[ROUTE] Taz: Wanted Any%

Last updated: 8th July 2018



Rules:
Beat the game as fast as possible, no restrictions.
Time starts at file select and ends when the screen turns dark after Tweety.
Uses Real time. You don't have to include In-game time when you submit a run - a mod will do that for you.
Video is required for runs faster than 1:10:00.


General Tips:
Play on the Advanced Difficulty with no Memory Card.
Check the Individual Level videos and the full game runs (not just the world record) to better understand and visualize the route, as well as decide if you want to do certain difficult tricks.
You have to mash the Jump button four times to stop the sign destruction slowdown. Any more will cause Taz to jump, which may be undesirable.
Learn the blind movement sections: https://pastebin.com/tY50ybWC


Note:
This route will not mention the Hint Video Exploit (HVE) glitch, which can save you time on many signs (as much as 2 minutes, in total), due to being frame perfect. If you want to incorporate this glitch into your runs, take a look at the HVE guide.
That being said, Spit Hint Video Exploits (SHVE) are quite easy to do. I recommend doing (1), (5) and (9) from the video below to save an easy 30 seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Mq--yw6ps



Zooney Tunes

- sign in the house to the right, break the window and jump out
- hit spin switch, jump on the bush and jump over the fence
- tree tower sign (move the camera during the cutscene to improve your movement)
- beehive sign with a burp can
- water sign, drown near cork sign to get there (above the red line in the image below)
- truck sign, get there by riding into the spin switch
- spin over the fence, activate spin switch
- cork sign
- tree drilling sign
- end of level

https://i.imgur.com/CAGXBJb.png



Looney Lagoon

- cannon at beginning to destroy ship sign (move the camera during the cutscene to improve your movement)
- drown near the log closest to the docks sign, jump through the window and destroy the sign
- drown near lighthouse, lighthouse sign
- cannon to top [see video below], spin up the wall to the cannon behind you
- (do this part really fast) grab Burp Can, music sign on top of the mountain
- stand where the sign was, charge spin off the plank, aim to the right side of the end of the plank, jump to the furthest tube, you should land on the slide to break the sink. Alternatively, you can just spin down the plank and go through the slide normally, which is ~5 seconds slower but much easier.
- use burp can near washing machine (you have to be fast and dodge the guard too), grab invisibility (or grab it after the next sign) climb up rocks behind sink to destroy the sign
- inflatable sign
- try to get punched by the box into the beach during the cutscene, as well as trying to walk to the end of the level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeOoIPvUfRk



Ice Burg

- ski lift sign
- hit spin switch, frozen lake sign
- ice cube sign, jump to the pole and then into the ice block to destroy it
- spin up the wall near the two ice cubes, ride along the other wall onto a cliff near the door
- christmas tree sign, jump to escape guard near the door
- rocket to ice cream truck sign
- ice floor sign
- grab burp can, activate it and jump onto the nearby ice (try not to move when falling, so Taz won't slide on the ice)
- press B to slip on the ice (Taz should be spinning in place in the ice), mash A to skip the sign text as well as the end of level text



Elephant Pong

A lot of RNG. Sometimes Gossamer will scare the elephant to the left and move to the right (or vice-versa), so scare it to the other corner to score.
A recently-found tactic involves scaring the elephant in a certain way so that it hits a wall just before Gossamer scares it; doing this will make the elephant bump off the wall on that same spot and end up on the other side of the field while Gossamer stays near the wall (I believe this is because Gossamer will usually go in the direction he scares the elephant). After that, scare the elephant into the other corner to score.
You can see this strategy in practice in the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aObihw0UPA



Samsonian Museum (enter level by spinning up the wall to the right of the stairs)
(Below is the Coin Clip route. If you're having trouble with the Coin Clip, consider doing this route instead: https://pastebin.com/99eRzapL )

- revolving doors on the right, enter right door
- swallow wet floor sign, spinpad, destroy box with timer
- lightbulb sign, floor cleaner
- position the floor cleaner in front of the thin parts of the door, walk inbetween the floor cleaner and the door until you clip inside the coin room [see video #1 below]
- coin sign, switches
- floor cleaner -> floor sign (don't go too fast with the floor cleaner or it won't clean as much of the sign)
- hologram sign [see video #2 below]
- go to the bathroom (hit spin switch before entering, if doing safe strat)
- spit the object you swallowed to destroy mirror, bathroom sign
- toilet sign (pause lag toilet jump is ~5.5s faster than the safe strat)
- spinpad -> puzzle sign
- spin along the wall to get closer to the secret wall during the ending cutscene
- end of level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV11BPNMa6Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_1XEgkrWnc



