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GBA "maxim no warps" Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance (USA) in 12:45.68 by Joshua Nyer (aka. Comicalflop) & Deng Peng (aka. zggzdydp).
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Download VBA movie file (.vbm) (date: 2008-08-10)
Read author's comments in submission #2019
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Rating: 7.6 (15 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Second quest
- Starts from a predefined save
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
Castlevania, again, only this time played with Maxim and without glitching through walls and completing the game intended. What constitutes as intended in this run is debatable, since Maxim zooms through the castle faster than Sonic on espresso, and sends shurikens ripping through bosses before they realize they can attack you.

GBA "Julius version" Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) in 04:51.98 by Deng Peng (aka. zggzdydp).
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Download VBA movie file (.vbm) (date: 2008-06-17)
Read author's comments in submission #1959
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Obsoletes movie #508 (05:53.17)
Rating: 7.2 (15 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes no damage
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Second quest
- Starts from a predefined save
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
Those who greatly dislike that Aria of Sorrow's main character isn't related to the Belmont clan whatsoever can safely relax, because the powerhouse known as Julius Belmont enters the stage in the relatively short run of this Castlevania installment.

Julius is only available to those who have completed the main quest, but unlike Soma Cruz, Belmont can't go through walls or use other fancy tricks like that. Being very upset about it, he hops around the castle madly, producing almost inhuman sounds with every jump.

The improvement of 61 seconds came from these new movement techniques and better boss fights.


Note: this movie starts where a main quest TAS left off. We do not usually accept movies beginning from a save. Please read our rules to see our reasons.

GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) in 00:23.97 by Robin Reigstad (aka. Deign).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 4 MB, length: 01:55)
Download VBA movie file (.vbm) (date: 2008-02-18)
Watch online (www.youtube.com)
Read author's comments in submission #1856
Discuss this movie
Obsoletes movie #919 (00:24.3)
Rating: 7.7 (23 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Second quest
- Starts from a predefined save
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
This is a really, really fast TAS through Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance played with Maxim who is only available after the game is beaten once. Most of the game is glitched through by being stuck in different walls, so it's hard to explain what happened in this; see it for yourself.

This is a 20 frame improvement over comicalflop's previous movie.

Note: This movie starts where the main quest movie left off. We do not usually accept movies beginning from a save. Please read our rules to see our reasons.


NES "2nd quest" Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) in 29:15.9 by Richard U (aka. Sleepz).
Download Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-05-14)
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Discuss this movie
Rating: 6.8 (26 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Manipulates luck
- Second quest
- Uses a level password
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: RPG
The second quest of Zelda is what you get by having completed the game once. It is more difficult than the first quest.

In his movie, Sleepz enters ZELDA as the player's name to start the 2nd quest without having to complete the game first.


NES Metal Storm (USA) in 12:54.23 by Frank Amoroso (aka. TheAxeMan).
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Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2005-02-27)
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Read author's comments in submission #545
Discuss this movie
Rating: 5.8 (17 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Second quest
- Uses a level password
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Shooter
An ultra-powerful gigantic mechadroid that can take one hit before exploding into confetti. Pah.

This video uses a password to go directly to the second, harder version of the game. Note that the password shown on screen is not the one actually accepted by the game - the password is entered so fast the graphic function glitches. Another (more useful) glitch is that you can stand on spikes and other sorts of materials which ultra-powerful gigantic mechadroids have a natural weakness against if you jump all the time.

The fireball form used for the first few levels more or less grants invulnerability when used constantly, as well as being a strong offensive weapon. It is not very effective against the last boss, so the author switches to a better projectile weapon before that. This switch entails that the rematches against the earlier bosses are slower, but the improvement on the last boss makes up for it.

Added [1162] GBA "maxim no warps" Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by Comicalflop & zggzdydp in 12:45.68 (2008-08-10)
Added [1129] GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by klmz in 06:46.2 (2008-06-18)
- obsoletes [1024] GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by zggzdydp in 12:06.73 (2007-12-15)
- - obsoletes [695] GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by pirate_sephiroth in 12:17.5 (2006-10-09)
Added [1127] GBA "Julius version" Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by zggzdydp in 04:51.98 (2008-06-17)
- obsoletes [508] GBA "Julius version" Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by Atma in 05:53.17 (2006-03-20)
Added [1056] GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by Deign in 00:23.97 (2008-02-18)
- obsoletes [919] GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by Comicalflop in 00:24.3 (2007-07-18)
- - obsoletes [887] GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by Comicalflop in 00:26.37 (2007-06-08)
- - - obsoletes [727] GBA "Maxim Version" Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by pirate_sephiroth in 00:26.95 (2006-12-11)
Added [995] GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by zggzdydp in 14:04.85 (2007-11-19)
- obsoletes [908] GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by zggzdydp in 15:00.38 (2007-07-02)
- - obsoletes [889] GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by zggzdydp in 15:44.15 (2007-06-10)
- - - obsoletes [728] GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (USA) by JXQ in 30:43.92 (2006-12-12)
Added [868] NES Legend of Zelda (USA PRG0) by Phil & Baxter in 24:04.05 (2007-05-22)
- obsoletes [191] NES Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) by Phil in 25:28.6 (2004-09-17)
- - obsoletes [100] NES Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) by Sleepz in 26:55.15 (2004-06-25)
- - - obsoletes [658] NES Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) by Michael F in 31:27.15 (2004-02-19)
- - - - obsoletes [659] NES Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) by SuperHappy in 35:59.4 (2004-01-25)
Added [456] GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (USA) by Atma in 27:45.57 (2006-01-11)
Added [303] NES Metal Storm (USA) by TheAxeMan in 12:54.23 (2005-02-27)
Added [8] NES "2nd quest" Legend of Zelda (USA,PRG0) by Sleepz in 29:15.9 (2004-05-13)