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Total movies: 80


[Tier: Moons]Arcade Bionic Commando (USA) in 05:48.1 by Mukki.
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Rating: 6.2 (18.5 votes)
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- Genre: Platform
Before reminiscing about a man I knew when I was young, before rescuing a hero named Joe, there were games where you played as Joe himself! The Bionic Commando arcade game, sequel to Commando, introduces the first hero in a platform game who couldn't even jump, which spawned many sequels.

Just when you thought all the early Bionic Commando games were TAS'd and done with, Mukki brings Bionic Commando back to life, as if it were a long dead World War II dictator resurrected by a madman as part of a plan for world domination.

In this game, Mukki demonstrates grappling and kicking ability, whilst avoiding hordes of soldiers futilely attempting to prevent Joe from doing his duty and destroying their weapons of medium sized destruction.


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[Tier: Moons]Arcade The King of Fighters 2001 in 07:12.25 by x2poet.
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Submission #3418 — Author's comments
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Rating: 5.6 (12.5 votes)
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- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Fighting
In this first publication from the King of Fighters series, x2poet uses the game's female characters to swiftly humiliate their opponents, showing off multiple combos and AI manipulation along the way.

[Tier: Stars]Arcade The Simpsons in 13:37.73 by adelikat & DarkKobold.
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Submission #2821 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.6 (29.5 votes)
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- 4 Players
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Fighting
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¡Ay, caramba! The Simpsons Arcade Game is Konami's 4-player beat 'em up based on the ultra-hit TV show, The Simpsons. The Simpsons cartoon has now (at the time of writing) spanned 21 seasons, a world-wide movie, and licensing from here to kingdom come. In this TAS, adelikat and DarkKobold use four of the five Simpson family to track down the missing 5th member, Maggie.

All right now, play friendly!


[Tier: Moons]DS Space Invaders Extreme 2 (USA) in 07:56.48 by FractalFusion.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2010-07-10)
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Submission #2734 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.0 (26 votes)
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- Genre: Shooter
Space Invaders needs no introduction. Space Invaders Extreme 2 is part of a recent revival of the series, introducing power-ups and a variety of new gameplay modes.

This run plays Score Attack mode on the hardest available path. Note that it doesn't aim for highest score because doing so would make the movie considerably longer.


[Tier: Moons]GBA Asterix & Obelix: Bash Them All! (Europe) "Asterix & Obelix" in 21:08.9 by TimmyAkmed.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2011-12-17)
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Submission #3360 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.0 (4.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Platform
Rome has conquered Gaul and put a wall around the last village of resistance. Asterix and Obelix decide to tour the Roman Empire and collect souvenirs in order to show Caesar the futility of walls. It's hard to get the story from this TAS, however, because they fly through the levels so quickly, absorbing damage and rarely bothering to fight back. They do take some breaks to participate in local sports. After all, if you're trying to send a message to Caesar, why not beat his athletes in one Olympic event--or all of them?

[Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "all furniture, best ending" in 20:49.86 by sksk1990.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2013-01-26)
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Rating: 8.6 (11 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Best ending
- Uses warps
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
In Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, the Belmont clan must again rise to the challenge: Dracula's castle is in disarray and is in serious need of an interior decorator! In this movie, Juste Belmont zips through walls, under floors, and over zombies with the very important task of rearranging furniture. (He also defeats Dracula and rescues his best friends along the way, but that's not very important.)

This movie is a 4:13.81 improvement over its predecessor, with route changes and more efficient kills speeding it up.


[Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) in 07:50.1 by gstick.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2013-03-23)
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Submission #3888 — Author's comments
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Rating: 8.3 (5 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Uses warps
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
The main quest completion time has been shortened to nearly one fourth of what it initially was, thanks to the discovery of a glitch that allows Juste to sink into walls.

This is a 3:25.15 minute improvement over klmz's movie. Like in the previous movies, the author picked up an item to display those cool CRITICAL's for entertainment, at the cost of some time.

However, if you still think there is not enough zipping through walls, be sure to watch the second quest completed in less than half a minute!


[Tier: Moons]GBA Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure (JPN) in 44:34.07 by AnotherGamer.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2005-07-01)
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Submission #723 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.0 (27 votes)
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- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Fighting
- Genre: Platform
Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure (ドラゴンボール アドバンス アドベンチャー) is mainly a platformer/fighting game with some one-on-one fights with more important characters thrown in.

The author tries to complete the game moderately fast, while showing off different things you can do and getting a high score in progress.

Doesn't get hit, except in 2 vs fights where losing is part of the game's plot.

Ending score: 32074970.


[Tier: Vault]GBA Lode Runner (JPN) in 16:53.6 by klmz.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2010-01-21)
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Submission #2520 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.4 (11 votes)
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- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Puzzle
Lode Runner is a long-running series of action/puzzle games where the objective is to collect all of the gold in a level while avoiding enemies. This iteration of the series for the GBA was released only in Japan.

This run completes Small World, the initially available set of levels; this is the only set of levels accessible without SRAM.


[Tier: Moons]GBA Mega Man Zero 4 (USA) in 37:07.48 by klmz.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2009-05-13)
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Submission #2239 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.7 (17 votes)
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- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
Zero has a new body which he does all the same old stuff with. Once again, it's on the Game Boy Advance. As with the other games in the series, there is a delay with every hit of the Z-Saber, so many enemies are killed in other ways. (In particular, in this game, Zero can pick up guns from some enemies and use them for added variety.)

This run is almost 4 minutes and 20 seconds faster than the previous movie, in spite of having over 30 seconds more text due to game version differences. A large part of this improvement is due to new combos. Also, the invulnerability times of midbosses are abused even further with midair wobbling of the Z-Saber or the Z-Knuckles. For more details, see the run's comments.


[Tier: Moons]GBA Sonic Advance 3 (USA) in 35:56.75 by nitsuja.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2006-09-10)
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Submission #1192 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.7 (37 votes)
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- Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
- Forgoes time-saving death
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Platform
Yet another Sonic run by nitsuja. This time around the game doesn't allow running faster than the camera can follow. However it does allow team play constantly. This run is refreshing compared to other Sonic runs because of how different it is. Yet like the others, it does not collect the Chaos Emeralds.

It is recommended to read the author's novel to see why he chose to do many of the things he did.


[Tier: Moons]GBA Spider-Man 3 (USA) in 15:38.73 by mmbossman.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2008-08-24)
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Submission #2062 — Author's comments
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Rating: 8.0 (23.5 votes)
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- Genre: Platform
Award - GBx TAS of 2008
In this game, based loosely on the 2007 summer blockbuster, we see our friendly neighborhood Spider-man zip through 15 levels and 5 bosses with speed, style, and a sexy new black suit.

In this run, mmbossman heavily abuses a technique that allows him to maintain a very high speed throughout each level, stopping only to rescue civilians or disable bombs. However, since speed isn't as important in boss fights, Spidey also gets a chance to show off some of his acrobatic and martial arts skills.


[Tier: Vault]GBA Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (USA) in 36:04.7 by FractalFusion.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2007-08-05)
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Submission #1603 — Author's comments
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Rating: 5.8 (25 votes)
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- Forgoes time-saving death
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Platform
Splinter Cell is a well known stealth action game where agent Sam Fisher tries to rescue CIA agents from the bad guys.

However, in this run the author doesn't care about stealth at all and runs through the levels as fast as possible.

FractalFusion has also created a TAS for the game's GBA sequel.


[Tier: Vault]GB Mortal Kombat 3 (USA) "glitched" in 07:18.49 by Thevlackdemonn2294.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2012-12-30)
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Submission #2898 — Author's comments
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Rating: 3.9 (6 votes)
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- Genre: Fighting
In this low quality port of a very popular arcade game, Thevlackdemonn2294 speeds through the game as fast as possible. No second round is ever fought, as it it glitched past, except for Shao Kahn, the final boss.

[Tier: Stars]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) "Playaround" in 40:22.78 by bobmario511.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2012-04-29)
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Submission #3579 — Author's comments
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Rating: 8.4 (9.5 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Adventure
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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a classic Game Boy Zelda adventure. Link must travel across the dream world of Koholint Island, collecting the 8 Instruments to wake the Wind Fish and go home after a terrible shipwreck.

bobmario511 (the author), however, realized that "Hey, I'm in a dream. That means I can do anything I want!" With that in mind, he embarks on a journey as the legendary hero THIEF to live out his wildest fantasies. Unfortunately, he would soon find out that this dream would end up being the worst nightmare of his life, traveling through a chaotic world devoid of any logic, meaning, or consistent appearance. Summoning the power of all of the allies he can get, our hero, BowWow, Marin, a ghost, and a flying rooster travel together to make sense of the nonsensical hell of Link's own imagination, collecting what he believes to be the 8 Instruments and Secret Seashells on their way.

