Official Video Games Thread VIII: Titans are destined to fall

[Twitch Boy]

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It doesn't sound like the guy was cheating, though. Knowing zero about this, is it possible that whatever timing methodology was used simply glitched the run time? It's 6 one-hundredths of a second FFS. Was that an eternity in gaming timing in 1982? (I know, I'm sure it's f-cking nanoseconds today.)

The guy submitted a Polaroid of his 5.51 to Activision. They flew the guy out to recreate it for them, and whatever he did Activision must have found legitimate because they gave him credit in their magazines. (The developers themselves claim they were able to turn in a 5.54 during testing.)

Modern speedrunners can dissect the RAM, ROM, and output of the game frame by frame and manipulate their inputs to be absolutely perfect down to a single frame of animation (it's called a Tool Assisted Speedrun or TAS.) They have only been able to turn in a 5.57 playing as "perfectly" as the game can be played. No one knows how the 5.51 happened (system glitch, crappy Polaroid, "lifting" the cartridge to partially unseat the chip and mess up the program, etc. are all possibilities, plus the guy has a history of submitting questionable records.)

Furthermore, the developers admitted that the clock can only advance by .03 of a second per frame, so the speedrunning community's 5.57, Activision's claimed 5.54, and this guy's claimed 5.51 are all possible outputs on the clock. A 5.52 could be dismissed right away as impossible. (ETA: apparently there's video of a 5.61, so this theory has holes in it.)

[Kepler]

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The 5.51 second world record run of Atari 2600 Dragster, which was acknowledged for 35 years and believed impossible by speedrunners, has been disqualified.

https://kotaku.com/infamous-atari-pl...&ICID=ref_fark

It doesn't sound like the guy was cheating, though. Knowing zero about this, is it possible that whatever timing methodology was used simply glitched the run time? It's 6 one-hundredths of a second FFS. Was that an eternity in gaming timing in 1982? (I know, I'm sure it's f-cking nanoseconds today.)

[Twitch Boy]

Re: Official Video Games Thread VIII: Titans are destined to fall

The 5.51 second world record run of Atari 2600 Dragster, which was acknowledged for 35 years and believed impossible by speedrunners, has been disqualified.

https://kotaku.com/infamous-atari-pl...&ICID=ref_fark

[bronconick]

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Final Fantasy 12: Zodiac Age coming to PC on the 1st of February

[Dude Love]

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I'm closing in on finishing Skyrim (I think I'm at level 87). Just want to get my last spell class to level 100 so I can get the bonus at the end. Need to milk this and NHL 18 long enough to keep me entertained until Secret of Mana comes out in a few weeks.

[JF_Gophers]

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Been getting back into Minecraft lately. Relaxing game where you make your own goals.

[Twitch Boy]

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I'm sure Big Pharma has an antidote:

https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2017...-game-playing/

They do. It's called EA.

[joecct]

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I'm sure Big Pharma has an antidote:

https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2017...-game-playing/

[JF_Gophers]

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Nexus mods is easy, if the game is supported. They have an installer.

[Jimjamesak]

If you install mods on a game, the Steam Workshop is easier. That seems to be the big difference for me.

Yeah Steam Workshop is far easier.

[bronconick]

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If you install mods on a game, the Steam Workshop is easier. That seems to be the big difference for me.

[dxmnkd316]

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GOG vs Steam

If the price is the same, is there any reason why I wouldn’t use GOG?

[JF_Gophers]

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My pc went kaput in October. Finally bought a new one. Expect to get it next week. Got the green light (from wife) to get the dual Geforce 1080 video card setup.

So should be great for 4k gaming!

I did compromise on cpu and only get the i7, not the i9.

[JF_Gophers]

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Platinumed Demon Gaze 2. I never plat games, so its noteworthy to me.

[Twitch Boy]

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Look up Hustler Magazine v Falwell.

That's about right. And it's Trey and Matt who do stuff like this for sport.

Still, you'd think some suit in a Subway boardroom somewhere would have thrown a conniption to a lawyer. Ubisoft went there and they seem to have gotten away with it. That's chutzpah.