Tool-assisted movies

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 plot.

Ending score: 32074970

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In this run, Cardboard demonstrates his ninja skills using Sasuke as he effortlessly charges through levels and beats the end bosses so fast they barely have enough time to fight back.

Note: This movie is unofficially rated "PG-13" for having lots of blood and gibs. Viewer discretion is advised.

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.

The American version of this game is a lot more difficult than the Japanese one (Mad City), although this video makes it seem easy.

This is a 56 second improvement over the previous movie by Phil.

Maybe you thought Battletoads was a game full of amphibians, but it is actually full of bugs. Those beta testers really should have spent a little more time on this game...

This movie requires FCEU 0.98.12.

As always, a bug on level 11 prevents player 2 from moving, so he gets a game over for that level. Player 1 plays level 11 alone and player 2 comes back for level 12. This is a bug in Battletoads itself.

This movie probably qualifies for "Quickest Giant Robot Fights."

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

This new version by adelikat is 26.7 seconds faster than his previous effort. Most of the improvement became possible thanks to discovering an awesome new law of videogame physics: if two athletic guys kick each other in mid-air at the same time, both can fly over a huge distance at breakneck speed. We wish it worked like that in real life!

This is the author's 3rd version and is an improvement of about 28 seconds over his previous movie.

This movie is about 10 seconds faster than the previous publication due to some suprising fighting strategies.

The completion times for each floor in this movie are: 1548, 1557, 1551, 1545, 1549.

The author would like to acknowledge the following authors who have spent time on this game:

• Arc: The first to make a run of Kung Fu.
• Lezard: Improvements in levels 2 and 5.
• Michael Fried: Taking damage in level 4 time saving tactic.
• Phil and Genisto: Boss 3 and 4 strats.

This is nearly a minute and a half improvement over the previous movie.

Also, the author made a switch from the JPN version to the USA, which results in a 5 second slower intro screen.

Clock Times:

   Glass Joe 0:42.00          Von Kaiser 0:35.95
   Piston Honda 0:40.25
   
   Don Flamenco 0:14.97       King Hippo 0:37.25
   Great Tiger 0:47.48        Bald Bull 0:57.82
   
   Piston Honda II 0:50.25    Soda Popinski 0:45.25
   Bald Bull II 1:08.97       Don Flamenco II 0:58.61
   Mr. Sandman 2:18.00        Super Macho Man 0:45.25
   
   Mike Tyson 1:58.XX

This is the 4th published version of this game. This run improves the Mr. Sandman fight by 1 game clock second.

In this game, guide Nightshade through Metro City to build popularity, fight rats, gentleman, and female ninjas, and most importantly museum statues.

This run by Maximus speeds through the game as fast as Nightshade is able to, ignoring lesser goals such as the museum items, saving a kitty, or checking out the women's dressing room. It is 25 seconds faster than the previous version by the same author.

Unfortunately the only escape from a deathtrap seen in this run is the deathtrap Nightshade finds himself in at the beginning; however one of the highlights of this game which can also be enjoyed in this run is the hilarious dialog, such as being threatened by the legalization of wooden nickels.

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.

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.

This movie is Baxter's new and improved version, which is an astounding 4 minutes faster than his previous version. Donatello has learned the secret ninja art of teleportation and... no, actually, a glitch that enables the player to move around extremely fast is used to hit all the enemies as soon as they come on screen. But most of the improvement comes from outstanding luck manipulation.

Raphael is by far the fastest turtle, but he also has the weakest attack. He is used for the majority of the game, but in the boss-heavy final levels he is replaced with Michelangelo, who has a stronger special attack.
The special attacks consume health, but you can continue using them even with near-depleted life gauge.

This movie improves the previous one by over 3 minutes thanks to using two turtles and strategic approach to score and health management.

This movie is about 23 seconds faster than the previous version by the same author.

Selected quotes from the author:

• Doesn't take all powerups because they make you knock down enemies. It's desired that they stand up as much as possible.
• Manages to get one of the chainmen to kill the other one, so there is less bonus afterwards (faster).

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.

Played with Max on Mania difficulty.

We recommend reading the author's comments of this movie.

Paraphrased from the author's submission:

This run uses tools - Sledgehammers, which I get from the barrels. THAT'S a real tool-assisted run!

(I know it's a bad joke but I couldn't resist it :P)

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!

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.

NOTE: The AVI has been updated; please download the new torrent file if you haven't already.

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 combo being used 12 times.

The damage for every move was mapped out carefully by monitoring the internal values of the RAM, to be able to choose the best attack for every situation. Luck was manipulated to make some enemies appear in more convenient positions.

This action packed TAS features the female ninja, Kunoichi, on a mission to leave no crotch unpunched.