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GBA Kuru Kuru Kururin (Europe) in 10:22.08 by 元 (aka. Ryuto).
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VBA movie file (.vbm) (date: 2009-06-19)
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Submission #2261 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.6 (15.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Genre: Puzzle
- Genre: Racing
Kuru Kuru Kururin is an unusual game that is a mix of racing/puzzle genres. The player controls a slowly spinning stick called the Helirin, and must maneuver it through a series of mazes. The player controls the direction and speed of movement but not the Helirin's constant rotation. In this fast paced TAS Ryuto chooses to ignore damage penalties in exchange for blazing fast realtime completion and creative methods of getting around the Helirin's forced rotation to squeeze into even the tiniest of gaps.

GBA Kururin Paradise (JPN) in 20:35.53 by 元 (aka. Ryuto).
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Submission #2268 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.8 (13.5 votes)
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- Uses a game restart sequence
- Genre: Puzzle
- Genre: Racing
Kururin Paradise is the sequel to Kuru Kuru Kururin. Once again you control the Helirin, but this time you have a small measure of control over it's rotation. This extra control allowed Ryuto to create a movie that can aim for fastest time without taking damage.

Also added to the sequel are several strange and entertaining minigames, such as using the Helirin to mow grass or attack intruding enemies Space Invaders style.


N64 Diddy Kong Racing (USA v1.0) in 2:03:02.08 by Peter T. (aka. xenos).
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Mupen64 movie (.m64) (date: 2007-08-18)
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Submission #1617 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.1 (38 votes)
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- Genre: Racing
Annoyed with the success of the Mario Kart series, a bunch of Rare characters got together and held a racing competition of their own. Along with the availability of several types of vehicles, this game has something of a storyline to it and full completion requires reloading a saved game after the credits run for the first time. More races occur after the initial credit roll, so don't stop watching once the ending plays.

NES Adventures of Bayou Billy (USA) in 17:14.1 by 韩晖 (aka. 西坡 (xipo)).
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 23.85 MB, length: 21:06)
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2007-11-06)
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Obsoletes movie #236 (18:10.22)
Rating: 5.5 (22 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Fighting
- Genre: Racing
- Genre: Shooter
The Adventures of Bayou Billy (1989) contains a trinity of genres: beat 'em up (like Streets of Rage), sniping (like part of Golgo 13), and car racing (like Rad Racer). In the game, 'Bayou' Billy West fights his way through Louisiana en route to New Orleans in order to save his kidnapped girlfriend, the luscious Annabelle Lane.

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.


☆NES Excitebike (JPN/USA) in 05:29.44 by Thomas Seufert (aka. Lord Tom).
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2009-08-31)
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Submission #2383 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #1070 (05:31.37)
Rating: 8.5 (21 votes)
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- Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Racing
This movie plays Excitebike really, really fast with an improvement of over a second compared to the previous movie by JXQ.

Times for each track are:

  • 0 = 36.19 (0.35 improved)
  • 1 = 37.84 (0.40 -"-)
  • 2 = 38.67 (0.19 -"-)
  • 3 = 41.96 (0.02 -"-)
  • 4 = 41.00 (0.02 -"-)
  • 5 = 31.34 (0.40 -"-)
Cumulative in-game savings: 1.38s

Main improvements come from taking ramps faster and a unique trick in which the author goes slower to get a better time. Look for further info in the author's comments.

September 18, 2009: Replaced torrent with a MKV with a fixed audio track. Please redownload.


NES Marble Madness (USA) in 02:48.4 by adelikat & Robin Reigstad (aka. Deign).
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FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2007-07-05)
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Obsoletes movie #819 (02:49.48)
Rating: 7.6 (28 votes)
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- One player in a multiplayer game
- Genre: Racing
Marble Madness is a 3D'ish game similar in its style to Snake Rattle 'n Roll. The objective in these two games is quite different, though. In this game, the player must roll a marble from point A to point B. This is of course not as easy as it sounds. And certainly not as easy as it looks in this movie.

This is a 65 frame improvement over the previous movie by adelikat.


NES Rad Racer (USA) in 21:55.98 by W.S. (aka. Saturn).
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FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2005-06-22)
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Submission #713 — Author's comments
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Rating: 3.6 (22 votes)
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- Genre: Racing
Rad is a slang term, short for radical. This movie shows what radical sports is when applied to car driving on NES.

Curiously, the game Rad Racer was made by Square, which is probably best known for its Final Fantasy game series. Quite a different game, this here...

If you decide to play this game, we recommend the Power Glove. It's bad....sooo bad.


Genesis Marble Madness (USA) in 02:39.45 by Gavin Ward (aka. SprintGod).
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Gens movie file (.gmv) (date: 2007-08-11)
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Submission #1658 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #693 (02:49.43)
Rating: 7.5 (24 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Genre: Racing
The Genesis remake of Marble Madness is not directly comparable to the original. In addition to having much worse audio quality, the rules on where (and what) the marble can go (and do) are relaxed, allowing for many shortcuts not possible on the NES.

This improvement by SprintGod is 10 seconds faster than adelikat's previous version.


