This is Testrun of Vampire Killer, or Castlevania's overseas cousin which he only sees every few years or so. It is played with openMSX, which recently has been approved as emulator on tasvideos.org. Go there for more info, it supports frame advance, rerecording and all those thingamajigs.<br />
Vampire Killer itself has a more nonlinear style to it: You have to collect a key in every stage to open the door to continue. There are also other powerups to be found, which can be found in breakable walls, chests and with those merchants. I tend to ignore those, unless it is somehow beneficial to speed. <br />
The game as a whole seems to be put together very haphazardly, even more so than the NES Castlevania, as evidenced by odd whip collision detection, a lot of sprite flickering and other such oddities.<br />
Vampier's run has been the base of my run, though it was not very optimized and some of the weapon choices are questionable. (I stick with most of his choices though). Still, without him, I would have been completely lost, so big props to him.<br />
Stage by stage comments:<br />
Stage 1 - BOSS - Mummies: Check my previous video for those. Otherwise, the video description would be too long.<br />
Stg. 10 - Very boring stage because you have to wait for all these moving platforms. I hit a bat to sail over an abyss too big to jump over.<br />
Stg. 11 - Very straightforward linear stage, nothing to mention, really. I get the axe here because it helps me against Franky.<br />
Stg. 12 - A maze like level with tons of white Dragons. You go through these doors by pushing up + down simultaneously. There is one very unfairly placed White Dragon, so I need to get the invincibility thingy to avoid getting hit.<br />
BOSS - Frankenstein's Monster - A pretty straightforward boss, thanks to the axe. It is however worth looking wether the holy water or perhaps even the whip might be more effective against him.<br />
Stg. 13 - The dungeon level, nothing big to mention. I could get an hourglass which would save quite a bit of time against Death, but I skip on it because I don't have enough hearts. It's worth inquiring wether it would be better to actually do get it.<br />
Stg. 14 - I hate those Axe Armors, they're by far the most annoying enemies. Most of the time, they're too big to jump over because the shield is part of their hitbox. And of course, they do tons of damage, while their axes do hardly any damage.<br />
Stg. 15 - Annoyingly much backtracking here.<br />
BOSS - Death - Freezing him in place with the hourglass could cut down a lot of time, but with tool assistance, even whipping him to death doesn't take excruciatingly long. Nothing big of note here.<br />
Stg. 16 - Fairly straightforward stage, the bats can be manipulated easily.<br />
Stg. 17 - The attentive of you may notice I can get the key much faster than I do, but if I do this, I will be stuck down there with no way to escape but death. Of course, dying makes you lose your keys and reset your hearts, so I have to do tons of tedious backtracking here.<br />
Stg. 18 - You might notice the Cave Music playing here. Those hunchbacks are another pain in the ass because they CAN be manipulated. I just don't know how. In any case, too much backtracking for my liking in here again.<br />
BOSS - Dracula 1 - Getting the dagger helps immensely here, as you can just spam it onto him and his fireballs. I realize I missed a few shots, but whatever, it's just a testrun. Optimizing him involves getting as many hits on him as possible per cycle.<br />
BOSS - Dracula 2 - The far more annoying boss. He spams a ton of bats which you can't really avoid due to your limited moveset. This is why getting the dagger is vital.<br />
<br />
Well, I hope you enjoyed this run, as it was pretty fun to make. The run could potentially be sub 19 minutes or more, as it is highly unoptimized, and frankly, not very well planned out. Still, having created the fastest known run of a game feels very, very satisfying.<br />
