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recorded with nitsuja's mupen64 rerecording v8 found here: Forum/Topics/2934
16-minute 16-star playthrough of the first and one of the most versatile, action oriented 3-D games for the N64.
This tool-assisted movie is over a minute faster than the original test run, and takes many shortcuts favorable over the original ones. Most of the saved time is an accumulation of bits and pieces of optimization through Mario's movement and straighter paths to whatever destination.
What was very fortunate was that I was able to record with an analog stick, thus making radial positioning much more precise and ultimately making many pathways faster.
Thanks to Micheal Fried, Weatherton, nitsuja, Atma, and GeminiSaint for the useful strategies.
Abuses glitches. Takes damage to save time.
Bisqwit: Updated this submission as well (the movie length was calculated in wrong way).

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Posted: 6/10/2006 9:18 AM
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Unknown_User
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hey guyz! i must say, it is a great vid, i watched it on youtube, and tried to download it here. but thats my problem. i downloaded it but had trouble watching it. wmp told me, therer were some problems downloading codecs. can anyone help me? it is not just this vid^^ i would be so happy, it amazed me ;P
Posted: 6/10/2006 9:54 AM
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Fabian
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Thainutte wrote:
hey guyz! i must say, it is a great vid, i watched it on youtube, and tried to download it here. but thats my problem. i downloaded it but had trouble watching it. wmp told me, therer were some problems downloading codecs. can anyone help me? it is not just this vid^^ i would be so happy, it amazed me ;P
Read this page. That should clear things up.
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Posted: 8/8/2006 7:31 PM
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Erave
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I'm not totally familar with TAS and such, but I have a question. One think always irked me when I watched this video. How come in the first bowser hallway, the picture and the end of the corridor was Bowser. Isn't it supposed to start as Peach then turn into bowser as you fall into the trap hole? Did he hack the game in some way? Or what?
Posted: 8/8/2006 7:33 PM
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Bisqwit
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Erave wrote:
How come in the first bowser hallway, the picture and the end of the corridor was Bowser. Isn't it supposed to start as Peach then turn into bowser as you fall into the trap hole?
Yes, it is supposed to do as you thought. It is an error in the graphics plugin used in the emulator when the AVI was made.
Posted: 8/9/2006 11:02 PM
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Erave
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I still can't understand how he gets through the door with the rabbit. Is this only avalable through emulator since the graphics might be slightly altered?
Posted: 8/9/2006 11:04 PM
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DeHackEd
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Nope, it works on the real console. If you have an N64, try it. Catch MIPS, but ignore his star. Carry him to the door, and stand directly in the middle of the door's hinge, facing it straight on. Get as close as you can. Now press Z. If done correctly, Mario will be inside the door. It takes a bit of practice to get into the door consistently, and even more practice to be able to pull MIPS through it, but it's doable. I've done the 16 stars run on my own N64, though nowhere near as fast as this. For videos of actual humans doing the same stunt, visit Speed Demos Archive.
Posted: 8/10/2006 12:15 AM
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Sir_VG
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SDA's SM64 16-star video
Taking over the world, one game at a time. Currently TASing: Nothing
Posted: 8/10/2006 6:37 AM
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Erave
Joined: 8/8/2006
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DeHackEd wrote:
Nope, it works on the real console. If you have an N64, try it. Catch MIPS, but ignore his star. Carry him to the door, and stand directly in the middle of the door's hinge, facing it straight on. Get as close as you can. Now press Z. If done correctly, Mario will be inside the door. It takes a bit of practice to get into the door consistently, and even more practice to be able to pull MIPS through it, but it's doable. I've done the 16 stars run on my own N64, though nowhere near as fast as this. For videos of actual humans doing the same stunt, visit Speed Demos Archive.
Alright thanks, I figured out how to get inside the door, but I'm facing the other way. I'm going to work on this a bit until I can figure it out.
Posted: 8/11/2006 6:41 PM
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Erave
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Finally, I've gotten to the final bowser with 16 stars. I just had to prove to myself that this was possible. The video he does is Tool Assisted right? He uses save states and slowdowns? I'm going to try to make a time attack on this without using any of that. Just for kicks. I'll aim for 30 minutes.
Posted: 8/11/2006 6:49 PM
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schneelocke
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Erave wrote:
Finally, I've gotten to the final bowser with 16 stars. I just had to prove to myself that this was possible. The video he does is Tool Assisted right? He uses save states and slowdowns? I'm going to try to make a time attack on this without using any of that. Just for kicks. I'll aim for 30 minutes.
All videos on this site are tool-assisted and use things like save states, slowdown, frame advance, re-recording, luck manipulation etc. :)
Posted: 8/11/2006 7:59 PM
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Erave, the video Sir VG posted 5 posts ago is the non-assisted run. It's 18 minutes long, i think.
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Posted: 8/31/2006 11:32 PM
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seto007
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How do you preform that backslide through the doors anyway? can you do that to go threw closed cannons? can you do that on the New Ds version? Please answer all the Questions!
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Posted: 8/31/2006 11:39 PM
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nesrocks
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i'm sure you can find it by searching the web just a little bit, it's everywhere
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Posted: 8/31/2006 11:40 PM
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Zurreco
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seto007 wrote:
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Hey, feel free to leave if you're going to assume that spezzafer is a cheater simply because you don't understand what happened.
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Posted: 8/31/2006 11:47 PM
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seto007
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Well, I don't mean like the abuse type of calling someone a cheater... but can someone please, please, PLEASE answer all those questions or 1 of them???
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Posted: 9/1/2006 12:01 AM
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nesrocks
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your avatar exceeds the size limit in pixels both in width and height
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Posted: 9/1/2006 12:03 AM
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FODA wrote:
your avatar exceeds the size limit in pixels both in width and height
lol, and that makes everyone elses box wider too.
Posted: 9/1/2006 12:04 AM
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You stuped ..... He don't use cheats. He use glitches.
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Posted: 9/1/2006 12:07 AM
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Glitchy TAS of 2013 Gameboy TAS of 2013 PSX TASer of 2010
Please don't respond to him anymore. He made a spam topic over at the General Forum.
Posted: 9/1/2006 2:04 AM
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seto007
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GOD!!! WHAT THE HELL IS WITH YOU ALL!!!!!ALL I WANT TO F**KEN KNOW IS HOW TO DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 9/1/2006 2:06 AM
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DeHackEd
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We're upset because this information is available on the internet in all kinds of places. Don't force us to do a google search for you.
Posted: 9/1/2006 2:07 AM
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seto007 wrote:
GOD!!! WHAT THE HELL IS WITH YOU ALL!!!!!ALL I WANT TO F**KEN KNOW IS HOW TO DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) BLJs have limitless speed in the negative vector direction. 2) No 3) Probably not, but it's worth a shot.
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Posted: 9/1/2006 2:11 AM
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seto007
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Oh... i can find it online???
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Posted: 9/1/2006 2:14 AM
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seto007
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........................................................... Sorry every one!!!
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