This page aims to keep track of movies with audio or subtitle commentaries. Hopefully as more and more movies get them the need for this page will be obsoleted.
[Has commentary]

3DS The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D by benstephens56 in 23:31.29

First edition TAS of 2022
Published on 5/7/2022
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is an enhanced remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, developed by Grezzo and Nintendo EAD and released in 2011 for the Nintendo 3DS. Compared to the original, it notably features updated models and textures and updated control schemes to make use of the 3DS's capabilities. The story remains identical to that of the original.
benstephens56, however, ignores much of it by performing a glitch to warp to the credits in record time. Please read the author's extensive comments for more details.
This is the first ever 3DS movie published on this site, made possible with Citra.
An encode featuring commentary by the author is available right here.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
0033 - Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time 3D (USA) (En,Fr,Es).3ds
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Citra Canary 2007
[Has commentary]

3DS The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D "All Dungeons" by benstephens56 in 1:02:23.00

Published on 11/29/2024
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is an enhanced remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, developed by Grezzo and Nintendo EAD and released in 2011 for the Nintendo 3DS. Compared to the original, it notably features updated models and textures and updated control schemes to make use of the 3DS's capabilities. The story remains identical to that of the original.
Watch as benstephens56 tackles all the dungeons in record time. Please read the author's extensive comments for more details.
An encode featuring commentary by the author is available right here.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
0033 - Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time 3D (USA) (En,Fr,Es).3ds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Citra Nightly 1815
[Has commentary]

Arcade Osman by xy2_ in 07:56.25

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 3/5/2016
Osman is a arcade game in the spirit of Strider. It's a very obscure and underrated arcade game, which didn't see much of the light of day, thanks to various issues with the hardware... and the fact that the game is unforgivingly hard. The game never once lets you breathe, and in unassisted play, there are a lot of things to manage at the same time. This, along with the 3 health you start out with, can make clearing with just a single credit a nightmare.
The game mostly revolves along Osman and his power: he has the power to make clones of himself when he attacks that stay for a varying amount of time and reproduce the attack he just did.
All 3 encodes have the author's commentary available in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
Osman
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
osman.zip
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
FBA-rr 0.0.7
[Has commentary]

BSX BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 by nymx in 10:37.88

Published on 4/8/2023
BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 is the direct sequel to the original F-Zero on the Super Nintendo, released for the Satellaview, a peripheral to the Super Famicom in Japan that allowed users to download games through satellite broadcasts. This sequel features 5 brand new tracks under the "Ace League" cup, considered to be more difficult than the tracks on the original F-Zero.
In this movie, nymx speeds through all 5 tracks in the game in record time. Each race, aside from the last 2 tracks, are finished after entering in 2nd place to skip the winning animation. There is an alternate encode provided that shows each race ending in 1st place, to achieve the fastest in game time.
This is the first ever Satellaview publication on this site.
A commentary video, on the making of this TAS, is available here.
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Game:
BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
BS F-ZERO Grand Prix 2 (J).smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (In Game Time Focused)
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Has commentary] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

C64 Fort Apocalypse by nymx in 02:41.23

Published on 2/25/2023
Fort Apocalypse is a game developed by Synapse Software and released for the C64 in 1982. The war with the Kralthans is on, and they've taken prisoners. These people must be rescued from the Draconis caves and the Crystaline caves that are located just outside the titular Kralthan main command center. The Fort is too powerful to attack directly, but perhaps a single rocket copter, carefully controlled, might be able to do what an army cannot. However the caves are narrow and the enemy has still setup impact shields, defenses and Hyper-Chambers within their depths.
nymx rescues all of the humans trapped in the fortress, destroys the reactor core there and makes his way back up in record time.
FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING: The destruction of the core at 1:47 in the encode produces flashing lights for about 3 seconds that may cause epileptic seizures.
A documentary about this TAS can be viewed here.
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Game:
Fort Apocalypse
Game Version:
Fort Apocalypse (1982)(Synapse Software).d64
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
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BizHawk 2.8
[Has commentary]

DOS Barbarian by eien86 in 07:19.90

Published on 6/25/2022
Barbarian is a game developed and published by Psygnosis in 1987. As a barbarian, the player is tasked to navigate through dungeons filled with enemies and traps. Gameplay is done via on-screen icons that can be selected with the mouse, joystick or the function keys, which, suffice to say, isn't the best control scheme for this genre.
eien86 braces through the control scheme and reaches the end in record time.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
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Game:
Barbarian
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
barb.img
Tags:
Pacifist version
Uses intentional deaths
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.3 + PCem 17+st-1 + Late '80s Package
[Has commentary]

DOS Jazz Jackrabbit by Ilari, Noxxa & slamo in 26:41.93

Published on 7/19/2014
Jazz Jackrabbit is one of the earliest products released by what was then known as Epic MegaGames, better known these days for producing the Unreal engine. It was viewed initially as being a pastiche of the Sonic the Hedgehog games was and arguably developed along those lines, bearing much of the same fast platformer action.
This run completes all the standard levels of the full game, which consists of six episodes. We also have a run of the three bonus episodes by the same authors.
You can also watch runs from one of the authors, Ilari, that completed the two Christmas episodes of this game.
Commentary subtitles are available in the YouTube encode and the archive.org page for this run.
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Game:
Jazz Jackrabbit
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Game Version:
jazz1.2.img
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.8
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DOS Jazz Jackrabbit "extra episodes" by Ilari, Noxxa & slamo in 14:35.87

Published on 7/19/2014
Jazz Jackrabbit is one of the earliest products released by what was then known as Epic MegaGames, better known these days for producing the Unreal engine. It was viewed initially as being a pastiche of the Sonic the Hedgehog games was and arguably developed along those lines, bearing much of the same fast platformer action.
This run completes all the extra episodes (A-C). There is also a run of the original game available.
Commentary subtitles and WebM encodes are available on the archive.org page for this run.
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Game:
Jazz Jackrabbit
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Game Version:
jazz1.2.img
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.8
[Has commentary]

DOS Prince of Persia by eien86 in 13:59.15

Published on 4/2/2023
In this timeless classic, the tyrant Jaffar has seized power and has forced Sultan's daughter to marry him. Jordan Mechner's brother David, the brave youth who is a prisoner in Jaffar's dungeons, must rescue her within 60 minutes. Little does poor Jaffar know that he will be defeated in a fifth of the intended time.
eien86 improves his previous movie by 10 seconds in in-game time, pushing it down to less than 12 minutes on the in-game timer. Please read the author's comments for more details on the improvements.
The author has also made a commentary video that you can watch here.
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Game:
Prince of Persia
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Prince of Persia Collection - Limited Edition (USA).bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
LibTAS 1.4.4 + PCem 17+st-1 + Late 90's Config
[Has commentary]

DOS Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame by eien86, GMP & Challenger in 14:26.65

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 10/3/2021
After having defeated the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar, the brave Prince claimed just one reward: the hand of the beautiful daughter of the Persian Sultan. However, as the Prince approached the palace, his appearance suddenly turned into that of a beggar. Someone who looked just like the Prince ordered to throw him out. It turns out that Jaffar is alive and back for vengeance. Banished from the palace, the unfortunate Prince must travel to faraway lands and find a way to defeat the villain.
eien86, GMP and Challenger rescue the princess from Jaffar's evil clutches in record time.
Audio commentary from eien86 is available right here.
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Game:
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
pop2.img
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.8 rc2
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DOS Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame by GMP in 14:47.45

Published on 4/24/2022
After having defeated the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar, the brave Prince claimed just one reward: the hand of the beautiful daughter of the Persian Sultan. However, as the Prince approached the palace, his appearance suddenly turned into that of a beggar. Someone who looked just like the Prince ordered to throw him out. It turns out that Jaffar is alive and back for vengeance. Banished from the palace, the unfortunate Prince must travel to faraway lands and find a way to defeat the villain.
GMP improves the previous TAS by roughly 14 seconds after accounting for emulation differences, thanks to improved sword tech. Please read the author's comments for more details.
Audio commentary from the author and Samabam, a runner of the game, is available right here.
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Game:
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
pop2ir.iso
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.3 + PCem v17+st-1
[Has commentary]

DOS The Adventures of Captain Comic: Episode 1 - Planet of Death by Sand & Kabuto in 06:30.98

Published on 12/4/2020
The Adventures of Captain Comic: Episode 1 - Planet of Death was one of the first console-style side-scrolling platform (shareware) games for PCs. Though it was developed as an experiment to test the viability of real arcade games on standard IBM-compatible PCs, Captain Comic gained fame as one of the best shareware games ever made, later serving as the inspiration for Commander Keen and even getting an unlicensed port to the NES.
To complete the game, players must collect three treasures that were stolen from the planet Omsoc: rare gems, a sack of rare coins, and a jeweled crown. Sand and Kabuto collect the three treasures as quickly as may be technically possible, thanks to accomplishing the routing of the run using computer optimization. To learn more about the algorithms and optimization work that went into this run, read the authors' submission notes.
The encodes of this movie have the authors' commentary embedded as subtitles. Additionally, there is a 21-part series of live coding videos that documents the creation of this TAS. Check out a TAS of the unlicensed NES port here.
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Game:
The Adventures of Captain Comic: Episode 1 - Planet of Death
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
The Adventures of Captain Comic: Episode 1 - Planet of Death
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.8 rc2
[Has commentary]

DS Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles by xy2_ in 55:57.72

Published on 8/24/2021
Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles is the first spin-off game in the Assassin's Creed franchise, and is a prequel to the first game. Altaïr is tasked with finding The Chalice, an artifact that is said to be able to unite all factions and end the Crusades.
Unlike the main games in the franchise, Altaïr's Chronicles is not an open-world game but rather a hybrid action-platformer - some sections play similarly to games in the Prince of Persia series where the player must do careful platforming and deal with traps and hazards, while other sections are more like the main games and feature fighting, stealth, and assassinations.
xy2_ abuses several out-of-bounds glitches to end levels extremely quickly, and wields the particularly mighty Wooden Crate to dispatch foes in record time.
The author's commentary is included in all encodes of this movie.
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Game:
Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Assassin's Creed - Altair's Chronicles (USA) (En,Fr,Es).nds
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses easiest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9
[Has commentary]

DS Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days by arandomgameTASer in 2:33:37.01

Published on 9/1/2015
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days is the first 3D handheld Kingdom Hearts game, released in North America in 2009. It follows Roxas during his time working for Organization XIII.
In this run, arandomgameTASer runs through the game's missions very quickly, utilizing extensive route planning and tricks throughout.
Downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles. The YouTube encode removes the credits and its associated ending theme for copyright reasons.
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Game:
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Kingdom Hearts - 358-2 Days (USA) (En,Fr).nds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.11
[Has commentary]

DS Kingdom Hearts Re:coded by arandomgameTASer in 1:41:02.94

Published on 10/8/2014
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded is a remake of the mobile game Kingdom Hearts coded, released in North America in 2011. It is notable for combining many elements from previous handheld games in the Kingdom Hearts series, in particular 358/2 Days and Birth by Sleep.
In this run, watch as arandomgameTASer dodges, lunges, and yells his way through the game's various Disney inspired levels, abusing a surprising number of bugs and tricks along the way. Let's hope Sora finds a good masseuse.
All encodes of this run come with the author's lengthy commentary. The YouTube encode removes the credits and its associated ending theme for copyright reasons.
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Game:
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
5473_-_Kingdom_Hearts_Re-Coded_USA_NDS-XPA.nds
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.10 x86
[Has commentary]

DS Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time by Migu in 3:21:09.92

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 10/14/2017
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS in 2005.
The game follows Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi as they travel through time in order to rescue Princess Peach from the Shroobs.
The author provides two audio commentaries, one with Anwonu and GhostKing and another one where the author goes more in-depth.
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Game:
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Mario & Luigi - Partners in Time (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).nds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9
[Has commentary]

DS Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time by Migu in 1:52:56.29

DS TAS of 2018
Published on 9/19/2018
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS in 2005.
The game follows Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi as they travel through time in order to rescue Princess Peach from the Shroobs.
This improves the previous run by 1:27:58.28 thanks to a few major glitches such as entering the Shroob Castle early.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
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Game:
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Mario & Luigi - Partners in Time (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).nds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9
[Has commentary]

DS Pokémon: Pearl Version "Void glitch" by mkdasher in 53:01.39

DS TAS of 2015
Published on 7/14/2015
Pokémon: Pearl Version is part of the 4th generation of Pokémon games, after Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. For the first time in the main series, it features 3D graphics and online play over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. In addition, there are 107 new Pokémon to catch.
In this run, MKDasher beats the game fast using luck manipulation and a major glitch that loads the overworld map incorrectly, allowing him to venture outside the level boundaries. For more information, see the author's comments.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring commentary by the author.
Note: Due to an emulation error, there are moments of flickering black pixels across the ground.
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Game:
Pokémon: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
1016 - Pokemon - Pearl Version (USA) (Rev 5).nds
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9
[Has commentary]

DS Prince of Persia: The Fallen King by GMP in 2:23:31.68

Published on 2/18/2022
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King is a spin-off sequel to the 2008 reboot of Prince of Persia. The game is almost entirely controlled by using the DS stylus, using it to climb up walls, jump off ledges, attack enemies, and roll on the ground.
After being abandoned by Elika following the freeing of dark God Arhiman, our protagonist is on his own again and stumbles upon this deserted kingdom already ravaged by corruption. Watch him free it with the help of his new ally Zal.
Audio commentary from the author and Smathlax, a runner of the game, is available right here.
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Game:
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Prince of Persia - The Fallen King (3247) (US).nds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9
[Has commentary]

DS The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks by Karaage in 3:57:26.32

Published on 7/1/2020
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is the direct sequel of The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass.
Karaage completed every dungeon in less than four hours.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring Japanese commentary by the author.
Note: Due to poor emulation there are instances of incorrect shadows throughout most of this game.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Daichi no Kiteki (Japan).nds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9a
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GB Kirby's Dream Land by DarkRiolu27 & MUGG in 08:45.55

Published on 9/22/2024
Kirby's Dream Land is a classic platforming game for the Game Boy and the first game in the long-running Kirby franchise. As it is the first game, it lacks certain established elements, most notably Kirby's signature ability to gain the abilities of the characters he eats. In the magical place known as Dream Land, the self-appointed King Dedede has stolen all of his subjects' food for a midnight feast. Kirby now bravely sets out to stop the gluttonous penguin and recover the food.
DarkRiolu27 and MUGG combine their efforts for this to create a run that saves 16 seconds over the previous run thanks to many optimizations that reduce lag and manipulate enemy movement and attack patterns, among other things. For more details, you can read the authors' notes.
The author has also made an audio commentary for this run, which you can watch here.
You can also watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Kirby's Dream Land
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Hoshinoka-Bi (J) (V1.1).gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Has commentary]

GB Last Action Hero by TehBerral in 11:31.26

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 9/16/2014
Last Action Hero is a platform game based on the film of the same name. Action hero Jack Slater must make his way through each stage while collecting movie tickets and beating up any bad guys who stand in his way.
The game includes two driving stages in which tickets are found floating above the road and by ramming enemy cars. A speed booster can also be picked up to allow Jack to finish the stage faster.
In this run, TehBerral utilizes Jack's powerful roundhouse kick as well as some luck manipulation to beat the game in eleven and a half minutes.
The primary downloadable (HQ) encode has the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Last Action Hero
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Last Action Hero (U).gb
Video Downloads:
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[Has commentary]

GB Pokémon: Blue and Red Version "Coop Diploma" by MrWint in 3:48:04.10

Gameboy TAS of 2016
Published on 5/6/2016
Pokémon: Blue and Red Version are part of the first generation of the Pokémon franchise. They were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo in North America in 1998. They feature a 10-year old boy who ventures around the Kanto region and aim to become the Pokémon champion. During his journey, he encounters various monsters, which he can catch to use for battles, or just to fill up his Pokédex.
In this run, MrWint fills the Pokédex without resorting to any glitches and obtains the diploma in both games in less than four hours. Note that Mew isn't caught here; this is because it can only be obtained through either an event or glitches.
The official encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles. In addition, the downloadable encodes feature additional audio tracks: The first (default) track features audio from both games, while the second and third tracks feature audio from Blue and Red, respectively.
There's also an alternate encode provided by the author which features a detailed overlay.
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokémon: Blue and Red Version
Tags:
100% completion
Multiple games in one movie
2 Players
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation
Forgoes all glitches
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.5
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GB Pokémon: Blue Version by TiKevin83 in 1:29:53.19

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 8/7/2019
Pokémon is a phenomenon that made itself very famous in a short time a few years ago. Pokémon Blue is part of the first generation of the games of that series that were made.
Up until this day, thousands of Pokémon fans have analyzed the games, finding out the exact formulae of how each battle situation in these games works out, how experience and levels and everything works, and what are the most effective ways to battle.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author on real hardware.
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).gb
Tags:
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes save data corruption
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.1
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GB Pokémon: Blue Version by TiKevin83 in 1:29:35.61

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 4/17/2020
Pokémon is a phenomenon that made itself very famous in a short time a few years ago. Pokémon Blue is part of the first generation of the games of that series that were made.
Up until this day, thousands of Pokémon fans have analyzed the games, finding out the exact formulae of how each battle situation in these games works out, how experience and levels and everything works, and what are the most effective ways to battle.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author on real hardware.
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).gb
Tags:
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes save data corruption
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GB Pokémon: Red Version "Gotta Catch 'Em All!" by luckytyphlosion & CasualPokePlayer in 11:18.97

Published on 5/29/2021
Pokémon: Red Version is part of the first generation of games within its famous series, known for having a very large number of beneficial glitches. In fact, the game can be completed in less than one minute of in-game time by save data corruption as shown by this run, and it can be completed in around 10 minutes using a more "conventional" glitch, as shown by this run. These runs break the game, and avoid much of the gameplay intended by the developers.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console with additional author commentary.
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Red Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).gb
Tags:
100% completion
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.2
[Has commentary]

GBA Alien Hominid by FatRatKnight in 15:12.85

Published on 2/20/2013
Alien Hominid is a 2D side-scrolling shooter with heavy references to the Metal Slug series of games - from the hand-drawn graphics, huge explosions, right down to the ability to eviscerate FBI Agents when you get up close to them. The graphics are by featured artist Dan Paladin. Your goal, is quite simply, to get to the end of the stage, and die as little as possible. Which is made difficult due to the fact that any bullet is an instant kill.
You control some sort of yellow alien with a gun. For whatever reason, he also has very Earth-like grenades with Earth-like explosions. He collides with some sort of satellite around Earth and crash-lands right in front of the FBI, who then runs off with his spacecraft and somehow forgets that bright yellow alien thing in clear sight. If you're looking for story, this isn't the game, as it just gives an excuse why you're doing these things.
This TAS improves the one provided by the winner team at Dream Team Contest 3 by 00:41.22 seconds.
This movie has a lua script that contains the Author's chatty commentary, and the encode of it can be seen on YouTube here.
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Game:
Alien Hominid
Genres:
Shooter
Game Version:
2310 - Alien Hominid (E)(Trashman).gba
Tags:
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v23 svn270
[Has commentary]

GBA Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge "100%" by g0goTBC in 58:51.19

Published on 9/10/2019
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is an isometric platformer released by Rare in 2003. It is an "interquel" to the original two N64 games, taking place while Gruntilda is trapped under the boulder in Spiral Mountain. Klungo creates a Mecha-Grunty suit for Grunty's soul to control, and she kidnaps Kazooie, travelling back in time 20 years (somehow) to keep Banjo and Kazooie from ever meeting! Mumbo sends Banjo back in time as well (somehow) to rescue his friend and destroy Mecha-Grunty, with the help of Bottles's ancestor, Bozzeye.
g0goTBC collects all jiggies, notes, jinjos, moves, Mumbo tokens and honeycombs in less than an hour.
There is also an alternate Twitch stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
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Game:
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Banjo-Kazooie - Grunty's Revenge (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

GBA Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge "no levels early" by g0goTBC in 42:13.32

Published on 4/17/2021
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is an isometric platformer released by Rare in 2003. It is an "interquel" to the original two N64 games, taking place while Gruntilda is trapped under the boulder in Spiral Mountain. Klungo creates a Mecha-Grunty suit for Grunty's soul to control, and she kidnaps Kazooie, travelling back in time 20 years (somehow) to keep Banjo and Kazooie from ever meeting! Mumbo sends Banjo back in time as well (somehow) to rescue his friend and destroy Mecha-Grunty, with the help of Bottles's ancestor, Bozzeye.
The author collects the 50 Jiggies necessary to open the barrier to Winkybunion Tower and defeat Mecha-Grunty.
There is also an alternate Twitch stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
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Game:
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Banjo-Kazooie - Grunty's Revenge (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6
[Has commentary]

GBA Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge by g0goTBC in 12:15.17

Published on 10/2/2021
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is an isometric platformer released by Rare in 2003. It is an "interquel" to the original two N64 games, taking place while Gruntilda is trapped under the boulder in Spiral Mountain. Klungo creates a Mecha-Grunty suit for Grunty's soul to control, and she kidnaps Kazooie, travelling back in time 20 years (somehow) to keep Banjo and Kazooie from ever meeting! Mumbo sends Banjo back in time as well (somehow) to rescue his friend and destroy Mecha-Grunty, with the help of Bottles's ancestor, Bozzeye.
Using a trick that allows Banjo to gain insane speeds, the author is able to clip through the wall that leads to the final area, to defeat Mecha-Grunty in record time.
If you want to watch a TAS of this game that doesn't skip all the levels, you can watch the "No Levels Early" TAS here.
There is also an alternate Twitch stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
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Game:
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Banjo-Kazooie - Grunty's Revenge (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.2
[Has commentary]

GBA Digimon Ruby by Noxxa in 3:57:42.46

Published on 6/30/2020
Digimon Ruby (also known as Digimon Rury, as it is written on its box-art) is a bootleg role-playing game developed by Taiwanese bootleg game developer Vast Fame, released circa 2003. As with other Vast Fame games, it is best known for its rather spotty grasp of the English language.
The YouTube encode includes commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
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Game:
Digimon Ruby
Genres:
RPG
Bootleg
Game Version:
Digimon Ruby (Digimon Rury) (Unlicensed, English).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GBA DK: King of Swing "200%+" by g0goTBC in 1:16:08.11