To see a run of the "normal" completion of this game, see this movie by the same author.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Castle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse (USA) in 17:33.03 by Aglar.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2011-10-15)
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Submission #3320 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.9 (5 votes)
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- Genre: Platform
Castle of Illusion is one of the earlier games for the Genesis. Mickey must collect seven jewels to reach the final boss and save Minnie. He attacks enemies either by flinging apples at them, or by smothering them with his cast-iron buttocks.

This run is around 50 seconds faster than the previous run, thanks to new tricks/glitches and better optimisation. Please read the author's comments for more information on the new tricks and glitches.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Gods (USA) in 07:29.73 by Aqfaq.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2011-07-09)
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Rating: 7.0 (12 votes)
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- Genre: Platform
Gods is a game about someone who wants to become a god and gain immortality. This is a delicate and paradoxical issue, because temporal immortality can be bought at just about every shop in this game, but the hero still dies numerous times.

Another fun aspect is bomb-jumping, which allows both higher jumps and traveling vertically through walls. Almost the whole 2nd half of the game is skipped with this trick!

This is the author's latest version, improved by another 132 frames.


[Tier: Stars][Has commentary]Genesis Gunstar Heroes (USA) in 35:28.92 by arkiandruski.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2007-08-18)
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Rating: 7.8 (37 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Shooter
Gunstar Heroes (1993) is widely considered to be one of the best action games on the Sega Genesis, but, ironically, was commercially unsuccessful due to poor promotion. It features a variety of melee attacks, as well as 4 basic weapons which can be combined in pairs (making a total of 14 combinations) — all densely packed in a swift and explosion-heavy gameplay spanning over seven uniquely designed stages. The author takes special care to showcase all the moves the game is capable of, using every possible attack and having lots of fun playing around in autoscrolling sections.

This movie is 3 minutes longer than the previous one due to playing on hardest difficulty and using both Gunstars at the same time. See the author's comments for more details.

The AVI for this movie is also slightly larger than usual — this is due to an amount of colors and on-screen motion even the best codecs have problems coping with.


arkiandruski has provided an audio commentary for this movie, available here. He watches his run's encode and speaks along, play back your own copy as you listen to him.

[Tier: Moons]Genesis Kid Chameleon (USA/Europe) "Maximum Levels" in 29:57.7 by TheRandomPie_IV.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2009-08-08)
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Rating: 6.8 (13 votes)
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- Genre: Platform
Kid Chameleon is the story of a kid trapped in an arcade machine, where he has to traverse many different kinds of levels from different "games" and can transform into many types of characters. It is rather convoluted, with the ability to take many paths to the last level.

Instead of taking the fastest path, this movie takes the longest path possible without backtracking, but does so as quickly as possible. Several new tricks originated in this run that only recently found their way into the any%.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Phantasy Star IV (USA) "all sidequests" in 1:55:11.7 by janus.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2013-02-04)
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- Genre: RPG
In this final installment of the famous Phantasy Star series, the protagonist, while out on a routine assignment, uncovers evidence pointing to a sinister threat to the entire solar system. One thing leads to another and he and the rest of his party eventually find themselves fighting the root of all evil.

Even if killing the root of all evil would end everyone's problems, the team decides to take a few side jobs. As a result, they become even stronger and do things that would be impossible in a regular speedrun.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Ristar (JPN) in 26:44.15 by Upthorn.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2007-05-17)
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Submission #1506 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.7 (25 votes)
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- Genre: Platform
Ristar is a large, colorful game with good music. It also has water-themed levels that aren't slow and boring, which is a true rarity.

The author of this TAS chose to get maximum height bonuses instead of using the end pole for a small, boring speed boost.

As Bag of Magic Food so excellently put it, "Starface has stretchy arms and wastes time spinning on poles."

This is a 1 minute 33 second improvement over the author's previous movie. Details about the improvements can be found in the authors comments.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Rocket Knight Adventures (USA) in 27:18.13 by Upthorn.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2007-09-15)
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Submission #1670 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.6 (27 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Platform
This game has a lot of bosses, to say the least. Because the author speeds through levels so quickly, the amount of time spent fighting bosses is actually greater than the amount of time completing the level in order to reach them.

This is a 7 minute 38 second improvement over the previous movie. Much of this improvement is simply due to defeating bosses more quickly. The author has left detailed comments about these improvements.


[Tier: Vault]Genesis Shining in the Darkness (USA) in 43:27.2 by DarkKobold.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2009-08-15)
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Rating: 5.7 (14 votes)
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- Genre: RPG
Shining in the Darkness is the first in the Shining series, which includes Shining Force. Unlike the later games, it is a first person dungeon crawler.

The author dissected the game with the help of Lua scripts to find optimal battles and avoid random encounters.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "Sonic 100%" in 55:48.8 by marzojr.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2009-11-09)
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Rating: 7.8 (22 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
- 100% completion
- Uses a suboptimal character
- Forgoes time-saving death
- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Platform
In this run of Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic has decided that getting all the emeralds is the only way to go and as such powers his way through the special stages to achieve this (and a perfect ending). This run also avoids using a glitch called horizontal underflow, which is explained in the author's comments.

For those that have seen the Knuckles 100% run (or just don't like waiting around), there is a second, smaller mkv that omits the emerald collection, loading/end of stage screens and removes the Hyper Sonic flash/music.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog (any,r1) "no zips" in 17:36.58 by Aglar.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2011-12-19)
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Rating: 8.1 (11 votes)
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- Forgoes time-saving glitches
- Genre: Platform
Fast bouncing around. This is a run of Sonic the Hedgehog which avoids zipping (gaining a large speed boost from being inside terrain), unlike the other run of the game. Therefore, most levels cannot be skipped, and instead have to be traversed using a more normal route, although the author still finds a couple of alternative methods to take shortcuts (it is hard to define hard rules to ban all glitches). In this run, the game is completed without collecting the Chaos Emeralds.

[Tier: Stars][Notable improvement]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (any v1.1) in 17:51.6 by Aglar.
Gens movie (.gmv) (date: 2012-05-13)
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Rating: 9.4 (15 votes)
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- Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
- 2 Players
- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Platform
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) was the game that introduced super dash attack. The ability, referred to as spin dash in later games, has become one of the most beloved features of the series—and, indeed, one of the most prominent features of the speedrunning scene as a whole.

In this exhilarating movie, Aglar speeds his way through the classic's varied levels making good use of spin dashes to break old routes and create new ones however he pleases. The author also controls Tails—Sonic's two-tailed foxy buddy—to allow for even faster routes and making shorter work of bosses.

This is an improvement of 50.76 seconds over the previous movie, thanks to better routes and general optimization as explained in the author's comments.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Streets of Rage in 19:45.45 by AKA & Mukki.
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- 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.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Streets of Rage 2 (USA) in 22:58.57 by Sonikkustar.
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An excellent Beat-'Em-Up game with an extraordinary soundtrack composed by Yuzo Koshiro.

Played with Max and Skate on Mania difficulty.

The author, Sonikkustar, has discovered some new glitches and used 2 players to improve 4:56.96 over of the previous run.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis The Lion King in 14:02.73 by Mukki.
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The Lion King is about a lion who becomes king. It takes about 17 minutes and is mostly paperwork, but it does involve some prancing around the Pride Lands.

Mukki manages to complete the game (and, subsequently, expedite the process of becoming king) over 30 seconds faster than the previous movie. The author does this using tricks such as catching ledges and glitching past leopards.


[Tier: Moons]Genesis Tinhead (USA) in 18:33.53 by Exxonym.
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Tinhead is a robot trying to save the universe from the evil Grim Squidge. Using various transformations and bouncing metal balls, Tinhead does this in record time. This game looks and feels a lot like a Sonic game minus the super speed.

[Tier: Moons]GG Sonic the Hedgehog - Triple Trouble (USA/Europe) in 19:19.98 by Grincevent & Cooljay.
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Sonic Triple Trouble is the sequel to Sonic Chaos, they are also known in Japan as Sonic & Tails 1 and 2. Long story short, Dr. Robotnik is after the chaos emeralds again and convinced Knuckles that Sonic and Tails want to steal them, again... But here comes a new challenger! Nack the weasel is here and wants to, guess what, steal the chaos emeralds too! (but just because they are shiny and might sell well on eBay)

[Tier: Vault]MSX Invasion of the Zombie Monsters in 04:15.31 by scrimpeh.
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Invasion of the Zombie Monsters is a B-Movie style platformer for MSX. You take control of Ned, a geek trying to save his girlfriend from a giant demon terrorizing the city. This game was designed to be a throwback to games like Legend of Hero Tonma and Ghouls 'n Ghosts.

This is an improvement of 37.88 seconds over the previous run, courtesy of better boss fights and other general optimisation.


