You know what I often think is how proud the programmers must feel to see the amount of dedication gamers put into playing and speed running these games. Truly a dedicated group of people. Keep up the awesome work guys.
Again, don't know if anyone will ever read this, but I thought it might be a good idea to explain how the enemy difficulty work. There are two flags in the enemy definition objects used either for mapping or screen generation that designate enemy 'difficulty' and whether or not the enemy is a boss. If the enemy 'difficulty' flag is clear, killing the enemy requires the default number of shots to kill, with 255 representing an enemy that is impossible to kill (like the yellow rippers in Brinstar). If the enemy 'difficulty' flag is set, the enemy requires twice as many shots to kill, but if the shots-to-kill value is 128 or larger, the result will be 256 less than twice the value, so those impossible to kill enemies require 254 shots instead (like the red rippers in Brinstar). Although it takes forever, you can kill a red ripper by shooting it repeatedly with any of the beams. The only reason the ice beam takes twice as many shots as the default beam, however, is because the ice beam only does damage if the enemy is frozen.
I had to read the "result will be 256 less than twice the value" part a few times over, but I think I get it. A _non-difficult_ Ripper is yellow, with a shot value of 255. 255 is treated as a special case and the shots go ping,ping,ping. Right? The _difficult_ Ripper (red) gets double the shot value 255 x 2 = 510, but since 510 is over a byte maximum value, 256 is subtracted, leaving 254. 254 is not treated as a special case, so it actually does take 254 shots to kill it (or I guess 127 Wave Beam shots). You seem very knowledgeable about the game's internal mechanics. Fun fact: The game freezes if you have no missile capacity (no missile containers and no minibosses dead), and you kill a Metroid that _would_ drop a missile fill-up. Does it every time. I think that's what happens with the NARPASSWORD password, since it forces infinite missiles without actual missile capacity. It handles health and probably missiles the same way as the shot value you talked about, subtracting (or adding) a fixed value when the value goes out of range. How much do you know about the password system?
@@theonewiththeeyeoftruth884 I think you misunderstand me. I was saying thanks for clearing the sentence up. My brain was short circuiting trying to understand that sentence.
I love this run. I love Dragondarch's laid back but detailed commentary, the relaxed atmosphere in the room, Blueglass chiming in every now and again, a classic game....
I grew up on the NES. Metroid was the only big Nintendo IP I never had. Hard game to power through 30 years after the fact. Finally beat it on 3DS virtual console. Incredibly hard, but very fun. Looking forward to playing the rest of the franchise now!
@@Museko Full circle! I've actually only just now gotten back into the franchise with NSO which brought me back to this run! I didn't have a reliable way to play the other games except Samus Returns, but now that all the 2D titles are on Switch except Zero Mission, I've marathoned 1, 2, AM2R, Samus Returns, Super Metroid, and just last night I finished Metroid Fusion for the first time. All incredible experiences. Getting ready to start Dread soon, and then Prime Remastered! For Prime 2 and 3, I have them on Wii but I've heard Prime Hack is the way to go. I'll try both.
@@Eric-yt7fp Great to hear! I actually got into Metroid and binged the whole series shortly after graduating. I did the Prime Trilogy through emulation since I had it on the Wii in the past, but my parents sold it along with a bunch of other stuff. I'm just sitting pretty waiting for Prime 4 and trying to find some time to play AM2R.
Don't know if anyone will ever read this, but I do know how enemy spawning works in Metroid. Each 16 tile x 15 tile screen designates each enemies for that screen to be used in one of the six enemy slots the engine uses. If the enemy slot is marked as in use when a screen is generated, the enemy intended for that slot in the new screen isn't created. In Brinstar's vertical shafts, the same screen is used over and over again, so any enemies that are in use when you reach the middle of each vertical screen aren't spawned in the next. When you destroy an enemy, if it leaves a pickup, that pickup is stored in the enemy slot, so if the pickup is still present when a new screen is generated, the enemy for that slot is again not spawned on the new screen. Enemies are the only in-game objects that are spawned in this manner (having a designated slot for each enemy). Certain enemies (the divers that don't check for collisions) are not generated as regular enemies, and are defined by map position, not by screen definition. Enemies can also be designated by map position for the same reason, and use slots that none of the surrounding screens use in most cases, though there are a few exceptions.
666blaziken Your user name is a good indicator that you don’t have much luck in that department. Probably why you are checking the comments of an old speed run video for dating advice
To answer the question around 38:40, if anyone's interested, there are several differences with the Famicom Disk System version. The title screen logo is much nicer-looking. The music is richer due to the extra sound channel. There's a Zelda 1-like save system instead of the password system. There is no suitless Samus. Several enemies have more sophisticated AI. And of course, the Engrish is even more hilarious.
Yeah, you know the issue he keeps complaining about, where the enemies picked a different pattern than he's used to? On FDS, those enemies can change their pattern at _any_ time. Have fun fighting through Ridley's mixture of near and far fireballs! The escape music is shorter though, and Metroid Zero Mission only uses that shorter version, despite including the cartridge version of the original game as the bonus internationally.
