My feelings on The Demon Rush
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Zack 'zallard1' Allard's run
Verifier Responses
Decision: Accept
Reason: It's an improvement.
BTW, does this run have deaths in it?
Zack 'zallard1' Allard's run
Verifier Responses
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Star Fox 64
Time: 25:17 (two seconds shy of a 30-second improvement)
Accepting pending the following transactions
Team Star Fox is owed 19,392 credits from Gen. Pepper; runner is owed $25 dollars and the title of Flight Master from Psonar.
Question now is if our new runner is going to try to topple Psonar's red and 100 runs?
Time: 25:17 (two seconds shy of a 30-second improvement)
- Runner was in pacifist mode through most of the run, only killing necessaries (heat on teammates)
- Team Star Wolf lasted less than 10 seconds in Fortuna
- I don't think the death was necessary after the Venom boss (Psonar did it due to entering w/low health and wouldn't have had enough to ram through the hatches)
Accepting pending the following transactions
Team Star Fox is owed 19,392 credits from Gen. Pepper; runner is owed $25 dollars and the title of Flight Master from Psonar.
Question now is if our new runner is going to try to topple Psonar's red and 100 runs?
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Audio/Video:Quite acceptable. At the post-mission stat review of mssion 1 there's a slight VHS weirdness thing that also produces static on the right sound channel, but other than that there aren't any problems.
Cheatering: Couldn't really find any. Enemy counts add up each time, and life/bomb counts are consistent.
I'm not sure if anyone will bring it up, but a turbo controller was not used. At 13:33 and 13:44 one can see that the shooting is inconsistent for a few shots. Other examples are 19:32 and pieces of the Golem boss starting at 23:25.
Gameplay: Too good. This beats the old run by approximately 30 seconds and has no ugly moments (well, maybe this robo-andross fight looks a bit worse than the picture-perfect Psonar fight). I was unable to match the SDA timing on the old run, so didn't time this one, since I was wrong on the start/stop points.
All of this guy's shooting is just stupefying, it's so accurate, fast, and planned out. I was going to do a level by level breakdown, but it'd just be the same praise over and over, and as I said, I can't really spot any mistakes. I'm not sure if it's technically true, but it seemed like the runner avoided lag in more places (other than one bomb-spot in the second stage), which is always impressive.
Fortuna is the first instance of a marked improvement over the old run. He makes better use of the Fortuna maneuver, obliterating Star Wolf's team before they had a chance to even fly around. He finishes the level nicely with flying through the building during the cutscene.
Bolse is the other reason for the faster time, he destroys the central pillar in only 2 passes instead of 3, thanks to employing some better shooting strategies than Psonar. One thing I was disappointed to not have seen was boosting just before U-turning. There's energy to spare for both movements, and it saves a second or two of travel, but it might not work out for timing on the pillar rotation. That or it might just be how the runner times when to U-turn, since on the first pass he boosts to the pillar, then turns when the boost bar is refilled.
On Venom, I think the Golem boss can only be killed after a certain amount of time, but it LOOKS much faster, and way cleaner, than the old run, so another kudos for that.
Andross' first form goes laughably well, the second form is 3 seconds slower, but it's a reasonably excellent finish for this run.
I didn't verify the credits, but his top ten (10) rankings at the end provide some explanation of how he got so good at shooting.
tl;dr: 90s Falco is too good.
Verdict: Accept
Cheatering: Couldn't really find any. Enemy counts add up each time, and life/bomb counts are consistent.
I'm not sure if anyone will bring it up, but a turbo controller was not used. At 13:33 and 13:44 one can see that the shooting is inconsistent for a few shots. Other examples are 19:32 and pieces of the Golem boss starting at 23:25.
Gameplay: Too good. This beats the old run by approximately 30 seconds and has no ugly moments (well, maybe this robo-andross fight looks a bit worse than the picture-perfect Psonar fight). I was unable to match the SDA timing on the old run, so didn't time this one, since I was wrong on the start/stop points.
All of this guy's shooting is just stupefying, it's so accurate, fast, and planned out. I was going to do a level by level breakdown, but it'd just be the same praise over and over, and as I said, I can't really spot any mistakes. I'm not sure if it's technically true, but it seemed like the runner avoided lag in more places (other than one bomb-spot in the second stage), which is always impressive.
