[TAS] Crossbow Arcade (4,739,500) (5 loops)
86Tool-assisted superplay (TAS) of Crossbow Arcade (4,739,500 pts) (5 loops)
===Warning Flashing light===
-To see much less flashing white screen, skip to loop 2 (13:16)
-The game allows you to shoot at around 3 shots per second.
-Normally there are 20 frames between shots, but not always. Sometimes I had to wait 22 to 25 frames before I could shoot again, I don't know why.
-In the map, the game asks you to choose a color but does not tell you which path is associated with which color. You need to remember this or you can view the map on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow_(video_game)
-Since you can choose your path, you can:
-Do the 8 levels one after the other
-Do the boss after only 4 levels (Shortest path) Desert, Ice Cave, Drawbridge, Castle Room (Green, Blue, Blue, Red)
-Never do the boss by doing the same 2 or more levels in a loop. This can be a good plan if you only have one friend and always lose one during the boss fight. But beating the boss gets you 250,000 points, which is tempting.
-You get a new friend on 5 of the 8 levels for a maximum of 8 friends.
-Desert
-Volcano
-River
-Jungle
-Ice cave
-You do not get a new friend
-Town
-Castle (Drawbridge)
-Castle Hall
-New friends are awarded only once.
===Loop 1===
-Complete all 8 levels to collect all friends.
-Shoot as fast as possible at as many things as possible.
-Almost every round is full of things to shoot at. Since it is not possible to fire more than 3 times per second, the TAS has something to shoot almost all the time.
===Loop 2=== 13:16
-Keep all 8 friends alive
-Complete all 8 levels
-Only shoot things that would kill a friend.
-At the end, in the Castle hall, I close the light. As you can see, every object/character has pale/white things on them so they can be seen in complete darkness, except for one friend (27:50).
===Loop 3=== 30:18
-Keep only 1 friend
-Do the 8 levels with him
-Only shoot things that will kill the character
-Show that you can wait for the bridges to make themselves. (31:46 33:41 34:29)
===Loop 4=== 36:12
-Take the lower route in the map (5 levels).
===Loop 5=== 39:32
-Do the 4 higher levels in the map (Shortest Path)
-In the Town level, the ghost cannot be shot when he is transparent. Since he flashes quickly, in real play he can be a real pain to kill. But you absolutely have to kill him since he will kill all the friends in his path.
-There are 3 levels where you have to shoot something to make a bridge so the characters can cross, but you don't have to shoot, the bridge will make itself after a few seconds as shown in loop 3. (Volcano 31:46, Ice Cave 33:41, Drawbridge 34:29)
-As far as I have been able to test, the time before the bridge is made seems to be a fixed time from the start of the level, regardless of whether a friend is waiting for it. And the waiting time is different for each level.
-This could be a way to make these levels a little longer to score a few more points. But the game doesn't want you to stay there forever.
-In the castle hall, once a friend reaches the trap door the scepter will glow, shoot it to open the trap door and allow your friend to go down.
-You can wait until 2 friends are on the trap before opening it, but it can't be more than 2 since the game will wait before sending another friend (as shown at 27:23)
==Evil Master (final boss)
-All you have to do is shoot his eyes when they are red.
-But shooting his eyes before they turn red will give you 5000 points (only each time you hear a sound), a good way to increase your score.
-Soon after his eyes turn red, they will shoot at the friend. To avoid losing a friend, you must shoot both eyes in less than 1/2 sec.
-If you have a problem with the boss always killing a friend, try shooting the right eye first, you will have a little more time to shoot the left eye since its first shot won't kill the friend. (Seen in the video on Twin Galaxies) https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/213985
-So if you don't have 2 friends in play, it might not be a good idea to go there.
What is a TAS? https://www.youtube.com/c/Prog61/about
For a good introduction to TASing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ietk1-Wb7oY
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0:00 Loop 1
13:16 Loop 2
30:18 Loop 3
36:12 Loop 4
39:32 Loop 5
42:47 Ending
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