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I tried doing a full run to test my recording setup (a chair of my coffee table with phone on WiiU gamepad stand with a gamecube memory card case to prop it up at the right angle) and actually did better than expected first go. I finally lost my first life at the level 4 boss (I am not consistent with that one yet). I continued on and then died at the level 5 boss after trying and failing to farm hearts at the top of the previous stage. Beat him with the next life and then game overed to Joker. I'm getting there. Oh, and I game overed at just under 24 minutes (spent forever farming a dropper in level 3 and took level 4 and 5 slow since I'm not as familiar).

Okish. I haven't tried to do a lot of full game runs. I've mostly been doing save states practice to make sure I know how to do everything while taking minimal damage. (you can do save states without an emulator using an everdrive. I'm not going to switch to the actual cart until I'm doing the timed runs.) At this point I feel confident I can get to level 4 with a handful of tries. I'm definitely not going for 10 minute pace strats. I'm using all the easiest and consistent strats I can find.

I don't think that matters much for the actual fight if you don't care about losing a second. All it adds is an extra jump to the start. The key to the rest of the fight seems to be avoiding damage and manipulating jokers position.

Cool finds. It's worth mentioning that Crackout was originally released for famicom disk system under the name Nazo no Kabe: Block-kuzushi. I know because I recently bought one. Interestingly, I also recently bought a banana... and also Banana for the famicom.

Specifically, the enemy dropper thing is a super easy place to do this.

It's actually not that bad. Except for that one time when the bid increment was super low and someone kept extending it with +10 yen bids. That was annoying.

Do we turn this into Y!A were it auto extends, lol

And on the OOT as well

$80

Lol, does that count? IDK

$90

$75

$85

$80

Damn, lol. $75

Might as well double up on it... $69

@Gloves this looks a bit weird. Kinda seems like a bug.

$60

Isn't the game based off an anime? Likely the music comes from the anime as well. Looking it up, I am correct. Here's that Wikipedia has to say: The game's main background music is an 8-bit version of the Lynn Minmay song "Shao Pai Long" ("Little White Dragon"), which was featured in both the original 1982 TV series and its 1984 movie adaptation.

