[TAS] Time Crisis 1 Arcade in 8'37"82 (Story mode)

Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Time Crisis 1 arcade in 8'37"82 (Story mode)
Goal: Finish the game as fast as possible without worrying about accuracy.
If you want to see a video with 100% accuracy in 9'22"85, watch • [TAS] Time Crisis 1 Ar...
Notes:
-It is possible to fire every 4 frames, so you can empty your clip in less than half a second (21 frames).
-It takes at least 12 frames to reload. And you have to wait another 10 frames before you can reshoot. Thus, the TAS must wait 22 frames between clips.
-Here is a list of things I did in this TAS. If you know of other time savers, let me know.
-At 2:29 I shoot at the car
-At 4:26 I didn't shoot the thing on the right of the screen. The animation of all the pillars falling on enemies is fun to watch but if I did that I lost 5 seconds. But in a normal game, I think it probably takes less time than shooting everyone.
-At 10:04 I shot the Yellow Ninja before he jumped somewhere else.
-At 11:56 and 12:05 I shot the two grenades
Thanks Kim Sama / キム様 for some hints.
But the thing I did that saved me the most time was shooting enemies three times instead of one.
For some reason, when shooting an enemy, if you shoot them 2 times, the death animation is shorter, and if you shoot them 3 times, it's even shorter. Since very often the game waits for the end of dying animations before advancing, in the end you save a lot of time because of this.
The time saved with this trick is much more than I had expected.
You would think doing this trick on the last enemy before moving is enough, but in a TAS, when there are 4 enemies to shoot, it's often faster to shoot the first two with 3 bullets each, then reload then shoot the other two also with 3 bullets each. In some places I gained 1 second with this.
As this complicated the TAS, it is more than possible that I missed a few tenths of a second here and there.
What is a TAS? / prog61
For a good introduction to TASing: • How to create the perf...
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0:00 Start
0:07 Stage 1
3:45 Stage 2
7:37 Stage 3
12:51 End

[@Prog61]

===Description===
Time Crisis is a first-person on-rails light gun shooter series of arcade video games by Namco, introduced in 1995. It is focused on the exploits of a fictional international intelligence agency who assigns its best agents to deal with a major threat by a hostile organisation, which has ranged from criminals, terrorists, to hostile military outfits, and mostly take place within fictional locations across the world. The arcade series differed from other light gun shooters of its time by incorporating unique mechanics, including the ability to duck into cover to dodge attacks and reload the player's weapon, and forcing players to complete battles in each level within an allotted amount of time.
Over time, the series developed to incorporate additional features of gameplay, including two-player co-operative modes on arcade machines, the ability to use additional weapons in combat, and dealing with dangerous events. Alongside arcade machines, the series was also developed for consoles, beginning with a port of the first installment to PlayStation consoles in 1995, with all ported versions of arcade titles featuring additional content and game mechanics, such as additional stages, and different difficulty modes.
Alongside the main games in the series, it has spawned a number of spin-off titles that incorporate the cover mechanics and time limit gameplay elements, but with notable differences in combat situations and organisations involved in each game's story.
---From Wikipedia
For more information on this game and to read what I found doing this TAS, click on the description section above.
To see my other TAS of this game with 100% accuracy in 9'22"85 click here: th-cam.com/video/Qp6lbYHhHWk/w-d-xo.html

[@szymon6207]

Split -00:45.03 new record

[@Laika_in_Space]

When the hero shoots faster than their own shadow, you know Prog61 was at work.

[@silvertear71]

Loved your TAS of this game, Prog. Brought back many memories of me playing this at the local arcade when I was a lot younger. Was always trying to consistently beat the game in one credit, and managed to do so a few times. Also loved that Richard had to have been carrying 177 magazines for the 1057 rounds of ammo he expended. Must not have been easy lugging around all that lead.

[@yojbird9858]

If the last video was about accurate shooting, then this video is about speed shooting. Good stuff as usual.

Congrats with the improvement!

[@gwenthelittlepotato]

1:45
TAS shoot so quick that the area didn't fully rendered 😅

[@VSSEDragon3]

Good news everybody, Time Crisis series getting new trademark, Time Crisis 6 will be in development, PSVR will be on its way as well

[@JonesDylan874]

I don't trust this...

[@VSSEDragon3]

@@JonesDylan874 Why?

[@JonesDylan874]

@@VSSEDragon3 I haven't heard anything about this officially.

[@TheoPlayz_2011]

Some Aimbot Improvements, Nice

[@vincently1995]

Let's roll!

[@KGershkoff]

Well done, you shaved almost a minute off your last TAS in this game.
Do you plan to do the other Time Crisis games? There are 4 more main ones I think.

[@Prog61]

I would like to do the others but none of them work in MAME 🙁

[@Swordkirby9999]

Epilepsy Warning! Aaahh! I forgot how these old light guns looked for specific flashes of light. Your eyes must have been weary watching this TAS recording to make sure everything came in alright.
Thanks for not skipping the dumb cutscenes BTW.

[@frankrizzo890]

If that's not the world record, what is?

[@tommyshommy]

He’s playing with the Halo 2 BR

[@TMS5100]

@9:28 lol brundle's teleport pod lab setup from the fly

[@GamerGee]

I blinked and games over

[@vgcf86]

ACTION

[@mr2nut123]

On the submarine section, what is the reason for shooting the blue guy up top? Does that save time by spawning less at the bottom? I've seen that done on a few runs.

[@Prog61]

I'm not sure that changes anything. Since it's a TAS, I just shoot anything that moves. I am not an expert at this game. Everything I know is written in the description section.

[@gerioSB]

do you have a speedrun account?
also, try taisen tokkae-dama

[@thelazypanda12]

Then the girl was saved by some computer code.

[@yukiogawa3698]

Prog61さんこんばんは

[@kekwku7602]

how to make TAS plays sir ??

[@user-fe3wl1sx6z]

Ahh Very Fast he shoot faster really hard

[@gerioSB]

uhh you can fire every 3 frames

[@Prog61]

You can fire every 4 frames. Click on the description for more info.