Breaking The Combo Counter

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[@deskcombo]

I've been working on this video for a stupid amount of time. There's also a couple of other, slightly longer form videos that have been in the works for ages that I'm going to do my best to get finished over the next few months, as well as all the DLC character stuff and other shorter videos that you'd expect to see. Thanks for subscribing and for being patient while I take forever to make videos.

[@BIGW0RM]

Holy shit, the production quality of this video! =O

[@chinad34th]

Desk, that video was AWESOME! Thank you! By the way, if you don't mind, I'd like to ask if you're looking forward to making videos related to Guilty Gear Strive?! Hopefully you are! I'm having tons of fun in this game hehe

[@griftgfx]

It's a great video. Subbed.

[@Jappchae]

It's an incredible video, with obvious reasons why it would take so long to make. Thanks for your effort. Are you still doing all the combos without tool assistance for a vid like this?? It seems unreasonable to expect they were done by hand for this type research...but then yeah you are desk, so actually possible?

[@gemini4lyfe3001]

Do you ever compete?

[@sonicbroom8522]

You can't say you've styled on someone in a fighting game unless the counter says "[picture of a cactus] hits"

[@CameronKujo]

💀

[@linnies.3684]

If Amingo is ever playable in a fighting game again this should be a feature

[@Sorrelhas]

Desk has always focused on doing the biggest combos, but now my homie literally did the shortest combo at 0-hits

[@xKnighttimex]

It's because '256' is a full bite size. I'm guessing the counters in the older games have a storage of value '256' and after it's full, it either ends or resets.

[@Unixept]

I am sure you meant that the counter can have a value between 0 and 255, but it can not have a value 256, so it goes back to 0 instead of incrementing further.

[@MalikM-VGM-Rand]

@@Unixept Right, it's just counting in binary / 8-bit register.

[@threatz1802]

Yer your right I was thinking the same thing???

[@vitor900000]

@@Unixept Its counting in a 2 digit Hex value. 00=0 ff=255 if you count 0 its a 256 range. ff+01=00=0

[@billymays313]

@@vitor900000 2 digits of hex carries the same info as 1 byte

[@SoraThe1WingedAngel]

If Desk does this without the use of Adderall then he is a fighting game monk with the immense patience he has. Truly a living fighting game legend. Thank you for your commitment and patience, Desk. You're incredible.

[@kasquez]

So they used a whole byte for the combo counter, when it reaches 256 it overflows and all the previous bits are 0 again, making the counter to reset.

[@GamesAndAnimes]

The fail check is interesting too, to prevent the overflow. I like the fall down at 100 hits. The stop counting approach is kind of boring for me.

[@Kanzuki]

Always nice to see some Darkstalkers on this channel

[@ComboSapiens]

This channel is a priceless treasure. Desk should be recognized as one of the most important popularizer within the fighting games community. The science behind all his videos is amazing, it helps so much the fundamental understanding of fighting games, but that's not all: his work is not only incredibly interesting, it has fundamental historical relevance in preserving the history of the genre. This shit is SO IMPORTANT Desk: memory, preservation, history. Keep up the good work man Thank you Desk

[@TheChrisBeans]

The volume of research and effort that must have gone into this video, and then there’s all the actual making a video on top of that… unreal. This is outstanding stuff.

[@NonRandomUser]

7:52 Seeing a "0 hit combo" is the most confusing contradictory thing ever.

[@usernameluis305]

6:57 how about whatever the hell that symbol is

[@kyraioboeta5291]

zero combo in street figther zero

[@miasuke]

Astra Super Stars = Best Combo Counter Aside the Hit Counter, there's a Link Counter, who counts the number of attacks to do that combo (example: 12 hits, 5 links... 5 attacks was used to do that 12 hit combo).

[@Ramsey276one]

That’s rather nice!

[@austinreed7343]

This counter would be especially useful in beat Em up games, where it’s harder to determine combos that aren’t just the baked-in basic combo.

[@mannx2_495]

OK!? Desk music are always bangers bruh

[@Spunney]

:)

[@bushidobrown9996]

at 6:59, that does not look like graphical garbage - it actually looks like M.Bison/Dictator with a cape!

[@KGershkoff]

2:24 The way T.Bonne flails on the screen, I just can't help but laugh on that one. At 999, someone has to think "Stop! She's already dead!"

[@CCXjapan]

This video is incredible! thank Desk for putting on the scientist suit and analyzing the games in such depth

[@ArcRay20]

man these are ALWAYS worth the wait. such quality in showmanship and editing. and an interesting little topic probably no one would consider. i certainly didnt expect the old tried and true 255 limit to come up in fighting games.

[@budgetcoinhunter]

I'm not sure why. For pretty much every standard (and even most non-standard) purpose, an 8-bit counter would be *plenty* to handle whatever players would throw at it.

[@NeoGato2point0]

Vampire Savior is my favorite one. I knew about this one but i love to see it. I would watch a whole video explaining how it gets those random numbers and tiles

[@overfoxed]

Ken: "Next time I wont be so easy on you!" *hits him over 200 times without breaking a sweat*

[@easygoingdude9990]

Me : "It's 11:30 pm maybe I'll just to go to sle.... **sees KZbin notification** Me : "Desk! Hell yes dude!"