Published on 3/13/2020
DK: King of Swing is a Donkey Kong spin-off game developed by Paon and published by Nintendo in 2005 for the Game Boy Advance. The Kongs are planning a competition to see who's the best in the jungle! Just before it begins, K. Rool steals all the medals for the tournament! DK must hunt down K. Rool and get back those stolen medals for the tournament!
The complete definition of the '200%+" goal is defined in the submission text.
Note: this run has been commentated by its author, you can watch here.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
DK: King of Swing
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
DK - King of Swing (USA, Australia).gba
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Uses a level password
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

GBA Golden Sun by Fx in 2:58:12.83

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 2/17/2019
'Golden Sun' is the first installment in the 'Golden Sun' series, developed by Camelot Software Planning. The game is notable for certain distinctive game elements, such as the use of special "Djinn" that empower the player and can be used against enemies.
In this run, Fx uses luck manipulation and the retreat glitch to beat the game in under 3 hours. This movie is a 14:34.76 minute improvement over the predecessor run.
The author also provided voice commentary to the run that can be watched on YouTube or Twitch.
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Game:
Golden Sun
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Ougon no Taiyou - Hirakareshi Fuuin (J).gba
Tags:
Uses warps
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v24 svn480
[Has commentary]

GBA Golden Sun by Fx & ruadath in 2:49:38.54

Published on 3/18/2021
Golden Sun is the first installment in the Golden Sun series, developed by Camelot Software Planning. The game is notable for certain distinctive game elements, such as the use of special "Djinn" that empower the player and can be used against enemies.
This movie is a 08:34.29 minute improvement over the previous record.
The author also provided voice commentary to the run that can be watched on YouTube.
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Game:
Golden Sun
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Ougon no Taiyou - Hirakareshi Fuuin (J).gba
Tags:
Uses warps
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.1
[Has commentary]

GBA Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by DaJaWi in 56:17.96

Published on 2/5/2015
As one of the many video game adaptations of the Harry Potter series, this adventure game for the GBA sticks fairly closely to the plot of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone as Harry attends his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Despite the large number of adaptations out there, at the start of 2015 this is only the first Harry Potter game to receive a movie on TASVideos.
This game has gameplay and mechanics that differ from the Harry Potter games on any other console, and was notorious for its infuriating pit and platform puzzles, but in this movie it is hard to tell what all the fuss was about. With precise spell usage, a little enemy manipulation, and the aid of some prefects who clearly need an eye-test, the game is completed in a little under an hour.
The YouTube and downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Genres:
Adventure
Game Version:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (USA, Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It,Nl,Pt,Sv,No,Da).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.9.0
[Has commentary]

GBA Karnaaj Rally by TiKevin83 in 43:36.06

Published on 10/5/2024
Karnaaj Rally is a top-down racing game for the GBA developed by Paragon 5/Infinite Dreams Inc and published by Jaleco Entertainment. It features a career mode, where players need to go through 4 seasons of increasing track complexity and faster cars, culminating in a race against a mysterious challenger. It is also known for its rather bizarre US box art.
TiKevin83 completes the game in record time.
An alternate encode with commentary from the author is available here.
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Game:
Karnaaj Rally
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Karnaaj Rally (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
[Has commentary]

GBA Mario Kart: Super Circuit by iMathII & cstrakm in 22:56.80

Published on 10/6/2024
Mario Kart: Super Circuit is the 3rd entry in the Mario Kart franchise, released in 2001 on the Game Boy Advance and developed by Intelligent Systems. It is most similar to the first Mario Kart game on the Super Nintendo with its Mode 7-looking terrain. The game was also the first in the series to contain "Retro Courses" as it includes all tracks from the original SNES release as bonus content.
Here we see iMathII & cstrakm speed their way (or banana split their way) through all of the game's cups on 150cc.
Subtitle commentary is provided in both the YouTube upload as well as the downloadable encodes, provided by iMathII.
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Game:
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Mario Kart Advance (Japan).gba
Tags:
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(Verification movie)
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GBA Metroid: Desolation "100%" by Mikewillplays in 1:04:55.24

Published on 10/1/2023
Metroid: Desolation is a Metroid: Zero Mission ROM hack by jasinchen and released in 2023. Featuring vastly modified level design when compared to the base game, this hack is set on Area LC-13, where Samus goes to investigate after the water source dried up for unknown reasons, leading to many species dying.
Mikewillplays inspects the planet and finishes the hack with full item completion.
An encode featuring commentary by the author is available right here.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Metroid: Desolation
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Metroid-Desolation.v1.1.2.gba
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Star]

GBA Metroid: Zero Mission "100%" by Dragonfangs in 1:01:13.92

GBA TAS of 2019
Published on 7/24/2019
Samus's 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.
This run is an improvement over Dragonfangs's previous work. It saves about 4 seconds of In-Game time, but uses a new route that removes lots of door transitions, saving about 20 seconds of real time. The previous run used VisualBoyAdvance that runs this game inaccurately fast compared to BizHawk (mGBA core) used here, which is why the movie time appears longer.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author as well as members of the speedrunning community.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Metroid: Zero Mission
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid - Zero Mission (USA).gba
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.2
[Has commentary] [Star]

GBA Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time by GMP in 28:37.38

GBA TAS of 2022
Published on 4/7/2022
Everyone’s favorite gymnastics winner is back in this remake of the classic console game. This time the Prince of Persia accidentally unleashes the Sands of Time, turning everyone except him, an evil Vizier and a mysterious girl named Farah into zombies. The Sands also gave the Prince a few new unexpected powers, like the ability to walk through walls and repeatedly jump underneath platforms.
In this run, GMP improves the previous movie by nearly 8 minutes thanks to new tricks found over the years, despite the emulation differences.
Audio commentary from the author and toca_1, a runner of the game, is available right here.
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Game:
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time (U) (M3).gba
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7
[Has commentary]

GBA Shaman King: Master of Spirits by xy2_ in 1:04:26.02

Published on 3/21/2021
Shaman King: Master of Spirits is a Metroidvania styled game developed and published by Konami, it is the first game of the Shaman King series.
The game stars Yoh Asakura, a young Shaman who hopes to win the Shaman Tournament, where the winner will be crowned the Shaman King and have the power to change the world. On his journey, Yoh and his friends find a man named Magister, who plans to resurrect an evil demon king known as Mephias. Yoh and his friends must put a stop to Mephias's plans.
xy2_ beats the game in record time.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Shaman King: Master of Spirits
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Shaman King - Master of Spirits (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1
[Has commentary] [Star]

GBA Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2 by xy2_ in 36:54.37

Published on 3/13/2024
Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2 is the sequel to the Game Boy Advance game Shaman King: Master of Spirits and a video game adaptation of the manga Shaman King. Hao Asakura (Zeke in the 4Kids dub) is on a quest to take as many spirits and souls as he possibly can in order to win the Shaman tournament and become the Shaman King himself. You play as Yoh Asakura, his twin brother, and in this game, you go on a quest to stop Hao from taking the title of Shaman King and terrorizing the world.
xy2_ in this run completes the game as fast as possible and delays Hao's quest for a little longer, making use of some nifty zipping and movement glitches to get around faster.
The YouTube and downloadable encodes include author's commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
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Game:
Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Shaman King - Master of Spirits 2 (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses easiest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(Extended Credits Input)
[Has commentary]

GBA Shining Soul II by DarkKobold in 1:12:02.43

Published on 9/20/2010
Shining Soul II is the last 'Shining' title to reach American shores, and the author's 5th 'Shining' TAS on the site. Unlike some previous games in the series, this game and its prequel play more like traditional Action-RPGs. This game, like its prequel, allows the player to pick a character type. In this run, the character chosen was a ninja, for his ability to use speed magic.
The author uses a glitch to dupe power wines and bombs, the former massively increasing his attack strength, and the latter making the run look more like Bomberman than a 'Shining' game!
This run is 17:58.75 faster than his previous Shining Soul II publication due to some very impressive manipulation to slaughter bosses in mere seconds. It is recommended that you read the authors comments for more information about the run and the game.
There is also a humorous commentary (dead link) by the author and a couple of guests.
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Game:
Shining Soul II
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Shining Soul II (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr
[Has commentary]

GBA The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap by Tompa & quo in 1:40:02.18

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 10/2/2016
The Minish Cap is an addition to The Legend of Zelda series that sees our hero fight Ganondorf Vaati, retrieve and power up the Master Sword Picori Sword to once again save the land of Hyrule and rescue Princess Zelda.
This run by Tompa and quo improves upon the previous run by over 8 minutes thanks to much better optimization, new glitches, and a switch to the Japanese version of the game.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the authors.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Fushigi no Boushi (Japan).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
VBA-RR v24
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GBA The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap by Tompa in 1:19:55.85

Published on 10/5/2024
The Minish Cap is an addition to The Legend of Zelda series that sees our hero fight Ganondorf Vaati, retrieve and power up the Master Sword Picori Sword to once again save the land of Hyrule and rescue Princess Zelda.
This run by Tompa improves upon the previous run by a staggering 21 minutes and 21.94 seconds after accounting for emulation differences, thanks to much better optimization as well as newly found skips, skipping a decent chunk of the game, and glitches. Please read the author's comments for more details.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author and Myth197.
Watch a resync of this run played back on a Game Boy Player (via GBI/Swiss) here.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Fushigi no Boushi (Japan).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
[Has commentary]

GBA The Polar Express by Cadit in 35:36.22

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 12/18/2022
The Polar Express is a video game for the Game Boy Advance that is based on the movie of the same name. As with many licensed games at the time, it loosely follows the story of the movie, but with a good amount of liberties taken to make it more suitable for a platformer. Witness as a boy boards a train, gets himself into some sticky situations in the North Pole that probably never happened in the movie, and possibly meets Santa Claus?
Cadit plays through the entire game in record time, platforming, autoscrollers, and all.
The YouTube encode has author's commentary in the form of captions.
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Game:
The Polar Express
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Polar Express, The (USA, Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Has commentary]

GBA The Polar Express by Cadit in 34:14.16

Published on 1/18/2023
The Polar Express is a video game for the Game Boy Advance that is based on the movie of the same name. As with many licensed games at the time, it loosely follows the story of the movie, but with a good amount of liberties taken to make it more suitable for a platformer. Witness as a boy boards a train, gets himself into some sticky situations in the North Pole that probably never happened in the movie, and possibly meets Santa Claus?
Cadit improves on their previous run by 82.06 seconds by making the zeppelin in the final level go faster by holding down the Right button, which was overlooked in the previous run.
The YouTube encode has author's commentary in the form of captions.
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Game:
The Polar Express
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Polar Express, The (USA, Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Has commentary]

GBC Pokémon: Crystal, Silver and Yellow Version "Coop Diploma" by gabraltar in 6:56:24.50

Lucky TAS of 2023
Published on 7/7/2023
Pokémon: Yellow Version is part of the first generation of games within its famous series, whereas Pokémon: Silver and Crystal Version are part of the second generation of the Pokémon franchise. They were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo in North America in 1999, 2000 and 2001 respectively. In this journey, the player encounters various monsters, which they can catch to use for battles, or just to fill up their Pokédex.
In this run, gabraltar fills the Pokédex without resorting to any glitches and obtains the diploma in all three games in less than seven hours. Note that Mew and Celebi aren't caught here; this is because they can only be obtained through either an event or glitches.
The downloadable encode features additional audio tracks: The first (default) track features audio from the three titles, while the second, third and fourth tracks feature audio from Crystal, Silver and Yellow, respectively.
There's also an alternate encode provided by the author which features commentary and a detailed overlay.
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Game:
Pokémon multiple game
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokémon Crystal, Silver and Yellow Version
Tags:
100% completion
Multiple games in one movie
3 Players
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation
Forgoes all glitches
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GBC Pokémon: Yellow Version by TiKevin83 in 1:36:41.68

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Gameboy TAS of 2018
Published on 3/31/2018
Pokémon: Yellow Version is part of the first generation of games within its famous series, known for having a very large number of beneficial glitches. In fact, the games can be completed in less than one minute of in-game time by save data corruption as shown by this run, and completed in around 10 minutes using a more "conventional" glitch, as shown by this run. These runs break the game, and avoid much of the gameplay intended by the developers.
In contrast, this run by TiKevin83 refrains from using any memory corrupting glitches and beats the game in a little over an hour and half. The Pokédoll trick is used to skip a dungeon in the game, but that is considered a minor developer oversight and does not corrupt the memory.
The author provided video commentary for this movie that can be viewed here.
This movie has been adjusted to synchronize on the real console, as well as on the 2.3 release of BizHawk. The resynced movie is linked alongside the main one, and is called tikevin83-pokemonyellow-consoleverified. The author provided a commentary video for this resync that can be seen here. For more information, see the canceled submission, whose movie was added in this publication.
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Yellow Version - Special Pikachu Edition (USA, Europe) (GBC,SGB Enhanced).gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Forgoes save data corruption
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.2
Additional Downloads:
(Console Verication)
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GBC Pokémon: Yellow Version "game end glitch" by TiKevin83 in 09:52.81

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 12/31/2018
Pokémon: Yellow Version is part of the first generation of games within its famous series, known for having a very large number of beneficial glitches. In fact, the game can be completed in less than one minute of in-game time using save data corruption (as evidenced by this run), but this run avoids such techniques in favor of activating an entirely different glitch.
See this movie played back and commentated on the Game Boy Player.
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Yellow Version - Special Pikachu Edition (USA, Europe) (GBC,SGB Enhanced).gbc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes save data corruption
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GBC Pokémon: Yellow Version "game end glitch" by TiKevin83 in 09:47.92

Published on 2/15/2019
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Yellow Version - Special Pikachu Edition (USA, Europe) (GBC,SGB Enhanced).gbc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes save data corruption
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.1
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

GBC Pokémon: Yellow Version by TiKevin83 in 1:36:26.54

Published on 1/21/2021
Pokémon: Yellow Version is part of the first generation of games within its famous series, known for having a very large number of beneficial glitches. In fact, the games can be completed in less than one minute of in-game time by save data corruption as shown by this run, and completed in around 10 minutes using a more "conventional" glitch, as shown by this run. These runs break the game, and avoid much of the gameplay intended by the developers.
In contrast, this run by TiKevin83 refrains from using any memory corrupting glitches and beats the game in a little over an hour and half. The Pokédoll trick is used to skip a dungeon in the game, but that is considered a minor developer oversight and does not corrupt the memory.
The author provided video commentary for this movie being played back on console that can be viewed here.
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Yellow Version - Special Pikachu Edition (USA, Europe) (GBC,SGB Enhanced).gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Forgoes save data corruption
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.5.2
[Has commentary]

GBC Shantae by arandomgameTASer in 1:05:26.00

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 9/11/2014
Shantae is an obscure Game Boy Color game released over a year after the Game Boy Advance came out. Because of this, it was released in extremely small quantities. It is notable for its impressive animation and scope.
In this run, watch as arandomgameTASer abuses booty dancing and many programming oversights to beat this game in a little over an hour.
You can read the author's commentary in the YouTube stream.
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Game:
Shantae
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Shantae (U) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
Lsnes rr1-Δ18ε3
[Has commentary]

GBC Shantae "100%" by arandomgameTASer in 1:19:15.18

Published on 11/12/2016
Shantae is an obscure Game Boy Color game released over a year after the Game Boy Advance came out. Because of this, it was released in extremely small quantities. It is notable for its impressive animation and scope.
In this run, arandomgameTASer goes for 100% completion, which includes getting all upgrades, all magic dances and at least one of each usable item. The run also collects the Tinkerbat form which is only accessible if the game is played on a Game Boy Advance.
Additionally, this run is over 20 minutes faster then the previous run, thanks to a plethora of new glitches, tricks, and route optimizations. More information is provided in the author's comments
We also have a run that just completes the game as quickly as possible.
Downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Shantae
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Shantae (U) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.7
[Has commentary]

GC Luigi's Mansion "Hidden Mansion, in bounds" by Malleoz in 54:21.70

Published on 3/1/2016
Luigi wins a mansion in a contest and his brother, Mario, goes missing there. It is your goal to search the haunted mansion to figure out where he is. Your weapons to protect you are a flashlight and the Poltergust 3000, a ghost vacuum. Capturing ghosts and collecting keys helps you progress in your quest to find Mario.
The author, Malleoz, forgoes out-of-bounds glitches that are present in this movie and plays through the game in a regular way in record time.
The author also provides an alternate encode with commentary which can be viewed here.
This run plays the Hidden Mansion, a mode unlocked after beating the game once that increases the power of the Poltergust and allows skipping some cutscenes, to make the run more entertaining.
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Game:
Luigi's Mansion
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
LUIGIS~1_fstfix.GCM
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses hardest difficulty
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 4.0.2
[Has commentary]

GC Luigi's Mansion "Hidden Mansion, 100%" by NEVERDOORS in 56:35.57

Published on 12/14/2023
Luigi wins a mansion in a contest and his brother, Mario, goes missing there. It is your goal to search the haunted mansion to figure out where he is. Your weapons to protect you are a flashlight and the Poltergust 3000, a ghost vacuum. Capturing ghosts and collecting keys helps you progress in your quest to find Mario.
NEVERDOORS aims to beat the game with 100% completion, by acquiring all portrait ghosts, all 50 boos, and collecting 100,000,000G to achieve the A Rank.
The author also provides an in depth commentary video of this run which can be viewed here.
This run plays the Hidden Mansion, a mode unlocked after beating the game once that increases the power of the Poltergust and allows skipping some cutscenes, to make the run more entertaining.
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Game:
Luigi's Mansion
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Luigi's Mansion (Japan).iso
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0 Lua Core
Additional Downloads:
(Verification movie)
[Has commentary]

GC Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Malleoz in 4:15:48.23

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 2/15/2015
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an RPG made by Nintendo and is the second game in the Paper Mario series following Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64. It incorporates a world made of paper and turn-based battles, much like its predecessor. In it, Peach asks Mario to help find a treasure hidden in Rogueport. When he arrives, she is missing as usual, and he must collect 7 Crystal Stars to save her and open the Thousand-Year Door to collect the treasure.
In this run, Malleoz improves the previous movie by 36 minutes and 42.483 seconds with new glitches, notably Ultra Hammer Early, and various route changes. For more details, we recommend reading the author's comments.
The author's commentary is available as soft subtitles in all encodes.
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Game:
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Paper Mario RPG.iso
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 4.0.2
[Has commentary]

GC Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Malleoz in 2:22:25.58

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Obsoleting Movie
Modern 3D TAS of 2016
Published on 9/8/2016
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an RPG made by Nintendo and is the second game in the Paper Mario series following Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64. It incorporates a world made of paper and turn-based battles, much like its predecessor. In it, Peach asks Mario to help find a treasure hidden in Rogueport. When he arrives, she is missing as usual, and he must collect 7 Crystal Stars to save her and open the Thousand-Year Door to collect the treasure.
Malleoz improved his previous TAS by 1:02:37.17 with several new skips, including the long sought-after Palace Skip. We suggest reading the author's comments for more information.
The YouTube encode includes commentary as soft subtitles.
Author's vocal commentary during the run's video can be watched on YouTube which also features a detailed overlay.
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Game:
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Paper Mario RPG.iso
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 4.0-3741
[Has commentary]

GC Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Malleoz in 2:00:58.23

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Nintendo 3D TAS of 2019
Published on 12/8/2019
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an RPG made by Nintendo and is the second game in the Paper Mario series following Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64. It incorporates a world made of paper and turn-based battles, much like its predecessor. In it, Peach asks Mario to help find a treasure hidden in Rogueport. When he arrives, she is missing as usual, and he must collect 7 Crystal Stars and open the Thousand-Year Door to save her and collect the treasure.
Using new glitches to skip the Blimp Ticket, Zess T.'s contact lens, and part of the Shadow Queen sequence, Malleoz improves his previous TAS by nearly sixteen minutes.
Author's vocal commentary during the run's video can be watched on YouTube which also features a detailed overlay.
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Game:
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Paper Mario RPG.iso
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0 Stable
[Has commentary] [Star]

GC Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Malleoz in 1:47:09.03

Nintendo 3D TAS of 2020 TAS of 2020
Published on 10/26/2020
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an RPG made by Nintendo and is the second game in the Paper Mario series following Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64. It incorporates a world made of paper and turn-based battles, much like its predecessor. In it, Peach asks Mario to help find a treasure hidden in Rogueport. When he arrives, she is missing as usual, and he must collect 7 Crystal Stars and open the Thousand-Year Door to save her and collect the treasure.
This latest TAS by Malleoz features a never-before-seen strategy for Teleporter Room Early, as well as a couple more glitches exclusive to the US version of the game. This necessitated the change from the Japanese version used in the previous run. In the end, nearly fourteen minutes were saved.
Author's vocal commentary during the run's video can be watched on YouTube with a detailed overlay or on Twitch.
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Game:
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Paper Mario - The Thousand-Year Door.iso
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0 Stable
[Has commentary]

GC Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones "glitchless" by Vynneve in 1:43:46.77

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 5/13/2020
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ubisoft Montreal. It was released in December, 2005 in North America for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and the Nintendo GameCube. The Two Thrones marked the third and final chapter for The Sands of Time saga, until the release of prequel The Forgotten Sands.
The game combines exploration and combat. Both elements make use of the Prince's acrobatic capability and agility. Throughout much of the game, the player must attempt to traverse the palace by running across walls, ascending or descending chasms by jumping back and forth between walls, avoiding traps, climbing structures and jumping from platform to platform, making other types of well-timed leaps, solving puzzles and using discovered objects to progress.
The author has provided the video commentary for this TAS.
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Game:
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes all glitches
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-6081
[Has commentary] [Star]

GC Resident Evil 4 by SoulCal in 1:35:29.67

Published on 7/3/2013
Resident Evil 4 features a completely new story and an innovative "over-the-shoulder" third person perspective that replaces the fixed camera system of the previous three Resident Evil games.
Special agent Leon Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Ashley Graham, the daughter of the U.S. President, from a sinister cult in a remote rural part of Europe. Leon must fight hordes of violent villagers and mutated monsters on his way to save her.
This run was done on the Japanese version, Biohazard 4, and finishes with an in-game time of 1:35:14.
All encodes include commentary from the author in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
Resident Evil 4
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Biohazard 4 [disc1].gcm & Biohazard 4 [disc2].gcm
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 3.0-389
[Has commentary]

