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NES Battletoads "warps, 1 player" by Phil, Genisto in 13:27.98

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Published on 3/18/2005
Battletoads (1991) is a futuristic beat-'em-up game that is known for its graphics and extreme difficulty. The story is that the sexy Dark Queen who wants to rule the universe has kidnapped Princess Angelica and a toad named Pimple. Two other toads, Rash and Zitz, attempt to rescue them and defeat the Dark Queen. This single-player attempt uses warps.
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...
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Game:
Battletoads
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Uses intentional deaths
Uses warps
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SNES Sparkster by nitsuja in 19:36.22

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Published on 4/4/2005
Another movie that's so fast you can hardly see what's going on. The main character can use his rocket dash to inflict a lot of damage on his opponents as well as bounce off walls and ceilings. nitsuja's movie is an incredible improvement to the previously published version. Cutting off 5 minutes is no easy task in a platform game such as this. Like the previous movie, this is played at the hardest difficulty, crazy hard.
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SNES Sparkster by Valagard in 24:42.98
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Game:
Sparkster
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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NES Battletoads "warpless, 1 player" by Phil, Genisto in 24:20.12

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Published on 4/14/2005
This is a 1-player warpless TAS on this hard game. As usual, the author shows off many bugs in this fighting/autoscrolling hybrid.
This movie requires FCEU 0.98.12.
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NES Battletoads "warpless, 1 player" by nesrocks in 26:31.67
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Game:
Battletoads
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Uses intentional deaths
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
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[Atlas Map Encode]

SNES Battletoads in Battlemaniacs "2 players" by nesrocks & Vatchern in 19:08.10

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Published on 5/24/2005
This is that game that looks like a remake of the first Battletoads game. The Toads go after Silas Volkmire and Dark Queen because someone was kidnapped again... Features 2 players and aims for fastest completion time while bashing through the enemies and showing off.
This movie has an Atlas Map encode of Tracktors, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Game:
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer
Tags:
2 Players
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NES Battletoads "warpless, 2 players" by nesrocks in 24:57.47

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Published on 6/7/2005
This run has two players and does not use warps.
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.
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Game:
Battletoads
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer
Tags:
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
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AVI
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SNES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time "1 player" by nitsuja in 18:55.00

Published on 10/6/2005
Here you can see a revision of this game by nitsuja, 04:35.32 minutes faster than the previous run by mazzeneko. The strategy used was changed radically, using Raphael instead of Donatello and using dash moves more often.
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.
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SNES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time by mazzeneko in 23:30.32
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Game:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Uses hardest difficulty
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NES Rockin' Kats by Diman in 21:43.47

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Published on 11/12/2005
Rockin' Kats almost two minutes faster than before due to more aggressive playing rather than just playing around. The movie still looks somewhat improvable but it's a great improvement over the previous movie published here.
The author uses a trick in the train section to cut off waiting time. Check the submission page for more info.
If you liked this movie, be sure to also check out the movie that completes the hidden Channel X.
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NES Rockin' Kats by teowind in 23:38.65
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Game:
Rockin' Kats
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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[Atlas Map Encode]

Genesis Ecco the Dolphin by nitsuja in 24:14.13

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Published on 1/9/2006
Ecco is a very original and hellishly hard game. You control Ecco the dolphin, navigating the waters, saving other trapped dolphins (which of course were left on their own here), finding key diamonds, schools of fish and pockets of air deep down in submarine caves.
Ecco is capable of moving at very high speed but has little in the way of brakes. Turning corners without smashing into walls is tricky to say the least.
This run takes no damage, despite the fact that this was not intended to be possible.
This movie has an Atlas Map encode of Undercaves, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Genesis Ecco the Dolphin by nesrocks in 27:35.72
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Game:
Ecco the Dolphin
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Puzzle
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SNES Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! by Sami in 49:18.98

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Published on 1/10/2006
It's a TAS of the most beautiful Donkey Kong Country game on SNES.
This run uses warp barrels.
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Game:
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
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GBA Sonic Advance 2 by nitsuja in 18:44.97

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Published on 1/30/2006
Disappointed with slow paced movies that may be good but just move too slowly?
Look no further, nitsuja in this extremely high-speed run demonstrates how to break the sound barrier and why Sonic is the fastest character in the video game universe.
The average character movement speed in this movie is probably the highest of all the movies on this site.
This movie doesn't collect any of the Chaos Emeralds, but does demonstrate almost every single move that Sonic is capable of in this game.
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Game:
Sonic Advance 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers "1 player" by Genisto in 09:57.17

