Jaws (NES) Speedrun in
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Update: This was the world record from July 31, 2022 to April 10, 2023. Congrats to SpaceColonizer on the new WR!
What a start to Jawgust! Finally got WR, at least for now. I've finished Jaws fights about 2-3 seconds faster in practice, but this is the perfect scenario. A very small nibble so the chase can live on.
Frame counted to 3:06.493
Played 7/31/2022 on toploading NES with original cart.
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Nice run! I had no idea it was even possible to beat this game in such a short amount of time; I was under the impression that this game took hours to beat.🦈
It's all because of SpaceColonizer, he came up with the route and everything like that. I just had to memorize the script and do the Jaws fight, which is a lot easier than routing 😆
Great run! Got this game for Xmas as a kid, I remember that year my dad hid our presents around the house like an Easter egg hunt.
Jaws was inside our tiny little toaster oven. So I hit the tab and the door popped up and the tray popped out a wrapped Jaws game.
Played it a lot, until about a year and a half later, I finally sat down and told
myself I'm going to beat this game. Took me a bunch of tries over a couple days to finally get the stake done, and I only did it at the correct
range cause I was mad the boat kept stabbing "through" him, so I said out loud ' What, does he have to be like 80 feet away and magically
get stabbed" and yeah that's what happened. When I heard the noise I alerted my brother who was reading a book on his bed in the same room,
and we watched the ending together. That ending music is still my favorite piece of NES music ever composed, right alongside the invincibility
potion for wizards and warriors. I lost my dad last year, but I still have my original copy and manual of Jaws.
Sorry to hear that. It's amazing how little things like that become something you remember years later. He probably had no idea it would be something positive that stuck with you for so long when he was hiding everything.
The charge is still really difficult to do when you're not on the script for the speedrun. If you're on script you'll know what Jaws will do based on where you ended the encounter and where the last Jellyfish was, but if you're not it's basically random.
RIP pops, seems like he was pretty cool
Great story. It crazy how much meaning and memories something as simple as an NES game can bring back for someone.
I try to do stuff like that for my Daughter (she's 8 now), but it's hard because I have no idea if any of it matters to her or if she'll remember any of it... I just keep doing fun Dad things like that though, in the hopes that some day 30 years from now she'll look back and remember that I tried and that I love her more than life itself.
The avgn would be proud.
Oh, AVGN would be very proud! In addition to Jaws, I do a Friday the 13th challenge series so that's another one of his favorites that I play a lot 😆
GG it always took me 25 minutes or more.
The end screen where the plane flies away into the sunset is what I find hilarious. After the shark's dead, we do what we apparently didn't think of the entire time bc the shark was so dangerous. We get into an airplane and fly over the ocean where the shark couldn't have got us.
If we already had the plane, why the heck didn't we just fly away to begin with? IDK it just always felt like an unintentional FU from the developers.
Thanks! The charge at the end was always so hard for me, I could never figure out how to line that up.
I never really thought about the plane before, but that's a great point! They also had the plane for those bonus stages too, so it's not like it wasn't there the whole time. If the shark absolutely had to go, they could have still just used the plane!
Awesome run!
Thank you! The grind was well worth it!
Awesome victory
Thanks! The grind on this one was nuts, it took over 2 months, but the end result was well worth it!
@@ZeroThe14th it’s a game while it’s not perfect still it’s fun prefer it now than I did back then
@@thevideoplace1978 It’s definitely aged well, and now I’m old enough to know that sharks aren’t waiting for me in freshwater lakes!
I always enjoyed this game. I love the ending music.
LJN games might not be well received by some, but the music doesn't disappoint!
I started playing this game again recently and thought about how stupid a speed run would be for it. Like, what's next? Dragon Warrior?
I’ve heard there’s a bunch of RNG manipulation you do in a Dragon Warrior speedrun, but it’s not something I’ve personally looked into. For me Dragon Warrior is a casual playthrough or a randomizer!
Ah Jaws...or in this case it's basically Jaws the Revenge, but calling it that might have cursed it...haha.
Now I'm picturing Lance Guest on the boat 😆
@@ZeroThe14th Jaaaaaaaaaaaake
@@steves_garage I just went back and rewatched that scene, it's been too long!
