I finished 8-1 with Simon, but I can't quite do 8-2. I got to 8-2 with Simon with no warps, though that shortcut below can be done with a well placed axe, or with Link's down-stab for that matter. The trick to 8-1 is to abuse the double jump, which you get back after landing on an enemy, and to axe the Pirahna Plants. Don't forget the star either, and you can end with 80 seconds easily.
Someone finished 8-1 with Simon? It seems very hard due to the timer and the controls.
And I found a shortcut^^
Using the Axe with Simon is faster, and much more satisfying. Other possibilities are Link with downward thrust and Samus shooting down.
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I finished 8-1 with Simon, but I can't quite do 8-2. I got to 8-2 with Simon with no warps, though that shortcut below can be done with a well placed axe, or with Link's down-stab for that matter. The trick to 8-1 is to abuse the double jump, which you get back after landing on an enemy, and to axe the Pirahna Plants. Don't forget the star either, and you can end with 80 seconds easily.
I also did 8-1 with Simon, unpowered. I still have yet to beat this or the first super mario bros.
Someone should really test the options and report back on what works best:
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Camtasia? Don't know much about it.
From what I've found, yeah Camtasia or something similar is the only option. It's too bad something similar to Fraps hasn't been made for flash games. Maybe there's a Browser that can record? Someone should make that.
Back when I compared Hypercam to camtasia, the first was better recording Google earth's browser plugin. It had slightly worse quality but the animations were captured without issues, while camtasia was the opposite.
I beat it with Simon! Contrary to what I thought you don't need to sacrifice a power-up to get through the underwater stage. The power is much better sacrificed getting through Bowser.
The changes made add a nice touch. For those who want a summary:
Mega Man is getting a more true-to-game jump, but to make up for this, he gets Rush Coil. Samus has the option to duck (you turn it on via the menu) Simon has flexible jumping (also turned on via menu) Link has the ability to attack up and down, but on ground and in the air. Bill has...NOTHING. He's already too damn powerful. The timer can be turned off, as can the music. You can also play true to Mario 1 (no scroll left). There's 5 difficulties, from Super Easy to Extreme. Hard I noticed plays much like Rnd 2 of SMB1. Mostly it seems to just affect what enemies appear and how much damage they need to take to die, though Extreme makes you a One Hit Wonder, no matter what power level you're at.
Also, CHEATS?! I wonder if the "Swimming Bros" is one of those? I wonder what else is in there.
And of course, there's a nice WHAT THE? cameo by Ryu at the end again.
It's out. A nice addition for us speedrunners is that you choose to "play as one character only", so you don't go though the character selection screen after every stage.
The save data is mostly the same, here's the full analysis.
#1 - World. 328 is World 1, 329 is World 2, 330 is World 3, 331 is World 4, 332 is World 5, 333 is World 6, 334 is World 7, 335 is World 8. If you put something invalid, the game white screens when attempting to load the level. #2 - Stage. 328 = Stage 1, 329 = Stage 2, 330 = Stage 3, 331 = Stage 4 #3 - Lives (Save file total - 68 = actual live total.) #4 - Coins (Save file total - 68 = actual coin total. 167 gives you 99 coins.) #5 - Score (Saved max seems to be 99999, which is in-game 99931. So the save file score - 68 is your actual score. However, you can go past 5 digits if you do it yourself.)
I kept trying to beat this game without warp zones. My furthest was World 3-4 playing as Link (the only character I'm good with) the whole way. The Cheep Cheep bridge level was cheap >.>
EDIT:Got Link to 7-4, couldn't beat it, tried as Ryu, beat 7-4 easily, beat 8-1 easily as Link, ragequit on 8-2. EDIT 2 (12/8/10):I beat the game with no warp zones. I spent the first three worlds getting every character fire powered (just in case), did EVERY castle with Ryu (except 8-4), mostly used Link and Samus (5 block jump!). I died once on 7-3 using Link, so he lost his fire power and was not used again and the 8-4 death was Ryu. Samus destroyed Bowser.