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

Tool-assisted movies

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Total movies: 11


☆NES Castlevania (USA PRG1) in 11:20.5 by Phil. Côté & Morrison.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2007-06-26)
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Obsoletes movie #694 (11:34.12)
Rating: 8.3 (44 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Heavy luck manipulation
- Genre: Platform
The original Castlevania is set in the year 1691. Simon Belmont must fight his way through the castle and destroy Count Dracula.

This TAS is about 13.6 seconds faster than the previous version by the coauthor of this movie, Morrison.

In this joint effort by Phil and Morrison, thorough optimizations are carried out at all levels of magnitude in order to get the maximum completion speed as well as lots of score points in the process.

The MSX version has been TASed as well! Click here to watch it.


NES Donkey Kong (JPN/USA) in 01:08.67 by Phil.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2009-09-18)
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Obsoletes movie #1316 (01:08.97)
Rating: 8.1 (37.5 votes)
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- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Platform
Donkey Kong is a classic game that has been challenged plenty of times at this site, by many players. This competitive spirit has made for some 'perfect' runs. Yet each time someone manages to squeeze just a bit more out of it.

This latest completion by Phil beats the previous movie by 11 frames.


FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) "Luigi Version" in 08:16.42 by Phil.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2008-01-17)
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Obsoletes movie #1027 (08:17.83)
Rating: 7.9 (33 votes)
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- Uses a suboptimal character
- Uses warps
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Platform
This is a TAS of the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, a.k.a. 'The Lost Levels', using a suboptimal punk called 'Luigi'. He jumps higher than Mario, but acts slower in many ways. However, the movie is in no way worse than the Mario version - some new creative solutions have been found.

This is an 85 frame improvement over the previous movie by Deign.


☆NES Bionic Commando (USA) in 13:45.26 by Phil.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2009-11-21)
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Obsoletes movie #852 (13:58.98)
Rating: 7.8 (28 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
Bionic Commando is a platform game with a hero who can't jump, but can quickly latch onto objects with his bionic arm. This TAS is praised for its inhumanly fast grappling and swinging.

This is Phil's first contribution to Bionic Commando. It is an improvement of 12.36 seconds over the previous run and proves he is a cat burglar.

For more swinging goodness, check out Bionic Commando for the Game Boy.


SNES Super Punch-Out!! (USA) in 15:59.37 by Phil.
snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2008-02-20)
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Obsoletes movie #878 (15:59.88)
Rating: 7.5 (25.5 votes)
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- Genre: Fighting
- Genre: Sport
This run improves on the time taken to defeat Bear Hugger.

The record times are:

           Gabby Jay  6.26           Bear Hugger 12.92
    Piston Hurricane  5.49             Bald Bull  8.24
         Bob Charlie  5.50           Dragon Chan  7.30
       Masked Muscle  6.33           Mr. Sandman 13.13
           Aran Ryan  8.45          Heiki Kagero 10.60
           Mad Clown  9.05       Super Macho Man  9.43
       Narcis Prince  8.43           Hoy Quarlow  8.35
        Rick Bruiser 10.67          Nick Bruiser  7.52

NES Kung Fu (USA) in 03:41.14 by Phil.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2009-10-03)
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Obsoletes movie #340 (03:42.55)
Rating: 7.0 (20.5 votes)
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- Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Fighting
Kung Fu (1985) is a simple beat-'em-up game in which the protagonist known as Thomas has 5 floors of bad guys and bosses to fight through in order to save Sylvia, his girlfriend. Unfortunately, as the final screen tells us, their happiness "does not continue long" — a common arcade trope to make the player beat the game in a second loop.

Phil bested the predecessor movie by over a second thanks to better luck manipulation and decreasing the amount of jumps.

This movie aims for lowest in-game time. The completion times for each floor are: 1552, 1558, 1552, 1545, 1550.


NES The Goonies (JPN) in 02:31.38 by Phil.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2009-10-27)
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Obsoletes movie #1051 (02:33.63)
Rating: 6.9 (17.5 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Platform
The few players who have seen this game know that it's an evanescent one. An average speedrun might achieve a time such as 6 minutes. A 5 minute record is an excellent time for speedruns of this game, but requires a lot of luck.
But here we have a movie that is 50% faster than even that!

This movie beats Phil's previous movie by 120 frames.


NES Battletoads (USA) "1p warpless" in 24:20.12 by Phil & Genisto.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2005-04-14)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 77.24 MB, length: 25:29)
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Obsoletes movie #284 (26:31.67)
Rating: 6.8 (32.5 votes)
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- One player in a multiplayer game
- Uses death to save time
- Forgoes warps
- Genre: Fighting
- Genre: Platform
This is a 1-player warpless TAS on this hard game. As usual, the author shows off many bugs in this fighting/autoscrolling hybrid.

