Mednafen TAS re-recording support added by adelikat @ tasvideos.org

[spenoza]

It's official. PCE/TG-16 games can now be TASed (Tool-Assisted Superplay) and submitted for publication at tasvideos.org using a modified Mednafen. Find the thread here and the Mednafen build and instructions here. I don't have much time now to contribute, won't until summer, but this is great news as I can finally find the will to enter the TAS scene. Anybody here is, naturally, welcome as well.

[nat]

Uhh. Can you repeat, in English?

[NecroPhile]

Uhh. Can you repeat, in English?

"Now pussies can use Mednafen to create game videos that make it appear that they're extraordinarily skilled gamers, when in reality they suck ostrich anus."

a.k.a. - abuse frame advance and save states to complete a game and create a nice, clean, 'perfect' video.  I jest, yet I have no problem with such videos (as long as they're properly labeled).

[spenoza]

Every video published at tasvideos.org is required to have a disclaimer at the beginning of the movie file that it is a tool-assisted movie and not meant to represent human skill.

I respect a lot of the TASers. It used to simply be a matter of single frame advance making "perfect" speedruns possible, but these days it's almost competition. Who can shave off the most time by using game glitches or physics to find the optimal paths. Also, some people monitor memory values and go for luck manipulation. For example, the Dragon Egg submission. Having a fully powered dragon makes most of the game go much more quickly, so by manipulating the random/luck elements in the game Adelikat managed to upgrade his dragon all the way right in the first level to facilitate speeding through the later levels. The down side is that Dragon Egg is actually not all that entertaining a movie when TASed. Other games are much more entertaining.

[nat]

Uhh. Can you repeat, in English?

"Now pussies can use Mednafen to create game videos that make it appear that they're extraordinarily skilled gamers, when in reality they suck ostrich anus."

You're speaking my language now!

[spenoza]

You both speak ostrich anus?