I would do openemu but framerates are slower, so nestopia mac is my only choice for macbook, but 10 save slots is not enough.

I kind of want to chop the game up into the important bits and pieces and do dozens of saved areas to practice, anyone know if it's possible in mac?

never really got the hype over minute/second barriers in games, I mean look at 455 how many people have it now, eventually a few will have 454, but assuming no new frame rules are ever found and saved, a perfect game (tie rta tas) would never be tied.

seem possible?

I know nes advantage sucks but if donkey kong players or fighting game players can do frame perfect things regularly with joysticks would it possibly be beneficial for emu?

Especially a hitbox might be interesting (all buttons no joystick) as it's similar to a keyboard with bigger keys.

if you just jump top of the flag pole will 379 get you the same frame rule as a 380?

I watched this recent happylee tas vs somewes wr video, and I can see that he did 1-2 clip, perfect 8-1 and perfect 8-4, but is that enough for 2.25 seconds over the record or are there other frame rules in there he saved? Also why the tas didn't fpg 8-3?

edit, it's not a human theory tas, but his human theory tas is still 4:54:280 so it's close.

whats the best time you can get roughly without these tricks playing a near perfect run?

I may have misunderstood, but I read an earlier post where someone said that an emulated ntsc rom is frame by frame perfect to a console nes for smb1, and since emu records are allowed, whats really the point in spending all the money on console, crt, powerpak, all that stuff? seems a lot of money, is there any definitive difference, super slight input lag or something?

I do intend to read all the forum posts and watch some videos but just had a question, for things like fpg, 4-2 blaz it, bbg, is it just dependent on frame perfect inputs in the current room or do the rooms before it and frame rule you are on impact it? Why is the fpg practice rom so strict that you have to be on the block at an exact frame from start?

Because I watched a happylee tas and he seems to be doing all kinds of crap not keeping much of a pace and gets fpg everytime.

anyone have a link to it? can't find it anywhere online, thanks.

I'm trying to see his inputs but there is a lag that makes it very hard to follow, I can use premiere and chop and paste and do something but just wondering if there might be an easier way.

ps how did he record them anyway doesn't he play on real nes?