This movie requires FCEU 0.98.12.


NES Double Dragon (USA) in 08:57.47 by Phil.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2006-02-25)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 8.85 MB, length: 09:24)
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Obsoletes movie #52 (09:35.15)
Rating: 6.8 (37 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Fighting
Even the most unconventional means of fighting are nothing uncommon on this website, as shown in the screenshot. This is Phil's fifth movie at Double Dragon, now 38 seconds faster than the previous version.

Released on many systems, this game was so popular they even released it for cellular phones and made a board game. Even a hollywood movie has been made.


NES Track & Field (USA) in 12:55.43 by Phil.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2007-09-30)
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Obsoletes movie #34 (08:28.05)
Obsoletes movie #35 (09:05.4)
Obsoletes movie #36 (08:56.48)
Rating: 6.4 (31 votes)
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- Aims for maximum score
- 2 Players
- Genre: Sport
This movie of Track and Field plays with two players: One of them aims for a maximum score, and the other aims to demonstrate clumsiness, quirks and other humor.

SNES The Combatribes (USA) in 13:08.07 by Phil & Genisto.
snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2004-11-04)
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Rating: 3.1 (27.5 votes)
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- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Fighting
Combatribes is a side-scrolling fighter without much side-scrolling, but all the more fighting. Mostly jumping on poor defenseless bad guys and repeatedly polishing the sidewalk with their faces.
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 [1920] NES Battletoads (USA) by feos & MESHUGGAH in 11:04.72 (2011-11-16)
- obsoletes [310] NES Battletoads (USA) "1p warps" by Phil & Genisto in 13:27.98 (2005-03-18)
Added [1882] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by HappyLee in 08:05.28 (2011-09-25)
- obsoletes [1360] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by HappyLee in 08:06.96 (2009-10-11)
- - obsoletes [1031] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by klmz in 08:09.23 (2007-12-22)
- - - obsoletes [754] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by Phil & Genisto in 08:12.25 (2006-12-30)
- - - - obsoletes [346] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by Phil & Genisto in 08:21.37 (2005-05-24)
- - - - - obsoletes [261] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by Bisqwit in 08:20.57 (2004-12-12)
- - - - - - obsoletes [256] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by Bisqwit in 08:21.43 (2004-12-09)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [254] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by Bisqwit in 08:21.79 (2004-12-05)
- - - - - - - - obsoletes [11] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by Bisqwit in 08:24.37 (2004-06-09)
- - - - - - - - - obsoletes [683] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by Michael F in 08:25.15 (2004-02-06)
- - - - - - - - - - obsoletes [682] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by Bisqwit in 08:27.55 (2004-02-05)
- - - - - - - - - - - obsoletes ☽ [684] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) by Bisqwit in 08:30.95 (2004-02-01)
Added ☆[1396] NES Bionic Commando (USA) by Phil in 13:45.26 (2009-11-21)
- obsoletes [852] NES Bionic Commando (USA) by Cardboard&JXQ in 13:58.98 (2007-05-13)
- - obsoletes [839] NES Bionic Commando (USA) by Cardboard&JXQ in 14:03.38 (2007-04-23)
- - - obsoletes ☆ [268] NES Bionic Commando (JPN) by Genisto in 14:05.53 (2004-12-19)
- - - - obsoletes ☆ [31] NES Bionic Commando (JPN) by Genisto in 14:05.95 (2004-05-29)
- - - - - obsoletes [619] NES Bionic Commando (JPN) by Feitclub in 17:10.7 (2004-04-25)
- - - - - - obsoletes [642] NES Bionic Commando (USA) by Feitclub in 17:48.75 (2004-03-14)
Added [1373] NES The Goonies (JPN) by Phil in 02:31.38 (2009-10-27)
