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Total movies: 29


[Tier: Vault]DS Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses (USA) in 29:49.94 by AKheon.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2011-11-20)
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Rating: 5.3 (7 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Platform
Released as a tie-in to a toy line and a movie, this remake of a GBA game features the eponymous twelve princesses attempting to save their father, the King, and their kingdom from the evil machinations of the Duchess Rowena.

This run completes all seven worlds.


[Tier: Stars]DS Brain Age (USA) in 06:33.66 by Ryuto.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2011-02-10)
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Submission #2990 — Author's comments
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Rating: 8.4 (35 votes)
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- Playaround
- Demonstration
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Puzzle
Award - DS TAS of 2011Award - Funny TAS of 2011
Brain Age (also known as Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training) is a puzzle game designed on the premise of exercising your brain. In this run, for example, the idea is to solve a series of simple mathematical puzzles.

And yet, the answers given... are not exactly what you'd expect.

The same author of the previous run brings you a set of 51 new ... answers, with extra time taken to provide you, the viewer, with the greatest possible attention to detail. Additionally, the increased detail provides a higher level of difficulty, to prevent the number recognition from checking the answer before the image is complete.

If you liked how the machine's drawing recognition system got abused in this movie, you must also check the troubles TAS brings the text recognition system into.


[Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]DS Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (USA) in 03:50.05 by mtbRc.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2013-04-12)
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Rating: 7.6 (6 votes)
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- Best ending
- Uses warps
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
Dawn of Sorrow (2005), the first installment of Castlevania on Nintendo DS, is a direct sequel to GBA hit Aria of Sorrow. Everyone is trying to kill our hero Soma Cruz, since in the previous game he absorbed all of Dracula's attributes. You can always trust weird cults to try and bring about the end of the world by unleashing this power.

The game is so fully broken at this point though, that there really is no plot in this run. Or final boss. Or much of anything at all. Using improved versions of the glitches used in its predecessor, this movie completes the game in half the time. More details about the glitches can be found in the author's comments.


[Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (USA) "All souls" in 35:08.59 by Kriole.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-12-12)
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Submission #3780 — Author's comments
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Rating: 9.1 (13 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy luck manipulation
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
Award - Lucky TAS of 2012
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005), the first installment of Castlevania on Nintendo DS, is a direct sequel to GBA hit Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. In it Soma Cruz continues to cultivate his unhealthy obsession with collecting souls.

Using the powers that only tool assistance can give, every single possible soul is collected in a bit over a half hour. If you've ever played the game, you know what a pain those souls can be.

Very detailed information on the run is available in the author's comments.


[Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (USA) "Julius Mode" in 19:20.63 by Cpadolf.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-07-28)
MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 141.95 MB, length: 21:34)
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Submission #3660 — Author's comments
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Rating: 8.2 (7.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Second quest/Post game-completion
- Starts from a saved state or SRAM
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005), the first installment of Castlevania on Nintendo DS, is a direct sequel to GBA hit Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.

Like its predecessor, after finishing the game, you can choose to ignore pretty-boy Soma Cruz and instead play as Julius Belmont. Unfortunately, it seems that Julius's skills have waned a bit since his last appearance. Yoko Belnades and Alucard easily pick up the slack, though.


[Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (USA) "Albus Mode" in 18:03.21 by mtbRc.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2011-11-29)
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Submission #3358 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.9 (8 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Second quest/Post game-completion
- Starts from a saved state or SRAM
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
"YOU CAN'T HIT ME!"

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, the third game in the series for the DS, takes a different direction from its direct predecessors in that it is more of a stage-based game, similar to the earliest entries in the series, rather than the "Metroidvania"-style first established by Symphony of the Night.

This run plays as Albus, only available as a character after the player has cleared the game as Shanoa. As such, this run starts from SRAM; the movie generating it, a test-run of the game as Shanoa by gocha, is available here.


[Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin (USA) "Richter Mode" in 17:26.43 by mtbRc.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2013-01-07)
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Submission #3794 — Author's comments
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Rating: 9.2 (4 votes)
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- Second quest/Post game-completion
- Starts from a saved state or SRAM
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
Like many Castlevania games, Portrait of Ruin has extra alternate play modes available after completing the primary quest. In this case, you get to play as Richter Belmont and Maria Renard, using a dual character system very similar to the main quest.