Special Thanks:<br />
vampier: for creating the original run I used as base. Without him, I would probably not even have bothered with this run.<br />
quibus: for helping me getting openMSX set up properly and giving me a lot of advice. again, without him, this run wouldn't have been made<br />
nitrongenesis: for being cool and also TASing MSX games<br />
the folks at tasvideos.org and its IRC channel: because they are awesome<br />
<br />
Also, here are a few RAM adresses I have found. openMSX supports a rudimentary RAM Watch with the ram_watch_add and ram_watch_remove commands:<br />
0xc415 (Health)<br />
0xc425 (Y Pos)<br />
0xc427 (X Pos)<br />
0xc418 (Boss Health)<br />
<br />
~ scrimpy<i class="fa fa-language transViewIcon clickable" title="Translation"></i>
13:59[TAS] MSX Antarctic Adventure by Vampier in 13:52.86
17:55Konami's Penguin Adventure [夢大陸アドベンチャー] TAS [MSX]
28:29[TAS] MSX Metal Gear by dunnius in 26:28.05
03:19(MSX) TAS Circus Charlie
17:38[TAS] MSX Vampire Killer by scrimpeh in 15:47.75
11:26[TAS] MSX Contra by scrimpeh in 10:21.37
04:07[TAS] MSX Yie Ar Kung-Fu II: The Emperor Yie-Gah by Quibus in 03:45.46
06:32[TAS] MSX Kiki KaiKai by Zupapa in 05:48.62
27:28TAS Knightmare 2 The Maze of Galious MSX in 25:04 by zggzdydp & scrimpeh
17:40[TAS] MSX Penguin Adventure by Vampier in 15:29.51
09:41[TAS] MSX The Cure by scrimpeh in 08:40.85
02:03[TAS] MSX Galaga "Perfect first challenging stage" by Quibus in 00:55.68
05:16[TAS] MSX Nuts & Milk by Zupapa in 05:09.85
04:22[TAS] MSX Hunchback by Quibus in 04:12.53
12:06TAS - MSX Castlevania (Romhack) Testrun in 10:16.86
05:59[TAS] MSX Arsene Lupin the 3rd: Babiron no Ougon Densetsu by scrimpeh in 04:49.66
02:29[TAS] MSX Rambo, Sylvester Stallone in by nitrogenesis in 01:39.64
01:14:06[TAS] MSX Flappy Limited 【Test Run】
11:16[TAS] MSX Arsene Lupin the 3rd and the Castle of Cagliostro by scrimpeh in 07:15.86
05:53TAS Nuts & Milk (MSX)
19:23TAS Vampire Killer (MSX) in 19:11 by scrimpeh
39:42[TAS] zggzdydp's MSX The Treasure of Usas in 37:11.44 [Konami 1987]
01:09[TAS] MSX King & Balloon "Perfect first bonus stage" by Quibus in 00:57.99
09:34[TAS] MSX Haunted House by Quibus in 09:18.02
03:39TAS Frogger MSX in 3:29 by Quibus
TAS Contra MSX in 10:21 by scrimpeh
11:42TAS Road Fighter MSX in 11:20 by Dimon12321
17:40TAS Penguin Adventure MSX in 15:29 by Vampier
01:14TAS Galaga MSX in 0:55 by Quibus
39:42TAS The Treasure of Uşas MSX in 37:11 by zggzdydp
03:39[TAS] MSX Frogger by Quibus in 03:29.25
09:41TAS The Cure MSX in 8:40 by scrimpeh
40:58[TAS] zggzdydp's MSX The Treasure of Usas in 39:04.66 [Konami 1987]
19:02Konami's MSX Castlevania - Vampire Killer in 17:02 by scrimpeh Improvement [TAS]
TAS Scion MSX in 1:09 by Quibus
03:46Frogger (MSX) TAS: Fastest stage 5
01:18[TAS] MSX Scion by Quibus in 01:09.67
01:33:20MSX ｻﾞﾅﾄﾞｩ (Xanadu) Clear
09:34TAS Haunted House MSX in 9:18 by Quibu
04:22TAS Hunchback MSX in 4:12 by Quibus
10:07Haunted House (MSX) TAS
MSX Contra TAS by scrimpy in 10:21
10:22[MSX] MGF (Jan van Valburg) - The Great Gianna Sisters aka Giana Sisters (1993) - TAS - Part 1
TAS Yie Ar Kung Fu 2 The Emperor Yie-Gah MSX in 3:45 by Quibus
02:12TAS Vampire Killer (MSX) - Testrun
17:34[TAS] Konami's Penguin adventure in 15:29 - bad ending [MSX]
00:39TAS Galaxian MSX in 0:34 by Quibus
TAS Vampire Killer (MSX) in 19:11 by scrimpeh
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https://hoyatag.com/146938TAS Vampire Killer (MSX) in 19:11 by scrimpeh
This is Testrun of Vampire Killer, or Castlevania's overseas cousin which he only sees every few years or so. It is played with openMSX, which recently has been approved as emulator on tasvideos.org. Go there for more info, it supports frame advance, rerecording and all those thingamajigs.
