Guide For Setting Up Duckstation

With Duckstation now joining the list of approved emulators, I wanted to make a quick tutorial on how to set up Duckstation for use of FM speedruns. Here's the tutorial video in case you need help setting up. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the Forbidden Memories Discord server. Thank you!

https://youtu.be/du6dfORc5U4

How to check if the YGO! FM ISO file is unaltered? (Hash verification tutorial)

# How to check if the YGO! FM ISO file is unaltered?

## What is a hash?
Without going into much detail: A hash is a calculated value of the file and can be used to compare it to check if an apparently same file has been altered in any way.

## How to calculate the hash of a file? 
There are several tools available on the web that are easy to use. In this example I am using the "Igorware Hasher", a small and free tool for Windows. You can download it on: https://download.igorware.com/igorware-hasher-x64.rar

I've also gone ahead and prepared some verification files of an original YGO! FM ISO. Download one of them and I'll explain what to do with it in a bit. https://drive.google.com/open?id=14IS0tpPt1f24Jmc9IvlkFrOGrzWDVTTW

After unpacking the "Igorware Hasher" you start the "hasher.exe". You'll see a "Browse" button on the right, click it and point it to your YGO! FM ISO file. (e.g. Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (USA).bin)

If you downloaded the "Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (USA).sha", click on the "..." in the "SHA-1" row and point it to that file.
If you downloaded the "Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (USA).md5", click on the "..." in the "MD5" row and point it to that file.
If you downloaded the "Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (USA).sfv", click on the "..." in the "CRC32" row and point it to that file.

Now click the "Calculate" button on the bottom. After a short moment you will get the "Hash Result" there.
If the ISO is original and unaltered it will just say that the hash is verified, if not there will be a red text saying "Done. One or more Hashes don't match!"

Voila. That's it. Easy, right?

How to join a Forbidden Memories race via SpeedRunsLive

How to race Forbidden Memories on SpeedRunsLive
By GFC_
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This guide already assumes that you have a way to stream the game, whether you're playing on console or emulator.
 
1.) Go to http://www.speedrunslive.com/channel/ (this is the IRC channel that is used to organize races).
 
2.) Type in a nickname you want to be known as, and click connect.
 
3.) type /nickserv register password e-mail. Replace "password" with a password you want to associate with your new SpeedRunsLive account and "e-mail" with an email address you'd like to associate with the account. Hit enter.
 
4.) Your nickname should now be registered. When you join the IRC from here on out, type in the username and password you entered. (If you decide to set up a 3rd party IRC client, like mIRC, the servers are listed at the end of this guide, and to sign in, type /nickserv identify password).
 
5.) Now that you are in the IRC, you should see a lot of races. If you're setting this up ahead of time, the Forbidden Memories race does not yet exist. If that is the case, you're good to go for now. But you should familiarize yourself with the following instructions. 

This is what you have to do on the day of the race:

If you are doing this on the day of the race and a channel for Forbidden Memories does exist, double click the server name next to the race title (should be #srl-xxxxx).
 
6.) Type in ".setstream STREAMURL" replacing STREAMURL with your Twitch.TV channel page URL. Put in the entire link (or you can just do "Twitch/username") 
 
7.) On the day of the race, once you're in the Forbidden Memories race channel, type ".enter" to join the race. When you're totally ready to begin, you must signal this to everyone else by typing ".ready". Once everyone is ready, a bot will count down from 10 and the race begins.
 
8.) When you finish the race, type ".done". If you want to forfeit out of the race, type ".quit". If you'd like to associate a comment with your finished run (or your forfeitted one), type ".comment InsertCommentHere".
 
That's it! If you have any questions, reach out to ANY of the FM runners. 

If you want to be in the big Discord call for the race, join the Forbidden Memories Discord server at www.discord.gg/ygofm 
 
Good luck!
 
 
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Servers for 3rd Party IRC Clients
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New York— irc.speedrunslive.com
Amsterdam— irc2.speedrunslive.com
Channel— #speedrunslive

No Manip Guide (French)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EVlAyCCS2NVWqyBaa7BLt1ATEfc1BhRBWitGiJk_zZ4/

Quickstart Guide: Setting up Mednafen for Speedruns (w/ Mednaffe)

Quickstart Guide: Setting up Mednafen for Speedruns (w/ Mednaffe)
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Guide by duke1102
Version 1.0 - May 01 2018

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I. FOREWORD
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Not everyone has a non-modded NTSC Playstation 2 and a disc of the game available.
For several reasons people stuck to ePSXe as their main emulator for Playstation 1 games,
but ePSXe lacks in some aspects.

