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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.
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      • 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
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          Originally posted by Twitch Boy View Post
          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.)
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          • Re: Official Video Games Thread VIII: Titans are destined to fall

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            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.)
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              Nice to see a North Country business selling stuff

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

                SNES Classic..........get one if you can?????
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                  Huh? They’ve been out for about six or seven months now
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                  • Re: Official Video Games Thread VIII: Titans are destined to fall

                    Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                    Huh? They’ve been out for about six or seven months now
                    Yes.......but see some at my local TRU. (have never seen them available on Amazon except 3rd party overpriced resaler)
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                    • Re: Official Video Games Thread VIII: Titans are destined to fall

                      Nintendo produced many more SNES classics than they did NES classics due to the demand. Resale prices were much lower over Christmas.

                      I know I see emails still from NowInStock for SNES being restocked.
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                      • Re: Official Video Games Thread VIII: Titans are destined to fall

                        Ok....I will rephrase my question. It is worth $80? (Will I get $80 worth of fun......?)
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                        • Re: Official Video Games Thread VIII: Titans are destined to fall

                          Yeah. I got $80 worth of entertainment. Still enjoying it.
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                            Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus launches for Switch Wednesday. Don't mind if I do.
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                              Games i've been playing recently...

                              Bayonetta 1 & 2
                              A Golf Story
                              Kingdom Come Deliverance
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                                Steam started a Square Enix sale, so i picked up NieR: Automata. Dang is that good!

                                Also grabbed World of Final Fantasy for cheap.

                                Separately pre-ordered FF XV for pc.
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