happened there.
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.
#compilation #clips
#Arcade #ArcadeGame #CoinOp #Mame #Gaming #RetroGaming #TAS #ArcadeTAS #ToolAssisted #toolassistedspeedrun #ToolAssistedSuperplay")
![[TAS] Alpine Ski Arcade 999,999 points (bug demonstration)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vt0R5VktdsI/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Alpine Ski Arcade 999,999 points (bug demonstration)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Alpine Ski Arcade 999,999 points
A round consist of a downhill ski course, a slalom course, and a ski jump.
On the slalom course, when you hit a flag you get -100 points.
If your score is low enough it is possible to go below 0, the game will display 999999 and less.
To do the trick, you need to get a low score on the downhill section.
In the TAS I pressed the button for only 1 frame to start going down, got no bonus points and didnt press the button all the way down.
I manage to get only 371 points, this is probably the lowest score you can get in this section.
By the way: I tested to see what is the highest score I could get by holding the button down, not releasing it even for 1 frame and not getting any bonus points, I got 8838 points.
I wanted to end the video with a game over but you have to play too long to get it since you get 2:30 min for every 12000 points. Eventually the timer speeds up (see my other video) but it takes a long time and I didnt want to make a long video.
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.")
![[TAS] Crystal Castles Arcade 935,997 (All levels)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w-M3n_mXf3s/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Crystal Castles Arcade 935,997 (All levels)
Tool-assisted Superplay (TAS) of Crystal Castles Arcade (935,997)
This TAS try to reach the highest score possible. The difficulty for me was to try to get as much gems as possible for each levels. It took about a week of work to do that.
Note:
-The warp to 2.1 is used because you get a higher score that way. 37887 before warp vs 71782 after
-After you jump to warp, you can collect some gems at 99 points each. The TAS collect 1 gem more than usually is collected. I do not know if this is doable in real life.
-This TAS is not perfect but it is very nearly the highest score possible. I have already spotted 2 or 3 more gems I could get.
For more information about Crystal Castle the best place is: http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/games/cc/index.htm
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] Major Havoc Arcade levels 13-20](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w6ma9KVSUNE/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Major Havoc Arcade levels 13-20
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Major Havoc Arcade levels 13-20 in 16:00 (1,260,178 points)
Notes:
-Now that I see the video, I see where I could take less time. But I never know if I want to optimize for time or score.
-I use the warps to start at level 13.
The codes are: 23, 46, 824 and 315.
-Level 14, I forgot to jump over the O2 which is next to the reactor
-Level 16, I had to work hard and optimize the level several times to complete it without dying. On my first try, I died when I touched the reactor, it was a long way from the exit.
Normally, even a good player loses a life in this level because there isnt enough O2.
I was surprised that it was possible not to lose a life.
-Level 20, since its the same as level 16, this time I was ready, I knew what to do.
I optimized each movement to waste as little time as possible.
I was surprised to end up with 26 O2.
-I will probably do a TAS of all levels, from 1 to 20.
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.
0:00 Level 13
1:42 Level 14
3:33 Level 15
5:57 Level 16
8:29 Level 17
9:50 Level 18
11:46 Level 19
14:00 Level 20")
![[TAS] Ms. Pac-Man Arcade 33 Levels in 27:20](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wDh89hd44c8/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Ms. Pac-Man Arcade 33 Levels in 27:20
This is a video of Ms. Pac-Man like youve never seen her before.
No long waits for ghosts to regroup, just fast play, thats the fun of TAS.
This is a speedrun, the speed not the score is important. I tried to eat as few ghosts as possible. I only ate them when they were in the way.
If you want to see a real player eating all the ghosts and fruits and playing till the kill screen, go here: https://youtu.be/kiV755n8BSk This video is over 4 hours long.
No invincible cheats were used
Its relatively easy for the TAS to harmlessly pass through a ghosts. The trick is frame and pixel perfect, so its not easily usable in real life.
This happens because collision detection is not at the pixel level. The collision detection works by keeping track of what 8x8 pixel square all the objects are on. So if you step off of your square onto a ghosts square and he steps off his square and on to yours simultaneously you didnt ever occupy the same square.
For a full technical explanation read this: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/passing-through-ghosts-in-pac-man
Notes:
-If a credit is inserted at the very beginning of the attract mode, before the red ghost appears under the marquee, the first maze of the game will be colored blue instead of the normal maze color.
-When you eat a dot, you slow down a bit.
-When you turn a corner you go a little faster than the ghosts because the player cuts the turns but not the ghosts
-The collision between Ms. Pac-Man and the fruit is only detected when the player is moving. Thus, there is no collision detection when Ms. Pac-Man is not in motion. The fruit will walk through you.
