Share Your SMB1 4-2 Top Floor Clip Setups
4 years ago

I decided to look into finding setups that could possibly be done in real time for clipping into the top floor of 4-2. Here was one that I found in a few minutes of testing:

http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/315575917/SMB14-2TopClipSetup.fm2

It does not require any one frame right releases or switching between right and left in a single frame, but it does require a two frame right release in order to manipulate subspeed values. Note that I did not play through the entirety of 4-2, but it is fast enough to save the framerule if everything else is executed well. You can use the frame advance key to see the inputs that I used.

Obviously, this trick is still going to be very difficult. There are still a lot of moving parts involved in clipping through the bricks. I think that people should share setups that they find here so that it becomes a collaborative effort to find the best way of clipping into the floor in this way.

Marikh, SacredSpoon and 8 others like this
California, USA

can you record that and upload it to youtube so I can see that?

Edited by the author 4 years ago

@youtubeman06 You would totally be the person to try and find setups, I see you going all over the place looking for other ways to do things like 4-4 clip and 1-2 clip setup and then telling everyone, you could do the same for this PogChamp

Th3Re4l and Superrunner like this
Antarctica

Paco found this a while ago, it's slower than the normal clip but i'll post it anyways

United States

Here are two setups that I salvaged from the comments section of Bismuth's "Is 4:55 the perfect speedrun?" YouTube video. These setups are HappyLee's, not mine.

https://imgur.com/25f5LR4

Of these, I think the second one has the best chance of being humanly possible, but it's still insanely hard and that's not even considering the subspeed manipulation that may be required to enter the pipe quickly enough (I haven't bothered to figure that out yet). Looking at it, it's also probably one frame slower than the other setups, which means you get even less leeway for the rest of the level....

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