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[TAS] PCE Ninja Spirit by CoolHandMike & EZGames69 in 08:51.14
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/4036M
TAS originally published on 2019-09-12
Ninja Spirit began life as an arcade game and received many ports, including a Game Boy version ( https://tasvideos.org/729M ) and this version. It would be a stock platform game but for the ability to have up to two 'spirits' which behave like the options from Gradius.
In this run, CoolHandMike ( https://tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/CoolHandMike ) and EZGames69 ( https://tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/EZGames69 ) complete the PCE mode of the game, saving 00:49.76 seconds over the previous run ( https://tasvideos.org/1447M ). Time savings within each level often result from lag reduction, which requires strategic routing, weapon usage, and enemy manipulation. The authors' comments ( https://tasvideos.org/6450S ) provide details.