Jerkwad152 its also a Zelda 2 like save system you die to save and they used Katakana for the name and not Hiragana or Kanji so with that out of the way is the FDS version of Metroid faster or slower to speedrun? Oh and what did you mean by more sophisticated AI?
johnny elkins Yes, I mentioned the save system. :3 As for the AI, several enemies have more patterns that they can do than the NES version. For example, the hoppers on the ceiling in the NES can hop either high or low when you enter the room, but not both. In the FDS version, they can hop high, low, long or short whenever they want. The FDS version would probably be slightly slower due to a couple of load screens and the tougher enemies.
Jerkwad152 Now that is really cool that there is a Version difference for FDS and NES and i have played both Versions one by the Eshop and i own the FDS with that Version and i say that the FDS Version feels easier but i have not beat ether Versions yet i do plan on beating the FDS one thou and sorry for this comment being so long. And one more thing the reason why i mention Zelda 2 is because not much people have played it i also got that for the FDS.
My favorites Zoasty and Feasel are present in the room, yay :D It's nice to see a Super Metroid runner watch the original Metroid run. Paying respect to the origins.
This was my first video game I bought for the NES about 25 years ago. I remember how I spent hours exploring the game and it is nice to see such a quick playthrough. :-)
@@NN-ix9wf Oh god yeah, I guess I should do an update on this 6 years later. Again GDQ has come so far, only this time in the opposite direction. GDQ is now absolutely, without a doubt, 100% unwatchable. The people who put on that event should be fucking ashamed of themselves for running GDQ into the ground and making it as unentertaining as possible, outdoing themselves in fuckery each consecutive iteration. I think it all began going down the fucking drain when they decided to ban Bonesaw for putting on the funniest show I've ever seen at a GDQ, shit had me legit rolling, big ups to Patty and Bonesaw and of course Owen Wilson and American Airlines for bringing the good times damn the torpedoes. I honestly could not care less about GDQ anymore, even when people in my "community" are running a game at GDQ for the first time ever, I just can't be bothered to tune in because I know that it will make me want to rip the hair out of my fucking skull and turn my dick inside out with boredom and sorrow.
42:45 He talks about pallet swaps. If you just go through the high jump room the intended way, and then after exploring lower norfair exit the area the same way he does at 26:42, the game will be pallet swapped. The purple bubble area that he exits into will be a green area. The big purple bubbles on the way to Ridley will be red/pink. When you go back brinstar that area will be blue as he mentions, but the starting area that is supposed to be blue will be gold. If you aren't real familar with the game you probably didn't notice that the pallet was wrong for his run through lower norfair, that area is supposed to green, but it's purple in the video because he took the back way in.
What an insanely complex first-gen NES game. THIS is how games were meant to be. Back in 1987, it took me months just to get to Norfair and, like, 2 years to beat the game. The concept of doing it 100% is staggering to me. Awesome run.
Blueglass seems cool and harmless. People usually point out imperfections in others, that they are guilty of themselves. The haughty attitude towards him is lame.
For people who don't watch a lot of these they might not like BlueGlass because of he's a bit talkative and his voice which is a dumb reason to not like someone. The reason fans, as well as myself, don't like him is because he's kinda rude and makes himself the center attention. Take Super Metroid for example, he made Kosmicd move over so he could sit on the couch, the whole run he had to lean over the runners shoulder just to see the screen. And Blueglass didn't know the runner, but he talked the entire time even though it wasn't his run and he didn't know the people running and all he was talking about was what other runners do, they were actually annoyed by him. He also laughed his ass off when a runner died on a really hard run in Super Meat Boy, he's kind of a douchebag.
DocHollowDay I can understand why certain people don't like him. Still, . . .liking someone(or not) should have no impact on the way said person is treated. This life is going to be full of people we don't get along with. The world doesn't rotate on its axis around us. If someone annoy's you, then just smile and take them aside and let them know how their behavior is putting your panties in a bunch. If your panties stay bunched, then avoid the person. As for the runs you mention. These runs don't seem like they are extremely serious. No world records are expected. It is a casual forum with lots of people coming and going and talking as well. So I can't and won't call someone a "douchebag" under those circumstances. Cheers
societyofsin Those runs aren't serious? Sitting for hours on end eyes glued to the TV trying to do a game the fastest they possibly can... isn't serious? You didn't watch those runs did you? It wasn't casual laughing and having a good time, he was the only person to laugh when he died on Super Meat Boy. And the Super Metroid run was submitted in for a world record because Zoast actually did a damn good time. They even said so after his run. But they aren't considered important to you... I can see why you think his behavior is acceptable, you're just like him. A douche. Who takes nothing serious. These runners take these runs very seriously. They practice hours on end. And they do not enjoy having their hard work laughed at. And as for your "If someone annoy's you, then just smile and take them aside" please tell me what fantasy world do you live in where you can phase through your computer screen and magically show up at the places (and times) these runs are being recorded? "liking someone(or not) should have no impact on the way said person is treated" What elementary school guidance counselor are you quoting on that one? If someone is treating others wrongful and being an asshole, your advice... take it and smile. I hope you don't have kids. And I'm not drinking anything, or is Cheers some smug asshole remark someone says when they think they're being smart?