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Published on 2/13/2006
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is based on the animated TV series. In this ridiculously easy and straightforward game, the Rangers look for their neighbor's kitty and end up fighting against their old nemesis, Fat Cat.
Genisto shaves another 4 seconds off of this single-player movie by using some new techniques that involve zipping through certain objects.
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NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers "1 player" by Saturn in 10:01.42
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Game:
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Takes intentional damage
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Genesis Jurassic Park "Raptor" by IdeaMagnate in 02:43.37

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Published on 2/21/2006
This is a raptor movie of the Genesis version of Jurassic Park, which is completely different from the SNES version. In this game, you can choose between Grant and the raptor, each with his own set of levels. Grant's levels are like Prince of Persia except with dinosaurs and better weapons. The raptor's levels go by much faster.
The collision detection is quite buggy, and the author takes advantage of this.
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Game:
Jurassic Park
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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SNES Donkey Kong Country "101%" by Arne_the_great in 47:25.30

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Published on 4/5/2006
This run of Donkey Kong Country aims for 101% completion.
The author of this run discovered several new time-saving techniques. Some of them are small enough to go unnoticed, and others are jawdroppingly huge. The total improvement over the previous run is 54 seconds.
The in-game time of this run is about 38 minutes 56 seconds.
For a detailed analysis of new techniques as well as comments about individual levels, read the author's comments at the submission page.
If you desire more rolling primates, we recommend watching the any% movie.
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SNES Donkey Kong Country "101%" by alexpenev in 48:18.95
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Game:
Donkey Kong Country
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Tags:
100% completion
Uses warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
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SNES Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel by LLCoolDave in 11:21.55

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Published on 4/16/2006
This game has many qualities that make it a good candidate for TASing. These include nice and soft graphics, music that's not painful to listen to and, of course, a very speedy main character.
The game is not meant to be quite as straightforward as it would seem by watching this movie, as the author takes many shortcuts that require extremely precise jumping. A downside to this game is that the bosses sometimes have long invulnerability periods, meaning that Zero has to wait a bit in-between hits and cannot spam the bosses with 20 hits per second.
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Game:
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel
Genres:
Action
Platformer
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Genesis Taz-Mania by Truncated in 08:52.53

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Published on 5/11/2006
This game is a colorful and fast orgy of bad sound effects. Because of the speed and Taz's antics, the author is able to keep the viewer entertained throughout. We recommend reading the author's comments.
Note: The audio issues are a result of Gens's inaccurate audio emulation.
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Game:
Taz-Mania
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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32X Knuckles' Chaotix by upthorn in 35:07.70

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Published on 6/2/2006
Knuckles' Chaotix is a Sonic game that doesn't feature Sonic. The story follows Knuckles the Echidna as he tries to save his friends from Dr. Robotnik, one at a time, by tying an elastic band of "ring energy" between himself and each of them.
The gameplay is similar to that of earlier Sonic games, and after each stage, the next level is selected via roulette. These roulettes and the game's cutscenes comprise about 66% of the total movie length, so we recommend skipping through them.
In the site's first 32X publication, Upthorn uses a number of glitches (of which the most prominent is zipping through walls) to complete most of the levels tens of seconds faster than intended.
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Game:
Knuckles' Chaotix
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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Genesis Toki: Going Ape Spit by Highness in 28:25.37

Published on 6/4/2006
This game is considered to be extremely hard, especially for a speedrun. One hit equals death, and your character moves very slowly. Some quotes about this game:
Spacecow: Knowing how easy it is to die in this game, you certainly do cheat death an awful lot.
Frenom: I got the original of this game and I cant even make it to the next level without dying on Easiest.
daniayaw: This game is _impossible_ to beat without savestates..
The only things keeping Toki alive during this movie are the buggy hit detection and about two metric tonnes of luck.
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Game:
Toki: Going Ape Spit
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses hardest difficulty
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SNES Donkey Kong Country by Arne_the_great in 24:23.88

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Published on 7/7/2006
A movie aiming for fastest possible completion of Donkey Kong Country without bothering to enter all the bonus rooms, now 39 seconds faster than previously. This movie also uses a secret warp to skip many levels.
Many new tricks have been found to make this movie faster, some of which are only subtle adjustments that may not be easy to notice. Read the author's comments at the submission page for more information.
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SNES Donkey Kong Country by Sami in 25:03.03
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Game:
Donkey Kong Country
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
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GBA Sonic Advance by nitsuja in 11:17.47

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Published on 7/30/2006
This Sonic Advance movie is unique as a speedrun in one aspect: the hero (Sonic) moves so fast that the "camera" of the game cannot even follow him. Therefore, Sonic is rarely seen in the movie.
On the rare occasions we get to watch Sonic, we get to enjoy seeing him moving through walls, charging up for another dash, or making short work of bosses.
Besides the super fast speed itself, the speed also provides Sonic an ability (glitch) to pass through platforms and walls under certain conditions.
Note: this run has two AVIs available for download. The second one is normal, 57.9 MB in size and shows the movie including the credits and all. The first one is 73.8 MB in size and shows two screens side by side — the one on the left is identical to the normal version; the one on the right is made with a special emulator, hacked to force the game's camera to focus on Sonic, making it much easier to follow what nitsuja is doing with him. Unlike the first video, this version doesn't show the credits and anything following them.
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Game:
Sonic Advance
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
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NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game "1 player" by Baxter in 27:03.42

