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SNES Super Bomberman 2 by nitsuja in 20:19.23

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Published on 12/31/2004
When played at full speed, Super Bomberman 2 is a straightforward action game, but if it's played in slow motion, it becomes an extremely tactical puzzle game. The author of this movie uses several tactics that are difficult to understand if one is watching the movie at full speed. These include setting up chain reactions and clearing up the end of the level before even reaching it. To get a better grasp of the techniques used, read the author's comments.
If you are having trouble playing the .SMV file correctly without desynchs, check the author's instructions on how to view it at the submission page.
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Game:
Super Bomberman 2
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
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SNES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (USA) by flagitious in 1:20:16.13

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Published on 4/24/2005
Any% completion of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, without using the traveling-through-walls trick that is seen in the short version.
Both this run and the short version use a wobbling trick in order to make Link walk a bit faster. The execution of this maneuver requires the usage of a controller that allows the player to press Up+Down simultaneously (such as, in this case, a modified Snes9x's controller).
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (U) [!].sfc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
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GB Super Mario Land by TheAxeMan in 12:14.92

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Published on 5/3/2005
The first Game Boy game TAS at this site, and a good choice too, because this is the most well-known Game Boy game.
And the movie is good too. Collision check errors are abused, and somehow some jumps are made longer than they should normally be.
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Game:
Super Mario Land
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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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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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 The Battle of Olympus by nesrocks in 10:40.78

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Published on 9/2/2006
The Battle of Olympus (オリュンポスの戦い) is set in ancient Greece. A mortal man named Orpheus receives help from the gods and nymphs in his quest to save his lover Helene from Hades. People often compare this game with Zelda 2 because of its similar gameplay.
This movie is 9:11 faster than Arc's version, mostly because of the utilization of a gameplay-altering glitch: pressing Left+Right simultaneously in order to make Orpheus move with almost unlimited velocity growth. The trick is documented at GameResources/NES/BattleOfOlympus.
The route used in this movie is decided by a few things the hero (Orpheus) must do:
  • Collect three fragments of love in order to activate the Tartarus entry.
  • Get a key to access the second fragment's location.
  • Get the Eyeball of Graeae to see invisible doors (to access the first fragment's location).
  • Get a sword in Peloponnesus. It is needed to kill the three-headed guardian with respawning heads (Cerberus) in Tartarus.
  • Collect 60 olives in order to buy the ocarina, which will be needed to cross the sea to get to Crete and Tartarus.
  • Get a harp in order to call Pegasus. It makes the route faster.
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NES The Battle of Olympus by Arc in 19:51.85
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Game:
The Battle of Olympus
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Battle of Olympus, The (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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[Console-verified]

NES Gradius by adelikat in 10:52.35

Published on 11/2/2006
In this run, adelikat picks up maximum speed upgrades and has fun with perfect reflexes, much like the previous movie. That is certainly something nice to do, because the game scrolls automatically and the player cannot affect the speed. However, the point of this movie is not just to beat this game as fast as possible, but rather to do all kinds of unpredictable and awe-inspiring things rarely seen in any TAS — without losing time. See for yourself.
This is probably one of the best illustrations on how to create art out of a simplistic and otherwise uninteresting game to watch.
What is also different about this movie is an extra warp which significantly shortens the game, and the use of a new tool (input macro) as described in the submission text. Bots are occasionally used to generate pseudorandom input while still avoiding death.
Also be sure to check out this movie being played back on an actual NES.
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NES Gradius by Morimoto in 14:12.00
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Game:
Gradius
Genres:
Shooter
Game Version:
Gradius (J) [!].nes
Tags:
Playaround
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses intentional deaths
Uses warps
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NES Mega Man 2 by Shinryuu in 25:01.72

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Published on 12/18/2006
Mega Man 2 is a game that hardly needs any introduction. This movie plays Rockman 2, the Japanese version, which is essentially Mega Man 2 in difficult mode.
This new movie, played by Shinryuu, is about 8 seconds faster than the previous movie by Shinryuu and Bisqwit. The major timesaver in this movie is:
  • a zip+death shortcut in CrashClashman and Woodman stages
Other new tricks were also used.
Most of the techniques in this movie have been architected by Finalfighter and Morimoto.
See Rockman Tricks and the submission message for in-depth explanation and answers to various questions regarding this movie.
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NES Mega Man 2 by Shinryuu & Bisqwit in 25:10.00
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Game:
Mega Man 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman 2 - Dr. Wily no Nazo (J) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
Heavy resource management
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NES A Nightmare on Elm Street "4 Players" by chupapi in 16:15.75

