![[TAS] TX-1 Arcade (France) (4/8) @Prog61](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SMGO4KOeJnc/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Tool-assisted speed-run (TAS) for TX-1 Arcade France (260020 points)
Passed cars 182, remaining time 45, for a total score of 260020.
See tasvideos.org for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs.
Tool-assisted speed-run (TAS) for TX-1 Arcade France (260020 points)
Passed cars 182, remaining time 45, for a total score of 260020.
See tasvideos.org for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs.
![[TAS] TX-1 Arcade (France) (4/8)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SMGO4KOeJnc/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] TX-1 Arcade (France) (4/8)
Tool-assisted speed-run (TAS) for TX-1 Arcade France (260020 points)
Passed cars 182, remaining time 45, for a total score of 260020.
See tasvideos.org for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs.")
![[TAS] Time Crisis 1 Arcade in 83782 (Story mode)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S_XkhmlfGPc/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Time Crisis 1 Arcade in 83782 (Story mode)
Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Time Crisis 1 arcade in 83782 (Story mode)
Goal: Finish the game as fast as possible without worrying about accuracy.
If you want to see a video with 100% accuracy in 92285, watch https://youtu.be/Qp6lbYHhHWk
Notes:
-It is possible to fire every 4 frames, so you can empty your clip in less than half a second (21 frames).
-It takes at least 12 frames to reload. And you have to wait another 10 frames before you can reshoot. Thus, the TAS must wait 22 frames between clips.
-Here is a list of things I did in this TAS. If you know of other time savers, let me know.
-At 2:29 I shoot at the car
-At 4:26 I didnt shoot the thing on the right of the screen. The animation of all the pillars falling on enemies is fun to watch but if I did that I lost 5 seconds. But in a normal game, I think it probably takes less time than shooting everyone.
-At 10:04 I shot the Yellow Ninja before he jumped somewhere else.
-At 11:56 and 12:05 I shot the two grenades
Thanks Kim Sama / キム様 for some hints.
But the thing I did that saved me the most time was shooting enemies three times instead of one.
For some reason, when shooting an enemy, if you shoot them 2 times, the death animation is shorter, and if you shoot them 3 times, its even shorter. Since very often the game waits for the end of dying animations before advancing, in the end you save a lot of time because of this.
The time saved with this trick is much more than I had expected.
You would think doing this trick on the last enemy before moving is enough, but in a TAS, when there are 4 enemies to shoot, its often faster to shoot the first two with 3 bullets each, then reload then shoot the other two also with 3 bullets each. In some places I gained 1 second with this.
As this complicated the TAS, it is more than possible that I missed a few tenths of a second here and 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 Start
0:07 Stage 1
3:45 Stage 2
7:37 Stage 3
12:51 End")
![[TAS] Point Blank 1 Arcade All (48) Levels Montage](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U0CYYvKL2lk/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Point Blank 1 Arcade All (48) Levels Montage
Tool-assisted Superplay (TAS) of Point Blank 1 Arcade All (48) Levels Montage
Warning: Extreme flashing lights.
What is a TAS? https://www.youtube.com/c/Prog61/about
Index
Single shot
00:00 1 - Shoot 1 Apple
00:26 2 - Shoot the Falling Leaf
00:42 3 - Destroy the UFO with only 1 shot.
00:57 4 - Shoot all 3 Balls with only 1 shot.
Targets
01:15 5 - Shoot Targets of your color - Three targets that pop up
01:51 6 - Shoot Targets of your color - 32 Stationary 14 red 14 blue 4 bombs
02:07 7- Shoot All Targets of your color - Small targets
02:24 8 - Shoot Targets of your color - Bouncing targets
03:00 9 - Shoot Targets of your color - Rotating targets
03:36 10 - Shoot x Targets - Shutter
04:13 11 - Shoot x Targets - Parachute
04:47 12 - Shoot x Targets - Alternate between one and four targets
05:21 13 - Shoot x Targets - Palace
05:55 14 - Shoot x Targets - 24 targets flip sideways one or more at the time
06:14 15 - Shoot x Targets - Sliding targets
06:48 16 - Aim for the center of the target - Sliding target
07:07 17 - Shoot x Targets, try not to miss - Targets lined up
07:24 18 - Aim for the center of the target - Fixed target
Ninjas
07:42 19 - Shoot x Ninjas - Indoor
08:17 20 - Shoot x Ninjas - Outdoor
Criminals
08:56 21 - Shoot x Criminals - Hallway
09:30 22 - Shoot x Criminals - Windows
10:09 23 - Shoot x Criminals - Shady neighborhood
10:44 24 - Shoot x Criminals - Apartment buildings
11:20 25 - Shoot x Criminals - Dark warehouse
Protect Dr. Dan and Dr. Don
12:01 26 - Torches
12:35 27 - Lifeboat
13:11 28 - Vultures
13:47 29 - Tanks
14:21 30 - Piranhas
14:54 31 - Volcanos hot Lava
Rapid Fire
15:31 32 - Shoot the Car
Numbers and Letters
15:53 33 - Shoot the numbers in order
16:10 34 - Type the 3 letter word
Misc.
