SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 1x A Presses [OUTDATED]

[@tavoh3200]

These were simpler times

[@AlliroG98]

Shoutouts to simpler times

[@mightyboole]

LMAO that made my day

[@MinusNC]

and now, it is somehow simpler

[@NorseGodFimbulthulr1]

it's pretty amazing to see this and gain new appreciation for how much could go into removing half of a fucking a press.

[@uglybad4]

but first...

[@CASTCorp]

NorseGodFimbulthulr1 well, in a full game run that half a press rounds down to zero

[@Mark-xk3hh]

But an A press is an A press, you cant say its only a half

[@lipolpheskycesky174]

An A press actualy has 3 parts to it

[@andyli1890]

CAST Corp Well, actually: If you just keep pressing down the A button, that's an A hold. So an A press is pressing down then letting go of the A button. So basically: 1/2 of A press: Press down A Second 1/2 of A press: Let go of A So therefore, 1/2 of an A press is just holding down the A button

[@brianpso]

That's an A press that I don't want to see go away. The message here is: "If you gotta press the A button, do it like a boss."

[@AmaranthRBY]

+brianpso Away it went, RIP one of the best A presses of the whole game 11/7/15 - 12/1/16

[@pannenkoek2012]

If we're talking about cool things being outdated, then I'm sad that the strat of the current Chip Off Whomp's Block [kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYvaqHSbotiVj7Mm40s] which makes use of hands free cloning will be replaced by this quicker method [kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH6Wf4aGlpWKmNE] which uses misalignments and vertical speed conservation.

[@AmaranthRBY]

pannenkoek2012 Well it doesn't save A presses, it's only quicker. So if you really wanted that in the run you could throw it in. :p

[@undergroundmonorail]

+brianpso the replacement strat is also really really cool though

[@minecraftportall337]

+brianpso Come on, parallel universes are pretty cool.

[@jackyhk291]

1 A press: 4 minutes 0.5 A press: 12 hours 0.0 A press: ??

[@iwersonsch5131]

If we make use of vertical PU's, we might be able to do it in a reasonable number of months.

[@kazatraw707]

I wonder if there are any ways to do that in that level.

[@natnew32]

Scuttlebugs can use vertical PUs to travel between rooms (using BBH's method). Which means it may be possible to bounce on a bunch in a row, depending on how many exist in HMC. So far, this is the most promising 0x method. But even then, its viability is uncertain.

[@bounnhangvorachith2652]

If it scales up at the same rate it would take 90 days

[@sanaralerx9488]

Now it’s only about 5.7 hours or something, so that would mean that 0 a pressed would be 11-26 hours

[@divesongmkwii1201]

well, we could do 1x a presses in 3 minutes or we could cut that in half and do .5x a presses in 13 hours

[@h_3795]

actually it's 25 hours

[@SomeOriginalChannelName]

No, 12, because he uses T1-T6 to avoid the 25 hours syncing speed

[@iwersonsch5131]

It's only 25 hours to the Secret Aquarium, and Timestoppa did it in 19.

[@lukediggle1723]

Iwer Sonsch no he used the tris on the slope to reduce it to 12 hours.

[@mudkiptg]

A presses take priority over times. A .5x press 12 hour run is better than a smaller 1x press run.

[@Ne0MT]

henry "yoshi" gets off from this video

[@Tom-u8q]

*TJ "Henry" Yoshi

[@LetsBuildADalek]

He made this video before he was QPU aligned.

[@MariaNicolae]

Well, technically being in the main map is QPU aligned, since 0 is a multiple of 4.

[@lukediggle1723]

Timestoppa that's the joke

[@jongyon7192p]

Luke Diggle the joke is that he was being factually incorrect on purpose loool ...timestoppa's joke went over your head imo

[@ITAxSandro]

Holy shit that jump.... I wish I could do this when I go to work

[@PlushSM64]

wot

[@SkicoNow]

And then parallel universes happened.