I can't wait for the next marathon videos, these runners are awesome. Also does blueglass do other speedrun games aside from ecco? (Btw, blueglass is cool! :)
In metroid, rooms can either scroll left/right OR up/down, never both. This means a single mapper chip can serve double-duty to do both jobs using simple data-mapping algorithms.
And one final comment, Kraid and Ridley don't use the same enemy fire routines that dragons use, but instead fill enemy slots with their shots, and they always use the first enemy slot. This is why the respawning enemies on the screen with the fake Kraid won't appear as long as fake Kraid is there (respawning enemies use the same enemy spawning logic as normal single spawn enemies). Although the respawning logic uses an additional set of objects, the enemies they spawn are normal enemies, so stating that only normal enemies spawn in specific slots per screen or map position is still true. One last point of curiosity, Fake Kraid is actually tougher than real Kraid, since it is a 'hard' Kraid and the real Kraid has the default number of hit points. Ridley also uses the default number of hit points.
This speedrun player is so amazing, he talks about the game as it would have been he who have coded it. Loves when he says "If i press jump on frame 17,21,34 then this jump trick is possible" I don't know how he knows what frame it is since there is no counter on the screen. I loves all his comments though :D Nice video!
Unfortunately he doesn't know how the enemy spawning works, which would have been helpful for improvising in this run while his 'console rng' (another thing that has been researched but the runner doesn't know much about) was screwing him over.
Micropenis So that's why he complaints so much of things not panning out the way he wants with enemy movement. A game running on a console is like running water, but a game running on emulator is like prerecorded running water.
Despite all of the hate, keep doing what you are doing! It's great to see a bunch of gamers getting together and raising charity donations! I know it takes a lot of effort and coordinating to get all of this to work! Can't wait to see more!
+gozinta82 OH, and bluegrass, please keep doing what you are doing, ignore the hate. Most of the people watching this and hating you have never lifted a finger to help the GDQ or even considered donating. They can deal with it.
It's also worth noting that Blueglass is totally right about the amount of memory allocated by Metroid for the purpose of tracking the player's gameplay time. It has a memory block allocated that's actually sufficient to track your time well into decades. Also, the reason that you can change room spawns has to (if I remember correctly) do with the fact that certain memory blocks are re-used and not emptied after data is written to them for a single use.
I have to admit, while many people would rather any% runs or low%, I find 100% runs to be amazing. I feel that there is more hard work put in to routing and finding the more efficient way than blasting through quickly. More 100% runs!
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idk why people have a problem with him. i never hear him talk nearly as much as people say. if anything the announcers most often annoyingly talk about nothing important. blueglass is contagious and funny
the runner was good, but he kept throwing the blame for his mistakes at other things. also, SDA live runs needs security to get people like blueshirt out of there.
What's the trick to the screen wrap at 18:20? I've only gotten it to work once. Every other time I've tried it I either ended up going through the door where I started or getting stuck.
dude I can't even get the screen wrap trick at or around 9:30. is it something to do with sound? he mentions having to listen closely around this period
No, you shouldn't need sound to do the screen wrap to get the ice beam. I've done it with the volume muted numerous times. You just have to make sure you tap the up button immediately after the down button. I usually two hand the d-pad for that. If you don't have the timing right you'll get stuck as a ball in a wall.
I remember playing this as a kid and using the bomb jump technique to get past the bridge without killing Kraid or Ridley, it took quite a while to get it though.
Wow, such a difference between watching a run from a few years ago compared to now. It's far more laid back and compared to how big GDQ has gotten now. It's still awesome, but just not the same. A huge audience in the back just can sometimes take away from the run nowadays.
Dude bluegrass is harmless! He's a little goofy but it's all good . It's like having snarf from thunder cats around. Bluegrass is just alright with me.
Just make sure you cut open a missile container or a miniboss with that sword, otherwise any Metroid you cut open that would lay down a missile fill-up will freeze the game.
Oh yeah man. Metroid pioneered a lot of things, most notably the progression of strength system if you know what I mean. The more things the character collects the stronger they become and the enemies adjust.
Because this is legit? I don't understand your complaint. If you want to find a 100% playthrough, then search for that, or a longplay or something. Although I don't believe that guarantees a lack of bug or glitch use. Saying this isn't legit because you're opinion doesn't agree with it is silly.
I'm not saying this isn't legit as a speedrun (I don't really care either way), I'm saying a glitchless 100% speedrun is what I was searching for in the first place when I found this. What's not clear exactly !? Well there are some, but they only go under 2 hours, not 1, so they don't include the best ending.
Thanks for clarifying. Your wording threw me off. For this game I don't believe what you're looking for would even be possible to begin with. Also, since it's not a speedrun, searching for it as one is probably hindering your ability to find something.