Published on 8/6/2006
TMNT2 is a classic beat-em-up game with 4 classic main characters: Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Donatello. The latter is the only turtle used in this movie.
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.
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NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game "1 player" by Baxter in 31:08.50
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Game:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
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NES Kiwi Kraze: A Bird-Brained Adventure! by krieger in 03:58.45

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Published on 8/30/2006
In this game, you control a kiwi bird and rescue other kiwi birds trapped within the level. There are numerous warps, used to cut this game several minutes short of its expected completion time.
The ceiling and wall physics are very similar to Bubble Bobble, which means some of them can be passed through when you wouldn't expect it. In addition to this there is a glitch that sends you through the floor, saving a lot of time in the final stages.
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Game:
Kiwi Kraze: A Bird-Brained Adventure!
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Uses warps
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NES Kyatto Ninden Teyandee by Ferret Warlord in 09:02.92

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Published on 9/2/2006
A game based on the show Samurai Pizza Cats. Five characters are available, but one (Batcat) is used extensively because his ability of flight leads to many shortcuts.
This game has a glitch enabling one-frame boss fights. To quote the author: If the team leader executes a level three ninpo attack on the first frame of combat, the boss is dead. Right there, dead, even the ones that don't show up immediately. As pulling this off requires your weapon to be maxed out, this saves anywhere from a great deal of time (first level) to a little bit (last level).
This movie was recorded with a bad ROM dump (now known as "b3"); see the author's submission notes for more information regarding this.
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Game:
Kyatto Ninden Teyandee
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (J) [b3].nes
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NES Rockin' Kats "Channel X" by AnS in 01:03.43

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Published on 9/9/2006
Whoever said cats can't fly needs to watch this movie. Rockin' Kats is a nice platformer with tricky gameplay similar to Bionic Commando and Ninja Five-O.
This little movie represents the hardest part of the game - Channel X, which normally appears as a secret bonus stage after the normal ending. This TAS however does not play through the entire game, but inputs a password in the beginning to access Channel X right away.
This 1-minute movie has all the ingredients needed for a good TAS: high-speed acrobatics involving a punchgun and unmotivated violence towards various types of canine.
If you liked this movie, be sure to also check out the movie that beats the actual game.
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Game:
Rockin' Kats
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Single level
Uses hardest difficulty
Uses a level password
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GBA Sonic Advance 3 by nitsuja in 35:56.75

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Published on 9/10/2006
Yet another Sonic run by nitsuja. This time around the game doesn't allow running faster than the camera can follow. However it does allow team play constantly. This run is refreshing compared to other Sonic runs because of how different it is. Yet like the others, it does not collect the Chaos Emeralds.
It is recommended to read the author's novel to see why he chose to do many of the things he did.
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Game:
Sonic Advance 3
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Forgoes intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
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Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by nitsuja in 19:55.43

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Published on 9/15/2006
Super fast bouncing around. Completed without collecting any emeralds, with Sonic and Tails (both controlled by the player).
If you like Genesis Sonic games but dislike level wrapping glitches, this is the TAS that you are looking for.
This movie has an Atlas Map encode of the Wing Fortress zone, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by Quietust in 21:39.53
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
2 Players
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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NES DuckTales by adelikat in 07:18.90

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Published on 10/18/2006
Duck Tales is a classic game in which Scrooge has to collect treasures from all over the world. Some of the levels are not completely straightforward, and collecting items is sometimes necessary before proceeding. His cane also doubles as an almighty pogo stick that can be used in various ways, which makes jumping a lot more fun.
This is the fourth TAS of Duck Tales. This time, due to a bug in the Moon level found by HHS, it is almost a minute shorter! Other minor tricks here and there contributed an additional few seconds of improvement.
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NES DuckTales by OmnipotentEntity in 08:11.38
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Game:
DuckTales
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
DuckTales
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "102%" by Comicalflop in 1:28:24.03

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Published on 10/28/2006
Donkey Kong's been kidnapped and old Cranky Kong insists that Diddy collect a bunch of coins that say "DK" on them. These goals are sufficiently compatible that Diddy and Dixie decide to get a little bit sidetracked on their rescue plan.
This run abuses a lot of bugs with regard to motion and collision detection. Read the author's submission to learn more.
Note: this movie was recorded with a slightly modified Snes9x. A soft reset feature was added to the movie file. A copy of this Snes9x can be found in the author's submission, with source code patch.
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Game:
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
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NES King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch by hisatoki in 03:04.13