16:44 35 - Shoot x Clay Targets
17:18 36 - Cow, Aim for the 100
17:36 37 - Shoot the Beehive and hit x Bees
17:53 38 - Find the matching target
18:32 39 - Shoot the Dragons head
18:52 40 - Shoot x Flashing Cans
19:13 41 - Shoot All the Balls
19:30 42 - Shoot the Meteorites
20:09 43 - Shoot x Skeletons
20:44 44 - Shoot x Bottles
21:03 45 - Shoot x Octopuses
21:37 46 - Shoot x Ducks of your color
22:13 47 - Shoot x Piranhas
22:37 48 - Shoot x Birds
Notes:
-It is possible to fire every 3 frames, 20 times pas second.
13- You can shoot all the lights (51 points each) even those under the stuff at the bottom of the screen. (6 * 14 = 84 lights * 51 = 4284 points)
28- You can shoot Dr. Dan as fast as you can for 41 points each time
30- You can shoot Dr. Dan for 11 points but you have to stop before he fall in the water.
31- You can shoot Dr. Dan for 101 points each time, the rocks are 120 points each, but you can shoot him only then the Ouch! icon is not there, every 33 frames for a maximum of 37 times (3737 points)
32- You have to shoot specific parts of the car to have the maximum score (7352 points)
-Each hit award 30 points except when a part of the car is damaged
-Mirror driver side (US) 1 shot for 501 points
-Mirror passenger side 1 shot for 701 points
-Headlights (2x) 1 shot for 701 points
-Front window 2 shots for 30+201=231 points
-Side windows (2x) 2 shots for 30+301=331 points
-Hood 10 shots (30*9)+301=571 points
-Door 10 shots (30*9)+401=671 points
-Bumper 10 shots (30*9)+501=771 points
-Tires (2x) 10 shots (30*9)+501=771 points
-So you have 60 specific shots, for the last 10 remaining you can shoot anywhere.
-501+701+701+701+231+331+331+571+671+771+771+771+(10*30=300)=7352 points before bonus
34- I stopped before the end of the timer because the stage score wrap around if greater than 65535 (550 points per word)
-and I suspect that if the stage score is over 32767 the total score is corrupted, see at 14:18 and 16:41
45- You can shoot the crab for 301 points but you can him shoot only when he move, max 11 times
48- You can shoot the weather vane as fast as you can for 21 points each time.
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] Marble Madness Arcade 217,130 pts](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U98bEejQhvs/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Marble Madness Arcade 217,130 pts
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Marble Madness Arcade 217,130 pts
This video has been obsoleted by : https://youtu.be/U_HWUzSExa8
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.
-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] Pleiads Arcade [Tehkan] 10 loops (99,520)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UAfub1z5RFw/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Pleiads Arcade [Tehkan] 10 loops (99,520)
Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Pleiads Arcade 10 loops (99,520)
Each loop consists of 4 waves
Wave 1:
-Defend the Earth against attacks from space
-You have to shoot 16 aliens.
Wave 2:
-You are leaving Earth to go into space
-The aliens start small and a hit anywhere destroys them. You get 50 points for this.
-Once they get big, only a hit in the middle will destroy them.
-If you shoot them to one side, a flame appears and you get 20 points
-You can constantly shoot them on one side to get 20 points each time. You can rack up many points like this.
-But be careful, when you hit them, they stop moving sideways and fall directly on you.
