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Tool-assisted game movies
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Tool-assisted movies

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Total movies: 10


☽NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (USA) in 10:56.95 by Sleepz.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-03-11)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 29.68 MB, length: 11:28)
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- One player in a multiplayer game
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Platform

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This is a curious two-player timeattack: only Chip is playing. He's carrying Dale with him.

A funny idea and a quite well done timeattack movie.
This is the first timeattack movie with two players.


NES Gremlins 2: The New Batch (USA) in 07:55.3 by Sleepz.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-03-09)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Platform

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Umm. It's Gremlins 2 done quick.
This movie involves more jumping than your average Super Mario game, but the author says it's only to make the movie more interesting/exciting.

Falls into a pit once on purpose.

The author is quite certain that this is the fastest possible runthrough on this game.


NES Kid Icarus (USA/Europe) in 25:09.65 by Sleepz.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-04-07)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform

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This is the second timeattack movie on this famous game. See the discussion at the nesvideos forum for details.

NES Little Nemo: The Dream Master (USA) in 27:08.45 by Sleepz.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-03-07)
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- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform

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This is a lot less trivial game for a timeattack than most platform-jumping games. It involves some strategy to get it right.

NES Mega Man 3 (USA) in 34:01.95 by Sleepz.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-03-25)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform

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The first good and complete timeattack movie at Mega Man 3 (USAのロックマン3).

Note: The penguin graphics in the Geminiman level are garbled for the same reason there's no music in most of that level. It should become obvious when you watch the movie.


☆NES River City Ransom (USA) in 08:59.95 by Sleepz.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-03-15)
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Submission #167 — Author's comments
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- One player in a multiplayer game
- Uses easiest difficulty
- Genre: Fighting

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A well done run of River City Ransom, much of the enjoyment comes from seeing the author run as quickly as possible by all the minor gang members, only to reach and completely annihilate the bosses necessary to complete the game.

Moral of the story? Beware people carrying trashcans.

This movie was played at the "Novice" level.


NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) in 08:43.45 by Sleepz.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-03-31)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 10.05 MB, length: 11:48)
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- Uses warps
- Genre: Platform

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This is a historic movie, submitted and obsoleted before the creation of the database-based (and wiki-based) site engine, before July 2004.

It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.

While the earliest in the "warps" obsoletion chain, there were several movies prior to it (now in the "princess only" chain). This movie seems to be the first to use a variety of characters and many optimization techniques.


☆✓NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) in 07:54.23 by Sleepz.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2005-03-17)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Uses warps
- Genre: Platform

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On this site, we are often seeking for the answer to the question: "What is the fastest time game X can be completed in?" And every time the question is asked, the answer changes.

That's what has happened once again. Sleepz has bested Genisto's jawdropper by amazing 20 seconds by not only using the up+down trick in ladders, but some other new techniques too.
What is the next answer?

If you are wondering how some of the tricks in this video works, go to the Super Mario Bros. 2 Tricks

This run played on a real NES


NES The Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) "2nd quest" in 29:15.9 by Sleepz.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-05-13)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy luck manipulation
- Second quest/Post game-completion
- Uses a level password
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: RPG

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The second quest of Zelda is what you get by having completed the game once. It is more difficult than the first quest.

In his movie, Sleepz enters ZELDA as the player's name to start the 2nd quest without having to complete the game first.


☆NES The Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) in 26:55.15 by Sleepz.
Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: unknown)
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Submission #226 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #658 (31:27.15)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Adventure

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Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説) is an adventure game that easily takes you days to beat.
Its world is so huge and full of obscure secrets that without great deal of planning you won't make it in less than many hours.

This movie was planned together by many masterminds at the TASVideos forum - primarily Michael Fried, Ramzi and Sleepz.
We were aiming for a sub-30 minutes movie, then for a sub-29 minutes movie. I decided to publish anything that goes under 28 minutes. And here we are, under 27 minutes - 4:33 faster than the previous version!

The Up+A trick (save and restart) was used in this movie several times. It was judged to be acceptable because it's mentioned in the instruction booklet of the game, and is a part of normal playing.

This video is certainly quite a surprise to anyone who has used hours and hours exploring the Hyrule world. :)

Please read the welcome page if you haven't already done so. It explains the rules and methods that apply to all of these movies, particularly the use of savestates and frame advance. Also refer to our Glossary to understand terms we use, such as TAS or other unfamiliar terms.

