[TAS] SNES Final Fantasy IV by Deign in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
TAS originally published on 2008-07-26
Final Fantasy IV (renamed to Final Fantasy II in North America) was a revolution to the RPG genre. It was the first to introduce the active battle system, along with many other elements.
This movie plays through the game in a mere 2 hours, 53 minutes and 14 seconds. It aims for real time, but has a secondary goal of lowest in-game time when that does not incur an expense in real time. The in-game completion time is 1:59:28.
The author also included many easter eggs, or surprise occurrences, throughout the movie. These have been detailed in the author's comments ( tasvideos.org/... ). We recommend reading the comments regarding this movie.
Note: This movie resets the game console a few times, first saving the game and then loading it, so to watch it on an emulator, you will need an emulator that supports recording the console resets.
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This movie was made with the original English-language version. The downloadable encodes were encoded with the Action Replay code 0495DCFF, which keeps the music volume from decreasing while the game is paused. This greatly reduces the annoyance factor of constant pausing during battles, which is done to save time.

[@darklordxaodu4151]

This was my first rpg and I still absolutely love it

[@brettwatson7573]

same here dark lord lol

[@WannabeMarysue]

The "easter eggs" section in the authors comments (on TASvideos) is really fun. I think the hiding/finding aspect is really friendly. I would be too inattentive to find such things myself.

[@ThreeMs1989]

My favorite Final Fantasy game ever!

[@Flamsterette]

I love this game! Thanks for the upload!

[@pheonixmmkc]

i like how the thr TAS pressed R button faster when an encounter was nearing

[@prosewolf]

7:36 is kind of when the run starts, past the prologue preamble bits.

[@jaredgold1742]

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[@ammiebaker2911]

I just got done playing this game and when I was young some how I beat this game in very impressive time. My friends were like what! Come to find out it was because I didn't bother with the extra Call like Odin etc.. but the plot is so amazing and fun. Thanks for this TAS

[@mythgraven]

I like part where the entire wonderful nostalgic thing.

[@BaccarWozat]

13½ years and still not bettered? Impressive!

[@ke8mattj]

Even with the knowledge we have now (even with the FF4FE randomizer giving us more in the past four), you'd think there would be. Is this TAS the most optimized or is the project just that ambitious?

[@anthonyb3175]

They didn't use glitches so it can be optimized that way

[@PrimevalDemon]

Best final fantasy to this day imo so sentimental and the style is so charming and cute

[@lucasn0tch]

Also 6:45 couldn't be more true today

[@Mega_Mikey]

Cecil, the Donkey Kong Knight

[@michaelruiz6530]

This is how long final fantasy 4 would be if it was a movie.

[@mark6302]

this shit blew me away when it came out

[@princesstheadorablecat]

What's with all the pausing?

[@vladimirpamoceno970]

how the pause spam can defeat zeromus? im confused

[@8squared007]

I’m pretty sure it stops his ATB bar from charging while the heroes cast spells (It’s invisible, but essentially it acts as the timer his attacks)

[@ke8mattj]

It can also reduce lag.

[@Paulogamesytb]

The only thing I don't like on that game is that magic characters take so less damage. And if I run away from a battle I'll lose money.

[@lucasn0tch]

The thumbnail is depressing af 😢

[@mindyabeezwaxxdoodes]

What emulator were they using?

[@atoz0to9999]

I'm guessing that pausing the game makes the battles go faster, but it's kind of annoying as well LOL

[@koholintisland2167]

Yeah i cant guys. Sorry. Every five minutes the video slams to a halt for a fucking ad.

[@Spikechive]

Blame KZbin and get yourself an ad blocker, we make nothing off of these anyways, KZbin forced it on the account.

[@koholintisland2167]

@Spikechive I'd love to find an ablocker that works with the youtube app on mobile. You got one?

[@szymon6207]

2h 53min. Lol

[@koholintisland2167]

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