GC Spider-Man by Natetheman223 in 25:34.27

Published on 6/1/2021
Spider-Man is based on the 2002 movie of the same name, featuring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker.
The game is a beat-em-up that expands the plot of the film, featuring villains that didn't make it into the movie. The player navigates the game by web slinging, zipping, and crawling along walls, only stopping long enough to beat up baddies and collect upgrades.
Natetheman223 employs laser-accurate web skills and a trick that lets Spiderman pass through solid walls with the help of unwitting mooks to complete the game in record time.
See also the author's 100% run and Green Goblin playthrough.
The author has provided audio commentary on this run, which can be seen here.
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Game:
Spider-Man
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Spider-Man (USA).iso
Tags:
Uses easiest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0
[Has commentary]

GC Spider-Man 2 by Natetheman223 in 46:07.08

Published on 9/23/2021
Just like its predecessor, Spider-Man 2 is based on the 2004 movie of the same name, featuring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and Alfred Molina as Otto Octavius. It was the first open-world superhero game, and had brand new physics-based web swinging.
The game expands the plot of the film, where the player web-slings and crawls through a virtual New York. Hero points advance the plot and can be collected by doing good deeds and beating up bad guys.
Natetheman223 web-slings through the game as fast as only a spider can, collecting just enough hero points to complete the story and dispatching villains at record speeds. Natetheman223 improves on his previous run by 2:37.28 minutes via numerous improvements to the entire run, including but not limited to frame-perfect Spidey Reflexes, placing civilians on theater lamps, and taking no damage.
The author has provided voice commentary for this movie.
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Game:
Spider-Man 2
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Spider-Man 2 (USA).iso
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-10497
[Has commentary]

GC Spider-Man 2 "all pizza missions" by Natetheman223 in 16:35.05

Published on 11/7/2023
Just like its predecessor, Spider-Man 2 is based on the 2004 movie of the same name, featuring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and Alfred Molina as Otto Octavius. It was the first open-world superhero game, and had brand new physics-based web swinging.
The game expands the plot of the film, where the player web-slings and crawls through a virtual New York. Hero points advance the plot and can be collected by doing good deeds and beating up bad guys.
Natetheman223 plays through all of the pizza delivery missions in the game, which is a fan favorite side quest.
You can watch this run with written commentary by the author here.
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Game:
Spider-Man 2
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Spider-Man 2 (USA).iso
Tags:
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-17995
Additional Downloads:
(Verification movie)
[Has commentary]

GC Spyro: A Hero's Tail by EbbeBrinch in 33:44.52

Published on 10/20/2021
Spyro: A Hero's Tail (developed by Eurocom) is the fifth main-line game in the Spyro franchise, and this time around there's a new villain named Red, a former Dragon Elder who threatens to take over the world.
Over the past games in the series Ebbe has grown tired of having to collect countless items to even get a chance at kicking the bad guys' butts. Using a variety of tricks like infinite jumping, clipping through geometry, swimming through the air, and many more (see the author's detailed submission notes), Ebbe skips all of the nonsense and confronts Red and his henchmen right away, saving the world in record time.
An encode with audio commentary by the author can be watched here. An encode with all of the cutscenes removed can be viewed here.
Note that there are some emulation problems for this game that result in some scenes (particularly the minecart section) becoming overly bloomed and blurred.
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Game:
Spyro: A Hero's Tail
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Spyro: A Hero's Tail
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-13603
[Has commentary]

GC Star Fox Adventures "no void travel" by Lobsterzelda in 2:51:49.53

Published on 11/6/2022
Star Fox Adventures is a game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo in 2002 for the GameCube. Originally intended to be a title that bears no relation to the Star Fox franchise named Dinosaur Planet, it stars Krystal, who receives a distress signal from Dinosaur Planet and decides to investigate the incident, as well as Fox McCloud, who gets called by General Pepper to repair Dinosaur Planet by putting the broken pieces back in place.
Lobsterzelda does so whilst avoiding a glitch that skips most of the game (called Void Travel) and instead relies on other pretty significant glitches, like OoB, and defeats the culprit in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.
A video encode with voice commentary by the author can be found here.
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Game:
Star Fox Adventures
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Star Fox Adventures (USA) (v1.00).iso
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Forgoes major skip glitch
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-13963
[Has commentary]

GC Super Monkey Ball Adventure "Story Mode, 100%" by Gonquai in 59:39.72

Published on 8/22/2023
Super Monkey Ball Adventure takes the monkey rolling madness of the previous games and puts a story-based spin on it. Choosing from one of the four monkeys, Players roll their way around the various islands of Monearth, talking to citizens and performing the tasks they request (such as delivering sandwiches, finding a missing baby, rescuing rare flowers, and more) to cheer them up.
Gonquai completes the Story Mode while achieving 100% completion.
Commentary subtitles are available in the YouTube encode and in the downloadable encode on the publication page.
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Game:
Super Monkey Ball Adventure
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Monkey Ball Adventure
Tags:
100% completion
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-14749
[Has commentary]

GC Super Smash Bros. Melee "All-Star Mode, pacifist" by PracticalTAS in 07:12.22

Published on 7/4/2021
Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. fighting game series is rather different from your typical fighting game. Instead of wearing your opponent's health down to 0, you must knock him or her out of the battlefield. Damage counts upwards, with knockback from attacks that hit you becoming more severe as your damage increases. Fighting controls are also simplified, making it very easy for even your non-gaming friends to pick up and play.
Super Smash Bros. Melee offers fighters from the wealth of Nintendo characters like Mario, Bowser, different Pokémon, Link, and Kirby. They can either fight through the single-player modes like Classic, Adventure, and Event Mode, or they battle it out against other characters in a four-player frenzy.
Additional characters and stages are unlocked as hidden objectives are met, and coins rewarded for playing in all modes can be spent on a capsule toy machine. The toys in the machine represent games from Nintendo's entire video game history, and each can be viewed in 3D with a brief description.
This time, PracticalTAS plays through the All-Star Mode (which gets unlocked after unlocking every character) as Luigi, whilst not dealing any damage to the opponents in the process.
An encode with the author's commentary is available right here.
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Game:
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Smash Bros. Melee (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).iso
Tags:
Playaround
Pacifist version
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin Lua Core v3.5
[Has commentary]

GC The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess by gymnast86 in 2:44:46.77

First edition TAS of 2018
Published on 12/30/2018
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is the 13th game in the Zelda franchise, released for both the Nintendo GameCube and Wii, with an HD port later released on the Wii U.
The world of Hyrule has fallen under the twilight, and after Link gets transformed into a wolf, he meets up with a strange imp named Midna. Together, they team up to defeat the twilight and save the kingdom.
gymnast86 saves the kingdom of Hyrule in record time.
Note #1: There is an alternate YouTube stream featuring commentary by the author, Pheenoh and Dragonbane0.
Note #2: There are also lossless encodes and encodes at additional resolutions available in the discussion thread.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - Twilight Princess (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).iso
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 4.0-5371 Zelda Edition 6.0
[Has commentary]

GC Tony Hawk's Underground by thepackle in 44:11.80

Published on 3/5/2018
Tony Hawk's Underground is a skateboarding-adventure video game published by Activision in 2003, the fifth entry in the Tony Hawk series.
Underground is built upon the skateboarding formula of previous Tony Hawk's games: the player explores levels and completes goals while performing tricks. The game features a new focus on customization; the player, instead of selecting a professional skater, creates a custom character.
Underground adds the ability for players to dismount their boards and explore on foot. The plot follows the player character and his or her friend Eric Sparrow as the two become well-known professionals and grow apart.
In this run, The Packle improves upon the previous publication by over three and a half minutes thanks to a new glitch involving custom tricks which eliminates most of the RNG this game has to offer.
You can check out this video for of a video of the run with live commentary from the author himself.
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Game:
Tony Hawk's Underground
Genres:
Adventure
Sport
Game Version:
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses intentional deaths
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0
[Has commentary]

Genesis Aero the Acro-Bat 2 by arkiandruski & Exonym in 23:10.64

Published on 8/9/2018
Aero the Acrobat 2 is the sequel to Aero the Acrobat. This game abandons the quest-based gameplay of the first game and instead goes for straight platformer levels. They also added a few new moves to Aero's arsenal.
According to the story, after Aero defeated Ektor the evil industrialist clown in the previous game, he decides to wander around Ektor's evil museum. Meanwhile Zero the Kamikaze squirrel rescues Ektor using his flying machine. While wandering the museum, Aero happens across a strange portal, which pulls him toward a far away past. Turns out the portal was a trap set by Ektor.
Each encode, as well as the movie file itself, contains the author's commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
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Game:
Aero the Acro-Bat 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (U) [!].bin
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

Genesis Batman by arkiandruski in 10:41.88

Published on 11/22/2020
Batman is a game that closely follows the plot of the Tim Burton movie of the same name. In it, you follow Batman from the beginning of the movie through the birth and the death of the Joker.
Of course the movie doesn't involve Batman going through walls or dying to achieve his objective quicker.
arkiandruski improves his previous movie by 24.32 seconds, thanks to better optimisation. Please read the author's comments for more details. Also, the movie file features commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
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Game:
Batman
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Batman (U) [!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.2
[Has commentary]

Genesis Bonanza Bros. "2 players" by arkiandruski in 08:21.73

Published on 10/3/2018
Bonanza Bros. (1991) is a shooter-platform game that was first released in the arcades and then ported to the Sega Genesis, and can be played in a cooperative 2 player mode.
The plot involves the Bonanza Brothers: Robo and Mobo, who resemble the Blues Brothers, but are thieves who steal many treasures from banks, mansions and casinos.
This is an improvement of 00:29.10 seconds when comparing to level improvements as well as some better optimization and abandoning your brother to the police.
The author's created witty commentary provided in the movie file in place of the brothers talking over one another in who's the perfectionist.
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Game:
Bonanza Bros.
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Bonanza Bros. (U) [!].bin
Tags:
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3
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Genesis Gunstar Heroes "2 players" by arkiandruski in 35:28.92

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
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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Game:
Gunstar Heroes
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Game Version:
Gunstar Heroes (U) [!].bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
2 Players
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 9z
[Has commentary]

Genesis Jewel Master by arkiandruski in 09:19.77

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 8/25/2018
Jewel Master chronicles the untold story of, well, the Jewel Master and his battle against evil. He has at his disposal magical rings that can be worn in different combinations and grant him extra powers.
arkiandruski improves his previous TAS by 20.51 seconds, mainly thanks to better optimisation.
The encodes provide commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Jewel Master
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Jewel Master (UE) [!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3
[Has commentary]

Genesis Jewel Master by arkiandruski & ajfirecracker in 09:14.73

Published on 8/31/2019
Jewel Master chronicles the untold story of, well, the Jewel Master and his battle against evil. He has at his disposal magical rings that can be worn in different combinations and grant him extra powers.
arkiandruski and ajfirecracker improve the previous TAS by 00:05.04 seconds.
The encodes provide commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Jewel Master
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Jewel Master (UE) [!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.6
[Has commentary]

Genesis Langrisser II "all levels" by ars4326 in 1:56:46.59

Published on 11/27/2014
Langrisser II (ラングリッサー2) is the acclaimed sequel to Langrisser, also known as Warsong. The original game was released only in Japan, never finding its way to an official release in English as of this writing.
You are placed into the role of Elwin (descendent of Garrett/Redin), a wandering Swordsman who stops to rest from his journey at a small, obscure village. He soon finds himself, however, in a sudden conflict between an elite detachment of the Rayguard Empire and a peculiar young woman whom they are attempting to abduct. In desperation, her childhood friend Hein rushes toward Elwin and urgently pleads him to help fight off and thwart the Empire's plans. So much for rest...
Who is this young woman? Why is a major military power intent on capturing her? And what's this have to do with a legendary holy blade?
In ars4326's run, cunning strategy combines with heavy luck manipulation to produce a speedrun that completes all of the game's accessible stages (27 normal and 3 'hidden') in just under 2 hours. Virtually no level-grinding is found in this action-packed playthrough as Elwin & Co. seek to stop an Emperor's plans of uniting the continent with the power of an ancient demon sword!
The movie file and the YouTube and primary downloadable (HQ) encodes have the author's commentary as subtitles.
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Game:
Langrisser II
Genres:
RPG
Strategy
Game Version:
Langrisser II (Japan) (Rev B).md
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.7.1
[Has commentary]

Genesis Phantasy Star IV by janus in 1:28:43.40

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 3/14/2010
In this final installment of the famous Phantasy Star saga, our protagonist, while out on a routine assignment, uncovers evidence pointing to a sinister threat to the entire solar system. One thing leads to another and he and the rest of his party eventually find themselves fighting the root of all evil. Such a quest would normally take at least ten hours, but with copious amounts of luck manipulation, it can be reduced to just under an hour and a half.
This is an improvement of 7 minutes and 15 seconds over the previously published run. A large part of this improvement is due to a new strategy involving a rollover glitch which boosts Chaz's strength. This glitch requires Chaz to have a low level, so Janus gets Chaz killed in many battles to avoid leveling him up.
As a bonus, FreshFeeling has provided an audio commentary (dead link) which explains many of the strategies and provides some interesting trivia.
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Game:
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Phantasy Star - The End of the Millenium (U) [!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11a
[Has commentary]

Genesis QuackShot: Starring Donald Duck by Dooty in 19:21.63

Published on 2/7/2017
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.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring commentary by the author.
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Game:
QuackShot: Starring Donald Duck
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Quack Shot Starring Donald Duck (W) (REV01) [!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.8
[Has commentary]

Genesis Ristar "minimum jumps" by Mikewillplays in 28:20.72

Published on 3/16/2024
Ristar is a large, colorful game with good music. It also has water-themed levels that aren't slow and boring, which is a true rarity.
Mikewillplays opts to complete the game with 20 jumps in total. These are all detailed in the author's comments as well as in the commentary in the encodes available as soft subtitles/closed captions.
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Game:
Ristar
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Ristar - The Shooting Star (Japan, Korea) (Ja).md
Tags:
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
[Has commentary]

Genesis Super Hydlide by TheAxeMan in 13:12.10

Published on 3/7/2023
Super Hydlide is the Sega Genesis remake of Hydlide 3: The Space Memories (ハイドライド３ 異次元の思い出), which was originally released only in Japan for the MSX, PC-88, Famicom, and other systems. It has a simple plot of a hero trying to find the source of an ominous evil after the main fairy of his land disappears and a mysterious fissure opens up in the middle of the land. It has a number of features that were novel for RPGs at the time such as hunger, sleep, and weight meters, and it even makes the genre transition from traditional European fantasy to space sci-fi for a brief moment.
TheAxeMan, having studied the mechanics of the game, manages to bullrush through the game at a low level and beat it in record time. For details on those mechanics and how the run was performed, you can read the author notes.
There is author's commentary embedded in the movie file and in the YouTube encode in the form of captions.
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Game:
Super Hydlide
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Super Hydlide (U) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.1
[Has commentary] [Star] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

Genesis The Adventures of Batman and Robin "1 player" by EZGames69 in 36:22.34

Published on 11/3/2024
The Adventures of Batman and Robin is a run and gun video game released in 1995 on the Sega Genesis, based on the TV show of the game name (although mostly referred to as Batman: The Animated Series). It was developed by Clockwork Tortoise, a short lived American video game studio. The game is notable for having some of the most technically impressive graphics for it's time, and often is compared to visuals seen in the Demoscene (which the developers were a part of).
After staging a breakout from Arkham Asylum, four supervilians are causing mayham across Gotham. Batman must take on the likes of Joker, Two-Face, Mad-Hatter, and Mr Freeze, who will threaten to encase the city in ice.
In this run, EZGames69 plays as Batman and puts a stop to the dastardly villains in record time.
This run has the author's commentary as subtitles in the movie file as well as in the video encodes.
WARNING: There is a high amount of flashing lights throughout the movie which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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Game:
The Adventures of Batman and Robin
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Adventures of Batman and Robin, The (U) [!].bin
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
[Has commentary]

Genesis The Incredible Crash Dummies by Exonym & EZGames69 in 09:43.33

Published on 10/13/2018
At a time when computer games were being blamed for violence, bad language, epilepsy and everything else the ‘moral majority’ needed a scapegoat for, LJN gave us this game, based on the toy line of the same name. You play a crash test dummy, trying to progress through levels filled with hazards such as cars and fireballs, while trying to preserve your limbs, within the time limits. The story of the game is that the evil Junkman (another crash test dummy) is trying to unlock the secrets of his his advanced T9000 torso, and you have to stop him.
The movie file, as well as all the encodes, have the authors' commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
The Incredible Crash Dummies
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Incredible Crash Dummies, The (UE) [c][!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

Genesis Warsong by ars4326 in 2:33:17.37

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 10/16/2013
In this traditional strategy RPG, every stage normally has to be approached carefully and with a full stock of troops. All of that was cast aside in ars4326's run, where extreme luck manipulation became the driving force in obtaining victory after unlikely victory. Garett's team operated as a virtual skeleton crew as only the bare minimum of resources were deployed in his struggle against the Dalsis Empire and a foreboding, ancient evil.
Downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Warsong
Genres:
RPG
Strategy
Game Version:
Warsong (U) [!].bin
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11 svn304
[Has commentary] [Atlas map encode] [Star]

Genesis X-Men 2: Clone Wars by Truncated & Sonikkustar in 15:58.98

Sega TAS of 2021
Published on 6/21/2021
In X-Men 2: Clone Wars, the alien race Phalanx invades the earth and the X-Men and some X-Women try to stop them.
You get to choose which X-Man to play in every stage. Most of the time Nightcrawler is used because he has the highest movement speed. Second in command is Wolverine because he has the second highest speed and also deals a ton of damage.
The game is unique in the regard that it starts as soon as you power on your console. No SEGA logo, no title screen, no character select. Normally the game pseudorandomly gives you Beast, but changing the types of controllers (3- or 6-button) and pressing normally impossible button combinations (up+down) throws off the start-up timing enough that the fastest character can be gotten.
This movie is 02:49.43 minutes shorter than the previous publication thanks to a variety of new tricks explained in the authors' comments. The comments include a live commentary on the tricks and making of the movie.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Game:
X-Men 2: Clone Wars
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
X-Men 2 - Clone Wars (UE) [!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4
[Has commentary]

GG Tails' Skypatrol by Kumquat in 06:53.37

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 10/27/2009
Wendy Witchcart is an old human witch who rides around in a specialized rail cart on an island that she claims as her own, and is the main villain who turns the islanders into crystals. Miles "Tails" Prower, better known as Sonic the Hedgehog's sidekick, is afraid of seeing a world filled with the witch's rails and decides to stop her on his own.
While Sonic collects rings to protect himself, Tails carries a special ring that he can throw like a boomerang or grab things with. Since collected crystals cost time on the score tally screen, the author simply ignores them all.
There is an alternate YouTube stream featuring commentary by the author via annotations.
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Game:
Tails' Skypatrol
Genres:
Shooter
Game Version:
Tails' Sky Patrol (J) [!].gg
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
Dega 1.16, MAME core
[Has commentary]

GG The GG Shinobi "all upgrades" by Greenalink in 09:17.93

Published on 2/24/2019
The Game Gear Shinobi is the first of the two Shinobi games released for the Sega Game Gear. The level design structure starts off with a non-linear stage select, players must rescue all 4 ninja pals and use their combined strength to get through the City of Fear.
Greenalink collects all life expansions in the game to upgrade the character, and as a result you get to see some interesting damage abuse strategies in the later levels that cut down a decent amount of time.
The author has provided textual commentary that can be seen as soft subtitles in the encodes and in the movie file.
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Game:
The GG Shinobi
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
GG Shinobi (E) [!].gg
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.1
[Has commentary] [Recommended for newcomers] [Star]

Linux Celeste "100%" by euni, fishmcmuffins, keylie, dahlukeh & Lanvilla in 1:27:36.12

PC TAS of 2019
Published on 12/25/2019
This is it, Madeline. Just breathe. You can do this.
Celeste is a platform game released in 2018 and developed by independent game studio Extremely OK Games, who also developed TowerFall Ascension. It features Madeline, a young girl who sets on a journey to reach the summit of the titular mountain. Can she survive the many dangers that await her on her ascent?
This time, EuniverseCat, fishmcmuffins, keylie, dahlukeh and Lanvilla collect all 175 red strawberries, the moon berry, all 24 crystal hearts, all B-Side cassette tapes as well as completing every chapter (which also includes the B- and C-Sides as well as the recently released Farewell chapter) in a record in-game time of 1:16:51.335.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by EuniverseCat, fishmcmuffins and Chaikitty, a speedrunner of the game.
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Game:
Celeste
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Celeste.bin.x86_64
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Best ending
Uses intentional deaths
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.3.5
[Has commentary]

Linux Cyber Shadow by keylie in 42:24.12

Published on 12/31/2022
Cyber Shadow is a side-scrolling action platformer developed by Mechanical Head Studios. It follows Shadow, a cybernetic ninja who is out to rescue his clan in a world overrun by machines.
Watch as keylie hacks and slashes his way to the end in record time.
The YouTube and downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Cyber Shadow
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
CyberShadow (v1.04)
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS v1.4.4
[Has commentary]

Linux FTL: Faster Than Light by keylie in 03:11.25

Published on 7/21/2020
FTL: Faster Than Light is all about planning ahead. Though it features many different weapons and ship systems, it's up to the player to come up with tactics that will use such upgrades effectively rather than just getting bigger guns and fighting bigger enemies. It is necessary to learn which tactics work in order to survive long enough to reach the Federation forces and help them defeat the Rebels.
keylie warps around to reach and destroy the Rebel flagship in record time.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
FTL: Faster Than Light
Genres:
Strategy
Game Version:
FTL: Faster Than Light
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.0
[Has commentary]

Linux Iconoclasts "no airswim" by ikuyo & Serena in 1:02:10.27

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
PC TAS of 2021
Published on 12/29/2021
Note: Flashing lights warning at 55:16
Iconoclasts is a platforming game released by Swedish developer Joakim "Konjak" Sandberg. A passion project 11 years in the making, the game follows Robin, a naive and helpful mechanic, as she tries to fix a broken world ruled by a sinister religious authority known as the One Concern.
The authors ikuyo and Serena complete the game without using a glitch known as "Airswim", which would allow the player to skip through major parts of the game.
The author has made a commentary video.
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Game:
Iconoclasts
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Chowdren
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.2
[Has commentary]

Linux Shovel Knight "Shovel of Hope" by keylie in 39:37.68

Published on 10/8/2018
Shovel Knight is a retro-esque 2D platformer released by Yacht Club Games in 2014, and inspired by mechanics from NES platform games. It initially featured Shovel Knight as the playable character, but then received additional campaigns with three other playable characters, namely Plague Knight, Specter Knight and King Knight.
keylie shovels his way through the Shovel of Hope campaign (which stars the titular character, Shovel Knight) and defeats the Enchantress in record time.
This is the first ever publication using libTAS, which lets people TAS games that were released on Linux. It's basically the Linux counterpart of Hourglass.
The encodes feature commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Shovel Knight
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Shovel Knight
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.3.1
[Has commentary]