The best I can tell from a quick read is that within each pixel are the basic colors that it can show up as. Subpixels takes advantage of making some of those less apparent. It gives the effect of having a higher resolution to some degree. How this applies to gaming exactly I'm not certain other than alignment and timing.
It's an NES; it's not that smart. In all seriousness, the trick to make the game get confused about your top/bottom position likely has something to do with how the NES uses 8-bit numbers and the fact that computers treat large positive numbers similarly to negative numbers; essentially, if your Y position is supposed to be in the range -127 to 127, and you go to 129, it likely treats it as -127 because they need to fit the full range in a 256-number range due to how 8-bit numbers work. I'm not sure; that's just an educated guess.
Second time (2 to many) seeing that blue something in the second row. Looks like a lot in there that can’t stand him like the zoast super Metroid run lol.
How is this 100% if you start out with the morph ball? Little cheesy but good vid just the same I suppose. I often wonder is it truly speedrunning the game if you have to break it, and or manipulate bugs and glitches to beat it?
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You know what I often think is how proud the programmers must feel to see the amount of dedication gamers put into playing and speed running these games. Truly a dedicated group of people. Keep up the awesome work guys.
'Dedicated' is a good word to use, but a better one is 'obsessed'.
as soon as I saw the dude with the blue shirt before even hearing anything I knew I'd be in for a treat
As soon as I heard his voice, I thought: "Bob Sidekick is in the room!"
He's soooooooooo annoying
which one theres like 3 of em
@@clairemadeinheaven the noisy one darling
Again, don't know if anyone will ever read this, but I thought it might be a good idea to explain how the enemy difficulty work. There are two flags in the enemy definition objects used either for mapping or screen generation that designate enemy 'difficulty' and whether or not the enemy is a boss. If the enemy 'difficulty' flag is clear, killing the enemy requires the default number of shots to kill, with 255 representing an enemy that is impossible to kill (like the yellow rippers in Brinstar). If the enemy 'difficulty' flag is set, the enemy requires twice as many shots to kill, but if the shots-to-kill value is 128 or larger, the result will be 256 less than twice the value, so those impossible to kill enemies require 254 shots instead (like the red rippers in Brinstar). Although it takes forever, you can kill a red ripper by shooting it repeatedly with any of the beams. The only reason the ice beam takes twice as many shots as the default beam, however, is because the ice beam only does damage if the enemy is frozen.
I had to read the "result will be 256 less than twice the value" part a few times over, but I think I get it. A _non-difficult_ Ripper is yellow, with a shot value of 255. 255 is treated as a special case and the shots go ping,ping,ping. Right? The _difficult_ Ripper (red) gets double the shot value 255 x 2 = 510, but since 510 is over a byte maximum value, 256 is subtracted, leaving 254. 254 is not treated as a special case, so it actually does take 254 shots to kill it (or I guess 127 Wave Beam shots).
You seem very knowledgeable about the game's internal mechanics. Fun fact: The game freezes if you have no missile capacity (no missile containers and no minibosses dead), and you kill a Metroid that _would_ drop a missile fill-up. Does it every time. I think that's what happens with the NARPASSWORD password, since it forces infinite missiles without actual missile capacity. It handles health and probably missiles the same way as the shot value you talked about, subtracting (or adding) a fixed value when the value goes out of range.
How much do you know about the password system?
@@theonewiththeeyeoftruth884 Thank you, I feel that sentence could have been written with just a bit more details, i.e., an example calculation.
@@Museko
Seriously? I wrote this 2 years ago. What do you want to know?
@@theonewiththeeyeoftruth884 I think you misunderstand me. I was saying thanks for clearing the sentence up. My brain was short circuiting trying to understand that sentence.
@@Museko
Oh, I see. You're welcome.
I love this run. I love Dragondarch's laid back but detailed commentary, the relaxed atmosphere in the room, Blueglass chiming in every now and again, a classic game....
I grew up on the NES. Metroid was the only big Nintendo IP I never had. Hard game to power through 30 years after the fact. Finally beat it on 3DS virtual console. Incredibly hard, but very fun. Looking forward to playing the rest of the franchise now!
How far have you gotten if you have continued? Are you excited for Dread?
@@Museko Full circle! I've actually only just now gotten back into the franchise with NSO which brought me back to this run! I didn't have a reliable way to play the other games except Samus Returns, but now that all the 2D titles are on Switch except Zero Mission, I've marathoned 1, 2, AM2R, Samus Returns, Super Metroid, and just last night I finished Metroid Fusion for the first time. All incredible experiences. Getting ready to start Dread soon, and then Prime Remastered! For Prime 2 and 3, I have them on Wii but I've heard Prime Hack is the way to go. I'll try both.
@@Eric-yt7fp Great to hear! I actually got into Metroid and binged the whole series shortly after graduating. I did the Prime Trilogy through emulation since I had it on the Wii in the past, but my parents sold it along with a bunch of other stuff. I'm just sitting pretty waiting for Prime 4 and trying to find some time to play AM2R.