[@1starwarz]

Mario 64 is such an amazing game. Almost 20 years old now and new glitches and strategies are still being found. Kudos.

[@natnew32]

I literally was not expecting this AT ALL. nice. Also you don't hear "The A press was to do a hyperspeed double-jump" every day.

[@GabeV12]

An "A" press is an "A" press, you can't say it's only...wait, what? You didn't do a half-A press? Oh...um...ok, then...

[@TylerKehne]

And they said Superman 64 sucked

[@urbanhawk1]

John Yorson Tower of the Wing Cap, Mario Wings to the Sky at Bomb-omb Battlefield, and Through the Jet Steam at dire dire docks....

[@xenosonic9x414]

Tyler Kehne Whaddaya mean?

[@wispy9859]

because mario = superman...GENIUS

[@alecsjoholm3970]

urbanhawk1 ...and The Manta Ray's Reward

[@mightyboole]

Ahh the good ol' times without people asking what a half a press is

[@Lugmillord]

This really is a jump to infinity and beyond. Great find!

[@computercat8694]

A jump to infinity would freeze the game or at least make _really_ _really_ bad things happen.

[@weebery1019]

BUT WE CAN JUMP TO PARALEL UNIVERSED

[@LoogiTheDino]

It's not going to be long before this one is outdated...

[@want-diversecontent3887]

Luigi2012SM64 YOU SUCH PREDICTR

[@unreal-the-ethan]

You were right twice!

[@marcobonera838]

We have a time traveler here

[@denpadolt9242]

As much as I like the memes, this was probably the only A press I didn't want to see disappear.

[@Aktimoose]

When this video came out, I thought it was amazing. Then the 0.5x A press commentated video came out and I was like WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING

[@nicholaswade6527]

are you fucking happy now tj Henry yoshi

[@martinepstein9826]

After all, I do build up speed for _TWO MINUTES_

[@tymewiz806]

now to update the 30 remaining A presses video

[@pannenkoek2012]

tymewiz It's not doable this time! The previous method took 2 A presses, but this method replaced those with a _different_ A press! I'm thinking of just re-releasing it. But only after posting another video ;)

[@iwersonsch5131]

+pannenkoek2012 Great to see your reasonability explained. Of course, annotations are perfect as long as A presses are only being saved and not replaced. If we ever manage to use the Pedro Spot on the Random setting, it would probably be time for a new video.

[@declanquintanilla6305]

The calm before the storm

[@ChafradorGaming]

An a press is an a press. You can't say it's only a half.

[@lCharles445l]

1:08 Uh oh... 1:18 Oh wow! That's a hell of a moon jump, great work!

[@Pimpeaux]

WE CAN DO BETTER.

[@teapartycthulu]

Now that's what I call a slam dunk! These just get crazier and crazier! Can't wait to see more!

[@1ted59]

Who'd have thunk there would be two different hyperspeed methods in one cavern that were possible without pressing a?

[@Allen1350]

No parallel universes? Wow, these WERE simpler days. :D

[@-Jansen155]

I would love to see someone try to do this non-TAS! In fact, I'd love to see how much of these A press challenge vids are possible for a really skilled gamer to do.

[@angelcaru]

look up RTABC

[@chlorobyte]

seems unimprovable... *seems*...

[@PlushSM64]

Benedani *0.5x intensifies*

[@chlorobyte]

Plush still... if we want 0x 100%, we mustn't press A at all...

[@iwersonsch5131]

If we want 0x Any%, the only thing we gotta do is get off that fricken pole.

[@jamespointing8169]

We need to talk about parallel universes

[@benbenwu6051]

top 10 prequels

[@NintendoNerd64]

"if you say we can do it in only 1 a press, well you are correct, but we can do a little better than that, we can do it in only half an a press"

[@theotherjack]

this is before it became a meme

[@The_All-Seer]

"1x A Presses" haha hahahahahahaha

[@renakunisaki]

*Dayum.* Did not expect that at all.