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Published on 2/3/2007
Everyone knows Freddy Krueger, who turns the peaceful dreams of people living on Elm Street into lethal nightmares.
In this run, the author, chupapi, aims for the fastest completion time using 4 characters but treats us to some interesting character movements along the way.
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Game:
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Nightmare on Elm Street, A (U) [!].nes
Tags:
4 Players
Takes intentional damage
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[Atlas Map Encode]

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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Game:
Biker Mice from Mars
Genres:
Racing
Tags:
Demonstration
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
Uses a level password
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NES Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos by Scumtron in 09:14.32

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Published on 4/9/2007
NINJA外伝2 — The Dark Sword of Chaos, now completed about 4 seconds faster than the previous version by the same author, due to lots of small optimizations throughout every level.
The shadow clones are a unique gameplay element not seen elsewhere in the series, but in this movie they are used mainly to make extremely short work of bosses and entertain the viewer immediately afterwards.
The game has a rich plot with lots of cutscenes. Because of this, the author has also supplied the "story" version of the movie, which exhibits the same gameplay but includes all the cutscenes skipped by pressing start (which sum up to about 3/4 of the entire movie). It can be obtained here.
A good sense of humor is strongly advised to note the irony present in some of the later dialogues between characters.
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NES Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos by Scumtron in 09:18.27
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Game:
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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GBC The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX by Chef Stef in 1:09:49.93

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Published on 5/19/2007
After becoming the Hero of Hyrule, Link is sent off by Zelda to study to be a proper Elf. On the way, he gets shipwrecked on a mysterious island taken over by evil, which he then tries to free to make his way back home.
In this movie Chef_Stef takes a unique route through the game exploiting many glitches to completely skip parts of the game that you are normally required to play. If you like Zelda, and you like glitches, this is the movie to watch.
This is movie is nearly 5 minutes faster that the author's previous movie. There were many improvements. We recommend reading the author's comments.
We also have a movie of the Game Boy version (no DX), which skips a lot more of the game
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GBC The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX by Chef Stef in 1:14:25.65
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
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NES The Legend of Zelda by Phil & Baxter in 24:04.05

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Published on 5/22/2007
Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説) is an adventure game that needs no introduction to most NES players.
It is a large game that normally takes days to beat, but at TASVideos, we often reduce games to the minimum necessary in order to complete them.
This is the fifth Legend of Zelda TAS at this site (not counting the second quest movie), and is ~85 seconds faster than the previous movie, due to a completely new route, better strategies and luck manipulation, glitches and some new techniques according to the authors. It took about 1½ years to complete.
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NES The Legend of Zelda by Phil in 25:28.60
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda
Genres:
Action
Adventure
RPG
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The (USA).nes [PRG0/Rev 0]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
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SNES Super Mario World "no powerups, maximum exits" by thegreginator, skamastaG in 1:19:55.65

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Published on 6/11/2007
Mario's doctor heard about the "Magic Mushrooms" which make Mario grow to twice his normal size and let him break bricks. Fearing for Mario's health, he orders Mario to avoid those nasty powerups.
This run aims to complete as many exits as possible without collecting any permanent powerups, including Mushrooms, Fire flowers, Feathers, Switch Palace blocks. Unable to fly, Mario is forced to confront most obstacles and overcome them in unique ways. Riding Yoshi is also banned. 86 out of the total 96 exits are completed.
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Game:
Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Heavy glitch abuse
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NES Castlevania by Phil & Morrison in 11:20.50

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Published on 6/26/2007
The original Castlevania is set in the year 1691. Simon Belmont must fight his way through the castle and destroy Count Dracula.
This TAS is about 13.6 seconds faster than the previous version by the coauthor of this movie, Morrison.
In this joint effort by Phil and Morrison, thorough optimizations are carried out at all levels of magnitude in order to get the maximum completion speed as well as lots of score points in the process.
The MSX version has been TASed as well!
There is also a run of this game which destroys as little as possible.
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NES Castlevania by Morrison in 11:34.12
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Game:
Castlevania
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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[Console-verified]

NES Tetris "maximum score" by Baxter in 03:29.67

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Published on 7/23/2007
This movie aims for the fastest possible time to get a score of 999999 in the Nintendo Tetris.
It warps directly to the 19th level and fills half of the field quickly to be able to operate short distances in the top part of the field. From there on, it only gets tetrises (4-line clearings) until the score is maxed out.
A glitch involving pressing several directional buttons at once is used to manipulate luck for the next pieces. Flickering of the next piece block and piece in play results.
This run played on a real NES.
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NES Tetris "maximum score" by Acmlm in 03:41.90
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Game:
Tetris
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Tetris (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Best ending
Uses warps
Uses hardest difficulty
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Genesis Gunstar Heroes "2 players" by arkiandruski in 35:28.92

