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Published on 4/20/2004
The classic game that we grew up with completed much faster than most people think is possible.
The length is 5:03.73 (18224 frames), from power on to touching the axe.
It is 130 frames (2.17 seconds) faster than the previous version, which was already thought to be perfect.
Even in simple-looking games you can always find more time-saving tricks to exploit if you look hard enough. See what we've found at the Super Mario Bros. Tricks page.
This movie also gets as many coins and kills as many enemies as possible without losing speed.
Three glitches were used to save time.
In addition to the wall jump and alternate pipe glitches in 8-4 that were also done in the previous version, the vine in 4-2 was used to do a teleportation glitch, followed by an alternate pipe glitch used to get to the warp zone faster.
8-4 was completed with 315 timeunits left (1 timeunit faster than the previous version).
The delay involving fancy jumping at the end of 8-3 was to avoid the fireworks that come when the timer ends with a 3.
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Published on 6/9/2000
Yy's warpless SMB1 movie.
Note that it focuses on timeunits, not seconds, and it thus gets fireworks in many levels.

Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.

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Published on 11/23/2004
The classic game that we grew up with completed incredibly fast. The length is 5:01.27 (18076 frames), from power on to touching the axe.
It is 148 frames (2.47 seconds) faster than the previous version, which beat something that was thought to be perfect.
Even in simple-looking games you can always find more time-saving tricks to exploit if you look hard enough. See what we've found at the Super Mario Bros. Tricks page.
The completion times for each level are:
  • 1-1: 370
  • 1-2: 347 (1 timeunit faster than previous version)
  • 4-1: 340
  • 4-2: 355 (5 timeunits faster than previous version)
  • 8-1: 200
  • 8-2: 342
  • 8-3: 242
  • 8-4: 315
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Published on 11/26/2004
A new tool-assisted record time at Super Mario Bros. The length is 4:59.92 (17995 frames), from power on to ending the input. Axe is touched at frame number 18012 (5:00.20).
It is 64 frames (1.07 seconds) faster than the previous version.
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We sincerely thank Mana for showing us some strategies. It helps us in this version. Also, thanks to Michael Fried, his video inspires me to collect some more points where Mana failed to achieve.
Even in simple-looking games you can always find more time-saving tricks to exploit if you look hard enough. See what we've found at the Super Mario Bros. Tricks page.
The completion times for each level are:
  • 1-1: 370
  • 1-2: 347
  • 4-1: 341 (fireworks)
  • 4-2: 356
  • 8-1: 200
  • 8-2: 342
  • 8-3: 244
  • 8-4: 316
For extra curiosity, see a slightly edited version (for Famtasia). It introduces the hat-stomping trick in 8-2 and ends the movie properly at hitting the axe.
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Published on 12/15/2004
This movie wasn't given a description before it was obsoleted.
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Published on 12/16/2004
A new tool-assisted record time at Super Mario Bros.
Movie length:
PowerON - Hitting the axe 17998 frames=4:59.97
PowerON - InputEnd 17976 frames=4:59.60
InputStart - InputEnd 17936 frames=4:58.93
Which makes it 21 frames (0.35 seconds) faster than the previous version.
Even in simple-looking games you can always find more time-saving tricks to exploit if you look hard enough. See what we've found at the Super Mario Bros. Tricks page.
The completion times for each level are:
  • 1-1: 370
  • 1-2: 347
  • 4-1: 341 (fireworks)
  • 4-2: 356
  • 8-1: 200
  • 8-2: 342
  • 8-3: 244
  • 8-4: 316
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Published on 12/31/2004
This movie is a full run-through of Super Mario Bros., using no warps. The authors have tried to show off as many bugs as possible and otherwise entertain the viewer without losing time.
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Published on 4/1/2005
Contrary to common belief, Super Mario Bros. can be completed without pressing B at all.
This is a sidestroller, speedwalk, or whatever you want to call it...
Note: This movie was submitted (and published) on April 1st, 2005. It was not intended to be a serious TAS movie.