[@TheGael95]

It's time to sleep for me, then... a pannenkoek2012 video. Nice :)

[@Alexc99xd]

I saw you on the front page of reddit a week or two ago

[@pannenkoek2012]

Alexc99xd My AskReddit questions have made it to the front page like 3 times so far :)

[@HCBARLOW]

This guy is an absolute genius!

[@UltraHylia]

But first, we need to talk about parallel universes.

[@vanderkarl3927]

FAKE didn't build up speed for 12 hours

[@Pokechu22]

This might be a dumb question, but how can you do a double jump with only one A press?

[@PooFaceMcButt]

Pretty late now, but you can double jump after simply falling onto the ground from any height that doesn't deal falling damage to you.

[@iwersonsch5131]

Or being in a Pedro Spot.

[@PlushSM64]

*FINALLY*

[@pannenkoek2012]

Plush What do you mean finally? I uploaded this on the same day we figured it out. Don't act like you had to wait forever this time!

[@PlushSM64]

pannenkoek2012 I HAD TO WAIT FOREVER THIS TIME

[@MariaNicolae]

Plush and Pannenkoek are my OTP Kappa

[@luckerino5724]

Us: This video is only 1:39. Koek however later: Hold my beer.

[@iwersonsch5131]

It does have a better looking camera angle than my route

[@MarioFan587YT]

We went from 2 and a half minutes to 13 and a half hours. We also removed half an a press.

[@MinusNC]

6 minutes now

[@emaaaaax]

top 10 moments before disasters

[@paytonsamuelsbackupchannel9353]

1:17/1:18 What the heck was that?

[@LieseFury]

de facto speed

[@NiceColdart]

He built up speed and he's using it to his advantage

[@galoomba5559]

He built up sliding speed on that slope at 1:00. Being in water conserves sliding speed which can be reactivated by sliding on the first frame when getting on land (usually by pressing Z). He uses Dorrie for that. A double jump's height scales based on Mario's speed, so if he has a lot of speed he'll jump very high. That's what happened there.

[@1ted59]

Cool! I'm glad that the hyperspeed walk was useful. Is it faster to use hyperspeed walking or the other method for the metal head Mario can move! star?

[@pannenkoek2012]

1ted59 I believe this method is faster

[@TheHemphogChronic]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, you are a fucking Mario scientist, man.

[@rogersasanka3408]

1:18 YEET!

[@CeeSZee]

BOOM!

[@MarkSoupial]

What if you never let go of 'a' after the jump? Would that be half an 'a' press??

[@bcarri2014]

These were simpler days.

[@computercat8694]

So this is how it works? Make a strategy, completely remake it to save an A press.

[@iwersonsch5131]

And completely remake it to save a half. Yes.

[@Lucashallal]

And completely remake it for 0x. Yes

[@Automat1cJack]

This is a side of SM64 I never knew about... and one I'm very interested in! =3

[@m93samman]

An a press is an a press. You can't save it by only a half.

[@jeffreyzilla]

I'm curious to the updated one, no clue how this could be done without a single A press. :o For now the video is private, but I hope everyone gets to see it soon. :D

[@pannenkoek2012]

Still writing the description, making annotations, and updating google doc. I'll release it soon though!

[@jeffreyzilla]

+pannenkoek2012 Oh, my apoligies, take your time. ^.^

[@TheVerseG]

Well now it's a meme.

[@S4NSE]

wat

[@linkVIII]

If tas tricks were possible realtime and didn't require a ton of real time to do I'd actually enjoy playing sm64

[@S4NSE]

+linkviii you can speedrun even without tas tricks :0

[@linkVIII]

ardstsp but without tas tricks the game bores me

[@S4NSE]

linkviii xD then play with tas but it's funnier to watch it then to do it :D

[@switchpalacecorner]

... Well then

[@LaAnkhaHuasa]

Presionar A es presionar A, no puedes decir que es solo la mitad.