☆SNES Biker Mice From Mars (USA) in 05:12.62 by Lennart W. (aka. Baxter).
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 20.98 MB, length: 07:18)
snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2007-02-24)
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Submission #1445 — Author's comments
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Rating: 8.0 (41 votes)
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- Heavy glitch abuse
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Uses a level password
- Genre: Racing
Award - Speediest TAS of 2007
A high speed racing game featuring rodents from another (nearby) planet. Although the author doesn't classify the velocity potential of the motorcycle as a programming error in the game, the speed at which he rips through the courses may make you wonder.

A password is used to skip to the final round at Super Hard difficulty with fully upgraded Engine and Shot parts.


SNES F-Zero (USA v1.0) "first track" in 02:22.03 by W.S. (aka. Saturn).
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Submission #650 — Author's comments
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Rating: 5.1 (33 votes)
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- Single level
- Genre: Racing
The first of the series. F-Zero is a racing game of the future, with machines that reach more than 470 km/h top-speed.

This movie uses the Fire Stingray to surpass the world record time and best lap time on Mute City 1, the first stage.

  • Best Lap: 23"17
  • Total: 1'58"17

SNES Super Mario Kart (USA) in 21:27.02 by cstrakm (?).
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snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2008-06-17)
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Submission #1954 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #848 (23:10.88)
Rating: 8.3 (28 votes)
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- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Heavy luck manipulation
- Starts from a saved state or SRAM
- Genre: Racing
Super Mario Kart is the first in a popular series of games starring the Mario cast racing go-karts. This run aims to get record times in all tracks at 150cc difficulty. This is achieved mostly by jumping straight into walls, bottomless pits, and lava, among many other things. Mushrooms are also used frequently due to their mysteriously friction-free propulsion powers. A high amount of wall-bouncing is required.

This run is over a minute and a half faster than the previous published run, due to new exploits of the definition of a lap.


SNES Top Gear (USA) "one track" in 03:51.17 by Phil Côté.
snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2004-07-06)
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Submission #74 — Author's comments
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Rating: 3.5 (26.5 votes)
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- Demonstration
- Single level
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Racing
This track is known to be hard.

Selected notes from the author:
It is not a complete [walkthrough] but single track only. It is for competition purpose. The track is: Bordeaux/France as fast as possible and the total timeunits is 3'24"76.

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Added ☆[1348] NES Excitebike (JPN/USA) by Lord Tom in 05:29.44 (2009-08-31)
- obsoletes [1070] NES Excitebike (Japan/USA) by JXQ in 05:31.37 (2008-02-25)
- - obsoletes [517] NES Excitebike (JPN/USA) by Luke in 05:35.38 (2006-03-31)
- - - obsoletes [297] NES Excitebike (JPN/USA) by foda in 05:57.93 (2005-02-13)
- - - - obsoletes [289] NES Excitebike (JPN/USA) "first track" by foda in 00:53.97 (2005-02-01)
- - - - - obsoletes [206] NES Excitebike (JPN/USA/PC10) "first track" by Luke in 00:56.2 (2004-10-09)
- - - - - - obsoletes [72] NES Excitebike (JPN/USA) "first track" by Player1 in 00:56.7 (2004-05-02)
Added [1315] GBA Kururin Paradise (JPN) by Ryuto in 20:35.53 (2009-07-03)
Added [1307] GBA Kuru Kuru Kururin (Europe) by Ryuto in 10:22.08 (2009-06-19)
Added [1126] SNES Super Mario Kart (USA) by cstrakm in 21:27.02 (2008-06-17)
- obsoletes [848] SNES Super Mario Kart (USA) by Huffers in 23:10.88 (2007-05-09)
Added [988] NES Adventures of Bayou Billy (USA) by 韩晖 (aka. 西坡 (xipo)) in 17:14.1 (2007-11-06)
- obsoletes [236] NES Adventures of Bayou Billy (USA) by Phil in 18:10.22 (2004-11-14)
Added [946] N64 Diddy Kong Racing (USA v1.0) by xenos in 2:03:02.08 (2007-08-18)
Added [939] Genesis Marble Madness (USA) by SprintGod in 02:39.45 (2007-08-11)
- obsoletes [693] Genesis Marble Madness (USA) by adelikat in 02:49.43 (2006-10-09)
- - obsoletes [161] Genesis Marble Madness (USA) by SprintGod in 02:51.43 (2004-08-14)
Added [913] NES Marble Madness (USA) by adelikat & Deign in 02:48.4 (2007-07-05)
- obsoletes [819] NES Marble Madness (USA) by adelikat in 02:49.48 (2007-03-22)
- - obsoletes [413] NES Marble Madness (USA) by adelikat in 02:50.55 (2005-10-01)
- - - obsoletes [218] NES Marble Madness (USA) by Inzult in 03:00.6 (2004-10-21)
Added ☆[802] SNES Biker Mice From Mars (USA) by Baxter in 05:12.62 (2007-02-24)
Added [516] SNES F-Zero (USA v1.0) "first track" by Saturn in 02:22.03 (2006-03-31)
Added [363] NES Rad Racer (USA) by Saturn in 21:55.98 (2005-06-22)
Added [113] SNES Top Gear (USA) "one track" by Phil in 03:51.17 (2004-07-06)


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