Index of /mapfcm/img

      Name                    Last modified       Size  Description


[DIR] Parent Directory        09-Feb-2007 01:52      -  
[IMG] donkey_kong.png         10-Aug-2006 08:30     9k  
[IMG] donkey_kong_jr.png      10-Aug-2006 08:30     6k  
[IMG] gauntlet.png            24-Dec-2005 23:24    83k  
[IMG] gradius.png             27-Jun-2008 01:36    11k  
[IMG] jaws.png                27-Jan-2006 19:32    18k  
[IMG] kung_fu.png             24-Dec-2005 23:25    10k  
[IMG] maniac_mansion.png      10-Aug-2006 07:44    23k  
[IMG] metal_gear.png          10-Aug-2006 07:45   231k  
[IMG] monopoly.png            10-Aug-2006 08:28     2k  
[IMG] snake_rattle_roll.png   28-Jan-2006 00:19    44k  

This directory contains maps of NES gameplay based on emulator key-press 
recordings from some tool-assisted speedruns.  Basically it's like an 
Etch-A-Sketch is being controlled by the direction pad from recordings of 
people playing Nintendo games as fast as possible.  A and B button presses are 
represented by red and blue dots, and combine to purple when both buttons are 
pressed simultaneously.

Note that the Metal Gear image is particularly large and may fail to load, 
crash your browser, etc., if you have especially low available memory.

These images were created using the fastest available speedrun for each game.  
To watch the movies associated with these images and learn more about tool-
assisted speedruns, visit:
 http://tasvideos.org/

Of course, the images here may no longer depict the record time for every 
game.  Speedruns tend to be replaced by faster runs over time, and I don't 
plan to make any attempt to keep this folder up to date.

If you want to try making some of these images yourself, check out the mapfcm 
source code in the parent directory.  Unfortunately, speedruns for most 
well-known games do not produce interesting maps because so many games tend to 
move predominately in a single direction, and usually fail to take full 
advantage of the Y-axis.  Super Mario Brothers, for example, would be a map 
some twenty thousand pixels wide and only a few dozen pixels tall.

Finally, I apologize about the lack of proper HTML.  I've spent too much time
on this project already.

  Evan Hall
  ehall - freeshell.org
  2006 Aug 10