- obsoletes [1051] NES The Goonies (JPN) by Phil in 02:33.63 (2008-02-06)
- - obsoletes [1032] NES The Goonies (JPN) by Randil in 02:34.03 (2007-12-22)
- - - obsoletes [83] NES The Goonies (USA) by Phil & Genisto in 02:34.81 (2004-06-10)
- - - - obsoletes [609] NES The Goonies (JPN) by Walker Boh in 05:05.83 (2004-06-05)
Added [1358] NES Kung Fu (USA) by Phil in 03:41.14 (2009-10-03)
- obsoletes [340] NES Kung Fu (USA) by Deviance in 03:42.55 (2005-05-14)
- - obsoletes [46] NES Kung Fu (USA) by Phil & Genisto in 03:42.82 (2004-03-30)
- - - obsoletes [645] NES Kung Fu (USA) by Michael F in 03:46.22 (2004-03-14)
Added [1352] NES Donkey Kong (JPN/USA) by Phil in 01:08.67 (2009-09-18)
- obsoletes [1316] NES Donkey Kong (JPN/USA) by Aglar in 01:08.97 (2009-07-03)
- - obsoletes [841] NES Donkey Kong (JPN/USA) by hero of the day in 01:10.08 (2007-04-28)
- - - obsoletes [359] NES Donkey Kong (JPN/USA) by Phil in 01:17.78 (2005-06-09)
- - - - obsoletes [357] NES Donkey Kong (JPN/USA) by Arc in 01:18.17 (2005-06-08)
- - - - - obsoletes [356] NES Donkey Kong (any) by OmnipotentEntity in 01:20.55 (2005-06-07)
Added [1067] SNES Super Punch-Out!! (USA) by Phil in 15:59.37 (2008-02-20)
- obsoletes [878] SNES Super Punch-Out!! (USA) by adelikat in 15:59.88 (2007-05-29)
- - obsoletes [732] SNES Super Punch-Out!! (USA) by adelikat in 15:57.35 (2006-12-13)
- - - obsoletes [143] SNES Super Punch-Out!! (USA) by Phil & Genisto in 15:58.98 (2004-07-24)
- - - - obsoletes [127] SNES Super Punch-Out!! (USA) by videogamefreak in 16:57.27 (2004-07-19)
Added [1042] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) "Luigi Version" by Phil in 08:16.42 (2008-01-17)
- obsoletes [1027] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) "Luigi version" by Deign in 08:17.83 (2007-12-17)
- - obsoletes [831] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) "Luigi version" by Phil in 08:20.98 (2007-04-11)
- - - obsoletes [270] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN) "Luigi version" by Phil & Genisto in 08:29.82 (2004-12-25)
Added [970] NES Track & Field (USA) by Phil in 12:55.43 (2007-09-30)
- obsoletes [34] NES Track & Field (USA) by Arc in 08:28.05 (2004-04-29)
- obsoletes [35] NES Track & Field (Europe) by Phil in 09:05.4 (2004-04-29)
- obsoletes [36] NES Track & Field (USA) by Phil in 08:56.48 (2004-04-29)
- - obsoletes [644] NES Track & Field (USA) by Arc in 08:48.55 (2004-03-14)
Added ☆[901] NES Castlevania (USA PRG1) by Phil. Côté & Morrison in 11:20.5 (2007-06-26)
- obsoletes ☆ [694] NES Castlevania (USA PRG1) by Morrison in 11:34.12 (2006-10-09)
- - obsoletes ☆ [524] NES Castlevania (Konami Classic) by Phil in 11:41.17 (2006-04-11)
- - - obsoletes [3] NES Castlevania (USA PRG1) by Phil & Genisto in 11:43.13 (2004-04-27)
- - - - obsoletes [636] NES Castlevania (USA PRG1) by Bisqwit in 12:09.22 (2004-04-03)
- - - - - obsoletes [654] NES Castlevania (USA PRG1) by Bisqwit in 12:23.1 (2004-02-28)
- - - - - - obsoletes [672] NES Castlevania (USA PRG1) by Bisqwit in 12:41.25 (2004-01-15)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [674] NES Castlevania (USA PRG1) by Bisqwit in 13:15.55 (2004-01-10)
Added [485] NES Double Dragon (USA) by Phil in 08:57.47 (2006-02-25)
- obsoletes [52] NES Double Dragon (USA) by Phil in 09:35.15 (2004-05-18)
- - obsoletes [624] NES Double Dragon (USA) by Phil in 10:25.92 (2004-04-17)
- - - obsoletes [632] NES Double Dragon (USA) by Phil in 11:15.12 (2004-04-07)
Added [355] NES Battletoads (USA) "2p warpless" by foda in 24:57.47 (2005-06-07)
- obsoletes [291] NES Battletoads (USA) "2p warps" by foda in 15:29.03 (2005-02-02)
- - obsoletes [69] NES Battletoads (USA) "2p warps" by Phil & Genisto in 19:18.78 (2004-04-29)
Added [320] NES Battletoads (USA) "1p warpless" by Phil & Genisto in 24:20.12 (2005-04-14)
- obsoletes [284] NES Battletoads (USA) "1p warpless" by foda in 26:31.67 (2005-01-22)
- - obsoletes [70] NES Battletoads (USA) "1p warpless" by foda in 27:33.38 (2004-05-20)
Added [230] SNES The Combatribes (USA) by Phil & Genisto in 13:08.07 (2004-11-04)

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