Don't know if anyone will ever read this, but I do know how enemy spawning works in Metroid. Each 16 tile x 15 tile screen designates each enemies for that screen to be used in one of the six enemy slots the engine uses. If the enemy slot is marked as in use when a screen is generated, the enemy intended for that slot in the new screen isn't created. In Brinstar's vertical shafts, the same screen is used over and over again, so any enemies that are in use when you reach the middle of each vertical screen aren't spawned in the next. When you destroy an enemy, if it leaves a pickup, that pickup is stored in the enemy slot, so if the pickup is still present when a new screen is generated, the enemy for that slot is again not spawned on the new screen. Enemies are the only in-game objects that are spawned in this manner (having a designated slot for each enemy). Certain enemies (the divers that don't check for collisions) are not generated as regular enemies, and are defined by map position, not by screen definition. Enemies can also be designated by map position for the same reason, and use slots that none of the surrounding screens use in most cases, though there are a few exceptions.
This will be my newest pickup line, girls will fall for my knowledge!
666blaziken Your user name is a good indicator that you don’t have much luck in that department. Probably why you are checking the comments of an old speed run video for dating advice
I am so happy that I don't know or understand this.
This rules, thanks for sharing
To answer the question around 38:40, if anyone's interested, there are several differences with the Famicom Disk System version. The title screen logo is much nicer-looking. The music is richer due to the extra sound channel. There's a Zelda 1-like save system instead of the password system. There is no suitless Samus. Several enemies have more sophisticated AI. And of course, the Engrish is even more hilarious.
Yeah, you know the issue he keeps complaining about, where the enemies picked a different pattern than he's used to? On FDS, those enemies can change their pattern at _any_ time. Have fun fighting through Ridley's mixture of near and far fireballs!
The escape music is shorter though, and Metroid Zero Mission only uses that shorter version, despite including the cartridge version of the original game as the bonus internationally.
Jerkwad152 its also a Zelda 2 like save system you die to save and they used Katakana for the name and not Hiragana or Kanji so with that out of the way is the FDS version of Metroid faster or slower to speedrun? Oh and what did you mean by more sophisticated AI?
johnny elkins
Yes, I mentioned the save system. :3
As for the AI, several enemies have more patterns that they can do than the NES version. For example, the hoppers on the ceiling in the NES can hop either high or low when you enter the room, but not both. In the FDS version, they can hop high, low, long or short whenever they want. The FDS version would probably be slightly slower due to a couple of load screens and the tougher enemies.
Jerkwad152 Now that is really cool that there is a Version difference for FDS and NES and i have played both Versions one by the Eshop and i own the FDS with that Version and i say that the FDS Version feels easier but i have not beat ether Versions yet i do plan on beating the FDS one thou and sorry for this comment being so long. And one more thing the reason why i mention Zelda 2 is because not much people have played it i also got that for the FDS.
My favorites Zoasty and Feasel are present in the room, yay :D It's nice to see a Super Metroid runner watch the original Metroid run. Paying respect to the origins.
All these guys, what a bunch of originals xD
I kinda miss them
This was my first video game I bought for the NES about 25 years ago. I remember how I spent hours exploring the game and it is nice to see such a quick playthrough. :-)
Run starts at 6:38
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Its in the description
ExistingHop there isn’t a time-stamp in the description though
06:39 for run start
GDQ has come so far in only the last 3 years or so. Look at the room they were in then, and look at it now. Huge improvement.
Lol 2013 and 2014 were the last good ones now they're all trooned out
@@NN-ix9wf Oh god yeah, I guess I should do an update on this 6 years later. Again GDQ has come so far, only this time in the opposite direction. GDQ is now absolutely, without a doubt, 100% unwatchable. The people who put on that event should be fucking ashamed of themselves for running GDQ into the ground and making it as unentertaining as possible, outdoing themselves in fuckery each consecutive iteration. I think it all began going down the fucking drain when they decided to ban Bonesaw for putting on the funniest show I've ever seen at a GDQ, shit had me legit rolling, big ups to Patty and Bonesaw and of course Owen Wilson and American Airlines for bringing the good times damn the torpedoes. I honestly could not care less about GDQ anymore, even when people in my "community" are running a game at GDQ for the first time ever, I just can't be bothered to tune in because I know that it will make me want to rip the hair out of my fucking skull and turn my dick inside out with boredom and sorrow.
Hirokazu Tanaka's game scores are the best, this in particular. Matches the game 100%. Great run
42:45 He talks about pallet swaps. If you just go through the high jump room the intended way, and then after exploring lower norfair exit the area the same way he does at 26:42, the game will be pallet swapped. The purple bubble area that he exits into will be a green area. The big purple bubbles on the way to Ridley will be red/pink. When you go back brinstar that area will be blue as he mentions, but the starting area that is supposed to be blue will be gold.