Richter and Maria blaze a path of destruction through the castle, pacifying foes with a combination of crosses, doves and other wonderful things. Complex multiple-character motion is used to move as quickly as possible; see the author's comments for an in depth explanation.


[Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]DS Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin (USA) in 04:18.65 by mtbRc.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-08-31)
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Submission #3684 — Author's comments
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Rating: 8.4 (9 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Uses warps
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
The second Castlevania title released on Nintendo DS after Dawn of Sorrow, this game is a direct sequel to BloodLines on Sega Genesis. Dracula rises from the dead yet again (cue groan), and it's up to Jonathan Morris, helped out by Charlotte Aulin, a powerful mage student, to defeat him.

This run is an improvement of 8.84 seconds over the previous run by the same author and uses many of the same glitches. A slightly different route selection sends Dracula back to his coffin even faster.


[Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin (USA) "all bosses" in 25:19.52 by mtbRc.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-07-25)
MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 182.03 MB, length: 28:56)
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Submission #3657 — Author's comments
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Rating: 9.1 (7.5 votes)
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- 100% completion
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses warps
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: RPG
The second Castlevania title released on Nintendo DS after Dawn of Sorrow, this game is a direct sequel to Bloodlines on Sega Genesis. Dracula rises from the dead yet again (cue groan), and it's up to Jonathan Morris, helped out by Charlotte Aulin, a powerful mage student, to defeat him.

Beating Dracula into a pile of dust in under five minutes wasn't enough for our heroes, so this time they wreck his entire castle and surrounding areas before killing him. Every boss is slain, so you get to see more of that fast "showtime" action. Significant glitching is used; read the author's comments for more information.


[Tier: Moons]DS Contra 4 (USA) in 22:31.42 by cpadolf & zggzdydp.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2009-07-29)
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Submission #2337 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.3 (28 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Shooter
Contra 4 (2007) is largely a combined remake of the early NES and SNES Contra titles, featuring remixed music and vastly improved visuals utilizing both screens of the DS as if they were one contiguous screen.

Watch Bill Rizer embark on a new colorful adventure in the shirtless land, this time making even less sense than ever before. To quote the game's ending: Whatever the truth may have been, it was lost to time as the invaders became a mere footnote in the pages of history. A footnote which read: they sure blew up good.

Amen.


[Tier: Moons]DS Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (USA) in 03:42.93 by jlun2.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2010-04-05)
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Submission #2630 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.8 (22.5 votes)
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- Corrupts save data
- Genre: Action
The only war going around here is breaking at least 23 traffic laws and shooting goons with what ought to be a Gatling gun.

The author completes the game in record time, using a glitch that corrupts the save game data to unlock the mission Salt in the Wound, the only one required to unlock the credits.

This run beats the previous version by 4.9 seconds.


[Tier: Moons]DS Ivy the Kiwi? (USA) "100%" in 15:23.86 by Ryuto.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2011-03-13)
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Submission #3033 — Author's comments
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Rating: 8.3 (19 votes)
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- 100% completion
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Puzzle
Award - Speedy TAS of 2011
Ivy is a lost bird who is wandering aimlessly around looking for her mother. Normally when you play the game you simply draw vines for Ivy to walk on and you can pull them to bounce her over an obstacle.

With tools, this turns into a mad orgy of bouncing and springy physics action that is difficult to follow with the naked eye. Don't blink or you'll miss it!


[Tier: Moons]DS Kirby Squeak Squad (USA) in 36:40.55 by MUGG.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2010-11-24)
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Submission #2911 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.0 (13.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Platform
Kirby Squeak Squad, known as Kirby Mouse Attack in Europe and Kirby of the Stars: Calling on the Dorotche Gang (星のカービィ 参上! ドロッチェ団) in Japan, was beaten in 36:40.53 minutes by MUGG, by taking advantage of glitches and of the bottom screen, which is used to keep and mix the things Kirby swallowed during his adventure. You can check the author's comments for more information.


To play the DSM file, you'll need to use the "DeSmuME 0.9.4+ svn2964 x86" emulator, and the "Fast-Fetch Execute" option must be enabled. Otherwise, the movie won't sync.


[Tier: Moons]DS Mega Man ZX (USA) in 1:09:14.29 by Mothrayas & Rolanmen1.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2011-01-13)
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Submission #2968 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.5 (9 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
Mega Man ZX is the first Mega Man platformer on the DS. It is also the first Mega Man game to have the choice of a male or female protagonist (the latter is used in this run). Unlike previous Mega Man series, this series features a new system where the protagonist is actually a humanoid who changes forms using different biometals (collected mostly from bosses).