Looningdale's

- tv store sign
- go hit battery, hold up during the cutscene
- spin switch, destroy box guarding the mall area, ride shopping cart into sign (and try to take it to the stadium sign)
- go to stadium, destroy stadium sign, grab invisibility
- water rise sign near the top (climb up the statue, be quick so that your invisibility doesn't run out)
- charge spin from the top sign to the clock sign (or to the platform before it and then to the clock sign)
- go to kite sign room, eat a box before the dart room, first-person spit at first dart shooter (you can move during the dart cutscenes)
- second and third dart shooters, kite sign
- explosion sign (walk into the hole that teleports you, dont jump or spin into it)
- end of level (go through the path near the tv store)



Bank of Samerica

- spit clip to destroy the switch, destroy gate sign
- wrecking ball sign, go on top of the wall left of entrance
- jump on the dynamite box and jump to the cement barrel, stand on top of it and spin
- grab hiccup can, jump over the fence and make your way up to the oil floor sign [see video below]
- slide on the oil towards the pillar on the right, spin directly into the sign on the green beam (jump during the slowdown to avoid falling down)
- jump into the slide pipe to the floor with the elevator
- take elevator and cement mixer to top of red
- antenna sign
- spin down directly towards the cement mixer sign and destroy it
- fall down to the end of the level (you can jump from the corner of the structure)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFrzmYeCPE



Gladiatoons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SRDyT0auxY



Taz: Haunted
The video below explains some tricks and strats in this level.

- (try to not get caught by the knights, otherwise when you fall out-of-bounds you'll spawn where your last cage was instead of at the entrance)
- spinpad, jump on crates, sign on house balcony, enter the mansion
- spin up the wall with a cupboard
- glass window sign
- spin on green gear (you only need to spin a bit, no need for a full rotation)
- gong sign, go back
- spin through the hole in the wall to laboratory sign
- take teleporter back, move away to reset camera, go back up
- spin down past the window where the sign was, hit spinpad, sign on roof, destroy the box on the path above
- go to the hollowed log, jump on top of it and onto the tracks
- stand on the second plank from the wall, spin up the door (no need to charge a spin) and go through the gap in the top-right corner
- haunted cart sign (spin along the left wall), fall out-of-bounds
- sign above the entrance: stand on the left blue marking on the ground and charge spin up the wall
- destroy sign, go back through the side you came from
- end of level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cINhuLvRAWQ



Granny Canyon

- entrance teleport: spin over the posts at the start of the level (fall into the white triangle in the image below)
- spinpad, spin into the corner to ride up the wall, destroy the 2 blue boxes, train sign
- get the spinpad again, destroy the box next to the cannon, jump to the wooden structure below then into the alcove with the sign
- go down (hold spin into the direction of the wall to not splat), get chilli pepper, enter the cannon
- spin to the right after destroying the sign, cactus sign
- hidden base sign
- water tank sign (try to do the Invisible Water Tank glitch - get punched after entering the water tank)
-- if you didn't get it, spin past the UFO to fall to the other side
-- if you did, charge a spin until the camera reaches the crashing location then hold down-left, then hold left and mash Jump. If done correctly, you'll be on the other side of the canyon.
- gas station sign
- spinpad, end of level

https://i.imgur.com/TUsfXum.png



Cartoon Strip-Mine

- light projector sign, jump on gumball machine and/or guard to reach it
- clip through metal boxes to get drill sign
- go back and fall in water on second bridge, which puts you near first bridge
- spin switch to underground sign
- minecart sign (speedcart guide: https://pastebin.com/3NdxLvX0 )
- moving platform sign, get caught afterwards
- hit bubble gum cart button
- water maze sign, clip OoB with the crates in the corner (faster) or go back through normally
- finish bubble gum sign
- end of level



Dodge City

There's a crate you can jump over and a crate you can walk into it and Sam throws dynamite on top of it. Other than that, try to minimize the number of dynamites he throws, which might require you to take a couple of hits.



Tazland A-maze-ment Park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGXHQKLvjE



Disco Volcano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ3dOxz_TLs



The Hindenbird

1st Phase is easy, have good timing (spit slightly before he faces you). Grab a box at the end of this phase.
2nd Phase is hard, have good accuracy. You can double hit, triple hit sometimes. Grab a box and Charge spin at the end of this phase.
3rd Phase is random. You can hit the first 2 in alternate order, because if you're fast enough you can hit them in 2-1-3-4 instead of 1-2-3-4 (1 being the switch that stays activated the longest, 4 the shortest).



Time ends when the screen goes dark.