@@ZeroThe14th With or without the deleted frames?...lol
@@steves_garage Not sure there! I just pulled it up here on TH-cam 😆
W😮W !! Epic
Thanks! That was a very intense 2 month grind. The script up until the Jaws fight is just ridiculous. Still haven't went back to normal Speedruns since that, other than Contra
There is progress 🫵👍
SpaceColonizer is working on a new route that might save 1-2 seconds, so we're getting even closer to that 3 minute barrier!
A tiny nibble. Shark puns really? 😄
If my oldest daughter heard that one she probably would have yelled at me for the stupid Dad joke 😁
Jesus Christ loves you and all
I certainly hope so!
Amen!
@ZeroThe14th He does. Whether you hope so or not.
thank you for commenting this, I needed to read it
Then why do I shit blood 3 times a week?
I could always get the final segment where you're supposed to ram the shark as a kid but it never triggered the final cut scene. Could never understand why it wasn't triggering End oF Game. Cool to see this.
Thanks! That's the hardest part of the game when you aren't doing a speedrun and have no idea which direction Jaws is going to go. The first time I actually got it, I had made a save state and had to reload it about a dozen times!
Congratulations on the WR!!!
Thanks! I'm going to miss this category, but the record improvement was so minor that someone else should be able to take it back before too long, and then I can get back at it eventually.
@@ZeroThe14th I think you should go for the first 3:05 while you're hot
@@mercury71822 There's an agreement among the top runners of Jaws that we won't self improve the WR, but it's Jawgust and a bunch of people are picking it up now. I'm going to try to keep the second encounter fresh in my mind so I can hit the ground running again when it's time! I'm looking forward to it.
@@ZeroThe14th I can understand the good sportsmanship part of it, but what if it gets to the point where the current holder can improve and no one else can? I feel like the back and forth thing kind of stops the full possible momentum from being reached, like keeping a runner from reaching their peak, like if a track runner stops after passing a guy before reaching their top speed. The immediate repetition right after a WR might take you to a limit you wouldn't normally reach otherwise.
@@mercury71822 I'm guessing we'll revisit that when it gets low enough and there's not much improvement to be made, but we know there's still at least 2-3 seconds out there minimum. I think my best Jaws fight time in practice would have ended up around a 3:03-3:03.5, and Slack and SpaceColonizer are both capable of that. It sounds like one or both of them are going to be coming back to Any% soon for Jawgust, which is really exciting! There are some new categories for the game that I might try out as well (Power 1, Power 9, and Deathless) that should keep the Jaws rhythm in good shape. I'm still doing my daily Jaws practice offline just like I was prior to getting the record, since it's hard to break that habit, so I don't think it'll be super hard to jump right back into the water (pun intended).
One of the earliest NES games I remember having and playing…and still have. It’s not great, but I think it’s the nostalgia that makes me love it.
This game made me afraid of sharks until I was around 9, and we didn't love anywhere near the ocean 😆
I know a lot of people hate on LJN games, but their horror trio (Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm St, and Jaws) were all fun in my book!
I think you misunderstand what makes great, great 😮
Ah yes, Jaws... the one game that has dragon quest/warrior and final fantasy vibes in the map but the battle is like Zelda 2 but randomized
That’s very accurate! Friday the 13th was similar too, with the normal overworld and then punch out style indoor fights. Maybe it’s a LJN thing!
@Zero the 14th either that or whoever really made those games
And yes I can say that because even Rare of all people made games for LJN (Nightmare on Elm Street)
I didn't know Rare was involved with Nightmare, that's good info! I’m almost positive Altus was the one that really made Friday the 13th, but I have no idea on Jaws.
Wow i never tried that method being that close . I back up a little and go nuts on the B button till he is right in front of me and go behind him tap b like crazy.
It's something that you really only see in the speedrun. Jaws has 24 s after each hit so he won't take any extra damage (and he moves slower), so we're basically just trying to minimize the distance the shot has to go while also getting as close as possible to that 24 frame timing. Mashing is a lot safer, but it ends up being slower. I still mash when I'm doing a casual playthrough, even though it can get painful near the end! 😆
Why did no small sharks show up? Why didn't the rays go higher in the ocean.