[Tier: Moons]DS Mega Man ZX Advent (USA) in 1:19:26.35 by Mothrayas.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2010-12-05)
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Rating: 7.0 (8.5 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Heavy luck manipulation
- Genre: Platform
Mega Man ZX Advent is the second game in the Mega Man ZX series. What's so different between the classic series and ZX Advent? First, you get to choose between a male (Grey) and a female (Ashe) character. Then, instead of stealing weapons from the bosses, the player steals the boss itself! Instead of switching between weapons, the player switches between forms using the Biometal Model A. Finally, the player has less freedom to pick the stages of his choice.

Mothrayas picks Ashe, the female character, to minimize the cutscenes and to save time.


To play the DSM file, make sure that "Enable Advanced Bus-Level Timing" is unchecked in the "Emulation settings".


[Tier: Moons]DS Mega Man ZX Advent (JPN) "100%" in 1:33:22.76 by hellagels & red-crowned-crane.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-09-01)
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Submission #3671 — Author's comments
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Rating: 8.2 (5 votes)
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- 100% completion
- Uses death to save time
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
Mega Man ZX Advent is the second game in the Mega Man ZX series. What's so different between the classic series and ZX Advent? First, you get to choose between a male (Grey) and a female (Ashe) character. Then, instead of stealing weapons from the bosses, the player steals the boss itself! Instead of switching between weapons, the player switches between forms using the Biometal Model A. Finally, the player has less freedom to pick the stages of his choice.

In this run, hellagels and red-crowned-crane collect all secret disks, life ups, BM upgrades and sub tanks, achieving a 100% completion rate.


[Tier: Vault]DS Metal Slug 7 (USA) in 21:27.77 by mtvf1.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-12-06)
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Rating: 7.5 (3 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Shooter
The classic Metal Slug series comes to DS with Metal Slug 7. Although there is only one player this time, this version is notable for allowing the player to keep two weapons and switch freely between them.

This run uses death to switch between Eri and Tarma, and to obtain more grenades. You may also wish to see the run using "Marco" with no deaths.

Also check out other Metal Slug runs such as Metal Slug, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4 and Metal Slug Advance.


[Tier: Moons]DS Metal Slug 7 (USA) "Marco" in 23:10.7 by mtvf1.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2011-11-20)
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Submission #3309 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.6 (8 votes)
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- Forgoes time-saving death
- Uses hardest difficulty
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Shooter
The classic Metal Slug series comes to DS with Metal Slug 7. Although there is only one player this time, this version is notable for allowing the player to keep two weapons and switch freely between them.

The author, mtvf1, completes this game without deaths in a mere 23 minutes and 11 seconds, using Marco.

There is also a version that uses Eri and Tarma. Deaths and continues are used in that version, which is also the only way to switch characters in this game.

You may also check out other Metal Slug runs such as Metal Slug, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4 and Metal Slug Advance.


[Tier: Vault]DS Myst (USA) in 01:07.16 by Scepheo.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-12-30)
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Submission #2602 — Author's comments
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Rating: 2.6 (5.5 votes)
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- Genre: Puzzle
Myst is the epic puzzle game whose puzzles will take you hours to solve. Unless, of course, you know the answer. Although you'll encounter many brainmelting puzzles when normally playing through Myst, all the game really requires you to do is flip the eight switches around the island, get the blank page and bring it to Atrus.

One of the hardest things about this is the fireplace code which must be obtained in order to get access to Atrus. However, this being a TAS, the code is known and is entered in the most entertaining fashion the author could think of.


[Tier: Moons]DS New Super Mario Bros. (USA) "warpless" in 43:00.28 by Soig & WinEpic.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-09-01)
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Rating: 7.4 (8 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Takes damage to save time
- Forgoes warps
- Genre: Platform
New Super Mario Bros. was released in 2006 for the Nintendo DS. It features your typical side-scrolling plumber, but in this case he comes with enhanced abilities, like wall jumping and doing flips.

Most of the game can normally be skipped with warp cannons. Here, the authors avoid those cannons, allowing you to see much more plumbing action.