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Published on 8/18/2007
Gunstar Heroes (1993) is widely considered to be one of the best action games on the Sega Genesis, but, ironically, was commercially unsuccessful due to poor promotion. It features a variety of melee attacks, as well as 4 basic weapons which can be combined in pairs (making a total of 14 combinations) — all densely packed in a swift and explosion-heavy gameplay spanning over seven uniquely designed stages. The author takes special care to showcase all the moves the game is capable of, using every possible attack and having lots of fun playing around in autoscrolling sections.
This movie is 3 minutes longer than the previous one due to playing on hardest difficulty and using both Gunstars at the same time. See the author's comments for more details.
The encodes for this movie are also slightly larger than usual — this is due to an amount of colors and on-screen motion even the best codecs have problems coping with.
arkiandruski has provided an audio commentary for this movie, available here. He watches his run's encode and speaks along, play back your own copy as you listen to him.
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Genesis Gunstar Heroes "1 player" by Jackic in 32:59.00
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Game:
Gunstar Heroes
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
2 Players
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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NES Darkwing Duck by AnS, Randil in 10:59.50

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Published on 8/24/2007
Darkwing Duck (1992) is a platformer somewhat similar to Mega Man in gameplay and difficulty. The arrow gun allows the player to climb up walls and use creative shortcuts so that the absolute shortest route can be taken. In case you are wondering why the character keeps on jumping so much, it is because he has to wait a short amount of time before being able to walk. With constant jumping these stops can be avoided.
This movie is a joint venture between AnS and Randil to improve the previous run by Walker_Boh, resulting in 35.7 seconds saved through means of extensive optimization, luck manipulation and lag removal. We recommend reading the authors' comments for more details.
See this run replayed on an actual Famicom console.
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NES Darkwing Duck by Walker Boh in 11:35.15
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Game:
Darkwing Duck
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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[Atlas Map Encode]

Genesis Comix Zone by xoinx & XYZ in 09:34.88

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Published on 9/7/2007
Comix Zone (1995) is a game with an interesting setting: player takes a role of Sketch Turner, the cartoonist whose comic book turned against him, with its main villain coming to the physical world and throwing Sketch inside his own book. There are two different endings to this game — this movie shows the "good" one.
This is an improvement of 44.4 seconds to the previous movie by xoinx, coming from route changes, more strategic use of Power Fist, and other changes (read authors' comments for more details).
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Genesis Comix Zone by xoinx in 10:19.30
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Game:
Comix Zone
Genres:
Fighting
Puzzle
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
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[Atlas Map Encode]

NES Arkanoid "warpless" by Baxter in 12:26.80

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Published on 9/20/2007
Arkanoid (1987) strongly resembles the arcade game Breakout (1976). In Arkanoid, the paddle is actually a spaceship, and the bricks are space walls. The goal of the game is to break through the space walls and defeat the villainous Doh in order to escape from the space labyrinth.
This incredible TAS of Arkanoid, made by Baxter, inspires awe in a manner comparable to the Gradius movie. No ball is ever lost, even though three balls are juggled in every level where possible.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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NES Arkanoid "warpless" by Genisto in 16:30.47
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Game:
Arkanoid
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Arkanoid (USA).nes
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation
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GBA Metroid: Zero Mission "100%" by Dragonfangs in 1:01:43.70

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GBx TAS of 2007
Published on 10/10/2007
Samus' first adventure is retold in Metroid Zero Mission with extra storyline, extra items and on a system with a better graphics processor. This run completes the game with 100% item collection. At least as far as the end-of-game display is concerned.
In-game completion time is 42:28.
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Game:
Metroid: Zero Mission
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
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[Atlas Map Encode]

NES River City Ransom "playaround" by adelikat & JXQ in 12:55.38

Funny TAS of 2007
Published on 12/4/2007
River City Ransom is a goofy game that deserves a goofy TAS. This movie showcases cool tricks and some glitches that don't necessarily result in the fastest completion. We also have a movie which aims for speed.
Selected Quote from the authors:
We looked at previous submissions and demonstrations of this game and tried to include the most entertaining parts of what was available, and add in a few ideas of our own along the way. Hopefully you'll get a kick out of it.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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NES River City Ransom "playaround" by Sleepz in 08:59.95
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Game:
River City Ransom
Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
Playaround
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
2 Players
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses easiest difficulty
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[Console-verified] [Atlas Map Encode]