The small shark would have showed up during the Jaws fight, but it was over fast enough so it didn't appear. I want to say they're the 24th enemy spawn during an encounter, but I'm not 100% sure on that.
The rays will spawn at roughly the same depth that your diver is at, and they'll go back and forth, working their way up to the top of the water where they despawn. That's why we drop down partway through the Jaws fight, so those rays give us more time in the battle before the encounter ends (I think that's also after 24 spawns, but I'd need to verify that with SpaceColonizer to be 100% sure).
When I was in second grade we were given an assignment that consisted of taking a toy to class and giving an explanation of the toy... For example... Its manufacturing material, function and in which country it was manufactured. The more explanations we gave, the more score we received. I brought a small rubber shark 🦈 made in Hong Kong... I explained the reason why I brought a shark 🦈 precisely... because of the JAWS 🎥 movies that I really liked. I was one of the highest scoring students in classes for that assignment... Old School Memories.
That's awesome! That sounds like it would have been a lot more fun than most of the school assignments too
the highest power level you can acquire is level 9 and after that they start giving you strobe lights
There's a power 9 category for Jaws. I've considered giving it a go a few times but there are so many games to play and not enough time!
My childhood in under 4 mins
When I was 5 I played this at a friends house and was afraid to swim in lakes because I was worried about sharks 😆
You're no Rudy Ferretti.
Nope, I'm just me!
As a kid, I always thought you had to be maxed out on power to have a chance. Now I know better.
There's actually a Power 1 category that's really fun to watch (and really painful to play, from what I've been told). I would always try to max my power as a kid as well, even though I could never get the charge set up properly.
Rented this game from Blockbuster as a kid, and my older cousin and I could not beat it. Awesome video showing how easy it can be!
Thanks! Playing it casually and off script can still be a beast, especially with the charge at the end and not knowing what direction Jaws will be moving. I'll still take a few minutes sometimes trying to line the boat up with Jaws when I don't know what direction he'll be moving 😆
This game used to kick my ass as a kid cause I always screwed around.
I never really knew what to do, so I'd just swim around and kill stuff until I got eaten 😆
Congratulations!!!
Thanks! The gring for this one was nuts
Great run!
Thank you! I still haven't fully recovered from that grind 😆
Let's gooo!!! GG!!!
Thank you!
That's B.S. where's the bonus screen that would make the time longer. 😡
@@cvette79blue By taking a death on the first encounter and following the script to get the right shell drops, we can skip the bonus scene, it’s nuts!
A bonus appears after two encounters. So a death would save a minute or so.
@@BeastCake1349 Yeah, it’s a pretty significant time saver with the death route. SpaceColonizer is a genius for scripting all that out!
yooo GG!! huge!
Thank you! I hated this run so much when I started trying to learn it back in December that I put it down for something like 7 months, but after figuring everything out it's become one of my favorites.
This would have been the perfect NES game to rent over a weekend back in the day. It is short but sweet while not being too difficult.
It definitely was! Only issue I had with the game as a kid was that when I was 5 I was afraid of lakes because I was worried about Jaws and didn't know sharks only live in saltwater 😆
Nice!
Thank you!
Great speedrun!!
Thank you! Staying on script up until the Jaws fight was nuts but it was worth it!
@@ZeroThe14th it was worth as well as the best way to beat the hame in less time possible 😀
That was awesome! Thxs
Thank you! Staying on the script was nuts
@@ZeroThe14th I remember playing this game when I was 5 in 1989. Loved the movies even though it kinda lost is touch a little through out the sequels. However, is one of the cartridges that I kept to the day. It was a simple and fun game.
@@MichaelSanteler-h7b It's one of those games that you can just pick up and figure out as you go without an insane level of confusion (at least until the charge at the end, so I guess maybe not) 😆
It's very chill, which is one of the things I like about it
I would always get to the end and not know how to stake him 😂
I know how to set up the stake with the last line in the water before the boat, the problem for me is always with how Jaws moves. With the Any% speedrun we're on a script at that point, so we know what direction Jaws will take on the Charge based on his position when he dies and where the last jellyfish spawn was. When you're off script it's a just hoping he goes in the right direction, and in my experience, it's a pretty long wait to line everything up!
@ripjaws768
Couldn't have happened to a nicer shark!