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Published on 7/7/2005
A new tool-assisted record time at Super Mario Bros. It's merely 4 frames (0.0667 seconds) faster than the previous record published on this site, but it's a new record nevertheless!
The submission text contains more details about this movie.
Even in simple-looking games you can always find more time-saving tricks to exploit if you look hard enough. See what we've found at the Super Mario Bros. Tricks page.
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Published on 4/21/2004
This is a historic movie, submitted and obsoleted before the creation of the database-based (and wiki-based) site engine, before July 2004.
It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.
This movie is 2 seconds faster than its predecessor. Most importantly it shows a major increase in production quality evolving in SMB TASing. This movie polishes the little optimizations and makes the most of the tricks that were known at the time. It also does a good job with entertainment. It tries to kill enemies and get coins as much as possible along the way, plays with death, and doesn't jump higher than necessary to reach ledges.
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Published on 4/20/2004
This is a historic movie, submitted and obsoleted before the creation of the database-based (and wiki-based) site engine, before July 2004.
It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.
This movie beats the previous by Fried by a mere third of a second. It is hard to see where, but it seems to beat it by 1 "frame rule" in one of the levels (8-2 probably). Otherwise it is a very similar movie.
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Published on 1/30/2004
This is a historic movie, submitted and obsoleted before the creation of the database-based (and wiki-based) site engine, before July 2004.
It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.
This is the 2nd version by Michael Fried. It is a good TAS for its time that takes advantage of a wall jump and "wrong pipe" glitch in level 8-4.
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Published on 1/28/2004
This is total six timeunits faster than Bisqwit's previous video.
This video features really precise timing to cut the times on some levels and two tricks in level 8-4 that most people don't know and some who know still can't do.
Uses warps. Incidentally, this marks the first SMB movie from an "outside" source (meaning not done by Bisqwit).
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Published on 1/14/2004
This is a historic movie, submitted and obsoleted before the creation of the database-based (and wiki-based) site engine, before July 2004.
It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.
This marks the third SMB movie by Bisqwit and is approximately 2 seconds faster than his first. It does not take advantage of many glitches & tricks known in modern times but does a good job focusing on entertaining the audience while not losing time.
The improvement from the previous movie seems to be simply the removal of a few seconds mistake/entertainment decisions in world 8 (where Bisqwit chose to play around with a koopa shell or hit a random coin block).
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Published on 12/30/2003
This is a historic movie, submitted and obsoleted before the creation of the database-based (and wiki-based) site engine, before July 2004.
This movie is the 2nd of Bisqwit's movies published (his 3rd attempt). It is a mere 3 frames faster than the previous version.
This versions takes a number of detours such as playing with a koopa shell, getting a random coin, and taking time to show off a wall jump.
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Published on 12/6/2003
This is a historic movie, submitted and obsoleted before the creation of the database-based (and wiki-based) site engine, before July 2004.
It was inserted to the database in a history revival project by Bisqwit in autumn 2006.
This movie is the earliest attempt by Bisqwit (his 2nd version). This movie makes a number of mistakes and detours.
Note: Famtasia incorrectly reports this movie file as only 794 frames. However, it plays fine.
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Published on 12/14/2007
Seems anytime a movie is thought to be perfect someone comes along and improves it. Here, klmz has improved Pom's movie by 84 frames by using a glitch that allows him to skip the flagpole animation.
The submission text contains more details about this new glitch.
Even in simple-looking games you can always find more time-saving tricks to exploit if you look hard enough. See what's been found so far at the Super Mario Bros. Tricks page.
Note: The original .avi mispelled the authors name in the subtitles. This was corrected on 2007-12-22. Redownload if you downloaded it prior to this date.
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Published on 3/19/2008
Seems anytime a movie is thought to be perfect someone comes along and improves it. Here, klmz has improved his previous movie by 21 frames by improving upon the previously discovered flagpole glitch.
Even in simple-looking games you can always find more time-saving tricks to exploit if you look hard enough. See what's been found so far at the Super Mario Bros. Tricks page.

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Published on 4/4/2008
Contrary to common belief, Super Mario Bros. can be completed without pressing B at all.
This is a sidestroller, speedwalk, or whatever you want to call it...
This is a 7 seconds improvement to the previous walkathon movie that was submitted (and published) on April 1st, 2005; submitted at April 1st, 2008.
Among improvements are a commentary from the actors of the movie and some glitch applications not seen before in SMB TASes.
Note that a 20-frame (0.3 seconds) improvement to this movie is known to be possible, but this version was chosen because it is more entertaining to watch. The faster version can be downloaded here.
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Published on 5/6/2008
This movie, one of many Super Mario Bros. movies by HappyLee, is a full warpless run-through. About 8 seconds of improvement were obtained from using various bugs that were not present in the previous movie, specifically the flagpole glitch and the Bullet Bill glitch.
We also have the warped version of this game.
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Published on 5/6/2008
Contrary to common belief, Super Mario Bros. can be completed without pressing B at all.
This is a sidestroller, speedwalk, or whatever you want to call it.
This is 1.2 seconds faster than the previous movie by Bisqwit.

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Published on 5/19/2008
Contrary to common belief, Super Mario Bros. can be completed without pressing B at all.
This is a sidestroller, speedwalk, or whatever you want to call it.
This is about a half-second faster than the previous movie by the same author.
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Published on 9/20/2008
This movie, one of many Super Mario Bros. movies by HappyLee, is a full warpless run-through. Almost 1 full second of improvement were obtained from using various strategical and stylistic changes — most prominently in the 3–2 — that were not present in the previous movie.
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Published on 1/22/2009
Contrary to common belief, Super Mario Bros. can be completed without pressing B at all.
This is a sidestroller, speedwalk, or whatever you want to call it.
This is about 2 seconds faster than the previous movie by the same author.

