Super Mario Bros. 3

Publications

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.
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.
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!
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.

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

Game Versions

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Unknown Lost Levels (patch) U NES
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MD5: A64E0142986CBB806F8775DA877185A8
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MD5: BB5C4B6D4D78C101F94BDB360AF502F3
Good Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG1) [!].nes U PRG1 NES SHA1: 6BD518E85EB46A4252AF07910F61036E84B020D1
MD5: 86D1982FEA7342C0AF9679DDF3869D8D