Fortuna is the first instance of a marked improvement over the old run. He makes better use of the Fortuna maneuver, obliterating Star Wolf's team before they had a chance to even fly around. He finishes the level nicely with flying through the building during the cutscene.
Bolse is the other reason for the faster time, he destroys the central pillar in only 2 passes instead of 3, thanks to employing some better shooting strategies than Psonar. One thing I was disappointed to not have seen was boosting just before U-turning. There's energy to spare for both movements, and it saves a second or two of travel, but it might not work out for timing on the pillar rotation. That or it might just be how the runner times when to U-turn, since on the first pass he boosts to the pillar, then turns when the boost bar is refilled.
On Venom, I think the Golem boss can only be killed after a certain amount of time, but it LOOKS much faster, and way cleaner, than the old run, so another kudos for that.
Andross' first form goes laughably well, the second form is 3 seconds slower, but it's a reasonably excellent finish for this run.
I didn't verify the credits, but his top ten (10) rankings at the end provide some explanation of how he got so good at shooting.
tl;dr: 90s Falco is too good.
Verdict: Accept
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Non-timed levels were on par with the last run. Timed levels were notably faster. Only real improvements I see are a better Bolse tower fight (if that's possible) and better luck with the Venom stone robot. Fortuna was pretty hilarious, by the way.
It's sad when you can recite the quotes verbatim right before they even come up, despite not having played this in years.
Accept.
It's sad when you can recite the quotes verbatim right before they even come up, despite not having played this in years.
Accept.
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Alright, I watched it. Seemed pretty good, definitely no cheating whatsoever. The end time was 25:17, just like he said. The only thing I could see that could be a problem is that the original recording was quite obviously on VHS, as evident by the white "lines" on screen near the beginning. Again I don't know how much of a problem that will be, since it only effects the first minute or so before gameplay even starts.
Quality was nice, definitely pleasant to watch despite the white lines at the beginning. Audio was in sync, no problems with that. Overall, I'd say it's a go. So all I can say is, congratulations Zack Allard for your amazing accomplishment!
Quality was nice, definitely pleasant to watch despite the white lines at the beginning. Audio was in sync, no problems with that. Overall, I'd say it's a go. So all I can say is, congratulations Zack Allard for your amazing accomplishment!
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So see here, I got this funny video the other day of a fancy schmancy game, they call "Star Fox 64". Really, as if the first 63 games weren't good enough for ya, huh? Why kids get bored of the good old games so quickly, I must say.
I'm told that this is suppose to be "pure speed" on Normal difficulty. Pure speed. HAH! This thing is too CHEAP to be pure speed. Why at least back in my day, speed cost an entire year's wages for the average man. And you got one ounce. ONE STICKING OUNCE. They must sell it dime a dozen now, or something. Sheesh.
Stupid Level 1: Corneria
So these fancy ships they call Arwings are flying around Corneria. Where's the villages? The buildings? Ha. I just see a stupid canyon with some water and a stupid rabbit saying "DO A BARREL ROLL". Seriously, you expect people to do that? It'll make you sick. Unless you're a real man. Of course, kids these days are so weak. In the good old days, you could do them all day long and never be bothered! Bah. What would you young whippersnappers know. Pansies I tell you. PANSIES!
Stupid Level 2: Asteroid Field
There's so much darn movies about these dem Asteroid things. Everybody thinks they're gonna destroy the world. BAH. The real worry is kids and this damn crap music they call "rap". Why if Buddy Holly was good enough for me, it's good enough for YOU.
Now, there's some dem darn cheatin going on here. Suddenly, the graphics get all funky. What is this crap? They're trying to give people epileptic fits? Enough to make an old man go blind! And then the guy doesn't even take the MANLY route. Wimp.
Stupid Level 3: Fortuna
Now, in the REAL damn game, Fortuna was a cold planet. It was an ice cream s hop! It was...NOT THIS. Damn kids. Why do you want to see ice cream shops get blown up? Destroy our lovely jukeboxes where you can enjoy The Beatles and The Animals. Bah, what do you know.
You're just a bunch of disprescting punks! You can't even let the bad guys finish they're demn darn speech before you blow them out of the sky! What the hell, player? Rotten cheatin bastard, I must say! And flying around like you were before...sheesh. No respect I must say. No respect for your partners, no respect for your ship, and no respect for those old folks like us that have to watch this tripe. SHEESH.