If you aren't real familar with the game you probably didn't notice that the pallet was wrong for his run through lower norfair, that area is supposed to green, but it's purple in the video because he took the back way in.
What an insanely complex first-gen NES game. THIS is how games were meant to be. Back in 1987, it took me months just to get to Norfair and, like, 2 years to beat the game. The concept of doing it 100% is staggering to me. Awesome run.
The guy in the light blue shirt with glasses is my favorite person ever
What the world needs more of are Sidescroll Metroid and Castlevania games. These are always my favorite runs.
45:10 Blueglass got his "Do you want something punk?!?!" look going on as usual..
i know right. blueglass is an awesome guy. probably one of my favorite speed runners.
0:14:36 I imagine him saying all that on a first date Lmao
I didn't know Bert from Sesame Street could play NES let alone speed run Metroid. Best part is he did it without Ernie.
Feel like blue shirt was ernie...
The Byrd I think kirbymastah sounds more like (an asian) ernie
10:38 Brown Shirt Man sneezes directly into his open hand twice in a row
Whats wrong with sneezing into your hand?
It’s ok. He’ll never come into physical contact with another human
Oh, the nostalgia. I used to play this game so much when I was in middle school.
Blueglass seems cool and harmless. People usually point out imperfections in others, that they are guilty of themselves. The haughty attitude towards him is lame.
For people who don't watch a lot of these they might not like BlueGlass because of he's a bit talkative and his voice which is a dumb reason to not like someone.
The reason fans, as well as myself, don't like him is because he's kinda rude and makes himself the center attention. Take Super Metroid for example, he made Kosmicd move over so he could sit on the couch, the whole run he had to lean over the runners shoulder just to see the screen. And Blueglass didn't know the runner, but he talked the entire time even though it wasn't his run and he didn't know the people running and all he was talking about was what other runners do, they were actually annoyed by him. He also laughed his ass off when a runner died on a really hard run in Super Meat Boy, he's kind of a douchebag.
DocHollowDay I can understand why certain people don't like him. Still, . . .liking someone(or not) should have no impact on the way said person is treated. This life is going to be full of people we don't get along with. The world doesn't rotate on its axis around us. If someone annoy's you, then just smile and take them aside and let them know how their behavior is putting your panties in a bunch. If your panties stay bunched, then avoid the person.
As for the runs you mention. These runs don't seem like they are extremely serious. No world records are expected. It is a casual forum with lots of people coming and going and talking as well. So I can't and won't call someone a "douchebag" under those circumstances.
Cheers
societyofsin Those runs aren't serious? Sitting for hours on end eyes glued to the TV trying to do a game the fastest they possibly can... isn't serious? You didn't watch those runs did you? It wasn't casual laughing and having a good time, he was the only person to laugh when he died on Super Meat Boy. And the Super Metroid run was submitted in for a world record because Zoast actually did a damn good time. They even said so after his run. But they aren't considered important to you... I can see why you think his behavior is acceptable, you're just like him. A douche. Who takes nothing serious. These runners take these runs very seriously. They practice hours on end. And they do not enjoy having their hard work laughed at.
And as for your "If someone annoy's you, then just smile and take them aside" please tell me what fantasy world do you live in where you can phase through your computer screen and magically show up at the places (and times) these runs are being recorded? "liking someone(or not) should have no impact on the way said person is treated" What elementary school guidance counselor are you quoting on that one? If someone is treating others wrongful and being an asshole, your advice... take it and smile. I hope you don't have kids.
And I'm not drinking anything, or is Cheers some smug asshole remark someone says when they think they're being smart?
DocHollowDay ya... just shut up. you need to get some sense.
mikeiscoolerthenyou And you need Hooked On Phonics. That or a brain examine.
I can't wait for the next marathon videos, these runners are awesome. Also does blueglass do other speedrun games aside from ecco? (Btw, blueglass is cool! :)
0:20 watch how fast the portly fellow in the white shirt scares off the m'lady who sits in the same row
Wasn't that the announcer...
You just know that lone female in the audience is questioning her life choices up until this point.
robofish312 Are you sure that's a female?
robofish312 She's a goddess amongst cringe.
robofish312 The blue shirt to the right?
Kei Romenan
lol
robofish312 why? seems like she's enjoying herself
In metroid, rooms can either scroll left/right OR up/down, never both. This means a single mapper chip can serve double-duty to do both jobs using simple data-mapping algorithms.
And one final comment, Kraid and Ridley don't use the same enemy fire routines that dragons use, but instead fill enemy slots with their shots, and they always use the first enemy slot. This is why the respawning enemies on the screen with the fake Kraid won't appear as long as fake Kraid is there (respawning enemies use the same enemy spawning logic as normal single spawn enemies). Although the respawning logic uses an additional set of objects, the enemies they spawn are normal enemies, so stating that only normal enemies spawn in specific slots per screen or map position is still true. One last point of curiosity, Fake Kraid is actually tougher than real Kraid, since it is a 'hard' Kraid and the real Kraid has the default number of hit points. Ridley also uses the default number of hit points.
