Tool-assisted movies

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Please read the Why and How 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 slow-motion.

N64 Duke Nukem 64 (USA) in 11:58.87 by AKA (?).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 47 MB, length: 14:40)
Download Mupen64 movie (.m64) (date: 2007-09-14)
Read author's comments in submission #1675
Discuss this movie
Rating: 5.6 (21 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Plays at "easy" level
Duke Nukem 64 (1997) is a classic PC shooter ported to Nintendo 64 — unfortunately, in a heavily censored state, and without much concern for the game's performance.

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


NES River City Ransom (USA) in 12:55.38 by Andrés Delikat (aka. adelikat) & JXQ (?).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 21 MB, length: 16:13)
Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2007-12-04)
Read author's comments in submission #1740
Discuss this movie
Rating: 6.7 (34 votes)
- One player controls two characters
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Plays at "easy" level
- Genre: Fighting
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. Click here to see our other movie which aims more for speed.

Selected Quote from the authors:

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.

NES River City Ransom (USA) in 06:53.42 by Alexandre Lamoureux (aka. Chamale).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 11 MB, length: 09:20)
Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2007-08-18)
Read author's comments in submission #1663
Discuss this movie
Obsoletes movie #37 (08:59.95)
Rating: 6.1 (24 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- One player controls two characters
- Takes no damage
- Plays at "easy" level
- Genre: Fighting
In River City Ransom, Alex and Ryan face off against gangs of students and evil bosses to win their town back and rescue their girlfriends.

A glitch is used often in this run when left and right are pressed at the same time, which causes the player to do all sorts of crazy things, and usually lose all of his power. This is done to reduce lag during running segments. The boss battles are fought with style in mind, using a variety of attack methods throughout.

For a River City Ransom movie which, instead of aiming purely for speed, concentrates more on goofing around, click here.


Genesis Midnight Resistance (USA) in 10:48.4 by Andrés Delikat (aka. adelikat).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 21 MB, length: 13:15)
Download Gens movie file (.gmv) (date: 2007-07-07)
Read author's comments in submission #1596
Discuss this movie
Rating: 6.4 (15 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Manipulates luck
- Plays at "easy" level
- Genre: Shooter
Midnight Resistance (1990) was a rather lackluster attempt at making a Contra-esque game, ported later to Sega Genesis. Still, it manages to preserve some of the genre's core values, and therefore is well suited for a TAS.

Selected quotes from the author:
Story: an evil enemy kidnaps the hero's family. The hero is pleased, as this gives him a reason to wear a tight sleaveless shirt and blow up stuff with big guns.