Vampire Killer itself has a more nonlinear style to it: You have to collect a key in every stage to open the door to continue. There are also other powerups to be found, which can be found in breakable walls, chests and with those merchants. I tend to ignore those, unless it is somehow beneficial to speed.
The game as a whole seems to be put together very haphazardly, even more so than the NES Castlevania, as evidenced by odd whip collision detection, a lot of sprite flickering and other such oddities.
Vampier's run has been the base of my run, though it was not very optimized and some of the weapon choices are questionable. (I stick with most of his choices though). Still, without him, I would have been completely lost, so big props to him.
Stage by stage comments:
Stage 1 - BOSS - Mummies: Check my previous video for those. Otherwise, the video description would be too long.
Stg. 10 - Very boring stage because you have to wait for all these moving platforms. I hit a bat to sail over an abyss too big to jump over.
Stg. 11 - Very straightforward linear stage, nothing to mention, really. I get the axe here because it helps me against Franky.
Stg. 12 - A maze like level with tons of white Dragons. You go through these doors by pushing up + down simultaneously. There is one very unfairly placed White Dragon, so I need to get the invincibility thingy to avoid getting hit.
BOSS - Frankenstein's Monster - A pretty straightforward boss, thanks to the axe. It is however worth looking wether the holy water or perhaps even the whip might be more effective against him.
Stg. 13 - The dungeon level, nothing big to mention. I could get an hourglass which would save quite a bit of time against Death, but I skip on it because I don't have enough hearts. It's worth inquiring wether it would be better to actually do get it.
Stg. 14 - I hate those Axe Armors, they're by far the most annoying enemies. Most of the time, they're too big to jump over because the shield is part of their hitbox. And of course, they do tons of damage, while their axes do hardly any damage.
Stg. 15 - Annoyingly much backtracking here.
BOSS - Death - Freezing him in place with the hourglass could cut down a lot of time, but with tool assistance, even whipping him to death doesn't take excruciatingly long. Nothing big of note here.
Stg. 16 - Fairly straightforward stage, the bats can be manipulated easily.
Stg. 17 - The attentive of you may notice I can get the key much faster than I do, but if I do this, I will be stuck down there with no way to escape but death. Of course, dying makes you lose your keys and reset your hearts, so I have to do tons of tedious backtracking here.
Stg. 18 - You might notice the Cave Music playing here. Those hunchbacks are another pain in the ass because they CAN be manipulated. I just don't know how. In any case, too much backtracking for my liking in here again.
BOSS - Dracula 1 - Getting the dagger helps immensely here, as you can just spam it onto him and his fireballs. I realize I missed a few shots, but whatever, it's just a testrun. Optimizing him involves getting as many hits on him as possible per cycle.
BOSS - Dracula 2 - The far more annoying boss. He spams a ton of bats which you can't really avoid due to your limited moveset. This is why getting the dagger is vital.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this run, as it was pretty fun to make. The run could potentially be sub 19 minutes or more, as it is highly unoptimized, and frankly, not very well planned out. Still, having created the fastest known run of a game feels very, very satisfying.
Special Thanks:
vampier: for creating the original run I used as base. Without him, I would probably not even have bothered with this run.
quibus: for helping me getting openMSX set up properly and giving me a lot of advice. again, without him, this run wouldn't have been made
nitrongenesis: for being cool and also TASing MSX games
the folks at tasvideos.org and its IRC channel: because they are awesome
Also, here are a few RAM adresses I have found. openMSX supports a rudimentary RAM Watch with the ram_watch_add and ram_watch_remove commands:
0xc415 (Health)
0xc425 (Y Pos)
0xc427 (X Pos)
0xc418 (Boss Health)
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