Mednafen is a multi-system emulator and does a better job with emulating PSX games closer to a real console.
The only reason holding people from using it is the seemingly intimidating configuration and no graphical user interface for it. Luckily there are several graphical frontends you can use with it. In this guide I will explain the use of "Mednaffe".

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II. INSTALLATION
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Before we can start setting up the emulator you have to obviously download a few things.

1. The Mednafen Emulator 
	Windows 64bit Version: https://mednafen.github.io/releases/files/mednafen-1.21.3-win64.zip
	Other Versions: https://mednafen.github.io/releases/

2. The Mednaffe Frontend
	Windows Version: https://github.com/AmatCoder/mednaffe/releases/download/0.8.8/mednaffe-0.8.8-win.zip

3. Playstation NTSC BIOS (SCPH-5501)
	You either have to dump it from a console yourself or simply ask Google for it.

After you downloaded those 3 things, unzip Mednafen and Mednaffe to a location you like. To make it easy, put the PSX BIOS into the same location.

Now start the "mednaffe.exe" and you will probably be greeted with a warning message that the Mednafen executable is not installed in path. Click "Yes" here and select the location of the mednafen.exe in your Mednafen directory.
	
A command prompt window might pop up and show some error, simply ignore it and carry on. The Mednaffe interface should show up now. At the top click on the tab named "Systems" and then choose the Sony Playstation from the list there.

Under "Default region to use" select "na". Further down click the "Open" button on the "Path to the North American SCPH-5501 ROM BIOS" and select the location of your BIOS file.
In the "Filters" and "Resolution" tabs you can do some small tweaks on how the game will render and the size of the window. Via the "Input" tab you can map your Controller or Keyboard to your liking. It's basically self-explanatory.

Now you can load up a PSX game by clicking the "File" menu and "Open ROM".
It might be wise to take a couple of extra configuration steps though in the "Global Settings" tab. Uncheck "Enable Cheats" in the "Miscellanous" settings, change some hotkeys via "Key Assignments" to prevent accidental fast-forwarding during runs and specify the "Paths" for some things.

Speedrunning Guide by GFC_

Video on why HLE Bios is Banned for FM speedruns on SRC.

Hey everyone, I went ahead and made a quick YouTube video on why the moderation team and I have decided to enforce a new rule to the SRC leaderboard and that rule is in regards to the use of HLE bios on ePSXe ver. 2.0.0. I hope this video will answer everyone's questions on why this was enforced in the first place because of a recent run submission that we received that used HLE bios. Thank you and have a good one folks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadutvDa4FU

Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Speedrunning Guide (Written by elvencloud)

So: You want to speedrun Forbidden Memories. Great! Welcome to the community, and I want to help you get started.
 
Q: What do I need to start a run?
 
A: A starting deck REQUIRES a raigeki, and requires a decent equip. Dragon Treasure, Invigoration, Horn of Light, Beast Fangs, and Dark energy are those equips.
Optional stuff for a good run: Umi/Mountain, Dragons, Electrics, Beasts, Fires, and females.
 
Q: What fusions should I know?
 
A: Well, this will come with time. Essentially, the most important fusions you'll need to know are dragon fusions (and sometimes, this will be also which ones have which star signs too!).
 
All fusions are based on Attack points and Monster Types.  You cannot fuse a monster to create a monster of lower or equal attack points. Some types are not apparent- for example certain cards have types simply in their images- either they are "Dark" or "Female".  Some beasts are not full beasts.  You'll figure this out as you go along, but here's some simple formulas for you.
 
Beast + Winged Creature (usually Fairy types such as Skelengel)= Garvas (2000 attack with Pluto)
Beast + Female = Nekogal #2 (1900/2000 Beast warrior)
Beast + Pyro = Flame Cerberus (2100 Pyro, also has pluto!)
Pyro + Bird >1300 Attack= Crimson Sunbird (2300 Winged beast, Mercury)
 
Dragons fuse with a lot.  This will take lots of practice to get all of them. Most importantly, they make twin headed thunder dragon.
The main piece of a twinheaded is a thunder or dragon of 1600 or greater, and the opposite applied.  Example: Kaminari attack (1900 thunder) + Dragon= twinheaded thunder dragon.
 