Stupid Level 4: Sector X
As I look at this, it looks like what people have done to this country. I mean, look at all this shit all over the place. My WORD you dirty pigs! Why, you have no respect like we did! We hugged our trees, put our trash in those darn trash recepticals, and rode bicycles or walked! Not like you damn lazy kids...have to RIDE A CAR EVERYWHERE. Damn lazy I say. Damn lazy.
And then I see him shoot at these square thingies. Fast shooting I say. Would be a good slingshotter I bets. ...AHHHH MORE OF THOSE DAMN CRAZY LIGHTS. What they hell, again. Didn't I tell you to stop making an old man go blinds?! Sheesh kids, no respects I must say.
Stupid Level 5: Sector Z
Now, let me get this straight. You shoot your teammates in the back, fly around doing jack shit, let a missile hit your home mother ship thingie, and then expect to get treated with RESPECT? Why, a man could get SHOT for that! It's DAMN TREASON! Fox should be damn lynched. LYNCHED I SAY! Of course, you and your damn fangled laws and shit saying that the punishment must be "humane". BAH. Nothing but a bunch of weaklings. If we were disrepectful to our parents, we got whipped with a belt, right across the face! And if we cried, they did it AGAIN. Bah, stupid weakling kids thinking this is "abuse". BAH. Wimps.
Stupid Level 6: Bolse Defense Outpost
It's quiet. Too quiet. Oh, you decided to tell ME the forcefield is disappearing? Seriously, damn kids think I'm BLIND? Of COURSE I can see that. I wasn't born in a barn yesterday! Sheesh. Whatever, why didn't you just fly by this stupid level? Stupid kids, I must say. No strategy.
Stupid Level 7: Venom
GEEZUS. There's so much shit in this level, about enough to make an old man wet his pants! Why, back in my day, we fight FAIR fights, with none of these damn laser plane thingies. Sigh. Whatever happened to the good old days? I guess they're not GOOD enough for YOU, huh?! HUH?!?!?!
And I suppose you thinking all temples are like that. One simple large tunnel right down the middle, huh? Why, I remember going into one. Giant boulder chased me through all sorts of twists and turns, while I'm dodging all sorts of things trying to trip me up. Almost lost my hat! $10 hat too...EXPENSIVE, I SAY. That nearly cost me a lot of money.
Oh, then there's some more demn darn cheatin. FLYING THROUGH DOORS. SERIOUSLY. CHEATS!
And seriously, gunslinger, shoot faster. He hit you. Yeah, I know. That demn darn "luck" thingie. What an excuse. Wimpy kids, I say.
Alright, so I guess I watched your stupid video, you expect me to give you a medal for beating the game or something? BAH. Shouldn't even have an ending. I mean, the good old days, games never ended unless you screwed up and ran out of quarters and couldn't run to mommy for more!
Sigh.
Fine. You were about 28 seconds faster then the old movie thingie on this "website" thingie. I guess if it meets your "acceptance" for your little club, then fine. It's a part of your club.
Now go away and let me take my nap. My dentures are bothering me and they needs a soaking. And stop being a creep with that stupid laugh! Oh, that wasn't you? Then who was it? The stupid game? Yeah, sure. Whatever. It says the end. There's no need for it to LAUGH when you won. Now GET OFF MY LAWN! *shakes fist*
I'm told that this is suppose to be "pure speed" on Normal difficulty. Pure speed. HAH! This thing is too CHEAP to be pure speed. Why at least back in my day, speed cost an entire year's wages for the average man. And you got one ounce. ONE STICKING OUNCE. They must sell it dime a dozen now, or something. Sheesh.
Stupid Level 1: Corneria
So these fancy ships they call Arwings are flying around Corneria. Where's the villages? The buildings? Ha. I just see a stupid canyon with some water and a stupid rabbit saying "DO A BARREL ROLL". Seriously, you expect people to do that? It'll make you sick. Unless you're a real man. Of course, kids these days are so weak. In the good old days, you could do them all day long and never be bothered! Bah. What would you young whippersnappers know. Pansies I tell you. PANSIES!
Stupid Level 2: Asteroid Field
There's so much darn movies about these dem Asteroid things. Everybody thinks they're gonna destroy the world. BAH. The real worry is kids and this damn crap music they call "rap". Why if Buddy Holly was good enough for me, it's good enough for YOU.
