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NES Castlevania by Phil & Morrison in 11:20.50

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 6/26/2007
The original Castlevania is set in the year 1691. Simon Belmont must fight his way through the castle and destroy Count Dracula.
This TAS is about 13.6 seconds faster than the previous version by the coauthor of this movie, Morrison.
In this joint effort by Phil and Morrison, thorough optimizations are carried out at all levels of magnitude in order to get the maximum completion speed as well as lots of score points in the process.
The MSX version has been TASed as well!
There is also a run of this game which destroys as little as possible.
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Game:
Castlevania
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Castlevania (KC).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.16
[Atlas map encode]

NES Metroid by Lord_Tom in 08:19.32

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 7/20/2008
Metroid completed as fast as possible without holding back, and without concern for the game's sanity.
A wealth of new tricks contribute to this 33 second improvement over the previous movie.
The run uses a game restart sequence (Up+A on the second controller) to save time in backtracking.
See Metroid Tricks for more information about the door glitch as well as other tips and tricks.
Andy Dick has made a video which plays this run on top of the game map. This provides a unique perspective on the door warping glitches.
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Game:
Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.12
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NES The Legend of Zelda by Baxter & jprofit22 in 22:38.13

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 11/29/2010
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 necessary in order to complete them.
This is the sixth The Legend of Zelda TAS at this site (not counting the alternate movies), and is ~86 seconds faster than the previous movie, largely due to better optimization and manipulation of item drops.
You can watch this run played back on a real NES console.
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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:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.4a
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NES Mega Man by Shinryuu & finalfighter in 12:23.34

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
TAS of 2010 NES TAS of 2010 Glitchy TAS of 2010
Published on 12/1/2010
On this site, we make perfect movies, and then we surpass them. Of course, if we can surpass them, they were not perfect in the first place, but who would have known?
When "perfection" is defined as "as fast as possible", it requires some sacrifices. Indeed, this movie sacrifices a lot in the playability of the game. Full of tricks to pass through walls, tricks to avoid mandatory battles, tricks to pass through enemies relatively unharmed, tricks to acquire weapon refills in little time — there is very little in this movie left that resembles normal playing. Even death is used as a viable playing strategy that saves time. All of the tricks are still performed by the means of mere controller input, even though significant portions of the input were calculated by a computer program.
This movie is a considerable improvement of 03:04.40 to the previous movie; this is mainly due to a new technique which tricks the game into calling an 'end of level' object.
Of course, upon watching this movie, one does have to question something... is it Mega Man saving the world? Or Dr. Wily trying to save it from absolute destruction?
WARNING: There are flashing lights during the level select screen and in boss fights which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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Game:
Mega Man
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman (J) (En).nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.2
[Console-verified]

NES Super Mario Bros. "warps" by HappyLee in 04:57.31

Published on 1/6/2011
Here at TASVideos we make perfect movies... and then we beat them again — this time by 1 frame, which, considering the fiercely competitive history of this run, is actually significant.
And if watching this TAS on an emulator isn't satisfying enough, why not see it played back on a real console!
Note: Using RTA timing, this run clocks in at 04:54.03.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3

Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog by Aglar & marzojr in 15:04.43

This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 1/14/2012
Sonic bounces around surprisingly fast. The lack of Spin Dash makes the strategy a bit different from that of Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles runs, since preserving your momentum becomes a lot more important. However, this doesn't prevent the authors from achieving crazy velocities even with such a significant limitation. In this run, the game is completed without collecting any emeralds.
This is the sixth run of this game, improving on the previous effort by 00:47.30 seconds with the use of new zips and improved precision.
To see a movie of this game that doesn't take advantage of zips, watch the "no zips" run by Aglar.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV01) [!].gen
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11a

Popular games listed by series

Mario

3DS New Super Mario Bros. 2 by TheRandomMaster in 26:50.41

Published on 11/22/2022
New Super Mario Bros. 2 was released in 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS. It features your typical side-scrolling plumber, but in this case he comes with a new gold flower powerup for the heavier emphasis on coin-collecting in this title.
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Game:
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
0255 - New Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA).3ds
Tags:
Uses warps
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Citra Nightly 1800

DOS Mario & Luigi by CasualPokePlayer in 03:49.07

Published on 6/30/2024
Mario & Luigi for MS-DOS is an independent game created by aspiring coder Mike Wiering in 1994. Although it's limited in some ways, the game is reasonably solid and shows decent smooth-scrolling graphics for a 25MHz 486.
CasualPokePlayer improves the previous movie by 1.242 seconds after accounting for emulation differences, thanks to better optimisation.
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Game:
Mario & Luigi
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Game Version:
MARIO.EXE
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.5 + PCem 17+st-1

DOS Mario Teaches Typing "maximum score" by c-square in 25:57.78

Published on 1/22/2023
Mario Teaches Typing is an edutainment game that uses the Mario license to teach typing to kids. Play a variety of minigames that somewhat resemble the main console Mario games by typing out sentences and letters, which can sometimes even include trivia from the '90s!
In this run, c-square aims for the maximum scores that can be reached with all the minigames, using scripts and subframe input to type out as quickly as six letters in a single frame during two minigames.
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Game:
Mario Teaches Typing
Genres:
Educational
Game Version:
marioteachestyping.img
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.2 Modified

DS Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story by vince1919 in 4:49:49.35

Published on 11/27/2019
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS in 2009.
The game follows Mario, Luigi and Bowser as they work together to take back the Mushroom Kingdom from the clutches of Fawful.
Note: Due to poor emulation there are instances of incorrect sprites throughout sections of this game.
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Game:
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Mario & Luigi - Bowser's Inside Story (USA) (En,Fr,Es).nds
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9a
[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

DS Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games "all Superhard Staff Ghosts" by Chall99 & RemyMS in 05:57.92

Published on 12/21/2024
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is a Sports/Party game released for the Nintendo Wii and DS. It was the 2nd generation of the "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games" series, and takes places at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
The DS release has a series of "challenge ghosts" created by Sega Staff, hardest of which being "Superhard". This TAS by Chall99 & RemyMS aims to defeat all the "Superhard" staff ghosts.
Note: This movie starts with dirty sram that has all the staff unlocks at the ready.
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Game:
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Genres:
Sport
Game Version:
4292 - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).nds
Tags:
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BisHawk 2.8.0

DS New Super Mario Bros. "warps" by clockwatcher & Hartmann in 20:18.62

Published on 4/28/2022
New Super Mario Bros. was released in 2006 for the Nintendo DS. It is the first brand new side scrolling Mario game since Super Mario Land 2 on the Game Boy, as a way to bring the franchise back to its roots. It features your typical side-scrolling plumber, but in this case he comes with enhanced abilities, like wall jumping and doing flips. It also includes new powerups such as the mega mushroom and the blue shell. The latter being what this TAS uses throughout the run.
This run beats the previous run by 313 frames from better optimization.
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Game:
New Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
New Super Mario Bros. (US).nds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9

DS New Super Mario Bros. "warpless" by Glitchman24, Soig & clockwatcher in 40:35.21

Published on 12/6/2023
New Super Mario Bros. was released in 2006 for the Nintendo DS. It features your typical side-scrolling plumber, but in this case he comes with enhanced abilities, like wall jumping and doing flips.
Most of the game can normally be skipped with warp cannons. Here, the author avoids those cannons, allowing you to see much more plumbing action.
Despite this movie seemingly looking longer than the previous publication, it's actually a 1333 frame improvement when factoring out emulation differences.
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Game:
New Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
New Super Mario Bros. (US).nds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes warps
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

DS Newer Super Mario Bros. DS "warps" by Soig in 26:04.37

Published on 2/4/2018
Newer Super Mario Bros. DS is a hack of New Super Mario Bros. that adds entirely new levels and custom enemies, bosses, music and graphics to the DS game. The hack also modifies the Blue Shell of the original game into the Hammer Suit from Super Mario Bros. 3.
In this TAS by Soig, the Hammer Suit is heavily abused to beat the hack in record time.
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Game:
Newer Super Mario Bros. DS
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Newer Super Mario Bros. (V1.04).nds
Tags:
Uses warps
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9

DS Newer Super Mario Bros. DS "100%" by Soig in 2:15:40.51

Published on 11/19/2018
Newer Super Mario Bros. DS is a hack of New Super Mario Bros. that adds entirely new levels and custom enemies, bosses, music and graphics to the DS game. The hack also modifies the Blue Shell of the original game into the Hammer Suit from Super Mario Bros. 3.
Soig collects all Star Coins in every level of the game and spends them all in record time.
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Game:
Newer Super Mario Bros. DS
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Newer Super Mario Bros. (V1.07).nds
Tags:
100% completion
Uses warps
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9

DS Super Mario 64 DS "jumpless" by Adeal in 55:05.13

Published on 11/16/2018
Super Mario 64 DS is a remake of Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo DS, released in 2004 along with the system. It features improved graphics, new levels and playable characters, and most importantly in this case, a different "polish".
This TAS features no jumping (B Button) throughout the entire TAS. For more information on how this was achieved we recommend reading the Author's Submission Notes on a breakdown of each stage.
Publisher's Note: Completing the game as Yoshi presents an issue as the player will die in the Rainbow Ride part of the credits and return to the Castle Grounds making the credits incomplete.
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Game:
Super Mario 64 DS
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario 64 DS v1.0.nds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9

DS Super Mario 64 DS by Migu, bobbybob, Sharkey91, Really_Tall, Adeal & Rupa in 05:37.23

Published on 8/20/2024
Super Mario 64 DS is a remake of Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo DS, released in 2004 along with the system. It features improved graphics, new levels and playable characters, and most importantly in this case, a different "polish".
Watch as Sharkey91, Really_Tall, bobbybob, Adeal, Migu & Rupa improve over the previous movie by 00:05.05 seconds thanks to an improvement in entering the 1 star door sooner. For a more technical explanation please read the submission comments.
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Game:
Super Mario 64 DS
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario 64 DS v1.0.nds
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9
[Console-verified]

FDS Super Mario Bros. "-3 stage ending" by HappyLee in 02:44.61

Published on 10/23/2009
This game is Super Mario Bros., the original, but on the Famicom Disk System. It is much similar to the ROM version of the game, except for one minor difference that is demonstrated here.
The -1 stage is completely different. In the NES and Unisystem versions, the -1 stage repeats infinitely and cannot be completed, but in FDS, it can be completed, and then come -2 and -3.
The -3 stage in FDS is a castle level, and completing it ends the game, even though it says "princess is in another castle". The princess is not seen in the ending, but she is sighted twice in the -1 stage, as shown in this movie.
This movie is 84 frames faster than the previous one due to the use of a "cheap trick".
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (1985)(Nintendo).fds
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Console-verified]

FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 "warps, Luigi" by HappyLee & KFCMARIO in 08:13.77

Published on 12/13/2012
This is a TAS of the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, a.k.a. 'The Lost Levels', using Mario's brother Luigi. He jumps higher than Mario, but acts slower in many ways. However, the movie is in no way worse than the Mario version - some new creative solutions have been found.
This movie uses warps. For a warpless version, see [4389] SNES Super Mario All-Stars: The Lost Levels "warpless, Luigi" by DaSmileKat in 34:45.63.
This is an 110 frame improvement over the previous movie by Phil.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) (En).fds
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX (from FCEU 0.98.28)
[Console-verified]

FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 "warps, Mario" by HappyLee in 08:04.83

Published on 3/11/2017
Mario has eaten too many poisonous mushrooms and as a result, decided to go on a furious killing spree. In this berserker state he has also gained the new secret ability to walk through walls at will.
Wondering how some tricks work? Information is available at Super Mario Bros. Tricks page.
This movie is 27 frames faster than the previous version due to new improvements in 1-2 and 8-4.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
This is the real Super Mario Bros 2. It was never officially released in the USA and Europe. It was later ported to SNES, and released as "Lost Levels" on Super Mario All-stars, which we have a warpless Mario run of.
FDS means Famicom Disk System. It was a Japanese disk-unit version of the NES.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1986)(Nintendo).fds
Tags:
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.1

FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 "all items, Mario" by Kzwbz, Argentu-M & Endless Wind in 23:33.12

Published on 1/8/2023
Super Mario Bros. 2 is the infamous sequel to Super Mario Bros. that was released only in Japan for the Famicom Disk System. Considered too difficult and too similar to the original game, it was skipped over for localization in favor of making Doki Doki Panic into the actual Super Mario Bros. 2 for the NES. This game would later be remade in Super Mario All-Stars as Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels.
Kzwbz, Argentu-M, and Endless Wind collaborate to create a run that collects every item in Worlds 1-8 except for Poison Mushrooms as fast as possible. World 9 is not played as it does not contain any items, and Worlds A-D are not played as that requires completing the game eight times in a row to unlock.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) (En).fds
Tags:
Demonstration
Uses intentional deaths
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.5.0

FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 "Worlds A-D, warps, Mario" by HappyLee & chatterbox in 06:26.80

Published on 1/25/2023
Super Mario Bros. 2 is the infamous sequel to Super Mario Bros. that was released only in Japan for the Famicom Disk System. Considered too difficult and too similar to the original game, it was skipped over for localization in favor of making Doki Doki Panic into the actual Super Mario Bros. 2 for the NES. This game would later be remade in Super Mario All-Stars as Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels.
HappyLee and chatterbox collaborate to beat the special Worlds A through D in record time, which are only accessible after beating the main game eight times in a row. Saving 34 frames off the the previous publication.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) (En).fds
Tags:
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
Additional Downloads:
(Verification movie)

FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 "Worlds A-D, warps, Luigi" by electricpants in 06:33.50

Published on 8/6/2023
Super Mario Bros. 2 is the infamous sequel to Super Mario Bros. that was released only in Japan for the Famicom Disk System. Considered too difficult and too similar to the original game, it was skipped over for localization in favor of making Doki Doki Panic into the actual Super Mario Bros. 2 for the NES. This game would later be remade in Super Mario All-Stars as Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels.
electricpants improves their previous TAS by 0.88 seconds, thanks to better optimisation.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) (En).fds
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.4
Additional Downloads:
(Verification movie)

FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 "all levels, Mario" by web2000 & Kzwbz in 35:01.61

Published on 11/26/2024
Super Mario Bros. 2 is the infamous sequel to Super Mario Bros. that was released only in Japan for the Famicom Disk System. Considered too difficult and too similar to the original game, it was skipped over for localization in favor of making Doki Doki Panic into the actual Super Mario Bros. 2 for the NES. This game would later be remade in Super Mario All-Stars as Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels.
For this run, web2000 and Kzwbz collaborate to complete every level in the game, including Worlds 9, A, B, C, and D, which are usually unlocked after completing the game multiple times. This run begins after having fulfilled the requirements for unlocking Worlds A to D. Multiple well-known Super Mario Bros. glitches are performed to shave off as much time as possible, along with other tricks. For further details, you can read the authors' notes here.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) (En).fds
Tags:
100% completion
Forgoes warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(SRAM Verification Movie)

FDS Tonkachi Mario "warps" by Asumeh in 04:27.58

Published on 7/29/2023
Tonkachi Mario is a ROM hack of the FDS version of Super Mario Bros. that came along an unlicensed game editing software called Tonkachi Editor, released in 1987. It is the earliest known ROM hack of this game, and features completely different level design that requires the usage of advanced tricks in order to proceed.
Αsumeh completes the ROM hack in record time.
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Game:
Tonkachi Mario
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Tonkachi_Mario.fds
Tags:
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.5

FDS Tonkachi Mario "warpless" by Asumeh in 16:27.11

Published on 9/23/2023
Tonkachi Mario is a ROM hack of the FDS version of Super Mario Bros. that came bundled with an unlicensed game editing software for the FDS called Tonkachi Editor, which was released in 1987. It is the earliest known ROM hack of this game and features some pretty difficult platforming and strings of balls that Mario can climb to get to other places. While it can be completed without resorting to glitches, the ROM hack is still difficult even by today's standards.
For this run, Αsumeh forgoes the use of warps and competes every level in the romhack as fast as possible.
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Game:
Tonkachi Mario
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Tonkachi_Mario.fds
Tags:
Forgoes warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.5

Flash A Koopa's Revenge by sobble_p in 09:26.80

Published on 12/20/2022
A Koopa's Revenge is a Mario fangame where you play as one mean Koopa. Angry at being another footstool of the Mario Bros., a Koopa decides to go on a rampage and kill as many denizens of the Mushroom Kingdom as possible, Along the way, he can kidnap baby versions of Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi as collectibles despite the fact that their adult versions are in the game and there doesn't appear to be any time travel involved.
sobble_p completes all 16 levels and kills every named character from the Mushroom Kingdom, glitching the game whenever there's downtime for extra entertainment.
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Game:
A Koopa's Revenge
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Game Version:
sharekoopa1.swf
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.4 + Ruffle nightly 2022-11-19

Flash Super Mario Flash by Vexxter, TheAmazingYucemu & RileyTech in 04:40.92

Published on 8/11/2022
Super Mario Flash is a Flash game that appears to be based off of Super Mario All-Stars, using the map feature from Super Mario Bros. 3 and the level designs from Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World. While it may not play exactly like the games it's based off of, the game served as a passable substitute for those in the mid-2000s who had Internet but didn't have the resources to play the original games.
In this run, Vexxter, TheAmazingYucemu, and RileyTech improve on their previous movie with better re-routing which also contains intentional slowdowns and newer glitches to complete the game as fast as possible.
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Game:
Super Mario Flash
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Game Version:
super mario flash.swf
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.3 + Ruffle nightly 2022-07-06

Flash Super Mario Flash "no speedglitch" by Vexxter in 08:19.19

Published on 6/25/2023
Super Mario Flash is a Flash game that appears to be based off of Super Mario All-Stars, using the map feature from Super Mario Bros. 3 and the level designs from Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World. While it may not play exactly like the games it's based off of, the game served as a passable substitute for those in the mid-2000s who had Internet but didn't have the resources to play the original games.
Vexxter, this time, completes the game whilst not abusing the speedglitch present in the other TAS of this game.
Note that version 3.0 was made for this TAS, as version 2.5 does not run in Ruffle yet.
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Game:
Super Mario Flash
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Game Version:
super mario flash.swf
Tags:
Forgoes time-saving glitches
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Emulator Replay:
LibTAS v1.4.4, Ruffle 2022-07-06
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GB Donkey Kong by DrD2k9 in 54:15.44

First edition TAS of 2020 Gameboy TAS of 2020
Published on 8/2/2020
This version of Donkey Kong (informally known as Donkey Kong '94, due to its 1994 release date) follows the same premise as the original game from the 1980s, in that Mario is tasked with rescuing Pauline from the eponymous Donkey Kong.
Besides adding over 90 additional stages to the original 4 stages, this release also introduces many new game-play mechanics which both help and hinder Mario from reaching his goal. Some of these new elements are patterned off concepts from other Mario games including Donkey Kong Jr., SMB, SMB 2 (USA), and SMB 3.
DrD2k9 throws barrels at DK and rescues Pauline in record time.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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Game:
Donkey Kong
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Game Version:
Donkey Kong (Japan, USA) (SGB Enhanced)
Tags:
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
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GB Donkey Kong "save glitch" by CasualPokePlayer & DrD2k9 in 10:31.09

Published on 9/28/2023
This version of Donkey Kong (informally known as Donkey Kong '94, due to its 1994 release date) follows the same premise as the original game from the 1980s, in that Mario is tasked with rescuing Pauline from the eponymous Donkey Kong.
Besides adding over 90 additional stages to the original 4 stages, this release also introduces many new game-play mechanics which both help and hinder Mario from reaching his goal. Some of these new elements are patterned off concepts from other Mario games including Donkey Kong Jr., SMB, SMB 2 (USA), and SMB 3.
The authors abuse a glitch in the save system which causes the game to act as if it completed a later checkpoint up until the final one at 9-5. See the authors' comments for more information.
We also have a run that plays through the game normally, which you can find here.
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Game:
Donkey Kong
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Game Version:
Donkey Kong (Japan, USA) (SGB Enhanced)
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Corrupts save data
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Compatibility MP4
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GB Super Mario 4 by ThunderAxe31 in 08:45.02

Published on 4/12/2018
Super Mario 4 (also known as Super Mario Land 4) is an unlicensed bootleg game, which is a hack of the Game Boy game Crayon Shin-Chan 4, originally by Bandai. The hack changes a large amount of content. The level design is completely different and is the main subject of the game's criticism due to the borderline unfair increase in difficulty when compared to Crayon Shin-Chan 4. The game has four levels, and each of them is incredibly lengthy.
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Game:
Super Mario 4
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Super Mario Land 4 (J) [!].gb
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GB Super Mario Land "hard mode" by MUGG in 12:14.77

