Cave Story (洞窟物語) TAS in 50:10.3 by nitsuja with author's commentary

This is, without a doubt, one of the most eagerly anticipated runs since it became possible to TAS Windows games. Cave Story, made by Pixel in 2004, is a famous indie game notable for being made entirely by one person. You can download it for free here: http://www.cavestory.org/

This playthrough saves Curly and finishes with the best ending after beating Ballos. The author's commentary is included.

A high-quality version of this run is available via Bittorrent: http://tracker.tasvideos.org/cavestory-tas-bestending-nitsuja.mkv.torrent

この動画はニコニコ動画にも見れます： http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15999823

3:39 - Egg Corridor / タマゴ回廊 (4:00 skip)
7:59 - Grasstown / クサムラ (10:22 skip)
16:12 - Sand Zone / 砂区
24:56 - Labyrinth / 迷宮I
28:37 - Labyrinth Maze / 迷宮M
29:52 - Core / コア
32:26 - Waterway / 水路
34:41 - Egg Corridor? / タマゴ回廊？
35:45 - Outer Wall / 外壁
36:15 - Plantation / 大農園
42:21 - Last Cave (Hidden) / 最後の洞窟・裏
43:06 - Balcony / バルコニー
44:32 - Black Space / 黒い広間
46:15 - Sacred Grounds (Hell) / 聖域地下

Total input time: 50:10
Time until final boss dies: 48:51
Total in-game time: 27'14"4
In-game time in Hell: 2'04"01

More information: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12002

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, please go to: http://tasvideos.org/

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Update 2011-12-05: Amaya Daisuke, the creator of Cave Story, responds to a question on Twitter:

sirbastille wrote: @amaya_pixel Did you ever watch the TAS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NYJA-JGJx0) of Cave Story and if so, were there any tricks used that surprised even you?

amaya_pixel wrote: @sirbastille I watched it. I did not think them. It's crazy..

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[crocz]

Ok, wow... those damage boost tricks kinda blow my mind. Even though this is a TAS, hats off.

[LethalXDSSBB]

Nappa: Vegeta! What does the scouter say about Malco's health level?!

Vegeta: It's... uh... exactly 9000 HP.

Nappa: ...

[joshbennett99]

eh.... i mean spur XD....

[rspsar0708]

俺のプレイしたゲームと違う・・・

[joshbennett99]

i personally like the uxie better and yes the machine gun is REALLY helpful for speedruns well because i traded with curly i never knew i could upgrade the polarstar to a uxie if you did a speedrun WITHOUT the machine gun that would be nice to do :)

[simonelliottanderson]

Am I the only one who has blank boxes in the tab title and Japanese letters on the web page?

[Furyhunter]

@MrPyrle yes. 1st phase ballos' reaction is far too apt for this.

[MrPyrle]

48:43

I feel like I laughed at this harder than I should have.

[rydianmorrison]

Okay, the shoulder-pumping comment got me.

[kamajje]

Oh yay Outer Wall music! :D

*starts humm--

what you're done?

[papermariodude101]

The dislike bar is like dead Ballos. You can't see him but his color is "So hot.... It hurts..." Red.

[Vinzaf]

"High quality run, see the torrent"

*looks at 'Original' video size..*