Linux Shovel Knight "Plague of Shadows" by keylie in 35:23.97

Published on 10/13/2018
Shovel Knight is a retro-esque 2D platformer released by Yacht Club Games in 2014, and inspired by mechanics from NES platform games. It initially featured Shovel Knight as the playable character, but then received additional campaigns with three other playable characters, namely Plague Knight, Specter Knight and King Knight.
keylie bursts his way through the Plague of Shadows campaign (which stars Plague Knight) and defeats the Plague of Shadows and the Corrupted Essence in record time.
The encodes feature commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Shovel Knight
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Shovel Knight
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.3.1
[Has commentary]

Linux Shovel Knight "Specter of Torment" by keylie in 35:04.23

Published on 10/20/2018
Shovel Knight is a retro-esque 2D platformer released by Yacht Club Games in 2014, and inspired by mechanics from NES platform games. It initially featured Shovel Knight as the playable character, but then received additional campaigns with three other playable characters, namely Plague Knight, Specter Knight and King Knight.
keylie slashes his way through the Specter of Torment campaign (which stars Specter Knight) and defeats Nightmare Reize in record time.
The encodes feature commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Shovel Knight
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Shovel Knight
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.3.1
[Has commentary]

Linux Shovel Knight "King of Cards" by keylie in 27:10.67

Published on 5/27/2020
Shovel Knight is a retro-esque 2D platformer released by Yacht Club Games in 2014, and inspired by mechanics from NES platform games. It initially featured Shovel Knight as the playable character, but then received additional campaigns with three other playable characters, namely Plague Knight, Specter Knight and King Knight.
keylie shoulder bashes his way through the recently released King of Cards campaign (which stars King Knight) and defeats the Grand Trimvirate in record time.
The encodes feature commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Shovel Knight
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Shovel Knight
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.3.5
[Has commentary] [Star]

Linux SteamWorld Dig 2 by keylie in 18:11.87

Published on 11/24/2018
SteamWorld Dig 2 is a Metroidvania-styled game released in 2017 by Image & Form, where an underground mine is explored by digging and collecting resources. As opposed to its predecessor SteamWorld Dig, the levels are not procedurally generated, except for the location of resources.
This TAS by keylie finishes the game as fast as possible by skipping upgrades and manipulating the level layout.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
SteamWorld Dig 2
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
SteamWorld Dig 2
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.3.1
[Has commentary]

N64 Banjo-Kazooie "100%" by Sami in 2:24:32.63

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 4/17/2009
Banjo-Kazooie stars the bear-bird team of Banjo and Kazooie, who are searching for Jiggies, or Jigsaw puzzle pieces, to unlock doors and save Banjo's sister from a rhyming witch. Even though Banjo's name is first, Kazooie ends up doing most of the heavy lifting as new skills are developed.
In this run, Sami O. collects all 100 Jiggies hidden throughout the game and finishes it with an in-game time of 2:00:28.
Honey and Birdies and Bears, oh my! Comicalflop has provided an interesting commentary on the run. It might help explain some of the tricks and make the movie more enjoyable to watch.
There is also a 640x480 high-quality encode available (1696MB)
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Game:
Banjo-Kazooie
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Banjo-Kazooie (USA).z64
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
mupen64-rr 8
[Has commentary]

N64 Donkey Kong 64 by RingRush in 26:46.83

Published on 5/26/2020
Donkey Kong 64 is similar to Rareware's other Nintendo 64 platformer series, Banjo-Kazooie, but stars Donkey Kong and his friends from the Donkey Kong Country games. Several new features have been added to the game, like 3D graphics and the ability to change between different characters with different weapons and abilities.
In this run, RingRush uses glitches to skip a vast majority of the game and beat K. Rool in record time.
Due to differences between versions of the game, different timing methods, and the fact that RTA runs start with some features already unlocked, this run is slower than the RTA equivalent.
This run is a 00:50.77 second improvement over RingRush's previous movie.
An explanation video made by the youtuber Bismuth is available right here
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Game:
Donkey Kong 64
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Donkey Kong 64 (USA).z64
Tags:
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.8.1
[Has commentary]

N64 Donkey Kong 64 "no levels early" by theballaam96 in 1:37:18.52

Published on 8/28/2021
Donkey Kong 64 is similar to Rareware's other Nintendo 64 platformer series, Banjo-Kazooie, but stars Donkey Kong and his friends from the Donkey Kong Country games. Several new features have been added to the game, like 3D graphics and the ability to change between different characters with different weapons and abilities.
The "no levels early" category restricts the player from utilizing glitches to enter levels or lobbies (level hubs) earlier than intended, but does not restrict the player from using glitches everywhere else. Thus this category allows for a highly-glitched run where most of the game is still played rather than skipped.
theballaam96 breaks nearly every facet of this game in the name of speed. Level geometry is casually ignored, a mockery is made of physics, and even the main menu is abused to achieve invincibility. The author's submission notes are very detailed and outline the many exploits used to blaze through this category in record time.
Audio commentary for this run can be found here.
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Game:
Donkey Kong 64
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Donkey Kong 64 (USA).z64
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.12.1
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Star]

N64 Mario Kart 64 by Weatherton in 20:33.32

TAS of 2016 First edition TAS of 2016 N64 TAS of 2016
Published on 10/24/2016
Mario Kart 64 is the first 3D game in the Mario Kart series, released in 1996 by Nintendo. Widely regarded as classic, it still retains a following to this day.
A run 7 years in the making, this Mario Kart 64 TAS features weatherton completing all 4 Grand Prix Cups in under 21 minutes. Due to the nature of the game, knowledge of the internal code allows for heavy RNG manipulation, getting even the most unlikely items on the first try. This and the incredible movement precision are used to create crazy shortcuts, often completing laps in mere seconds.
The submission text contains highly detailed information about the strategies of every track, the RNG manipulation and a lot of other information about the run.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
At AGDQ 2014, the Mushroom Cup of this run was presented on console, and at AGDQ 2016, the Star Cup was presented.
An explanation video made by the youtuber Abyssoft is available right here
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Game:
Mario Kart 64
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Mario Kart 64 (USA).z64
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.6
[Has commentary]

N64 Paper Mario by Malleoz in 1:30:40.15

Published on 3/29/2015
Paper Mario, first released in Japan in August of 2000, is a role-playing game for the Nintendo 64. Bowser has kidnapped Princess Peach and stolen the Star Rod, which allows him to grant himself any wish. To counteract the power of the Star Rod, Mario must locate the seven Star Spirits, who can combine their power to stop Bowser's evil plans.
Numerous tricks and glitches allow a tool-assisted speedrun to skip large portions of the game and beat it impressively quickly. See the author's comments for more on this.
For more tool-assisted Paper Mario action, check out the run of The Thousand-Year Door by the same author.
Downloadable encodes include the author's commentary as soft subtitles and also an additional audio commentary with the encodes. There is also a live commentary (dead link) by the author and iateyourpie. A second YouTube stream is available with an informative overlay.
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Game:
Paper Mario
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Mario Story (J) [!].z64
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.9.1
[Has commentary]

N64 Paper Mario "All Cards" by Malleoz in 2:30:33.83

Published on 8/29/2017
Paper Mario, first released in Japan in August of 2000, is a role-playing game for the Nintendo 64. Bowser has kidnapped Princess Peach and stolen the Star Rod, which allows him to grant himself any wish. To counteract the power of the Star Rod, Mario must locate the seven Star Spirits, who can combine their power to stop Bowser's evil plans.
Malleoz aims to collect all the star spirit cards by heavily manipulating luck and impressively abusing programming errors and loading zones, making this run a whirlwind of entertainment and speed. For a detailed explanation of the tricks used in this run, see the author's submission notes.
You can also see this game beaten by the same author in the fastest time possible here.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolution in the discussion thread.
There is also live commentary (dead link) by the author and Stryder7x available, and a second YouTube stream with an informative overlay.
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Game:
Paper Mario
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Mario Story (J) [!].z64
Tags:
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.9.1
[Has commentary]

N64 Space Station Silicon Valley by mcill in 56:56.45

Published on 8/6/2019
In Space Station Silicon Valley you play as Evo, a robot who has been sent to investigate a mysterious space station. Along the way, Evo loses his robot body and must inhabit the corpses of dead robot animals to survive. As you carry through the game you secure the space station and rebuild Evo's body.
The game features a variety of animals with unique abilities that must be used correctly to complete objectives within each level. Because no two animals are the same, many skips and glitches are only useful in one or two stages, so expect to see a wide variety of gameplay.
Here, mcill improves the previous movie by 05:51.72 minutes, primarily through improved movement and new strategies such as moving around during cutscenes. One major change is a New Animal Cutscene route, which performs levels out of order to allow skipping a cutscene.
There is an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
There are also encodes of higher resolutions in the discussion thread.
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Game:
Space Station Silicon Valley
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Space Station Silicon Valley (U) [!].z64
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BizHawk 2.3
[Has commentary]

N64 Star Wars Episode I: Racer by Zinfidel in 31:36.75

Published on 3/6/2021
Now this is podracing!
Star Wars Episode I: Racer is a racing game based on the podracing scene in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Watch as Zinfidel completes all seven tracks of the Galactic Circuit in record breaking times.
SWE1:R has major emulation problems and this movie will not sync without very specific computer hardware. The 'Audio Throttle' setting in BizHawk should be switched on in order to play this movie without audio skipping.
The encodes of this run include the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Star Wars Episode I: Racer
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Star Wars Episode I - Racer (USA).z64
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
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BizHawk 2.4
[Has commentary]

N64 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask "game end glitch" by BruceShankle, Fox, andzura & Seedborn in 22:44.10

Published on 11/20/2022
To beat The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, players must normally visit four temples and rescue the giant at each one, so that they can later be called upon with the Oath to Order to stop the moon from destroying Termina. The authors of this TAS barely even play the game, instead beating it by supersliding to the observatory and then sliding off of a pot using a bomb.
In this heavily glitched run of Majora's Mask, the authors achieve total control of the game using the newly discovered Stale Reference Manipulation (SRM) technique, allowing them to unlock inputs on a third controller and then using it to input and execute code that jumps the game straight to its credits sequence. Setting up the SRM is quite a feat, and it, along with loads of other tricks used in this run, are explained in detail in the authors' submission notes. You can also watch a version with voice commentary by BruceShankle here.
The authors improve the previous movie by 48 frames. This run is performed on the Japanese 1.0 version of the game, which features faster text than the English version, in addition to having the fastest memory setup.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Mujura no Kamen (Japan).n64
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.1
[Has commentary]

N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by GuanoBowl in 2:33:24.72

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 8/8/2006
In the revolutionary 3D debut for the Legend of Zelda series, Link must travel around the colourful land of Hyrule and awaken six Sages in order to save it from the evil Ganondorf.
This movie uses a variety of sequence breaks and shortcuts to complete the game using a minimal number of inventory and quest items. Even the most experienced OoT players are sure to find surprise in what is skippable in this game.
NOTE: There is a short delay in the game every time the pause menu is entered. The delay is a known bug in the emulation and can't be avoided.
JXQ has provided some interesting commentary on the movie, which might make it more entertaining. This movie is the "granddaddy" of all commentaries.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (USA).z64
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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AVI
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mupen64-rr 8
[Has commentary]

N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time "All Dungeons, Temples, & Ganon Trials" by Bloobiebla in 2:51:19.10

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Obsoleting Movie
TAS of 2008 N64 TAS of 2008
Published on 11/29/2008
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. According to the author, This run aims to complete all dungeons/temples/Ganon trials as quickly as possible.
As such, it is a slight deviation from the usual "complete the game as fast as possible without any regard to the plot" theme. Slight, because it still does things in the wrong order. This movie contains several new glitches that are not used in the aims-for-fastest-time TAS that we have on this site.
The second downloadable modern and compatibility encodes contain pre-muxed audio commentary by Comicalflop and MiraiGen. Select an audio track in your media player to choose which you are listening to. The audio commentary can be downloaded stand-alone as well — get Comicalflop's commentary here (mirror), and MiraiGen's here (mirror).
As a bonus, a special high-quality cel-shaded video is provided for your viewing pleasure in .mkv format. If you encounter problems viewing it, please check the Downloads page.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (USA).z64
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV
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mupen64-rr 8
[Has commentary]

N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time "All Dungeons, Temples & Ganon Trials" by homerfunky in 1:28:02.63

Published on 10/28/2023
In this TAS of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the author aims to beat the game as quickly as possible while completing all dungeons, temples, and Ganon Trials. This goal is commonly referred to as "all temples", "all dungeons", or "MST (Medallions/Stones/Trials)".
This run has 14:26.90 minutes of improvements in gameplay over the previous TAS of its kind. We reccomend checking out the author's submission notes for more information on the improvements.
The author's notes explain in great detail many of the things done in this TAS which may be confusing to those who aren't familiar with Ocarina of Time speedrunning. Reading them is strongly advised.
You can also watch a live commentary video from the author and from ZFG here.
This TAS is played on the Japanese version of the game. The reason for this is that the text is significantly faster than in the English version, which means that far less time (roughly 8 minutes for this TAS) is spent waiting for text boxes and cut scenes to end before getting back to the action.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Toki no Ocarina (Japan) (Rev 1).z64
Tags:
Demonstration
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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Compatibility MP4
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BizHawk 2.4.2
[Has commentary]

N64 Tigger's Honey Hunt by EZGames69 & CoolKirby in 25:51.38

Published on 5/3/2022
Tigger's Honey Hunt is a 2000s game for PC, PSX, and N64. Winnie the Pooh wants to throw a party for his friends but needs to get a bunch of honey, so Tigger goes to collect some for that silly old bear.
This TAS by EZGames69 and CoolKirby collects enough honey pots to help Pooh with his party in record time.
Commentary for this TAS has been provided in the subtitles in BizHawk itself, and for both the YouTube upload and the downloadable encode.
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Game:
Tigger's Honey Hunt
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Tigger's Honey Hunt (USA).n64
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7
[Has commentary]

NES Atlantis no Nazo by Sonikkustar in 02:23.11

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 7/8/2011
Atlantis no Nazo (アトランチスの謎) is a game where an explorer is trying to save his friend and must find his way through a maze of rooms. In this case, levels.
This is an improvement of a couple centiseconds over the previous run, by optimizing the pause trick introduced in the latter.
Author commentaries are available through the run in the form of subtitles. They can be enabled or disabled in the YouTube stream.
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Game:
Atlantis no Nazo
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Atlantis no Nazo (J) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Uses warps
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FCEUX 2.1.4a
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

NES Conquest of the Crystal Palace by arkiandruski in 10:41.43

Published on 5/27/2018
Conquest of the Crystal Palace is the story of a boy and his dog who overthrow an evil rock (or is it a brain?). It offers some cool mechanics like being able to use the dog as a platform and have it attack enemies for you.
In this run arkiandruski improves the predecessor movie by 00:24.86 seconds. A large part of the improvement comes from a faster 2nd stage boss fight, but there are minor movement optimizations throughout.
The movie file, as well as all the encodes, have the author's commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Conquest of the Crystal Palace (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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BizHawk 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

NES Crystalis by TheAxeMan in 40:40.43

Published on 3/20/2012
Crystalis is an awesome action RPG by SNK. What little plot there is involves the world ending on October 1, 1997. Naturally, after that the world became full of mutants and monsters. Technology regresses and people can use magic. There is an evil empire trying to revive the ancient technology, specifically the obligatory tower floating in the sky. The hero pops out of some sort of stasis chamber and proceeds to topple the empire and take down the tower with the help of some wise men and a friendly dolphin. There's a heroine named Mesia, but she only shows up a few times, most of which are skipped in this run.
This beats the previous run by almost 12 minutes. As with that run, the second-controller cheats are off-limits (the fm2 only has data for controller 1). Other than that, no holds are barred. Many new glitches are used. For a complete list, see the Game Resources page. Movement is faster by abusing the no-subpixel engine. Much effort went into lag reduction, especially in certain areas. However, the vast majority of the time savings is due to better experience management.
We recommend watching the movie on an emulator and using the author's LUA script. There's quite a bit of useful information.
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Game:
Crystalis
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Crystalis (U) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
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FCEUX 2.1.5
[Has commentary]

NES Double Dragon II: The Revenge "2 players" by adelikat in 08:40.13

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 4/19/2009
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (1989) is a beat'em-up game that shows the true value of teamwork. Despite sibling rivalry, Billy and Jimmy help expedite their common goal with well-timed knees to each other's faces.
This new version by adelikat is 14 seconds faster than his previous effort. Most of the improvement came from a new shortcut in level 6.
If you're more a fan of runs where one macho man defeats an entire gang alone, there is also a one-player run available.
The author has used a built in subtitle feature of FCEUX to include some commentary on the movie. An AVI that includes these subtitles has been added.
The downloadable FCEUX movie includes commentary from the author.
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Game:
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer
Game Version:
Double Dragon II - The Revenge (U) (PRG1) [!].nes
Tags:
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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FCEUX 2.1.0a
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

NES Dragon Warrior II by TheAxeMan in 44:32.50

Published on 10/4/2020
Dragon Warrior is an epic RPG series which now spans 11 games across many systems. The second game greatly expands on the first to include a party of three heroes (all descendents of Erdrick and the hero of DW1) and battles that may include many enemies.
The world is much bigger and there are many big dungeons to explore as well. Luckily there are new abilities and items to make this easier. Enemies can randomly drop items when defeated and there is a lottery which is the precursor to the casinos which appear in each later DW game.
TheAxeMan improves the previous TAS by 1 minute and 52.5 seconds, thanks to new glitches and better optimisation. Please read the author's comments and the commentary subtitles in the encodes for more details.
You can watch the complete run played back on console
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Game:
Dragon Warrior II
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Dragon Warrior II (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Has commentary]

NES Dragon Warrior III "item glitch" by vaxherd in 41:09.52

Published on 3/6/2016
The last in the original Dragon Warrior storyline, this one follows "the Hero", who is tasked with saving the world from the archfiend Baramos. After cobbling together a group of people to take with him, the Hero must travel the world to find a way to Baramos's lair.
Or at least, that was what was supposed to happen. Thanks to a glitch involving a party of dead characters, vaxherd manages to manipulate his inventory and warp list to not only have extremely rare pieces of equipment from nothing, but also warps directly to where Baramos is located in a fraction of the time it would take normally.
In addition to this, vaxherd also uses a glitch involving resets and character names to manipulate the RNG and encounter formula at certain points, thereby beating the previous run by over seven minutes.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Dragon Warrior III
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Dragon Warrior III (USA).nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Atlas map encode] [Star]

NES Excitebike by Lord_Tom in 05:29.44

Published on 8/31/2009
This movie plays Excitebike really fast with an improvement of over a second compared to the previous movie by JXQ.
Times for each track are:
  • 0 = 36.19 (0.35 improved)
  • 1 = 37.84 (0.40 -"-)
  • 2 = 38.67 (0.19 -"-)
  • 3 = 41.96 (0.02 -"-)
  • 4 = 41.00 (0.02 -"-)
  • 5 = 31.34 (0.40 -"-)
Cumulative in-game savings: 1.38s
Main improvements come from taking ramps faster and a unique trick in which the author goes slower to get a better time. Look for further info in the author's comments.
The encode for this movie features commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
This movie also has two Atlas Map encodes, one of Track 1, and one of Track 2, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Excitebike
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Excitebike (JU) [!]
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.1
[Has commentary] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Final Fantasy by TheAxeMan in 1:09:57.70

Published on 7/20/2012
The original Final Fantasy follows four heroes who are trying to restore the four orbs which have been contaminated and ultimately defeat Chaos.
Unfortunately only one of the warriors is actually a hero; the rest are sissies who die early on during the quests. Strange as this may sound, much time is saved by doing so since fewer commands need to be entered every time the player runs from a random encounter.
On TASVideos, perfect runs are continually improved, often through very unexpected changes. This run by TheAxeMan improves the old TAS by 00:09.10 seconds by getting lower stats and spending more time at inns and item shops.
For those who think they have a better sense of humor than the author, he has provided Python scripts which allow you to recreate the entire run with your own choices for character names substituted for his. Available as a Windows standalone program or as source.
WARNING: There are flashing lights during every enemy encounter which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
The downloadable videos and the YouTube stream contain soft subtitles with commentary from TheAxeMan.
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Game:
Final Fantasy
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Final Fantasy (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.4a
[Has commentary]

NES Final Fantasy II "game end glitch" by naruko in 04:38.87

Published on 9/23/2021
Final Fantasy II is the original Japanese sequel to Final Fantasy. It is not to be confused with Final Fantasy IV for the SNES, which was renamed "Final Fantasy II" in North America.
The game introduces Chocobos and an activity-based progression system, in which the characters' statistics increase depending on how they are used or acquired.
This movie by naruko improves the previous movie by 02:53.50 minutes thanks to new routing. For more details, we recommend reading the author's comments.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring Japanese commentary by the author.
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Game:
Final Fantasy II
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Final Fantasy II (J) [!].nes
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.3.0
[Has commentary] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Final Fantasy III by pirohiko in 39:37.27

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 2/5/2011
Final Fantasy III for NES was released only in Japan.
In this movie, the author enlists the help of Missingno utilizes some creative glitches to breeze through the game. Reading the author's comments and our game resources page before watching it is highly recommended.
WARNING: There are flashing lights during every enemy encounter which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
Commentary on this run can be found in the soft subtitles of the encodes.
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Game:
Final Fantasy III
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Final Fantasy III (J) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.4a
[Has commentary]

NES Gauntlet by FatRatKnight in 11:38.92

Published on 6/8/2015
Gauntlet is a Dungeons & Dragons simulator of sorts. You choose a class of Warrior, Valkyrie, Wizard or Elf to navigate the Gauntlet, collect treasure, slay wicked monsters, and save your beloved peasant hometown.
Walkthroughs for this game estimate a completion time of several hours when playing normally. Here, we see the game completed in only 12 minutes! Usually clues have to be collected to discover the password to the last dungeon, but this is selected at the game's beginning, so the clues are unnecessary in a TAS. There is also some collision detection abuse and lots of luck manipulation.
This version takes a better path, manipulates fights more, and abuses luck to get the password with shortest input time.
Downloadable encodes include the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Gauntlet
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Gauntlet (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

