TASVideos

Tool-assisted game movies
When human skills are just not enough

Tool-assisted movies

Total movies: 2


NES Maniac Mansion (USA) in 06:29.77 by Arc.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2008-02-18)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 5.96 MB, length: 08:30)
Mirror www.archive.org
Watch on (www.viddler.com)
Watch on (www.youtube.com)
Submission #1838 — Author's comments
Discuss this movie
Obsoletes movie #444 (07:15.78)
Rating: 6.0 (25 votes)
View Publication
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Adventure
Maniac Mansion (1990) is a unique game that has weird humor and crazy music. It features cutscenes, multiple ways to win, useless items (like Chuck the Plant), and microwavable hamsters. In the storyline, Dave and two of his friends infiltrate the Edison family's mansion in order to rescue Dave's girlfriend. In order to save her, the teens must get access to the inner lab, deal with Purple Tentacle, shut down the ZOM-B-MATIC, and defeat the evil Meteor.

This movie—Arc's eighth TAS of Maniac Mansion—is about 46 seconds faster than the previous attempt.

The author's comments for the submission help to explain the multitude of tricks and glitches used.


NES Super Pitfall (USA) in 06:20.22 by Arc.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2005-05-08)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 17.16 MB, length: 06:48)
Mirror www.archive.org
Watch on (www.youtube.com)
Watch on (www.viddler.com)
Submission #667 — Author's comments
Discuss this movie
Obsoletes movie #81 (11:52.22)
Rating: 5.9 (26 votes)
View Publication
- Uses death to save time
- Genre: Platform
The movie is an amazing 5:32 improvement to the previous Super Pitfall movie. The author doesn't want to spoil what makes this version so much faster than the last one. You'll have to watch it in order to find out. Hopefully you've already seen the 11:52 version so that you can understand this movie better.

In order to beat the game (the first quest, at least), Pitfall Harry must accomplish 6 tasks:

  1. obtain the Raj Diamond
  2. find the key to Quickclaw the Lion's cage
  3. rescue Quickclaw the Lion
  4. find the flask of medicine, which can heal Rhonda
  5. rescue Rhonda
  6. return to the starting point after completing the previous 5 tasks
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.

Similar movies by name and category traits (warning: can be quite random sometimes): (temporarily disabled)


Webmasters, please don't link directly to the files. Link to this page or the front page instead.
Republication of movies from this site is only allowed under the following conditions:
  1. Video and audio content must not be changed (including the pointers to this site).
  2. The movies must be prominently labeled as tool-assisted speedruns.
  3. The actual player(s) (always shown at this site) must be properly credited.
Do not label them with speculations. If unsure, ask the site staff for details.