The Pit Level 2 Remastered

A remaster of The Pit Level 2, now with a lot more custom graphics and a lot less music changes.
Frames: 40322
Rerecords: 14380
Download the hack: smwc.me/s/32607
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Comments:
One of the main things that always bothered me about The Pit Level 2 was how incohesive it felt, mainly due to the many palette/music changes. This remaster changes that, and I really feel it makes a world of difference to the viewing experience; it's so much more pleasant.
While I do like the custom graphics used in this hack overall, at certain points, I found the visuals too fancy for their own good, with it being unclear at first glance which objects are solid and which are not. I ended up pressing Ctrl+F2 in Lunar Magic quite a few times because I couldn't parse the rooms at first glance.
One visual effect that I really don't like is the darkness effect starting at around 3:45. It's barely noticable while playing (and even if it was, it certainly wouldn't be interesting), and it makes the room rather confusing and unsatisfying to watch.
Gameplay-wise, this hack does not really try to innovate. The first half of the hack is essentially just the original The Pit Level 2, and already that one relied on mostly rather standard setups at the time. I do appreciate the attempt to incorporate custom sprites into pit design in the second half, but ultimately I feel like they weren't used in all that creative ways in this hack. Of course, none of this matters if you just want to do some fun shelljumps.
One key difference between this version and the original TPL2 is the lack of any Reznor breaks. They were usually prevented by just blocking off sprite slot 7, which at more than one occasion led to sprite spawning issues complicating otherwise trivial setups.
It's really funny to me how after all of the custom sprites, custom graphics, custom music and custom HDMA effects, the boss clear music just breaks at 11:15
This run is not optimized at all. Even with only mild optimization, this hack should be beatable in less than 10 minutes.

[@IgorOliveira666]

Very good 👌

[@Joseph.....12349]

Eu vi a tela de intro da hack e pensei que seria a tela original, mas 2 segundos depois vi que nao, seu remaster ficou muito bom, mas ainda com esse mestre jogando

[@angeredgoose7552]

Welcome back, HF01. GOAT.
Great run.

[@azula1638]

Amazing level. Enjoying, as always, the cape section. ❤

[@davidjohnmaro.aparejado4644]

Your skills are amazing!

[@Hiroki_MakeGames]

amazing! GG

[@devonbrown5953]

3:47 how are you kicking the koopas???

[@xXNightedgeXx]

looked like a camera manipulation to get it to happen from what i could tell

[@Lungfish-md3zj]

you hit a super saiyan power level at around 6'30"