[Tier: Moons]DS New Super Mario Bros. (USA) in 21:08.08 by adelikat, terrotim, mindnomad & Y05H1.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2011-08-17)
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Rating: 8.1 (24 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses warps
- Genre: Platform
New Super Mario Bros. was released in 2006 for the Nintendo DS. It features your typical side-scrolling plumber, but in this case he comes with enhanced abilities, like wall jumping and doing flips.

This run beats the previous run by 33.46 due to a new method of going through World 8-Tower 2 as well as various in-stage improvements.


[Tier: Vault]DS Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (USA) in 28:44.68 by Fladdermus.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2009-12-27)
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Submission #2472 — Author's comments
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Rating: 5.5 (13 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Action
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence is a Nintendo DS enhanced port of the original PlayStation survival horror game. The S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team has gone missing and it's up to the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team to investigate their disappearance.

In this run, Fladdermus takes control of Alpha team's Jill Valentine and proceeds to tear apart Classic Mode in under half an hour. For more information, see his comments.


[Tier: Vault]DS Rubik's World (USA) in 01:20.23 by Kumquat & alden.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2010-04-16)
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Rating: 4.9 (22.5 votes)
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- Genre: Puzzle
Combining the Nintendo DS's touch screen capabilities with a classic puzzle game and adding in a touch of the tool-assisted yields... a tool-assisted run of a classic puzzle game, joining the ranks of several other quirky movies similar in character. While tool-assistance may on the surface seem trivial in this case, a decidedly non-trivial amount of luck manipulation was used to create a cube solvable in the fewest possible moves. Further, the game only counts moves in quarter turns, making the number of moves used even more impressive.

Note: If you are watching the .dsm, your nickname and comment must be set to something specific in order to watch the movie. It will desync otherwise. See the author's comments for combinations that work.


[Tier: Stars]DS Sonic Colors (USA) in 26:37.8 by VanillaCoke.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-05-11)
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Rating: 8.3 (9 votes)
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- Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Platform
Sonic Colors (2010) is a fast-paced platform game for the Nintendo DS featuring Sega's mascot Sonic the Hedgehog. It makes good use of the dual screens, with Sonic freely zipping from screen to screen. The gameplay is fast paced and features unique "wisp" powerups, by which Sonic turns into various other fast-moving objects.

Here the author makes very good use of the super human speed and reactions of tool assistance to navigate Colors much faster than a human ever could. Sonic's motion is very carefully tracked at all times to ensure the fastest possible completion. You can read the author's comments for more information.


[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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Rating: 7.0 (26 votes)
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- Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
- Forgoes time-saving death
- 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]DS Spider-Man 2 (USA) in 14:20.21 by adelikat.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2010-10-10)
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Rating: 7.3 (13.5 votes)
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- Genre: Platform
In this fast-paced platformer for the Nintendo DS, observe Spiderman beat up a selection of his common foes in record time.


Mister Epic: Changed mirror and torrent file for full compatibility.


[Tier: Moons]DS Super Mario 64 DS (USA v1.0) in 09:50.64 by MKDasher & ALAKTORN.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-01-30)
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Submission #3439 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #1902 (14:23.34)
Rating: 8.4 (10 votes)
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- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Platform
Award - DS TAS of 2012
Super Mario 64 DS is, as the title says, a Super Mario 64 remake for the Nintendo DS, released in 2004 along with the system. It features improved graphics, new levels, new playable characters and, most importantly in this case, a different "polish".

More importantly, it features new glitches relative to the runs of the original SM64.

This is an improvement of 4:31.69 over the previous movie by the same authors due to several new glitches and tricks that allow the authors to finish the game while collecting only a single star.


[Tier: Moons]DS Tetris DS (USA) in 01:37.53 by veup.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2009-11-24)
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Rating: 7.6 (31.5 votes)
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- Genre: Puzzle
At TASVideos, we see a lot of feats made, among the most popular however is smashing Tetris. The game seems to have the uncanny ability to agree, be sure to enjoy the sight of 'Back to Back Tetris' because you're going to see it a lot.

This movie requires DeSmuME v0.9.4+.


[Tier: Vault]DS You have to burn the rope! (unknown) in 00:28.65 by Mro314.
DeSmuME movie (.dsm) (date: 2012-12-30)
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Submission #2888 — Author's comments
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Rating: 1.8 (7.5 votes)
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- Genre: Platform
You have to burn the rope is a very hard game. You have to burn the rope there.