[@deskcombo]

You did the right thing.

[@easygoingdude9990]

@@deskcombo indubitably

[@IDoThisNoCAP]

@@deskcombo love your videos, hopefully there is a desk sucks episode 2 been following your channel for awhile. Always keeping everyone entertained and learning. Keep growing bro

[@URAYULI]

The fact that you're able to do this stuff in sf2 is godlike. Keep up the legendary combos man.

[@vitor900000]

The 255 combo limit show up often because its the max value of a 2 digits hex ff=255. 256 shows no combo because the Hex value would go back to 00 and that is equal to 0. Due to Pocket Fighter also resetting at 128 hits and it being half of the maximum number of combinations of a 2 digits hex value its also somehow connected to it.

[@onikagebr]

Great video. Specially because it made me discover your albuns. Love your music!

[@donwilly8725]

New desk video featuring my favorite game. Christmas came early

[@brandonsellers1076]

You are a mad scientist of the FGC that we NEVER Deserved! Love you and all of your hard work, bro!

[@justingoers]

No one does combo vids like Desk. The best of the best. Thank you!

[@d4rk_onion]

Awesome video desk, these deep dives are my favourites of yours!

[@rasui80]

Excellent video as always, desk. Love your work. ❤️

[@matilhathehunter9537]

Amazing job, good sir.

[@ghostmangm3059]

Ken over here doing the 3-page ora

[@MK90_]

This is an AMAZING content!! This channel deserves the verification badge!!

[@eh_o_lusca13]

Great video! Didn't knew you had a band, that's awesome

[@BoyWithTheCoolName]

I am always impressed by the knowledge and skill on display in these videos. The fact that Desk went and did a 158 combo just to show the in-game 🌵 is just absolutely insane to me. Every video is an absolute pleasure to watch, no matter the length. Good job, Desk!

[@knowwe]

Absolutely mind blowing, wow. Beautiful sf character portraits in the border. And loved the music, 10/10 vid from top to bottom, absolutely amazing, beyond amazing work.

[@tonayan3608]

gotta love the retro fighters dude, keep it up with the edition!!

[@MythicMagus]

Impressive work as always. I can't fathom the amount of hard work and dedication it took to pull this off. Which one of these infinites was hardest to pull off?

[@Antifrost]

If anyone here's ever played Pocket Rumble, it's possible to get a 10-hit combo with June in training mode that can't be done in an actual match since it requires two clones. When done, the "1" in the 10 won't display. It's possibly covered up by the move history in the training mode, though I theorize that since everyone in this game has 12 hit points, the developers never planned for a character to be able to do 10 in one combo. If anyone wants to try the combo for themselves, put your opponent in the corner and prep a 3A clone from the other side of the screen. To start the combo, input AB and another 3A, then dash forward so that you end up in front of your opponent in between each projectile. Hit them with two 5As while the projectiles are connecting, then a 1A to launch. Use 2B to juggle, and cancel your recovery frames with AB so that you can juggle with another 2B. Finish off with a 1B for 10 total hits.

[@boltdm8238]

I liked the collocation "graphical garbage"

[@jessragan6714]

Reminds me of racking up too many extra lives in Super Mario Bros.!

[@guilhermesilva285]

desk vids are something else 🔥🔥🔥

[@fidelluz2942]

desk picks the controller fighting games: why does God allows such suffering?

[@Fighter101network]

Amazing work desk. You really invest yourself in these videos.

[@jahjab1226]

A 159 hit combo in SSF2 looks like an alien ship from Galaga

[@abermok]

Yooo, what a loaded video!

[@RabbitEarsCh]

wow, I had no idea it was so variable. I was definitely expecting more of these to overflow into garbage like vsav or SSF2, but a lot of these cope pretty well with these strange situations. Great video! Thanks for the excellent research as always.

[@BBHood217]

Ah yes, B.B.Hood's legendary asdf013-hit combo.

[@shishimailion]

this is just..... amazing

[@silverphoenix684]

All of your videos are amazing. Thank you kindly.

[@SonplaysMinEcraft]

hokuto no ken combo counter probably goes to infinity

[@jedibattlemasterkos]

Seeing Tron Bonne getting *ABSOLUTELY MURDERED* by a 999 hit combo is a *WET DREAM* come true!

[@geosan312]

Another amazing video!

[@RokushoTheRavager]

This track sounds like something you'd hear in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, or like a modern 2D indie game, and I quite like Scott Pilgrim as well as 2D indies, so I dig it.

[@AuntBibby]

please take a break for your fingers & your brain. this was a really amazing video, the darkstalkers stuff was so cool. don’t overwork yourself desk, we cherish your existence too much. please, grandmaster 🙇🏻‍♀️

[@CacoPholey]

You ever just get * picture of a candle * hit combo on someone

[@sergiovillanueva4807]

Everytime i wonder about something in fighting games i find a video about it on desk's channel

[@bryansabater9562]

Thank you for breakdown combo counter, I can't believe this is how infinite combo works

[@CaptainRegular]

Fascinating stuff, love seeing how the sausage is made, so to speak.