This speedrun player is so amazing, he talks about the game as it would have been he who have coded it. Loves when he says "If i press jump on frame 17,21,34 then this jump trick is possible" I don't know how he knows what frame it is since there is no counter on the screen. I loves all his comments though :D Nice video!
He explains he used an emulator to practice, which will tell you that information.
Unfortunately he doesn't know how the enemy spawning works, which would have been helpful for improvising in this run while his 'console rng' (another thing that has been researched but the runner doesn't know much about) was screwing him over.
Micropenis So that's why he complaints so much of things not panning out the way he wants with enemy movement. A game running on a console is like running water, but a game running on emulator is like prerecorded running water.
Did they use an aesthetic mod to get zero suit samus or is that a normal thing that's possible in vanilla metroid?
Dang I remember watching this live. Incredible to see how gdq has grown
Grown into the dumpster.
@@Iliek yeah. It's now just become a political project by some fringe actors, more concerned with their ideology than with speed running
Blue glass seems like a lovely guy, always makes me laugh :D
@ 35.17 samus is faced straight on screen for a frame. Right after the getting-missile-freezeframe is over. How's that done?
Despite all of the hate, keep doing what you are doing! It's great to see a bunch of gamers getting together and raising charity donations! I know it takes a lot of effort and coordinating to get all of this to work! Can't wait to see more!
+gozinta82 OH, and bluegrass, please keep doing what you are doing, ignore the hate. Most of the people watching this and hating you have never lifted a finger to help the GDQ or even considered donating. They can deal with it.
has there been a marathon run of quake yet?
i wonder how much time it takes for all the pickup sounds to play throughout the entire run.
When I switched from running Blaster Master to Metroid,
It took me like a full day to not press start on doors trying to hurry the screen wrap.
Imagine the smell in that room.
ThePbag personal hygiene is yet to be discovered
THIS is the funniest comment I've ever read on this site.
I still don't understand the wall jumping for the ice beam, whenever I try it makes Samus disappear and she never reappears.
10:37 bless you and bless you.
Use your sleeve
It's also worth noting that Blueglass is totally right about the amount of memory allocated by Metroid for the purpose of tracking the player's gameplay time. It has a memory block allocated that's actually sufficient to track your time well into decades. Also, the reason that you can change room spawns has to (if I remember correctly) do with the fact that certain memory blocks are re-used and not emptied after data is written to them for a single use.
He's the dude who always talks in every one of these speedruns with the highish pitched voice
I have to admit, while many people would rather any% runs or low%, I find 100% runs to be amazing. I feel that there is more hard work put in to routing and finding the more efficient way than blasting through quickly. More 100% runs!
Cześć W sumie to nie jest tak jak pisałem wcześniej niż w innych krajach Unii Europejskiej oraz w jaki sposób mogę powiedzieć że jest to możliwe proszę o informację kiedy mogę się mylić nie jest tak źle
Oh man, I can't wait for the Leaf Green run.
who's the guy on the glasses and baby blue shirt....I always see him there and his laugh is contagious haha
blueglass is his name
Lemongrass or blue lemon or blueglass. I keep forgetting what his name is. Nice dude though. He's all positive energy.
idk why people have a problem with him. i never hear him talk nearly as much as people say. if anything the announcers most often annoyingly talk about nothing important. blueglass is contagious and funny
in the super ghouls n ghosts run just non stop making bad jokes and that awful laugh every time at them. has to be distracting.
the runner was good, but he kept throwing the blame for his mistakes at other things. also, SDA live runs needs security to get people like blueshirt out of there.
Yeah that was annoying as hell. He seem to have a really fragile ego and needed continuous reassuring but "whatever" lol
Agree... The mixture of cockiness and scoffing got annoying real quick... "it SHOULD be _____, BUT it's _____ ::scoff::" -_-
What's the trick to the screen wrap at 18:20? I've only gotten it to work once. Every other time I've tried it I either ended up going through the door where I started or getting stuck.
dude I can't even get the screen wrap trick at or around 9:30. is it something to do with sound? he mentions having to listen closely around this period
No, you shouldn't need sound to do the screen wrap to get the ice beam. I've done it with the volume muted numerous times. You just have to make sure you tap the up button immediately after the down button. I usually two hand the d-pad for that. If you don't have the timing right you'll get stuck as a ball in a wall.
Oh, and also make sure you start out near the right edge of the door. If you're too far left you won't be able to get out of the wall at all.
Thanks b
I remember playing this as a kid and using the bomb jump technique to get past the bridge without killing Kraid or Ridley, it took quite a while to get it though.
I have liked video games since I was a little just because I am good at them. At least before I found you guys I thought I was good.
How do you become a runner for a livestream?
Wow, such a difference between watching a run from a few years ago compared to now. It's far more laid back and compared to how big GDQ has gotten now. It's still awesome, but just not the same. A huge audience in the back just can sometimes take away from the run nowadays.