You can see it at level 19 (14:06) and 23 (17:29)
-On level 28 I did a double ghosts pass through (22:28) 😀
-Eventually the red ghost becomes faster than the player and is very annoying. One way to get rid of him is to change direction at the last moment when hes about to collide with the player, as shown at level 24 (18:34) and 25 (19:59 )
-At least the other ghosts are not faster than the player but just as fast as him (as far as I can tell), so by cutting corners you can get a bit ahead of them.
-Ive tried to do a few levels without the pass through ghosts trick but sometimes its too tempting not to use it. I hope you wont think that I used this trick too much.
Note that I didnt use the trick everywhere I wanted, sometimes its hard even for a TAS to find the right spot.
After watching this video, we understand why good players dont play like that. The game is really difficult after level 20.
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.
0:00 Levels 1-2
1:30 Levels 3-5
3:58 Levels 6-9
7:00 Levels 10-13
10:02 Levels 14-17
13:09 Levels 18-21
16:20 Levels 22-25
20:06 Levels 26-29
23:45 Levels 30-33")
![[TAS] SplatterHouse Arcade](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wjfVeUG55XA/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SplatterHouse Arcade
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Splatterhouse Arcade
What is a TAS? https://www.youtube.com/c/Prog61/about
Notes:
-This is just a quick TAS of SplatterHouse, it took me about 8 hours to do, so I know there are a lot of things that could be optimized.
How to slide:
-Go in one direction (Left or Right)
-Press jump, you can press jump and direction at the same time, but you need to hold direction
-Just before you hit the ground at the end of the jump, press Down + Attack, you only have a 4 frame window, from frame 32 to 35 after the jump
-In stage IV, you can pass the rotating blades on the ground without jumping more than once (5:40), just by walking, but the timing is very tight (dont try this at home 😀)
-In the hall of mirrors, the players hitbox looks really small, see the video (6:20), the enemy has his fist in the players face and there is no collision.
-On stage V, you have several choice of path. I dont know which is the fastest, Ill have to watch some speedrun videos.
For a good introduction to TASing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
For more information visit http://tasvideos.org.
0:00 Title Screen
0:52 Stage I
2:00 Stage II
4:15 Stage III
5:04 Stage IV
8:18 Stage V
12:12 Stage VI
13:55 Stage VII
16:13 End credits")
![[TAS] Cruisn World Arcade Speed Test of All 12 Cars](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xZlj5QRnHWI/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Cruisn World Arcade Speed Test of All 12 Cars
Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Cruisn World Arcade Speed Test of All 12 Cars
-The goal of this TAS is to determine the cruising speed of all the cars in Cruisn World.
-I tested all 12 vehicles on a straight, flat road to see what speed could be achieved.
-Here is the result sorted by speed: (in parentheses is the speed specified in the game)
Zombi XXX = 143 mph (144) (-1)
Road King = 143 mph (147) (-4)
El Diablo = 145 mph (144) (+1)
Sexium P6 = 145 mph (144) (+1)
Rhino 4X4 = 145 mph (145)
Humvee ATV = 145 mph (147) (-2)
Lady Bug = 146 mph (142) (+4)
Kamikaze AWD = 146 mph (142) (+4)
Orca = 146 mph (145) (+1)
Venom SST = 147 mph (142) (+5)
Gimpee = 147 mph (145) (+2)
Banzai GTV = 147 mph (147)
-In conclusion, you cannot trust the specs listed in the game. There are 3 cars that actually run at 147 mph: Banzai GTV, Gimpee and Venom SST.
-You can see 4 of them in action in my other TAS of this game.
-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 https://youtu.be/VHbRSziEePk
-4 - Banzai GTV in 20:10.92 https://youtu.be/3XDq4eCPxu4
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.
0:00 Zombi XXX
0:41 Road King
1:19 El Diablo
1:57 Sexium P6
2:35 Rhino 4X4
3:13 Humvee ATV
3:51 Lady Bug
4:29 Kamikaze AWD
5:07 Orca
5:46 Venom SST
6:23 Gimpee
7:01 Banzai GTV")
![[TAS][Chart] Time Pilot Arcade (5 of 5) 319000 in 5 minutes (Piano Roll)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xwCDrWV9fz4/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS][Chart] Time Pilot Arcade (5 of 5) 319000 in 5 minutes (Piano Roll)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Time Pilot Arcade (5 of 5) 319000 in 5 minutes with Piano Roll
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] Nibbler Arcade 100 waves (5,859,130)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yEZ-6CHoGmI/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Nibbler Arcade 100 waves (5,859,130)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Nibbler Arcade 100 waves (5,859,130) (rev 9)
-Goal:
-To try patterns very hard to do in real life
Notes
-The game consist of 32 mazes in a loop.