NES James Bond Jr. by feos in 18:29.84

Published on 12/13/2012
James Bond Jr. is a 1991 video game developed by Eurocom. The world’s greatest scientists have mysteriously disappeared! Intelligence reports indicate that James Bond Junior's old enemy, SCUM Lord, has imprisoned them on his island fortress in the Caribbean. Without hesitation, Junior heads out on four dangerous missions to save the scientists and thwart SCUM Lord’s plans!
Here, our brave hero ignores normal elevators, uses all available items and manages their amounts very precisely, and generally abuses his lifebar.
We also have a run of the SNES version.
This movie features the new .FM3 format, intended to be watched in TASEditor, where detailed comments on the run are visible. You can play around with branches included in the movie as well. See the author's explanation on how to use this feature.
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Game:
James Bond Jr.
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Game Version:
James Bond Jr (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Second quest/Post game-completion
Uses a level password
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.6
[Has commentary]

NES Kaizo Mario Bros. 3 by Lord_Tom in 14:42.71

Published on 4/11/2016
Kaizo Mario Bros. 3 is a ROM hack created by the late Obitus1 designed to challenge the most skilled Super Mario Bros. 3 players, just like the Kaizo Mario World games are designed to challenge the most skilled SMW players (we have a published run of the third iteration right here).
Naturally, Lord_Tom forgoes most of the challenges proposed in this hack and showcases some interesting strategies for beating the 22 levels in record time.
The official encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Kaizo Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Kaizo Mario Bros. 3
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

NES Kamen no Ninja: Akakage by mtvf1 in 08:04.77

Published on 1/10/2014
Kamen no Ninja: Akakage, or "Masked Ninja: Akakage", is a Famicom-exclusive video game based on the 1987 anime series of the same name (which itself is a remake of the 1967 Akakage tokusatsu). While the game mainly features the Red Shadow, Akakage, you can also freely switch to Aokage (a young boy) and Shirokage (an old man).
This run by mtvf1 mostly uses Akakage for his superior arsenal of weapons, but switches to Aokage at a few points when the young ninja can move faster.
There is some commentary by the author in the emulator movie file and in the primary (HQ) encode.
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Game:
Kamen no Ninja: Akakage
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Kamen no Ninja - Akakage (Japan).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

NES Kid Dracula by adelikat, Randil, arukAdo & DarkKobold in 19:49.12

Published on 8/9/2009
For the fans of the Castlevania series ― here's a TAS of a Castlevania game that is hmm.. much much more aimed toward children than the darker-themed games. The game was only released in Japan.
There is also a Game Boy sequel that is known as Kid Dracula.
This is a 50+ second improvement over the previous movie by Phil and Genisto.
Commentary from adelikat and DarkKobold are available in the downloadable encodes and in closed captions on the YouTube link.
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Game:
Kid Dracula
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Akumajou Special - Boku Dracula-kun (J) [!].nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.1
[Has commentary]

NES Lagrange Point by neo_omegon in 1:03:25.10

Published on 8/20/2010
Lagrange Point (ラグランジュポイント), is a very late (as in, released in 1991) Japanese-only RPG produced for the NES. This game is notable because Konami teamed up with readers of Family Computer Magazine (ファミリーコンピュータマガジン) to form a group, called 芸夢工房 (geimukoubou, art dream workshop), in order to make this game. The readers were permitted to design the characters, monsters, events, message-texts, music, the title-screen, and such. With enhanced sound for the NES due to Konami's VRC7 sound generator Integrated Circuit, the game is considered a masterpiece to many Japanese people.
The story is about a pilot, Jin (also known as Gin), who is exploring a biohazard outbreak at a space colony, linked to the disappearance of Dr. Stolte. He arrives, only for the spaceship to be attacked. The effect of the outbreak soon becomes clear.
More information on the game can be found on the Japanese Wikipedia (machine translation). It also has a fan translation by Aeon Genesis.
This run features commentary in the form of soft subtitles created by FractalFusion and the author, neo_omegon. The downloadable encodes include both the commentary and the unofficial translation where it applies, while the YouTube encode only includes the commentary.
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Game:
Lagrange Point
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Lagrange Point (Japan).nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.3
[Has commentary] [Atlas map encode]

NES Legacy of the Wizard by Lord Tom in 12:44.49

Published on 5/5/2022
Legacy of the Wizard (1987), released in Japan as "ドラゴンスレイヤーIV Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family", is actually a part of Dragon Slayer series. This is a nonlinear platforming adventure game, in which you gain control over one member of the Drasle family to explore the vast dungeon filled with mind bending puzzles and obscure secrets.
The goal of the game is to retrieve a powerful sword named Dragon Slayer, protected by four magical crowns, to kill an evil dragon trapped in the nearby labyrinth. Each member of the family has different abilities, and the portion of the labyrinth only he/she can go into to retrieve one of the crowns. However, this prerequisite was circumvented by the clever use of certain glitches.
Lord_Tom improves on his previous run by 58 seconds through more intense RNG manipulation in order to get the required items faster and better resource management. For more details, you can read the author's notes here.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map. The YouTube encode also includes the author's commentary in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
Legacy of the Wizard
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Legacy of the Wizard (USA).nes
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.3
[Has commentary]

NES Magician "best ending" by FatRatKnight in 12:12.18

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 5/17/2009
Magician is an adventure game featuring a hero simply named 'Paul'. Paul is a mage with a bottomless stomach, constantly a scratch away from starvation and death.
FatRatKnight gets around his insane hunger pains and cruises his way to the best ending possible with only one playthrough of the game primarily thanks to the UNKNOWN spell. Normally this has a high chance of killing Paul in some of the most gruesome or comical ways possible, but instead it is manipulated to heal him.
Reading the author's comments is recommended.
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Game:
Magician
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Magician (USA).nes
Tags:
Best ending
Heavy luck manipulation
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NES Magician "best ending" by FatRatKnight in 11:33.84

Published on 2/2/2010
Meet Paul -- A guy who starves to death five minutes after a grand meal. He also feels experienced from doing trivial things like entering a store or delivering mail.
While many heroes would depend on hours of fighting for experience, Paul instead gets his experience from those trivial things in order to defeat Abadon in a timely manner. Best ending requires all such trivial tasks done, ensuring you see Paul gaining experience from delivering a letter or talking to a tree.
Along the way, there are vicious enemies who beat up Paul. Being in a hurry, Paul doesn't stop for them, preferring to use the UNKNOWN spell to patch himself up. Normally this has a high chance of killing Paul in some of the most gruesome or comical ways possible, but instead it is manipulated to heal him.
This beats the authors previous run by a little over 38 seconds, primarily due to a new route.
Reading the author's comments is recommended.
This movie features commentary by the author, which has been added to the encode in the form of soft subtitles. If watching embedded stream via Archive.org, you can press the nearly invisible commentary button on the top right corner to see the commentary.
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Game:
Magician
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Magician (USA).nes
Tags:
Best ending
Heavy luck manipulation
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[Has commentary]

NES Mario Adventure by Soig in 48:58.23

Published on 8/18/2012
Mario Adventure is a hack of Super Mario Bros. 3. These are its most noteworthy characteristics:
  • Mario can keep a power-up in reserve like in Super Mario World, and the change is immediately effective.
  • There is a new power-up, Magic Mario, which allows Mario to stomp on more enemies than otherwise possible, shoot extremely powerful projectiles, and take a few hits before losing the power-up.
  • Graphics are rendered with a custom palette.
  • Almost all levels end with a Boom-Boom battle.
  • There are 7 worlds which Mario can visit in any order, each containing a hidden key.
  • After finding all 7 keys and beating the 7 worlds, Mario can access the 8th world to beat Bowser and win the game.
This movie is an improvement of 45 seconds over the previous effort.
The movie file and YouTube encode has commentary from the author in the form of captions.
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Game:
Mario Adventure
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Mario Adventure.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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NES Mega Man 2 "zipless" by warmCabin in 27:16.17

Published on 10/28/2019
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.
warmCabin completes the games without any zips in record time. Please read the submision comments for more details.
The second YouTube stream features an input display.
The author streamed his TAS with live commentary, which can be viewed here.
WARNING: There are flashing lights during the level select screen and in boss fights which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
You can watch this run being played back on a console.
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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
Forgoes intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Heavy resource management
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NES Metroid "low%" by Lord_Tom in 11:08.78

Published on 1/19/2010
Metroid completed using just one item: the morphing ball.
Uses a game restart sequence (Up+A on second controller) to save time in backtracking.
This is an improvement of 36.7 seconds over the previously published run, thanks to a new route and general optimization.
This movie features commentary by the author, which has been added to the encode in the form of soft subtitles. They can be seen when watching the embedded stream via Archive.org.
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Game:
Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Low% completion
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
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[Has commentary]

NES Might and Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum "item glitch" by Dammit in 08:06.91

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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 5/13/2007
Might and Magic, released in 1986, was the first installment in the series that would later evolve into a whole fictional universe, encompassing both the actual M&M games and a multitude of subseries and spin-offs made in their own genres, including King's Bounty, Heroes of Might & Magic, and others.
Normally, this game is rather long. This movie by Dammit skips most of it by using a glitch that allows the player to get all the important items in a matter of a few minutes.
We strongly recommend reading the author's comments for further details and explanations. The YouTube and primary downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as subtitles.
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Game:
Might and Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Might & Magic - Secret of the Inner Sanctum (USA).nes
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy resource management
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NES Ninja Gaiden by Scumtron, MESHUGGAH, feos, Xipo & Marx in 10:50.36

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Published on 9/17/2016
Ninja Gaiden involves an ultra superior ninja, capable of defying the laws of physics by climbing through walls, making dogs explode with his sword, and all while beating bad guys in record time.
After a whole decade, this collaborative run improves the previous movie by 75 frames.
Scumtron's commentary are available in all encodes as soft subtitles, as well as in the .fm2 movie file, which also includes TAS notes.
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Game:
Ninja Gaiden
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Ninja Gaiden (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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NES Nobunaga's Ambition by CogneatoSwitch in 12:06.37

Published on 9/11/2015
Nobunaga's Ambition (信長の野望) is a turn-based strategy role-playing simulation video game. One of the first games in its genre, it was first released in March 1983 by the Japanese video game developer Koei.
Here CogneatoSwitch strategizes and luck manipulates around many obstacles, beating an hours long game in 12 minutes.
Downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Nobunaga's Ambition
Genres:
RPG
Strategy
Game Version:
Nobunaga's Ambition (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
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NES Pocket Monsters: White Jade Version by ThunderAxe31 in 36:39.51

Published on 4/12/2020
Pocket Monsters: White Jade Version is a bootleg game which backports Pokémon Gold/Silver onto the NES.
The encodes of this run include the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Pocket Monsters: White Jade Version
Genres:
RPG
Bootleg
Unofficial port
Game Version:
Pokemon - White Jade Version (China) (Unl) [CHS](0834).nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
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NES Rad Racer by FatRatKnight in 20:32.89

Published on 5/15/2015
Rad is a slang term, short for radical. This movie shows what radical sports is when applied to car driving on NES.
Curiously, the game Rad Racer was made by Square, which is probably best known for its Final Fantasy game series. Quite a different game, this here...
If you decide to play this game, we recommend the Power Glove. It's so bad.
Downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Rad Racer
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Elevator Action (U) [!]
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
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NES Rockin' Kats by FatRatKnight, Tompa, pirate_sephiroth & MESHUGGAH in 16:33.71

Published on 10/15/2011
In Rockin' Kats, Willy the Kat's girl Jill is kidnapped no less than five times by the local crime boss, and, armed with little more than a "punch-gun", he sets out to rescue her.
This run was the winning submission to TASVideos' Dream Team Contest 4, and improves the old run by just over five minutes.
There is also a run of this game that completes the hidden Channel X.
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Game:
Rockin' Kats
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockin' Kats (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
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FCEUX 2.1.5
[Has commentary] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu by eien86 & TaoTao in 21:16.63

Published on 8/4/2023
Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu (聖闘士星矢 黄金伝説), known in France as Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque: La Légende d'Or is an RPG based on the popular shounen anime series Saint Seiya. This title covers the Galactic wars, Silver saints as well as the Sanctuary sagas (although at the point the game was released, this particular saga was not published yet, and as such, the developers had to improvise a possible ending of it), and is the first official Saint Seiya video game that was ever released.
eien86 and TaoTao exploit a glitch in the character select screen, allowing them to skip 4 boss fights and reach the end of the Sanctuary arc in record time. Please read the authors' comments for more details.
WARNING: This game contains scenes with flashing lights (notably during the fights) that are not suitable to those with photosensitivity issues.
There is also a commentary video from the author featured on Anime Speedruns Fest 2024.
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Game:
Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu
Game Version:
Saint Seiya - Ougon Densetsu (Japan).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Corrupts memory
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BizHawk 2.9
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NES Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen by eien86 in 23:53.81

Published on 7/23/2023
Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen (聖闘士星矢 黄金伝説 完結編, lit. Saint Seiya: Golden Legend - Final Chapter) is a video game adaptation of the shounen manga series Saint Seiya for the Famicom, of which the prequel (Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu) saw an official French release on the NES titled Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque: La Légende d'Or. It is a RPG/beat 'em up hybrid that adapts the Twelve Temples arc from the manga, where the Bronze Saints have to save Saori Kido from a fatal injury by finding the Pope, the only one that can heal her. To do this, the Bronze Saints must cross the Twelve Temples of the Zodiac, each one guarded by a Gold Saint. The sections where the player goes to the temple is shown as a side-scrolling beat 'em up and the fights with the Gold Saints are played like a turn-based RPG.
eien86 in this run breezes through all the Gold Saints, discovers the mystery behind the Pope, and saves Saori in record time.
WARNING: There is a high amount of flashing lights during every Gold Saint encounter that is not suitable to those with photosensitivity issues.
There is also a commentary video from the author that explains the mechanics of the game and provides an English translation. This movie, again with the author's commentary, was also featured on Anime Speedruns Fest 2024.
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Game:
Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen
Game Version:
Saint Seiya - Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen (Japan).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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NES Shadowgate by Randil in 07:41.99

Published on 8/14/2011
Shadowgate is a storybook game in which you wake up in front of a big castle and must make your way through it solving a variety of puzzles.
This run created by Randil is 00:41.85 seconds faster than the previous run of the game. For more details about the improvements done in this run, you can read the author's comments.
Author commentaries are available through the run in the form of subtitles. They can be enabled or disabled in the YouTube stream.
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Game:
Shadowgate
Genres:
Adventure
Storybook
Game Version:
Shadowgate (USA).nes
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
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FCEUX 2.2.3
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Atlas map encode]

NES Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship by FatRatKnight in 16:16.64

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 2/12/2014
Solar Jetman is a space adventure game where the main excitement comes from the physics of the game. In the game, you explore planets with a small module you fly around, towing fuel tanks and other artifacts back to the mother ship, often from planets with a ridiculous level of gravity and narrow hazardous caverns. Anyone who has played this game surely knows how difficult it can be, while being entertaining for hours after hours.
No passwords were used in this movie, although a few warps were used to skip stages.
This movie features many changes compared to the previous author's movie, leading to an improvement of about 7 minutes. There's a new warp in the very beginning. A different module is purchased, which lets the player tow wormholes closer to the fuel items you have to collect and allows for some new physics abuse. Some different items are used, such as anti-gravity items. For more details, see the submission comments.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
There is commentary by the author in the emulator movie file and in the YouTube and the primary downloadable encodes.
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Game:
Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship
Genres:
Shooter
Game Version:
Solar Jetman - Hunt for the Golden Warpship (USA).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
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NES Super Mario Bros. "minimum A presses" by HappyLee, Kriller37, DaSmileKat, Kosmic & periwinkle in 10:24.39

Published on 5/3/2021
Bowser has kidnapped Princess Peach once again, but this time, Mario is tired of jumping around the kingdom to save her. So he instead takes a route that's a bit easier on his legs.
In this movie, the aim is to complete the game with the fewest A button presses possible. This movie uses more creative tricks and exploits than what you'd see in other movies for this game. A more in-depth explanation can be found in the authors' comments.
The total amount of A button presses done in this movie is 62, you can turn on Closed Captions in the youtube video to view a button counter.
You can watch Kosmic give an in-depth look of the run here as well as watching the premiere of the TAS here.
If you prefer console verification with no commentary, click here to watch that.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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NES Super Mario Bros. "arbitrary code execution" by OnehundredthCoin in 04:52.65

Published on 6/22/2024
The current Super Mario Bros. speed record executes precise movements for a highly technical title.
This movie by OnehundredthCoin achieves total control by setting up modified RAM within Super Mario Bros. 3 in less than a second, switches carts around and proceeds to play a normal run of Super Mario Bros. at least on the surface. For a more technical explanation please read the submission comments or watch the author's explanation on YouTube. For more runs that involve arbitrary code execution, see our published list of movies which execute arbitrary code as well as discussion in our forum.
This video includes the song "Bad Apple!!" from Touhou Gensoukyou ~ Lotus Land Story (東方幻想郷 ~ Lotus Land Story). The song was originally composed by ZUN then arranged by Masayoshi Minoshima (Alstroemeria Records). It was sung by nomico with lyrics from Haruka. The music video shown was created by あにら (Anira).
If you've enjoyed what you've watched, you can view the original music video on YouTube and purchase the 10th Anniversary Album from Alstroemeria Records vendors.
You can watch this movie played back on real hardware here or watch back a live hardware capture here.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Playaround
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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BizHawk 2.9.1
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[Has commentary]

NES Super Mario Bros. "minimum presses" by Brandon in 05:48.04

Published on 12/27/2024
Super Mario Bros. is one of the best known Nintendo titles that was originally released on the NES. Released in 1985, it follows the story of Mario, who needs to rescue Princess Peach from the clutches of Bowser. It takes place across 8 worlds of increasingly difficult gameplay, each containing 4 levels.
Brandon, however, aims to rescue the princess in as few presses as possible, and does so in 142 total.
The author provides an encode with a DDR-style input display right here.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
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FCEUX 2.1.5
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NES Super Mario Bros. 2 "warpless" by Aglar & andrewg in 18:29.26

NES TAS of 2011
Published on 3/1/2011
Warpless Super Mario Bros. 2 has been improved by 01:08.74 over the previous submission thanks to some astonishing new glitches.
For more information about some of the tricks used in this movie, check the Super Mario Bros. 2 tricks page.
You can also watch this movie played on an actual NES.
WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.
Andrewg's vocal commentary during the run's video can be watched on YouTube.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (U)
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) (PRG0) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes warps
Heavy glitch abuse
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[Has commentary] [Atlas map encode] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warpless" by adelikat, andymac, Lord_Tom & Tompa in 47:04.70

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Published on 6/27/2010
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 24.2 seconds over the previous movie.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
The YouTube stream for that movie has authors' commentary as subtitles.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
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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NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "game end glitch" by Lord_Tom & Tompa in 02:54.98

This movie has been obsoleted!
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NES TAS of 2014
Published on 4/29/2014
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. However, thanks to some esoteric memory corruption involving glitched pipe travel, it's possible to jump right into the princess's room in under three minutes! Bowser is never seen in this run at all.
This run gets to World 7-1 as quickly as possible to perform the glitch, and some unusual moves are done with enemy spawns and positions to get the glitch to work. See the authors' comments for some more details.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
Watch this run on a real NES.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "all levels" by Lord_Tom & Tompa in 1:04:36.90

Published on 5/4/2015
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.
WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.
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!
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
100% completion
Forgoes warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warpless" by Lord_Tom & Tompa in 46:20.30

Published on 12/21/2015
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.
WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
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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NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "arbitrary code execution" by Lord_Tom in 08:16.23

NES TAS of 2016 Funny TAS of 2016 Glitchy TAS of 2016
Published on 1/13/2016
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.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG1) [!].nes
Tags:
Playaround
Uses warps
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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Emulator Replay:
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NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by Lord_Tom, Maru & Tompa in 10:24.94

This movie has been obsoleted!
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NES TAS of 2018
Published on 11/1/2018
Ever since Morimoto published his legendary movie in mid-2003, the players at TASVideos have repeatedly made it faster and faster and even faster! Of course, there doesn't ever seem to be a stop for when it is fastest.
This movie is 00:00.67 seconds faster than the previous movie. Most of the improvement comes from a new strategy in 8-Fortress as well as manipulating the score for lag reduction. For more details, see the run's comments.
You can see this run played on an NES right here.
The encodes feature commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by Lord_Tom, Maru & Tompa in 10:24.34

Published on 3/16/2019
Ever since Morimoto published his legendary movie in mid-2003, the players at TASVideos have repeatedly made it faster and faster and even faster! Of course, there doesn't ever seem to be a stop for when it is fastest.
This movie is 00:00.60 seconds faster than the previous movie. Most of the improvement comes from Bowser's Castle, where the authors didn't have to lose time in order to get a favourable Bowser pattern. For more details, see the run's comments.
The encodes feature commentary as soft subtitles.
WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.
Watch this run being played back on a real console with commentary, or a resync without commentary.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "game end glitch" by OnehundredthCoin in 00:00.22

Glitchy TAS of 2021
Published on 12/27/2021
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.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (J) (PRG1) [!].nes
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.3
[Has commentary] [Atlas map encode]

NES Super Mario Bros. 3Mix "100%" by Mizumaririn in 2:07:17.64

ROM Hack TAS of 2023
Published on 10/2/2023
Super Mario Bros. 3Mix is a Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack by Captain Southbird and originally released in 2014. It is an homage to the Mario series as a whole, featuring remade levels as well as elements from many mainline Mario games up until Super Mario Galaxy (rendered back in 2D in the case of the 3D Mario titles).
Mizumaririn attains full completion as fast as possible whilst avoiding arbitrary code execution, defined as follows:
  1. All exits
  2. All comets
  3. All 300 star coins
  4. All map enemy ambushes
  5. All arena minigames
Commentary by the author is available in the encodes as soft subtitles.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3Mix
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
smb3mix-rev2B-prg1.nes
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.4
[Has commentary]

NES Super Mitch Bros. 3 by Pixel & Tuffcracker in 16:15.26

Published on 6/15/2023
Super Mitch Bros. 3 is a ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. 3 that is focused on difficulty and the usage of various quirks and mechanics of the SMB3 engine. Unlike something like Kaizo Mario 3, Super Mitch Bros. 3 focuses a little more on genuine difficulty and requires that the player combine puzzle-solving skills and knowledge of the SMB3 engine to beat its 20 levels.
Pixel and Tuffcracker here collaborate to beat the entire romhack in record time with the usage of a number of glitches that don't appear to have been taken into account by the romhacker.
The movie file and the YouTube encode includes author's commentary in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
Super Mitch Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Hack
Game Version:
SuperMitchBros2.0.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Has commentary]

