SimCity SNES Console WR?

Czar

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Czar: 2014-04-04 03:21:42 am

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Czar: 2014-04-04 03:18:42 am

2014-04-04 03:18:10 am

To see, one must be able to see.

This run was played on a SNES console. I do believe this to be a WR population for a single sitting marathon style play.

The emulator WR is 951k, and the ability to greatly increase the game speed and have save states makes it an "out of bounds" style play, like zone stacking.

Emulator WR:

Console WR Gallery, 803,360k:
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sfrickinc/library/SimCity%201991%20SNES%20Console%20World%20Record

I knew SDA would be the place to find out if this WR will hold. Can anyone confirm? Ive been a long time fan and contributor of this game and recently finished a new FAQ/Guide for it at gamefaqs.com, should be published soon. The community for this game is small, but we all have put in countless hours of testing and sharing to determine the games coding and all of the ins and outs of it. The previous console WR to my knowledge was 760k, by Gothic Sara some years ago. The build itself took about 10 hours, as elitist strategies are used. One of my all time favorite games! Hoping to find a few fans here as well!

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This run was played on a SNES console.  I do believe this to be a WR population for a single sitting marathon style play.

The emulator WR is 951k, and the ability to greatly increase the game speed and have save states makes it an "out of bounds" style play, like zone stacking.

Emulator WR:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ8NmPyugb0][/url]

Console WR Gallery, 803,360k:
[url]http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sfrickinc/library/SimCity%201991%20SNES%20Console%20World%20Record[/url]

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/sfrickinc/SimCity%201991%20SNES%20Console%20World%20Record/101_7592_zps0c2e4416.jpg[/img]

I knew SDA would be the place to find out if this WR will hold.  Can anyone confirm?  Ive been a long time fan and contributor of this game and recently finished a new FAQ/Guide for it at gamefaqs.com, should be published soon.  The community for this game is small, but we all have put in countless hours of testing and sharing to determine the games coding and all of the ins and outs of it.  The previous console WR to my knowledge was 760k, by Gothic Sara some years ago.  The build itself took about 10 hours, as elitist strategies are used.  One of my all time favorite games!  Hoping to find a few fans here as well!

presjpolk

2014-04-04 05:50:27 am

HELLO!

SDA tends to focus on speed runs not score runs, but good luck finding out.

Czar

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Czar: 2014-04-04 03:38:51 pm

2014-04-04 03:00:10 pm

To see, one must be able to see.

Ideally and optimally, I could probably record this as a speed run in the future. With enough practice, I could probably cut down the build time start to 800k to maybe 3-5 hours, maybe. Ideas for future SGDQ and AGDQ marathons!

ZenicReverie

2014-04-04 03:04:17 pm

Waiting hurts my soul...

There's a run on the site already in case you missed it: http://speeddemosarchive.com/SimCity.html
Also, here's the run thread where various topics are discussed, like what kind of goals are viable for a speedrun: https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/simcity_speed_run.html

I'm not sure an arbitrary number for max pop. is applicable for an SDA speedrun.

Czar

2014-04-04 03:44:52 pm

To see, one must be able to see.

Thank you for the help. I am going to try to put together a speed run recording most likely, been talking with Mr.K and learning how to make a professional speed run vid. I would consider it something like a 100 percent run, in that you must obtain all the gifts and place them optimally.

DJS

2014-04-04 04:44:10 pm

torch slug since 2006

i love this game and speedruns of it so i fully support you!!!!!

Czar

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Czar: 2015-08-24 03:51:41 pm

2015-08-24 03:51:14 pm

To see, one must be able to see.

There is talk of a new console WR now from the gamefaqs forums. One of these years, if we can get together, we can have a SimCity console WR race! That would be awesome! Mr.K would be proud!

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/588657-simcity/72305840