Published on 8/22/2010
Tatanga is back after being beaten in the regular-mode run of this game, and he kidnapped Princess Daisy again. Daisy is not a pilot, so she is unable to escape from her prison in the sky, despite there being a freely accessible aircraft in the vicinity.
Mario must travel through the four Kingdoms of Birabuto, Muda, Easton, and Chai once again to rescue Daisy. Although this time around, they're packed with much more enemies than before.
This run has much more action than the regular mode of Super Mario Land, due to the increased amount of enemies, yet it is only slightly slower. If you liked TASs of Super Mario Land before now, wait until you see this.
Note: This movie begins from a save state from the end of regular mode in order to access hard mode. There is no other way to access it outside of a hack. We normally do not accept movies which begin from a save state.
Note: This movie requires conversion in order to be played in sync on VBA-rr v23.
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Game:
Super Mario Land
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Land (W) (V1.1) [!].gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v21-interim
[Console-verified]

GB Super Mario Land by MUGG in 12:08.75

Published on 8/19/2012
Aside from Tetris, Super Mario Land is probably the most well-known cartridge for the original Game Boy. It features a marked departure from traditional Mario enemies and themes, including Sphinxes, seahorses, fists emerging from pipes, Egyptian-themed levels, Chinese-themed levels and UFO-themed levels.
This publication improves on the previous one by 00:04.33 seconds from a new trick that allows Mario to warp around the screen on auto-scrolling levels as well as a new strategy used to end the mandatory bonus game after each world quicker.
If you enjoyed this movie, be sure to see hard mode.
A resync of the TAS has been console verified
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Game:
Super Mario Land
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Land (W) (V1.1) [!].gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v24

GB Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins "game end glitch" by MUGG, Masterjun & Alyosha in 00:46.08

Published on 7/21/2018
This is the second and last true Mario game for the Game Boy. It features unique power-ups like carrots and bubbles, and allows the player to go through each of the worlds in any order. It also meant the first appearance of Wario, who would become a staple character for Nintendo.
This run improves the previous movie by 8 frames. The longer duration is due to more accurate emulation.
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Game:
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (UE) (V1.0) [!].gb
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
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GB Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins by dadinfinitum in 20:49.86

Published on 9/23/2019
This is the second and last true Mario game for the original Game Boy. It has unique power ups like carrots and bubbles and allows the player to go through each of the worlds in any order. It also features the first appearance of Wario, who would become a staple character for Nintendo.
This is a 1 minute and 5 second improvement over the previous movie thanks to newly discovered glitches which can be found in the author's comments.
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Game:
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (UE) (V1.0) [!].gb
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
Foregoes memory corruption
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
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[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

GBA Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga "all bosses" by Potato in 1:50:48.04

GBA TAS of 2022
Published on 1/18/2022
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2003.
The game follows Mario and Luigi and Bowser as they travel through Beanbean Kingdom in order to restore Princess Peach's voice from the clutches of Cackletta.
In this movie, Potato defeats all of the major bosses in the game in record time.
Viewers who have photosensitivity problems may want to avoid watching as there's a high amount of flashing visuals from 45:22 onwards due to the glitches that are performed and it can become uncomfortable to watch. There is an alternative encode which attempts to make these visual glitches less intensive by disabling layers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVLId2OwPME
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Game:
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Mario & Luigi RPG (Japan).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
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 Compatibility MP4
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GBA Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga "glitchless" by Potato in 2:57:49.71

Published on 7/4/2023
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2003.
The game follows Mario and Luigi and Bowser as they travel through Beanbean Kingdom in order to restore Princess Peach's voice from the clutches of Cackletta.
In this movie, Potato completes the game glitchless in record time.
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Game:
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Forgoes all glitches
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Compatibility MP4
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[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

GBA Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga by Potato, Migu & Pixiuchu in 58:30.90

Published on 7/31/2023
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2003. It follows Mario and Luigi as they travel to Beanbean Kingdom in order to restore Princess Peach's voice from the clutches of Cackletta, who plans to use her voice to activate the Beanstar and have her wish to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom granted.
Potato, Migu, and Snodeca improve their previous run by around 49 seconds by using the European Spanish version of the game for its faster text boxes and using the "#1 Trousers" to save even more time. For more details on the strategies used, you can read the authors' notes.
WARNING: Viewers who are photosensitive may want to skip parts of the run from 44:02 onwards as there are number of rapidly flashing visuals due to the glitches that are performed. There is an alternative encode that attempts to make these visual glitches less intensive by disabling layers.
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Game:
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (Reduced Flashing)
Emulator Replay:
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GBA Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga "save glitch" by Potato & MUGG in 11:02.71

Published on 12/19/2024
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2003. It follows Mario and Luigi as they travel to Beanbean Kingdom in order to restore Princess Peach's voice from the clutches of Cackletta, who plans to use her voice to activate the Beanstar and have her wish to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom granted.
Potato and MUGG in this run beat the game as fast as possible by corrupting the save file so that it tricks the game into thinking most of the story has already been completed, then by zipping and teleporting across the world to the final level where Cackletta is nowhere to be found and the ending cutscenes with Bowser, Peach, and friends can be instantly triggered. For further details, you can read the authors' notes here.
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Game:
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Mario & Luigi RPG (Japan).gba
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Corrupts memory
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
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(Verification movie)

GBA Mario Party Advance by Nacho in 1:40:47.93

Published on 3/27/2016
Mario Party Advance follows a different format than the main games, since only a single person can play without connecting to another GBA. In this game, the player moves around the game board, visiting characters, running quests, and playing minigames. Many of the non-player characters are from classic Nintendo 64 games like Super Mario 64, Mario Party, and Paper Mario.
In order to beat the game as fast as possible, Nacho manipulates luck to achieve favorable rolls. Careful Mushroom management also allows him to intentionally lose some minigames when it would be faster than beating them.
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Game:
Mario Party Advance
Genres:
Board
Party
Game Version:
Mario Party Advance (USA).gba
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Heavy luck manipulation
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GBA Mario Pinball Land by MUGG in 07:00.41

Published on 6/25/2019
Super Mario Ball, also known as Mario Pinball Land in the US, is an adventure quest combined with a pinball game, similar to Pinball Quest.
In the game you need to flip Mario like a pinball to obtain stars and keys, defeat enemies, and advance levels.
Of course the author completes these objectives with speed and precision and often while juggling multiple balls.
MUGG improves his previous movie by 00:20.81 seconds, thanks to route changes and slight optimizations.
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Game:
Mario Pinball Land
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Super Mario Ball (Japan).gba
Tags:
Uses a game restart sequence
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GBA Mario vs. Donkey Kong by Chef_Stef in 37:23.32

Published on 10/29/2015
Mario vs. Donkey Kong is an evolution of the ever popular Donkey Kong franchise that pits Jumpman (aka Mario) yet again against the ape Donkey Kong. This time, Mario faces puzzling levels that require him to hit switches that activate/deactivate colored walls in an attempt to save the Mini-Mario toys.
The author, Chef_Stef, abuses game physics and collision detection to complete the levels in record time. Using a series of new glitches and strategies, he also beats his previous run by almost seven and a half minutes.
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Game:
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Game Version:
Mario vs. Donkey Kong (USA, Australia).gba
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
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GBA Super Mario Advance "Peach only" by mtvf1 in 07:17.05

Published on 10/23/2013
Super Mario Advance is a remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 and Mario Bros. together on one cartridge. It features all the running, jumping, and veggie-flinging from the original Super Mario Bros. 2, plus new enemies and bigger items (and some annoying voice clips). In the updated arcade classic Mario Bros., you can play alone or against another player as you bump off baddies and collect coins.
There's another very important difference between this version of Super Mario Bros. 2 and the NES version: when loading a savefile in this game, the player can travel back to any stage before the last one visited. This makes several new routes available through the game which involve warping forward and then going back to a previous stage with a different warp.
This run by mtvf1 plays through the Super Mario Bros. 2 mode with Princess Peach. Of course, at the speed mtvf1 runs and jumps across Subcon, you'd never guess she's the slowest character. For more information, including details about the chosen route, see the author's comments. If you want to see another run that plays with more characters, see this run.
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Game:
Super Mario Advance
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Advance - Super Mario USA + Mario Brothers (Japan).gba
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
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GBA Super Mario Advance by mtvf1 & got4n in 07:00.58

Published on 11/13/2013
Super Mario Advance is a remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 and Mario Bros. together on one cartridge. It features all the running, jumping, and veggie-flinging from the original Super Mario Bros. 2, plus new enemies and bigger items (and some annoying voice clips). In the updated arcade classic Mario Bros., you can play alone or against another player as you bump off baddies and collect coins.
There's another very important difference between this version of Super Mario Bros. 2 and the NES version: when loading a savefile in this game, the player can travel back to any stage before the last one visited. This makes several new routes available through the game which involve warping forward and then going back to a previous stage with a different warp.
This run plays through the game as fast as possible, usually taking advantage of Toad's speed and Luigi's jumping. (In this version of the game, Toad does not get a speed boost from carrying enemies or items.) For a version that only uses Princess Peach, see this run.
Runs for the NES version and SNES version are available, as well.
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Game:
Super Mario Advance
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Advance (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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GBA Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World "warps" by gbreeze in 09:55.84

Published on 8/20/2014
Super Mario Advance 2 is the port of Super Mario World to the Game Boy Advance. While similar to the original game in many respects, there are some subtle differences that matter for tool-assisted runs.
This run beats the previous one by 00:14.92 seconds, thanks to many optimizations and using the Japanese version.
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Game:
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Advance 2 - Super Mario World + Mario Brothers (Japan).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
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 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
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GBA Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 "all levels" by JeyKey_55 in 1:12:22.79

Published on 5/16/2018
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is an enhanced remake of the Nintendo Entertainment System video game Super Mario Bros. 3, and is based on the remake found in Super Mario All-Stars for the Super NES.
It contains several enhancements, including the addition of Mario and Luigi's voices by Charles Martinet, a multiplayer mode based on the original arcade game Mario Bros and the ability to scan e-Cards, utilizing two Game Boy Advances, the e-Reader, and a copy of Super Mario Advance 4. Once a card is scanned, it adds certain content to the game.
JeyKey_55 beats every level in the game in record time. For an "all levels" run of the NES game, see this TAS by Lord Tom & Tompa.
Note that this run plays the original European release for the GBA, the e-Reader levels were not present in that version. If you want to see all the e-Reader levels beaten, we have such a movie as well.
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Game:
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3 (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (Rev 1).gba
Tags:
100% completion
Forgoes warps
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GBA Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 "e-Reader levels" by Soig in 38:32.92

Published on 5/22/2018
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is an enhanced remake of the Nintendo Entertainment System video game Super Mario Bros. 3, and is based on the remake found in Super Mario All-Stars for the Super NES.
It contains several enhancements, including the addition of Mario and Luigi's voices by Charles Martinet, a multiplayer mode based on the original arcade game Mario Bros and the ability to scan e-Cards, utilizing two Game Boy Advances, the e-Reader, and a copy of Super Mario Advance 4. Once a card is scanned, it adds certain content to the game.
Soig beats the 38 e-Reader levels in record time. This run uses a WiiU VC release of the game, because, unlike in the GBA versions, all the e-Reader levels are instantly available here. If you want to see all the normal levels beaten, see here.
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Game:
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (VC)
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[Console-verified]

GBA Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by EZGames69 & GoddessMaria in 11:07.65

Published on 7/22/2020
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is an enhanced remake of the Nintendo Entertainment System video game Super Mario Bros. 3, and is based on the remake found in Super Mario All-Stars for the Super NES.
It contains several enhancements, including the addition of Mario and Luigi's voices by Charles Martinet, a multiplayer mode based on the original arcade game Mario Bros and the ability to scan e-Cards, utilizing two Game Boy Advances, the e-Reader, and a copy of Super Mario Advance 4. Once a card is scanned, it adds certain content to the game.
EZGames69 and GoddessMaria use warp whistles to beat the game in record time.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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Game:
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA).gba
Tags:
Uses warps
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.2
[Console-verified]

GBA Super Mario: The Last GBA Quest by dekutony in 12:55.30

Published on 5/16/2023
Super Mario: The Last GBA Quest is a homebrew platforming fan game that was heavily inspired by Super Mario Land. It borrows a number of elements from that game such as the Superball powerup and various enemies such as the Flies, Dragonzamasus, and King Totomesus while keeping around other Mario staples such as Shy Guys. Instead of saving Daisy, Mario has to save his usual damsel in distress Peach from a mysterious enemy.
In this run, dekutony completes all eight levels of the game in record time, the eighth level requiring special red coins found throughout the previous seven levels in order to access.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Super Mario: The Last GBA Quest
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Homebrew
Game Version:
Last_Quest.gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9
[Console-verified]

GBC Super Mario Bros. Deluxe "You vs. Boo" by got4n & negative seven in 04:54.24

Published on 9/2/2013
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999) is the Game Boy Color version of the original Super Mario Bros. In addition to the standard game, it features some new unlockable modes, such as a challenge mode and "You vs. Boo", where Mario must race Boo through several levels which have been modified to make them more interesting in a race.
In this movie, got4n and negative_seven complete the You vs. Boo mode, beating Boo in all eight levels, and over half a second faster than the previous run.
Note: Although this run appears to be longer than the previous movie, that run's time was calculated with an incorrect frame rate. This run is indeed faster.
This run starts from a save file that has beaten the game and collected 100,000 points in challenge mode to unlock the "You vs. Boo" mode. Runs that start from SRAM are not normally allowed; see the Movie Rules for more on this.
You can watch a resync of this run played back on console.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (USA, Europe) (Rev 1).gbc
Tags:
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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GBC Super Mario Bros. Deluxe "warps" by KingKappa & Denial140 in 04:57.45

Published on 11/25/2024
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe is a remake of the original Super Mario Bros. with some new game modes, including a challenge mode where coins and time remaining are crucial to gaining the target score and a race mode where Mario competes against Boo to reach each level's finish flag pole first. While this mode looks like a direct port of the NES game, there are different physics and glitches, making optimizing Deluxe a very different task.
KingKappa and Denial140 collaborate on this run to improve the previous run by 5 frames thanks to better optimization.
There is also a run of the "You vs. Boo" mode.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (J) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
Uses warps
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(Extended High Score Input)
[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

GC Luigi's Mansion "Hidden Mansion" by NEVERDOORS in 06:13.58

Published on 12/10/2023
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 improves their previous movie by 2 minutes and 38.54 seconds, thanks to a newly found skip, allowing one to skip straight to the Altar just after entering the hallway in the first area. Please read the author's comments for more details.
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.
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Game:
Luigi's Mansion
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Luigi's Mansion (Japan).iso
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Uses hardest difficulty
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-15260
Additional Downloads:
(Verification movie)
[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)

GC Mario Party 6 "Solo Mode" by GoddessMaria & Samsara in 09:56.35

Published on 10/2/2021
Mario Party 6 is a party game released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2004 (and 2005 in Europe and Australia). The game features two main game modes: Party Mode, where 4 players compete to get the highest amount of stars, and Solo Mode, in which one player must reach the end of the board to get a Rare Mini-Game. If the player goes further than that space, they'll lose all mini-games they've collected, amongst other events.
GoddessMaria and Samsara play through all three boards of the game's Solo Mode and get the Rare Mini-Games in record time.
We also have a TAS of Mario Party 7's Solo Cruise.
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Game:
Mario Party 6
Genres:
Board
Party
Game Version:
Mario Party 6 (NTSC-J).iso
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0

GC Mario Party 7 "Solo Cruise" by BeastlyN64 in 21:45.22

Published on 8/24/2020
Mario Party 7 is a party game released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2005. Four players race across a board trying to get stars.
In this TAS, BeastlyN64 plays on the "Solo Cruise" gamemode. This is the main story mode for Mario Party 7 in which the player must play through all 6 boards against one CPU opponent. Each board has a different objective the player must beat before progressing on to the next board. Unlike party mode, you don't play minigames at the end of each turn.
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Game:
Mario Party 7
Genres:
Board
Party
Game Version:
Mario Party 7
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
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

GC Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door "All Crystal Stars" by Reya in 2:56:47.87

Published on 2/13/2023
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.
In this TAS, Reya gathers all Crystal Stars and defeats the final boss in record time, while abusing glitches that are detailed in the author's comments.
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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
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0 [LUA Core]
[Star]

GC Super Mario Sunshine by zelpikukirby & Goldfire in 1:08:32.58

Nintendo 3D TAS of 2018
Published on 6/18/2018
In the highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Super Mario 64, Mario and Peach are taking a much-deserved vacation from the so often troublesome Mushroom Kingdom. Only, they quickly find out that there is trouble amuck at their island destination. A culprit has coated the world with goop and paint. Even worse, according to the locals he just happens to look like Mario. Mistaken for the true offender, Mario's would-be vacation instead turns out to be another day on the job as he is convicted of the villain's crimes and is ordered to clean up the world with a water-spewing device that straps to his back, which just happens to add a whole new layer of depth to the usual platforming action.
Here, zelpikukirby & Goldfire use tools to show just how nimble the famed plumber can be. Focusing on revenge rather than reparation, they bring the perpetrator to justice after collecting only 43 shine sprites, leaving plenty of time for Mario and his friends to indulge in the rest and relaxation they originally set out to enjoy.
Note: This run is known to have a sync dependent on both hardware, and graphic settings. If you are having trouble playing back the emulator movie (DTM file), we recommend you watch one of the pre-made encodes instead.
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Game:
Super Mario Sunshine
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Sunshine (Japan).iso
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-114

GC Super Mario Sunshine "game end glitch" by zelpikukirby & su in 09:50.40

Published on 3/30/2024
In the highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Super Mario 64, Mario and Peach are taking a much-deserved vacation from the so often troublesome Mushroom Kingdom. Only, they quickly find out that there is trouble amuck at their island destination. A culprit has coated the world with goop and paint. Even worse, according to the locals he just happens to look like Mario. Mistaken for the true offender, Mario's would-be vacation instead turns out to be another day on the job as he is convicted of the villain's crimes and is ordered to clean up the world with a water-spewing device that straps to his back, which just happens to add a whole new layer of depth to the usual platforming action.
This time, zelpikukirby and su reach the ending by executing arbitrary code caused by the cutscene underflow glitch. Please read the authors' comments for more details.
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Game:
Super Mario Sunshine
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Sunshine (Japan).iso
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0 Lua Core v3.5.1

Genesis Mario 3: Around the World by despoa in 08:53.45

Published on 2/20/2023
Mario 3: Around the World is a bootleg video game for the Sega Genesis from Russia. While the game itself is very basic but with some awkward controls, it's one of many Russian bootleg games that have become infamous online for having some rather disturbing game over screens (none of which show up in this run). Many assets were stolen from other places such as the music and sprite work.
despoa takes Mario around the world to rescue Paper Princess Peach in record time.
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Game:
Mario 3: Around the World
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Mario 3 - Around the World.md
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Genesis Super Mario World 64 by xy2_ in 07:17.51

Published on 7/27/2017
Super Mario World 64 is a pirated port of the SNES Super Mario World, made for the Sega Mega Drive by an unknown developer, at an unknown date (but most likely after the original release of Super Mario 64 in 1996).
In the game you play as Mario alone; Yoshi makes no appearance whatsoever. Holding A allows you to run, but the distance required before Mario starts running is longer than expected, making careful jumps that require the distance a bit tricky. Control in general is also very stiff.
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Game:
Super Mario World 64
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Unofficial port
Game Version:
Super Mario World 64(Unl).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.0

Linux Mari0 "Portal mappack, 1 player" by lexikiq & Masterjun in 03:05.23

Speedy TAS of 2018 PC TAS of 2018
Published on 10/28/2018
Mari0 is a PC game created by stabyourself.net in 2012 that combines the classic Super Mario Bros. with the puzzle-platfomer Portal by giving Mario a portal gun. The game launched with 2 "mappacks", with the one most people played being the Super Mario Bros. mappack containing the original set of levels. This TAS instead showcases the other mappack which features 18 Portal-inspired puzzles spread across 9 different levels.
lexikiq and Masterjun certainly don't solve the puzzles in the Portal mappack the intended way in order to clear it in record time. Please read the authors' comments for more details.
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Game:
Mari0
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Fangame
Game Version:
mari0-1.6.2.zip
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.3.1

Linux Mari0 "Portal mappack, 4 players" by lexikiq & Masterjun in 02:54.80

Published on 1/28/2019
Mari0 is a PC game created by stabyourself.net in 2012 that combines the classic Super Mario Bros. with the puzzle-platformer Portal by giving Mario a portal gun. The game launched with 2 "mappacks", with the one most people played being the Super Mario Bros. mappack containing the original set of levels. This TAS instead showcases the other mappack which features 18 Portal-inspired puzzles spread across 9 different levels.
This movie is 10.43 seconds shorter than the single-player publication, mainly thanks to using four players to plow through the levels and abusing tricks that are only possible in multiplayer.
There's an alternate YouTube encode provided by the authors that shows this TAS as it was shown at AGDQ2019 (featuring four TASBots instead of four Marios as well as a game timer).
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Game:
Mari0
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Fangame
Game Version:
mari0-1.6.2.zip
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
4 Players
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.3.2