NES Tetris 2 by nymx in 37:35.82

Published on 11/8/2021
Tetris 2 is more similar to Dr. Mario than the original Tetris in that the goal is to match the colors of the descending tetrominoes with pre-positioned blocks on the play field. When three or more blocks of the same color line up, they are eliminated. When three or more blocks are lined up with the special flashing blocks, all blocks of that color are eliminated at once.
nymx took to creating a Tetris 2-solving, multi-instanced bot program to solve the game as efficiently and quickly as possible. Do see the author's submission notes to learn more about the creation of this TAS, which took over two years to complete.
A documentary about this TAS can be viewed here. A supercut of this TAS without the scoring segments can be viewed here.
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Game:
Tetris 2
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Tetris 2
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.5.2
[Has commentary]

NES The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle by Brandon in 40:50.61

Published on 5/31/2011
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle is a frustrating action puzzler. In it, you take control of Bugs as he collects carrots while avoiding enemies such as Sylvester the Cat, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Wile E. Coyote. Equipped with nothing but an occasional boxing glove which he can throw and some invincibility potions, Bugs must eat his way through 60 levels without getting trapped by a mob of Looney Tunes.
In this run, the author, Brandon, exploits the game's AI, which is anything but intelligent. Only one of these enemies follows actual movement, while the others will track your input, even if the input changes nothing. As such, the author is able to often render the enemies useless, allowing him to take the most optimal path. When he can't do this, he tries to find the best possible workaround, often pausing for the exact amount of time to make it past a baddie. As a secondary goal, Brandon also attempts to maximize the score without losing time. For more details, as always, please see the author's notes, and also make sure to watch the captions provided in the encodes.
The author has also created a run of this game's "Special Levels".
This run has two YouTube streams. The first contains no input display while the second one does. This was included as the luck manipulation is heavily based on input and it's hard to follow the run otherwise.
All encodes also have the author's commentary in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Game Version:
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.4a
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

NES The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle "Special Levels" by Brandon in 04:15.38

Published on 7/21/2011
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle is a frustrating action puzzler. In it, you take control of Bugs as he collects carrots while avoiding enemies such as Sylvester the Cat, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Wile E. Coyote.
This game features 4 "Special Levels" which can be accessed either by the "No Carrot Signs" found in several levels or by a password. In this run, the author, Brandon, completes these difficult levels with absolutely no help from the boxing gloves and potions featured in the main game. All he has to work with is precise movement and luck manipulation, and although this, coupled with the numerous enemies, make these levels far less trivial than the main ones, the completion time is still relatively small. Much of the length of this movie is a result of the unavoidable and abnormally long tube scenes in S4 and S1. For more details, as always, please see the author's notes, and also make sure to watch the captions provided in the encodes.
The author has also created a run of the main game.
This run has two YouTube streams. The first contains no input display while the second one does. This was included as the luck manipulation is heavily based on input and it's hard to follow the run otherwise.
All encodes also have the author's commentary in the form of subtitles.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Game Version:
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses a level password
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.5
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Atlas map encode] [Star]

NES The Legend of Zelda by Lord Tom in 22:17.53

Published on 10/9/2016
The 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 time necessary in order to complete them. It's a secret to everybody.
This is the seventh iteration of this TAS, 20.6 seconds faster than the previous run. The improvements are largely due to better luck manipulation and some major route changes that lead to Link staying away from gambling. For more details, read the submission comments or the author's subtitles on the encodes.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
This run was console verified using micro500's TASLink replay device (with 1 frame per latch poll).
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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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
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

NES The Legend of Zelda "Swordless Challenge" by Lord Tom in 24:39.71

Published on 12/24/2016
Of all the challenging ways to play Legend of Zelda that people have attempted on a NES console, one of the most famous is the "swordless" challenge. In this challenge, the player must beat all of the game, up until the final boss Ganon, without using a sword. It is not possible to damage Ganon without a sword however, so many swordless runs reach Ganon's room to die there.
In order to actually complete the game, Lord_Tom does pick up a sword and kills Ganon. However, the sword is only obtained shortly before attempting the final level, and even then, the sword is not used until absolutely necessary. In the meantime, sit back and watch a run which relies heavily on luck manipulation and effective bomb usage to beat the game very quickly. For more details, see the author's comments.
This is a 34-second improvement over the previous movie by Baxter.
View this movie played back on a real NES right here.
The official encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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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
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

NES The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods by crazyjesse in 28:59.27

Published on 1/15/2021
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods (Mandarin: 塞尔达传说-三神之力) is an NES demake of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past by bootleg game developer Mars Production. The gameplay and layout of the game is very similar to A Link to the Past, albeit constrained by the hardware it was developed for: some dungeons from the original game are entirely absent, the graphics are simplified, and the music consists of original tracks that include some Chinese folk songs and classical music. Another interesting difference in this demake is that Link collects coins instead of rupees.
crazyjesse completes the game in record time by exploiting a few glitches related to the Pegasus Boots to make Link move really, really fast, all the time. The author even manipulates which music tracks play throughout the run so that the least laggy music is selected.
A note about the Moldorm fight in this movie: the game crashes on a real console whenever Moldorm is hit by anything other than a dash attack, but curiously this does not happen when emulated. In the interest of console accuracy for the movie, the author chooses to complete the fight as it would need to be if it were being played on a console, rather than a possibly more optimal but emulator-only method.
Live commentary for this run can be viewed on Twitch (dead link).
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Bootleg
Unofficial port
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda - Tri Force (ES-1096) (Ch).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.3.0
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

NES Ultima: Exodus by nanogyth in 21:22.80

Published on 6/15/2012
Ultima: Exodus is a NES port of the third game in the Ultima RPG series. First released in 1983, the game set many standards for the genre.
At TASVideos, that also includes being beatable very quickly through glitching and luck manipulation.
The author has provided a running commentary, available in all of the encodes and streams as togglable subtitles, so you can tell what's going on.
You can also watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Ultima: Exodus
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Ultima - Exodus (USA).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Corrupts save data
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.6
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

NES Ultima: Quest of the Avatar by TheAxeMan in 58:23.98

Published on 3/18/2015
Following the defeat of the evil triad in the previous three Ultima games, the world of Sosaria changed beyond recognition: continents rose and sank, and new cities were built, heralding the advent of a different civilization. Unified by the reign of the benevolent monarch Lord British, the new world was renamed Britannia. Lord British wished to base people's well-being on the ethical principles of Truth, Love, and Courage, proclaiming the Eight Virtues (Honesty, Compassion, Valor, Justice, Sacrifice, Honor, Spirituality, and Humility) as the ideal everyone should strive for. The person who could accomplish full understanding and realization of these virtues would serve as a spiritual leader and a moral example for the inhabitants of Britannia; he alone would be able to obtain holy artifacts, descend into the Stygian Abyss, and access the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom. This person is the Avatar.
Note: The second YouTube stream has the dungeons lighted up.
The fm2 file has the author's commentary embedded, and the downloadable encode files have them as soft subtitles.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Ultima - Quest of the Avatar (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

NES Vice: Project Doom by Sonikkustar in 12:35.61

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 2/22/2010
Vice: Project Doom stars Detective Quinn Hart of the VICE squad as he attempts to track down his missing partner and leads on a new type of drug. It is a fast-paced game that blends standard platforming with racing sequences and some rail shooter scenes.
This run is 26 seconds faster than the previous run from 2004, and features commentary from the author in the form of soft subtitles.
The YouTube encode features Author's comments through soft subtitles, they are also included in FM2.
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Game:
Vice: Project Doom
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Game Version:
Vice - Project Doom (USA).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.2
[Has commentary]

NES Youkai Douchuuki by Randil in 13:11.35

Published on 6/19/2007
Literally translated, the name of this game means "demon travel journal".
It tells a story about a boy, Tarosuke, who seeks to meet Buddha, who will decide about Tarosuke's next life. In order to meet Buddha, Tarosuke has to do lots of good deeds which earn him "piousness".
This movie is ~80 seconds faster than the previous movie by Morimoto, which was the oldest non-obsoleted movie on this site at the time, being almost 4 years old.
Because there is a lot of interesting dialog in this movie, but all in Japanese, the YouTube and downloadable encodes have English subtitles for all in-game dialog text, as well as some explanations. It should help understanding the game events as well as enjoying its weird sense of fun.
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Game:
Youkai Douchuuki
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Youkai Douchuuki
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.16
[Has commentary] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

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

This movie has been obsoleted!
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.
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Many moments in this game contain intense flashing lights, such as during the final boss fight and whenever the player dies. This may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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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
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.12
[Has commentary]

PICO8 Stranded Isle "glitchless" by rythin in 03:11.10

Published on 5/4/2024
Stranded Isle, also known as P.Craft, is an action survival game that was inspired by Minicraft. It utilizes a top-down perspective and features a stamina bar as a central gameplay element. You play as a protagonist who has woken up to find themselves stranded on an island filled with resources and zombies. You must collect resources and craft items in order to survive and escape the island. The appearance of zombies seems to hint at something sinister on the island, however.
For this run, rythin eschews usage of an item duplication glitch in favor of playing the game mostly as it was intended. Rigorous amounts of RNG manipulation was done to manipulate the spawning patterns of zombies, item drops, and damage values.
You can play the game here.
The YouTube and downloadable encodes include the author's commentary in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
Stranded Isle
Genres:
Adventure
Game Version:
pcraft2
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Forgoes all glitches
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.5
[Has commentary]

PSX Alundra "100%" by Cadit in 5:00:22.29

Published on 9/26/2022
Alundra is the title of the game, and our protagonist who has the power to enter people's dreams.
Watch as Cadit takes the dreamwalker to save the people of Inoa from their nightmares, collect all 40 Life Vessels, the 4 Magic Seeds, activate all 8 portals, collect all individual items and Gild 50 Falcons in record time.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring subtitled commentary by the author which also features an in-depth item tracker.
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Game:
Alundra
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Alundra (Japan).bin
Tags:
100% completion
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.2
[Has commentary]

PSX Animorphs: Shattered Reality by Fizztastic in 31:01.31

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 7/10/2018
Animorphs: Shattered Reality is what's considered as a poorly created video game based on the Scholastic Series written by K. A. Applegate.
Visser Three attempts to create a device that is designed to wipe out the Animorphs life using the Continuum Crystal. However the device failed and the crystal has vanished leaving behind a shattered reality. This reality is where Visser Three has almost completed his world domination.
Watch as Fizztastic morphs and fights their way through to stop Visser Three and restore the reality to what it once was in record time.
The movie file as well as all the encodes have the author's commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
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Game:
Animorphs: Shattered Reality
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Animorphs - Shattered Reality (USA) (Track 1).bin
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1
[Has commentary]

PSX Animorphs: Shattered Reality by Fizztastic in 30:28.83

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 3/22/2019
Animorphs: Shattered Reality is what's considered as a poorly created video game based on the Scholastic Series written by K. A. Applegate.
Visser Three attempts to create a device that is designed to wipe out the Animorphs life using the Continuum Crystal. However the device failed and the crystal has vanished leaving behind a shattered reality. This reality is where Visser Three has almost completed his world domination.
Watch as Fizztastic morphs and fights their way through to stop Visser Three and restore the reality to what it once was in record time.
The YouTube encode includes commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
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Game:
Animorphs: Shattered Reality
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Animorphs - Shattered Reality (USA) (Track 1).bin
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1
[Has commentary]

PSX Animorphs: Shattered Reality by Fizztastic in 28:37.90

Published on 3/26/2020
Animorphs: Shattered Reality is what's considered as a poorly created video game based on the Scholastic Series written by K. A. Applegate.
Visser Three attempts to create a device that is designed to wipe out the Animorphs life using the Continuum Crystal. However the device failed and the crystal has vanished leaving behind a shattered reality. This reality is where Visser Three has almost completed his world domination.
Watch as Fizztastic morphs and fights their way through to stop Visser Three and restore the reality to what it once was in record time.
The YouTube encode includes commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
See full publication history
Game:
Animorphs: Shattered Reality
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Animorphs - Shattered Reality (USA) (Track 1).bin
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1
[Has commentary]

PSX Armored Core by Zinfidel in 27:46.20

Published on 3/21/2020
Armored Core sees the player take on the role of a Raven: A mercenary who customizes and pilots a giant mecha (an Armored Core) to complete missions for powerful corporations in a dystopian future.
In this run, Zinfidel completes the game in record time by taking the corporations' money, failing to do nearly anything they ask, and using glitches to quickly destroy the super AI that has been pulling their strings the entire time. Details are in the submission notes.
The encodes of this run include the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Armored Core
Genres:
Shooter
Game Version:
Armored Core (USA) (v1.1).bin
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4
[Has commentary]

PSX Castlevania Chronicles by strizer86 in 25:56.02

Published on 2/18/2021
Castlevania Chronicles is a PSX remake of the Japan-only X68000 game Akumajō Dracula (悪魔城ドラキュラ), which is a remake of the first Castlevania. In this game, Simon Belmont is out to defeat the evil Count Dracula.
While this movie by strizer86, done on Original Mode, appears to be slower than the previous movie, it is in fact faster by about 35 seconds if emulation and mode differences (mainly timer countdown) are not accounted for, thanks to the damage boosts that are possible on Original Mode. Please read the author's comments for more details.
An encode with commentary by the author is available right here.
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Game:
Castlevania Chronicles
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Castlevania Chronicle - Akumajou Dracula (Japan) (v1.0).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.5.2
[Has commentary] [Star]

PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "all relics & bosses" by ForgoneMoose in 36:58.32

Published on 8/10/2014
Not only was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX but also the first PSX game to have a published run here.
Not satisfied with just going on a death spree to Dracula, Alucard decides to steal every single one of his father's heirlooms, while also killing his prized collection of monsters. Luckily he has the handy ability of phasing through walls whenever he needs to.
A run that beats the game through save data corruption is available here, along with one that avoids data corruption. If you prefer the main character to have muscular bare arms and to pray to the rain gods to defeat bosses, you may enjoy the Richter version. If you want to see a run on Replay mode that can skip many cutscenes, see this run. We also have a run of the Saturn version using Maria. We even have a run where Alucard avoids killing everything except Dracula.
Due to the lengthy amount of time needed to obtain the best ending in the previous run, this run was deemed significantly more entertaining, and thus obsoletes it.
Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.
Author's commentary during the run's video can be watched on YouTube
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Game:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night (USA).bin
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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PSXjin 2.0.2
[Has commentary]

PSX Crash Bandicoot "100%" by The8bitbeast in 56:34.67

Published on 12/22/2022
Crash Bandicoot is the first game in a seminal series for the PlayStation.
Utilizing zigzag movement and other new tricks, The8bitbeast collects every gem and Tawna Bandicoot to leave Neo Cortex wondering just what kind of flying bandicoot on a double espresso he set on the loose. For details on the new tricks, differences between the USA and JPN versions, and the strategies used, reading the author's comments is recommended.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
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Game:
Crash Bandicoot
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Crash Bandicoot (Japan, Asia).bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
100% completion
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7
[Has commentary]

PSX Crash Bandicoot: Warped "item glitch, gate clip" by The8bitbeast in 08:18.40

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 2/25/2017
Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game of the Crash Bandicoot series developed by Naughty Dog. The story takes place immediately after the events of the previous game. It features similar gameplay to the first two games in the series.
This run from The8bitbeast improves upon the previous publication by a full 10 minutes, thanks to the use of a newly discovered zip glitch, allowing Crash to move as fast as Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as improving the usage of the item glitch used in the previous publication.
We recommend reading the author's comments for information about this run.
Downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles and also an additional audio commentary track.
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Game:
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Crash Bandicoot - Warped (USA).bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
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PSX Crash Bandicoot: Warped "105%" by The8bitbeast in 1:54:18.52

Published on 12/25/2017
Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game of the Crash Bandicoot series developed by Naughty Dog. The story takes place immediately after the events of the previous game. It features similar gameplay to the first two games in the series.
We recommend reading the author's comments for information about this run.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
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Game:
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Crash Bandicoot - Warped (USA).bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
100% completion
Best ending
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
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[Has commentary]

PSX Crash Team Racing by AleMastroianni in 45:04.34

PSX TAS of 2020
Published on 8/1/2020
Crash Team Racing is the fourth and last Crash Bandicoot entry developed by Naughty Dog. The game opens with Nitros Oxide wanting to turn the planet Earth into a Galactic Parking Lot. It's up to the battle of the fastest character to save the planet from the clutches of Oxide.
Reading the submission text for more information on the methods and glitches used is heavily recommended.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author which also features a detailed overlay.
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Game:
Crash Team Racing
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
CTR - Crash Team Racing (USA).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
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PSX Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue by Avouca & passere in 17:10.46

Published on 6/16/2023
Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue is a video game loosely based on the live action movie 102 Dalmatians. It follows the perspective of Domino and Oddball, who find out their family has been captured whilst they were out in the park. It is up to them to rescue them and defeat Cruella de Vil.
Avouca and passere improve the previous movie by 49.74 seconds, thanks in major part to better optimisation as well as new out-of-bounds tricks in several stages. Please read the authors' comments for more details.
Audio commentary by one of the authors, passere, can be found right here.
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Game:
Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Disney's 102 Dalmatians - Puppies to the Rescue (USA).bin
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Has commentary]

PSX Final Fantasy IX by Lil_Gecko in 7:37:12.28

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 5/1/2012
This is the much-anticipated tool-assisted speedrun of the ninth installment in the Final Fantasy series (and the last to be made for the PSX). With its many references to the older games, it's a trip down memory lane for those familiar with the series.
This run completes the famous Excalibur II quest, which requires the player to get to the end of the game in under 12 hours, with over 4 hours and 40 minutes to spare. For more details on the low completion time and the extensive route planning put into this run, we recommend reading the author's comments.
Both the MKVs and YouTube encodes have explanatory subtitles to read while watching.
Note: Due to an emulation error, some areas have rather loud background sound effects (like Alexandria during Vivi's first appearance).
There are two YouTube streams available for this movie. The first is a four-part playlist offering HD video, and the second is all in one stream in 480p.
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Game:
Final Fantasy IX
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1) (v1.1).bin
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
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PSXjin 2.0.2
[Has commentary]

PSX Final Fantasy IX by Lil_Gecko in 7:58:48.17

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 11/10/2018
This is the much-anticipated tool-assisted speedrun of the ninth installment in the Final Fantasy series, and the last in the series to be made for the PSX. With its many references to the older games, it's a trip down memory lane for those familiar with the series.
For more details on the low completion time and the extensive route planning put into this run, we recommend reading the author's comments as well as the author's commentary outlining the run.
Although it appears slower than the previous movie by almost 30 minutes, this is due mostly to longer loading times, the result of using a more accurate emulator. The author improves on their previous movie by roughly 10 minutes, when emulation differences are accounted for, thanks to newer tricks and optimizations.
The second YouTube link leads to a playlist of the TAS which is segmented to the game's respective disks.
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Game:
Final Fantasy IX
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1) (v1.1).bin
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
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BizHawk 1.11.9
[Has commentary]

PSX Mega Man X6 "X and Zero, all stages" by Rolanmen1 in 45:26.47

Published on 8/20/2021
Capcom decided to make some easy money, so they recycled parts of Mega Man X5, threw in overly difficult trial-and-error gameplay, made almost everything an obstacle course, and called it Mega Man X6.
Rolanmen1 completes all stages as X and Zero using the same controller inputs across both. This goes to show that the two characters do in fact play similarly. It should be noted that a patch is needed to be able to play as Zero from the beginning; this is normally not allowed. Please refer to the rules for more details.
An alternate encode featuring an input display and audio commentary by the author is available right here.
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Game:
Mega Man X6
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X6 (USA) (v1.1).bin
Tags:
Demonstration
Multiple games in one movie
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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BizHawk 2.4
[Has commentary]

PSX Metal Gear Solid by theenglishman in 1:05:21.05

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Published on 4/19/2013
Metal Gear Solid was one of the original breakthrough titles in the stealth gaming genre. It follows Solid Snake, a soldier who is infiltrating a nuclear weapons facility on a remote Alaskan island codenamed Shadow Moses Island. Snake must rescue two hostages from the terrorist organization FOXHOUND and stop them from launching a nuclear strike on the United States.
In this run, theenglishman abuses walk-through-walls and weapon glitches to save over 26 minutes from his previous run. Reading the submission comments is recommended.
Author's vocal commentary during the run's video can be watched on YouTube.
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Game:
Metal Gear Solid
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Metal Gear Solid (USA) (Disc 1) (v1.0).bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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[Has commentary]

PSX Metal Gear Solid "all bosses" by theenglishman in 1:27:05.25

Published on 6/23/2016
Metal Gear Solid was one of the original breakthrough titles in the stealth gaming genre. It follows Solid Snake, a soldier who is infiltrating a nuclear weapons facility on a remote Alaskan island in the Fox Archipelago, codenamed Shadow Moses. Snake must rescue two hostages from FOX-HOUND, a high-tech special forces unit gone rogue, and then stop FOX-HOUND from launching a nuclear warhead.
Changes from the original release of Metal Gear Solid include
  • Addition of first-person view.
  • A level of difficulty for newcomers.
  • Improved artificial intelligence for some enemies (including bosses) on higher difficulty settings.
  • An "Alternate Round" for each difficulty, with different enemy placements.
  • 300 VR Training missions on a separate disc.
In this run, theenglishman's goal is to beat all the bosses in the game; this results in the run actually playing far more of Disc 1 than our currently published any% run, which skips literally every boss on that disc. Don't go thinking this is a low-glitch run, though!
The downloadable encodes feature vocal commentary by the author and magnum66. It is also available on YouTube.
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Game:
Metal Gear Solid
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Metal Gear Solid - Integral (J) (Disc 1) [SLPM-86247].bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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[Has commentary]

