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Tool-assisted game movies
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Tool-assisted movies

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Total movies: 5


NES Contra Force (USA) in 12:23.62 by GlitchMan.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2010-07-05)
MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 20.70 MB, length: 15:00)
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Submission #2720 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.1 (14.5 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Shooter
This game, ostensibly a spin-off of the Contra series, began life as a completely unrelated game, yet still manages to invoke the spirit of the other games in being an insanely difficult, one-hit-kills-you shooter.

Contra Force offers a selection of one of four characters, a jumping glitch involving the pause screen, and lots and lots of lag - and yet the game is still completed remarkably quickly.


NES Ghostbusters (JPN) in 01:34.98 by GlitchMan.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2009-11-06)
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Submission #2433 — Author's comments
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Rating: 5.4 (31.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse

This movie has been obsoleted!

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If what was done with this movie was possible in real life, economies worldwide would crash.

The author abuses an oversight in the game that could cause an item to be sold more than it costs. This oversight only exists in the Japanese version.


NES Hook (USA) in 23:19.64 by GlitchMan.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2010-07-22)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 44.61 MB, length: 23:34)
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Submission #2738 — Author's comments
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Rating: 4.7 (12.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Platform
Hook is an NES game based on the movie of the same name. Unlike the SNES game based on the same movie, this game is less linear, though there are still a limited number of effective routes on the map screen. Also, four items need to be collected to beat the game.

GlitchMan plays through this game quickly, using some collision glitches which allow him to do things like fall through floors (as the screenshot for this movie shows). For more details, see the author's comments.


NES Mega Man 4 (USA) in 34:00.02 by GlitchMan.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2010-01-19)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 76.25 MB, length: 38:31)
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Submission #2521 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #545 (34:34.38)
Rating: 7.8 (19.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
This is the sixth published movie of Mega Man 4 (USAのロックマン4), played for the first time by GlitchMan.

There are improvements in all of the stages, some more visible than others. The total amount of time saved is 34.36 seconds, achieved by being more accurate and using some cool glitches.


☽NES Mega Man 5 (USA) in 31:41.68 by GlitchMan.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2010-06-20)
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Submission #2707 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #476 (33:04.05)
Rating: 8.4 (21.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
This is Mega Man 5 (USAのロックマン5) played by GlitchMan, in an improvement of 1 minute and 22 seconds over the previous run. Improvements include several new glitches involving the Super Arrow and new strategies for two of the boss fights.

Reading the submission text is recommended for details on the glitches.

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