Could blueguys mommy please come pick him up? He's bothering the adult virgins.
i went to thank dapper dan on tumblr for the poster but he wasnt there :'c
22:41 lol at Feasel being mystified why and how the hell that dude jumped and made it almost unscathed.
Wow, the horizontal and vertical scrolling...I never knew Metroid was such a pioneer in something Miyamoto tried but failed to do in Mario...
Is that SSSkinner reading off donations?
Dude bluegrass is harmless! He's a little goofy but it's all good . It's like having snarf from thunder cats around. Bluegrass is just alright with me.
*scrolls through comments looking for the "run starts at **0:00**" comment*
The runner was doing it wrong. The only real way to beat the game is to use NARPAS SWORD.
Just make sure you cut open a missile container or a miniboss with that sword, otherwise any Metroid you cut open that would lay down a missile fill-up will freeze the game.
What's that noise at 52:26?
How do you make metroid crouch?
What happen to that blue guy?
Someone started humming at the end and it drove me fucking nuts
NO, IT'S THE PINK SHIRT GUY FROM THE SUPER METROID RUN EXCEPT HE'S WEARING A BLUE SHIRT NOW!! KILL HIM!!
SDA makes me happy :)
Oh yeah man. Metroid pioneered a lot of things, most notably the progression of strength system if you know what I mean. The more things the character collects the stronger they become and the enemies adjust.
Agdq 2013 was best and blue glass shout laughs are the best
Is there a way to 100% this game in under 1 hour *without* taking advantage of blatant engine bugs ? That's what I'd like to know.
Who cares? This is a speedrun video on a speedrun channel. Taking advantage of glitches and bugs is a necessity here.
I do. I'm looking for a way to pull off a legit perfect run of this game which I can't find. And for whatever reason, nobody seems to want to try.
Because this is legit? I don't understand your complaint. If you want to find a 100% playthrough, then search for that, or a longplay or something. Although I don't believe that guarantees a lack of bug or glitch use. Saying this isn't legit because you're opinion doesn't agree with it is silly.
I'm not saying this isn't legit as a speedrun (I don't really care either way), I'm saying a glitchless 100% speedrun is what I was searching for in the first place when I found this. What's not clear exactly !? Well there are some, but they only go under 2 hours, not 1, so they don't include the best ending.
Thanks for clarifying. Your wording threw me off. For this game I don't believe what you're looking for would even be possible to begin with. Also, since it's not a speedrun, searching for it as one is probably hindering your ability to find something.
You made yourself a new enemy by calling Samus "Metroid".
That guy in the blue shirt and glasses is a dipshit
Marcus McDonald No, I think he's a squirrel
the weird guy in blue with the glasses... does he speed run anything or does he just show up to everything???
What does he mean by subpixels?
The best I can tell from a quick read is that within each pixel are the basic colors that it can show up as. Subpixels takes advantage of making some of those less apparent. It gives the effect of having a higher resolution to some degree. How this applies to gaming exactly I'm not certain other than alignment and timing.
Thanks for the upload. Could you also upload Mofat's Twilight Princess run? Pretty please, with sugar on top!
I've noticed something! Metroid's boat looks like his helmet!
So you confuse the game? How the hell does that work?
It's an NES; it's not that smart.
In all seriousness, the trick to make the game get confused about your top/bottom position likely has something to do with how the NES uses 8-bit numbers and the fact that computers treat large positive numbers similarly to negative numbers; essentially, if your Y position is supposed to be in the range -127 to 127, and you go to 129, it likely treats it as -127 because they need to fit the full range in a 256-number range due to how 8-bit numbers work. I'm not sure; that's just an educated guess.
I don't understand what you just said.
14:30 - crazy stuff
Dragondarch sounds like Squall when he's commentating...
"...whatever..."
Agree, people just feel intimidated by his awesomeness.
look at the end when there's the music the blue shirt guy sings and they all look away like they feel so bad about it x)
did the "bye everyone" whisper at the end creep anyone else out or just me?
Second time (2 to many) seeing that blue something in the second row. Looks like a lot in there that can’t stand him like the zoast super Metroid run lol.
52:22 - Bless you!
i can't stop seeing Luna when i look at the screw attack animation. someone make a MLPxMetroid game now
I love how nothing that goes wrong is this guy's fault, always something else.
How is this 100% if you start out with the morph ball? Little cheesy but good vid just the same I suppose. I often wonder is it truly speedrunning the game if you have to break it, and or manipulate bugs and glitches to beat it?
If only there was a way to SKIP the sound and popup when you pick up an item this could potenially shave 12-15 minutes haha.
I don't understand why he went out of his way to get all the missiles and power ups when they were unnecessary
Im gonna donate for a Minecraft Speedrun
you missed some missiles in norfair
Bluegrass is the most dedicated dude. Quit talkin shit about him... He's there all the time. Where are you?!
Blueglass!
why cant metroid crawl?
no, ppl metroid its the creature that looks like a gellyfish, Samus its the woman in the armor
How the hell is this 100%???
if life was a game i would speed run it.
--me
Kirbymastah :D
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