PSX Metal Gear Solid by theenglishman in 1:01:50.56

Published on 7/1/2016
Metal Gear Solid was one of the original breakthrough titles in the stealth gaming genre. It follows Solid Snake, a soldier who is infiltrating a nuclear weapons facility on a remote Alaskan island in the Fox Archipelago, codenamed Shadow Moses. Snake must rescue two hostages from FOX-HOUND, a high-tech special forces unit gone rogue, and then stop FOX-HOUND from launching a nuclear warhead.
Changes from the original release of Metal Gear Solid include
  • Addition of first-person view.
  • A level of difficulty for newcomers.
  • Improved artificial intelligence for some enemies (including bosses) on higher difficulty settings.
  • An "Alternate Round" for each difficulty, with different enemy placements.
  • 300 VR Training missions on a separate disc.
Integral was planned for use in this branch from the start, because of a lengthy Liquid Snake monologue you can skip in Integral but not in the original version, as well as the added precision of analog controls; however, old PSX emulators could not play Integral. With the switch to the higher-accuracy PSXHawk, theenglishman was able to TAS this version, playing on Extreme difficulty in the Normal Round, and achieving the rank of "BIG BOSS" for his performance.
The raw improvement over the predecessor movie is around 3 minutes, but the improvement in gameplay is actually much more than that; the raw time is inflated slightly compared to the predecessor movie because of the switch to PSXHawk, which results in slightly longer (but more accurate) loading times on everything from transitions between rooms, to playing cutscenes and CODEC conversations.
The author's detailed commentary is available in the movie file and all encodes in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
Metal Gear Solid
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Metal Gear Solid - Integral (J) (Disc 1) [SLPM-86247].bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.4
[Has commentary]

PSX Sled Storm "playaround" by somyeol & Gawrit in 18:48.26

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 1/22/2023
Sled Storm is a snowmobile racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. It gained critical acclaim due to its original concept of being one of the first snowmobile racing titles. It features snowmobiles (referred to as sleds), stunts and fourteen snow-covered courses consisting of slippery slopes, inclement weather and treacherous cliffs. Six racers were selectable from the outset and two more were unlockable, each of which had different snowmobile handling attributes.
somyeol and Gawrit show off a plethora of tricks and glitches in the game, which are detailed in the authors' comments. They make usage of in-game codes to unlock the Storm Sled and unlocking all of the Open Mountain tracks in order to do so.
Audio commentary by one of the authors can be found right here.
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Game:
Sled Storm
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Sled Storm (USA) (Track 01).bin
Tags:
Playaround
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses an in-game code
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BizHawk 2.8
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PSX Sled Storm "playaround" by somyeol & Gawrit in 18:30.17

Published on 7/11/2023
Sled Storm is a snowmobile racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. It gained critical acclaim due to its original concept of being one of the first snowmobile racing titles. It features snowmobiles (referred to as sleds), stunts and fourteen snow-covered courses consisting of slippery slopes, inclement weather and treacherous cliffs. Six racers were selectable from the outset and two more were unlockable, each of which had different snowmobile handling attributes. Extra points can be scored by doing tricks, but not all characters can perform every trick.
somyeol and Gawrit here decide to make another playaround of this game, showing off tricks and glitches that weren't present in the previous playaround. The details regarding all of that can be found in the authors' notes. As with before, they make usage of in-game codes to unlock the Storm Sled and unlocking all of the Open Mountain tracks in order to do so.
Despite this playaround being labeled as having "obsoleted" the authors' other playaround, that does not mean that other playaround is not worth watching or "obsolete". In actuality, both playarounds are recommended for watching to see how broken the game can be.
Audio commentary by one of the authors can be found right here.
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Game:
Sled Storm
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Sled Storm (USA) (Track 01).bin
Tags:
Playaround
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses an in-game code
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Has commentary]

PSX Spyro the Dragon by toastedkat & wafflewizard1 in 35:37.20

Published on 8/26/2023
Gnasty Gnorc is mad at the TV, since a reporter said he's not a threat and ugly. Because of that, he decided to trap all of the dragons in crystals. Only Spyro is spared, and he has to free them all.
The authors, toastedkat & wafflewizard1 improve on the previous publication thanks to a newer route, newer glitches and gem management. Watch as they tackle the evil Gnasty Gnorc in record time.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
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Game:
Spyro the Dragon
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Spyro the Dragon (USA).bin
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7
[Has commentary] [Star]

PSX Spyro: Year of the Dragon "117%" by Nitrofski in 2:27:54.15

PSX TAS of 2014
Published on 11/7/2014
Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the third installment in the Spyro series and the last Spyro game to be released for the PlayStation, in addition to being the last one created by its original creators.
After many technical issues, this first ever completed TAS of Spyro: Year of the Dragon finishes the game with 100% (in-game 117%) game completion, over an hour faster than any normal speedrun. This is done through carefully planned routes, precisely executed glitches and highly optimized movement.
Author's vocal commentary during the run's video can be watched on YouTube.
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Game:
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Spyro - Year of the Dragon (USA) (v1.1).bin
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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High Quality MKV
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PSXjin r723
[Has commentary]

PSX Spyro: Year of the Dragon by Nitrofski & lapogne36 in 22:20.54

PSX TAS of 2019
Published on 12/20/2019
Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the third installment in the Spyro series and the last Spyro game to be released for the PlayStation, in addition to being the last one created by its original creators.
Reading the submission text for more information on the methods and glitches used is heavily recommended.
Author's vocal commentary during the run's video can be watched on YouTube it features further details post commentary for additional information.
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Game:
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Spyro - Year of the Dragon (USA) (v1.0).bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3
[Has commentary]

PSX Tekken 3 by Spikestuff in 02:21.17

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 9/4/2015
Tekken Force, a paramilitary organization protecting the Mishima karate fighters, is nearly obliterated by the mighty Ogre. Heihachi Mishima's only hope is his grandson Jin Kazama, who lives with his mother Jun, unaware of his legacy. When the Ogre attacks his home and presumably kills his mother, Jin seeks out his grandfather and learns the martial arts of the family. On his nineteenth birthday, Heihachi announces the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 3, hoping that Jin will use the opportunity take out the meddlesome Ogre.
Tekken 3, like its predecessors, is a versus fighting game. New features include prominently featured side-stepping, allowing characters to retreat into the background and back during fights, more combo throws, fifteen more characters, and reduced jumping capabilities to allow for more realistic combat. Also included are two minigames: Tekken Force, a beat-em-up stage that unlocks a new character, and Tekken Ball, a beach volleyball variant where characters are hurt by the ball.
While this movie by Spikestuff seems slower than their previous TAS, it is in fact faster by 0.03 seconds in in-game time. This is because the game improperly lags during the True Ogre fight in the emulator used in the previous publication (PSXjin). This run was done on BizHawk's PSXHawk core called Octoshock, which doesn't have the aforementioned issue. Not much has changed otherwise.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Tekken 3
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
Tekken 3 (USA) (Track 1).bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.1
[Has commentary]

PSX Tekken 3 by Spikestuff in 02:13.03

Published on 4/18/2020
Tekken Force, a paramilitary organization protecting the Mishima karate fighters, is nearly obliterated by the mighty Ogre. Heihachi Mishima's only hope is his grandson Jin Kazama, who lives with his mother Jun, unaware of his legacy. When the Ogre attacks his home and presumably kills his mother, Jin seeks out his grandfather and learns the martial arts of the family. On his nineteenth birthday, Heihachi announces the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 3, hoping that Jin will use the opportunity take out the meddlesome Ogre.
Tekken 3, like its predecessors, is a versus fighting game. New features include prominently featured side-stepping, allowing characters to retreat into the background and back during fights, more combo throws, fifteen more characters, and reduced jumping capabilities to allow for more realistic combat. Also included are two minigames: Tekken Force, a beat-em-up stage that unlocks a new character, and Tekken Ball, a beach volleyball variant where characters are hurt by the ball.
Spikestuff improves their previous movie by 8.23 seconds in real time, thanks to performing less pause buffering and using Double Suicide to improve the manipulation. The total in-game time of 8'80 remains unchanged.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Tekken 3
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
Tekken 3 (USA) (Track 1).bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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BizHawk 2.2.2
[Has commentary]

PSX The Lost World: Jurassic Park by arkiandruski in 26:07.25

Published on 12/1/2023
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is an action platformer for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn that is based off the movie of the same name. It ignores the plot of the movie in favor of following five characters and their journeys across Isla Sorna, one of InGen's private islands for creating artificial dinosaurs. Three of the characters are dinosaurs of different species and two of them are humans, an unnamed human hunter and scientist Sarah Harding. Each character has their own set of levels and objectives and own ways of surviving in them. For example, the dinosaurs can kill humans and other dinosaurs to increase their stats and the humans can collect health items and weapons.
arkiandruski here plays through the game as fast as possible, utilizing various techniques and glitches such as one where rapid firing a gun as a human can let you fly through the air. For more information on the run, you can read the author's notes.
The YouTube encode, downloadable encode, and movie file include commentary from the author in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Lost World, The - Jurassic Park (USA) (Track 1).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3
[Has commentary]

PSX X-COM: UFO Defense by willbobsled in 14:34.49

Published on 12/10/2019
X-COM: UFO Defense is a revolutionary turn-based strategy game in which the player is given the role of the commander of humanity's last hope against the alien invasion. However, this alien menace must not only be fought with bravery and tactics on the battlefield, but also with study of captured alien technology and maintenance of a proper budget.
This TAS by willbobsled manages to beat the game in under 15 minutes by only partaking in 3 missions and with careful planning and luck manipulation.
You can read the author's commentary in the YouTube stream by enabling closed captions.
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Game:
X-COM: UFO Defense
Genres:
Strategy
Game Version:
X-COM - UFO Defense (USA) (Track 01).bin
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.2
[Has commentary]

Saturn Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "Maria Mode" by EZGames69 in 06:53.03

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 6/29/2019
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the Sega Saturn is a port of the popular PSX game of the same name. This version features the console-exclusive character Maria, who easily blazes through the castle, proving that she's not just another damsel in distress. EZGames69 uses a combination of magic powers, kicks, glitches and luck manipulation to free the world, yet again, from Dracula's minions.
EZGames69 improved the previous movie with better optimization. The movie time appears longer due to including the BIOS sequence and generally more accurate Saturn emulation in BizHawk. Actual game-play improvements are detailed in this video.
For more glitching and monster killing, we also have Alucard and Richter's movies, both done on the PlayStation version.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author.
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Game:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Akumajou Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku (Japan) (2M) (Track 1).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.1
[Has commentary]

SMS Astérix by The8bitbeast in 24:02.96

Published on 6/2/2023
Based on the characters of the popular French Asterix comic series, this platform game released in 1991 has you follow the two indomitable Gauls Asterix and Obelix as they travel to Rome to confront Julius Caesar. In each level the player must find the key and make their way to the exit while avoiding dumb looking legionnaires and making use of potions with various fantastical effects. An interesting feature of this game is that the player can choose between the two heroes for each level, and their different control styles mean that most levels can be completed in a variety of different ways.
The8bitbeast improves on the previous run by 2.29 minutes thanks to the use of more modern strategies and techniques that have since been discovered by real-time speedrunners and better lag management. For more information on the techniques used, you can read the author's notes.
There is also a video from the author with audio commentary for those interested.
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Game:
Astérix
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Asterix (Europe, Brazil) (En,Fr).sms
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Has commentary] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

SMS Sonic the Hedgehog by The8bitbeast in 14:37.63

Published on 2/18/2019
The Sonic games for the Sega Master System and the Game Gear are much less well known than their Genesis/Mega Drive counterparts and have a reputation for being quite challenging, especially in handheld form. You'd never know this from the speed Sonic blazes through the game here.
Unlike later 8-bit Sonic games, there are significant differences in levels between the SMS version and the Game Gear version. The SMS version was primarily used, due to much shorter score screens.
Thanks to better strategies, The8bitbeast improved his predecessor movie by 36.43 seconds. It only appears to be a 26.08 second improvement, but the timing of the previous TAS did not include the BIOS, which loses 10.35 seconds.
Note: this run has been commentated by its author, you can watch it here.
FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING: This movie features periodic rapid flashing lights from 13:12 to 13:33, which may cause epileptic seizures for those affected.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog (UE) [!].sms
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.1
[Has commentary]

SMS Ys: The Vanished Omens "game end glitch" by CoolKirby in 00:17.46

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 1/18/2015
Ys: The Vanished Omens is the first in a long series of role-playing games. Young swordsman Adol Christin has arrived in the town of Minea, only to find that a great evil is sweeping the land. He must seek out the six books of Ys and use the knowledge they contain to defeat the evil forces.
But after our hero visits a nearby shop, the shopkeeper decides he likes him and gives him his personal copies of all the books of Ys to complete his quest.
The primary downloadable (HQ) encode has the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Ys: The Vanished Omens
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Ys - The Vanished Omens (UE) [!].sms
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.9.1
[Has commentary]

SNES ActRaiser by zidanax & dunnius in 53:55.57

Published on 3/1/2011
ActRaiser (1990) is a critically acclaimed SNES game which combines two major gameplay phases: a god simulator and an action platformer. You play the role of God "the Master", who awakens from his slumber only to find that the human civilization is completely wrecked, and hordes of demons are roaming free. The Master has three roles: to open new locations for humans to inhabit, to deal with the catastrophes happening there, which usually have something to do with grotesque monsters, as represented in side-scrolling action stages, and to help develop human civilization anew by controlling it during the overhead phases through a bow-wielding cupid who also repels mischievous demons, as presented in the form of an overhead simulation.
This is an improvement of 14:11.48 over the original run of this game from 2004.
Commentary from the authors is available as subtitles in the MKV and YouTube video, or through this script if watching in the emulator.
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Game:
ActRaiser
Genres:
Platformer
Strategy
Game Version:
ActRaiser (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Alien 3 by nymx in 1:50:30.46

Published on 3/20/2021
Alien 3 for the SNES is a game loosely based on the movie of the same name. The game consists of six stages, and in each, you are given a series of missions to complete that include rescuing prisoners; repairing pipes, fuses, and junction boxes; welding doors shut; and destroying alien eggs, as well as the mother alien. Once you have accomplished all missions in a stage, you move on to the next stage where you will receive new mission objectives. Missions are outlined via a terminal, and a series of blueprints help you navigate your way through the complex.
nymx completes the game in record time.
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Game:
Alien 3
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Alien 3 (U) [!].smc
Tags:
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SNES Brandish by FatRatKnight in 38:42.41

Published on 5/2/2015
You control Varik, who fell down into the ruins when Alexis chased him down and accidentally blew a hole in the ground. Now it's up to you to get Varik back out, with no shortage of monsters along the way. You're not alone - There are many others who have also fallen, and are willing to sell items that may help you.
The game is in a top-down view, monsters move about in real time, and the game certainly has RPG elements in that you level up from defeating these monsters. You have three stats that increase separately from level, gaining strength by physically attacking, knowledge by hitting with attack spells, and magic endurance by being hit with magic. The controls are difficult to figure out, with one aspect being the same button that brings up your shield will also attack if you're standing in front of a monster, but once you figure it out, it's not that bad. To reach the end, you travel through over 40 zones, each bearing their various challenges with monsters or traps, and the occasional puzzle.
The movie file and downloadable encodes have subtitles with author's commentary.
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Game:
Brandish
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Brandish (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Forgoes major skip glitch
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SNES Chrono Trigger by arandomgameTASer & keylie in 2:16:08.40

SNES TAS of 2023
Published on 4/23/2023
Epilepsy/Seizure Warning: The loading screen to Lavos at 2:13:27 through 2:13:41 contains a mild strobe effect, and 2:16:40 through 2:16:54 contains flashing lights after the defeat of Lavos.
Chrono Trigger is one of the most dearly loved games from the SNES library. In it, you play as Crono and set off on a journey through time to save the world from the villainous Lavos.
The game can be ripped apart in a matter of minutes through advanced save corruption techniques, but in this movie the author forgoes this exploit in order to play through more of the game. Don't expect this run-through to follow a coherent narrative any time soon, though — it still skips quite a lot of content.
Additionally, this run improves the previous run of this category by 01:00.47 through various minor optimizations found over the years and a new setup for the elixer glitch used on the final bosses.
The YouTube and downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Chrono Trigger
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Chrono Trigger (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Forgoes save data corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Crystal Beans from Dungeon Explorer by Vaan666 in 29:57.89

Published on 12/15/2018
There was once a prosperous kingdom, a peaceful kingdom, ruled by a wise old king, where all peopled lived happily together, protected by the power of a magical crystal. But one day, several dark clouds appeared over the kingdom and poured down a devastating rain. And then one of the clouds turned into a demon, and, reaching its hands to the treasure room in the palace, took the crystal away. The demon lord, still in a form of a menacing dark cloud, started spawning monsters and sending them to attack the now helpless kingdom. The king called to the heavens for help. Eight magical weapons fell on the ground, and eight warriors rose to protect their country. Your task now is to cleanse the land of the monsters and to defeat the evil demon lord.
Crystal Beans from Dungeon Explorer is an action RPG based on fighting and dungeon crawling, developed by Birthday and published by Hudson, which was released in Japan in 1995.
Note: The author provided a video commentary for this TAS.
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Game:
Crystal Beans from Dungeon Explorer
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Crystal Beans (J).smc
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SNES Disney's Toy Story by EZGames69 in 20:46.36

Published on 4/14/2018
Toy Story is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Travellers Tales and published by Disney Interactive Studios in 1995 for the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Game Boy, and Microsoft Windows. It is based on the film of the same name, and follows the same plot. The game features innovative graphics for its time, including a level inspired by games like Doom and Wolfenstein.
EZGames69 beats the game in record time.
If you want to see the Genesis version of this game, click here.
Note: this run has been commentated on by the author, you can watch the commentary on YouTube.
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Game:
Disney's Toy Story
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Toy Story (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Donkey Kong Country "101%" by Tompa in 41:18.37

SNES TAS of 2017
Published on 6/6/2017
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 a tremendous 6 minutes 6.93 seconds this time around.
The in-game time of this run is about 33 minutes 10 seconds. For a detailed analysis of new techniques as well as comments about individual levels, read the author's comments.
If you desire more rolling primates, we recommend watching the any% movie.
The author, Tompa, also provided audio commentary of his TAS along with Pichi, which is available right here.
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Game:
Donkey Kong Country
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Donkey Kong Country (U) (V1.0) [!].smc
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
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SNES Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride by Touch-me in 50:19.53

Published on 2/4/2012
This is the fifth game of the series originally known as Dragon Warrior in the US; it remained untranslated until a port to the DS was released in 2008, where it received the name Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. It tracks the life of our hero, the son of Papas, over a large span of time from his adventurous childhood through tragic adolescence and a joyful marriage as he and his family fight to defeat evil.
You may be interested in watching earlier games in the series.
As the game text is in Japanese, the encodes feature translation in the form of subtitles courtesy of the author. A YouTube stream featuring more detailed information and commentary, also by the author, can be found here.
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Game:
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Dragon Quest V - Tenkuu no Hanayome (J) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES E.V.O.: Search for Eden by FatRatKnight in 40:31.17

Published on 10/26/2009
In E.V.O. you play as a creature who evolves by eating his opponents. Just like real life!
We recommend reading the author's notes. They are rather voluminous and contain a great deal of good information.
The author's commentary is available as soft-subs in all of the encodes for this movie. A Lua subtitle script is also available in this run's forum thread with the same commentary from the author.
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Game:
E.V.O.: Search for Eden
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
E.V.O. Search for Eden (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES EarthBound "in bounds" by Halamantariel & Nitrodon in 3:26:09.18

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Published on 7/23/2006
Earthbound is a great RPG, designed by Shigesato Itoi in 1994-1995, and is also known by the name Mother 2.
It is best described as "random", in a good way. The game has a great emphasis on a humor, and indeed many things in the game are almost caricatured, from subplots to characters. It also has a versatile soundtrack.
Although this being a speedrun (tool-assisted at that), most of the plot of the game is intact, making this movie very entertaining to watch even as a TAS.
Details about each scene and decision in this movie can be read in the authors' comments.
This movie does not use a death as a shortcut. Although that was a conscious decision by the authors, what it actually means was bent to the extreme.
  • The main protagonist, Ness, suffers a mortal blow once. Due to how the game works, he did not die.
  • A teddy bear was disintegrated in a battle. Although a party member, it was an inanimate object, and cannot be counted as "death".
  • Near the end of the movie, a death-like event is part of the game plot.
NapstrPSX made an audio commentary for this TAS.
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Game:
EarthBound
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
EarthBound (USA).sfc
Tags:
Forgoes intentional deaths
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES F-Zero "Knight League" by nymx in 12:16.89

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Published on 7/25/2017
F-Zero is a futuristic racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the SNES in 1990.
The game is normally played with through one of three leagues, known as Knight, Queen, and King leagues. This TAS features the first league. We also have a Queen League run.
The author provided a video commentary that was streamed on Twitch.
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Game:
F-Zero
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
F-Zero (USA).sfc
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SNES F-Zero "Queen League" by nymx in 11:27.87

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Published on 9/12/2017
F-Zero is a futuristic racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the SNES in 1990.
The game is normally played by selecting one of three leagues, known as Knight, Queen, and King leagues. This TAS plays through the second league. We also have a Knight League run.
The author provided a video commentary that was streamed on Twitch.
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Game:
F-Zero
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
F-Zero (USA).sfc
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SNES F-Zero by nymx in 39:30.36

Published on 4/23/2022
F-Zero is a futuristic racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the SNES in 1990.
The game is normally played by selecting one of three leagues, known as Knight, Queen, and King leagues. This TAS plays through all three leagues. Each race, aside from the final ones in each league, are finished after entering in 2nd place to skip the winning animation, because of this, there is an alternate encode provided that shows each race ending in 1st place, to achieve the fastest in game time.
A Twitch commentary stream, with nymx and Worsel, can be viewed via the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1438037569
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Game:
F-Zero
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
F-Zero (USA).sfc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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SNES Final Fantasy VI by keylie & KadMony in 3:11:39.46

Published on 12/5/2014
Final Fantasy VI (renamed to Final Fantasy III in North American publication) is arguably the most famous RPG on the SNES console.
This run, using the 1.0 version of the ROM, beats the game nearly an hour faster than the other run of FFVI on TASVideos by using a well-known glitch with Relm's sketch ability. This glitch allows partial overwriting of memory, allowing the use of items and spells that could not otherwise be used. For more details, we recommend reading the authors' detailed comments.
The primary downloadable (HQ) encode has the author's commentary as subtitles as well as the YouTube stream.
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Game:
Final Fantasy VI
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Final Fantasy III (U) (V1.0) [!].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
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SNES Final Fantasy VI "game end glitch" by keylie, pirohiko, KadMony & eddie in 24:33.26