NES Batman by Aglar in 09:21.93

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Published on 2/4/2008
The hero of Gotham City goes against the villain of Gotham City. His fists are more powerful than any weapon in the world, but he rarely kills anyone. It's not like his enemies can hurt him anyway. After all, he's the hero, and heroes are supposed to be invincible.
Here Aglar has managed to improved the previous movie by 2.5 seconds.
Enjoy the movie, and the excellent soundtrack and the graphics of this game.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
See this movie played back on a real console.
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NES Batman by jecy in 09:24.42
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Game:
Batman
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Forgoes intentional damage
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[Console-verified]

NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by adelikat, Deign, Cardboard & JXQ in 10:29.05

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NES TAS of 2008
Published on 2/17/2008
Surprise Super Mario Bros 3. improvement from nowhere!
Apparently, the team of adelikat, Deign, Cardboard and JXQ had been working some time on this movie, which improves the previous movie by some 5.5 seconds (no small feat at this point), due to a wide variety of different improvements discussed in the submission message.
And of course, a wadload of extra lives are again achieved in the mandatorily slow autoscrolling levels.
For those that still prefer to see 99+ lives, the authors have also put together an alternate run that sacrifices time in order to gain those extra lives.
This run played on a real NES.
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NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by Genisto in 10:34.55
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
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Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog by upthorn, JXQ & carretero in 16:18.20

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Published on 2/19/2008
Surprisingly fast bouncing around. The lack of spin-dash makes the strategy a bit different than the other Sonic runs, since it becomes a lot more important to preserve your momentum. However, this doesn't prevent the authors from achieving crazy velocities even with such a significant limitation.
Completed without collecting any emeralds.
This is the fourth run of this game, improving on the previous effort by almost two minutes.
Every second encode link leads to a camhacked version.
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Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog by upthorn & JXQ in 18:07.63
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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NES Excitebike by JXQ in 05:31.37

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Speedy TAS of 2008
Published on 2/25/2008
This movie plays Excitebike really, really fast — now almost 4 seconds faster than the previous movie by Luke Gustafson.
Times for each track are:
  • 0 = 36.54 (0.96 improved)
  • 1 = 38.24 (0.97 -"-)
  • 2 = 38.86 (1.57 -"-)
  • 3 = 41.98 (0.02 -"-)
  • 4 = 41.02 (0.02 -"-)
  • 5 = 31.74 (0.02 -"-)
Main improvements come from better speed handling and using more ramp boosts. Look for further info in the author's comments.
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NES Excitebike by Luke in 05:35.38
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Game:
Excitebike
Genres:
Racing
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
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SNES Super Metroid by hero of the day in 39:32.80

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 3/2/2008
Super Metroid (1994) is widely considered to be the pinnacle of exploration-driven game design, and limits to the freedom of action it allows are yet to be found. As such, surprising improvements come from a lot of esoteric tricks and optimizations, quickly making seemingly optimal movies obsolete.
This is hero of the day's second attempt at this game, improving his previous movie by 85 seconds. A good bulk of the improvement comes from skipping Torizo, implementing additional continuous walljumps, and better boss fights. As previously, only 18% of items are collected.
As with most movies at TASvideos, this one aims for lowest frame count, as opposed to the lowest in-game time. By internal timer, it completes the game in 24 minutes and 16 seconds. Read about the specifics of in-game timing here.
If you prefer going by the lowest in-game time, be sure to check Cpadolf's any% in 23:45.
The encode without door transitions is available here on YouTube.
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SNES Super Metroid by hero of the day in 40:57.85
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Game:
Super Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Super Metroid "ingame time" by Cpadolf in 41:02.40

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 3/2/2008
Here we have Super Metroid completed in only 23 minutes and 45 seconds by its internal timer, with 22% items collected.
This is Cpadolf's second attempt at this run category, saving 19.37 seconds over the previous one thanks to improved ammo/energy management and better optimization all around.
Note: This movie aims for in-game time, making use of the fact that the internal timer is stopped during certain events. However, some insignificant sacrifices, such as not using the murder beam, were made in order to keep high entertainment level throughout.
If you prefer watching a realtime-oriented movie of Super Metroid any%, check the 38:41 version by Taco & Kriole.
Obsoletes:
SNES Super Metroid "ingame time" by Cpadolf in 41:22.47
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Game:
Super Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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[Has commentary]

NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "warp glitch" by Inzult in 05:43.47