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Published on 11/23/2006
King Kong is out to rescue his girl from a fortress that is impenetrable without eight keys from other fortresses. Luckily, that turned out to be false once tools were added to the mix.
Although this is the first King Kong 2 TAS movie on this site, the hero of this game was already featured once, in a Wai Wai World TAS.
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Game:
King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
King Kong 2 - Ikari no Megaton Punch (J) [!].nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
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NES Felix the Cat by Randil in 22:51.01

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Published on 12/17/2006
An Adventure Island type game, i.e. very straightforward and uneventful.
This is a 20.47 sec improvement over the previous version by Walker_Boh. This is primarily due to better boss fights, and some lag reduction.
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NES Felix the Cat by Walker Boh in 23:14.00
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Game:
Felix the Cat
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Felix the Cat (USA).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! by Twisted Eye in 20:40.68

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Published on 1/10/2007
Yet another colorful Tiny Toon movie. And this time it's on the SNES.
In this movie, Twisted Eye uses a glitch which practically allows him to fly. For specifics about the glitch and the movie itself, read the author's comments.
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Game:
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!
Genres:
Platformer
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Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "Knuckles, 100%" by upthorn in 45:28.60

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Published on 1/26/2007
A Sonic video without Sonic! Instead, Knuckles takes the spotlight and collects all the Chaos (and Super) Emeralds.
Though, since the latter set of Emeralds isn't used for anything meaningful at all, the author has also provided a version that skips all the Super Emeralds and their respective bonus stages, which is about 9 minutes shorter. The movie files for this and other bonuses can be obtained from the author's comments.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Genesis Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog by JXQ in 14:44.95

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Published on 2/15/2007
This is a hacked version of Sonic the Hedgehog. The title character is replaced by his rival, Knuckles. The levels remain unchanged.
There is more than just an appearance change to this game. Knuckles' abilities remain intact. If you haven't seen Sonic the Hedgehog completed before, you may wish to do so before seeing what a character with a spindash and gliding can accomplish.
There is also a run for a Tails hack of Sonic the Hedgehog, done by marzojr. It replaces Knuckles with Tails and gliding with flying.
Note: An IPS patch for the hack can be downloaded here: http://tasvideos-moviefiles.googlecode.com/files/ips%2Bpatcher.zip . It must be patched to REV 00.
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Game:
Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions by Gunty in 12:56.50

Published on 2/18/2007
Daffy Duck is at it again. In this game, he plays Duck Dodgers, a futuristic space "hero" who sets out to stop an invasion force by Marvin the Martian.
In this run, Gunty uses this game's interesting recoil and jet pack physics to fly through each of the stages at a very fast pace.
If you want to see Duck Dodgers defeat Marvin in no time flat, see our run of the SGB version.
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SNES Biker Mice from Mars "final round" by Baxter in 05:12.62

Speedy TAS of 2007
Published on 2/24/2007
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. We do not usually accept movies using passwords. Please read the rules to see our reasons.
This movie has an Atlas Map encode of the Sunset City track, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Biker Mice from Mars
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Racing
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GB Tom & Jerry by Chamale in 08:52.73

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Published on 3/4/2007
A simple platformer (similar to some Mario games) that illustrates damage abuse well. The player does not go out of the way to pick up items.
Selected quote from author: Introduction: Tom and Jerry is a kid’s cartoon where the mouse generally triumphs, with the cat being ignominiously defeated. The video game is a side scroller, with a lot of up-and-down motion as well. Jerry can take 4 hits before dying – the fifth kills him.
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N64 Gex 64: Enter the Gecko by Mukki in 49:59.93

Published on 3/2/2007
This game is the story of Gex the gecko, a former secret agent. His enemy, Rez, has taken over the media dimension (TV) and Gex is the only one who can save the day.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolution in the discussion thread.
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Genesis Castle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse by nesrocks in 18:23.45

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Published on 3/4/2007
Castle of Illusion is one of the earlier games for the Genesis. Mickey must collect seven jewels to reach the final boss and save Minnie. He attacks enemies either by flinging apples at them, or by smothering them with his cast-iron buttocks.
This is about 47 seconds faster than the previous version by the same author.
In addition, the publication was redone, and download statistics were zeroed in the process. The download count was 111 before that.
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SNES Star Fox "maximum score" by YtterbiJum in 19:47.37

Published on 3/5/2007
One of those hard-to-emulate games because of the hardware assistance provided on the actual cartridge, Star Fox is a well-known 3D shooter. Avoiding obstacles can be tricky on the digital directional pad, so some of the stunts seen are impressive to anyone who knows how hard this game can be.
Emulation of this game is not correct. Lag present on the SNES is not represented in this run. Expect the speed to be higher than actually seen on a real console. For this reason, the audio track lags severely behind the rest of the run. As a result, some of the bosses can be defeated before the boss music begins.
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NES Mickey Mousecapade by Randil, CtrlAltDestroy in 07:23.68