[Tier: Moons][Console-verified]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "70 Stars, no BLJ" in 42:58.52 by CeeSammerZ, coin2884, Eru, Goronem, Jesus, Kyman, Mickey/VIS, Mokkori, Moltov, Nahoc, Nekuran, Nothing693, pasta, Snark, sonicpacker, ToT.
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- Genre: Platform
Backwards Long Jump (BLJ) is a game breaking glitch not used in this Super Mario 64 run so that the runners can show off a variety of other lesser known glitches. Despite BLJ being banned, Mario shows that he can still collect 70 stars with ninja-like reflexes.

BLJ can be seen in the 0 Stars and 120 Stars runs.

See this movie played back on a real console.

Note: There are encodes of higher resolutions in the discussion thread.


[Tier: Moons]N64 Super Smash Bros. (USA) in 08:19.67 by Blaze.
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- Genre: Platform
Super Smash Bros began a series of games that mixes characters from several Nintendo-made games in a unique fighting game. It relies not on wearing down the opponent's "life" but increasing damage until he or she can be literally knocked off the stage. Wildly popular, this game has inspired many lazy days of casual multiplayer gaming but also intense competitive tournaments that happen to this day.

We have seen several submissions for this game here but this is the first one to be published. The author shows off fancy fighting with Yoshi on the hardest difficulty. Rather than the usual goal of speed, this movie aims to be as entertaining as possible in the tradition of all fighting games here.

Another submission by the same author but which is based upon fastest completion time instead, can be watched via emulator movie at its submission page. There are also several other submissions of various quality that can be watched on an emulator.


[Tier: Moons]N64 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (USA) in 14:35.22 by emu.
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is the third entry in the Tony Hawk series of video games.

In this playaround, emu shows off by performing crazy stunts, executing large combos and achieving a really high score.

If you want to see more skating action, be sure to check the runs of the first two games in the series.


[Tier: Moons][Has commentary]N64 Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (USA) in 41:45.55 by nfq.
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- Genre: Shooter
It's Turok 3! Not very many dinosaurs in this game though, mostly just weird mutants and monsters. nfq blows through the game with multiple sequence breaks and kills several bosses very swiftly.
The author has made a series of youtube encodes with annotated commentary available in the submission comments.

[Tier: Stars]NES Arkanoid (USA) in 12:26.8 by Baxter.
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Arkanoid (1987) strongly resembles the arcade game Breakout (1976). In Arkanoid, the paddle is actually a spaceship, and the bricks are space walls. The goal of the game is to break through the space walls and defeat the villainous Doh in order to escape from the space labyrinth.

This incredible TAS of Arkanoid, made by Baxter, inspires awe in a manner comparable to the Gradius movie. No ball is ever lost, even though three balls are juggled in every level where possible.


[Tier: Vault]NES Arkanoid (USA) "Warped" in 04:26.72 by Baxter.
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- Genre: Action
This run exploits a programming error that allows the author to start playing from level 23. If you notice that there's nothing meaningful going on in the first minute of the movie, this is normal: the actual gameplay takes place only after triggering the "game over" screen.

See the author's comments for more information on this glitch.

This improves the author's previous movie by about 5 seconds.


[Tier: Stars]NES Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team (USA) in 17:41.14 by feos.
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Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team is an action packed Beat 'em Up cross over. It features essentially the same physics as Battletoads. Together, these heroes must defeat the Shadow Boss, the Dark Queen, and a whole assortment of other baddies.

Unlike the run of the SNES version, the author, feos, uses both a Toad and a Dragon. In addition, he constantly exploits glitches removed in the SNES version. The result is roughly 18 minutes of ridiculous antics! For more information on the glitches used in this run, please see the author's notes.


[Tier: Stars][Notable improvement]NES Bucky O'Hare (USA) in 22:13.6 by AnS.
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- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Shooter
A rare instance of a Japanese-made NES game based on a U.S.-originated comic book, Bucky O'Hare (1992) provides a player with a good combination of platforming action similar to Mega Man, an interesting plot, and convincing production values. You can play as one of the five unique characters, which you are free to select at any time, after saving them from the clutches of the Toad Empire. Each character has special abilities required to take advantage of in order to pass through the game's numerous variably designed stages, ranging from single-screen puzzle rooms to autoscrolling shoot-'em-ups.

Interesting fact about this game is that Konami used to implement unconventional ways of piracy protection, in this particular case by making each hit or an otherwise harmful collision in the game result in an instant death if you play it illegitimately. Apparently, this was how a large amount of people were used to playing it in pre-emulation era, without ever finding out Konami's little sabotage.

This movie by AnS is set up in a fashion that imitates this handicap by playing the game in hard mode (accessing it through a password), where every hit results in death. Other than that, it also improves the previous movie by 2 minutes 48.7 seconds, using several major glitches and a lot of small tricks explained in great detail in the author's comments.


[Tier: Moons]NES Final Fantasy (USA) "White Mage" in 1:16:37.56 by TheAxeMan.
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- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy luck manipulation
- Genre: RPG
Final Fantasy is a well known RPG about saving the world with the usual assortment of characters.

Here, the author defies all common sense and takes a team composed entirely of White Mages, the token "weak healing caster" class. What's worse, three of them meet their untimely demise at the hands of pirates not very far into their journey. Not to worry, because this survivor has a few tricks up her sleeve.


[Tier: Stars][Console-verified]NES Gradius in 10:52.35 by adelikat.
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- Genre: Shooter
In this run, adelikat picks up maximum speed upgrades and has fun with perfect reflexes, much like the previous movie. That is certainly something nice to do, because the game scrolls automatically and the player cannot affect the speed. However, the point of this movie is not just to beat this game as fast as possible, but rather to do all kinds of unpredictable and awe-inspiring things rarely seen in any TAS — without losing time. See for yourself.

This is probably one of the best illustrations on how to create art out of a simplistic and otherwise uninteresting game to watch.

What is also different about this movie is an extra warp which significantly shortens the game, and the use of a new tool (input macro) as described in the submission text. Bots are occasionally used to generate pseudorandom input while still avoiding death.

Also be sure to check out this movie being played back on an actual NES.


[Tier: Moons]NES Hammerin' Harry (JPN) in 07:11.39 by nitrogenesis.
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Hammerin' Harry is a pretty simple platformer. Armed with a big hammer, you make your way through 5 levels, and the first 3 levels have bonus levels as well. At the end of each level there is a boss, and in some levels, there are also mini-bosses. In short, this game is a "normal" platformer, you won't have a hard time figuring out what's going on.

NitroGenesis improves on the previous movie by 5.72 seconds thanks to more optimized jumps and faster bossfights. For more info, we recommend reading the submission text.


[Tier: Vault]NES High Speed (USA) in 20:05.57 by dwangoAC.
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High Speed was released on the NES by Rare Inc. in 1991 and is based on a real pinball machine released by Williams pinball in 1985. The core rules of High Speed were ported over fairly faithfully from the original pinball machine although Rare added in two different minigames and a "wizard mode" goal which is reached by completing a total of 8 cannon minigames and 6 race minigames.

Completing all three races and all four cannon minigames causes a spaceship to appear which displays a message that states "you have beaten the system... for now”; beating another round of three races and four cannon minigames causes a rocket to appear which states “you have beaten the system this time.” and marks the end of the game. Reaching this final “you beat the system” bonus is the goal of this speedrun.


[Tier: Vault]NES Ice Climber (USA) in 19:12.6 by Walker Boh.
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- Genre: Platform
This movie completes the 32 mountains of Ice Climber as fast as the author could do. It catches the bird in every bonus stage, which almost doubles the movie length.

It's not a very exciting movie as whole, but due to how hard the character is control, the game is difficult to beat by normal playing. This fact might make the movie a bit more interesting.

This movie is 2.5 minutes faster than the previous version by the same author.


[Tier: Vault]NES Mickey Mouse 3: Yume Fuusen (JPN) in 13:09.92 by mz.
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Released as part of the mostly Game Boy Mickey Mouse series, Mickey Mouse III: Dream Balloon was released in September 1992 by Kemco in Japan for the Famicom. Due to copyright issues it was changed into Kid Klown in Night Mayor World for its US NES 1993 release. In this run, Mickey uses balloons as weapons, as platforms, and as floatation devices to make quick work of the stages.

[Tier: Moons]NES Paperboy (USA) in 11:30.78 by Randil.
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- Uses death to save time
This run of Paperboy performs a perfect delivery every day. The author crashes his bike Monday - Saturday to avoid the obstacle course but then plays and finishes it flawlessly on Sunday. It does this as fast as possible, but does not go for score. Instead, it has different subgoals set up every day:

  • Monday & Tuesday: Object crashing day
  • Wednesday & Thursday: Window crashing day
  • Friday: Moving objects crashing day
  • Saturday: Daredevil day
  • Sunday: Lawful day
For more details, see the submission comments.

The torrent file was replaced shortly after publishing because of error in file naming, and download statistics (256 complete downloads) were reset.