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 3/24/2008
Legend of Zelda II glitched heavily.
Most of this run features Link racing across Hyrule so fast that the screen can't keep up, inexplicably warping between places that shouldn't be connected, and collecting just three items, one spell, and one sword technique needed to beat the final palace.
Dark Link, the final boss, takes the same amount of damage no matter what level attack you have. This is especially convenient for the author because he reaches Dark Link without ever leveling, or, indeed, even killing another monster.
This is a 29-second improvement to the author's previous movie due to a different route choice and better manipulation optimization. See the author's comments for details.
There is also additional audio commentary by the author available here.
Obsoletes:
NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "warp glitch" by Inzult in 06:13.08
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Game:
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
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FCEU 0.98.12

NES Mega Man by Deign in 15:29.27

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 4/29/2008
On this site, we make perfect movies, and then we surpass them. Of course, if we can surpass them, they were not perfect in the first place, but who would have known?
When "perfection" is defined as "as fast as possible", it requires some sacrifices. Indeed, this movie sacrifices a lot in the playability of the game. Full of tricks to pass through walls, tricks to avoid mandatory battles, tricks to pass through enemies relatively unharmed, tricks to acquire weapon refills in little time — there is very little in this movie left that resembles normal playing. Even death is used as a viable playing strategy that saves time. All of the tricks are still performed by the means of mere controller input, even though portions of the input were calculated by a computer program (approximately 26 seconds in total).
This movie is a significant improvement of 9 seconds to the previous movie; consisting of many micro-optimizations and a few major ones, including a new trick or two in the Cutman stage.
Note: This movie works on both the US and Japanese versions.
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NES Mega Man by Bisqwit & finalfighter in 15:38.07
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Game:
Mega Man
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman (J) (En).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
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FCEU 0.98.12

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles by nitsuja & upthorn in 33:05.78

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Sega TAS of 2008
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.
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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

SNES Super Mario World "warps" by Mister in 10:26.65

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Obsoleting Movie
SNES TAS of 2008
Published on 5/24/2008
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SNES Super Mario World "warps" by Fabian & JXQ in 10:28.70
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Game:
Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
AVI
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43 v12

GBA Castlevania: Circle of the Moon "warp glitch" by Cardboard in 05:21.58

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 8/11/2008
When played normally, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is a rather long game, in which exploration, leveling up, and killing bosses in order to gain access to different items or portions of the castle is necessary. However, a bit of luck manipulation and a series of glitches involving DSS cards throw all these aspects of gameplay out of the window, allowing the player to warp directly to Dracula and kill him humiliatingly in just over 5 minutes.
This movie is a 21 frame improvement over the previous movie by the same author due to some small optimizations.
Obsoletes:
GBA Castlevania: Circle of the Moon "warp glitch" by Cardboard in 05:21.93
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Game:
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
RPG
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
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VBA-rr

N64 Mischief Makers by Comicalflop in 55:04.28

Published on 10/24/2008
Mischief Makers (1997) is one of the rare 2D sidescrollers released for Nintendo 64. The player controls Marina, the robotic maid of a lecherous and absent-minded professor Theo, who has a habit of being kidnapped constantly. The ones who abduct him every now and then are Clancers from the evil Empire. (And make sure to watch out for the plot twist at the end!)
Marina is quite a versatile cyborg. She can boost continuously in the air, ride vehicles, slide and jump like a maniac, and most importantly, shake. Make no mistake, you'll be seeing Comicalflop shake this thing, and even that thing quite a lot in this fast-paced run.
The game is broken down into 52 short areas, each of them having a separate timer. Because of this, the author aims to optimize the movie for shortest in-game time. Each stage is given a rank based on how fast the stage was completed; this run gets all S Ranks.
The game has some emulation errors, such as unnatural amounts of lag in some stages, and graphical glitches. See the author's comments for more details.
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Game:
Mischief Makers
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mischief Makers (USA).n64
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
mupen64-rr 8

GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance by klmz in 11:13.12

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 11/8/2008
The first quest completion time of this fast paced game got nearly cut as much as 2/3 thanks to Juste's ability to sink into walls when going at very high speed. Please, don't try this at home!
This is a 171-second improvement over zggzdydp's movie. Like in the previous movies, the author picked up an item to display those cool CRITICAL's for entertainment, at the cost of some time.
However, if you still think there is not enough zipping through walls, make sure to see the second quest completed in less than half a minute!
Obsoletes:
GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance by zggzdydp in 14:04.85
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Game:
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Genres:
Action
Platformer
RPG
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses warps
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
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Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr


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