Shadows of the Empire - Gall Spaceport (TAS) in

This is my Any% TAS speedrun of Gall Spaceport (9,139 re-records). I only use ammo obtained in the level (I start the level with 1 seeker from the previous level but I never use it). I've been working on this run on and off for months. This was incredibly frustrating to TAS at times. The games hit detection, momentum, and jumping systems are awfully programmed. The most painful part was Boba Fett, simply changing the camera can make a shot not hit his hitbox or make him move in a completely different way, I'm not kidding. For some reason camera angles, or even just pushing an unimportant button on a certain frame can make your shots/jumps miss when they'd normally land on target. It's like everything you do contributes to a random number generator for all of the enemy, hitbox, and jump distance behaviors. I'm extremely happy with how this turned out though, especially the boss fight.
Tricks used:
1.Luck-manipulated long-jumps. Jumping on just the right frame (not always the latest one possible) can make the difference of many feet in distance thanks to the poor programming. The best jump shortcut is at 1:08, it's very hard to do on console.
2.Bypassed the hover platform that leads to the building shutter switch. Jumping the full distance of the gap is a frame perfect trick that requires just the right momentum. Getting back across without the platform is a whole different beast and took a while to TAS optimally.
3.Jet-Pack clipping. This glitch allows me to clip through ceilings and climb vertically at super fast speeds.
4.Skipping the AT-ST fight. Normally you have to beat the AT-ST and then hit a switch that becomes available. Using the jetpack clip I go directly into the 3rd tunnel without having to do the fight.
5.Boba Fett Arena early. Using a jet pack clip I get into the arena area without using the elevator. The fight with Boba Fett doesn't begin until I move over the elevator hole and the elevator reaches the top. That's why I had time to collect extra ammo.
5:37 blows my mind considering my time when I first beat this level as a kid was like 35 minutes or more.

[@SilentJ43]

4:25 Ok so now how's he gonna deal with this ATST? ...WHAAAAAAAT

[@pkyoojin]

As a kid, I once mistook the Cliff Wampa for Chewie...big mistake. ಠ_ಠ

[@jeffreyscissorhandz]

the jump at 1:08 is so fun, cant believe you switched to the cinematic camera during it lol

[@cokkanbauls3939]

Dude just shat on my childhood

[@dinobotpwnz]

I fucking lost it when my 7th grade teacher came up with an extra credit system called "challenge points".

[@elemileTLDR]

Probably my favourite level.

[@PaulMishima]

Would love to see a full TAS run of this game. One of my favorite games of the N64.

[@Redvox57]

PaulMishima same here

[@mrk6174]

damn, i remember that game and it was HARD

[@aGrafimir]

Boba Fett: Apperently the best bounty hunter in the galaxy but gets his ass kicked by literally everyone...

[@1ochotnik]

Others have said it already, but maaan, that jump at 1:08 is incredible! :D Also, that 3:39 jetpack fuel starving... that was close

[@EnsignEpic]

Dude, this is fucking glorious work. More of this game please, just nostalgia all over the place. Never seen this game TAS'd before and now I just want MORE.

[@tastethejace]

lawled @ the Boba Fett fight

[@hrrrrghOtacon]

Damn, Dash got those Air Jordan’s on

[@alexiaNBC]

I complete the level in over an hour, this guy does it in less than six minutes

[@dashaftaway]

very well done!

[@sccrash420]

Wow. Great tas. This level used to take me damn near 30 mins to complete. lol

[@Shchphinkter11]

1:10 Dash honey badger doesn't care, Dash honey badger doesn't give a shit.

[@howeyman09]

4:33 my mind exploded

[@jeffreyscissorhandz]

the jump at 1:08 was so freaking sick !!!

[@mandaloin]

That's odd. I have fog disabled on my setup but it doesn't display the map "walls" that far away. Where you see rock I see a blue void until I get closer.

[@xphiles2345]

i remember spending almost an hour on this level alone, hated that the music track was so short.

[@marioosti892]

Bruuuutal track over and over

[@30flames]

That was a really wicked speedrun. I always hated this level because it took me so damn long to finish. Now... do it on Jedi :P

[@EnsignEpic]

@aleckermit Definitely do it man, I know I'd watch at least. It's good to see some TAS for N64 that isn't Mario or Zelda. And I always loved this game.

[@HueyLewisFan22]

Holy crap dude, I remember this level being the longest one in the game...

[@SporeFan01234]

like a fucking boss

[@alexanderchavarin3442]

4:33 BRUH

[@MegaAstrodude]

There's a glitch here where you can get 100 disruptor and lots of other weapons, but I forget how to do it.

[@soufianxxy]

Oh my god progamer

[@danthalios]

Never mind the fact that he was flying straight through solid rock!