[Tier: Vault]NES Pizza Pop! (JPN) in 09:34.29 by Randil.
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Delivering pizza is not normally a job one would consider dangerous. This is not always the case, as this game proves; here our protagonist is called upon to deliver pizza to such odd locations as a construction site and a haunted house, all the while dodging enemies apparently intent on claiming the pizza for themselves.

If you were hoping for free pizza from slow delivery, look somewhere else; the author succeeds in deliveries so quickly you'll think the guy was there before people even placed their order.


[Tier: Moons]NES River City Ransom (USA) "Playaround" in 12:55.38 by adelikat & JXQ.
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- Uses easiest difficulty
- Genre: Fighting
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River City Ransom is a goofy game that deserves a goofy TAS. This movie showcases cool tricks and some glitches that don't necessarily result in the fastest completion. We also have a movie which aims for speed.

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We looked at previous submissions and demonstrations of this game and tried to include the most entertaining parts of what was available, and add in a few ideas of our own along the way. Hopefully you'll get a kick out of it.

[Tier: Vault]NES The Terminator (USA) in 06:18.39 by AKheon.
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Before The Terminator came to the Genesis and Sega CD in various forms, it arrived on the NES... if the end result can even be called a game. Much running around ensues in a plot narrowly resembling the movie and glitches abound to no end.

Fortunately, most of the atrocities are crushed by completing the game too quickly for them to really sink in.


[Tier: Moons]NES Track & Field (USA) in 12:55.43 by Phil.
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Rating: 6.4 (33 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- 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.

[Tier: Stars]PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (USA) "newgame+" in 13:58.27 by arukAdo.
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- Genre: Action
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform
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Not only was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX, but also the very first PSX TAS to be published. Follow Dracula's son Alucard and see how he glitches through the castle on a quest to end his father's life.

By using a dirty SRAM and finding other tricks, arukAdo improved the previous movie by a massive 5:03.36. You can read the author's comments to learn more about the other improvements.

A 100% run covering the whole castle is also available. If you prefer the main character to have muscular bare arms, and to pray to the rain gods to defeat bosses, you may enjoy the Richter version.


[Tier: Moons]PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (USA) "All Relics & Best Ending" in 57:20.6 by arukAdo.
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- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Corrupts save data
- Heavy luck manipulation
- Starts from a saved state or SRAM
- Genre: Platform
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Like most games in Castlevania series, Symphony of the Night has different possible endings. To achieve the best ending, one must explore at least 1847 rooms which is normally a huge time consuming task. While traveling through all those rooms, the author also acquires all of the relics, making this an "all relics and best ending" run.

During the exploring, the player can unlock different abilities for Alucard which make him able to reach new areas. Some of these abilities are used to gain a tremendous speed and glitch through routes which players could not have even dreamed in 1997.


[Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]PSX Crash Bandicoot (JPN) in 36:19.85 by pirohiko.
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Crash Bandicoot is the first game in a seminal series for the PlayStation.

Utilizing zigzag movement and other new tricks, pirohiko improves the previous movie by a staggering 9:09.64, leaving Neo Cortex wondering just what kind of flying bandicoot on a double espresso he set on the loose. For details on the new tricks, differences between the USA and JPN versions, and the strategies used, reading the author's comments is recommended.

A second YouTube stream is available with an informative overlay that the author used while creating the run.


[Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]PSX Metal Gear Solid (v1.0) "Big Boss" in 1:05:21.05 by theenglishman.
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Metal Gear Solid was one of the original breakthrough titles in the stealth gaming genre. It follows Solid Snake, a soldier who is infiltrating a nuclear weapons facility on a remote Alaskan island codenamed Shadow Moses Island. Snake must rescue two hostages from the terrorist organization FOXHOUND and stop them from launching a nuclear strike on the United States.

In this run, theenglishman abuses walk-through-walls and weapon glitches to save over 26 minutes from his previous run. Reading the submission comments is recommended.


[Tier: Vault]PSX Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (USA) in 46:31.18 by DarkKobold.
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- Genre: Platform
Jedi Power Battles is Star Wars meets Double Dragon with a ton of crazy platforming.

The author, DarkKobold, uses Obi-Wan to run through all of Star Wars Episode I, ignoring tons of battle droids and droidekas to get to the final confrontation with Darth Maul. Look for a tribute to SW: EP1 in the final battle!

The author also dies intentionally at one point in the run by making Jar Jar Binks disappear. I'm sure everyone has wished they could do this, at least once.


[Tier: Moons]Saturn Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (JPN) in 06:51.22 by arukAdo.
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- Genre: Platform
This is our first Sega Saturn published movie, and yet again Symphony of the Night has the honor to open another game section. arukAdo uses Maria, a Sega Saturn exclusive playable character, to blaze through the castle, proving that she's just not another damsel in distress. The author uses a combination of magic powers, kicks, glitches and luck manipulation to free the world, yet again, from Dracula's minions.

Castlevania: Nocturne in the Moonlight is the Japanese name for Symphony of the Night. The Sega Saturn version was released only in Japan.

For more glitching and monster killing, watch Alucard and Richter's movies, both done on the PlayStation version.


[Tier: Moons]SGB Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (USA/Europe) in 24:17.32 by GoddessMaria.
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When the Earth is threatened, Zordon summoned teenagers 'with attitude' to become the Power Rangers, defenders of all that is good.

In this game, the world is threatened by the forces of evil, which are attacking on multiple fronts, and lead by Ivan Ooze. Each of the Rangers have decided to split up and tackle each of the main bad guys, fighting their way through the enemy hordes and finally returning Ooze to the sludge he belongs in.


[Tier: Moons]SGB Pokémon: Blue Version (USA/Europe) "Gotta Catch 'Em All!" in 3:20:46.17 by p4wn3r & Mukki.
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- Heavy luck manipulation
- Genre: RPG
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Pokémon: Blue Version is part of the first generation of games within its famous series, known for having a very large number of beneficial glitches. In fact, the game can be completed in less than one minute of in-game time by save data corruption as evidenced in the run of the Yellow Version, and it can be completed in under an hour using a similar, yet more 'conventional' glitch, as shown by the run of the Red Version. These runs break the game, and avoid much of the gameplay intended by the developers.

And now, for something completely different. In this run, the authors, p4wn3r and Mukki, catch all 151 Pokémon and complete the game while only using what they call "light glitches", showing off much more of the game than in the other runs while still using many glitches to complete this goal much faster than the programmers could have imagined. For more details about the techniques used in this run, and for their definition of what constitutes a light glitch, as always, please read the authors' notes.


[Tier: Moons]SGB Pokémon: Red Version (USA/Europe) in 41:02.38 by p4wn3r.
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- Heavy luck manipulation
- Genre: RPG
Pokémon Red is part of the first generation of games within its famous series, known for having a very large number of beneficial glitches. In fact, the game can be completed in less than one minute of in-game time by save data corruption as evidenced in the run of the Yellow Version, but that is not used here in favour of activating a similar glitch through more conventional means - if systematic breaking of the game can be called conventional.

This is an improvement of 37:56.40 over the previous run of Blue in this category. The previous run used entirely different glitches and is worth checking out as well.

It is recommended that you read the author's comments as well as the discussion relating to the movie to fully enjoy it.


Note: This movie requires VBA rerecording 19. The glitches work differently on other versions of VBA.

[Tier: Vault]SNES Breath of Fire (USA) in 4:14:52.2 by janus.
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Breath of Fire was Capcom's first traditional RPG. It follows a boy named Ryu, one of the last surviving members of an ancient race with the ability to transform into mighty dragons, as he searches the world for his sister. Along the way, Ryu meets other warriors who share his quest and comes into conflict with the Dark Dragon Clan, a militaristic empire who seeks to take over the world by reviving a mad goddess.

Using a whole lot of planning and luck manipulation, janus completes this long game in just under four and a quarter hours.


[Tier: Vault]SNES Breath of Fire II (USA) in 4:48:14.85 by janus.
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In this epic RPG, you have to fight an evil religion that tries to take over the world.

While this revision is five and a half minutes shorter than the author's previous effort, this TAS is the fourth longest published movie to date (here are the third longest, the second longest and longest), clocking in a little under 5 hours. Set aside an afternoon.


[Tier: Stars]SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (USA v1.0) "102%" in 1:21:31.88 by Dooty, NxCy & Comicalflop.
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- Genre: Platform
Donkey Kong's been kidnapped and old Cranky Kong insists that Diddy collect a bunch of coins that say "DK" on them. These goals are sufficiently compatible that Diddy and Dixie decide to get a little bit sidetracked on their rescue plan.

This movie improves on its predecessor by 45.28 seconds, primarily by using a debug code to get 75 Kremkoins early, allowing for a faster route through the game. Reading the authors' comments is recommended.

For more primate action, try the any% run.


[Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA) in 44:40.63 by Dooty.
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- Genre: Platform
It's a TAS of the most beautiful Donkey Kong Country game on SNES. This run uses warp barrels.

It improves the previous run by 28.26 seconds by using new tricks, such as delayed jumps and backward flights. It also abuses hitboxes even further. Please read the author's comments for details about the new tricks.

For more primate action, we recommend watching the 105% completition movie.


[Tier: Moons][Has commentary]SNES E.V.O.: Search for Eden (USA) in 40:31.17 by FatRatKnight.
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In E.V.O. you play a creature who evolves by eating his opponents. Just like real life!

We recommend reading the authors notes. They are rather voluminous and contain a great deal of good information. There are also Lua subtitles in the .smv.


A Lua subtitle script is available in the forums thread for those who are unfamiliar with the game.

[Tier: Moons]SNES Killer Instinct (USA v1.0) in 09:59.18 by Dark Fulgore.
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Killer Instinct is a classic fighting game ported to SNES from an arcade machine. It features an advanced combo system, rich pre-rendered graphics and nicely arranged music. However, the latter two were somewhat toned down in this version compared to the original.

In this movie, Spinal takes down his enemies by slicing them up, hitting them with their own abilities, and (gasp!) making them dance to music!


[Tier: Moons]SNES Lemmings (USA v1.1) in 1:03:04.45 by Lord Tom.
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- Genre: Puzzle
Lemmings! This is a SNES translation of the well known and popular game.

This TAS, played by Lord Tom, completes the game on the Mayhem difficulty level. We recommend reading the author's level-by-level comments which explain some of the strategies used in the levels.

The category "takes damage to save time" was flagged because some of the lemmings were sacrificed for overall best completion time (in some levels, it is even necessary).


[Tier: Moons]SNES Mega Man X (USA v1.1) "glitched password, walkathon" in 16:56.88 by FractalFusion.
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- Genre: Platform
Since moving to the SNES 16-bit land, Mega Man has taken the secret identity X, but everyone knows it's still him because he's the only blue robot who shoots three pellets at a time at other robots, steals their weapons, and zips through walls.

FractalFusion plays this game a bit differently than usual. He abuses a failed password in order to obtain all weapons before the intro stage. Because the run does not collect the dash boots, Mega Man X spends the entire run walking through the stages, which provides more opportunities for entertainment than usual. For more information, read the author's comments.


[Tier: Moons]SNES Mortal Kombat II (USA v1.0) in 22:43.68 by Samhain-Grim.
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- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Fighting
Like all of the Mortal Kombat games, MKII is about warriors fighting in a tournament for inspecific power and fame. Shang Tsung is chosen for his ability to transform into other characters.

This movie aims to demonstrate as many quirks and fatalities of the game as possible. Examples include two Shang Tsungs with a Raiden child, a headless Reptile eating Kitana's head and a bloody clone of Jax. The AI is also humiliated.

The author's comments page is a definitely recommended reading for this movie.

Note: The movie contains semi-realistic violence to be expected with the Mortal Kombat series.


[Tier: Vault]SNES Ranma Nibunnoichi - Chougi Ranbu Hen (JPN) in 11:10.3 by Hiryuu.
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Ranma Nibunnoichi - Chougi Ranbu Hen is one of three Ranma 1/2 fighting games that was released for the SNES. It was planned to be released in the US as Ranma 1/2 II: Anything Goes Martial Arts by DTMC, but DTMC went out of business. A direct translation would be "Super Skill Wild Dance Chapter", but it is commonly refered to as "Super Hard Battle". The story involves collecting the 12 ingredients of the Maneki Neko, which will then grant a wish.

This run does what it can to show off the games combo system while still completing the battles quickly.


[Tier: Moons]SNES Run Saber (USA) in 13:38.48 by Samsara.
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- Genre: Platform
This game is practically a mix of Contra and Strider. As always, aliens have taken over Earth, and only genetically enhanced humans can stop them.

This movie is 1 minute and 17 seconds faster than the previous movie.


[Tier: Moons][Has commentary]SNES Seiken Densetsu 3 (JPN) in 3:24:49.0 by praetarius3.
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- Genre: RPG
Seiken Densetsu 3 is a RPG about your typical ragtag group of young adventurers that totally lack any survival instinct; at least that'd explain why they never bother to get any protective gear. Our three chosen champions of goodness are tasked with rescuing the eight elemental spirits from the clutches of evil and using their power to save the world. Though it turns out that nobody is able to count as we find in fact nine spirits...

We recommend reading the author's notes; they contain a lot of very good information.


The provided MP4s and YouTube stream feature subtitles, allowing those of us who don't speak Japanese to figure out what's going on.

[Tier: Stars]SNES Super Mario World (USA) in 09:57.82 by bahamete, Kaizoman666, Mister & PangaeaPanga.
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This is the 10th movie publication of Super Mario World. Of its nine previous movies, none had obsoleted its predecessor by more than 15 seconds. This movie sets a new record by beating the previous movie by 22.68 seconds and clocking in under 10 minutes. Ironically, Mario dies in the process.

The authors of this movie have found (more) new glitches to save time. The notable differences in gameplay are:

  • Plays a level which was not previously played (Yoshi's Island 1)
  • Skips Iggy's Castle
  • Optimized Bowser fight
It is recommended to read the author's comments to understand how the new glitches are used in this movie.

[Tier: Stars][Recommended for newcomers]SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (USA v1.0) "100%" in 1:59:35.12 by Baxter, Carl Sagan & NxCy.
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a vibrant, colorful and fun game that stars the popular Yoshi. From a technical standpoint, the game is very exceptional on the SNES due to its use of the SuperFX² coprocessor. The chip allows for many cool special effects that are otherwise impossible on the SNES.

This is a 100% completion of the game. It plays through all the levels and collects every item that contributes to end-of-level score: 5 flowers, 20 red coins, and 30 stars. By getting 100% completion in each stage, six extra stages are also unlocked. These are played at the end of the run, again with 100% scores.

The authors of the run have spent over three years working on this run, showing off plenty of egg juggling, precise shots, and other incredible antics. This run does not use certain glitches present in the other runs of the game (an any% run and a warp glitch run), but there should still be plenty to surprise you. Reading the authors' lengthy comments is recommended.


[Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (USA v1.0) in 1:33:40.18 by Carl Sagan.
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a vibrant, colorful and fun game that stars the popular Yoshi. From a technical standpoint, the game is very exceptional on the SNES due to its use of the SuperFX chip. The chip allows for many cool special effects that are otherwise impossible on the SNES.

This run is an improvement of over 5 minutes to the previous speedrun of this game. For more details, we recommend reading the author's comments; there's a lot more to this movie than meets the eye, even though the movie is very colourful, action-packed, and full of entertaining tricks and maneuvers. In other words, this game is the very essence we tool-assisted speedrun movie makers enjoy. :)

If you want even more Yoshi craziness, be sure to check out the warped completion and 100% run .


[Tier: Moons]SNES Super R-Type (USA) in 17:29.43 by dave_dfwm.
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Rating: 5.7 (19.5 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Maximum kills
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Shooter
Super R•Type (1991) is the 4th game of the classic R•Type series of arcade shooters, whose distinct gameplay and level design inspired numerous developers to create clones and various look-alikes. However, this particular installment isn't considered canon—it is an SNES-exclusive mash-up of the first two R•Type games.

In a nutshell, the series' plot is about the evil Bydo empire, which is a highly developed alien lifeform with hivemind mentality—akin to the Borg or the Zerg. The player pilots a spacecraft on a mission to destroy the Bydo. The craft's most prominent weapon is the so-called force—a spherical pod which is, in fact, a living piece of Bydo flesh and an indestructible mineral at the same time! Conveniently, the pod can be attached to the player's craft to shield it from bullets, or launched at enemies to inflict large amounts of damage.

All R•Type games are known to be very unforgiving; they require the player to learn strict paths that revolve memorizing safe paths through stages and tactically using the force pod to quickly dispatch of enemies and protect the ship. The author of this TAS, however, throws all the strictness and tacticalness out the window to play around and just ram most of the enemies with the pod. (Try this in realtime if you want to know true frustration.)
Other than that, the movie uses a password to access the second loop's difficulty level (eloquently called "PRO") without having to beat the game twice. It still doesn't get the good ending, though.


[Tier: Moons]SNES Super Street Fighter II (USA v1.0) "Ken version" in 11:32.43 by Saturn.
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Rating: 5.7 (40 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Genre: Fighting
Ken takes the spotlight in a Super Battle. The author executes some impressive and shocking combos.

[Tier: Moons]SNES Super Street Fighter II (USA v1.0) "Zangief version" in 11:21.47 by Saturn.
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Rating: 6.1 (35 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Genre: Fighting
A quick playthrough with Zangief.

This movie focuses more on pulling off crazy combos and showcasing Zangief's big repertoire of throws than beating every opponent as fast as possible, since that would just lead to the same few combos being used over and over.