Linux Mari0 "warps" by Masterjun, lexikiq & dwangoAC in 01:06.93

Published on 7/20/2019
Mari0 is a PC game created by stabyourself.net in 2012 that combines the classic Super Mario Bros. with the puzzle-platformer Portal by giving Mario a portal gun. The game launched with 2 "mappacks", with the one most people played being the Super Mario Bros. mappack containing the original set of levels.
This time around, Masterjun, lexikiq and dwangoAC play through the Super Mario Bros. mappack in record time.
We also have a run of the Portal mappack.
Due to the overall sheer speed of the movie, the second set of encodes play back the movie at 25% of the regular speed.
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Game:
Mari0
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Fangame
Game Version:
mari0-1.6.2.zip
Tags:
Uses warps
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV (25% speed)
 Compatibility MP4 (25% speed)
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.3.4

Linux Super Mario 63 Redux (Tiny Demo) by Vexxter, Tomothy & roblox8192 in 00:14.78

Published on 6/20/2023
Super Mario 63 Redux is a remake of Super Mario 63, a Mario Flash fangame that takes mechanics from Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine and puts them in a 2D Mario game. Currently in development as of this writing, the game plans to have completely new graphics, original music, and wholly rewritten dialogue.
Vexxter, Tomothy, and roblox8192 all work together for this run to beat the "Tiny Demo" — which only includes four levels — as fast as possible by abusing a number of glitches and peculiar mechanics. For details on the the effort put in the run and mechanics abused, you can read the authors' notes.
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Game:
Super Mario 63 Redux
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Prerelease
Game Version:
redux_(Tiny_Demo_1.5).x86_64
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.4

N64 Golf with Your Mario by Emil_Borg in 01:14.42

Published on 6/14/2024
Golf With Your Mario is a ROM hack of Super Mario 64 that was created by aglab2 as part of SimpleFlips's Slide Hack Competition 2024. It turns the platforming of the original game into a short game of minigolf with Mario himself as the ball. Like the game of minigolf itself, the goal is to launch Mario to the hole at the other side of the course in a few strokes as possible. Certain platforming mechanics from the original game such as walljumping have been retained for certain courses. The title is a pun on that of the similar game Golf With Your Friends.
In this run, Emil_Borg completes every course in the romhack as fast as possible and in as few strokes as possible, ending input early at the last course to let Mario slide to the hole himself.
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Game:
Golf with Your Mario
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
gwym-v5.5.z64
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

N64 Golf with Your Mario "maximum score" by DyllonStej in 00:56.13

Published on 7/7/2024
Golf with Your Mario is a ROM hack of Super Mario 64 that was created by aglab2 as part of SimpleFlips's Slide Hack Competition 2024. It turns the platforming of the original game into a short game of minigolf with Mario himself as the ball. Like the game of minigolf itself, the goal is to launch Mario to the hole at the other side of the course in a few strokes as possible. Certain platforming mechanics from the original game such as walljumping have been retained for certain courses. The title is a pun on that of the similar game Golf With Your Friends.
In this run, DyllonStej completes every course in the romhack in as few strokes as possible (a faster strategy involves more strokes), ending input early at the last course to let Mario slide to the hole himself.
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Game:
Golf with Your Mario
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
gwym-v5.5.z64
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Mupen 64 1.0.11
[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

N64 Mario Party "Mini-Game Island" by Doomsday31415 in 34:58.08

Published on 12/23/2018
Mario Party is a party video game featuring characters from the Mario franchise. It combines the mechanics of board games with more than 50 different mini-games. The two modes of Mario Party are Adventure Mode, the standard mode of play with up to four players, and Mini-Game Island, a single player mode which forgoes the board game mechanics and instead has you win mini-games to progress through levels layed out on an world map.
In this run, Doomsday31415 plays through the game's Mini-Game Island mode as fast as possible, improving upon the previous publication by 01:12.92.
Note #1: Every second encode of each type leads to a version where all mini-game explanations and results screens have been removed.
Note #2: There are also lossless encodes and encodes at additional resolutions available in the discussion thread.
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Game:
Mario Party
Genres:
Action
Board
Party
Game Version:
Mario Party (USA).z64
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.2

N64 Mario Party 3 "Story Mode" by g0goTBC, Lightmopp & dalerben61 in 1:21:26.95

Published on 11/11/2023
Mario Party 3 is the 3rd installment of the Mario Party series of games, developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo. It features 70 brand new minigames as well as new boards, game modes, and playable characters.
One of these game modes is "Story Mode" in which the player must play through every board in the game against computer players. This TAS plays through the story mode on the "Super Hard" difficulty, which normally requires a completion on hard mode to unlock.
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Game:
Mario Party 3
Genres:
Board
Party
Game Version:
Mario Party 3 (USA).n64
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(Verification movie)
[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
[Console-verified]

N64 Super Mario 64 "70 stars, no Backwards Long Jump" by Jesus, Kaylee, MICKEY_Vis11189, MoltovM, Nahoc, snark, sonicpacker, ToT, CeeSammerZ, coin2884, Eru, Goronem, Mokkori, Nekuran, Nothing693 & pasta in 42:58.52

Published on 6/22/2012
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Game:
Super Mario 64
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario 64 (USA)
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
mupen64-rr 8
[Console-verified] [Star]

N64 Super Mario 64 "all 120 stars" by mkdasher, Nahoc, sonicpacker, Jesus, Kaylee, MoltovM, SilentSlayers, snark, ToT, Bauru, Eru, Goronem, Mokkori, Nothing693 & pasta in 1:20:41.52

TAS of 2012 Speedy TAS of 2012 3D Platforms TAS of 2012
Published on 12/13/2012
In a shocking twist of events, Bowser kidnaps Peach inside her own castle. Mario shows up and rains on Bowser's parade by collecting all 120 stars and winning in record time.
Numerous bugs are exploited in order to speed up Mario's progress and the physics engine is abused to its fullest.
This is an improvement of 18:08.33 over the previous movie by Rikku.
If you prefer to see the game beaten in the fastest time, then watch the "1 key" run.
See this movie played back on a real console.
If you're looking for a TAS on the Nintendo DS remake, you can watch it here.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolution in the discussion thread.
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Game:
Super Mario 64
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario 64 (USA)
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
mupen64-rr 8
[Console-verified] [Recommended for newcomers] [Star]

N64 Super Mario 64 "1 key" by Tyler Kehne, mkdasher, sonicpacker, snark, SilentSlayers, ToT, Plush, Dabs, Gaehne D, Eru, sm64expert, dar gos, Superdavo0001 & IsaacA in 04:18.98

N64/DS TAS of 2021
Published on 7/21/2021
At first there were 70 stars, because Bowser demanded it. Then there were 16 stars, because MIPS the Rabbit demanded it. Then there was 1 star, because Bowser's Sub demanded it. Then there were no stars, but 2 keys, because the door leading to the castle basement demanded it. Now there is 1 key because the viewers are impatient and demanded the game be quicker.
As with many other runs on this site, the goal of pure speed has resulted in the complete breaking of the game. Very little of the game's normal play remains. If you'd like to see more of what Super Mario 64 has to offer, see the "70 Stars, no BLJ" run or the "120 Stars" run.
This appears to be an improvement by 00:02.32 seconds, however if we account for emulation differences between Mupen and BizHawk, the improvement is closer to 00:04.90 seconds. Please read the submission notes for more information on the improvements.
Super Mario 64 has a history of publications on this site. If you wish to see how it unfolded since the beginning, see the page SM64TASHistory.
If you're looking for a TAS on the Nintendo DS remake, you can watch it here.
Since this movie was made using Mupen, with the m64 file converted to the bk2 format, you can download the original m64 file under the publication page. Timing for the m64 file is around 04:16.4.
You can watch this movie played back on a real console.
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Game:
Super Mario 64
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario 64 (Japan)
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
mupen64 1.0.8/BizHawk 2.6.2
Additional Downloads:
(Mupen movie file)

N64 Super Mario 64: The Green Stars "all 130 stars" by Nis, homerfunky & sm64expert in 1:33:36.25

Published on 10/16/2017
Super Mario 64: The Green Stars is a Super Mario 64 rom hack made by Kampel, released in August 2013. Also listed under "hacking" in the credits are Kaze, Frauber and VL-Tone.
The hack has a number of differences compared to the original game, such as an increased count of 130 stars, harder level design, and (as the title implies) green stars. The game is intended as a fan-made sequel to Super Mario 64, and is often praised for feeling very similar to the original game.
The trio of authors power through the hack with incredible speed, showcasing the various levels and landscapes, abusing the game's programming errors, and collecting all 130 stars in under 100 minutes.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolution in the discussion thread.
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Game:
Super Mario 64: The Green Stars
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Mario 64: The Green Stars
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
mupen64-rr 2-reset

N64 Super Mario 74 "all 151 stars" by homerfunky in 1:49:44.52

Published on 4/10/2015
Super Mario 74 is a Super Mario 64 ROM hack made by Lugmillord in 2011. It introduces new harder levels, custom music and a greater amount of Stars to collect.
The hack often pokes fun at both the player and the original game. Most of the dialogue is silly or sarcastic and some star names are deliberately unclear to give the player no help in finding them.
First-time TASer homerfunky uses the game's various glitches to blast through the hack, finishing with all 151 stars in less than two hours.
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Game:
Super Mario 74
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Mario 74
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
mupen64-rr 2-reset

N64 Super Mario 74 Extreme Edition "157 Stars" by Frame, RSw, homerfunky, sm64expert, galoomba, Superdavo0001 & Somebro in 1:55:31.37

ROM Hack TAS of 2022
Published on 6/19/2022
Super Mario 74 Extreme Edition is a remixed version of the Super Mario 74 romhack. This hack aims to be even more difficult to the original Super Mario 74 hack, replacing and redoing several levels such as adding lava pools where water normally would be.
This TAS aims to collect all 157 stars, by performing tedious and complicated moves to get certain stars, as well as collecting 100 coins in each level, making sure every coin collected counts.
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Game:
Super Mario 74 Extreme Edition
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Mario 74 - Extreme Edition (English) (SM64 Hack by Lugmillord).z64
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
mupen64 1.0.10 (TAS Emulators Github version)

N64DD Mario Artist: Polygon Studio "Go-Go-Park" by Darkman425 in 01:09.22

Published on 10/31/2023
Mario Artist: Polygon Studio is an entry in the Mario Artist series of games that were created for the short-lived Nintendo 64DD. In this game, with a bunch of prefabricated polygon parts, you can create models that you can use in three game modes, "Experimental World", "Sound Bomber", and "Go-Go-Park". "Experimental World" has you use your model to explore and collect new parts. "Sound Bomber" has eight microgames that you play using your model and serves as a precursor to the WarioWare series. And "Go-Go-Park" is a minigame where you wind up your model and have it race and reach a designated finish line without going over a bridge.
Darkman425 in this run decides to play the "Go-Go-Park" mode and competes all three stages as fast as possible, ending input early in the third stage as well.
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Game:
Mario Artist: Polygon Studio
Genres:
Application
Game Version:
Mario Artist - Polygon Studio (Japan).ndd
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
[Console-verified]

NES Air 2 by Asumeh in 06:10.06

Published on 6/4/2024
Air 2 is a ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. by U1 and a revision of the ROM hack Air, which was also created by the same author. It is a puzzle-oriented ROM hack which requires knowledge of Super Mario Bros. glitches in order to solve. What makes Air 2 different from Air is that it lacks the infinite jumps feature Air had and all hidden blocks are marked at the start.
Compared to the previous run, Asumeh decides to go for pure speed and completion time instead of demonstrating what the hack has to offer, using clipping glitches to bypass intended solutions and save almost two minutes of game time.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Air
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Hack
Game Version:
air2.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.5

NES Astral World by Asumeh in 10:10.34

Published on 8/23/2024
Astral World is a Super Mario Bros. ROM hack released in 2023. Mario finds himself in an alien planet and needs to get back to his spaceship in order to get back home.
Asumeh finds the space ship in record time.
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Game:
Astral World
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
astralworld.nes
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.6

NES Bob-omb Mario by HappyLee in 04:23.20

Published on 10/2/2022
Bob-omb Mario is a Super Mario Bros. romhack where Mario can acquire the ability to throw Bob-ombs to destroy blocks that even he can't destroy as Big Mario. In doing this, NesDraug, the creator of the romhack, created puzzle levels that would normally be impossible without using lots of glitches and are intended to be solved with the Bob-omb powerup. In addition, Mario can run faster and jumping on enemies now causes him to jump much higher.
In this run, HappyLee eschews the use of the Bob-omb powerup in favor of glitching his way through the game, casually clipping through walls and ceilings, and doing it in record time.
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Game:
Bob-omb Mario
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Bob-Omb_Mario.nes
Tags:
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Console-verified] [Atlas map encode]

NES Donkey Kong by Phil in 01:08.67

Published on 9/18/2009
Donkey Kong is a classic game that has been challenged plenty of times at this site, by many players. This competitive spirit has made for some "perfect" runs. Yet each time someone manages to squeeze just a bit more out of it.
This latest completion by Phil beats the previous movie by 11 frames by carefully optimizing Jumpman's movement pattern.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, 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:
Donkey Kong
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Donkey Kong (World) (Rev 1).nes
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.1
[Console-verified]

NES Donkey Kong "all items" by Phil, Spikestuff, GoddessMaria & Alyosha in 01:15.03

Published on 5/5/2023
Donkey Kong is a classic game that has been challenged plenty of times at this site, by many players. This competitive spirit has made for some "perfect" runs, yet each time someone manages to squeeze just a bit more out of it.
Unlike the other published Donkey Kong runs, this one opts to get all of the items on the 75m and 100m stages while completing the game as fast as possible.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Donkey Kong
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Donkey Kong (World) (Rev 1).nes
Tags:
100% completion
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9

NES Donkey Kong: Original Edition "all items" by GoddessMaria in 01:33.63

Published on 3/1/2023
Donkey Kong: Original Edition is an attempt to take the Nintendo Entertainment System port of Donkey Kong and make it more like the arcade original. While still inferior to the original coin-op in terms of cutscenes, graphics, and sound, it has restored the 50M level, which was absent on most home ports.
In this run, GoddessMaria collects all items available in each stage while also defeating Donkey Kong in the process, this run also improves on the previous publication by 12 frames.
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Game:
Donkey Kong: Original Edition
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Donkey Kong - Original Edition (USA) (Virtual Console).nes
Tags:
100% completion
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

NES Donkey Kong: Original Edition by adelikat & Spikestuff in 01:25.67

Published on 4/25/2023
Donkey Kong: Original Edition is an attempt to take the Nintendo Entertainment System port of Donkey Kong and make it more like the arcade original. While still inferior to the original coin-op in terms of cutscenes, graphics, and sound, it has restored the 50M level (the pie factory level), which was absent on most home ports.
Unlike the "all items" run, this run by adelikat and Spikestuff opts to complete the game as fast as possible, utilizing glitches that are present in the original NES version of Donkey Kong.
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Game:
Donkey Kong: Original Edition
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Donkey Kong - Original Edition (USA) (Virtual Console).nes
Tags:
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Console-verified]

NES Dr. Mario "all levels" by poco_cpp, inari80000 & tas_suki in 05:43.00

Published on 10/29/2019
Tired of being mocked by the viruses, Dr. Mario switched to his "fast-acting" and "extra strength" medication. The viruses never knew what hit them.
poco_cpp, inari80000 and tas_suki improve the previous TAS by 37.76 seconds, thanks to better virus layouts and improved strategies.
You can watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Dr. Mario
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Dr. Mario (JU) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.2

NES Extra Mario Bros. by HappyLee in 19:24.68

Published on 8/9/2009
Extra Mario Bros. is a hack of the original Super Mario Bros. It is noteworthy for being a complete "Metroidvania" game built around the original SMB engine, with very few changes to the engine itself. The five areas in the game are all interconnected (via pipes, naturally), and permanent upgrades have been added to give it a more Metroid-ish feel. (Did I mention the music from Super Metroid? Because there's music from Super Metroid.)
However, despite his newfound ability to return to levels he's visited before and acquire upgrades that don't go away when he dies, Mario still cannot scroll to the left.
This movie collects all of the keys and fights the true final boss but only collects two of the upgrades.
Note: An IPS patch for the hack can be downloaded here.
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Game:
Extra Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Extra Mario Bros.nes
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.28
[Console-verified]

NES Hard Relay Mario by HappyLee in 08:14.95

Published on 7/1/2014
Notable for once being one of the hardest Super Mario Bros. hacks ever made, Hard Relay Mario (2004) is more like a puzzle game with its cryptic and difficult level layouts.
In this run, made over the course of two and a half years, watch as HappyLee abuses the game engine to its fullest, finishing the game in the time it would normally take to get past the first few obstacles.
To see the game as it was meant to be played, you can also watch HappyLee beat the original game in his "warps" and "warpless" runs.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Hard Relay Mario
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Hack
Game Version:
Hard Relay Mario.nes
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.1
[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 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
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.5

NES Mario Bros. (Classic Serie) "2 players" by Spikestuff in 09:09.64

Published on 8/22/2014
Mario and Luigi, the best plumbers in the world, have a real job on their hands. A host of characters have taken over the sewers, and the brothers must clear them out of the pipes.
The platform puzzle which first introduced Luigi to the world has both single and multiplayer action with two differing game types. Crabs, turtles and fighter flies must be cleared out by jumping underneath the platform they're on, then kicking them away. Each level is cleared when all of the enemies are defeated.
In this TAS, Spikestuff plays on the enhanced European version (Classic Serie, ported from FDS) for its greater difficulty and completes one round (23 phases). The Bros.' potential for both hilarious antics and impressive teamwork is nicely demonstrated here.
If you're itching for more Mario Bros. action, we also have a run on the American version.
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Game:
Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Mario Bros. (Europe) (PAL-MC-0, Classic Serie).nes
Tags:
2 Players
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2

NES Mario Bros. "2 players" by Spikestuff in 07:06.98

Published on 12/9/2014
Mario and Luigi, the best plumbers in the world, have a real job on their hands. A host of characters have taken over the sewers, and the brothers must clear them out of the pipes.
The platform puzzle which first introduced Luigi to the world has both single and multiplayer action with two differing game types. Crabs, turtles and fighter flies must be cleared out by jumping underneath the platform they're on, then kicking them away. Each level is cleared when all of the enemies are defeated.
This time around, Spikestuff plays on the American version, as it has fewer phases and also has a pause bug not present in the European version, which allows Mario and Luigi to pass through floors. This is especially useful in the Test Your Skill stages, and allows for a faster completion of them. Like in the European version, the Bros.' potential for both hilarious antics and impressive teamwork is nicely demonstrated here.
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Game:
Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Mario Bros. (World).nes
Tags:
2 Players
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2

NES Mario Bros. "1 player" by Spikestuff in 07:39.79

Published on 6/26/2024
Mario Bros. is a platformer and the second game to star Nintendo's mascot Mario as a playable character. It also introduces Mario's brother Luigi and the idea of their occupations as plumbers. With one or two players, the objective is to clear the underground levels of enemies that are coming out of the pipes. This is done by hitting the platform they're on from below to flip them over, where they then can be kicked off into the water.
For this run, Spikestuff chooses to play only as Mario and cleans the pipes and sewers until the game starts looping, which is after 18 phases, doing so in record time.
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Game:
Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Mario Bros. (World).nes
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Console-verified]

NES Mario's Time Machine! by EZGames69 in 07:26.51

Published on 8/8/2021
Mario's Time Machine! is an NES game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by The Software Toolworks in 1994. In it, Mario has to retrieve the items stolen by Bowser and restore them to the respective time periods and save Yoshi.
EZGames69 saves Yoshi in record time.
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Game:
Mario's Time Machine!
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Educational
Game Version:
Mario's Time Machine!
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.2
[Console-verified]

NES New Mario Bros. by WolfAeterni in 10:02.51

Published on 7/28/2022
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Game:
New Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros (World)[Patched].nes
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3

NES Rohrleitung Gate by chatterbox in 08:40.96

Published on 11/28/2023
Rohrleitung Gate is a puzzle-oriented ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. that was inspired by the time travel anime Steins;Gate. It was developed by the same person that created Celeste Mario's Zap & Dash! and features a great level of technical prowess. A number of features were added that weren't in the original Super Mario Bros. such as two-way screen scrolling, the ability for Koopa shells to break bricks, and background parallax scrolling. It also has a number of bugfixes applied to the original engine to prevent cheating, making it incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to execute wall jumps and wall clips.
chatterbox nonetheless isn't deterred and sneaks in a few wall jumps to beat the game and get the normal ending as fast as possible. There is a "best ending", but it cannot be achieved without editing the game or using Game Genie cheat codes. For more information on this and the details of the run, you can read the author's notes.
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Game:
Rohrleitung Gate
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Hack
Game Version:
Rohrleitung Gate Normal Quest.nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Console-verified]