Essential dragon Fusions (this is assuming dragons >1600 attack points)
 
Dragon + Thunder= Thunder Dragon (1600 Thunder/Dragon)  [This fusion can become twin headed by adding a dragon OR a thunder]
Dragon + Water= Spike Seadra (1600 dragon)
Dragon + Water + Spellcaster= Kaminari Attack (1900 thunder)
Dragon + Machine= Metal Dragon (1850 Dragon, counts as a pyro [useful for Flame Cerberus/Crimson Sunbird])
Dragon + Water+ Water= 1800 Dragon (has mars)
Dragon + Plant= B. Jungle Dragon King 2100 dragon
Dragon + Zombie= Dragon Zombie (1600 Dragon)
 
There are some unique fusions with these- A dragon or zombie with dragon zombie= Skelgon, 1700/1900 dragon. One more dragon and zombie will make Curse of dragon, and has pluto!
 
All of the above combinations when combined with a thunder will make Twinheaded.
 
Now, there are many other fusions that aren't mentioned, or are specific. You'll learn these as you go, but mostly come with experience.
 
 
Q: Okay, How about the route? Where do I go, and where do I farm?
 
A: I'll give you the TL;DR for the game.
 
Pro tip- if you hold square while in text, you can rapidly skip text. Sometimes you have to tap square to get it to reactivate.
 
After you found your deck, you'll determine quickly based on your deck what you need. Most times, you will go straight back to Simon Muran at the palace, select Pass on the Duel option, and then Go back to your room.
 
From there, you'll pretty much smash x while holding square until you fight Heishin. Purposely lose this battle, then select to shatter the puzzle.
 
From there, Fight Rex after the Text.  You most likely want an S/A pow, but BCD can drop Beast fangs.
After completing this duel, save, and return to the title screen. Select Free Duel, And fight a few fights against Rex. You're looking to obtain at least one dragon or electric, or possibly a beast fangs if you're lucky. After about five ish fights, you'll have enough to buy an electric. You generally want to buy electrics more than dragons, as dragons are easier to attain.
 
From there, proceed through the world tournament.  IMO, B, C, or D's are preferable on most fights, as most can drop traps.
You can obtain a "B" rating by having 27 or less cards in your deck, and using at least one magic, trap, or equip card successfully.
 
Once you beat Kaiba, you'll return to the past.
 
Once in the Past, go to the valley of the kings- Speak with Sadin and ask to see the Forbidden Ruins.  He'll tell you that he has no idea what that is.
Go back to the old duel grounds, talk with Jonochi, and then decline duels. You'll be able to save your game at the hidden card shop.
At this point, you should return to the Free Duel Screen.
Depending on your deck:
If you obtained a trap, awesome- after a few dragons and thunders in your deck, you can probably start the A-tec strat against Pegasus for Megamorph/Bright Castle.
 
If you haven't: Farm either Isis or Kaiba on B, C, D.  Isis yields decent dragons, and widespread ruin and dragon treasure.  
Once you have a decently consistent deck, you'll have to make determination what to do. Mage soldier drops dark energy, one of the best drop rates for an equip, if you have no equips or traps, but decent fusions, you can farm meadow mage (low) on S/A pow. He drops some really, really good monsters.
 
After you get either: 2-3 Equips, an MBD, a megamorph, or something like that, continue on to the Valley of Kings.
Talk to Sadin, go to the ruins, and scroll text.
Then, proceed to beat the High Mages one by one. Usually Mountain and Sea are easiest.
 
After two mages, go back to the duel grounds. Jono will say that Tea is in trouble, and you'll have to go save her. You'll duel Labyrinth mage and Seto 2- The maze route is right, right, left, right.
 
After completing this, complete the rest of the mages. From there, you'll have to duel the final Six.
 
Good luck.

Name	Author
Guide For Setting Up Duckstation	BadNewsNate 3 years ago
How to check if the YGO! FM ISO file is unaltered? (Hash verification tutorial)	duke1102 5 years ago
How to join a Forbidden Memories race via SpeedRunsLive	GFC 6 years ago
No Manip Guide (French)	swed7 7 years ago
Quickstart Guide: Setting up Mednafen for Speedruns (w/ Mednaffe)	duke1102 6 years ago
Speedrunning Guide by GFC_	GFC 8 years ago
Video on why HLE Bios is Banned for FM speedruns on SRC.	BadNewsNate 3 years ago
Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Speedrunning Guide (Written by elvencloud)	Kollin7 10 years ago
Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories: Any% - No RNG Manipulation Speedrunning Guide	BlitzPhoenix98 9 months ago