[Tier: Moons]SNES Umihara Kawase (JPN) "sightseeing" in 13:15.12 by BobWhoops.
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Rating: 7.0 (31 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Puzzle
Umihara Kawase (海腹川背) is about a schoolgirl with a bag of holding and a rubber fishing line setting out to rid the world of giant mutant fish.

This video plays the longest path of the game having only two bosses, aka. Bob's path, which you can find at the Field Map page.

The Umihara Kawase page has more information about this game.

The boss levels are quite long in this movie ― they can't really be sped up, but the author of the movie has done his best to make it worth watching.

No frogs were harmed in the making of this movie.


[Tier: Moons]Wii Muramasa: The Demon Blade (USA) "Momohime" in 1:04:59.75 by RachelB.
Dolphin movie (.dtm) (date: 2012-03-28)
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Rating: 7.5 (10 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Forgoes time-saving death
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Starts from a saved state or SRAM
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform
Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a trip through 16th century Japan with cool music, beautiful visuals and fast paced gameplay. Watch as the author introduces you to Momohime, a young princess possessed by an evil spirit who proves quite adept at cutting everything in her path into tiny bits. This run is played on the hardest difficulty, in which Momohime only has 1 hitpoint; but that doesn't slow her down at all.

Note: There are two published encodes. One is 432p, meant to closely mimic the Wii's hardware, and the other is a higher resolution 720p. The 720p encode is 10-bit and may not play back on some older devices.

