EarthBound Beginnings

EarthBound Beginnings is the first game in the Mother/EarthBound series, known simply as Mother in Japan. It was localized for a 1990 US release, but wasn't released outside Japan until 2015. During that time, the original localized title, "EarthBound", was used for the English release of Mother 2.
Long referred to as "EarthBound Zero" by fans, the game was finally given an official title for its Wii U eShop release.
The US prototype includes numerous changes from the original Mother. The most obvious in a TAS are the addition of a "run" button and the removal of the "bread crumbs" glitch. We have movies of both game versions listed below.
  • Id: 527
  • Platforms: NES
  • Abbreviation: ebb
  • Display Name: EarthBound Beginnings
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  • Game Groups:
  • Mother,EBB,EB0
  • RPG

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NES EarthBound Beginnings (Prototype) by Nitrodon in 47:56.08


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EarthBound Beginnings is the first game in the Mother/EarthBound series, known simply as Mother in Japan. It was localized for a 1990 US release, but wasn't released outside Japan until 2015. During that time, the original localized title, "EarthBound", was used for the English release of Mother 2.
Long referred to as "EarthBound Zero" by fans, the game was finally given an official title for its Wii U eShop release.
This movie is done on the US prototype, which does not have the "bread crumbs" glitch used in our other movie of the game. It does, however, have a run button, which means this movie may seem faster at times, even though it's a lot longer.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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NES EarthBound Beginnings (Japan) "warp glitch" by chatterbox in 22:59.91


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This is the Japanese version of EarthBound Beginnings (also known as Mother). As the first version of the game, it has a number of useful glitches. This run abuses the way the game handles the "Bread crumbs" item to warp off the edge of reality and casually walk straight into the final boss's lair 00:07.94 seconds faster than the previous run.
We also have a more normal run of the localized version, which doesn't include this glitch.
You can watch the complete run played back on console
The baseline tab shows the default movie beating the game as fast as possible without any special conditions.

Game Versions

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TypeNameTitle OverrideRegionVersionPlatformHashes
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MD5: 5BACF7BA94C539A1CAF623DBE12059A3
Good Mother (J).nes EarthBound Beginnings (Japan) J NES SHA1: B7E7A96D049326C4610805FE86D42DE1703D5B96
MD5: 218503A880999363AC83945096040492