NES Super Mario Bros. "warps" by HappyLee in 04:57.31

Published on 1/6/2011
Here at TASVideos we make perfect movies... and then we beat them again — this time by 1 frame, which, considering the fiercely competitive history of this run, is actually significant.
And if watching this TAS on an emulator isn't satisfying enough, why not see it played back on a real console!
Note: Using RTA timing, this run clocks in at 04:54.03.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Console-verified]

NES Super Mario Bros. "warpless, walkathon" by Mars608 & HappyLee in 25:19.23

Published on 8/25/2014
Bowser has kidnapped the princess (again) and Mario must save the day. But this time through, he takes a stroll. Nothing bothers Mario as he walks through all the stages, sometimes backwards, on his way to save the princess.
This movie demonstrates that it's possible to complete every single stage without pressing the B button. Having been bothered by the lack of running and shooting in this game, the ending outright asks the player to press B.
This movie also improves the previous one by 00:10.82 seconds through new strategies and better optimization.
The authors have provided a comparison encode, which is available for download at Archive.org, and as a YouTube stream.
This run can be played back on a real NES console, watch that here!
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Forgoes warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.1
[Console-verified]

NES Super Mario Bros. "maximum coins" by TEHH_083, HappyLee & CuteQt in 26:10.25

Published on 10/8/2015
Once again, Bowser has kidnapped Peach, but this time Mario isn't trying to rescue her quite as urgently. Fed up with getting no reward for his endeavors beyond cake, Mario takes a leaf out of Wario's book and decides that while rescuing Peach, he might as well make as much money as he can.
In this movie, the aim is to complete the game while collecting as many coins as possible without dying, doing so as fast as possible. In fact, Mario collects 1431 coins in total, which is rather surprising as there are only 1225 distinct coins in the game!
If you enjoyed this TAS, be sure to check out this movie, in which Mario completes the game without pressing the B button.
Watch this run get played back on a real NES!
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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 resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.1
[Console-verified] [Star]

NES Super Mario Bros. "warpless" by HappyLee & Mars608 in 18:36.78

Published on 6/16/2018
This movie is a full warpless run-through by HappyLee and Mars608.
It is a 00:00.70 second improvement over the previous movie by MrWint by the time Mario touches the final goal on Stage 8-4. Most of the improvement comes from faster Stage 5-1 involving a Bullet Bill and faster Stage 6-2 involving a vine. For detailed information, you can read the authors' comments.
This movie has been replayed on an NES console. Watch the video of it here.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Forgoes warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.1
[Console-verified]

NES Super Mario Bros. "all items" by DaSmileKat, HappyLee & Mars608 in 19:48.68

Published on 10/25/2020
Bowser has kidnapped Peach again, but this time, Mario's hoarding tendencies are kicking in. He's grabbing all of the items in the kingdom, even when he doesn't really need them.
In this movie, the aim is to complete the game while collecting every possible item without dying, doing so as fast as possible.
DaSmileKat manages to improve on the previous movie by 00:01.38 seconds through careful optimization of almost every level.
Watch this run being played back on a real console here, or here.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

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
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Console-verified] [Has commentary]

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
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(verification movie)
[Console-verified] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Super Mario Bros. 2 "warps" by Aglar & andrewg in 07:41.16

Published on 1/21/2011
Super Mario Bros 2 is one of our most competed games. This movie is Aglar and Andrewg's improvement of 00:10.73 seconds over adelikat and Cardboard's attempt to perfect this route.
This time, the authors found new glitches to get to the end faster.
If you are wondering how some of the tricks in this video work, see the Super Mario Bros. 2 tricks page.
You can also see this movie played back on an actual NES.
Runs for the GBA version and SNES version are available, as well.
WARNING: There are flashing lights during Rocket explosions (at 2:12 and 5:47 in the encodes) which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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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
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Star] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

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
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Console-verified] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Super Mario Bros. 2 "warps, princess only" by mtvf1 & chatterbox in 08:20.83

Published on 2/23/2018
The concept for this run originated long ago because Princess was the only character not used in the normal run aiming for fastest overall time. (In fact, Princess is the only character not used in the fastest warpless run either.)
This movie improves the previous publication by 00:02.95 seconds, manly due to heavier optimization.
WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (U)
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) (PRG0) [!]
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

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
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

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
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Star] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

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
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Console-verified] [Has commentary] [Recommended for newcomers] [Star] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

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
 High Quality MKV
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

NES Super Mario Bros. Special: 35th Anniversary Edition by web2000, gaster319 & slither in 20:01.37

Published on 6/1/2023
Super Mario Bros. Special: 35th Anniversary Edition is a ROM hack that effectively ports over Super Mario Bros. Special to the Super Mario Bros. engine on the NES. Every level has been recreated and various items and enemies such as the Hammer and Sidesteppers were added. The only things not recreated are the noticeably different jumping physics and the screen-by-screen scrolling that were present in the original game.
SeraphmIII, gaster319 and slither all improve on their previous run by 2.16 seconds thanks to better optimizations involving framerules. Unlike most 2D Mario games, Super Mario Bros. Special didn't have any warps, and this was faithfully kept in this romhack. This means that every level has to be completed.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros. Special: 35th Anniversary Edition
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Unofficial port
Game Version:
SMB Special - 35th Anniversary v1.3.nes
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.4
[Console-verified]

NES Super Mario Bros., 2, The Lost Levels & 3 by agwawaf in 08:49.78

Published on 7/11/2014
While decidedly not the same game, the Super Mario Bros. games on the NES are similar enough in game mechanics and controls that all four of them can be played at once with the same input.
This second version of the quad-run utilizes the credits glitch found in the newest Super Mario Bros. 3 run. As such, the focus is now on finishing Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels as fast as possible, allowing Super Mario Bros. 3 to entertain while waiting for the other three games to progress. The run also features an ending that may surprise you.
If you like this movie, you may want to check out some other movies in which multiple games are played simultaneously with one controller.
This movie has been played back and verified on console during SGDQ 2016.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros., 2, The Lost Levels & 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros., 2, The Lost Levels & 3
Tags:
Demonstration
Multiple games in one movie
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.5
[Console-verified] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Super Mario Bros.: The Mystery of Luigi by HappyLee in 01:20.60

Published on 7/10/2022
Super Mario Bros.: The Mystery of Luigi is a ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. that parodies Transformers: Convoy no Nazo and is made by the same person that created Extra Mario Bros. Luigi is missing and was possibly kidnapped by a really big Bowser, and it's up to Mario to find and rescue him. It may be a relatively short hack, but it has very good presentation and a couple of new mechanics that make it very different from most SMB ROM hacks.
HappyLee abuses various glitches in this run to get the best ending where Luigi is rescued in record time.
WARNING: There is a high amount of flashing lights (at 0:07 and 1:22 in the encodes) which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Super Mario Bros.: The Mystery of Luigi
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
SMB the mystery of Luigi.nes
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Console-verified]

NES Super Mario World by Darkman425 in 26:34.56

Published on 3/9/2024
Super Mario World for the NES is a bootleg port of the video game of the same name by Hummer Team, a Taiwanese pirate game developer. It is their attempt at porting a game that was originally for the SNES and making it fit the technical constraints of the NES. The result is what can be expected from a bootleg video game. Levels from the original game are missing, the physics are messed up, and gameplay mechanics such as warps were not implemented. The result is a rather linear game that doesn't play like the original Super Mario World very much.
Darkman425 here tackles this rather well-known NES bootleg and beats it as fast as possible.
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Game:
Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Super Mario World (Unl).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
[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
[Atlas map encode]

NES Super Orb Bros. "all orbs" by Mizumaririn in 09:17.07

Published on 6/3/2022
Super Orb Bros. is a difficulty-oriented ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. 3 that takes the orbs you get from defeating Boom Booms and makes a game revolving around them. While in the vein of ROM hacks like Air, this one is more like a puzzle game where various tricks have to be utilized in a specific manner or else you won't be able to progress. Thankfully, you have an infinite number of lives, but in turn, you get a death counter.
Mizumaririn decides to skip most of the intended gameplay routes through the use of glitches and obtain all 18 orbs for Old Man Grimm (don't ask what he needs them for!) in order to pet the dog in record time.
This movie has an Atlas Map encode that shows the game overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Game:
Super Orb Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
super-orb-bros-v1.0.nes
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.4
[Console-verified] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Superfast Mario Bros. "warps" by eien86 & Denial140 in 01:07.94

Published on 3/30/2023
Superfast Mario Bros. is a romhack of the original Super Mario Bros. game that can only be described as a chaotic experience. The game speed has been jacked up to ludicrous levels; the frame rule is now 1 frame instead of 21, and transitions are instant. And despite all that, the romhack is surprisingly playable, albeit barely. Not that it matters in a TAS setting, that is.
eien86 and Denial140 improve the previous movie by 1.13 seconds, thanks to better optimisation as well as new tricks.
WARNING: This hack can be very glitchy visually and occasionally have moments of flashing lights that may be uncomfortable to some viewers.
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Game:
Superfast Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
SMB1fast.nes
Tags:
Uses warps
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Console-verified] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Superfast Mario Bros. "warpless" by eien86 in 03:57.51

Published on 5/31/2023
Superfast Mario Bros. is a romhack of the original Super Mario Bros. game which can only be described as chaotic experience. The game speed has been jacked up extremely high, as well as framerules being reduced to 1 frame rather than 21, transitions are instant, and yet the game is still somehow playable. Not that it matters in a TAS setting that is.
eien86 improves on the previous run by 4 seconds thanks to a couple of new strategies and the use of a program called JaffarPlus, which found lots of optimizations.
WARNING: This hack can be very visually glitchy and occasionally have moments of flashing lights which may be uncomfortable to some viewers.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Superfast Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
SMB1fast.nes
Tags:
Forgoes warps
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9

NES Superfast Mario Bros. 2 "warps" by chatterbox in 02:05.18

Published on 5/9/2023
Superfast Mario Bros. 2 is a ROM hack that takes Super Mario Bros. 2 and speeds it up by a couple notches. All four characters move at the same really fast speed, loading times are much faster, and a couple of other neat speed-unrelated things were added such as the ability to enter doors while holding objects.
In this run, chatterbox blitzes their way through the game with the use of warps in record time.
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Game:
Superfast Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
SMB2fast.nes
Tags:
Uses warps
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.1
[Console-verified]

NES Superfast Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by Asumeh in 01:48.22

Published on 1/25/2024
Superfast Mario Bros. 3 is a ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. 3 that modifies Mario to be really fast. So fast that it's very hard to control Mario due to how fast he can go. He's faster than P-speed when running, and yet the P-meter isn't filled up instantly as the mechanics for that haven't been modified, only that he can go fast instantly and stop at a dime.
In this run, Asumeh takes advantage of Mario's newfound insane speed to easily clip through walls and stomp Boom-Boom into flashing explosions along the usage of warp whistles in order to complete the game as fast as possible.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Superfast Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
SMB3fast.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

SMS Super Boy 4 by Noxxa & EZGames69 in 10:03.01

Published on 12/10/2020
Super Boy 4 is the fourth and final game in Korean pirate company Zemina's series of unlicensed Super Mario Bros. clones. Most of the graphics in the game are ripped from Super Mario World, with the notable exception of Super Boy himself, receiving an original design for the first time in the series. The game contains 16 stages, loosely divided by 4 worlds, and a final boss stage. In each stage, Super Boy has to reach the end of the stage and break a special block which contains a gem that ends the stage when collected.
Noxxa and EZGames69 reach the princess in record time by carefully managing the game's copious lag and employing some time-saving tricks, such as overflowing Super Boy's position to warp him to the top of the stage.
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Game:
Super Boy 4
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Super Boy 4 (Korea) (En) (Unl).sms
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.5.2

SMS Super Boy II by NitroGenesis in 05:50.60

Published on 7/7/2020
Super Boy II is a 1989 clone of Super Mario Bros. created by the Korean pirate company Zemina (재미나, roughly translates to "It's fun!") and is the sequel to its earlier game, Super Boy I. Besides having bad controls and graphics, this game leaves out some of the original features, including warp zones, water levels, Worlds 5-8, and even the princess.
nitrogenesis improves the previous TAS by 0.87 seconds, thanks to better optimisation and a few new strategies. Please read the author's comments for more details.
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Game:
Super Boy II
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Super Boy II (Korea) (En) (Unl).sms
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.2

SNES Classic Kong Complete by TheRealThingy & BrunoVisnadi in 01:54.71

Published on 10/29/2016
Classic Kong Complete is a homebrew remake of Donkey Kong with updated graphics and sound. Unlike the NES port, Classic Kong includes all four levels from the original arcade game.
TheRealThingy and BrunoVisnadi improve the previous run by 2.20 seconds, mostly thanks to a shortcut at 75m.
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Game:
Classic Kong Complete
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Game Version:
Classic Kong Complete by BubbleZap Games (v2.01) (PD).smc
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.7

SNES Invictus "all exits" by Iyerbeth in 31:04.73

Published on 6/17/2022
Invictus is a Super Mario World ROM hack in the style of tricky puzzle-like hacks like Kaizo Mario World. Unlike a lot of those hacks, this one has more extensive cosmetic changes, the most notable being the soundtrack, which features covers of songs from various other video games.
Iyerbeth decides to complete all the levels with exits in this game for this run, setting a record time over RTA. A number of levels had their intended routes bypassed to save time. For further details, you can read the author's notes here.
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Game:
Invictus
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Invictus 1.0.smc
Tags:
100% completion
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3

SNES Janked Up Mario Party "warps" by BrunoVisnadi in 13:43.29

Published on 6/24/2022
Janked Up Mario Party is a Super Mario World ROM hack that's more conservative in its liberties taken with the original game than most. While a lot of aesthetic changes were made such as a more technological theme in some levels, it aims to stick more closely to the feel of the original game. It also has a couple new features such as a more rewarding Dragon Coin system and some Quality of Life improvements to make tackling the harder levels less frustrating.
In this run, BrunoVisnadi completes this game in record time using warps and various glitches to get to Bowser as fast as possible.
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Game:
Janked Up Mario Party
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
JUMP ver1.04.sfc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
lsnes rr2-β23

SNES Kaizo Mario World 2 by kaizoman666, TheFinalBoss726 & Fethy75 in 19:26.47

Published on 12/17/2024
Kaizo Mario is a series of romhacks aimed at making Mario games incredibly difficult. This is Kaizo Mario World 2, which is a sequel to the original Kaizo Mario World, featuring all-new very difficult levels for the player to vanquish.
Watch as kaizoman666, TheFinalBoss726 & Fethy75 navigate through the difficult levels in record time.
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Game:
Kaizo Mario World 2
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Kaizo Mario World 2
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43 v17

SNES Kaizo Mario World 3 by ISM & Mister in 17:11.23

Published on 2/16/2013
Kaizo Mario (友人マリオ Yūjin Mario) is a Nicovideo phenomenon born from a person's desire to make his friend play his super-hard Mario hack and post the results on Nicovideo. By chance, this hack made its fame on Youtube when a team of Let's Play gamers obtained the hack and recorded a video of them playing it. The most well-known YouTube video in this series is the first part of ProtonJonSA's attempt of Special Stage 2 and his subsequent nervous breakdown.
Kaizo Mario World 3 (友人マリオ3 Yūjin Mario 3) is the third installment of the Kaizo Mario series. In addition to the video's popularity, the hack is well-done in comparison to the previous two.
Themes that are common to Kaizo hacks:
  • Extremely rigid windows of opportunity, with missed opportunities resulting in death.
  • Set-ups that demand the highest caliber of Super Mario World physics abuse.
  • Set-ups that require stunts that are tantamount to glitches.
  • Traps that cannot be foreseen without knowing that they exist, including but not limited to invisible blocks and being killed after apparently clearing a level.
In this run, ISM and Mister break the game completely with glitches, just as in the 96-exit TAS of Super Mario World. Said glitches involve making things appear out of nowhere, glitching through walls, and carrying Yoshi through to the next level, something not intended by the maker of this hack.
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Game:
Kaizo Mario World 3
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Kaizo Mario World 3
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43 v17

SNES Mario & Wario by Sam_Underscore in 20:03.00

Published on 6/10/2024
Mario & Wario is a puzzle game for the Super Famicom that was released only in Japan. It was designed by one Satoshi Tajiri and developed by Game Freak, and it is one of the very few games that made use of the Super Famicom mouse accessory. The gameplay has you directing a blinded and autowalking Mario and friends through various levels back to Luigi. Blocks can be broken and switches can be activated to ensure they are safe from harm and can get to Luigi.
The story of the game begins with Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Princess Peach traveling to the Fairy's Forest in search of the Fairy of Fortune. Luigi then gets lost and separated from the other three, and Wario drops a bucket on Mario's head and various other things on Peach and Yoshi's heads. It's up to Wanda, the Fairy of Fortune herself, to reunite them with Luigi by ensuring their safety and directing them to Luigi himself.
In this run, Sam_Underscore chooses to beat the game as fast as possible by completing only Worlds 8, 9, and 10, the only worlds required for completion. Input is ended early to let Yoshi walk to Luigi in the final level by himself.
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Game:
Mario & Wario
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Mario & Wario (J).smc
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7

SNES Mario & Wario "all levels" by Sam_Underscore in 1:16:27.96

Published on 6/18/2024
Mario & Wario is a puzzle game for the Super Famicom that was released only in Japan. It was designed by one Satoshi Tajiri and developed by Game Freak, and it is one of the very few games that made use of the Super Famicom mouse accessory. The gameplay has you directing a blinded and autowalking Mario and friends through various levels back to Luigi. Blocks can be broken and switches can be activated to ensure they are safe from harm and can get to Luigi.
The story of the game begins with Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Princess Peach traveling to the Fairy's Forest in search of the Fairy of Fortune. Luigi then gets lost and separated from the other three, and Wario drops a bucket on Mario's head and various other things on Peach and Yoshi's heads. It's up to Wanda, the Fairy of Fortune herself, to reunite them with Luigi by ensuring their safety and directing them to Luigi himself.
For this run, Sam_Underscore decides to play every level in the game, including the levels in the Extra World, doing so in record time.
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Game:
Mario & Wario
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Mario & Wario (J).smc
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7

SNES Mario Forever: SMW Edition "Human Laboratory World" by MrTASer in 04:09.01

Published on 7/13/2023
Mario Forever: SMW Edition is a ROM hack of Super Mario World that ports over the PC fan game Mario Forever to the SNES. Aside from retaining the physics of Super Mario World instead of trying to replicate the original Multimedia Fusion-built physics, the ROM hack is basically faithful to version 4.0 of the original fan game, including all the levels from the original, as well as a new secret world.
In this run, MrTASer accesses the Human Laboratory World, a secret world that is accessible from the hub, and completes every level in it in record time.
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Game:
Mario Forever: SMW Edition
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Unofficial port
Game Version:
Mario Forever.sfc
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

SNES Mario Paint "Gnat Attack" by DrD2k9 in 02:33.83

Published on 2/4/2023
Mario Paint is an interactive painting simulator game for the SNES, it comes with a Super NES Mouse peripheral. Within the game the player can do various things, such as paint pictures, make music, or experience the many different surprises the game has to offer.
One of the modes featured is a game called "Gnat Attack", in which the player must use the mouse to swat away gnats, which is what DrD2K9 does here, playing through all 3 levels of Gnat Attack in record time.
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Game:
Mario Paint
Genres:
Application
Game Version:
Mario Paint (Japan, USA) (En).sfc
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SNES My QLDC Level (QLDC 2023) by EnderOnryo, Tuffcracker & Darkman425 in 05:16.48

Published on 8/2/2023
My QLDC Level is a Super Mario World rom hack created for the 2023 "Questionable Level Design Contest" on SMW Central. One of the submissions to this contest was titled "My QLDC Level", created by Faro and MM102, which won first place in the contest. This hack only contains one level, but the journey to get to the level is the real challange, as Mario has to make his way through the over-world map while avoiding enemies as well as solving puzzles. Was the journey to the level worth it?
If the efforts of EnderOnryo, Tuffcracker, and Darkman425 are anything to go by, it looks like it. Their combined work manages to save 18 seconds over the previous run thanks to new strategies and optimizations, including ending input earlier by not playing through the final level.
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Game:
My QLDC Level (QLDC 2023)
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
18.sfc
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BizHawk 2.9.1