[@URAYULI]

I absolutely love the vampire saviour one

[@badcp455]

Wow, absolutely incredible as always! Never seen a lot of these!

[@fernandohg225]

Didnt knew about this , awesome !!

[@amittyful]

Incredible video! Smooth editing, To the point, Quality stuff. Keep it coming! o/

[@RoosterCogburnPhD]

5:13 when numbers try to do sign language

[@KitoBallard]

Fascinating.

[@Jaedon1981]

Dude......this is God tier gaming.

[@GELTONZ]

AWESOME! I love this kind of research and the Vampire Savior one is amazing. The game just officially throws its hands up in the air and loses count. "How many hits was the combo?" "SCREW IT! I don't know! Some...some number...57! Ya' did 57 hits I guess! Good job."

[@Eltro920]

So the hit counter in Alpha 2 is an 8-bit unsigned integer... fascinating...

[@komborekt7016]

THE AD ROLL WAS IN THE PERFECT SPOT U FIEND!

[@ProtomanBlues87]

I remember the first time I learned of the significance of "256" in games. Zelda on the NES, the number by your name is how many deaths you had, and it couldn't exceed 255. I was in kindergarten when I discovered it on my own, but didn't know why til I was in high school, and learned it was not the only game to do similar things.

[@ori.g4mi]

I knew this is a desk video from the title alone, didn't even have to look at who uploaded it. Who else breaks combo counters?

[@TekMerc]

Amazing.

[@randolphthomasii7040]

All of these are excellent. Question: is there a KZbin video of Street Fighter 3: NG infinite combos lying around? I can't see to find any around, which is weird! Desk, would it be possible to make such a video if one doesn't exist?

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

Oh dear lord, the moment you get your hands on the final 3 SFV characters…!

[@Craft2299]

Never thought Ide see a 0 hit combo

[@RxMxG]

Desk combo is so good, but he's not satisfied until his combo accessing the game memory

[@SLOarang]

A nine minute desk video? Have to like the video before watching it... 😍

[@Q80Warlock]

Capcom changed the count limit from 99 in SSF2 to 20 in ST, they probably tested the maximum possible combo and said bleh why waste counter space !

[@Greg501-]

More like a failsafe from the previous "glitched" counter

[@deanbrooks7297]

Looking at the first clip like, "STOP, STOP, He's already dead!!!" Lol

[@shinblzz]

Great video as always. The only down I have with Desk is why aren't you a SNK fans. I can only imagine what we can do with this talent at SNK world

[@deskcombo]

I hear you. I'm definitely going to look into some KOF stuff. Also, I made some Samurai Shodown videos when that came out, that has to count for something, right?

[@c0nk2879]

LMAO I love how the combo counter in SSF2 just starts displaying Bees from Galaga

[@enersha]

the music keeps me watching till the end

[@michaelpassmore9369]

Another 10/10 SF video from desk - can you do anymore magic I always wonder...THANKS FOR SHARING!!!

[@GameByExperience]

Great work bro 🙏

[@telesniperXBL]

Sick! I love these details so much. I tried recording the VSav one before but sadly, the 360/Ps3 VSav on Darkstalkers Ressurection caps the combo counter at 99 = (

[@nixedification]

Great vid!

[@AbcDefg-zt8xy]

2:27 - this should be age-restricted

[@willowgunnerthelunaticbio-5933]

Some say that Wolverine is still slashing tirelessly at Tron to this day....

[@alfazion]

Explorando as minúcias dos sistemas de combos dos jogos... incrível como masterizou todos esses jogos!

[@minhagalagames23]

Ok the vid is awesome but why i was freestyling on that theme

[@MoleBradRy]

So what would happen on the SNES version of SFA2 if you exceeded the combo limit? Assuming the glitch can even happen.

[@The268170]

Huh. So in ST, if you do a 20-Hit Combo, it shows up as a 10-Hit. I'll have to remember to do that in tourney to confuse my opponent..

[@prismimic]

Can you do MvCi as well for this combo thing?

[@IncognitaEX]

You are angering the Gods, dude.

[@heardofrvb]

I've always wondered why 255 is the highest acceptable value for the older games

[@khalidibrahim7726]

I love combo capcom fighting games court and combo hit 99 only.

[@pottedplant37_]

desk out here doing rhe impossible yet again!

[@thewarrior195]

Very odd that the super street fighter 2 titles didn't have a 99hit counter programmed but non super did.

[@Megaderrick1]

Desk is a genius.

[@hirarajbanshi7285]

Legends says chun li is still stomping zangeif in marvel universe

[@diegodifelix]

You are amazing!

[@7a38fe]

Sonic boom loops, for science.

[@kxngsquarters5802]

I missed you desk

[@OhNoTheFace]

Wow, a limit of 20 means they were absolutely certain no one would get higher in that game