Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros. 3 completed fast ― without using the magic whistles.

Although this movie doesn't use the magic whistles, it does skip stages, and actually skips them quite a lot, with the aid of various items such as the hammers.

This is an improvement of about 44.5 seconds over the previous movie.

All encodes of this run come with the author's lengthy commentary as subtitles. Author's vocal commentary during the run's video can be watched on Twitch.

PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: There are flashing lights throughout the run (most notably when Boom Boom is defeated and after the wand is retrieved) which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.

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

Technically an improvement of one of the oldest runs on the site, this TAS aims to complete all levels and overworld enemy battles as fast as possible.

The run features tricks and strategies not seen in the current warpless run, and is worth checking out even if you're already familiar with that run.

PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: There are flashing lights throughout the run (most notably when Boom Boom is defeated and after the wand is retrieved) which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.

The YouTube and downloadable encodes include the author's commentary as soft subtitles. These can also been seen in the fm2 file, and in this encode on Tompa's personal Youtube channel.

And if watching this TAS on an emulator isn't satisfying enough, why not see it played back on a real console!

Super Mario Bros 3 is a very famous game for the NES. There are normally two main ways to beat it: the quick way using warp whistles to skip worlds, and the longer way which goes through all the worlds.

This run improves on the previous movie by 6 frames via exploiting a different bug in which very rapid input overwhelms the game's controller read routines, allowing the game to be completed directly from anywhere (in this case, the title screen). This was done on the Japanese version this time, which has certain functions in slightly different places in memory, allowing for an even faster completion.. Please read the author's comments for more details.

See this run done on console here.

Note: The author has made a super detailed commentary video about this movie.

Super Mario Bros. 3 is the third mainline Mario game for the NES and one of the most influential platforming games in history. While Super Mario Bros. 2 started life as an thematically unrelated game before being rebranded as a Mario game, Super Mario Bros. 3 was built from the ground up to be a direct sequel to Super Mario Bros. It takes the old established formula and adds gameplay elements that would become standard in later Mario games: a overworld level select map, completely optional bonus levels, the ability to pick up and throw items, and much more.

For this run, Brandon goes for an unusual goal of beating the game while minimizing the number of button presses as much as possible, including the directional buttons. This includes saving button presses while at the title screen.

The YouTube and downloadable encodes and the movie file all contain author's commentary in the form of soft subtitles. There is also an alternate encode that visualizes the button presses during the run, including how long a button is pressed.

Super Mario Bros. 3 is a very famous and popular game for the NES. There are normally two main ways to beat it: the quick way using warp whistles to skip worlds, and the longer way which goes through all the worlds.

Lord_Tom goes the same route as the this game end glitch run. However, he achieves total control of the game, pushing the run to a whole new level. He gives himself new powers, like the speed booster and the suit-swap, to name a few. Read the author's comments for more details.

This run was shown at Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 during the TAS block. You can see it here

WARNING: Mario's new powers in this run include flashing lights which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.

Note: The official encodes for this run include commentary from the author. The second YouTube stream also features input display.