Added [1816] NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (USA) by Aglar in 09:54.37 (2011-06-06)
- obsoletes [473] NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (USA) by Genisto in 09:57.17 (2006-02-13)
- - obsoletes [385] NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (USA) by Saturn in 10:01.42 (2005-07-31)
- - - obsoletes [29] NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (USA) by Genisto in 10:20.8 (2004-03-12)
Added ☆[1746] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA PRG0) "warpless" by Aglar & Andrewg in 18:29.26 (2011-03-01)
- obsoletes [1001] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA PRG0) "warpless" by adelikat & Cardboard in 19:39.93 (2007-11-24)
- - obsoletes [494] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) "warpless" by DonamerDragon in 20:14.2 (2006-03-04)
- - - obsoletes [390] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) "warpless" by GuanoBowl in 21:24.85 (2005-08-13)
Added ☽[1724] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA PRG0) by Aglar & Andrewg in 07:41.16 (2011-01-21)
- obsoletes [1002] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA PRG0) by adelikat & Cardboard in 07:52.67 (2007-11-25)
- - obsoletes ☆ [510] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by DonamerDragon in 07:53.32 (2006-03-23)
- - - obsoletes ☆ [400] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by Phil in 07:53.63 (2005-08-28)
- - - - obsoletes ☆ [309] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by Sleepz in 07:54.23 (2005-03-17)
- - - - - obsoletes ☆ [234] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by Genisto in 08:14.23 (2004-11-09)
- - - - - - obsoletes ☆ [99] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by Genisto in 08:31.3 (2004-06-25)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [637] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by Sleepz in 08:43.45 (2004-03-31)
Added [1685] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA PRG0) by Baxter & jprofit22 in 22:38.13 (2010-11-29)
- obsoletes [868] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA PRG0) by Phil & Baxter in 24:04.05 (2007-05-22)
- - obsoletes ☆ [191] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) by Phil in 25:28.6 (2004-09-17)
- - - obsoletes ☆ [100] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) by Sleepz in 26:55.15 (2004-06-25)
- - - - obsoletes [658] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) by Michael F in 31:27.15 (2004-02-19)
- - - - - obsoletes [659] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) by SuperHappy in 35:59.4 (2004-01-25)
Added [1609] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA PRG0) "Swordless Challenge" by Baxter in 25:13.92 (2010-08-23)
- obsoletes ☽ [1577] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA) "Swordless Challenge" by jprofit22 in 26:40.33 (2010-07-27)
Added [1406] NES Kid Icarus (USA/Europe) by Randil in 22:17.38 (2009-11-29)
- obsoletes [899] NES Kid Icarus (USA/Europe) by Kyrsimys in 22:42.23 (2007-06-26)
- - obsoletes [523] NES Kid Icarus (USA/Europe) by Kyrsimys in 23:55.68 (2006-04-06)
- - - obsoletes [47] NES Kid Icarus (USA/Europe) by Sleepz in 25:09.65 (2004-04-07)
- - - obsoletes [48] NES Kid Icarus (USA/Europe) by BobWhoops in 30:59.75 (2004-03-26)
Added [1372] NES Little Nemo: The Dream Master (USA) by Randil in 22:06.95 (2009-10-27)
- obsoletes [1000] NES Little Nemo: The Dream Master (USA) by Kyrsimys in 23:39.2 (2007-11-21)
- - obsoletes [867] NES Little Nemo: The Dream Master (USA) by Kyrsimys in 24:31.47 (2007-05-22)
- - - obsoletes [460] NES Little Nemo: The Dream Master (USA) by Kyrsimys in 24:38.23 (2006-01-24)
- - - - obsoletes [23] NES Little Nemo: The Dream Master (USA) by Sleepz in 27:08.45 (2004-03-07)
Added [1325] NES Gremlins 2: The New Batch (USA) by Randil in 07:00.07 (2009-07-25)
- obsoletes [232] NES Gremlins 2: The New Batch (USA) by Blublu in 07:04.82 (2004-11-06)
- - obsoletes [225] NES Gremlins 2: The New Batch (USA) by Blublu in 07:22.42 (2004-10-30)
- - - obsoletes [26] NES Gremlins 2: The New Batch (USA) by Sleepz in 07:55.3 (2004-03-09)
Added [1205] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA PRG0) "2nd quest" by Baxter & Morrison in 24:59.83 (2008-10-16)
- obsoletes [8] NES The Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) "2nd quest" by Sleepz in 29:15.9 (2004-05-13)
Added [1150] NES Mega Man 3 (JPN) by Aglar in 30:44.73 (2008-07-28)
- obsoletes [700] NES Mega Man 3 (JPN) by AngerFist&Vatchern in 31:33.02 (2006-10-18)
- - obsoletes [446] NES Mega Man 3 (JPN) by Vatchern in 31:53.08 (2005-12-08)
- - - obsoletes [252] NES Mega Man 3 (USA) by Kopernical in 32:42.48 (2004-12-05)
- - - - obsoletes [39] NES Mega Man 3 (USA) by Sleepz in 34:01.95 (2004-03-25)
Added [1128] NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (USA) "2 Players" by dragonxyk in 09:25.73 (2008-06-17)
- obsoletes [1026] NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (USA) "2-player" by dragonxyk in 09:29.22 (2007-12-17)
- - obsoletes [433] NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (USA) "2-player" by Genisto in 09:38.03 (2005-11-12)
- - - obsoletes ☽ [28] NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (USA) by Sleepz in 10:56.95 (2004-03-11)
Added [1013] NES River City Ransom (USA) "Playaround" by adelikat & JXQ in 12:55.38 (2007-12-04)
Added [976] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) "princess only" by adelikat in 08:29.57 (2007-10-06)
- obsoletes [960] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA PRG0) "princess only" by laughing_gas in 08:43.23 (2007-09-20)
- - obsoletes [10] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) "princess only" by Genisto in 09:07.3 (2004-03-23)
- - - obsoletes [651] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by Bisqwit in 09:18.6 (2004-03-01)
- - - - obsoletes [653] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by Bisqwit in 10:05.6 (2004-02-29)
- - - - - obsoletes [676] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA PRG0) by Bisqwit in 10:12.95 (2004-02-03)
- - - - - - obsoletes [677] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by Bisqwit in 10:48.15 (2004-02-02)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [678] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) by Bisqwit in 11:15.75 (2004-01-01)
- - - - - - - - obsoletes [679] NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA,PRG0) "Luigi only" by Bisqwit in 11:36.25 (2004-01-01)
Added [944] NES River City Ransom (USA) by Chamale in 06:53.42 (2007-08-18)
- obsoletes ☆ [37] NES River City Ransom (USA) by Sleepz in 08:59.95 (2004-03-15)

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