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Tool-assisted game movies
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Tool-assisted movies

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Total movies: 5


✓NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA PRG0) in 10:25.6 by Lord Tom, Mitjitsu, Tompa.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2010-08-04)
MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 30.50 MB, length: 12:22)
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Submission #2765 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #1286 (10:26.42)
Rating: 9.1 (37.5 votes)
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- Uses warps
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Platform
Ever since Morimoto published his legendary movie in mid-2003, the players at TASVideos have repeatedly made it faster and faster! Of course, there doesn't ever seem to be a stop for when it is fastest.

This movie is 0.82 seconds faster than the previous movie. Most of the improvement comes from a trick that makes Bowser bounce much lower when defeated. For more details, see the run's comments.

Check out the video of this being played on an actual console.


Genesis Twinkle Tale (JPN) in 17:33.58 by AKA.
Gens movie file (.gmv) (date: 2008-08-11)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 50.30 MB, length: 19:58)
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Submission #2020 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.7 (19 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
Twinkle Tale was released exclusively in Japan by an obscure publisher. The author describes it as "what you get when you combine top down Contra stages with Kingdom Hearts." It tells the tale of Saria the magician who must stop the Demon King with what sometimes appear to be weapons from Gradius.

This movie carefully exploits the game's mechanics to breeze through the levels and boss fights. You can read a full translation and get other information at its submission discussion


Genesis Quackshot in 22:23.07 by AKA.
Gens movie file (.gmv) (date: 2007-12-01)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 67.99 MB, length: 24:33)
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Submission #1742 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #150 (23:23.52)
Rating: 6.7 (22 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Platform
Quackshot is an Indiana-Jones-inspired game that finds Donald Duck liberally belly-sliding and plunger-shooting his way to an ancient treasure. It is one of the few non-Capcom Disney games.

This video is a minute improvement that abuses known glitches more and shows some new ones as well.


Genesis Streets of Rage in 19:45.45 by AKA & Mukki.
Gens movie file (.gmv) (date: 2008-02-19)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 44.36 MB, length: 22:07)
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Submission #1845 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #130 (29:55.07)
Rating: 6.5 (25 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- 2 Players
- Uses death to save time
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Fighting
A typical streetfighting game which spawned the popular Streets of Rage trilogy. This game is rumored to have used the same engine as Golden Axe, which is why the A button summons magic (sort of) to damage all enemies on screen, instead of doing some sort of roundhouse, like almost all other beat'em ups.

Completed on the hardest difficulty.

Compared to the previous movie, this is over 10 minutes faster. Primarily due to the use of 2-players and a glitch that skips most of the last level.

Details can be found in the authors' comments.


N64 Duke Nukem 64 (USA) in 11:58.87 by AKA.
Mupen64 movie (.m64) (date: 2007-09-14)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 45.16 MB, length: 14:40)
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Submission #1675 — Author's comments
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Rating: 5.9 (33.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Uses easiest difficulty
Duke Nukem 64 (1997) is a classic PC shooter ported to Nintendo 64 — unfortunately, in a heavily censored state, and without much concern for the game's performance.

As such, the movie is played on the easiest level in an attempt to reduce the framerate drop issues arising from big amounts of enemies shooting at Duke. However, the sheer speed the player is blasting through levels will likely confuse you regardless — we recommend reading the author's comments to understand all the tricks he used.

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 [1590] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA PRG0) by Lord Tom, Mitjitsu, Tompa in 10:25.6 (2010-08-04)
- obsoletes ☆ [1286] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (JPN/USA PRG0) by Lord Tom & Mitjitsu in 10:26.42 (2009-05-11)
- - obsoletes ☆ [1053] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA PRG0) by adelikat,Deign,Cardboard&JXQ in 10:29.05 (2008-02-17)
- - - obsoletes ☆ [342] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA PRG1) by Genisto in 10:34.55 (2005-05-18)
- - - - obsoletes ☆ [14] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (JPN) by Genisto in 10:53.52 (2004-03-29)
- - - - - obsoletes [667] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (JPN) by Michael F in 10:58.92 (2004-02-12)
- - - - - obsoletes [668] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (JPN) by Morimoto in 11:03.95 (2003-11-20)
Added ☽[1558] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA PRG0) "warpless" by adelikat, andymac, Lord Tom, Tompa in 47:04.7 (2010-06-27)
- obsoletes [1059] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA PRG0) "warpless" by adelikat,Deign,Cardboard&JXQ in 47:33.52 (2008-02-18)
- - obsoletes [455] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA PRG1) "warpless" by JXQ in 48:29.17 (2006-01-11)
- - - obsoletes [15] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 (JPN) "warpless" by Tokushin in 1:17:40.7 (2001-02-05)
Added [1167] Genesis Twinkle Tale (JPN) by AKA in 17:33.58 (2008-08-11)
Added [1064] Genesis Streets of Rage (any) by AKA & Mukki in 19:45.45 (2008-02-19)
- obsoletes [130] Genesis Streets of Rage (any) by SprintGod in 29:55.07 (2004-07-20)
Added [1009] Genesis Quackshot (any) by AKA in 22:23.07 (2007-12-01)
- obsoletes [150] Genesis Quackshot (any,r0) by nifboy in 23:23.52 (2004-08-05)
- - obsoletes [95] Genesis Quackshot (any,r0) by nifboy in 25:00.05 (2004-06-12)
Added [957] N64 Duke Nukem 64 (USA) by AKA in 11:58.87 (2007-09-14)

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