Solomon's Key (NES)/normal ending - Revision history

Ktwo at 20:08, 27 June 2021

2021-06-27T20:08:50Z

2019-03-25T17:57:10Z

‎Room 45

2018-08-09T14:00:33Z

‎Room 48

2018-08-09T14:00:09Z

‎Room 31

2018-08-09T13:59:53Z

‎Level-by-level description

2017-07-06T17:36:47Z

‎Solomon's room

2017-07-06T17:36:26Z

‎Room 38

2017-07-06T17:35:25Z

‎Room 21

2017-07-06T17:35:13Z

‎Room 15

2016-10-16T10:24:53Z

‎Room 38

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkLYpb9Bi28<br />
 It's possible to collide with the demon head when running from after having picked up the key towards the exit. Looking at the position of the spawned demon head during the grab key animation gives a good indication if you're early or not.<br /><br />
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv4-_cX361s *<br />

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 There is an interesting back story to this room solution. The essence of it was first demonstrated by TheMexicanRunner while trying to beat the game as part of the "nesmania" (beat all the US-released nes-games). He came up with his solution by just trying to solve the room normally, without having speed in mind. The current tas uses a route that requires "fire block building" (not a good term, but hard to describe, see the [[Solomon's Key (NES)/Game Mechanics|game mechanics]] page). It hasn't been thoroughly tested which solution is faster, but they're close and it's possible that the solution shown here is actually faster.<br /><br />
-This solution can be slightly upgraded for a gain of 30-40 frames, but also at the cost of some additional risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zACu-FQY6fM<br />
+This solution can be slightly upgraded for a gain of 30-40 frames, but also at the cost of some additional risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zACu-FQY6fM *<br />
 =Solomon's room=

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 =Room 31=
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuwz3nYROQI *<br />
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuwz3nYROQI<br />
 During emulator testing, it has been shown to be possible to arrive early enough so the fireball didn't have to be used. That is not really helpful in itself, since there aren't any good spots spending a normal fireball. However, if you got an upgrade jar in room 22, the saved super fireball here in room 31 could instead be used in room 37, which would save roughly a second.<br /><br />

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 ==Level-by-level description==
-VIDEOS WITH AN ASTERISK (*) USE FASTER STRATS THAN IN THE CURRENT SDA-RUN (ktwo, 2014-08-27)
+VIDEOS WITH AN ASTERISK (*) USE FASTER STRATS THAN IN THE CURRENT SDA-RUN (ktwo, 2016-10-16)
 =Room 1=
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTE12--gmR4<br />

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 =Solomon's room=
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPq8IA8USGc *<br />
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPq8IA8USGc<br />
 It seems like the enemy movements in this room depend on how you have played up until this point (different solutions for room 48 seem to have an impact for example). It also seems like playing the game the same way will result in consistent results, but this is not fully understood and enemy movements in this game are known to randomly vary a bit (including differences between emulator and console, making accurate testing late in the game difficult). There is nothing hard in this solution, but it's easy to be a bit late and not block the demon fire, which will end up costing a little over a second. It's also possible to be too early, which will result in hitting one of the ghosts, so some practice is needed to find the right balance in speed.<br /><br />

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5jqb4H8PZY<br /><br />
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZn5PRIrQe0 *<br />
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZn5PRIrQe0<br />
 This start is a little over a second faster, but also requires more precise inputs. It should also be mentioned that the left-most block on the starting platform is optional. However, leaving it would add two running edge jumps to the solution for the gain of ~20 frames for avoiding the ducked block creation.<br />

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5asR53CWKng<br /><br />
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb77xjWO48Y *<br />
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb77xjWO48Y<br />
 The trick here is to arrive on a level below the gargoyle as quickly as possible. If Dana is too late, the gargoyle will wait too long to shoot the fireball (as shown in the first video). The movement has to be within a few frames of perfection for this to work. The time it takes for the gargoyle to turn around also varies ever so slightly, giving you more or less time for this to work (typically in the range ~5-10 frames). The good thing is that whether the gargoyle fires early or not, the general solution concept is the same, so it's easy to adapt to the whichever of the two situation that will occur.<br />

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 =Room 15=
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fQBgoK-tXU *<br />
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fQBgoK-tXU<br />
 Depending on the sub-pixel when you pick up the key, it's not too uncommon to jump past the fireball jar. Missing the fireball here, will mean doing room 31 without fireball (possible, but harder). This can be helped by quickly releasing right on the d-pad during the jump.<br />
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4LdEbydeC8 *<br />
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4LdEbydeC8<br />
 Equally fast, but much more challenging than above. Shown here for reference.<br />

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZn5PRIrQe0 *<br />
-This start is a little over a second faster, but also requires more precise inputs.<br />
+This start is a little over a second faster, but also requires more precise inputs. It should also be mentioned that the left-most block on the starting platform is optional. However, leaving it would add two running edge jumps to the solution for the gain of ~20 frames for avoiding the ducked block creation.<br />
 =Room 39=