The Author uses corner boosts and the "jumping of ledges" trick to complete the game faster.

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Added [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]DS Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (USA) by mtbRc in 03:50.05 (2013-04-12)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (USA) by McBobX in 07:43.76 (2013-01-18)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (USA) by gocha in 08:20.12 (2009-10-17)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin (USA) "Richter Mode" by mtbRc in 17:26.43 (2013-01-07)
Added [Tier: Vault]DS Myst (USA) by Scepheo in 01:07.16 (2012-12-30)
Added [Tier: Vault]DS You have to burn the rope! (unknown) by Mro314 in 00:28.65 (2012-12-30)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (USA) "All souls" by Kriole in 35:08.59 (2012-12-12)
Added [Tier: Vault]DS Metal Slug 7 (USA) by mtvf1 in 21:27.77 (2012-12-06)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Mega Man ZX Advent (JPN) "100%" by hellagels & red-crowned-crane in 1:33:22.76 (2012-09-01)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS New Super Mario Bros. (USA) "warpless" by Soig & WinEpic in 43:00.28 (2012-09-01)
Added [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]DS Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin (USA) by mtbRc in 04:18.65 (2012-08-31)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]DS Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin (USA) by mtbRc in 04:27.52 (2012-02-29)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons][Notable improvement]DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (USA) by mtbRc in 04:55.42 (2011-06-13)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (USA) by arukAdo, gocha in 10:14.85 (2009-12-29)
- - - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (USA) by arukAdo in 11:40.35 (2009-06-07)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (USA) "Julius Mode" by Cpadolf in 19:20.63 (2012-07-28)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin (USA) "all bosses" by mtbRc in 25:19.52 (2012-07-25)
Added [Tier: Stars]DS Sonic Colors (USA) by VanillaCoke in 26:37.8 (2012-05-11)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Super Mario 64 DS (USA v1.0) by MKDasher & ALAKTORN in 09:50.64 (2012-01-30)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]DS Super Mario 64 DS (USA v1.0) by MKDasher & ALAKTORN in 14:23.34 (2011-10-15)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (USA) "Albus Mode" by mtbRc in 18:03.21 (2011-11-29)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Metal Slug 7 (USA) "Marco" by mtvf1 in 23:10.7 (2011-11-20)
Added [Tier: Vault]DS Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses (USA) by AKheon in 29:49.94 (2011-11-20)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS New Super Mario Bros. (USA) by adelikat, terrotim, mindnomad & Y05H1 in 21:08.08 (2011-08-17)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]DS New Super Mario Bros. (USA) by adelikat in 21:41.54 (2010-05-20)
- - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]DS New Super Mario Bros. (USA) by terrotim in 25:00.75 (2009-11-30)
- - - obsoletes [Tier: Moons]DS New Super Mario Bros. (USA) by adelikat in 26:27.5 (2009-05-02)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Ivy the Kiwi? (USA) "100%" by Ryuto in 15:23.86 (2011-03-13)
Added [Tier: Stars]DS Brain Age (USA) by Ryuto in 06:33.66 (2011-02-10)
- obsoletes [Tier: Stars]DS Brain Age (USA) by Ryuto in 04:08.1 (2010-07-09)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Mega Man ZX (USA) by Mothrayas & Rolanmen1 in 1:09:14.29 (2011-01-13)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Mega Man ZX Advent (USA) by Mothrayas in 1:19:26.35 (2010-12-05)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Kirby Squeak Squad (USA) by MUGG in 36:40.55 (2010-11-24)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Spider-Man 2 (USA) by adelikat in 14:20.21 (2010-10-10)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Space Invaders Extreme 2 (USA) by FractalFusion in 07:56.48 (2010-07-10)
Added [Tier: Vault]DS Rubik's World (USA) by Kumquat & alden in 01:20.23 (2010-04-16)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (USA) by jlun2 in 03:42.93 (2010-04-05)
- obsoletes [Tier: Moons]DS Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (USA) by jlun2 in 03:47.83 (2009-12-07)
Added [Tier: Vault]DS Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (USA) by Fladdermus in 28:44.68 (2009-12-27)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Tetris DS (USA) by veup in 01:37.53 (2009-11-24)
Added [Tier: Moons]DS Contra 4 (USA) by cpadolf & zggzdydp in 22:31.42 (2009-07-29)

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