Dizzy the Adventurer NES Tool-Assisted Speedrun Video

alden · Post by **alden** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:43 pm

I recently created a Tool-Assisted Speedrun of the NES game Dizzy the Adventurer.

For those unfamiliar with the term, a Tool-Assisted Speedrun (TAS) is an emulator made movie using slowdown and save-states to play the game as fast as possible. Unlike a regular speedrun where playing skill is key, a TAS involves analysis of the game and a lot of brute force to determine the fastest possible strategy.

You can view the movie on YouTube curtesy of speedruns.net

Or, download a high quality video and read an in depth commentary at the mother of all TAS sites, tasvideos.org

Figured someone here would enjoy this!

YouTube · Post by **Adz.M** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:32 am

I remember finishing this version a while ago

dare I ask what the "Oh Dizzy", "Oh Daisy" thing was about at the end

Thanks for posting this

Mat_Dizzy · Post by **Mat_Dizzy** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:57 am

Adz, somethings are better unsaid

alden · Post by **alden** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:33 am

Haha, the Dizzy games have great dialogue.

My personal favourite from this one is:

Dizzy: Well I only gave her a jokebook.

King: Ah! But it's the way you gave it!

Glad you liked the movie

YouTube · Post by **Adz.M** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:17 am

Your video has been added to Yolkfolk.com, on the Videos page

AndyUK · Post by **AndyUK** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:52 am

This games is brilliant. Especially the music.

ingolemo · Post by **ingolemo** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:42 am

Dizzy isn't exactly your typical speedrun fare, but well done; it was very enjoyable. Your cloud jumping in particular was excellent.

How many save-states did that run take you - roughly?

alden · Post by **alden** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:03 am

glad you liked it ingolemo

yes, the cloud jumping was the trickiest part, and where stuff happens where it shouldn't, like jumping under st peter's gate and jumping to and from the juggling balls.

i only used about 4 savestate slots at a time, but according to the file i started rerecording the movie 8408 times :0

that's not to say i rerecorded from the beginning 8000 times, but i did go back and "undo" from a savestate that many times

Mervin1337 · Post by **Mervin1337** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:20 pm

Tool-assisted is noobish.

EDIT: That was the 2.400 post of the forum

Mataeus · Post by **Mataeus** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:20 am

Not bad certainly, but I bet you could easily cut that time down (like where you died in the water and stuff)