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 [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]PSX Crash Bandicoot (JPN) by pirohiko in 36:19.85 (2013-05-19)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]PSX Crash Bandicoot (USA) by Mukki in 45:29.5 (2010-02-10)
Added [Tier: Vault]SNES Mortal Kombat II (USA v1.0) by N?K in 09:12.17 (2013-05-02)
Added [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement][Console-verified]SNES Super Mario World (USA) "glitched" by Masterjun in 01:39.74 (2013-04-30)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World (USA) "glitched" by Masterjun in 02:36.4 (2012-01-08)
Added [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]PSX Metal Gear Solid (v1.0) "Big Boss" by theenglishman in 1:05:21.05 (2013-04-19)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]PSX Metal Gear Solid (USA v1.0) "Big Boss rank" by theenglishman in 1:31:49.0 (2012-03-24)
Added [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by gstick in 07:50.1 (2013-03-23)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by klmz in 11:13.12 (2008-11-08)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by zggzdydp in 14:04.85 (2007-11-19)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by zggzdydp in 15:00.38 (2007-07-02)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by zggzdydp in 15:44.15 (2007-06-10)
- - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by JXQ in 30:43.92 (2006-12-12)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (USA v1.0) "glitched" by Masterjun in 06:09.03 (2013-03-16)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (USA v1.0) "glitched" by NxCy in 06:08.02 (2009-07-02)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (USA v1.0) "glitched" by Deign in 06:11.45 (2007-11-19)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (USA v1.0) "glitched" by Deign & laughing_gas in 06:14.25 (2007-07-12)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Phantasy Star IV (USA) "Blast from the Past" by janus in 1:59:19.4 (2013-03-07)
Added [Tier: Stars][Recommended for newcomers]SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (USA v1.0) "100%" by Baxter, Carl Sagan & NxCy in 1:59:35.12 (2013-02-19)
Added [Tier: Stars]SNES Super Mario World (USA) "96-exit" by bahamete, Kaizoman666 & Masterjun in 1:14:37.63 (2013-02-07)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]SNES Super Mario World (USA) "96-exit" by Fabian in 1:21:29.63 (2006-08-14)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World (USA) "96-exit" by VIPer7 in 1:23:38.37 (2005-03-02)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Phantasy Star IV (USA) "all sidequests" by janus in 1:55:11.7 (2013-02-04)
Added [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "all furniture, best ending" by sksk1990 in 20:49.86 (2013-01-26)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "all furniture" by sksk1990 in 24:58.0 (2011-10-12)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "in bounds" by sksk1990 in 28:27.17 (2011-03-22)
Added [Tier: Moons]GG Sonic the Hedgehog - Triple Trouble (USA/Europe) by Grincevent & Cooljay in 19:19.98 (2013-01-15)
Added [Tier: Vault]GB Mortal Kombat 3 (USA) "glitched" by Thevlackdemonn2294 in 07:18.49 (2012-12-30)
Added [Tier: Vault]SNES Ranma Nibunnoichi - Chougi Ranbu Hen (JPN) by Hiryuu in 11:10.3 (2012-12-16)
Added [Tier: Stars][Console-verified]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "120 Stars" by MKDasher, Nahoc, sonicpacker, Bauru, Eru, Goronem, Jesus, Kyman, Mokkori, Moltov, Nothing693, pasta, SilentSlayers, Snark, ToT in 1:20:41.52 (2012-12-13)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Console-verified]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "120 Stars" by Rikku in 1:39:02.13 (2007-05-10)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "120 stars" by foda in 1:42:41.33 (2006-11-30)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Streets of Rage 2 (USA) by Sonikkustar in 22:58.57 (2012-07-27)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Streets of Rage 2 (USA) by Bestiajerules in 27:55.53 (2009-11-26)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Vault]Genesis Streets of Rage 2 (USA) by SprintGod in 30:42.82 (2004-08-08)
Added [Tier: Moons][Has commentary]NES Final Fantasy (USA) by TheAxeMan in 1:09:57.7 (2012-07-20)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]NES Final Fantasy (USA) by TheAxeMan in 1:10:06.81 (2011-01-04)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Vault]NES Final Fantasy (USA) by TheAxeMan in 1:10:16.18 (2008-08-30)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]NES Final Fantasy (USA) by TheAxeMan in 1:12:59.52 (2005-09-20)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]NES Final Fantasy (USA) by mookish in 1:30:47.67 (2005-05-10)
Added [Tier: Moons]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) by bobmario511 in 03:48.55 (2012-07-14)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) by bobmario511 in 03:49.12 (2012-02-07)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) by Swordless Link in 03:49.28 (2008-06-11)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Vault]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA/Europe v1.0) "warp glitch" by Soulrivers in 04:00.5 (2007-03-25)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Vault]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA/Europe v1.0) "warp glitch" by DonamerDragon in 04:22.22 (2006-01-29)
- - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA/Europe v1.0) "warp glitch" by DonamerDragon in 04:27.68 (2005-07-31)
Added [Tier: Moons][Console-verified]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "70 Stars, no BLJ" by CeeSammerZ, coin2884, Eru, Goronem, Jesus, Kyman, Mickey/VIS, Mokkori, Moltov, Nahoc, Nekuran, Nothing693, pasta, Snark, sonicpacker, ToT in 42:58.52 (2012-06-22)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Mega Man X (USA v1.1) "glitched password, walkathon" by FractalFusion in 16:56.88 (2012-06-12)
Added [Tier: Stars][Notable improvement]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (any v1.1) by Aglar in 17:51.6 (2012-05-13)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (any v1.1) by FuzZerd, Sonikkustar, Upthorn & Aglar in 18:42.37 (2011-04-15)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (any) by nitsuja in 19:55.43 (2006-09-15)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (any) by Quietust in 21:39.53 (2005-05-09)
Added [Tier: Stars]SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (USA v1.0) "102%" by Dooty, NxCy & Comicalflop in 1:21:31.88 (2012-05-05)
- obsoletes [Tier: Stars]SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (USA v1.0) "102%" by Dooty, NxCy & Comicalflop in 1:22:17.17 (2010-10-03)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (USA) "102%" by NxCy & Comicalflop in 1:23:10.88 (2009-03-15)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (USA) "102%" by Comicalflop in 1:28:24.03 (2006-10-28)
Added [Tier: Stars]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) "Playaround" by bobmario511 in 40:22.78 (2012-04-29)
Added [Tier: Stars][Recommended for newcomers][Console-verified]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "0 Stars" by snark, Kyman, sonicpacker, Mickey/VIS & ToT in 05:02.25 (2012-04-14)
- obsoletes [Tier: Stars][Console-verified]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "0-star" by Kyman, sonicpacker, Nahoc, Moltov & SilentSlayers in 05:03.8 (2011-10-07)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "0-star" by Mickey/VIS & snark & ToT in 05:04.47 (2011-04-23)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "0-star" by SilentSlayers & sonicpacker & Moltov & Kyman & Mickey/VIS & Johannes in 05:04.57 (2010-12-07)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "0-star" by SilentSlayers & Johannes in 05:28.97 (2008-10-11)
- - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "0-star" by SilentSlayers & Johannes in 05:33.85 (2008-08-13)
- - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "0-star" by Swordless Link in 05:39.37 (2008-04-05)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "0-star" by Swordless Link & AKA in 05:47.37 (2007-12-07)
- - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "1 star" by mr_roberts_z & Rikku in 06:42.65 (2007-11-05)
- - - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "1 star" by Rikku in 06:44.95 (2007-10-03)
- - - - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "1 star" by Swordless Link & AKA in 06:47.27 (2007-08-10)
- - - - - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "16 stars" by Swordless Link & AKA in 15:08.0 (2007-05-10)
- - - - - - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "16 stars" by Rikku in 15:24.08 (2007-02-11)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "16 stars" by Rikku in 15:33.77 (2006-12-24)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "16 stars" by AKA in 15:40.32 (2006-11-23)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]N64 Super Mario 64 (USA) "16 stars" by spezzafer in 16:26.77 (2005-11-21)
Added [Tier: Moons]NES Final Fantasy (USA) "White Mage" by TheAxeMan in 1:16:37.56 (2012-04-13)
Added [Tier: Moons]Wii Muramasa: The Demon Blade (USA) "Momohime" by RachelB in 1:04:59.75 (2012-03-28)
Added [Tier: Moons]Arcade The King of Fighters 2001 (any) by x2poet in 07:12.25 (2012-02-29)
Added [Tier: Moons]SGB Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (USA/Europe) by GoddessMaria in 24:17.32 (2012-02-18)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Phantasy Star IV (USA) by janus in 1:28:15.97 (2012-01-29)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault][Has commentary]Genesis Phantasy Star IV (USA) by janus in 1:28:43.4 (2010-03-14)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Phantasy Star IV (USA) by janus in 1:35:58.8 (2009-12-21)
Added [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog (any,r1) by Aglar & marzojr in 15:04.43 (2012-01-14)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog (any,r1) by FuzZerd, Upthorn and Carretero in 15:51.73 (2009-11-26)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog (any,r1) by Upthorn & JXQ & Carretero in 16:18.2 (2008-02-19)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Console-verified]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog (any r0) by Upthorn & JXQ in 18:07.63 (2007-02-15)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog (any) by JXQ in 18:17.48 (2007-01-29)
- - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog (any) by JXQ in 18:28.25 (2005-12-11)
Added [Tier: Stars]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by bahamete, Kaizoman666, Mister & PangaeaPanga in 09:57.82 (2012-01-08)
- obsoletes [Tier: Stars]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by bahamete, Kaizoman666, PangaeaPanga in 10:20.6 (2011-11-05)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by ISM & Mister in 10:22.17 (2009-12-17)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by Mister in 10:26.65 (2008-05-24)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by Fabian & JXQ in 10:28.7 (2006-11-23)
- - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by JXQ in 10:31.95 (2006-05-06)
- - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by flagitious&VIPer7 in 10:35.98 (2005-05-28)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by A.Neuhaus in 10:50.97 (2004-07-26)
- - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by Volkov in 10:52.42 (2004-07-14)
- - - - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World (USA) by Bladegash in 11:05.7 (2004-06-20)
Added [Tier: Moons][Has commentary]SNES Seiken Densetsu 3 (JPN) by praetarius3 in 3:24:49.0 (2011-12-22)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog (any,r1) "no zips" by Aglar in 17:36.58 (2011-12-19)
Added [Tier: Moons]GBA Asterix & Obelix: Bash Them All! (Europe) "Asterix & Obelix" by TimmyAkmed in 21:08.9 (2011-12-17)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Tinhead (USA) by Exxonym in 18:33.53 (2011-12-15)
Added [Tier: Vault]MSX Invasion of the Zombie Monsters (any) by scrimpeh in 04:15.31 (2011-11-27)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]MSX Invasion of the Zombie Monsters (World) by nitrogenesis in 04:53.21 (2011-04-02)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Castle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse (USA) by Aglar in 17:33.03 (2011-10-15)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]Genesis Castle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse (USA) by foda in 18:23.45 (2007-03-04)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Vault]Genesis Castle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse (USA) by foda in 19:10.8 (2004-08-28)
Added [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "Maxim Version" by Yuzuhara_3 in 00:22.73 (2011-10-13)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "Maxim Version" by gstick in 00:22.75 (2011-02-09)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "Maxim Version" by klmz in 00:23.28 (2010-08-28)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "Maxim Version" by klmz in 00:23.58 (2008-10-13)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "Maxim Version" by Deign in 00:23.97 (2008-02-18)
- - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "Maxim Version" by Comicalflop in 00:24.3 (2007-07-18)
- - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "Maxim Version" by Comicalflop in 00:26.37 (2007-06-08)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "Maxim Version" by pirate_sephiroth in 00:26.95 (2006-12-11)
