Arkanoid: Doh It Again

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Author's notes

Introduction

I like Arkanoid.

Category Rules

Heavy luck manipulation
Uses fastest speed
Uses hardest difficulty
Beats all 99 rounds
No warp powerups used

Software + Hardware

Rom Information

Name: Arkanoid - Doh It Again (Japan)
ROM: Arkanoid - Doh It Again (J) [!].smc
SHA1: 03F839819A253EED9A928D8D7CC80FCC245AB23D
MD5: 2CDBA2EA2369BFE29E9B5C59A04C8F8E

Emulator

EmuHawk 2.9.1 (Core: Snes9x)

Routing Bot

Bot: JaffarPlus
Routing Core: QuickerSnes9x
Platform:
2 x AMD Epyc 7742 (128 cores, 256 threads) + 384Gb RAM
Exploration Rate: 0.25 Mstates/s

Strategy

Generally I tried to use all the lessons learned in my NES Arkanoid movies. However, this game is a bit more complicated since it contains more types of bricks, powerups, and bosses.

As per strategy, I always looked to get the Laser, 8-ball, M, and super powerups. Since the powerup type are not RNG but pre-determined (levels are paired to powerups pretty nicely), I had to devise a specific strategy for each level.

The game also contains several bosses types that require different approaches. The bosses repeat thrice and the game finally ends after you defeat the last boss in the 3rd iteration.

This movie took several months and severely inflated electricity bills to make, so I hope you enjoy!

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