Resources
Game specific
General
Sensor patches for Boktai 1, 2, 3
https://github.com/Prof9/boktai-solar-sensor-patches
BizHawk
http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk.html
Emulator settings should be:
- Config > Speed/Skip has "Skip 0/never" is checked
- Config > Profiles is set to "Tool-assisted Speedruns"
- Config > Customize > General > "Pause when menu activated" is unchecked
- After starting the game, in GBA make sure Core is set to mGBA
- GBA > Settings > Sync Settings, set "Skip BIOS" to "False" (to have the same behaviour as console)
- to simulate a dead battery: GBA > Settings > Sync Settings, set "RTC" to False (BizHawk v2.6.3+)
GBA BIOS is not included, as it's illegal to share these online
Japanese passwords for Boktai 1, 2, 3
https://cyberfater.web.fc2.com/pasu1.html
Japanese calendar
Mostly used to find full moon days for routing
https://timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2005&country=26
Sun Miguere
- Japanese fanmade website about Boktai in general
- Has tons of info about the games (items, effects, etc)
https://sunmiguere.web.fc2.com
Boktai Decompiler
- tested on Boktai 1
- Outputs functions and scripts used as close to C
https://github.com/Prof9/SolDec
Boss Fight Times
lists recorded boss fight durations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1deyb5DFe7ALD-8-PNV14nNnPfWPeJAnva_vbZoatuAw/edit?usp=sharing
Boktai Wiki Taskforce
Discord Server for coordinating wiki edits and collecting data
https://discord.gg/wBkSNA2
Communities
Kura5
Discord: https://discord.gg/afXHGy6
Blog: https://boktai3d.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boktai3d
TeamBN
MMBattle Network speedrunning community
Discord: https://discord.gg/hc9AvX2
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeamBattleNet