Caverns Agent 1:02 by Ben Downing

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  • Achieved: 18 April 2021
  • Posted: 27 February 2022 at 8:29 pm EST
  • System: NTSC
  • Points when achieved: 55
  • Rank: N/A - Ben Downing has improved this time

Player's comments:
M97 reject, I really, REALLY pushed for 1:01. It pretty much broke my resolve to play in the summer of 2021. The first 1:02 came easily enough, but I was willing to stop there. The M97 mates pushed me to go for 1:01, which would be my first world record. Since Cavs 1:03 was my first ever points I really got into the idea and started pushing for 1:01. Over the next 2 (June-July, 2021) months I played relentlessly, racking up almost 30 dupes. But in the end it got to me, and I had to take an extended break from Caverns.

Then I got keen to play again in late October after getting Streets 1:13. I started getting dupes quickly and was feeling pretty good about the grind. I was getting dupes just about every way imaginable. Over the next five (5) weeks I was racking up 1:02s in almost every way imaginable. Here are the highlights:
- First try 1:02
- Making the drone cycle five times and getting backed or choking the warp.
- A 1:02 dupe with a 1:2 boost ratio
- Getting five 1:02s in one hour.
- Back to back 1:02s

I accumulated 74 dupes in total, but despite all of that, Caverns still got the better of me. I haven't played the level since mid-December mostly due to the holidays and then editing for M97 in the new year. I know 1:01 is within my grasp, and I really hope I can get it as a world record, my FIRST world record.

This 1:02:
2:1 boost ratio

Ben Downing's time history for Caverns Agent

Date Achieved Time Video System
2 March 2022 Video NTSC
18 April 2021 Video NTSC
23 September 2019 Video NTSC
23 September 2019 None NTSC
22 September 2019 None NTSC
22 September 2019 None NTSC
22 September 2019 None NTSC
22 September 2019 None NTSC
22 September 2019 None NTSC
22 September 2019 None NTSC

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