[@aln2718]

I can beat it in 16 minutes if im super lucky. This is incredible.

[@Redvox57]

ALN i can beat it in 40 if lucky lmao

[@dudujencarelli]

What happened to the fog? Doesn't feel like an N64 title without the fog. Shadows of the Empire had plenty.

[@TaranAlvein]

Man, that side-jump gives you a LOT of distance, huh? Was there a reason you did those camera changes in the beginning of the level, or was that just for cool-cam factor?

[@larcerkev]

Very entertaining to me. :3

[@katsukawasojuro]

Awesome run. I didn't complete the first half when I ran this level believing it would be boring to watch. Evidently I was wrong. Did you test whether it was faster to use the jetpack to gain altitude initially to bridge the gap from 2:50 to 3:40? If you did that you could take a straight line path and not have to wait for the jetpack to regenerate.

[@aleckermit]

Emulator just doesn't render the fog, IDK. Nothing "loads in" in this game but they put in fog to keep the frame-rate acceptable. Maybe the fog is CPU-speed dependent.

[@aleckermit]

Mupen re-recording version with the Glide64 plugin set to Shadows of the Empire. All looks as it should except for the train/bike levels I believe, what you ride aren't fully visible.

[@aleckermit]

@EnsignEpic The 3 other levels I'd be interested n TASing are: Freighter Suprosa, the speeder bike level, and just the IG-88 fight on Jedi (it's like 4 seconds long or something lol).

[@GamerDeMeia]

Lunar gravity...

[@IBOWSER123]

its a glitch that you can use to get to some WEIRD places. And yes, its possible in all versions of the game.

[@19Otaku94]

this is what happenes when u let chuck norris be the main guy. shit gets fucked up.

[@aleckermit]

Sideways jumps can go really far if you do them on just the right frame.

[@aleckermit]

@30flames I've beaten the whole game on Jedi on an N64, fun until Xizor's Palace... the Gladiator boss is nearly impossible to beat.

[@TheEarthbounder]

I never realized how much shit you could avoid at the beginning of the level.

[@munchhausen2463]

Wow

[@cubaisdeath]

this is sick. whats the difficulty level? doesn't look like jedi

[@aureliancarpathia4455]

Why not just play on PC?

[@mandaloin]

What emulator are you recording on?

[@30flames]

@aleckermit I meant try to do a speed run on Jedi. But yea, that boss is a bitch. Those space missions were a bitch too... It's really hard not to get shot down.

[@crazymetallian]

now in jedi, please XD

[@mandaloin]

I also have to ask, how is your draw distance that far?

[@mandaloin]

@16bit Classics Judging by the framerates, the sounds, and the textures I'm almost certain this is N64 emulation. I just wanted to know what settings he's using on what emulator

[@bigchungus8136]

3:51 NIGGA WAT!?

[@robertmitchell7718]

I agree

[@jasonbrazen3732]

😳 LIES!! - LOL

[@NectarinoMo]

Lol I used to use cheats to control those wampas.

[@marioosti892]

Wowww. 7 year old me beat this in over an hour, easy boss though 😂

[@bully2030]

Thats sum bullshit how he do that.... Video is FIRE

[@NinjaBuddha503]

Had this been jedi level first shot he dies.

[@Oztington007]

@aleckermit heh only wait to beat him was to get into a corner a found, he cant target you but that was a long time ago

[@AllGamingStarred]

is this on n64 or PC

[@aleckermit]

N64 version being played on Mupen emulator.

[@AllGamingStarred]

how do you get the n64 controllers to work with PC

[@aleckermit]

Well you can use a usb adapter, but I did not use a controller for this. I used a TAS input GUI for perfect control.

[@AllGamingStarred]

in english please?

[@ronilsonfranco2642]

Você e bom em

[@twitchsopamanxx]

4:33 WHAT THE FUCK!??!?!

[@OleGriffyBoi]

W T F.

[@warsoldier88]

you are human or robot??? and you fly and you moving inside the walls ..full hack !!! only in emulator..

[@DavidsD00MedReport]

Yea the Jetpack wall glitch isn't that hard on N64, just hold the R button (Strafe Button) and line up parallel to a wall, turn on Jetpack and Rock the J-stick right to left til Dash swinging motion is Horizontal enough, when Dash's Legs are facing towards the wall you are Parallel to Turn off Jetpack and KEEP holding the J-stick facing away from the direction Dash's legs are facing and Dash will magnetically go to the wall and travel Mach speeds up... just don't swing the J-stick the other direction or he'll fly down a Mach speed and die. Once you learn it you can't forget how to do it.

[@PCamron90]

cheating

[@Shchphinkter11]

1:08 Dash honey badger doesn't care, Dash honey badger doesn't give a shit.