Added [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (USA v1.0) by Carl Sagan in 1:33:40.18 (2011-10-13)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (USA v1.0) by spezzafer in 1:38:56.6 (2005-06-18)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (USA v1.1) by Comicalflop, Dooty & Umihoshi in 39:06.68 (2011-09-05)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (USA v1.0) by Comicalflop in 40:44.73 (2010-05-17)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (USA v1.0) by Arnethegreat in 41:49.02 (2007-06-25)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (USA) by Sami O. in 46:55.35 (2006-02-19)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World (USA) "small only" by PangaeaPanga in 1:18:23.22 (2011-08-25)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Mario World (USA) "small only" by thegreginator & skamastaG in 1:19:55.65 (2007-06-11)
Added [Tier: Moons]SGB Pokémon: Blue Version (USA/Europe) "Gotta Catch 'Em All!" by p4wn3r & Mukki in 3:20:46.17 (2011-07-14)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Gods (USA) by Aqfaq in 07:29.73 (2011-07-09)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]Genesis Gods (USA) by Aqfaq in 07:31.93 (2007-03-04)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Gods (USA) by Aqfaq in 07:34.47 (2006-06-28)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Vault]Genesis Gods (USA) by Aqfaq in 11:41.42 (2005-07-29)
Added [Tier: Moons]NES Hammerin' Harry (JPN) by nitrogenesis in 07:11.39 (2011-06-27)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]NES Hammerin' Harry (JPN) by Randil in 07:17.83 (2007-06-26)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA) by Dooty in 44:40.63 (2011-06-12)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA) by ElectroSpecter in 45:08.9 (2008-10-21)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA) by Sami O. in 49:18.98 (2006-01-10)
Added [Tier: Stars]NES Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team (USA) by feos in 17:41.14 (2011-05-25)
Added [Tier: Stars]PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (USA) "newgame+" by arukAdo in 13:58.27 (2011-05-04)
- obsoletes [Tier: Stars]PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (USA) by arukAdo & pirate_sephiroth in 19:01.63 (2009-10-16)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (USA) by zggzdydp in 20:18.63 (2009-01-24)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Run Saber (USA) by Samsara in 13:38.48 (2011-05-04)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]SNES Run Saber (USA) by Solon in 14:54.5 (2008-07-07)
Added [Tier: Vault]NES The Terminator (USA) by AKheon in 06:18.39 (2011-01-22)
Added [Tier: Moons]SGB Pokémon: Red Version (USA/Europe) by p4wn3r in 41:02.38 (2010-12-23)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SGB Pokémon: Blue Version (USA/Europe) by Primorial#soup in 1:18:58.78 (2007-08-23)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Vault]SGB Pokémon: Red Version (USA/Europe) by Primorial#soup in 1:41:58.52 (2006-06-05)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Vault]SGB Pokémon: Red Version (USA/Europe) by Primorial#soup in 1:46:19.05 (2006-03-17)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Vault]SGB Pokémon: Blue Version (USA/Europe) by Tilus in 1:51:06.5 (2005-10-25)
Added [Tier: Vault]SNES Breath of Fire (USA) by janus in 4:14:52.2 (2010-12-23)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (USA) "105%" by Dooty, ElectroSpecter & Tompa in 1:41:39.8 (2010-12-21)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Ristar (USA/Europe) "Bonus Stages" by mmarks in 04:27.38 (2010-11-02)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Ristar (USA/Europe) "Bonus Stages" by mmarks in 04:27.77 (2010-09-12)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Ristar (USA/Europe) "Bonus Stages" by GGheysJr in 04:28.23 (2010-06-05)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Ristar (USA/Europe) "Bonus stages" by nfq in 04:31.43 (2010-05-20)
Added [Tier: Vault]PSX Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (USA) by DarkKobold in 46:31.18 (2010-10-24)
Added [Tier: Stars][Recommended for newcomers]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by nitsuja & Upthorn & marzojr in 29:51.2 (2010-10-23)
- obsoletes [Tier: Stars]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by nitsuja & Upthorn & marzojr in 32:05.52 (2010-08-07)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by nitsuja & Upthorn & marzojr in 32:19.38 (2009-11-26)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by nitsuja & Upthorn in 33:05.78 (2008-05-19)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by nitsuja in 34:22.02 (2007-04-08)
- - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by nitsuja in 35:19.62 (2006-11-03)
- - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by SprintGod in 45:55.82 (2005-05-05)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by SprintGod in 49:31.67 (2004-08-09)
Added [Tier: Moons]Arcade Bionic Commando (USA) by Mukki in 05:48.1 (2010-09-12)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) "newgame+" by marzojr in 31:16.15 (2010-09-11)
Added [Tier: Stars]Arcade The Simpsons (any) by adelikat & DarkKobold in 13:37.73 (2010-09-01)
Added [Tier: Vault]SNES Breath of Fire II (USA) by janus in 4:48:14.85 (2010-08-04)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault][Has commentary]SNES Breath of Fire II (USA) by janus in 4:53:48.98 (2009-12-20)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Breath of Fire II (USA) by janus in 4:55:16.22 (2009-11-05)
Added [Tier: Moons]PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (USA) "All Relics & Best Ending" by arukAdo in 57:20.6 (2010-08-04)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Space Invaders Extreme 2 (USA) by FractalFusion in 07:56.48 (2010-07-10)
Added [Tier: Moons][Has commentary]N64 Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (USA) by nfq in 41:45.55 (2010-05-03)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Kid Chameleon (USA/Europe) by TheRandomPie_IV in 12:47.52 (2010-03-07)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Kid Chameleon (any) by Truncated in 14:17.63 (2004-12-29)
Added [Tier: Vault]GBA Lode Runner (JPN) by klmz in 16:53.6 (2010-01-21)
Added [Tier: Vault]NES Pizza Pop! (JPN) by Randil in 09:34.29 (2009-12-26)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) "Sonic 100%" by marzojr in 55:48.8 (2009-11-09)
Added [Tier: Moons][Has commentary]SNES E.V.O.: Search for Eden (USA) by FatRatKnight in 40:31.17 (2009-10-26)
Added [Tier: Vault]Genesis Shining in the Darkness (USA) by DarkKobold in 43:27.2 (2009-08-15)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Kid Chameleon (USA/Europe) "Maximum Levels" by TheRandomPie_IV in 29:57.7 (2009-08-08)
Added [Tier: Moons]Saturn Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (JPN) by arukAdo in 06:51.22 (2009-06-25)
Added [Tier: Moons]GBA Mega Man Zero 4 (USA) by klmz in 37:07.48 (2009-05-13)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]GBA Mega Man Zero 4 (JPN) by Xaphan in 41:27.12 (2005-09-04)
Added [Tier: Moons]PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (USA) "Richter version" by pirate_sephiroth in 05:41.73 (2009-04-16)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Mega Man X (USA v1.1) "100%" by dezbeast in 33:58.87 (2009-02-27)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Lemmings (USA v1.1) by Lord Tom in 1:03:04.45 (2009-02-01)
Added [Tier: Vault]NES High Speed (USA) by dwangoAC in 20:05.57 (2008-11-29)
Added [Tier: Moons]N64 Super Smash Bros. (USA) by Blaze in 08:19.67 (2008-09-03)
Added [Tier: Moons]GBA Spider-Man 3 (USA) by mmbossman in 15:38.73 (2008-08-24)
Added [Tier: Moons]GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) "Maxim in bounds" by Comicalflop & zggzdydp in 12:45.68 (2008-08-10)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Super R-Type (USA) by dave_dfwm in 17:29.43 (2008-08-09)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis The Lion King (any) by Mukki in 14:02.73 (2008-04-25)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]Genesis The Lion King (any) by Dan in 14:40.97 (2005-06-05)
Added [Tier: Vault]NES Mickey Mouse 3: Yume Fuusen (JPN) by mz in 13:09.92 (2008-04-03)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Streets of Rage (any) by AKA & Mukki in 19:45.45 (2008-02-19)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]Genesis Streets of Rage (any) by SprintGod in 29:55.07 (2004-07-20)
Added [Tier: Moons]N64 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (USA) by emu in 14:35.22 (2007-12-17)
Added [Tier: Moons]NES River City Ransom (USA) "Playaround" by adelikat & JXQ in 12:55.38 (2007-12-04)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]NES River City Ransom (USA) "Playaround" by Sleepz in 08:59.95 (2004-03-15)
Added [Tier: Stars][Notable improvement]NES Bucky O'Hare (USA) by AnS in 22:13.6 (2007-11-12)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]NES Bucky O'Hare (USA) by Genisto in 25:02.32 (2006-02-12)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]NES Bucky O'Hare (USA) by Torn in 29:38.82 (2004-07-10)
Added [Tier: Vault]NES Arkanoid (USA) "Warped" by Baxter in 04:26.72 (2007-11-02)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]NES Arkanoid (USA) "Warped" by Baxter in 04:32.12 (2007-01-04)
Added [Tier: Moons]NES Track & Field (USA) by Phil in 12:55.43 (2007-09-30)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]NES Track & Field (USA) by Arc in 08:28.05 (2004-04-29)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]NES Track & Field (Europe) by Phil in 09:05.4 (2004-04-29)
- obsoletes [Tier: Vault]NES Track & Field (USA) by Phil in 08:56.48 (2004-04-29)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]NES Track & Field (USA) by Arc in 08:48.55 (2004-03-14)
Added [Tier: Stars]NES Arkanoid (USA) by Baxter in 12:26.8 (2007-09-20)
- obsoletes [Tier: Stars]NES Arkanoid (USA) by Genisto in 16:30.47 (2004-04-20)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Rocket Knight Adventures (USA) by Upthorn in 27:18.13 (2007-09-15)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Rocket Knight Adventures (Europe) by Dan in 34:20.1 (2004-07-20)
Added [Tier: Stars][Has commentary]Genesis Gunstar Heroes (USA) by arkiandruski in 35:28.92 (2007-08-18)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Gunstar Heroes (USA) by Jackic in 32:59.0 (2004-07-20)
Added [Tier: Moons]NES River City Ransom (USA) by Chamale in 06:53.42 (2007-08-18)
Added [Tier: Vault]GBA Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (USA) by FractalFusion in 36:04.7 (2007-08-05)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Mortal Kombat II (USA v1.0) by Samhain-Grim in 22:43.68 (2007-08-03)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Mortal Kombat II (USA v1.0) "quirkfest" by Samhain-Grim in 17:54.45 (2007-02-04)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Mortal Kombat II (USA V1.0) by Samhain-Grim in 12:20.57 (2006-10-22)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Ristar (JPN) by Upthorn in 26:44.15 (2007-05-17)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]Genesis Ristar (JPN) by Upthorn in 28:17.37 (2006-06-04)
Added [Tier: Moons]Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) "Knuckles 100%" by Upthorn in 45:28.6 (2007-01-26)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Killer Instinct (USA v1.0) by Dark Fulgore in 09:59.18 (2007-01-15)
Added [Tier: Moons]NES Paperboy (USA) by Randil in 11:30.78 (2006-12-25)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Mega Man X (USA V1.1) by FractalFusion in 29:57.88 (2006-12-02)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Mega Man X (USA v1.1) by DeHackEd in 30:43.92 (2005-02-26)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Mega Man X (USA v1.1) by Wodball in 32:00.6 (2004-07-31)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Mega Man X (USA v1.1) by Frenom in 33:47.43 (2004-07-22)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Mega Man X (USA v1.1) by Wodball in 34:48.42 (2004-07-15)
Added [Tier: Stars][Console-verified]NES Gradius (any) by adelikat in 10:52.35 (2006-11-02)
- obsoletes [Tier: Stars]NES Gradius (any) by Morimoto in 14:12.0 (2003-05-06)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Umihara Kawase (JPN) by flagitious in 01:46.42 (2006-10-01)
- obsoletes [Tier: Stars]SNES Umihara Kawase (JPN) by flagitious in 01:53.23 (2006-04-02)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Stars]SNES Umihara Kawase (JPN) by Blechy in 01:58.58 (2005-01-08)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Umihara Kawase (JPN) by BobWhoops in 02:03.03 (2004-08-12)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Umihara Kawase (JPN) by Blechy in 02:05.32 (2004-07-22)
- - - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]SNES Umihara Kawase (JPN) by Blechy in 02:33.88 (2004-07-16)
Added [Tier: Moons]GBA Sonic Advance 3 (USA) by nitsuja in 35:56.75 (2006-09-10)
Added [Tier: Vault]NES Ice Climber (USA) by Walker Boh in 19:12.6 (2006-01-03)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]NES Ice Climber (USA) by Walker Boh in 21:51.5 (2004-08-22)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Street Fighter II (USA v1.0) "Ken version" by Saturn in 11:32.43 (2005-10-14)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Super Street Fighter II (USA v1.0) "Zangief version" by Saturn in 11:21.47 (2005-10-10)
Added [Tier: Moons]GBA Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure (JPN) by AnotherGamer in 44:34.07 (2005-07-01)
Added [Tier: Moons]SNES Umihara Kawase (JPN) "sightseeing" by BobWhoops in 13:15.12 (2004-08-27)

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