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SMB: how do you jump to the top of the flag pole?

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Malenko:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 09, 2013, 01:39:56 pm ---Jumping too soon now.  Before he posted he was probably jumping too late.

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jump too late and you dont jump at all, you fall to the bottom of the stack of blocks. While I know NES emulation still isnt 100% perfect, I can hit the top of the flagpole playing NESter on my Dreamcast. Dodging a Mike Tyson punch isnt the same as the flagpole jump, the timing isnt that precise.

How many points do you get Grey?

Gray_Area:
@Malenko: using the method, I hit bottom and get 100 points.  So I just fall off and then jump at, and I get 400.

dgame:
Gray_Area, The running jump is an essential SMB skill that you have to practice. You can practice anywhere not just at the flag. Practice  running to the edge of things and jumping. The length of the run-up does matter as much as where you jump off at. Once you press the run button you hold it and don't let it go when you press jump. Even when ruining and jumping on the ground you should notice how Mario's jumping arc changes.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Malenko on January 09, 2013, 03:15:12 pm ---jump too late and you dont jump at all, you fall to the bottom of the stack of blocks. While I know NES emulation still isnt 100% perfect, I can hit the top of the flagpole playing NESter on my Dreamcast. Dodging a Mike Tyson punch isnt the same as the flagpole jump, the timing isnt that precise.

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NESter has a shorter stack from the controller to the cpu.  It doesn't have an encoder in the path and the hardware is optimized for reading that switch closure.  A MAME cab isn't going to perform quite as well if the software is equal.  It's not as optimized a path from his button to the cpu.  Add in any inefficiency in the emulation of the Vs board, or in MAME itself, or in his configuration of MAME, or even in the button plunger's alignment in his CP, and it can lead to this in certain situations.

yotsuya:
Are you playing with a gamepad or with a joystick?

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