Speed-run of Sonic 2

The problem with a 'speed run' being split up into different levels, is that whoever made the videos could have spent time perfecting each level rather than just taking the entire game in one go, making his time seam shorter than in fact it would have been.

 

"Casino Night Zone, Act 2
this level touched me in a place or in a way that made me feel uncomfortable."

o.o

 

Feh, that'd be easy, especially if you user Gens and Fraps. Then just use some editing software and boom! on large movie, which, properly cut, wouldn't have more then a couple frames difference at any one point, and sense level changes are silent...

 

[quote name='Dr. D'nar' date='Jan 3 2006, 10:20 PM'][quote name='Deathbyteacup' date='Jan 3 2006, 07:03 AM'] The problem with a 'speed run' being split up into different levels, is that whoever made the videos could have spent time perfecting each level rather than just taking the entire game in one go, making his time seam shorter than in fact it would have been.[/quote]
Feh, that'd be easy, especially if you user Gens and Fraps. Then just use some editing software and boom! on large movie, which, properly cut, wouldn't have more then a couple frames difference at any one point, and sense level changes are silent...[/quote]
That's all pretty and nice, but if you were careless you would magically change score and lives on level load...

One way to easily overcome this little tidbit would be to save a savestate on level load, and reloading it until you cleared the level as good as you could.

 

If you don't get it this might clear it up...

Bad Video quality here!

 

Beat me to it. If this was LUElinks, this would earn a 10. >>;;

 

Yeah. I recorded (onto VHS) a run of Blast Corps' Moon stage that shames the time posted there (my current 'Best Stay', beats it by about 20 seconds; actual time will come when I play it again), but I dunno if they'll want just a single stage run. I might add other things on there if I can figure out what I'd want. Maybe a single-session Tetris Attack run on the Hardest level (though I'd use a non-standard controller, but with turbo settings off). I can off most opponents in under a minute, and some sub-30 seconds.

Anyway, rambling now, so I better cut it here.

 

XD, I remember this from when I was a kid =P

 

That's the point.

You care? Go make an all-in-one run according to their rules.

 

http://bisqwit.iki.fi/torrents/sonic2-spee...ust.avi.torrent

Tool assisted speed run, meaning save state rerecords, but it's still amazing nonetheless.

 

Mike 89 managed a sonic 2 speedrun for the Sonic Olympics


It's quite amazing, but considering that he recorded it using Gens, SDA can't accept it.

However, a single segment run on sonic 2 is being worked on by someone else. In fact, I think it might be finished.

 

I hate chemical plant zone so much. Knowing that someone can do it with such perfect skill makes me hate it even more.

 

@Ergo-XD

Ergo for full member plz. :P

Seriously, though, that's freaking amazing. Great work to whomever did that! Kudos.

 

It wasn't obvious? Gens IS the save game for Sonic 2 and 1.

 

Hmm, wonder if this was in reaction to Jackson doing the music for Sonic 3? :P