In MC2 you can replay any level you have already completed in the same save file, so that's sorted out! I'm not familiar with TAS-stuff nor Speed Demos Archive so I can't really give any input or feedback on that, Sorry! But I'm guessing you're referring to segmented full-game speedruns.

Adding 51-75 should probably limit confusion, indeed. I'll add them whenever I feel like doing those (or anyone else, for that matter).

And thanks for the support. I'm feeling lonely doing these though :> I'll just take my sweet time, that should keep the board's activity up for a longer time.

I think the easiest and safest solution for the second game would be to allow ILs after the endgame? So that all spells with max experience are allowed. Most of the time, the level will be done before any of the better spells are available. Shouldn't be a bigger problem that the uncapped cycles from the first game :)

About the crashing, the first game only had a few levels with crashing issues. Most of that can be avoided by curbing the meteor usage. As for MC2, I believe the same applies? I've had the second game crashing repeatedly on SVGA mode, even on early levels, but on VGA it seemed to do well. I don't mind segmenting though, we can just allow people to restart their level if they crash unexpectedly. Attempting to get the level to crash on purpose after a bad stage might be an issue though, but I'm probably being too pessimistic lol.

That said, as long as no one else is interested, I'll just leave it as it is. I could do the HW levels as there's not much new to learn, but MC2 is a different beast.

If someone is ever interested in running those games, they can use this thread to notify us. I also edited the thread's title as it is more fitting.

Hi!

As I am reaching the end of my journey, perhaps it is time to consider requesting Magic Carpet II and maybe even adding the Hidden Worlds. If we do so, would anyone submit runs on them? I for one wouldn't mind doing those (even if I'm not nearly as familiar with MC2), but if it were only me, I doubt it'd be worth it.

About the Hidden Worlds, requesting a new board might be redundant. The expansion levels are included in the original game for Saturn & PS1 and simply appended beyond level 50, so maybe just adding the levels as 51-75 may be easier.

As for my level 50 run, that one can wait, lol. That level taught me that programs could bug in ways I would've never thought of. Below 10 minutes seems like a real challenge for now.

Hello there!

Just to add up to what Eino said, yes, you should definitely get Magic Carpet Plus. The original on DOS will get your game crashing constantly by the way the spells are loaded.

Here's the recommended GOG game: https://www.gog.com/game/magic_carpet