SNES Nonsense "warps" by Suru486 in 25:17.25

Published on 3/10/2024
Nonsense is a collaborative SMW ROM hack released in 2023. It features a wide variety of gimmicks and strange ideas throughout the hack, with very challenging levels coming from various authors. Story-wise, Mario receives an invitation from Bowser to an all-expenses paid trip to a faraway land. Naturally, this all turned out to be a trap, as Mario found out the hard way.
Suru486 defeats Bowser in record time.
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Game:
Nonsense
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Nonsense 1.0.2.sfc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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BizHawk 2.9.1

SNES Nonsense "all exits" by Suru486 in 3:10:53.75

Published on 8/30/2024
Nonsense is an extensive ROM hack of Super Mario World featuring levels made by various romhackers from the SMW romhacking community. These levels are difficulty-focused, but unlike many other similar SMW romhacks, this one tries to avoid the characteristics that found in many "Kaizo" romhacks. The difficulty is meant to be more fair with less cheap hazards, and there are little to no puzzles to solve. The ROM hack also features wildly varying level designs, styles, and music with no discernable theme, hence the name Nonsense.
For this run, Suru486 decides to find all 119 exits in every level as fast as possible. Some levels can only be accessed with a certain number of Dragon Coins, but this run only collects the minimum necessary to get to those levels.
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Game:
Nonsense
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Nonsense 1.0.2.sfc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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[Star]

SNES Super Demo World: The Legend Continues "all 120 exits" by PangaeaPanga in 2:02:04.49

Published on 7/17/2014
Arguably one of the most well-known and well-developed SNES hacks in existence, Super Demo World puts Mario into a new realm that spans well beyond his original adventure.
Features of the hack include:
  • The ability to store unconventional items in the reserve box, such as a koopa, springboard, message box, or vine
  • 120 exits in total, including two secret worlds
  • Creative and challenging level design, with some puzzle elements thrown in
  • "New" graphics (mostly backgrounds taken from other games, such as Donkey Kong Country 3 and Mega Man X)
In this run, PangaeaPanga improves upon the previous movie by more than five minutes using newly discovered glitches and a slower overworld route, which counterintuitively saves time.
To see a much shorter run completing the minimum number of stages, see this run.
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Game:
Super Demo World: The Legend Continues
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Demo World - The Legend Continues.smc
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
SNES9x 1.43 v17

SNES Super Demo World: The Legend Continues "warps" by BrunoVisnadi & Amaraticando in 16:52.90

Published on 2/8/2015
This hack of Super Mario World, created with Lunar Magic, contains a Star World which contains themed levels that connect to various locations on the map. Like the original Super Mario World, these levels can be used as a makeshift warp zone. This movie demonstrates this path - navigating the Star World to charge straight to Bowser, leaving much of the game untouched.
This movie is 01:03.06 seconds faster than the previous movie. See authors' comments to see the new glitches.
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Game:
Super Demo World: The Legend Continues
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Demo World - The Legend Continues.smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
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High Quality MKV
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lsnes rr2-β21
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SNES Super Diagonal Mario 2: The Ultimate Meme Machine "glitchfest" by IgorOliveira666 in 40:49.78

Published on 6/5/2023
Super Diagonal Mario 2: The Ultimate Meme Machine is a ROM hack of Super Mario World that sets out to do what it says in the subtitle, be the "Ultimate Meme Machine". It is an ambitious joke hack that is filled to the brim with in-jokes, memes, and internet culture references that were popular throughout the 2010s. It also includes music that was popular during that era and some pretty questionable gameplay mechanics. Oh, and Mario is tilted at a 45 degree angle.
IgorOliveira66, not wanting to pass up the opportunity, decides to break this romhack apart into even smaller pieces than it was originally produced in. In fact, some of the glitches performed here aren't even possible in the original Super Mario World. However, due to how the romhack is designed, it can be hard to distinguish between what is a glitch and what is a deliberate design choice. But for more eagle-eyed viewers, this may not be a problem.
WARNING: This video includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.
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Game:
Super Diagonal Mario 2: The Ultimate Meme Machine
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Diagonal Mario 2 - English.sfc
Tags:
Playaround
Demonstration
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.3

SNES Super Dram World 2 "all exits" by IgorOliveira666 in 20:50.47

Published on 7/17/2022
Super Dram World 2 is a Super Mario World ROM hack made by PangaeaPanga in 2017. It is the sequel to Super Dram World, and is dedicated to Dram55, a Super Mario World speedrunner who has held a fair amount of first place ranks in the past. It features very challenging level design akin to Kaizo ROM hacks like Invictus.
IgorOliveira666 completes all the exits in this ROM hack in record time.
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Game:
Super Dram World 2
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Dram World 2 v1.2.smc
Tags:
100% completion
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
lsnes rr2-ß23
[Console-verified]

SNES Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 2 by mtvf1 in 07:16.46

Published on 2/28/2018
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Game:
Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Collection (J) (V1.0) [!].sfc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Video Downloads:
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SNES Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 "playaround" by Genisto in 1:06:46.28

Published on 12/25/2007
Taking a break from the usual goal of pure speed, Genisto instead decides to break Super Mario Bros. 3 from the Super Mario All-Stars pack. This run demonstrates programming errors, abuse of the game engine and commits suicide in ways most people have never even considered.
Mario plays through all 8 worlds in a fashion similar to a warpless run.
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Game:
Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario All-Stars (USA).sfc
Tags:
Playaround
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43 v9
[Has commentary]

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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[Console-verified]

SNES Super Mario All-Stars: The Lost Levels "warpless, Mario" by HappyLee in 34:36.61

Published on 7/4/2017
The Lost Levels is a remake of the game released in Japan as Super Mario Bros 2. It introduces a number of new obstacles into the standard Super Mario Bros. formula, including poisonous mushrooms, wind, reverse warp zones, and of course many tricky jumps. It's difficult enough that Nintendo of America decided to completely re-theme a different game and release that as Super Mario Bros. 2 instead; The Lost Levels is the first time the Japanese sequel was released to the rest of the world.
This movie saves 164 frames over previous publication. All levels are played, including the secret world 9, and the extremely difficult A through D worlds.
For a version using warps, see [3348] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 "warps, Mario" by HappyLee in 08:04.83.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Super Mario All-Stars: The Lost Levels
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (U) [!].sfc
Tags:
Forgoes warps
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SNES Super Mario All-Stars: The Lost Levels "warpless, Luigi" by DaSmileKat in 34:45.63

Published on 1/29/2021
The Lost Levels is a remake of the game released in Japan as Super Mario Bros 2. It introduces a number of new obstacles into the standard Super Mario Bros. formula, including poisonous mushrooms, wind, reverse warp zones, and of course many tricky jumps. It's difficult enough that Nintendo of America decided to completely re-theme a different game and release that as Super Mario Bros. 2 instead; The Lost Levels is the first time the Japanese sequel was released to the rest of the world.
This TAS uses Mario's brother Luigi. He jumps higher than Mario, but acts slower in many ways. However, the movie is in no way worse than the Mario version - some new creative solutions have been found.
This is a warpless version. For a warped one see [2210] FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 "warps, Luigi" by HappyLee & KFCMARIO in 08:13.77.
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Game:
Super Mario All-Stars: The Lost Levels
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Collection (J) (V1.0) [!].sfc
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Forgoes warps
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SNES Super Mario Kart by cstrakm in 21:27.02

Published on 6/17/2008
Super Mario Kart is the first in a popular series of games starring the Mario cast racing go-karts. This run aims to get record times in all tracks at 150cc difficulty. This is achieved mostly by jumping straight into walls, bottomless pits, and lava, among many other things. Mushrooms are also used frequently due to their mysteriously friction-free propulsion powers. A high amount of wall-bouncing is required.
This run is over a minute and a half faster than the previous published run, due to new exploits of the definition of a lap.
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Game:
Super Mario Kart
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Super Mario Kart (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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SNES Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars by illayaya in 2:27:03.47

Published on 7/26/2014
Take Square's RPG history & Nintendo's Super Mario series and mix them in a bowl. Add a pinch of comedy and a quart of luck manipulation. Stir thoroughly.
This run improves the previous version by about 1 minute and 23 seconds through the use of item optimizations.
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Game:
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Genres:
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Seven Stars (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars "100%" by illayaya in 3:33:22.13

Published on 3/8/2015
Take Square's RPG history & Nintendo's Super Mario series and mix them in a bowl. Add a pinch of comedy and a quart of luck manipulation. Stir thoroughly.
This game doesn't count completion percent, but it still has stuff to accomplish to meet what's expected of a full completion run. The author, illayaya, defined it as follows:
  • All depletable chests
  • All menus unlocked
  • All unique items/equips
  • Kill Culex and Jinx
  • Star firework in credits
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Game:
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Genres:
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Seven Stars (U) [!].smc
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
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SNES Super Mario Star Seeker Adventure (QLDC 2023) by Darkman425 in 05:58.56

Published on 10/19/2023
Super Mario Star Seeker Adventure is a Super Mario World ROM hack that was made for the 2023 Questionable Level Design Contest and placed in the Top 10 best submissions list. It was designed to resemble the Mario fangames that were made on the Flash platform in the early-to-mid-2000s, with all the questionable gameplay mechanics that came with them. You can find platforms that don't move Mario when they move, Switch Blocks that work half the time, and wonky jumps. You also get cheap-looking animations and transitions and random music from other video games, all in one package.
Darkman425 decides to complete all 60 levels in the romhack as fast as possible, all while not using CamStudio.
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Game:
Super Mario Star Seeker Adventure
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
supermariostarseekeradventurev1.1.sfc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Super Mario World "no powerups, maximum exits" by PangaeaPanga in 1:18:23.22

Published on 8/25/2011
Mario's doctor heard about the "Magic Mushrooms" which make Mario grow to twice his normal size and let him break bricks. Fearing for Mario's health, he orders Mario to avoid those nasty powerups.
This run aims to complete as many exits as possible without collecting any permanent powerups, including Mushrooms, Fire flowers, Feathers, Switch Palace blocks. Unable to fly, Mario is forced to confront most obstacles and overcome them in unique ways. Riding Yoshi is also banned. 86 out of the total 96 exits are completed.
In this run, the author, PangaeaPanga, saves 01:32.43 over the previous movie by using better paths, new tricks, and lag reduction. For a level by level analysis of the improvements, please see the author's notes.
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Game:
Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World (USA).sfc
Tags:
Demonstration
Uses a suboptimal character
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
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[Atlas map encode] [Star]

SNES Super Mario World "all 96 exits" by bahamete, kaizoman666 & Masterjun in 1:14:37.63

Published on 2/7/2013
Acknowledged as one of the best Mario games of all time, Super Mario World is a must see for fans of classic games. This run completes the game fully (all 96 exits) and makes use of almost every known glitch to make it as fast and exciting as possible.
This TAS by bahamete, Kaizoman666 & Masterjun is an improvement of 06:43.97 minutes over the previous movie. The improvement comes from new glitches and better optimization.
If you like this video, be sure to also see Super Demo World 100% completion (120 exits) in 2:02:04.49 by PangaeaPanga.
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 World
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World (USA).sfc
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
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[Console-verified]

SNES Super Mario World "arbitrary code execution" by Masterjun in 02:25.19

TAS of 2014 SNES TAS of 2014 Funny TAS of 2014 Glitchy TAS of 2014
Published on 1/12/2014
Masterjun builds upon his previous work at destroying Super Mario World by programming some simple games inside it, using only controller input!
A technical explanation is available on the submission page.
This movie famously premiered via playback on a real Super Nintendo, at Awesome Games Done Quick 2014, as part of the first TASVideos presentation at a Games Done Quick event, which are hosted by SpeedDemosArchive.
This video has articles featured in reputable news sources:
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Game:
Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World (USA).sfc
Tags:
Playaround
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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lsnes rr2-β15
[Console-verified]

SNES Super Mario World "game end glitch" by Doomsday31415, BrunoVisnadi & Masterjun in 00:41.68

Published on 7/4/2019
This is the 5th published movie in a category of impressively fast Super Mario World TASes. It beats the game by jumping to the credits from one of the two levels available from the start, Yoshi's Island 2. This happens because a glitch involving eating a Charging Chuck allows manipulating the code being executed by the game using only controller input.
This run is 00:00.13 seconds faster than the previous movie thanks to better movement and a more efficient payload. Reading the submission comments for more information is highly recommended.
For more movies like this, see this list of TASes that execute arbitrary code.
You can watch this movie played on a real hardware here.
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Game:
Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World (USA).sfc
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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[Console-verified] [Star]

SNES Super Mario World "warps" by BrunoVisnadi in 09:54.35

SNES TAS of 2020
Published on 3/26/2020
This is the 13th 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. It improves upon the previous run by 00:02.75 seconds. Mario still dies in the process. Improvements include:
  • Better block duplication in Yoshi's Island 3
  • Better P-switch use in Yoshi's Island 4
  • Lag reduction in many levels
We recommend reading the author's 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.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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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
Uses warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
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[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

SNES Super Mario World "glitchfest" by IgorOliveira666 in 2:54:33.62

TAS of 2022 SNES TAS of 2022 Glitchy TAS of 2022
Published on 5/24/2022
Super Mario World is one of the most popular SNES games of all time. Its relevance in today's gaming culture cannot be understated. From its colorful graphics, to its smooth and satisfying controls, to its memorable soundtrack, and to its many many glitches.
Over the years, Super Mario World has had a wide range of exploits in order to do some crazy stuff. However, many of the glitches don't save any time in a speedrun. This TAS by IgorOliveira666 aims to showcase as many glitches and exploits in this game as possible, without worrying about speed. Some glitches are so intense that they crash the game, necessitating a restart of the console.
WARNING: This video includes flashing lights which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected. The heaviest spots are at the 43:24, 53:02, 57:49, 1:16:19, 1:37:36, and 2:09:15 marks of this TAS.
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Game:
Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World (USA).sfc
Tags:
Playaround
Demonstration
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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SNES Super Mario World "arbitrary code execution, glitchfest" by IgorOliveira666 in 42:49.44

Published on 7/6/2024
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Game:
Super Mario World
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World (USA).sfc
Tags:
Playaround
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island by Carl_Sagan in 1:33:40.18

SNES TAS of 2011
Published on 10/13/2011
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a vibrant, colorful and fun game that stars the popular Yoshi. From a technical standpoint, the game is very exceptional on the SNES due to its use of the SuperFX chip, which allows for many cool special effects that are otherwise impossible on the SNES.
This movie by Carl_Sagan (no, not that Carl Sagan) is fast-paced, action-packed, and full of entertaining tricks and maneuvers. In other words, the very essence we tool-assisted speedrun makers enjoy. It also improves the previous run of this game by over 5 minutes. For more details, we recommend reading the author's comments; there's a lot more to this movie than meets the eye.
This run forgoes using the null egg glitch to finish the game within minutes and instead plays through the regular levels. To see the null egg glitch in action, check out the any% run by Masterjun. For more Yoshi's Island action, check out our 100% run.
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Game:
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island (U) (V1.0) [!].smc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
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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Emulator Replay:
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[Recommended for newcomers] [Star]

SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "100%" by Baxter, Carl_Sagan & NxCy in 1:59:35.12

TAS of 2013 SNES TAS of 2013
Published on 2/19/2013
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a vibrant, colorful and fun game that stars the popular Yoshi. From a technical standpoint, the game is very exceptional on the SNES due to its use of the SuperFX² coprocessor. The chip allows for many cool special effects that are otherwise impossible on the SNES.
This is a 100% completion of the game. It plays through all the levels and collects every item that contributes to end-of-level score: 5 flowers, 20 red coins, and 30 stars. By getting 100% completion in each stage, six extra stages are also unlocked. These are played at the end of the run, again with 100% scores.
The authors of the run have spent over three years working on this run, showing off plenty of egg juggling, precise shots, and other incredible antics. This run does not use certain glitches present in the other runs of the game (an any% run and a warp glitch run), but there should still be plenty to surprise you. Reading the authors' lengthy comments is recommended.
Note: The many graphical issues are a result of inaccurate emulation.
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Game:
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island (U) (V1.0) [!].smc
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy resource management
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SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "game end glitch" by Masterjun in 01:17.54

Published on 12/24/2014
This is a quick completion of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Here, the author, Masterjun, abuses a glitch that causes Yoshi's tongue to extend infinitely. This confuses the game and causes it to jump to the SNES CPU registers and start executing arbitrary code, which triggers the credits.
There is also a run without game-breaking glitches and a 100% run.
Exploiting this glitch instead of a glitch that results in corruption of the egg list saved 01:19.27 over the previous movie.
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Game:
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island (U) (V1.0) [!].smc
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
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SNES Super Mario World: The Second Reality Project Reloaded by IgorOliveira666 in 34:25.93

Published on 9/28/2015
There are many hacks for Super Mario World, made with Lunar Magic, but few of them offer a whole new pleasurable game. The Second Reality Project is notable for being the first hack not made by the author of Lunar Magic that is still considered to be a decent game. The game spawned an Award-Winning series of hacks known for pushing Super Mario World to its limits, pulling in features from other games, and still adding on a few things of its own. This hack, The Second Reality Project Reloaded, is a remake of the original hack with all new graphics, custom music, and other great additions to help set the game apart.
This hack can be regarded as a true sequel to Super Mario World, picking up where it left off. Bowser has hatched a plan to rebuild his airships from Super Mario Bros. 3, and brings along his kids for support, hoping to use his newfound power and henchmen in the "Second Reality" to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom once and for all. Mario (and Luigi) must travel to the strange new Second Reality and face foes and puzzles they've never seen before. The game contains 8 classic worlds, as per the standard in previous games, as well as a special Bowser World, a Sonic World used as a short cut system similar to the Star World from Super Mario World, and one other...
This run improves the first TAS of this hack by almost 15 seconds.
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Game:
Super Mario World: The Second Reality Project Reloaded
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Mario World - The Second Reality Project Reloaded v1.2 (SMW1 Hack).smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Snes9x 1.51 v7 svn147

SNES The 12th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest: Collaboration Hack "all exits, Dragon Coins & 3-Up Moons" by Darkman425 in 3:49:36.76

Published on 3/28/2024
The 12th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest: Collaboration Hack is a compilation ROM hack of Super Mario World featuring all 127 entries of said contest as well as 4 switch palaces. The entries are organised into general themes on the overworld. The entrants were tasked to make the best level they can make in a given timeframe whilst not using any custom graphics or ASM, making for a varied experience throughout. It can be downloaded on SMW Central.
Darkman425 completes every exit, but also collects every single Dragon Coin and 3-Up Moon that are spread throughout the various levels. Please read the author's comments for more details.
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Game:
The 12th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest: Collaboration Hack
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
VLDC12_1.07.smc
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
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BizHawk 2.9.1
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SNES This Hack Needs a Name "warps" by Suru486 in 14:02.50

Published on 8/23/2024
This Hack Needs a Name (yes, this is the actual title) is a SMW ROM hack by yeahman initially released in 2014, then updated in 2023. In this hack, Mario and Luigi find themselves in a strange new world where someone needs their help.
Suru486, using warps, completes the hack in record time.
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: The final boss fight (starting at 12:51) features flashing lights, which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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Game:
This Hack Needs a Name
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
This Hack Needs a Name (V2023.0) (Mario).smc
Tags:
Uses warps
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SNES Wario's Woods "Time Race" by PoochyEXE in 14:35.44

Published on 5/8/2022
Wario's Woods is puzzle game that is like Yoshi's Cookie and Tetris Attack combined into one. Your goal is to match lines of two or more monsters with bombs of corresponding color until you have cleared the screen. As for the plot, Wario has taken over the forest and it is up to Toad to defeat all of his monsters in huge tree trunks, caves and castles to save the day!
Through more rigorous optimization, PoochyEXE saves 01:57 over the previous run.
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Game:
Wario's Woods
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Wario's woods (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Wario's Woods "Round Game" by PoochyEXE in 31:20.84

Published on 7/26/2022
Wario has taken over the forest and it is up to Toad to defeat all of his monsters in huge tree trunks, caves and castles to save the day!
This is like Yoshi's Cookie and Tetris Attack all in one game. Your goal is to match lines of two or more monsters with bombs of corresponding color until you have cleared the screen. "Round Mode" is the game's story mode, consisting of 99 stages with cutscenes of Toad moving through the overworld map.
PoochyEXE saves nearly three minutes over his previous run thanks to better strategies, better RNG manipulation, and more rigorous optimization. For more details, you can read the author's notes.
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Game:
Wario's Woods
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Wario's woods (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Wrecking Crew '98 "100%" by pirohiko in 03:40.87

Published on 5/13/2014
Mario has returned to the Mushroom Kingdom from a trip, only to find that Bowser has started a construction campaign of building new hideouts. The construction projects are depriving the kingdom's plants of sunlight and thus, Mario decides to demolish the projects with his hammer. Along the way, he meets his old enemies from the original Wrecking Crew, including former rival Foreman Spike.
This Japan-only sequel to the original game takes a more competitive approach, giving two opponents their own sides to demolish as many panels as they can. Once one of the sides is completely filled up, the other player wins.
In this run, pirohiko takes advantage of a shortcut that humorously ends a level instantly if three lines of at least three panels of the same color overlap.
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Game:
Wrecking Crew '98
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Wrecking Crew '98 (Japan).sfc
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
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SNES Yoshi's Safari by Ilari in 31:42.12