-When you shoot one in the middle you get 100-400 points
-100 if there is no fire
-200 with a burning wing
-400 with two burning wings
-If you wait too long, the fire eventually goes out
Wave 3:
-Destroy the alien Mothership.
-For this wave, the game allows you to shoot 2 bullets at once instead of 1 elsewhere in the game (Tehkan version)
-Your goal on this wave is to put out the five exhaust flames under the Mothership. You can only extinguish a flame when a chamber door is open.
-Each time you fire a flame, Motherships bonus increases.
-You get the bonus at the end of the wave
-The wave ends if you shoot all 5 flames on the mothership or shoot 16 aliens, whichever comes first.
-Shooting the mothership does nothing and doesnt give you any points.
-The bonus starts at 100 for the first flame of the first loop and doubles for the other flames.
-So for loop 1 the bonus is: 100,200,400,800,1600
-For each subsequent loop, the bonus starts with 100 more points.
Loop 2 = 200 400 800 1600 3200
Loop 3 = 300 600 1200 2400 4800
Loop 4 = 400 800 1600 3200 6400
Loop 5 = 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
Loop 6 = 600 1200 2400 4800 9600
-But a problem arises for loops 7 and 8 because the number displayed cannot be greater than 9999 points
Loop 7 = 700 1400 2800 5600 11200 but the game displays 1200
Loop 8 = 800 1600 3200 6400 12800 but the game displays 2800
-After that the bonus restarts at 100
Loop 9 = 100 200 400 800 1600
Loop 10 = 200 400 800 1600 3200
But there is a much bigger problem than that!!!!!!!!
-On the Tehkan and Centuri version (I didnt test the other clones), when the 5th digit is displayed, the game gives the 4th instead.
-I think its because the bonus is added to the score 1 frame before the bonus is incremented. You can clearly see this if you watch the video frame by frame.
-At 1:36 I fired the Mothership for the 5th time in loop 1 but the score went from 1670 to 2470 giving me 800 points instead of the 1600 displayed.
-At 11:42 I fired the Mothership for the 5th time in loop 6 but the score went from 43020 to 47820 giving me 4800 points instead of the 9600 displayed.
-And because of this bug, loops 7 and 8 are no problem because the game gives you 5600 and 6400 points respectively.
Wave 4:
-You have just received an SOS that the earth is under attack. You must navigate around the parked fighters and land on the target to return to wave 1 and start the battle again.
-The target is divided into 5 zones: 4 2 1 3 5
Zone 1: The exact center pixel and 1 pixel on each side gives you the maximum points (3 pixels wide)
Zones 2 and 3: one pixel on each side of zone 1 gives you the middle amount of points
Zones 4 and 5: all other positions earn you the least points
-Scoring starts with 500 points for zones 4 and 5, 1000 points for zones 2 and 3 and 1500 points for Zone 1
-Each subsequent loop increases the bonus points by 500 and stops at 4000 like this:
Loop 1 = 500, 1000, 1500
Loop 2 = 1000, 1500, 2000
Loop 3 = 1500, 2000, 2500
Loop 4 = 2000, 2500, 3000
Loop 5 = 2500, 3000, 3500
Loop 6 = 3000, 3500, 4000
Loop 7 = 3500, 4000, 4000
Loop X = 4000, 4000, 4000 probably resetting at loop 256 (to be determined)
-And you get fireworks for every 500 points
To find the high score of this game on Twin Galaxie, you must search Pleiades and not Pleiads.
The highest score on Twin Galaxies of 4,000,000 (13 hours) is achieved on the Centuri version of the game.
I think there should be 2 different entries, one for Tehkan and another for Centuri because of the differences between the two.
In the Centuri version, the player moves twice as fast as the Tehkan version and can have 2 bullets on the screen at once everywhere instead of just on the Mothership wave.
I think the Centuri version of this game is too easy. I wish I had this version in my arcade, my high score would have been much higher :)
I put a side by side comparison of the two versions to show the difference at the end of my video. (21:22)
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.
2:15 Loop 2
6:14 Loop 4
10:16 Loop 6
14:54 Loop 8
18:58 Loop 10
21:22 Tehkan vs Centuri")
![[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.
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![[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.
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For a good introduction to TASing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
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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
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