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Even though at first sight this might seem like a kiddie game, when you start playing it you'll see that it's no cakewalk, and is actually very challenging.
There's a lot of fighting in this game, so this movie is nonstop action, and it has very accurate shooting.
This movie is a 35.5 second improvement over the previously published movie.
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NES Mickey Mousecapade by Michael Fried in 07:31.70
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SNES The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey and Minnie "2 players" by jaysmad in 19:03.97

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Published on 5/27/2007
The Great Circus Mystery is another side-scrolling Disney platformer involving Mickey & Minnie Mouse. The author controls both characters simultaneously.
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SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest by Arne_the_great in 41:49.02

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Published on 6/25/2007
This is the any% TAS of Donkey Kong Country 2. The movie aims for overall fastest completion and doesn't give a flying banana about bonus rooms. Warp barrels are used whenever possible, meaning a large part of almost every stage in the first two worlds is skipped.
This is a huge improvement over the previous movie (5 minutes and 6.33 seconds to be exact) thanks to greatly increased precision and a multitude of new tricks, all of which are explained in detail in the author's lengthy comments. The author claims this movie took him a year to produce.
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SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest by Sami in 46:55.35
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NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by adelikat in 16:33.50

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Published on 7/17/2007
In this game you get to control all four turtles and draw use of their different abilities ― or, at least that was the intent, but Donatello has both better reach and damage than the others, so he is used more or less constantly. The game features a well-written in-game dialogue, such as “Here.” and “Oh!”
This is the third movie by adelikat which improved greatly on the previous versions. In the precedent movie, time was saved with a glitch which allows Raphael to pick up items through walls, and figuring out how to get shurikens more often. In this, time is saved by changing the turtles less often and some scattered optimizations, including more effective luck manipulation.
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NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by adelikat in 16:41.40
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (U) [!].nes
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Genesis Taz in Escape from Mars by emu in 16:17.27

Published on 7/20/2007
Taz, that crazy tasmanian devil, has been imprisoned on Mars and needs to spin his way to freedom.
Taz's main form of movement is his signature tornado, which is quite fast (and easily abused in a TAS for extra speed). If you like the other Taz run for Genesis, you'll probably enjoy this one too.
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N64 Diddy Kong Racing by xenos in 2:03:02.08

Published on 8/18/2007
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.
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Genesis Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse by emu in 20:42.37

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Published on 8/30/2007
Mickey's out to visit all of his past blockbuster cartoons as far back as 1930 and rescue his friends from the corresponding antagonists.
This game has very colorful and detailed visuals, especially for a Genesis game.
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Genesis Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse by Zer0 in 19:25.08
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Genesis Rocket Knight Adventures by upthorn in 27:18.13

Published on 9/15/2007
This game has a lot of bosses, to say the least. Because the author speeds through levels so quickly, the amount of time spent fighting bosses is actually greater than the amount of time completing the level in order to reach them.
This is a 7 minute 38 second improvement over the previous movie. Much of this improvement is simply due to defeating bosses more quickly. The author has left detailed comments about these improvements.
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Genesis Rocket Knight Adventures by Dan_ in 28:36.75
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SNES Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow by Tompa in 31:56.80

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Published on 9/20/2007
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (1996) was among the later games released on SNES, which had its positive impact on production values. As a result, the game sports remarkable design and animation quality.
In addition to that, it stars Donald Duck in the role of Maui Mallard, a detective with an alter ego of a blindfolded ninja called Cold Shadow, on the task of retrieving the lost Shabum Shabum idol on a remote tropical island. And no, the plot doesn't get more sensible from that point on.
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NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project "2 players" by Xipo in 30:30.87

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Published on 10/26/2007
TMNT3 is the last installment of the TMNT series on the NES. Unlike in the second game, the turtles have different special attacks with different power and speed. The special attack also consumes one life point, unless there is only one life point remaining.
Raphael is by far the fastest turtle, but he also has the weakest special attack. Michaelangelo has the strongest special attack, though he is slow. Leonardo is also used occasionally in this run, since his special attack can hit some bosses twice. Unfortunately for Donatello fans, Don is not used in the run.
This movie improves the previous one by over 3 minutes, due to the use of two turtles and careful management of score and health.
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NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project "1 player" by Dasrik in 33:46.00
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
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NES Tiny Toon Adventures by Randil in 11:18.25