Now, there's some dem darn cheatin going on here. Suddenly, the graphics get all funky. What is this crap? They're trying to give people epileptic fits? Enough to make an old man go blind! And then the guy doesn't even take the MANLY route. Wimp.
Stupid Level 3: Fortuna
Now, in the REAL damn game, Fortuna was a cold planet. It was an ice cream s hop! It was...NOT THIS. Damn kids. Why do you want to see ice cream shops get blown up? Destroy our lovely jukeboxes where you can enjoy The Beatles and The Animals. Bah, what do you know.
You're just a bunch of disprescting punks! You can't even let the bad guys finish they're demn darn speech before you blow them out of the sky! What the hell, player? Rotten cheatin bastard, I must say! And flying around like you were before...sheesh. No respect I must say. No respect for your partners, no respect for your ship, and no respect for those old folks like us that have to watch this tripe. SHEESH.
Stupid Level 4: Sector X
As I look at this, it looks like what people have done to this country. I mean, look at all this shit all over the place. My WORD you dirty pigs! Why, you have no respect like we did! We hugged our trees, put our trash in those darn trash recepticals, and rode bicycles or walked! Not like you damn lazy kids...have to RIDE A CAR EVERYWHERE. Damn lazy I say. Damn lazy.
And then I see him shoot at these square thingies. Fast shooting I say. Would be a good slingshotter I bets. ...AHHHH MORE OF THOSE DAMN CRAZY LIGHTS. What they hell, again. Didn't I tell you to stop making an old man go blinds?! Sheesh kids, no respects I must say.
Stupid Level 5: Sector Z
Now, let me get this straight. You shoot your teammates in the back, fly around doing jack shit, let a missile hit your home mother ship thingie, and then expect to get treated with RESPECT? Why, a man could get SHOT for that! It's DAMN TREASON! Fox should be damn lynched. LYNCHED I SAY! Of course, you and your damn fangled laws and shit saying that the punishment must be "humane". BAH. Nothing but a bunch of weaklings. If we were disrepectful to our parents, we got whipped with a belt, right across the face! And if we cried, they did it AGAIN. Bah, stupid weakling kids thinking this is "abuse". BAH. Wimps.
Stupid Level 6: Bolse Defense Outpost
It's quiet. Too quiet. Oh, you decided to tell ME the forcefield is disappearing? Seriously, damn kids think I'm BLIND? Of COURSE I can see that. I wasn't born in a barn yesterday! Sheesh. Whatever, why didn't you just fly by this stupid level? Stupid kids, I must say. No strategy.
Stupid Level 7: Venom
GEEZUS. There's so much shit in this level, about enough to make an old man wet his pants! Why, back in my day, we fight FAIR fights, with none of these damn laser plane thingies. Sigh. Whatever happened to the good old days? I guess they're not GOOD enough for YOU, huh?! HUH?!?!?!
And I suppose you thinking all temples are like that. One simple large tunnel right down the middle, huh? Why, I remember going into one. Giant boulder chased me through all sorts of twists and turns, while I'm dodging all sorts of things trying to trip me up. Almost lost my hat! $10 hat too...EXPENSIVE, I SAY. That nearly cost me a lot of money.
Oh, then there's some more demn darn cheatin. FLYING THROUGH DOORS. SERIOUSLY. CHEATS!
And seriously, gunslinger, shoot faster. He hit you. Yeah, I know. That demn darn "luck" thingie. What an excuse. Wimpy kids, I say.
Alright, so I guess I watched your stupid video, you expect me to give you a medal for beating the game or something? BAH. Shouldn't even have an ending. I mean, the good old days, games never ended unless you screwed up and ran out of quarters and couldn't run to mommy for more!
Sigh.
Fine. You were about 28 seconds faster then the old movie thingie on this "website" thingie. I guess if it meets your "acceptance" for your little club, then fine. It's a part of your club.
Now go away and let me take my nap. My dentures are bothering me and they needs a soaking. And stop being a creep with that stupid laugh! Oh, that wasn't you? Then who was it? The stupid game? Yeah, sure. Whatever. It says the end. There's no need for it to LAUGH when you won. Now GET OFF MY LAWN! *shakes fist*
Decision: Accept
Reason: It's an improvement.
BTW, does this run have deaths in it?
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