Posted August 21, 2017

Wishbone
Red herring
Registered: Oct 2008
From Denmark

ZFR
I love gold!
Registered: Jan 2010
From Ireland
Posted October 15, 2017
Well, for those of you who played Infinifactory, there are lots of amazing solutions to some puzzles out there. This one however is a whole new level of amazing.
The Fire Control System (the only defense level in the game; penultimate one) done without any switches. Fully automated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO1Ff_pA4dE
The Fire Control System (the only defense level in the game; penultimate one) done without any switches. Fully automated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO1Ff_pA4dE
Post edited October 15, 2017 by ZFR

ZFR
I love gold!
Registered: Jan 2010
From Ireland
Posted February 06, 2018

dtgreene
vaccines work she/her
Registered: Jan 2010
From United States
Posted February 06, 2018
Dragon Warrior (NES) beaten in less than an hour. The interesting part of this is not just that it's done quickly, but that the run involves a lot of RNG manipulation, which saves something like 5 hours from the run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgh30BiWG58
(The OP says not to be focused on speedruns, but this one stands out because of its manipulation of the RNG to accomplish something that otherwise wouldn't be possible. Also note that the game is competed at level 7, while I consider level 17 to be an absolute minimum without RNG manipulation (because that's when you learn the spell that allows you to outheal the final boss's damage).)
Edit: Also, this was done without tool assistance. RNG manipulation in this game was formerly thought to be impossible in real time, but now it has been done.
Edit 2: Somebody pointed out that II already posted this example; however, the link is new, as it points to the AGDQ run. The notable difference is that this particular run was done live in front of an audience, and as a result, he could not reset if the run went bad; the previous link was just to a non-marathon run, in which the player could just start the entire run over if something went wrong. Similar things happen with other tricks; first the trick is done in a TAS, then somebody does it in real time, then somebody improves it to the point where the game is safe to run in a marathon like AGDQ; it happened with Super Mario World Arbitrary Code Execution, for example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgh30BiWG58
(The OP says not to be focused on speedruns, but this one stands out because of its manipulation of the RNG to accomplish something that otherwise wouldn't be possible. Also note that the game is competed at level 7, while I consider level 17 to be an absolute minimum without RNG manipulation (because that's when you learn the spell that allows you to outheal the final boss's damage).)
Edit: Also, this was done without tool assistance. RNG manipulation in this game was formerly thought to be impossible in real time, but now it has been done.
Edit 2: Somebody pointed out that II already posted this example; however, the link is new, as it points to the AGDQ run. The notable difference is that this particular run was done live in front of an audience, and as a result, he could not reset if the run went bad; the previous link was just to a non-marathon run, in which the player could just start the entire run over if something went wrong. Similar things happen with other tricks; first the trick is done in a TAS, then somebody does it in real time, then somebody improves it to the point where the game is safe to run in a marathon like AGDQ; it happened with Super Mario World Arbitrary Code Execution, for example.
Post edited February 06, 2018 by dtgreene

paladin181
Cheese
Registered: Nov 2012
From United States
Posted February 06, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgh30BiWG58
(The OP says not to be focused on speedruns, but this one stands out because of its manipulation of the RNG to accomplish something that otherwise wouldn't be possible. Also note that the game is competed at level 7, while I consider level 17 to be an absolute minimum without RNG manipulation (because that's when you learn the spell that allows you to outheal the final boss's damage).)
Edit: Also, this was done without tool assistance. RNG manipulation in this game was formerly thought to be impossible in real time, but now it has been done.

Post edited February 06, 2018 by paladin181

amok
FREEEEDOOOM!!!!
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted February 06, 2018
fully functional GameBoy with Pokemon Red in Minecraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3dHTfrSzM8&index=96
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3dHTfrSzM8&index=96
Post edited February 06, 2018 by amok