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Published on 11/11/2007
Tiny Toon Adventures (1993), based on a cartoon show of the same name, is a fairly easy game to play. However, it has a nasty bug lurking within it: if you press left and right simultaneously (you can do it if you break your controller's directional pivot), you can get some impressive momentum.
This along with Furball's "walljumping" is heavily abused in this movie, resulting in an impressive 10 second improvement to the previous movie by the same author.
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NES Tiny Toon Adventures by Randil in 11:28.83
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NES Bucky O'Hare by AnS in 22:13.60

Published on 11/12/2007
A rare instance of a Japanese-made NES game based on a U.S.-originated comic book, Bucky O'Hare (1992) provides a player with a good combination of platforming action similar to Mega Man, an interesting plot, and convincing production values. You can play as one of the five unique characters, which you are free to select at any time, after saving them from the clutches of the Toad Empire. Each character has special abilities required to take advantage of in order to pass through the game's numerous variably designed stages, ranging from single-screen puzzle rooms to autoscrolling shoot-'em-ups.
Interesting fact about this game is that Konami used to implement unconventional ways of piracy protection, in this particular case by making each hit or an otherwise harmful collision in the game result in an instant death if you play it illegitimately. Apparently, this was how a large amount of people were used to playing it in pre-emulation era, without ever finding out Konami's little sabotage.
This movie by AnS is set up in a fashion that imitates this handicap by playing the game in hard mode (accessing it through a password), where every hit results in death. Other than that, it also improves the previous movie by 2 minutes 48.7 seconds, using several major glitches and a lot of small tricks explained in great detail in the author's comments.
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NES Bucky O'Hare by Genisto in 25:02.32
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Bucky O'Hare
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Genesis QuackShot: Starring Donald Duck by Mitjitsu in 22:23.07

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Published on 12/1/2007
Quackshot is an Indiana-Jones-inspired game that finds Donald Duck liberally belly-sliding and plunger-shooting his way to an ancient treasure. It is one of the few non-Capcom Disney games.
This video is a minute improvement that abuses known glitches more and shows some new ones as well.
The author of this TAS has been known to make statements and/or take actions that do not reflect the values of TASVideos as a community.
TASVideos does not in any way condone the statements and/or actions made by this author.
This video is presented not to support or glorify this author, but to archive and showcase this tool-assisted superplay.
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Genesis QuackShot: Starring Donald Duck by nifboy in 23:23.52
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Genesis James Pond 3: Operation Starfish "best ending" by Flip in 33:50.62

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Published on 12/8/2007
James Pond 3: Operation Starfish (1993) is a platform game starring a super agile fish named James Pond, which has been Amiga's somewhat preemptive answer to Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario World games. The physics of this game allow for many interesting acrobatics, like running up the walls and ceilings at breakneck speed. As such, these abilities are abused to the point where, in some parts, Pond bounces around as fast as Sonic does.
Following the game's plot, the evil Dr. Maybe attempts to take over the dairy industry, for which he constructs a giant stronghold on the Moon. Because, as you probably know, its surface is made of cheese. The overworld map spans over 100 levels, but most of them are optional.
This run is the author's second submission for this game. The Cheese Mines and Stiltonium Machines were destroyed in order to reach the good ending. According to the author, the bad ending is about as bad as losing the game.
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James Pond 3: Operation Starfish
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SMS Sonic the Hedgehog 2 "best ending" by mike89 in 18:44.28

Published on 12/8/2007
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Master System completed with all emeralds. Unlike many Sonic games, acquiring emeralds is done within normal stages rather than bonus levels, and getting all of them allows you to play the true final level.
Trivia: This game slightly predates the Mega Drive/Genesis version, so it features the official first appearance of Sonic's flying mutant fox friend, Tails.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
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NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2 "2 players" by dragonxyk in 11:04.65

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Published on 12/17/2007
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2 is quite an improvement over the original Chip 'n Dale in terms of graphics and a whole lot of other things. Thankfully, the original game's solid controls haven't been changed. The plot of this game is that Fat Cat has stolen the Pharaoh's Urn and wants to use its power (for evil purposes, of course).
Like the first movie, a two-player run makes for some interesting things, like Chip and Dale carrying each other around, and heavy abuse of death to take advantage of balloons. By killing off one character, he respawns on a floating balloon, thus going ahead of the other character. Unlike the first, however, this run frequently destroys bosses by using one of the characters as a weapon. Only in the Chip 'n Dale series can such apparently irrational action be justified.
This movie, the second submission for this game by dragonxyk, is a 18.55-second improvement over the previous movie. See here for a run with just Chip.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2 "2 players" by dragonxyk in 11:23.20
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SMS Psycho Fox by Frenom in 02:12.60

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Published on 12/22/2007
Madfox Daimyojin must be stopped, and only Psycho Fox and his band of various animal friends can stop him. Each character has different characteristics, and naturally the fastest one, Tiger, is employed in this run.
Top speed is mixed with warps to finish the game amazingly quickly, probably before you can figure out what's going on.
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Psycho Fox
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NES Tom & Jerry by HHS in 08:37.22

