[TAS] NES Crystalis by TheAxeMan in 40:40.43

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Published on November 7, 2021 12:42:27 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzvK5ChZsM

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Crystalis (1990)

Duration: 42:41

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This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/1997M
TAS originally published on 2012-03-20

Crystalis is an awesome action RPG by SNK. What little plot there is involves the world ending on October 1, 1997. Naturally, after that the world became full of mutants and monsters. Technology regresses and people can use magic. There is an evil empire trying to revive the ancient technology, specifically the obligatory tower floating in the sky. The hero pops out of some sort of stasis chamber and proceeds to topple the empire and take down the tower with the help of some wise men and a friendly dolphin. There's a heroine named Mesia, but she only shows up a few times, most of which are skipped in this run.

This beats the previous run ( https://tasvideos.org/1322M ) by almost 12 minutes. As with that run, the second-controller cheats are off-limits (the fm2 only has data for controller 1). Other than that, no holds are barred. Many new glitches are used. For a complete list, see the Game Resources page ( https://tasvideos.org/GameResources/NES/Crystalis ). Movement is faster by abusing the no-subpixel engine. Much effort went into lag reduction, especially in certain areas. However, the vast majority of the time savings is due to better experience management.

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We recommend watching the movie on an emulator and using the author's LUA script. ( https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/runeaxetas/Crystalis-TheAxeMan-AuthorNotes1.1.lua ) There's quite a bit of useful information.