Published on 4/8/2013
Yoshi's Safari is one of the few SNES titles that supports the Super Scope accessory. Bowser and his Koopalings have invaded Jewelry Land and stolen all of the kingdom's precious jewels. Armed with the Scope, Mario rides Yoshi to find Bowser and recover the jewels.
As this is a lightgun game, this run basically shoots everything in sight.
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Game:
Yoshi's Safari
Genres:
Shooter
Game Version:
Yoshi's Safari (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Maximum kills
Uses easiest difficulty
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Wii Mario Party 8 "Star Battle Arena" by mohoc in 23:52.72

Published on 10/28/2024
Mario Party 8 is the first Mario Party installment released for the Wii in 2007. Players take part in the Star Carnival, featuring 6 boards with unique gimmicks, all-new minigames making use of the Wii's motion controls, as well as a single-player story mode in the form of the Star Battle Arena.
Watch as mohoc completely humiliates the CPU-controlled characters by completing the Star Battle Arena mode in record time.
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Game:
Mario Party 8
Genres:
Board
Party
Game Version:
Mario Party 8 (USA) (Rev 1).iso
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
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Wii New Super Mario Bros. Wii "100%" by Soig in 2:58:33.27

Published on 8/2/2018
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a 2009 side-scrolling platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. New Super Mario Bros. Wii follows Mario as he fights his way through Bowser's henchmen to rescue Princess Peach. Mario has access to several power-ups that help him complete his quest, including the Ice Flower, the Fire Flower, and the Starman, each giving him unique abilities. There are some new powerups to this game, such as the Propeller Hat which lets the player ascend very quickly.
Here, author Soig manages to "complete everything in New Super Mario Bros. Wii" in under 3 hours.
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Game:
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
1752 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii (US).iso
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
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Wii New Super Mario Bros. Wii "warps" by MGRoadkill, Squashh_1 & Qr1pt1k in 24:20.90

Published on 7/4/2023
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a 2009 side-scrolling platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. New Super Mario Bros. Wii follows Mario as he fights his way through Bowser's henchmen to rescue Princess Peach. Mario has access to several power-ups that help him complete his quest, including the Ice Flower, the Fire Flower, and the Starman, each giving him unique abilities. There are some new powerups to this game, such as the Propeller Hat which lets the player ascend very quickly.
The authors improve upon the previous publication by 33.9 seconds. Many changes have been made to the route where the propeller mushroom has been swapped out with the ice flower and penguin suit, which provide overall faster horizontal speeds. We recommend reading the submission notes for more information on the changes.
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Game:
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Tags:
Uses warps
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Windows Psycho Waluigi by sack_bot in 47:43.00

Published on 1/7/2014
Psycho Waluigi is a Mario fangame by Thunder Dragon that stars not Mario but Waluigi, perhaps the most underrepresented playable character in the Mario franchise.
After suffering a massive bump to the head, Waluigi wakes up in the unfamiliar land of Unconcia, only to discover that he now has psychic powers! In true villain fashion, he decides to use his new abilities to take over this strange new land, one kingdom at a time. Using the Psycho Iris, he can pick up objects and throw them at enemies or mind control an enemy to shoot at other foes. He can also collect coins and valuable jewels along the way to trade for powerups like a double jump and accessories like a shiny gold crown.
This tool-assisted run by sack_bot features precise jumping and a glitch that allows Waluigi to clip into walls.
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Game:
Psycho Waluigi
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Game Version:
psychowaluigi.exe
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
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Sonic

32X Knuckles' Chaotix "best ending" by Tuffcracker in 43:25.19

Published on 1/18/2023
Knuckles' Chaotix is one of the few Sonic games that doesn't feature Sonic himself. The story differs between the English and Japanese versions of the instruction manual that came with the game, but they both involve Dr. Robotnik trapping Knuckles' friends on a special island. Knuckles must now save his friends and discover the mystery behind the island. The gameplay is similar to that of earlier Sonic games, with the added gimmick of being bound to a partner with an elastic tether, giving the game its reputation for wonky rubber band physics. After each stage, the next level and your next partner are selected via roulette.
Tuffcracker completes the game while going for all 6 Chaos Rings to achieve the best ending in this game.
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Game:
Knuckles' Chaotix
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Knuckles' Chaotix (Japan, USA) (En).32x
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Best ending
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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32X Knuckles' Chaotix by Tuffcracker in 31:13.78

Published on 3/12/2023
Knuckles' Chaotix is one of the few Sonic games that doesn't feature Sonic himself. The story differs between the English and Japanese versions of the instruction manual that came with the game, but they both involve Dr. Robotnik trapping Knuckles' friends on a special island. Knuckles must now save his friends and discover the mystery behind the island. The gameplay is similar to that of earlier Sonic games, with the added gimmick of being bound to a partner with an elastic tether, giving the game its reputation for wonky rubber band physics. After each stage, the next level and your next partner are selected via roulette.
Tuffcracker improves on their previous run by 24.5 seconds. For all the details on the glitches used and the routes taken, you can read the author's notes.
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Game:
Knuckles' Chaotix
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Knuckles' Chaotix (Japan, USA) (En).32x
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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Arcade SegaSonic the Hedgehog by Tuffcracker, rodonic01 & SpectralPlatypus in 10:23.98

Published on 3/12/2024
SegaSonic the Hedgehog is a isometric platforming game that was released for the arcades. You and up to two other players play as Sonic, Mighty the Armadillo or Ray the Flying Squirrel, as they attempt to escape from Dr. Eggman's island after being kidnapped and imprisoned there. Doing so will not be easy however as Eggman has set up traps all over his island. Unlike most Sonic games, Sonic and friends have health bars instead of the traditional rings system; rings here instead restore your health bar. The game also uses a trackball to control the characters instead of joysticks and buttons.
Tuffcracker, rodonic01, and SpectralPlatypus collaborate to beat the game as fast as possible, defeating Eggman and getting Sonic and his friends off the island in record time. This is an improvement of 381 frames compared to the previous publication.
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Game:
SegaSonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
sonic.zip
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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DS Sonic Colors by VanillaCoke in 26:37.80

Published on 5/11/2012
Sonic Colors (2010) is a fast-paced platform game for the Nintendo DS featuring Sega's mascot Sonic the Hedgehog. It makes good use of the dual screens, having Sonic freely zipping from screen to screen, and also features unique "wisp" powerups, which turn Sonic into various other fast-moving objects.
Here, VanillaCoke makes very good use of the superhuman speed and reactions of tool assistance to navigate Colors much faster than a human ever could. Sonic's motion is very carefully tracked at all times to ensure the fastest possible completion. You can read the author's comments for more information.
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Game:
Sonic Colors
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Colors (USA) (En,Ja,Fr,De,Es,It)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
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GBA Sonic Advance "Sonic, no Ultraspindash" by Mukki in 13:17.22

Published on 5/5/2012
In this run of Sonic Advance, the author doesn't take advantage of the game-destroying spindash glitch featured in the normal run. It goes somewhat slower because of this, but new inventive solutions are used to get through each act, and the result is still much faster than any oversized ferret ought to be moving.
There are two encodes for this movie: The first is a standard encode and the second is a camhacked encode that keeps Sonic in the center of the screen more often.
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Game:
Sonic Advance
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Advance (USA) (En,Ja).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Uses hardest difficulty
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GBA Sonic Advance "Amy" by GoddessMaria, Grincevent & VanillaCoke in 15:25.80

Published on 8/10/2014
Sonic Advance was Sonic the Hedgehog's second appearance on a Nintendo console (being beaten by Sonic Adventure 2: Battle on the GameCube by 10 days), and he brought all his friends with him. You can play as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, or Amy on a mission to stop Dr. Eggman from taking over South Island.
This run improves the previous submission by 00:19.89 seconds, thanks to a new route in Angel Island 1 and general optimization.
There's also a run using Knuckles, Tails, and a couple Sonic runs.
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Game:
Sonic Advance
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Advance (USA) (En,Ja).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses a suboptimal character
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
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[Console-verified]

GBA Sonic Advance "Tails, no Ultraspindash" by GoddessMaria in 13:33.54

Published on 9/11/2015
Sonic Advance was Sonic the Hedgehog's first appearance on a portable Nintendo console, and he brought all his friends with him.
In this run, Tails shows what he's capable of and sets off to defeat Dr. Eggman once again. He aims to do so as fast as possible without using the game-destroying glitch featured in this run as Sonic.
If you want to see more Sonic Advance runs, check out the run as Knuckles, Amy and an alternate run as Sonic where the aforementioned glitch is not used.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Sonic Advance
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Advance (USA) (En,Ja).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Uses hardest difficulty
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GBA Sonic Advance by Mukki & ruadath in 10:49.94

Published on 3/4/2023
This movie of Sonic Advance is unique as a speedrun in one aspect: Sonic moves so fast that the "camera" of the game cannot even follow him. Therefore, he is rarely seen in the movie.
On the rare occasions we get to watch Sonic, we get to enjoy seeing him moving through walls, charging up for another dash, or making short work of bosses.
Besides the super fast speed itself, the speed also provides Sonic an ability (glitch) to pass through platforms and walls under certain conditions.
This TAS improves the previous publication by 200 milliseconds of in-game time. Improvements coming from Secret Base 1, Casino Paradise 1, and Ice Mountain 1.
This publication also includes camhack encodes so viewers can view the off screen action of sonic's insane speeds, gotta go fast.
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Game:
Sonic Advance
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Advance (USA) (En,Ja).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
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[Console-verified]

GBA Sonic Advance "Knuckles, No Ultraspindash" by GoddessMaria in 13:13.34

Published on 11/29/2023
Sonic Advance was Sonic the Hedgehog's first appearance on a portable Nintendo console, and he brought all his friends with him.
This run proves that Knuckles the Echidna is up to the task of zipping through levels at warp speed and defeating Dr. Eggman yet again. Don't blink! In this movie, the author doesn't take advantage of the game-destroying spindash glitch featured in this run as Sonic.
While it may seem that it's only 0.57 seconds faster than the previous movie due to more accurate emulation, it is in fact faster by 7.32 seconds in in-game time. Please read the author's comments for more details.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Sonic Advance
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Advance (USA) (En,Ja).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses a suboptimal character
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
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GBA Sonic Advance 2 "Knuckles" by Dashjump in 20:32.08

Published on 12/6/2015
Disappointed with movies in which characters move just too slowly? Look no further! In this high-speed run, Dashjump demonstrates that even Knuckles can prove himself to be a very swift character.
No Chaos Emeralds are collected in this movie, but it demonstrates almost every single move that Knuckles is capable of.
If this is still too slow for you, we also have a TAS as Sonic.
Note: In order for Knuckles to be available, starting from a reset is needed. This is normally not allowed; refer to the rules to see why.
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Game:
Sonic Advance 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Advance 2 (USA) (En,Ja,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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GBA Sonic Advance 2 by Dashjump in 17:41.10

Published on 5/30/2016
Disappointed with good movies where characters move just too slowly?
Look no further! In this extremely high-speed run, Dashjump demonstrates how to break the sound barrier and why Sonic is the fastest character in the video game universe.
Dashjump's TAS improves the previous run by 00:25.62 seconds. Individual act improvements are listed in the submission text.
The author doesn't collect any of the Chaos Emeralds in this movie, but it demonstrates almost every single move that Sonic is capable of in this game.
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Game:
Sonic Advance 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Advance 2 (USA) (En,Ja,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Uses hardest difficulty
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GBA Sonic Advance 3 by Dashjump in 35:02.10

Published on 3/19/2016
Sonic Advance 3 is a Sonic game with a twist: the player can play with a friend in co-op mode or one of many multi-player modes like ring race. The game contains features from Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 2, but with more options like choosing from 2 characters in story mode (a leading and a following character).
This run is an improvement of 00:22.82 of in-game time and 00:23.57 overall compared to the predecessor movie.
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Game:
Sonic Advance 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Advance 3 (USA) (En,Ja,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
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 Compatibility MP4
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GBA Sonic Advance 3 "100%" by Dashjump in 1:07:51.89

Published on 6/11/2017
Eggman has broken the world into seven parts, now the player must find the seven Chaos Emeralds to restore the world.
Sonic Advance 3 is a Sonic game with a twist: the player can play with a friend in co-op mode or one of many multi-player modes like ring race. The game contains features from Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 2, but with more options like choosing from 2 characters in story mode (a leading and a following character).
This run is an improvement of 2 minutes over Dashjump's previous run.
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Game:
Sonic Advance 3
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Advance 3 (USA) (En,Ja,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
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 Compatibility MP4
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GBA Sonic Battle "Challenge Mode" by KusogeMan in 04:39.40

Published on 4/1/2024
Sonic Battle is a fighting game spinoff from the Sonic series. Rather than being 3D side-scrolling like many traditional fighting games, this game employs a 3D isometric view – not a static, sprite-based field though, it is comprised of actual texture-mapped polygons. The character sprites are 2D though, and while you think it wouldn't work – it does.
KusogeMan improves on the previous "Challenge Mode" run by over a minute by utilizing a Sonic-exclusive glitch where he can repeatedly one-shot opponents with his super moves without spending any super meter.
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Game:
Sonic Battle
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
Sonic Battle (U) (M6) [!].gba
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
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GBA Sonic Battle "Story Mode" by KusogeMan in 2:43:50.13

Published on 4/15/2024
Sonic Battle is a fighting game spinoff from the Sonic series. Rather than being 3D side-scrolling like many traditional fighting games, this game employs a 3D isometric view – not a static, sprite-based field though, it is comprised of actual texture-mapped polygons. The character sprites are 2D though, and while you think it wouldn't work – it does. It also has a customizable character in the form of Emerl, who can be given a variety of moves through Skill Cards.
The story of the game involves Sonic finding an ancient robot named Emerl, who strangely only obeys and addresses Sonic himself. Emerl has the ability to copy the moves and abilities of the people he battles. He also grows by feeding on Chaos Emeralds, which makes him smarter and have a more defined personality. Dr. Eggman has been watching all of this from afar, however, and has his own plans for Emerl.
KusogeMan for this run decides to beat Story Mode, beating all of its episodes in record time thanks to the use of a power meter glitch for Sonic and Emerl and the strategic pairing of certain characters for more optimal battles.
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Game:
Sonic Battle
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
Sonic Battle (U) (M6) [!].gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9

GBA Sonic Pinball Party by Cooljay in 22:42.59

Published on 1/8/2013
In Sonic Pinball Party, developed by Sonic Team, Dr. Eggman has turned all the gamblers in Casinopolis into robots and also brainwashed Tails and Amy. Sonic must rescue the gamblers and his friends by winning the Egg Cup pinball tournament.
This game features pinball boards based off the Sega games Sonic Advance, NiGHTS into Dreams..., and Samba de Amigo.
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Game:
Sonic Pinball Party
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Sonic Pinball Party (USA) (En,Ja,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
Video Downloads:
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GBA Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis by Tuffcracker in 16:46.89

Published on 4/30/2023
Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis is a GBA port of the original Sonic the Hedgehog game on the Sega Genesis. This port was released to mark the 15th anniversary of the original game, which also included the release of Sonic '06 around the same time. This port is infamous for being a terrible conversion to the GBA, which includes buggy graphics, tons of slowdown, wonky physics, and butchered music in comparison to the original game.
Tuffcracker manages to complete the game despite all the issues with this game, in record time.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog - Genesis (USA).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
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GC Sonic Adventure 2: Battle "Hero Story" by THC98 & itsPersonnal in 27:12.38

Nintendo 3D TAS of 2015
Published on 2/3/2015
A complete conversion of Sonic Adventure 2 from the Dreamcast, with additional features exclusive to the GameCube.
Play as either Sonic, Knuckles and co. or the evil crew of Dr. Eggman, Shadow and Rouge through a total of 150 missions across 30 levels. As Sonic's team, you must stop Dr. Eggman from taking control of the Chaos Emeralds, and as Dr. Eggman's team, you must hold Sonic at bay while collecting all of the Emeralds to take full control of the planet.
Exclusive to the GameCube are improved visuals, new 2-player battle games (including Kart Racing, Hunting and Chao Karate) and the ability to grow Chao and exchange them to the Game Boy Advance game Sonic Advance for portable training.
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Game:
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Tags:
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 3.0-735
[Star]

GC Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut "Sonic" by THC98 in 30:12.02

Speedy TAS of 2013
Published on 10/13/2013
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, an enhanced port of Sonic Adventure on the Sega Dreamcast, follows the well-known Sonic the Hedgehog as he races to stop Dr. Eggman's evil plans once again — this time in 3D. A notable feature in the game is five extra story modes for some of the other Sonic characters, including Tails, Knuckles and Amy.
This run by THC98 completes Sonic's story, utilizing out of bounds glitches and super fast spindashes for maximum speed. For more tool-assisted Sonic Adventure, see the run of Tails's story by the same author.
Note: The audio is slightly faulty because of a bug in Dolphin's DSP emulation engine.
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Game:
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 3.0-735

GC Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut "Tails" by THC98 in 22:54.02

Published on 12/27/2013
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, an enhanced port of Sonic Adventure on the Sega Dreamcast, follows the well-known Sonic the Hedgehog as he races to stop Dr. Eggman's evil plans once again — this time in 3D. A notable feature in the game is five extra story modes for some of the other Sonic characters, including Tails, Knuckles and Amy.
This run by THC98 completes Tails's story, see this run for Sonic's story by the same author.
Note: The audio is slightly faulty because of a bug in Dolphin's DSP emulation engine.
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Game:
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 3.0-735

GC Sonic Gems Collection: Sonic R "100%" by KusogeMan in 10:51.62

Published on 11/10/2024
Sonic Gems Collection is a compliation by Sega released in 2005. One of the games featured is Sonic R, a racing game originally released on the Saturn in 1997. It features ten characters from the Sonic franchise, each with unique abilities. The goal is to foil Dr. Eggman's plans to shape the world to his liking using the Chaos Emeralds found throughout the courses in the World Grand Prix.
KusogeMan collects every coin and Chaos Emerald necessary to unlock all characters in record time.
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Game:
Sonic Gems Collection: Sonic R
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Sonic Gems Collection (USA).iso
Tags:
100% completion
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-20571

GC Sonic Gems Collection: Sonic R by KusogeMan in 04:53.83

Published on 12/8/2024
Sonic Gems Collection is a compilation by Sega released in 2005. One of the games is Sonic R, a racing game originally released on the Saturn in 1997. It features ten characters from the Sonic franchise, each with unique abilities. The goal is to foil Dr. Eggman's plans to shape the world to his liking using the Chaos Emeralds found throughout the courses in the World Grand Prix.
This time, KusogeMan abuses an out-of-bounds glitch present in the game allowing the various courses to be beaten in less than 30 seconds each.
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Game:
Sonic Gems Collection: Sonic R
Genres:
Racing
Game Version:
Sonic Gems Collection (USA).iso
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-20571

GC Sonic Gems Collection: Sonic the Fighters "Arcade" by KusogeMan in 05:14.05

Published on 3/15/2024
Sonic Gems Collection is a compilation of more obscure video games in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The three main games featured are Sonic CD, Sonic the Fighters, and Sonic R. It also contains a couple extra games from the Game Gear and a few unlockable games like the Vectorman games. Sonic the Fighters, one of the games featured, is a 3D arcade fighting game featuring various Sonic characters.
KusogeMan plays as Bark the Polarbear to play through the Arcade mode in record time
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Game:
Sonic Gems Collection: Sonic the Fighters
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
Sonic Gems Collection (USA).iso
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-20571

GC Sonic Heroes "Team Sonic" by THC98 & Malleoz in 36:01.23

First edition TAS of 2020 Nintendo 3D TAS of 2020
Published on 3/28/2020
Released in early 2004, Sonic Heroes is a 3D platformer that sees four teams of characters seeking to take down Eggman’s army of robots. In this game, the player can switch between a team’s three characters, which each have unique abilities, to overcome various parts of each stage.
THC98 and Malleoz play through the story mode as Team Sonic in record time.
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Game:
Sonic Heroes
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Heroes (USA).iso
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0

Genesis Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog by ShiningProdigy9000 in 13:11.50

Published on 9/11/2024
Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog is a ROM hack of Sonic the Hedgehog that replaces Sonic with the character Amy Rose, using her pre-Sonic Adventure design. As she was not a playable character in the classic Sonic games, this romhack gives her the abilities she had in Sonic Advance. While she is slower than Sonic, she can use her Piko Piko Hammer to not only attack enemies but to also jump higher and bounce on enemies with it.
Here, ShiningProdigy9000 smashes and bashes his way with Amy in record time, zipping through levels with the usual Sonic the Hedgehog clipping points.
There are alternate encodes that use a modified emulator that hacks the game camera so it focuses on Amy.
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Game:
Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Amy_Rose_In_Sonic_The_Hedgehog_Rev_2.1.bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (CamHack)
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b