Published on 1/19/2008
A seemingly cute game based on the cartoon series of the same name. Of course the author abuses the game with tool-assisted glitches and shortcuts.
This is a 64 second improvement over the previous movie.
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NES Tom & Jerry by macK in 09:41.28
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Genesis Sonic Spinball by mmbossman in 07:58.50

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Published on 1/21/2008
Dr. Robotnik is at it again, and this time he has set up a Pinball Defense System inside of a volcano. Fortunately, Sonic makes a good pinball and he easily infiltrates the system, recovering most of the chaos emeralds hidden within and making short work of the bosses.
The author has improved this run by nearly 2 minutes over his previous. Improvements come from new shortcuts & glitches discovered by the author & Flip. For instance, Flip demonstrated in this submission how to skip collecting emeralds in the first stage.
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Genesis Sonic Spinball by mmbossman in 09:55.88
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GB Looney Tunes by Pekopon in 09:39.32

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Published on 3/11/2008
Porky Pig in Gradius, Speedy Gonzales fighting Dracula, and Frisbees flung everywhere... this movie has it all.
Each level is played as a different Warner Bros. character and many playing styles are highlighted in this fast-paced run.
This is a 284 frame improvement over the author's previous attempt.
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GB Looney Tunes by Pekopon in 09:44.05
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NES Donkey Kong Jr. by Aqfaq & Ferret Warlord in 01:12.95

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Published on 3/13/2008
A very important part of Nintendo's history is being presented here in the manner of our website — as a tool-assisted speedrun.
Donkey Kong Jr. (read Wikipedia article), among with Donkey Kong, were classic games that were played by millions of players on different consoles, including NES, Atari 2600 and Game and Watch.
Although one would not expect a movie of Donkey Kong Jr. to be interesting to watch, except in the retro sense, this movie is actually quite surprising. The vines are cleverly utilized to move the hero forward faster than any member of the Kong family before or after this game.
This is a 6 frame optimization of level 4 compared to the previous movie by the same authors. The rest of the levels are copied without changes.
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NES Donkey Kong Jr. by Aqfaq & Ferret Warlord in 01:13.05
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Genesis Garfield: Caught in the Act by emu in 18:31.68

Published on 3/17/2008
Garfield and Odie broke the TV. After they "fix" it, the "spare parts" from the TV turn into a monster and suck Garfield and Odie into the TV! With cat-like reflexes, Garfield defeats the monster (known as Glitch) in short order by, among other things, manipulating luck and taking damage to save time!
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Garfield: Caught in the Act
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NES Mickey Mouse 3: Yume Fuusen by mz in 13:09.92

Published on 4/3/2008
Released as part of the mostly Game Boy Mickey Mouse series, Mickey Mouse III: Dream Balloon was released in September 1992 by Kemco in Japan for the Famicom. Due to copyright issues it was changed into Kid Klown in Night Mayor World for its US NES 1993 release. In this run, Mickey uses balloons as weapons, as platforms, and as floatation devices to make quick work of the stages.
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Mickey Mouse 3: Yume Fuusen
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Mickey Mouse III - Yume Fuusen (J) [!].nes
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SNES Mr. Nutz by DaTeL237 in 29:27.27

Published on 4/25/2008
Mr. Nutz is a happy-go-lucky anthropomorphic red squirrel who saves the world from Mr. Blizzard who, apparently, is trying to turn the world into ice, possibly to combat global warming.
DaTel237 skillfully controls Mr. Nutz by making him hop like a jack rabbit on speed, throwing acorns all over the place and avoiding pesky coins whenever possible. A number of tricks and glitches are used, including floor zipping.
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Genesis The Lion King by Mukki in 14:02.73

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Published on 4/25/2008
The Lion King is about a lion who becomes king. It takes about 17 minutes and is mostly paperwork, but it does involve some prancing around the Pride Lands.
Mukki manages to complete the game (and, subsequently, expedite the process of becoming king) over 30 seconds faster than the previous movie. The author does this using tricks such as catching ledges and glitching past leopards.
We have a TAS of the SNES port here.
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Genesis The Lion King by Dan_ in 14:40.97
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NES DuckTales 2 by adelikat in 08:45.82

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Published on 5/5/2008
In Duck Tales 2, you control a duck who can use his cane as a pogo stick. He and his family (the NPCs that this run does not talk to except once when forced) search for hidden treasures around the world.
The author, adelikat, completes this game a little more than 5 seconds faster than the previous movie by himself and Brushy. The biggest time-saver was skipping a cutscene in level 1. Expect a lot of pogo action, jumping from ropes and hooks and across spikes unharmed, and quick beatdown of bosses.
This movie does not get the best (100%) ending, but also does not get the worst (no money).
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NES DuckTales 2 by adelikat & Brushy in 08:51.03
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DuckTales 2
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Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles by nitsuja & upthorn in 33:05.78