Here's my list. I thought it would mostly be a copy of the unfinished games from last year, but it turns out a bought a decent amount of games I want to play. Again, I have no impression that I'm going to beat them all. There's way too many. Unfinished Anodyne 2 (PC) - I just beat the first one two days before the new year, so might as well change this to the 2nd game instead Gears Tactics (PC) - It's about time I beat a game with name in the credits Crypt of the NecroDancer (PC) - I've put off playing this for so long Q*Bert (NES) - I hesitated putting this on my list because I know it's really difficult. But why the hell not swing for the fences. Hopefully using continues will help a little. DuckTales (NES) - Got it for VGS SS. Somehow didn't have it even though it's right up my alley. Also, I briefly started last year but got distracted and never returned. Mega Man 3 (NES) - I beat 1&2 in 2020, so it's time to try out 3... except it got delayed till 2022 Metroid (NES) - Another one of those games where you beat half of it, get busy, and never come back to Star Tropics (NES) - I've been meaning to spin a yoyo for awhile Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) - A new addition to my collection in 2021. Plus I really like that one song Ninja Gaiden (NES) - Another game I picked up in 2021 that I think is right up my alley based on me likely a lot of games inspired by it Kirby's Adventure (NES) - I got this one in the 2021 VGS SS so add it to the list Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES) - I did actually beat Castlevania II last year, so on it Castlevania III Pipe Dream (NES) - A puzzle game I picked up recently Loopz (NES) - What can I say, I love puzzle games Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (FC) - I also got a large proxy order from Japan. Most of it was Zelda games, but I got a fair number of FC too. Babel no Tou (FC) - I mean you had to guess a good number of the FC games I picked up were puzzle games Banana (FC) - Such as this one Binary Land (FC) - And this one Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen (FC) - How about this weird one Moai-Kun (FC) - Or this one? Palamedes 2 (FC) - And one more Eggerland (FDS) - Well I guess this one to, but I wasn't lying about Palamedes 2 since this is a FDS game. Definitely different. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GCN) - Like Metroid beat half of it, got busy, and never came back to it. Metroid Prime (GCN) - Another classic still unstarted Pikmin (GCN) - I've been curious about the Pikmin series for awhile Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii) - I somehow never bought this one until recently (recently as in last year when I originally wrote this) Super Mario 3D World (Wii) - Another Mario game I've been meaning to get for awhile. I just got it in my 2021 VGS SS Hollow Knight (Switch) - A metroidvania I've been meaning to play for a while Catherine Full Body (Switch) - A new addition from a non-VGS SS in 2021 Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB) - To beat after Metroid for NES Chalvo 55 (GB) - I also picked up some Japanese exclusive GB games. This one is not a puzzle game, it's a puzzle platformer. Hiden Inyou Kikouhou: Ca Da (GB) - And another puzzle platformer Picross 2 (GB) - Ok, I admit it, this is a straight up puzzle game. Although I have beaten the first one already as that one made it to America The Legend of Zelda: A Link To the Past and Four Swords (GBA) - I've completed the aLttP part over a decade ago, but I've never played the Four Swords part. Maybe I'll convince a friend into playing that part. Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland (DS) - I got the UKV version not too long ago and want to see why this game never made it to the US Tingle's Balloon Fight DS (DS) - This is the JPN only sequel to Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love (DS) - And why not complete the trilogy Picross DS (DS) - Who doesn't like Picross Picross 3D (DS) - It's like Picross 2D with one more D. Who doesn't like more Ds. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) - Got it for VGS SS last year and never touched it. Now's the time. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) - Another VGS SS for this year that I want to play Lol, I somehow ended up on exactly 42 games again. I was at 40 then I beat one game and added three more from Secret Santa. Update: I beat another, so I feel compelled to replace it with it's sequel to keep the count at 42. Finished Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight (PC) - 1/5/2022 - First game of the year and I loved it. Technically, I beat my first playthrough on new years eve, but I didn't 100% it until today. And 100%ing it took 4 playthroughs: 1 was my blind playthrough on normal which got all but three achievements. Next was a playthrough on easy to get the pacifist (can only kill bosses) and no-death (you can quit to menu when you die to avoid the dead counting) achievements. Additionally, I got ever single item in the game in that playthrough which requires beating every boss without taking damage (has to be done on easy as two items are only available there. Totally not necessary for any achievements, just my own challenge). Next was a quick playthrough on hard to unlock my next playthrough on insane. Insane has more enemies and more importantly you have 1 HP. By this time I got here I was good enough at the game that this actually wasn't too bad (still stupid hard). Mostly because the items for defeating the bosses damageless are pretty powerful. As evidenced by how much I played this, I really enjoyed it.

I've played Batman for about 0 minutes (before today) so you've got me beat.

Yeah, I really didn't enjoy Soccer. Goal! Two (the only other NES soccer game I've played) felt much better to control.

I was doing the eagle too before looking at the code. Although I just copied what the guy did in the Speedrun. But your point definitely stands for the rest of the holes.

Actually that one I figured out through the Speedrun video description and was doing it when I first started practicing on Monday. Both of which happened before I started looking at the code.

Why would holding start to get no wind on hole 1 not be allowed? I don't see how that would be cheating as it's just the way the game works. (I'll expand on how this works two posts down). Yeah, just started on them and I'm definitely not as good. I've only scored one goal so far in soccer which unfortunately was on my first game when I got scored on. And tennis I've yet to take more than one game. The wind you get depends on frame you beat the level, so unless you are making a TAS, it's not manipulatable at all. The one exception is the first hole where holding start gets you to the first hole on the same frame every time.