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Published on 8/7/2009
Here at TASVideos we make perfect movies. And then we beat them.
This improvement comes from a trick to save a mere half a pixel when accelerating from a stop. This trick allowed just enough to beat the 21 frame rule in 8-2 and save a frame in 8-4.
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Published on 8/7/2009
This movie is a full warpless run-through.
It is about a 2.5 second improvement over the previous movie by HappyLee. Most of the improvement comes from a new "vine glitch" that was used in 2-1, 3-1, and 6-2.
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Published on 8/7/2009
Contrary to common belief, Super Mario Bros. can be completed without pressing B at all.
This is a sidestroller, speedwalk, or whatever you want to call it.
This movie underwent a very intense frame war. In the end, HappyLee was the victor with this 4 second improvement over the previous movie.
And as this video shows, this is also possible on an actual NES.

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Published on 8/31/2009
This movie is a full warpless run-through.
It is about a 2 second improvement over the previous movie by adelikat, klmz & andrewg. Most of the improvement comes from a new "shell glitch" that makes Mario decide to ignore the castle and instead rub sensually against the flag pole's support.
For more information, it is encouraged that you read the author's comments.
Be sure to check out the video of a real NES playing back this movie.
This movie also has a full Atlas Map encode in two parts, part 1 and part 2, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Published on 1/6/2011
Here at TASVideos we make perfect movies... and then we beat them again — this time by 1 frame, which, considering the fiercely competitive history of this run, is actually significant.
And if watching this TAS on an emulator isn't satisfying enough, why not see it played back on a real console!
Note: Using RTA timing, this run clocks in at 04:54.03.

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Published on 10/9/2011
Bowser has kidnapped the princess (again) and Mario must save the day. But this time through, he takes a stroll. Nothing bothers Mario as he walks through all the stages, sometimes backwards, on his way to save the princess.
This movie obsoletes HappyLee's walkathon, since it completes all of this game's stages without using any warps. This movie demonstrates the possibility to complete every single stage without pressing the B button. Having been bothered by the lack of running and shooting in this game, the ending outright asks the player to press B.

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Published on 2/1/2012
This movie is a full warpless run-through.
It is a 00:03.48 second improvement over the previous movie by the same author, HappyLee. Most of the improvement comes from new instances of glitches that make Mario decide to ignore the castle and instead rub sensually against the flag pole's support. For more information, you can read the author's comments.

Watch this run being played back on a real console here and here.

Published on 8/25/2014
Bowser has kidnapped the princess (again) and Mario must save the day. But this time through, he takes a stroll. Nothing bothers Mario as he walks through all the stages, sometimes backwards, on his way to save the princess.
This movie demonstrates that it's possible to complete every single stage without pressing the B button. Having been bothered by the lack of running and shooting in this game, the ending outright asks the player to press B.
This movie also improves the previous one by 00:10.82 seconds through new strategies and better optimization.

The authors have provided a comparison encode, which is available for download at Archive.org, and as a YouTube stream.
This run can be played back on a real NES console, watch that here!

Published on 10/8/2015
Once again, Bowser has kidnapped Peach, but this time Mario isn't trying to rescue her quite as urgently. Fed up with getting no reward for his endeavors beyond cake, Mario takes a leaf out of Wario's book and decides that while rescuing Peach, he might as well make as much money as he can.
In this movie, the aim is to complete the game while collecting as many coins as possible without dying, doing so as fast as possible. In fact, Mario collects 1431 coins in total, which is rather surprising as there are only 1225 distinct coins in the game!
If you enjoyed this TAS, be sure to check out this movie, in which Mario completes the game without pressing the B button.
Watch this run get played back on a real NES!

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Published on 3/7/2018
Bowser has kidnapped Peach again, but this time, Mario's hoarding tendencies are kicking in. He's grabbing all of the items in the kingdom, even when he doesn't really need them.
In this movie, the aim is to complete the game while collecting every possible item without dying, doing so as fast as possible.
This movie can be played on a real NES console, click here to watch that.

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Published on 4/1/2018

Published on 6/16/2018
This movie is a full warpless run-through by HappyLee and Mars608.
It is a 00:00.70 second improvement over the previous movie by MrWint by the time Mario touches the final goal on Stage 8-4. Most of the improvement comes from faster Stage 5-1 involving a Bullet Bill and faster Stage 6-2 involving a vine. For detailed information, you can read the authors' comments.
This movie has been replayed on an NES console. Watch the video of it here.


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