[@MrPyt1001]

nice

[@ShadG]

Niiiice!

[@1ted59]

Cool

[@bobmario511]

LOL sick!

[@kkmac7247]

Bobmario? In 2015?

[@Henrix1998]

I mean, this isn't ugly strategy either although it has 0.5 more a presses

[@secondianthiridian7716]

technically one more a press because it would be 1 a press saved in a full-game run

[@breq-toren]

Not that you'd need to since it wouldn't save any A presses, but does this give you enough speed to get the A-Maze-ing Emergency Exit star too? Could be a cool alternative strat.

[@TylerKehne]

Michael Hicks that's the next improvement actually

[@neversimpgamingyt]

what it just fly?

[@acacius7473]

Once again I have to say, how?

[@ethanscott6547]

😮

[@Bagface-dn1ul]

Would it work if you do a ZB Bounce?

[@eduardolarrymarinsilva76]

Do you recon if you can make an any% run any more efficient by using one of the many tricks known to skip star limits?

[@pannenkoek2012]

eduardo marin I don't know what you mean by "skip star limits"

[@chlorobyte]

pannenkoek2012 the one with endless stairs. he meant skip the 70 stars. no you can't do that. there is no water inside the castle.

[@eduardolarrymarinsilva76]

Benedani how many a presses wold it take to do it as usual?

[@chlorobyte]

eduardo marin 1 A press. For BitFS

[@eduardolarrymarinsilva76]

Benedani I mean the stairway glitch.

[@Katurodrake]

What?!

[@Willy5878]

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[@Floirty]

you guys having any luck with BitFS, or do you think it's completely impossible?

[@natnew32]

Florent Gineste They don't know what to do next, but hope isn't lost yet.

[@Mattpoppybros]

***** There is one, and only one A press required to beat the minimum number of levels to beat the game. That A press is in Bowser in the Fire Sea. You have to press A to get off the pole. They'd have to find a way to get around touching the pole to get rid of that A press, as far as I know.

[@the0mini0prutt]

how about the pole glitch used in the 16 star WR?

[@natnew32]

We've been through this... we don't think it'll work b/c Mario needs the A button to do it.

[@pannenkoek2012]

Florent Gineste The big thing right now is trying to replicate this strange upwarp in TTC: www.twitch.tv/dota_teabag/c/2975430

[@charlie_mario6292]

1:17 1:18

[@colmenasio5542]

So no parallel universes? :(

[@notchmath9642]

**50% doable** XD

[@Jokar93]

NotchMath either you make it. Or you don´t :D

[@notchmath9642]

No: Improvement from 2 a press now 1, but description says it is now 100% doable.

[@CocoaMix86]

How do you guys manage to find these gltiches/exploits?! They're so obscure and only found in a couple places

[@pannenkoek2012]

CocoaMix86 Well you'll have to ask Tyler Kehne on this one.

[@QwertyuiopThePie]

Found you. Again.

[@lukediggle1723]

But first, what is a parallel universe?

[@t-mofisher8922]

"1x A press" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@minorpokebynosuke]

⁉︎

[@peddlercinematic7554]

excuse me, but would you mind if i post this video on a korean site?

[@지호-b7t]

but first, we need to talk about parallel universes.

[@RCPlanes59]

How do you come up with this shit lol

[@benplus1503]

No 0.5 a presses sooooooo outdated

[@notchmath9642]

Uh... Mr. Pannenkoek? I don't think that star was supposed to be collected that way. You broke the game, are you sure that is possible?

[@wBrianthepyro]

NotchMath Perfectly legit lol, if it's able to be done it's fair game

[@FUZxxl]

NotchMath You're not supposed to play this game without pressing A either, but somehow he manages to do so.

[@notchmath9642]

comment just for laughs.