Published on 4/29/2017
Final Fantasy VI (renamed to Final Fantasy III in North American publication) is arguably the most famous RPG on the SNES console.
This run by Keylie, eddie, pirohiko and Kadmony improves on the previous movie by 08:21.29.
For more details, we recommend reading the authors' detailed comments.
The second YouTube stream cuts almost all the game overs out, only leaving the first and the last one.
Downloadable encodes have the authors' commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Final Fantasy VI
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Final Fantasy III (U) (V1.0) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Illusion of Gaia by LeHulk in 1:46:16.58

Published on 10/4/2024
Illusion of Gaia is a role-playing game that was developed by Quintet and published by Enix. It has gameplay with one notable quirk in its progression system: characters get stronger not by gaining experience points but by getting special items dropped by enemies that permanently boost their stats. As for the story, it can be described as some sort of combination of alternate history and standard medieval fantasy tropes; magic and monsters thrive while ancient landmarks, both from real life and from mythology, are scattered throughout the world. You play as Will, a young boy and the only survivor of a father and son expedition to the Tower of Babel, which he has no memory of. After a chance meeting with a mysterious being named Gaia and runaway princess named Kara, Will's psychic powers awaken and he learns about a ominous comet that threatens the well-being of the Earth. Together, both Will and Kara will have to venture out and find a way to save the Earth.
For this run, LeHulk decides to beat the game as fast as possible without resorting to major glitches that would skip huge portions of the game. That includes a glitch that corrupts the save data and warps the player to the final boss. LeHulk instead uses various other tricks and strategies that are common in real-time speedruns to beat the game. For details on these tricks and strategies, you can read the author's notes here.
The author has made a video where live commentary is provided over a recording of the run.
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Game:
Illusion of Gaia
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Illusion of Gaia (USA).sfc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes save data corruption
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BizHawk 2.5.2
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SNES Kirby's Dream Land 3 "best ending" by WaddleDX in 1:04:01.22

Published on 8/6/2018
Kirby's Dream Land 3 is the fifth platformer video game starring Kirby. Specifically, it is the third game under the Kirby's Dream Land name. Although the first two games were largely unrelated, Dream Land 3 features many returning characters from Dream Land 2. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards serves as the sequel to this game.
After the events of Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby and Gooey are on a fishing trip, when all of a sudden, Dark Matter appears and shatters the planet's rings. He then proceeds to possess various Dream-Landers, including King Dedede. Kirby and Gooey team up with Rick, Coo, and Kine, as well as new characters Pitch, ChuChu, and Nago, in order to stop Dark Matter.
WaddleDX collects all the Heart Stars, fights the true final boss, and achieves the best ending in record time.
Note: There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring Japanese commentary by the author.
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Game:
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Best ending
2 Players
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Krusty's Super Fun House by nymx in 1:14:17.01

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Published on 4/6/2018
Krusty's Fun House is a video game based on the cartoon series The Simpsons. It was developed by Fox Williams for the British software house Audiogenic, and released in 1992 for the Amiga, NES, IBM PC, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy, Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. The 16-bit versions on the Super NES and the Mega Drive/Genesis were entitled Krusty's Super Fun House.
The player directs small rats to an extermination area through complicated maze-like levels. The player controls Krusty the Clown, who must create a path for the rats to follow and guide them towards an extermination device.
nymx uses a few tricks to manipulate blocks and beat the game in record time.
Note: This run has been commentated on by the author and some RTA runners, you can watch it here.
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Game:
Krusty's Super Fun House
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Simpsons, The - Krusty's Super Fun House (U) (V1.1) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Krusty's Super Fun House by nymx in 1:11:00.70

Published on 1/15/2019
Krusty's Fun House is a video game based on the cartoon series The Simpsons. It was developed by Fox Williams for the British software house Audiogenic, and released in 1992 for the Amiga, NES, IBM PC, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy, Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. The 16-bit versions on the Super NES and the Mega Drive/Genesis were entitled Krusty's Super Fun House.
The player directs small rats to an extermination area through complicated maze-like levels. The player controls Krusty the Clown, who must create a path for the rats to follow and guide them towards an extermination device.
This is an improvement of 03:16.4 minutes over the previous publication.
Note: This run has been commentated on by the author and some RTA runners, you can watch it here.
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Game:
Krusty's Super Fun House
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Simpsons, The - Krusty's Super Fun House (U) (V1.1) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals "game end glitch" by ventuz in 04:11.77

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Published on 4/8/2015
Lufia 2 is an adventure RPG prequel to Lufia 1. In this installment, Maxim and his cohorts set out to take down the evil Sinistrals.
Normally, the game sports a large amount of puzzles, yet a shockingly low amount of battles. In this movie, however, ventuz abuses the "Lv.0 glitch" (read the submission comments for more details), which lets one access limited event triggers in memory. This allows him to reach the ending in 4 minutes and 11.77 seconds.
Note: The encodes provide commentary and explanations by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Lufia II - Rise of the Sinistrals (USA).sfc
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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SNES Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals "game end glitch" by JeedUnit in 02:48.97

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Published on 5/27/2015
Lufia 2 is an adventure RPG prequel to Lufia 1. In this installment, Maxim and his cohorts set out to take down the evil Sinistrals.
Normally, the game sports a large amount of puzzles, yet a shockingly low amount of battles. In this movie, however, JeedUnit abuses the Lv.0 glitch (read the submission comments for more details), which lets one access limited event triggers in memory, to skip most of these puzzles in the name of speed.
JeedUnit also improves the previous run by almost a minute and a half through a new route and improved RNG manipulation.
Note: The downloadable encodes provide commentary and explanations by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Lufia II - Rise of the Sinistrals (USA).sfc
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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SNES Metal Max Returns by suwei in 30:58.86

Published on 1/19/2013
Metal Max Returns is the remake of the NES game Metal Max. It features better graphics and sound, revised areas, references to Metal Max 2, and slightly decreased difficulty.
Because of the requirements for completion in this game, this movie is quite different from the original Metal Max (which was TASed by the same author, suwei). For a list of the differences and more information, see the author's notes.
The YouTube encode contains commentary from the author in the form of captions.
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Game:
Metal Max Returns
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Metal Max Returns (Japan).sfc
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibouken by arandomgameTASer in 21:38.33

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Published on 3/17/2015
Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibouken (or "Mickey's Great Adventure in Tokyo Disneyland") is a Japan-exclusive Mickey game, but with a completely unique graphical and gameplay style compared to other Mickey games on the SNES. This one has balloons, and a propulsion mechanic similar to the likes of Sparkster and Twinbee.
In this run, arandomgameTASer maneuvers through the game briskly, taking careful measures to get as much speed as possible from gas balloons. Oh, and water. Lots and lots of water.
The downloadable lsnes movie includes commentary from the author.
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Game:
Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibouken
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibouken (J) [f1].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Nangoku Shounen Papuwa-kun by Vaan666 in 35:28.96

Published on 7/16/2021
Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun (南国少年パプワくん, lit. Southern Boy Papuwa) is a brawler-platforming game for the Super Famicom that is based on the anime of the same name. In the game, players take control of Shintaro as he races across an island, trying to figure out where all of the monsters are coming from. Shintaro has various martial arts the player can use to fight enemies, such as dive kicks, a quick punch, and even a ki-wave. The players defeat enemies with these moves while platforming, dealing with bosses periodically.
Vaan666 slides and dive kicks their way across the island in record time.
An encode with the author's commentary can be found here.
An encode with all of the game's cutscenes removed (significantly speeding up the run) can be found here.
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Game:
Nangoku Shounen Papuwa-kun
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Nankoku Shounen Papuwa-kun (J).smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures "100%" by JonIIDX in 39:21.54

Published on 8/17/2020
In a series of vertical shoot 'em ups, Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures is a side-scrolling platformer with jetpack mechanics similar to Sparkster. Twinbee, Winbee, and Gwinbee must recover the seven Rainbow Bells and rescue Princess Melora from Dr. Warmon.
A translation of the in-game text in English is provided in the encodes as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Twinbee - Rainbow Bell Adventure (J) [!].smc
Tags:
100% completion
One player in a multiplayer game
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Q*bert 3 by nymx in 54:04.02

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Published on 12/16/2017
Q*bert 3 is the next puzzle game in this long running series starring Q*bert, Coily and the rest of the bad guys.
Q*bert's objective is to jump around the board changing the color (paint) of each of the blocks into the final color, while multiple enemies chase him and sometimes adversely change the block colors themselves.
In this run, nymx improves the predecessor movie by 08:55.17 minutes.
The author provided a video commentary that was streamed on Twitch.
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Game:
Q*bert 3
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Q-bert 3 (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Forgoes intentional deaths
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Q*bert 3 by nymx in 52:48.20

Published on 11/14/2020
Q*bert 3 is the next puzzle game in this long running series starring Q*bert, Coily and the rest of the bad guys.
Q*bert's objective is to jump around the board changing the color (paint) of each of the blocks into the final color, while multiple enemies chase him and sometimes adversely change the block colors themselves.
In this run, nymx further improves the previous movie by 01:15.83 minutes through a variety of optimizations.
Audio commentary for this run is available via Twitch stream.
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Game:
Q*bert 3
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Q-bert 3 (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Q*bert 3 "X-Bert" by nymx in 15:24.69

Published on 11/15/2020
X-Bert is a special challenge mode in Q*bert 3, accessed by inputting BYYYBYYY in the options menu. It presents the player with the 20 hardest levels the game has to offer immediately after starting a game.
nymx makes quick work of each level, and finishes X-Bert mode in record time.
Audio commentary for this run is available via Twitch stream.
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Game:
Q*bert 3
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Q-bert 3 (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Heavy luck manipulation
Second quest/Post game-completion
Uses a level password
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SNES Secret of Mana "3 players" by Touch-me in 1:46:29.90

Published on 11/13/2011
A Secret of Mana TAS has finally come to TASVideos!
Secret of Mana is a widely popular action RPG published by Square. It is internationally regarded as the first game of the Mana series, though the Japanese title is Seiken Densetsu 2, so it is the sequel of Final Fantasy Adventure. It utilizes real-time battles like many other action RPGs while including some unique features such as the Ring Command and multiplayer action.
Touch-me beats the game very quickly, using three players simultaneously and a whole host of glitches. For instance, many bosses can be hit for 999 instant damage using a charge counter glitch, and certain plot points are skipped. See the submission comments for more details.
There also is a YouTube encode that contains commentary from the author in the form of hard subtitles.
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Game:
Secret of Mana
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Secret of Mana (USA).sfc
Tags:
3 Players
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Soul Blazer by LeHulk in 1:29:33.72

Published on 10/12/2016
Soul Blazer is an RPG made by Enix considered to be somewhat related to its predecessor: ActRaiser. The main character is an angel sent to destroy invading monsters and release the captured souls of innocent people.
In this series, every action in monster lairs directly affects non-combat areas, and vice versa. That being said, much planning was needed for this run.
The ending is very long and requires user input, so the movie's length is about 13 minutes longer than what might be considered beating the game. Regardless, this run is an improvement of 17 minutes over the prior run thanks to new strategies and a swap to the Japanese version.
Downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Soul Blazer
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Soul Blader (Japan)
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos "100%" by Ilari in 27:14.56

Published on 7/14/2013
¡Ándele! ¡Ándele! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! A super fast hero and ethnic stereotyping, what more can you ask for in a TAS?
Unlike the any% run, here Speedy Gonzales spends some extra time to rescue all kidnapped mice, getting the alternate ending.
The movie file, YouTube, and downloadable encodes contain a subtitle commentary track.
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Game:
Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Speedy Gonzales (V1.0) (U) [!].sfc
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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High Quality MKV
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[Has commentary]

SNES Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge by jaysmad & Brandon in 23:28.18

Published on 2/11/2012
Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge is an action platformer starring the iconic Marvel characters Spider-Man, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, and Gambit. After the X-Men get kidnapped by Arcade, Spider-Man must deactivate bombs, infiltrate the abandoned building where they were taken, and confront Arcade. From there, Arcade puts each hero to the test as they navigate through his bizarre "Murderworld" until Spider-Man can finally confront the madman head-on.
This infamous game was made by LJN, and although it might be better than many others from that label, it still has serious gameplay flaws that make it frustrating, let alone incredibly difficult. However, it works great for a TAS. Using careful precision and many exploits, the team of jaysmad and Brandon make it through this "Juggernaut" in less than 24 minutes. Please see the authors' notes for a detailed breakdown of the levels, a couple of glitches that were unused in the run, and a video of a camera hack for the Black Queen fight that mostly happened off-screen.
Please also check out the run for Wolverine, which is a NES game, also made by LJN, where most of Wolverine's gameplay came from.
YouTube stream and downloadable encodes have subtitles.
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Game:
Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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[Has commentary]

SNES Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by Maru in 10:23.77

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 12/28/2018
This is a remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 present in Super Mario All-Stars. Aside from musical and graphical improvements, it also provides a save feature.
Maru defeats Bowser in record time.
The encodes feature commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Collection (J) (V1.0) [!].sfc
Tags:
Uses warps
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SNES Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by Maru in 10:23.51

Published on 3/10/2019
This is a remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 present in Super Mario All-Stars. Aside from musical and graphical improvements, it also provides a save feature.
Maru defeats Bowser in record time and improves the previous run by 00:00.27 seconds.
The encodes feature commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Collection (J) (V1.0) [!].sfc
Tags:
Uses warps
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SNES Super Mario World "warps" by BrunoVisnadi & Amaraticando in 09:57.10

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
TAS of 2015 SNES TAS of 2015
Published on 12/9/2015
This is the 12th published movie of Super Mario World that beats the game by clearing 11 of the 96 exits, the shortest route intended by the game developers. This movie's faster by 00:02.75 seconds, clocking at less than 10 minutes. As in the previous publication, Mario still dies in the process.
A few new tricks were found:
  • Stunning a fish;
  • Lateral corner clip;
  • Downward corner boost.
We recommend reading the authors' comments for more details.
There are also movies of this game that trigger the credits early, clear all 96 exits, clear as many exits as possible as small Mario and write a program using the game's code.
The encodes feature commentary by the authors as soft subtitles.
This run was played back on a real SNES console, watch the verification here!
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Game:
Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World (USA).sfc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Corrupts memory
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SNES The Addams Family "all bosses" by Challenger, EZGames69 & GarbiTheGlitcheress in 12:53.39

Published on 10/31/2018
The Addams Family is a game from Ocean Software released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. It also has a simplified NES port under the name Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt. In this game, it's implied that family members have been captured and are being held hostage by enemies, it's up to Gomez to save them all.
The three authors defeat all the bosses, collecting all health upgrades and saving every family member in record time, which makes for a very creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky run.
This run has commentary provided by the authors. They are embedded in the downloadable encodes and in the YouTube video.
If you want to see this game beaten in the fastest way, see the any% run.
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Game:
The Addams Family
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Addams Family, The (U) [!].smc
Tags:
100% completion
Heavy glitch abuse
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SNES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past "full inventory" by fmp & Yuzuhara_3 in 52:52.44

Glitchy TAS of 2018 Lucky TAS of 2018
Published on 12/30/2018
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is the third game of its series. It began development in 1988 as a NES title but was ultimately moved to the SNES, being released in Japan on 21 November 1991, exactly 1 year after the console. It set new standards for the system and was among the first games to use 1MB of memory. The game is widely regarded as one of the best video games, both of its era and of all time. A Link to the Past spawned two official manga, a Satellaview spinoff, a GBA port, a 3DS remake, a popular randomizer, and rereleases on the SNES Classic and Wii Virtual Console. Nearly 30 years later, it remains one of the most popular speedrun games.
fmp and Yuzuhara_3 complete the inventory of items and defeat Ganon in record time. For more details, please read the authors' comments.
The second set of encodes feature a minimap at the right side, showing the player's position on the map and the camera's position.
The author provided video commentary for this movie that can be seen here.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Kamigami no Triforce (J) (V1.0) [!].sfc
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Trials of Mana "2 players" by praetarius3 in 3:24:49.00

Published on 12/22/2011
Trials of Mana is a RPG about your typical ragtag group of young adventurers that totally lack any survival instinct; at least that'd explain why they never bother to get any protective gear. Our three chosen champions of goodness are tasked with rescuing the eight elemental spirits from the clutches of evil and using their power to save the world. Though it turns out that nobody is able to count as we find in fact nine spirits...
Long referred to as "Seiken Densetsu 3" by fans, the game was finally given an official title in June 2019.
We recommend reading the author's notes; they contain a lot of very good information.
The provided MP4s and YouTube stream feature subtitles, allowing those of us who don't speak Japanese to figure out what's going on.
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Game:
Trials of Mana
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Seiken Densetsu 3 (J) [!].smc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
2 Players
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
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SNES Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom "game end glitch" by pirohiko in 01:02.85

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 3/17/2014
Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom is an RPG from the well-known Wizardry series of games. Normally, these games are very long. However, in keeping with the TASVideos tradition of making long RPG runs short, this run reaches the ending in a little over a minute through extensive glitching of the inventory. See the author's comments for more information.
For more Wizardry runs, see the first game, the second game, and the third game.
The primary encode for this run has subtitles from the author. If you want even more information available when the run is playing, see the author's own encode with subtitles, memory watch and map on YouTube.
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Game:
Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Wizardry V - Saika no Chuushin (J) [!].smc
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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Wii Kirby's Return to Dream Land "1 player" by Elomavi in 1:30:10.85

Published on 10/31/2020
Kirby's Return to Dreamland is the 12th platforming installment in the series, and the first traditional Kirby platformer released in a decade after Kirby 64. The starship Lor Starcutter crash-lands on planet Popstar, and the extraterrestrial captain Magolor promises Kirby and friends a trip to his homeworld if they will help him find the scattered pieces of his ship in order to rebuild it. Like many Kirby antagonists before him, Magolor's true motives turn out to be nefarious, resulting in the Kirby gang once again fighting to save their galaxy.
Kirby's Return to Dreamland plays like a traditional Kirby game, seeing Kirby platforming through the game's 8 levels and inhaling foes to gain their powers. Elomavi flies through the game at incredible speed using the Wing copy ability's various fast-moving special moves (especially Condor Head). There is also a lot of flapping involved.
The author's commentary for the run is available in all of the encodes of the movie.
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Game:
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Takes intentional damage
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Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl "The Subspace Emissary, 100%, 1 player" by DyllonStej in 1:19:22.20

TAS of 2023 Nintendo 3D TAS of 2023
Published on 7/9/2023
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series, released for the Wii in 2008. While its core mechanics are the same as its predecessors (where the genre’s traditional health bar is replaced with a percent counter, with the goal of knocking opponents off the stage instead of reducing their HP to zero), Brawl changed many aspects of the game from Super Smash Bros. Melee, resulting in the game generally being considered the "slowest" in the series as a result.
Brawl is the first game in the series to have a dedicated story mode, called "The Subspace Emissary", which is the main focus of this TAS. The Subspace Emissary is mostly composed of side-scrolling platforming levels with cutscenes and beat-’em-up sections called "Ambushes" - similar to games like Kirby Super Star - while also containing the traditional versus matches and bosses like its predecessors.
DyllonStej takes advantage of oversights in the game's damage mechanics, which allows for extreme travel speed without being KO'd, in order to literally fly through the game at record-setting speed. Pervasive luck-manipulation throughout the movie ensures that the author always gets the right item or sticker to go even faster, whilst attaining 100% completion. More details on the completion can be found in the author's comments.
An explanation video made by the youtuber EZScapeSpeedruns is available right here
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Game:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (v1.01).iso
Tags:
100% completion
One player in a multiplayer game
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
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Windows Braid "Speedrun mode" by keylie in 22:15.28

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Computer TAS of 2013
Published on 6/7/2013
Braid is a famous indie platform game with some unique puzzlework. It was originally released on Xbox Live Arcade before being ported to other platforms. A major feature of the game is the player's unlimited ability to reverse time and "rewind" actions, even after dying. The game itself was intended to be an artful deconstruction of traditional video game concepts.
Many tricks are used to complete the speedrun mode in an astounding 20:11.17 according to the internal timer; see the author's comments for more information.
If you understand French pretty well, you may be interested in watching the special episode of Speed Game, featuring commentary from Coeurdevandale and the author of this TAS, keylie. The tricks used are also explained there.
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Game:
Braid
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Game Version:
Braid
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Heavy resource management
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Windows Cave Story "best ending" by nitsuja in 50:10.30

TAS of 2011 First edition TAS of 2011 Computer TAS of 2011
Published on 11/12/2011
Cave Story (2004) is a famous freeware indie game notable for being made entirely by one person, Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya.
Watch as nitsuja completely destroys this difficult game with amazingly precise movement. This playthrough saves Curly and finishes with the best ending after beating Ballos.
The program used to make this run, Hourglass, was also developed by nitsuja—with the creation of this run in mind. As such, it is our first published run of a Windows game.
Downloadable encodes and the YouTube encodes include commentary as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Cave Story
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Game Version:
Doukutsu.exe
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
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Hourglass r77
[Has commentary]

Windows Unworthy by keylie in 24:05.40

Published on 1/30/2022
Unworthy is an indie adventure game by Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, inspired by Dark Souls and released in 2018. It features a nameless knight robbed of their own life, but unworthy of death, who traverses a ruined landscape, looking for meaning.
keylie defeats the last boss in record time.
It should be noted that this TAS was made possible by unofficially porting the game from Windows to Linux using a runner executable from a different game that saw a Linux release. However, the actual game files were left untouched.
The encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.
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Game:
Unworthy
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Unofficial port
Game Version:
Unworthy
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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Windows Yume Nikki by poco_cpp in 10:00.37

Published on 7/16/2017
Yume Nikki (ゆめにっき, lit. Dream Diary) is a surrealistic adventure game by indie Japanese developer Kikiyama. The game was created using RPG Maker 2003, but has few role-playing game (RPG) elements. Players explore the dreams of a hikikomori character named Madotsuki (窓付き, lit. windowed). The initial version of the game was released on June 26, 2004, with subsequent updates over time, the last occurring in 2007.
This run by poco_cpp extensively utilizes a glitch involving a desk chair to allow Madotsuki to move at 8 times her normal speed, allowing the 24 effects to be collected in record time.
There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring Japanese commentary by the author.
Caution: Some sequences in this game may be disturbing and triggering to some people. Viewer discretion is highly advised.
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Game:
Yume Nikki
Genres:
Adventure
Game Version:
ゲームスタート.exe
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
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Emulator Replay:
Hourglass r81
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