Scoring
-Each dot earn you: Wave * 10. Thus, for Wave 25, you earn 250 points per dot.
-At the end of a wave, you receive (Time Remaining * Wave) points.
-Since the Wave number is used to calculate the points awarded, this is why the wave counter reset to 80 when it reaches wave 100.
- 1 to 99, 80 to 99, 80 to 99 ...
Disappearing Dots
-From wave 16, you can see that the wave can end before the snake eats all the dots.
-When the snake turn, it starts a new snake segment. And when the tail turns, it removes a segment.
-The program supports up to 32 segments, Trying to make a 33rd segment will end the wave instead of probably crashing.
Length
-It is possible to control, to a certain extent, the length of the snake.
-When you eat a dot, the tail will stop moving for 8 frames.
-So, the added length depends of the speed of the snake.
-The snake reached its maximum speed at wave 20.
-Except for the nibblero version which is faster.
-But it is possible to make the tail move again before the 8 frames are elapsed.
-All you have to do is make the head stop at least one frame at an intersection or corner.
-At an intersection where you have two paths to choose from, the snake will stop and wait for the player to choose a direction. In this case, it is easy to wait a bit.
-In a corner where there is only one direction to go, the snake will itself choose the only possible direction after stopping at least one frame.
-The number of frames the snake will stop in a corner is:
Wave 1 = 13 frames, 2 = 9 frames, 3 = 9, 4 = 9, 5 = 5, 6 = 3 and 1 frame for all waves after that.
-Thus, if the player has not chosen the correct path in advance, the snake will stop at least one frame when he turns a corner itself.
-On the fastest waves the player has a great influence on the length of the snake.
-In my video, compare wave 78 or 96 (1 wait frame by corner) with wave 88 or 86 (0 frame by corner) nibbler is much longer on wave 88 and 86
-In conclusion, if you want the longest snake, you have to pre turn all the corners and intersections that are near an eaten dot.
-If you want the shortest snake, wait a few frames at the intersections and do not pre turn corners.
Versions
-There are 7 versions of Nibbler in MAME
nibbler: (rev 9)
nibbler6: (rev 6)
nibbler7: (rev 7)
nibbler8: (rev 8)
nibblera: (rev 9, alternate set)
nibblero: (Olympia - rev 8)
nibblerp: (Pioneer Balloon conversion - rev 6)
Timer
-If you do not eat dots, after 100 timer units, the timer will decrease very quickly.
-If you stop, the timer decrease slightly faster and after about 150 units the timer decrease very quickly.
-Total time when moving, without eating any dots, until the timer reaches 0 is about 13 seconds.
-Total time without moving until the timer reaches 0 is about 9 seconds.
-But on nibblera the timer never decrease very quickly.
-Total time when moving is about 47 seconds.
-Total time without moving is about 26 seconds.
Life
-You gain a life every 4 waves. Except for nibblero is every 8 waves.
-When you die, you lose a life, and if you have any life left, you can continue to eat the dots that you did not eat.
-But on Nibbler rev 9, starting at wave 32, when you die, all the eaten dots of the current level will reappear. This makes the game much more difficult because you dont have the choice to clear all the dots on each wave with one life if you want to progress in the game.
-I demonstrate that in the TAS by dying on wave 32 and 100.
-When the life counter reach 100 it starts showing strange numbers and letters. These are hexadecimal numbers coming from the program ROM.
-Here is the list of numbers displayed instead of the lives left beginning at 100.
-Be aware that the numbers are slightly different from one version to another. (not enough place to list here)
rev6: FF FF 08 D8 A5 BC 0A C9 63 90 02 A9 63 A8 B9 A6 41 F8 18 65 B2 85 B2 A5 B3 69 00 85 B3 A5
So: 100 lives display FF, 101 = FF, 102 = 8, ... 127 = 85, 128 = B3, 129 = A5
-If you go over 128 lives, the next time you lose a life, you will be game over because with a signed byte, 128 = -1 which is less than 0.
-So, if you see B3 (128), dont reach A5 (129).
-After A5, the only way not to be game over is to reach 257 lives. So, if you manage to not die once for the next 512 waves, the lives will wrap around at 1.
-In the 80s a friend (AGA) and I played a 48 hour game to reach the billion.
-We did it in Montreal at the Arcade/restaurant Chez Paulo which was one of the only arcade in Montreal that was open 24h.
-We did that just for fun, no one knew about it.
-We did that on a rev 9. To my knowledge no one has done that. All the billion scores I have seen on the internet are done on rev 6.")