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Published on 5/19/2008
Ludicrous-speed bouncing around. Completed without collecting any emeralds, with both Sonic and Tails controlled by the player.
This run takes everything you know about Sonic and Knuckles and turns it upside-down. It extensively uses the "scroll objects offscreen to pass through them" trick to zip and warp to places that shouldn't be reached, break bosses, and effectively skip entire stages.
It is worth noting that nitsuja did not directly participate in the creation of this movie; instead, upthorn incorporated newly discovered tricks in several stages and spliced them in for a total improvement of 49 seconds.
Obsoletes:
Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles by nitsuja in 34:22.02
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
AVI
Emulator Replay:
Gens 9.5c

[Console-verified]

NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers "2 players" by dragonxyk in 09:25.73

Published on 6/17/2008
This run illustrates very well the advantage of using two-player mode. Much faster than the single-player version, Chip and Dale carry each other, throw each other, abuse balloons and zip as they once again go after Fat Cat.
The improvement by dragonxyk comes now with Chip and Dale zipping on each other.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
Obsoletes:
NES Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers "2 players" by dragonxyk in 09:29.22
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Game:
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
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FCEU 0.98.16

NES Wacky Races by X2poet in 18:49.85

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 7/19/2008
This game is an adaptation of the cartoon Wacky Races. Instead of playing as the hero, the main character is the dog sidekick of the villain Dick Dastardly.
The author deftly controls Muttley the dog as he runs, jumps and glides his way to boss fights with various other racers in their sometimes quirky cars.
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Game:
Wacky Races
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race (Japan).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
AVI
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.12

SNES The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse by Cardboard & Recca in 15:28.97

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 8/10/2008
Mickey Mouse is on an adventure to save Pluto with a bunch of suits with various powers.
This movie is a 27 second improvement of the previous movie.
The constant jumping is necessary to preserve the speed gained from running downhill. Other specifics on the improvement can be found in the submission comments.
Obsoletes:
SNES The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse by Soulrivers in 15:56.20
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Game:
The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
AVI
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43 v11 beta6

Genesis Ecco: The Tides of Time by upthorn in 47:38.72

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Published on 8/18/2008
Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994) is the sequel to Ecco the Dolphin. It is harder than the original, and continues its bizarre science fiction plotline. You control Ecco the dolphin, navigating the waters, circumnavigating the time-stream, saving lost DNA nucleotide pairs, and finding key crystals, schools of fish and pockets of air deep down in submarine caves.
Ecco is capable of moving at very high speed but has little in the way of brakes. Turning corners without smashing into walls is tricky to say the least.
This run plays on the hardest difficulty mode.
Note: The multimedia file for this run is an MKV with chapters. This can be played in most media players, but if problems are encountered then please see the Downloads page.
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Game:
Ecco: The Tides of Time
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
Gens 10a

[Atlas Map Encode]

SegaCD Sonic the Hedgehog CD by nitsuja in 17:27.65

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 8/30/2008
Sonic the Hedgehog CD was developed to showcase a new Genesis/Mega Drive peripheral, the Sega CD. Likewise, this movie is the first of its kind on TASVideos and showcases the newly updated Gens emulator that allows for making stable movies of Sega CD games.
The game is markedly different than other Sonic games; aside from "improved" graphics and sounds, each level has 2 to 4 alternate versions that correspond to different time periods. Sonic can move between them to affect the gameplay and ending.
This run is approximately 37 seconds faster than upthorn and nitsuja's previous run thanks to various optimization and minor route changes. For more information on the improvements, the BIOS files used and a run for the Japanese version of the game, please read the author's submission notes.
There are two video encode files, the first recorded with the Japanese region music and the second with the American region music.
This movie has an Atlas Map encode of Zone 2 of Palmtree Panic, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
Obsoletes:
SegaCD Sonic the Hedgehog CD by nitsuja & upthorn in 18:04.75
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
Gens 10a

SNES Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind by Cpadolf in 15:16.90

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 10/16/2008
Bubsy is on a hunt to get back his yarn, which the Woolies stole.
Bubsy can run very fast, but unfortunately he almost never gets a chance to, because there are obstacles everywhere. Unlike most bobcats, Bubsy can die by touching anything remotely dangerous, like eggs or water. Also unlike regular bobcats, he can glide through the air, has a t-shirt with an exclamation mark, and a smile you'll just be dying to wipe off his face.
This is a 75 second improvement over acmlm's movie.
Obsoletes:
SNES Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind by Acmlm in 16:31.78
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Game:
Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
Genres:
Platformer
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43 v12


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