Genesis Doctor Robotnik's Plan B by Tuffcracker in 07:38.91

Published on 12/7/2023
Doctor Robotnik's Plan B is a ROM hack of Sonic the Hedgehog that takes all the boss battles with Dr. Robotnik and puts them together into a boss rush game, with little to no platforming outside of the bosses. Each boss battle has its patterns changed from the original and get progressively harder the more damage you deal to Dr. Robotnik. It also has a number of features added such as a scoreboard that keeps track on how fast you've completed each battle and a Time Attack mode that gives you infinite lives.
In this run, Tuffcracker completes Normal Mode, where you only have five lives, and enrages Robotnik as fast as possible.
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Game:
Doctor Robotnik's Plan B
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
[SHC2016] [compo2016] 5 - Doctor Robotniks Plan B REV01 - By Painto.bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Genesis Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog by marzojr & WST in 13:05.29

Published on 2/2/2014
This is a hacked version of Sonic the Hedgehog. The title character is replaced by his rival, Knuckles. The levels remain unchanged.
There is more than just an appearance change to this game. Knuckles' abilities remain intact. If you haven't seen Sonic the Hedgehog completed before, you may wish to do so before seeing what a character with a spindash and gliding can accomplish.
There is also a run for a Tails hack of Sonic the Hedgehog, done by marzojr. It replaces Knuckles with Tails and gliding with flying.
There is also the original run of Sonic the Hedgehog done by Aglar in record time without the advantage of spindash and gliding/flying.
A camhacked encode is provided with every duplicate link.
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Game:
Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic The Hedgehog Rev 01 by Stealth (S1 Hack).bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b

Genesis Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog "no zips" by DarkShamilKhan, ParadaxeTH, WST & marzojr in 15:04.28

Published on 2/18/2021
This is a hacked version of Sonic the Hedgehog. The title character is replaced by his rival, Knuckles. The levels remain unchanged.
There is more than just an appearance change to this game. Knuckles' abilities remain intact. If you haven't seen Sonic the Hedgehog completed before, you may wish to do so before seeing what a character with a spindash and gliding can accomplish.
Contrary to the previously published movie, this TAS forgoes zips, as it shows off the hack better.
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Game:
Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic The Hedgehog Rev 01 by Stealth (S1 Hack).bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b

Genesis Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog "100%" by ShiningProdigy9000, rodonic01, WST & marzojr in 15:42.96

Published on 7/27/2023
This is a ROM hack of Sonic the Hedgehog with the title character replaced by Knuckles the Echidna, complete with his signature ability to glide as well as the usual spindash. Everything else is unchanged. If you haven't seen Sonic the Hedgehog completed before, you may wish to do so before seeing what a character with a more advanced move set can accomplish.
ShiningProdigy9000, rodonic01, WST, and marzojr all work together to speed through the bonus stages to collect all 6 Chaos Emeralds and zip through the rest of the stages as fast as possible.
There is also a run of different ROM hack of the same game that replaces Sonic with Tails.
There are alternate encodes where the camera is hacked to stay focused on Knuckles as much as possible.
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Game:
Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic The Hedgehog Rev 01 by Stealth (S1 Hack).bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (CamHack)
Emulator Replay:
Gens_11b

Genesis Sonic 1: Return to the Origin "glitchless" by CyanTheGamerhog01 in 19:23.82

Published on 9/11/2023
Sonic 1: Return to the Origin is a romhack of the original Sonic the Hedgehog game on Genesis. It modifies the original game in which each level has to be played backwards from the end of the level to the beginning. This also means bosses have to be fought at the start of every 3rd act before Sonic can continue on through the level.
CyanTheGamerhog01 makes their way through the reversed levels without making use of any glitches. This includes No Zipping, No Level wrap, No Slope glitch, and No clipping through solid floors.
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Game:
Sonic 1: Return to the Origin
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Sonic 1 - Return to the Origin v2.bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b

Genesis Sonic 3 & Amy Rose by WST & marzojr in 29:27.58

Published on 12/25/2014
Another Sonic 3 & Knuckles TAS, but with Amy Rose this time. Unlike the three main characters, she wields a hammer as her weapon, and WST & marzojr use it to great effect in glitching through the game. For more details, see the run's comments.
We also have runs with Sonic and Tails, Knuckles, Tails, Knuckles ring attack, Sonic 100%, Knuckles 100%, Competition mode and Sonic and Tails on NewGame+.
Each second link or set of encodes uses a camhack, which forces the camera to focus on Amy while keeping the sprites on the foreground layer.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Amy Rose
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Sonic_3_And_Amy_Rev_1.4.bin
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11 svn350
[Console-verified]

Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 3 "Competition" by nitsuja & mmarks in 02:01.05

Published on 1/2/2011
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
One player in a multiplayer game
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "Tails" by Aglar & marzojr in 30:12.52

Published on 10/18/2013
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV (CamHack)
 Compatibility MP4 (CamHack)
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "Knuckles, ring attack" by TheYogWog in 1:14:55.91

Published on 5/12/2014
This run of Sonic 3 & Knuckles collects the maximum number of rings possible to get with Knuckles. This leads to some interesting routes to reach out-of-the-way rings as well as opportunities to show off some new glitches.
See the floating island like never before as you tag along with Knuckles, and try to keep up as he patrols his territory while foraging for rings and revealing secrets that show why he is truly the sole guardian of the island.
We also have runs with Sonic and Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Tails, Sonic 100%, Knuckles 100%, Competition mode, Sonic and Tails on NewGame+ and Knuckles in Sonic 2 ring attack
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Demonstration
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "newgame+" by marzojr & Aglar in 27:31.29

Published on 12/18/2014
Sonic's gone to plaid in the latest TAS by marzojr. It starts from a savestate to take advantage of Hyper Sonic from the beginning of the game. (For more details, see the note below and the run's comments.)
We also have similar runs with Sonic and Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Tails, Knuckles ring attack, Sonic 100%, Knuckles 100% and Competition mode.
WARNING: The awesomeness of Hyper Sonic may damage your eyes or trigger seizures in susceptible people.
Note: This movie begins from a save state from the end of regular mode in order to access Hyper Sonic from the beginning of the game. There is no other way to access it outside of a hack. We normally do not accept movies which begin from a save state.
To download a savestate for this movie, use this link for Gens version 11a or this link for Gens version 11b.
There are also secondary encode links to the camhacked version.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Best ending
One player in a multiplayer game
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV (CamHack)
 Compatibility MP4 (CamHack)
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "Knuckles, 100%" by joojamoi & Evil_3D in 44:27.73

Published on 9/21/2017
A Sonic video without Sonic! Instead, Knuckles takes the spotlight and collects all the Chaos (and Super) Emeralds.
This run improves upon the previous publication from Evil_3D by 00:30.24 seconds, thanks to the help of some new glitches and strategies.
We also have similar runs with Sonic and Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Tails, Knuckles ring attack, Sonic 100%, Competition mode and Sonic and Tails on NewGame+.
Each second link or sets of encodes use a camhack, in order to have the camera focus on Knuckles while keeping the sprites in the foreground.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV (CamHack)
 Compatibility MP4 (CamHack)
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b
[Atlas map encode] [Star]

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "ring attack, newgame+" by Evil_3D, TheYogWog & kaan55 in 1:26:11.12

Sega TAS of 2019 Speedy TAS of 2019
Published on 12/23/2019
In Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic and Tails continue to thwart the plans of Dr. Robotnik, this time on the Floating Island that is guarded by Knuckles the Echidna.
In this run, you'll see the Floating Island like never before, as Evil_3D, TheYogWog, and kaan55 use every trick in Sonic's and Tails's arsenal to collect as many rings as possible. The routing for this goal is more about efficiently moving between groups of rings than efficiently moving to the end of the stage, and is incredibly complex.
This run starts from a clear-game savestate with all of the Chaos Emeralds and Super Emeralds collected, so that collecting giant rings will award Sonic and Tails a 50-ring bonus instead of taking them to a Blue Sphere bonus stage. We normally do not accept save-anchored movies; more details can be found in the authors' comments.
An atlas encode is also available, which shows the characters' positions on a zoomed-out level map, which might make it easier to follow the action.
For those wishing to play back the emulator movie file, a Gens-11b savestate for this purpose is available here.
We have a number of other Sonic 3 runs: Sonic and Tails, Sonic 100%, Tails, Sonic and Tails on NewGame+, Knuckles, Knuckles 100%, Knuckles ring attack, Amy, and Competition mode.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Demonstration
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b svn341

Genesis Sonic & Knuckles "Knuckles, 100%" by ShiningProdigy9000, WST, qwerty & feeuzz in 19:26.02

Published on 6/6/2023
Sonic & Knuckles is the fourth game in the Sonic series. It retains the same basic features as in the previous Sonic games (speed, rings for protection, Special Stages with Chaos Emeralds) as well as the three different shield types introduced in Sonic 3 (Fire, Water and Electric). Players can select either of the two title characters for play - either Sonic, or the all-new Knuckles the Echidna. Knuckles cannot jump as high as Sonic, but he can glide by holding the jump button while in the air. If you glide into a wall, Knuckles will also be able to climb it. He can also break through walls that Sonic can't. With these abilities, Knuckles can access different areas from Sonic, making for each level an entirely new experience.
This TAS aims to complete the game with 100% collection of the chaos emeralds.
Note: This publication also includes an alternative encode known as "Camhack", which allows the viewer to see the position of Knuckles when off screen.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles (World)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (Camhack)
Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "Sonic, 100%" by ShiningProdigy9000, Takz15x & kaan55 in 49:47.21

Published on 7/28/2023
In this run of Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic has decided that getting all the emeralds is the only way to go. And not just the Chaos Emeralds, but also the Super Emeralds. With those, Sonic can go from Super Sonic to Hyper Sonic, a super form so fast and powerful, it flashes the screen constantly. Tails can also tag along to help in this endeavor, but he's not used in this run.
ShiningProdigy9000, Takz15x, and kaan55 all collaborate to improve on the previous run by six minutes. A lot of this is done by using strategies and glitches that the previous run forwent to better show off the game, along with using all new strategies. For further details, you can read the authors' notes.
We also have a regular run with Sonic, one with Amy through a romhack, one with Knuckles, one with just Tails, a ring attack run with Knuckles, a 100% run with knuckles, a run in Competition mode and a run with Sonic and Tails on NewGame+.
WARNING: The usage of Hyper Sonic in this run will have moments of flashing lights that are not suitable for those that are photosensitive.
There are alternate encodes that hack the camera in the game so that it stays on Sonic as much as possible.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Uses a suboptimal character
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (CamHack)
Emulator Replay:
Gens_11b

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "Knuckles" by Takz15x & Evil_3D in 21:02.74

Published on 8/19/2023
Sonic 3 & Knuckles completed with Knuckles. Tired of always doing ring-attacks and 100% runs, Knuckles has finally decided it is his turn to break the game in an any% TAS. This run uses a disassembly of the game in order to use the most of every trick.
This is a an improvement of 01:04.93 thanks to better optimization and faster implementation of level wraps.
We also have runs with Knuckles 100%, Knuckles ring attack, Knuckles in Sonic 1, Knuckles in Sonic 2, Knuckles in Sonic 2 ring attack, Sonic and Tails, Tails, Amy, Sonic 100%, Competition mode and Sonic and Tails on NewGame+.
Every duplicate link leads to the camhacked version of the encode.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (CamHack)
Emulator Replay:
Gens_11b
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "Sonic, newgame+" by ShiningProdigy9000 & Takz15x in 28:55.88

Published on 11/7/2023
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a Sega Genesis game starring everyone's favorite Sonic the Hedgehog, along with his friend Miles "Tails" Prower and his rival-turned-buddy Knuckles the Echidna. With the Chaos Emeralds on hand, Sonic and Tails go off to investigate a mysterious even on Angel Island where they encounter Knuckles. Surprised and having the Chaos Emeralds stolen from him, Sonic expects Dr. Eggman to be behind everything yet again and sets off on another adventure.
ShiningProdigy9000 and Takz15x collaborate to complete the game in record time on "New Game+" using only Sonic and the power of the seven Super Emeralds. Glitch zipping and Hyper Sonic speeds ensues.
For more Sonic 3 tool-assisted speedruns, you can check out this page.
WARNING: Hyper Sonic's form causes flashing lights which may not be appropriate for those with photosensitivity issues.
There are also alternate encodes that hack the camera so that it stays on Sonic as much as possible and overlay Sonic himself over other graphics layers to make it easier to see what's happening.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses a suboptimal character
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (CamHack)
Emulator Replay:
Gens_11b
[Star]

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "Sonic" by BenInSweden, eandis, Chrezm & kaan55 in 22:20.09

Published on 8/13/2024
In Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic and Tails continue to thwart the plans of Dr. Robotnik, this time on the Floating Island that is guarded by Knuckles the Echidna.
This is an over 6 minute improvement over the previous TAS that primarily makes use of a bug that "breaks the lock-on technology" of the Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles combo, which tricks the game into loading Sonic & Knuckles and skip all the way to Mushroom Hill. We encourage viewers to read the authors' submission text for more details.
We also have similar movies in Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog CD.
And also we have runs with Amy, Knuckles, Tails, Knuckles ring attack, Sonic 100%, Knuckles 100%, Competition mode and Sonic and Tails on NewGame+.
The downloadable encodes in the second set use a camhack, which attempts to always keep Sonic onscreen and puts HD sprites on top of the background to make the TAS look even better.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (Camhack)
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles "no left or right" by Tuffcracker in 35:54.19

Published on 8/19/2024
In Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic and Tails continue to thwart the plans of Dr. Robotnik, this time on the Floating Island that is guarded by Knuckles the Echidna.
In this run, Tuffcracker attempts to beat the game using Knuckles, without pressing the left or right directional buttons, only relying on spin dashes and Knuckles' wall climbing to navigate through the game.
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Game:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (USA)
Tags:
Demonstration
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Genesis Sonic 3D Blast "best ending" by the0nlykyd in 35:55.61

Published on 5/10/2019
Sonic 3D Blast is an isometric platformer/collectathon by Traveler's Tales for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. While visiting Flicky Island, Sonic notices that the Flickies, his small, feathered friends that can travel between parallel worlds, were captured and turned into badniks (the robot enemies of Sonic) by Dr. Robotnik in his never-ending quest for the Chaos Emeralds. Seven levels separate Sonic from the final showdown with Robotnik.
the0nlykyd collects all Chaos Emeralds and gets through the final fight, thus getting the good ending, in record time.
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Game:
Sonic 3D Blast
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic 3D Blast (UE) [!].bin
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
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Genesis Sonic 3D Blast by the0nlykyd in 24:09.80

Published on 10/19/2019
Sonic 3D Blast is an isometric platformer/collectathon by Traveler's Tales for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. While visiting Flicky Island, Sonic notices that the Flickies, his small, feathered friends that can travel between parallel worlds, were captured and turned into badniks (the robot enemies of Sonic) by Dr. Robotnik in his never-ending quest for the Chaos Emeralds. Seven levels separate Sonic from the final showdown with Robotnik.
This time around, the0nlykyd does not collect any Chaos Emeralds and defeats Robotnik in Panic Puppet Zone in record time.
We also have a TAS that gets all Chaos Emeralds and gets the good ending.
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Game:
Sonic 3D Blast
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic 3D Blast (UE) [!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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Genesis Sonic Classic Heroes "100%" by MightyRainbow100 in 45:54.93

Published on 3/27/2024
Sonic Classic Heroes is an extensive ROM hack of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 that combines the original game and Sonic the Hedgehog and adds a lot of new features. The main showcase is the ability to choose up to three characters to play the game with and the ability to switch between characters during gameplay. A number of features from Sonic 3 & Knuckles have also been added such as each character having their own unique ability, elemental shields, and the ability to save your progress. Certain bugs that were in the original Sonic 2 have been fixed and certain gameplay mechanics have been improved for a smoother playthrough.
Here, mightyrainbow100 saves about 2.3 minutes over the previous 100% run thanks to using faster strategies and routes and the usage of a climbing glitch for Knuckles that the romhackers didn't fix.
WARNING: This run contains flashing lights during the Super Sonic and Hyper Sonic sequences which may not be suitable for those with photosensitivity issues.
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Game:
Sonic Classic Heroes
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
scheroes.bin [0.15.03e1]
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
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[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

Genesis Sonic Classic Heroes "Team Hyper" by ShiningProdigy9000 in 26:40.28

Published on 4/19/2024
Sonic Classic Heroes is an extensive ROM hack of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 that combines the original game and Sonic the Hedgehog and adds a lot of new features. The main showcase is the ability to choose up to three characters to play the game with and the ability to switch between characters during gameplay. A number of features from Sonic 3 & Knuckles have also been added such as each character having their own unique ability, elemental shields, and the ability to save your progress. Certain bugs that were in the original Sonic 2 have been fixed and certain gameplay mechanics have been improved for a smoother playthrough.
For this run, ShiningProdigy9000 decides to play the entire game with "Team Hyper", a team composed of Hyper Sonic and versions of Tails and Knuckles with the power of the Super Emeralds, and beat it even faster than with regular Team Sonic. To do this, a cheat code was used in the menu to access them from the start.
WARNING: The usage of Team Hyper in this run causes flashing and strobing lights that may prove harmful to those with photosensitivity issues.
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Game:
Sonic Classic Heroes
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
scheroes.bin [0.15.03e1]
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses an in-game code
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Genesis Sonic Classic Heroes by ShiningProdigy9000 & WST in 30:44.11

Published on 9/3/2024
Sonic Classic Heroes is an extensive ROM hack of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 that combines the original game and Sonic the Hedgehog and adds a lot of new features. The main showcase is the ability to choose up to three characters to play the game with and the ability to switch between characters during gameplay. A number of features from Sonic 3 & Knuckles have also been added such as each character having their own unique ability, elemental shields, and the ability to save your progress. Certain bugs that were in the original Sonic 2 have been fixed and certain gameplay mechanics have been improved for a smoother playthrough.
ShiningProdigy9000 and WST together save nearly three minutes of time over the previous run thanks to many new optimized strategies.
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Game:
Sonic Classic Heroes
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
scheroes.bin [0.15.03e1]
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
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Genesis Sonic Jam 6 by True in 07:53.69

Published on 9/30/2014
Mario had a hell of a time in Sonic's world on NES, so he gave Sonic his world and some crap controls on Genesis.
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Game:
Sonic Jam 6
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Sonic Jam 6 (Unl) [f1].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
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Genesis Sonic Spinball "100%" by Flip in 13:03.45

Published on 1/9/2013
The evil doctor Robotnik has a new plan to take over the world. He has built a new weapon, the Veg-O-Fortress on Mount Mobius and with it, he is transforming all creatures into robots. Sonic sneaks into the fortress and tries to stop Robotnik.
This run aims to complete all levels in the game, which includes the optional intermediate levels, and the now featured Multiball levels. These only appear after collecting all rings on the map, thus those need to be gotten too.
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Game:
Sonic Spinball
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Spinball (U) [!].bin
Tags:
100% completion
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Genesis Sonic Spinball by Flip in 05:19.86

Published on 7/21/2018
Dr. Robotnik is at it again, and this time he's set up a Pinball Defense System inside a volcano. Fortunately, Sonic makes a good pinball and he easily infiltrates the system, recovering most of the chaos emeralds hidden within and making short work of the bosses.
In this run, Flip improves his previous movie by 01:57.50 minutes thanks to new skips found in this game over the course of 6 years.
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Game:
Sonic Spinball
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Spinball (U) [!].bin
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
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[Atlas map encode]

Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog "no zips" by Aglar in 17:36.58

Published on 12/19/2011
Fast bouncing around. This is a run of Sonic the Hedgehog which avoids zipping (gaining a large speed boost from being inside terrain), unlike the other run of this game. Therefore, most levels cannot be skipped, and instead have to be traversed using a more normal route, although the author still finds a couple of alternative methods to take shortcuts (it is hard to define hard rules to ban all glitches). In this run, the game is completed without collecting the Chaos Emeralds.
There are also runs where Knuckles and Tails they take advantage of their own abilities to finish the game in record time.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows a camhack encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV01) [!].gen
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes time-saving glitches
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[Atlas map encode]

Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog by Aglar in 14:13.87

Published on 12/10/2017
Sonic bounces around surprisingly fast. The lack of Spin Dash makes the strategy a bit different from that of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles runs, since preserving your momentum becomes a lot more important. However, this doesn't prevent the author from achieving crazy velocities even with such a significant limitation. In this run, the game is completed without collecting any emeralds.
This is the ninth publication of this branch, improving on the previous effort by 00:07.89 (of in-game time), due to even tighter optimization and some new shortcuts.
There are also runs where Knuckles and Tails they take advantage of their own abilities to finish the game in record time.
To see a movie of this game that doesn't take advantage of zips, watch the "no zips" run by Aglar.
We also have movies in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog CD and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
The second encode link leads to a camhacked version. But don't expect the videos where Sonic is visible offscreen to make any more sense than the original ones!
This movie also has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the camhack encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV01) [!].gen
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog "100%" by ParadaxeTH, DarkShamilKhan, Zekann, Aglar & rodonic01 in 16:42.17

Published on 2/27/2023
Sonic bounces around surprisingly fast. The lack of Spin Dash makes the strategy a bit different from that of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles runs, since preserving your momentum becomes a lot more important. However, this doesn't prevent the authors from achieving crazy velocities even with such a significant limitation. In this run, the game is completed while collecting all 6 Chaos Emeralds.
There are also runs where Knuckles and Tails take advantage of their own abilities to finish the game in record time.
The second encode link leads to a camhacked version. But don't expect the videos where Sonic is visible offscreen to make any more sense than the original ones!
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV01) [!].gen
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Genesis Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 "ring attack" by Evil_3D, WST & Zurggriff in 45:01.63

Published on 2/25/2017
This game is what you get if you take Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and lock it onto Sonic & Knuckles. As the name suggests, what you get is simply Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with Knuckles the Echidna as the playable character. The levels remain mostly unchanged, save for the addition of a few monitors that can only be reached as Knuckles, whose abilities from Sonic and Knuckles (gliding, climbing walls, and jumping a little lower than Sonic) remain intact.
In this run, you'll see the zones of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (colloquially referred to as West Side Island in the Japanese manual) like you've never seen them before, as Knuckles uses every trick in the book to collect over five thousand rings, with only 11 throughout the game eluding his grasp. (For the time being, anyway...)
We also have runs with Sonic and Tails and Knuckles in this game.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (World) (Rev A) (Lock-on Combination).md
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Demonstration
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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[Star]

Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by Zurggriff & Aglar in 17:40.08

Published on 12/19/2017
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) was the game that introduced the Super Dash Attack. The ability, referred to as Spin Dash in later games, has become one of the most beloved features of the series and, indeed, one of the most prominent features of the speedrunning scene as a whole.
In this exhilarating movie, Aglar & Zurggriff speed their way through this classic's varied acts making good use of Spin Dashes to finish them in record time. The authors also control Tails — Sonic's two-tailed foxy buddy — to allow for even faster routes and making shorter work of bosses.
This is an improvement of 00:12.90 seconds over the predecessor movie.
We have a run where Knuckles replaces the main characters and finishes the game in record time, and another run where he goes for the max rings challenge.
We also have movies in Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog CD and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Every second link leads to a CamHack encode that keeps Sonic visible all the time.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (W) (REV01) [!].bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
2 Players
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 "100%" by ParadaxeTH, DarkShamilKhan, rodonic01, Tee-N-Tee, Aglar & Zurggriff in 32:10.24

Published on 10/29/2023
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) was the game that introduced the Super Dash Attack. The ability, referred to as Spin Dash in later games, has become one of the most beloved features of the series and, indeed, one of the most prominent features of the speedrunning scene as a whole.
In this exhilarating movie, the authors speed their way through this classic's bonus stages to collect all 7 chaos emeralds, as well as the varied acts making good use of Spin Dashes and tails to finish them in record time. They also manage to save 15.6 seconds over the previous run thanks to new routes and strategies. For more details on that, you can read their notes here.
For more Sonic the Hedgehog 2 tool-assisted speedruns, you can check out this page. It also includes runs with Knuckles, which is possible with a special cartridge lock-on combination.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (W) (REV01) [!].bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
2 Players
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Genesis Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by ShiningProdigy9000 in 17:24.33

Published on 11/2/2023
This is an official version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with Sonic & Knuckles locked on it. Here, the title character is replaced by his rival, Knuckles, who has his signature ability of gliding and climbing carried over to this version. Other than that, the levels are unchanged. If you haven't seen Sonic the Hedgehog 2 completed before, you may wish to do so before seeing what a character with a spindash and gliding can accomplish.
ShiningProdigy9000 saves 17.5 seconds over the previous run through various stage improvements and optimizations.
For more Sonic the Hedgehog 2 tool-assisted speedruns, you can check out this page.
There are also alternate CamHack encodes that attempts to keep Knuckles visible on the screen as much as possible and over any sprite layers.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (World) (Rev A) (Lock-on Combination).md
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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Genesis Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 "100%" by Takz15x & ShiningProdigy9000 in 30:29.79

Published on 11/21/2023
This is an official version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with Sonic & Knuckles locked on it. Here, the title character is replaced by his rival, Knuckles, who has his signature abilities of climbing and gliding carried over to this version. Other than that, the levels are unchanged. If you haven't seen Sonic the Hedgehog 2 completed before, you may wish to do so before seeing what a character with spiked knuckles and gliding can accomplish.
Takz15x and ShiningProdigy9000 save a little over 52 seconds over the previous run thanks to a couple of new tricks and strategies.
For more Knuckles in Sonic 2, we have a run of him just beating the game as fast as possible without having to collect the Chaos Emeralds and a run where he collects nearly every ring in the game. We also have a 100% run with Sonic and Tails instead.
There are also alternate CamHack encodes that attempts to keep Knuckles visible on the screen as much as possible and over any sprite layers.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic & Knuckles + Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (World) (Rev A) (Lock-on Combination).md
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Genesis Tails in Sonic The Hedgehog by marzojr in 13:21.87

Published on 1/16/2014
This is a hacked version of Sonic the Hedgehog. The title character is replaced by his sidekick, Miles "Tails" Prower. The levels remain unchanged.
There is more than just an appearance change to this game. Tails' abilities remain intact. If you haven't seen Sonic the Hedgehog completed before, you may wish to do so before seeing what a character with flight and a spindash can accomplish.
In this run, marzojr improves his previous attempt by 00:57.82 seconds.
There is a run with Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog hack, It replaces Tails with Knuckles and flying with gliding.
There is also the original run of Sonic the Hedgehog done by Aglar in record time without the advantage of spindash and gliding/flying.
Note: An IPS patch for the hack can be downloaded here. It must be patched to REV 00.
There is a secondary YouTube encode that has the camera hacked so it stays on Tails even when he's off-screen.
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Game:
Tails in Sonic The Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
s1tails.bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Heavy glitch abuse
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GG Sonic Blast by The8bitbeast in 11:14.92

Published on 3/9/2023
Sonic Blast, known as G Sonic (Ｇソニック) in Japan, is a platforming game for the Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System that was released in November 1996. A similarly titled game, Sonic 3D Blast, was released in the same month for Sega's Genesis and Saturn consoles, though the games had different gameplay, plot, and a separate development team. In this game, you can play as Sonic or Knuckles as they go off to stop Dr. Robotnik from collecting the Chaos Emeralds again.
The8bitbeast improves on the previous run by 16 seconds thanks to improved routing and the exploitation of a few minor bugs.
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Game:
Sonic Blast
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Blast (U) [!].gg
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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GG Sonic Labyrinth "best ending" by Zurggriff in 15:15.91

Published on 8/5/2018
Sonic Labyrinth is a puzzle and platform game featuring isometric game play. Sonic must obtain keys located throughout the first three acts of each zone and then battle a boss to retrieve the chaos emeralds.
While Sonic has an incredibly slow walking speed, there is plenty of super fast bouncing around that makes good use of the spindash. The best ending is achieved in this run by entering the bonus stage in 2-3 to collect a chaos emerald.
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Game:
Sonic Labyrinth
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Labyrinth (U) [!].gg
Tags:
Best ending
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GG Sonic Spinball by Finalflame in 09:08.47

Published on 5/10/2022
Sonic Spinball is a pinball game based off of the animated series Sonic the Hedgehog, better known as SatAM. In this game, Sonic himself takes the role of a pinball in a giant pinball table-like contraption built by Dr. Robotnik, who plans to use the machine to turn the entire population of Mobius into his robot slaves. Sonic must collect all of the Chaos Emeralds that power the machine in order to defeat him.
Finalflame maneuvers through the very awkward physics in this Game Gear port and completes the game in record time.
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Game:
Sonic Spinball
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Sonic Spinball (USA, Europe, Brazil) (En).gg
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GG Sonic the Hedgehog by The8bitbeast in 19:17.89

Published on 7/29/2017
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; here the latter is used primarily for faster boss fights.
This run improves the predecessor movie by 00:02.30 real-time seconds, and by 01:22.41 minutes of total in-level time. What makes the real-time difference so small is the larger time bonuses. To compensate for that, the author has made an encode that cuts out the bonus screen and the level title cards.
If you like this run, also check out the run for SMS Sonic 2.
FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING: This movie features rapidly flashing lights from 16:37 to 16:59 and from 19:06 to 19:17, which may cause epileptic seizures for those affected.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog (U) (V1.0) [!].gg
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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GG Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble by Grincevent & Cooljay in 19:19.98

Published on 1/15/2013
Sonic Triple Trouble is the sequel to Sonic Chaos, they are also known in Japan as Sonic & Tails 1 and 2. Long story short, Dr. Robotnik is after the chaos emeralds again and convinced Knuckles that Sonic and Tails want to steal them, again... But here comes a new challenger! Nack the weasel is here and wants to, guess what, steal the chaos emeralds too! (but just because they are shiny and might sell well on eBay)
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog - Triple Trouble (USA, Europe, Brazil).gg
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Takes intentional damage
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GG Tails' Skypatrol by Alyosha in 06:53.57

Published on 12/31/2017
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.
While this movie appears to be slower by 0.20 seconds than the previous publication, it is in fact faster by around a third of a second. This is because the site now assumes the proper framerate for Game Gear movies, while it assumed a flat 60 FPS back when the previous movie was published.
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Game:
Tails' Skypatrol
Genres:
Shooter
Game Version:
Tails' Sky Patrol (J) [!].gg
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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NGP Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure by Memory in 13:19.76

Published on 3/17/2018
Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure is a platform game developed and published by SNK and released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color in 1999. The game is heavily based on Sonic the Hedgehog 2, borrowing much of the stage themes and gameplay elements, but featuring unique stage layouts, elements from other Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog games, and extra game modes.
In this run, Memory beats the game using precise jumps and glitches to complete every level as fast as possible.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog - Pocket Adventure (W) [!].ngc
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
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SegaCD Sonic the Hedgehog CD by marzojr & Tuffcracker in 16:42.46

Published on 12/14/2023
Sonic the Hedgehog CD is an entry in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise that was developed for the Sega Genesis's Sega CD attachment. Taking place before Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the plot follows Sonic as he travels to Never Lake where he finds the orbiting Tiny Planet, home to the Time Stones, encased in stone by Dr. Robotnik, who seeks the Time Stones himself. Along the way, he finds that Amy Rose has been kidnapped by Metal Sonic. It's now up to Sonic to journey to Little Planet and traverse its time-bending areas in order to rescue Amy and save Tiny Planet from the clutches of Dr. Robotnik.
marzojr and Tuffcracker both save 21.8 seconds over the previous run thanks to the discovery of a few new zips and screenwraps and more optimizations.
There is an alternate encode made in a modified emulator that hacks the camera so that it stays on Sonic even when he's offscreen.
There is also a run of Sonic the Hedgehog Megamix played as Sonic on the Sega CD version.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog CD (Japan).bin
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (CamHack)
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Gens 11b

SegaCD Sonic the Hedgehog Megamix by Evil_3D, kaan55, nitsuja & WST in 13:52.91

Published on 6/2/2018
Sonic the Hedgehog Megamix (commonly shortened to Sonic Megamix) is a work-in-progress multiperson disassembly modification of the original Sonic the Hedgehog videogame for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, developed by Team Megamix and more recently moved to the Sega Mega-CD.
The game features the ability to play as one of five different characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Mighty the Armadillo, Shadow the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, and Knuckles the Echidna. It is an extensive reworking of the original game, featuring new art, music, abilities, layouts, and other things.
The authors complete the game in record time using glitches such as "zips" to gain super fast speeds.
We also have movies in Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog CD and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog Megamix
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
S1MMU.iso
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
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Gens 11b

SMS Sonic Chaos "best ending" by The8bitbeast in 14:06.72

Published on 2/15/2018
Robotnik is trying to take over South Island once again. Our blue little hero decides to stop him, while also collecting all the chaos emeralds in his free time. A glitch which allows Sonic to skip the cutscene after most bosses helps him to proceed even faster to the following zone.
The goal of this TAS is to beat the game with the best ending, which requires collecting 5 emeralds throughout the game, causing a 6th emerald to drop after the final boss.
This run improved the predecessor movie by 00:33.06 seconds. The main timesave comes from lag reduction, but a few seconds were saved thanks to other tricks, techniques and routing.
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Game:
Sonic Chaos
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic Chaos (E) [!].sms
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
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High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

SMS Sonic the Hedgehog "Max Special Bonus" by The8bitbeast in 20:27.28

Published on 11/8/2018
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.
The8BitBeast aims to collect the maximum special bonus at the end of the levels. More about this goal in the submission text.
FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING: This movie features periodic rapid flashing lights from 18:50 to 19:16, 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
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BizHawk 2.3
[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
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High Quality MKV
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BizHawk 2.3.1

SMS Sonic the Hedgehog 2 "best ending" by mike89 in 18:44.28

Published on 12/8/2007
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Master System completed with all emeralds. Unlike many Sonic games, acquiring emeralds is done within normal stages rather than bonus levels, and getting all of them allows you to play the true final level.
Trivia: This game slightly predates the Mega Drive/Genesis version, so it features the official first appearance of Sonic's flying mutant fox friend, Tails.
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Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Europe, Brazil).sms
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
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High Quality MKV
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Dega 1.14a

Zelda

3DS The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D by benstephens56 in 23:12.85

Published on 6/13/2024
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D is an enhanced remake of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, developed by Grezzo and Nintendo EAD and released in 2015 for the Nintendo 3DS. It also follows the 2011 enhanced remake of Ocarina of Time, and similarly features updated models and textures, as well as control schemes that make use of the 3DS's capabilities. The story remains identical to that of the original.
benstephens56 manages to find a way to warp to the final area of the game and face off against Majora's Mask in record time.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Majora's Mask 3D Japan.cia
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Citra Canary 2007
[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
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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
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Citra Nightly 1815
[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
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High Quality MKV
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DeSmuME 0.9.9a

FDS The Legend of Zelda "2nd quest, game end glitch" by TASeditor, Masterjun & sockfolder in 03:06.46

Glitchy TAS of 2015
Published on 6/13/2015
The second quest of The Legend of Zelda is what you get by having completed the game once. It is more difficult than the first quest. In this movie, the authors enter ZELDA as the player's name to start the 2nd quest without having to complete the game first.
The authors in this run also enter some of their own code, and don't really complete the game a second time either – yet somehow do. See the authors' notes for more details.
We also have a non-glitched run of this 2nd quest.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda
Genres:
Action
Adventure
RPG
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - The Hyrule Fantasy (Japan).fds
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Second quest/Post game-completion
Uses a level password
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High Quality MKV
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GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening "Playaround" by Bobmario511 in 40:22.78

Funny TAS of 2012 Gameboy TAS of 2012
Published on 4/29/2012
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a classic Game Boy Zelda adventure. Link must travel across the dream world of Koholint Island, collecting the 8 Instruments to wake the Wind Fish and go home after a terrible shipwreck.
bobmario511 (the author), however, realized that "Hey, I'm in a dream. That means I can do anything I want!" With that in mind, he embarks on a journey as the legendary hero THIEF to live out his wildest fantasies. Unfortunately, he would soon find out that this dream would end up being the worst nightmare of his life, traveling through a chaotic world devoid of any logic, meaning, or consistent appearance. Summoning the power of all of the allies he can get, our hero, BowWow, Marin, a ghost, and a flying rooster travel together to make sense of the nonsensical hell of Link's own imagination, collecting what he believes to be the 8 Instruments and Secret Seashells on their way.
To see a run of the "normal" completion of this game, see this movie by the same author.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening (U) (V1.0) [!].gb
Tags:
Playaround
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
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GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening by Bobmario511 in 03:48.55

Published on 7/14/2012
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a classic Game Boy Zelda adventure. Link must travel across the dream world of Koholint Island, collecting the 8 Instruments to wake the Wind Fish and go home after a terrible shipwreck.
bobmario511 (the author), however, decided collecting instruments for a one-man band was a waste of time, so he skipped all of that and went straight to the Wind Fish (with a pesky boss battle in the middle).
This is a 00:00.57 second improvement over the previous run. See the author's notes for more details.
If you liked this, be sure to also check out the Game Boy Color version (DX), which completes all the dungeons.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening (U) (V1.0) [!].gb
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr

GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening "game end glitch" by CasualPokePlayer in 01:02.42

Published on 10/26/2020
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a classic Game Boy Zelda adventure. Link must travel across the dream world of Koholint Island, collecting the 8 Instruments to wake the Wind Fish and go home after a terrible shipwreck.
…or at least, that's what normally is supposed to happen. Using subframe resets, and some other glitches, CasualPokePlayer shows a much faster way to reach the credits.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Yume o Miru Shima (J) (V1.0).gb
Tags:
Best ending
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Corrupts memory
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High Quality MKV
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BizHawk 2.5.1

GBA Game & Watch Gallery 4: Zelda by Darkman425 in 07:19.33

Published on 9/10/2022
Game & Watch Gallery 4 is the 4th installment of the Game & Watch Gallery series, a collection of classic LCD screen games released by Nintendo long before the days of the NES. It features modern remakes of the classic games as well as the ability to play the old versions.
If the player earns enough stars, they can unlock other classic games in the gallery, one of these includes a Game & Watch for Zelda. In this game the player must defeat enemies and defeat a dragon, each time gaining a new piece of the triforce.
Darkman425 gets the Triforce and saves Zelda in record time.
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Game:
Game & Watch: Zelda
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Game & Watch Gallery 4 (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
Additional Downloads:
(2 Loops Version) (Verification movie)

GBA The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past "Palace of the Four Sword" by Tompa & Yuzuhara_3 in 05:16.73

Published on 11/16/2012
It would be pointless to describe The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past here, because this run has little to do with the game itself. Using glitches exclusive to the GBA version, Link rips a hole in the space-time-continuum, enters the Palace of the Four Sword, and finishes the game in just over 5 minutes.
This run improves the previous publication by 00:21.17 seconds, primarily through a new trick that ends input early, using buggy boomerangs to finish off the Dark Links.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past & Four Swords (USA).gba
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
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
[Console-verified] [Star]

GBC The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX by TwistedTammer in 27:55.02

Gameboy TAS of 2019
Published on 8/11/2019
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX is an updated version of an older GB game which adds color, an additional dungeon, various other minor features, and a lot of bug fixes. Link, after rescuing Hyrule (again?), sets off on a journey and subsequently shipwrecks on the mysterious Koholint Island, which has been overtaken by evil monsters which he must defeat in order to find a way back home.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening DX (U) (V1.0) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3
[Console-verified]

GBC The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX "warp glitch" by TwistedTammer in 05:13.06

Published on 12/21/2019
Proving yet again the lengths a TAS can go in destroying a game, this run features a warping glitch that allows for severe sequence breaking. The final boss is reached within a handful of minutes and defeated with minimal weaponry.
TwistedTammer improves the previous run by 00:26.00 seconds.
There is a movie of this game that does not use the warp glitch.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening DX (U) (V1.0) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3

GBC The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX "100%" by TwistedTammer in 51:47.70

Gameboy TAS of 2022
Published on 11/19/2022
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX is an updated version of an older GB game which adds color, an additional dungeon, various other minor features, and a lot of bug fixes. Link, after rescuing Hyrule (again?), sets off on a journey and subsequently shipwrecks on the mysterious Koholint Island, which has been overtaken by evil monsters which he must defeat in order to find a way back home.
In this TAS, TwistedTammer goes through the entire game collecting all the permanent inventory items, which includes heart pieces, L2 upgrades, capacity upgrades, photographs, and the colored tunic upgrade exclusive to the DX version of the game. However this run does avoid some major glitches in order to make the viewing experience more enjoyable.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Yume o Miru Shima DX (Japan).gbc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.1
[Console-verified]

GBC The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages by scorpianman42 in 1:20:44.32

Published on 4/21/2016
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages is the time-themed counterpart to Oracle of Seasons. In it, the Oracle of Ages, Nayru, is possessed by Veran, Sorceress of Shadows. Link must travel throughout Labrynna's past and present to collect the 8 Essences of Time, power up the Harp of Ages, and defeat Veran.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console (with commentary).
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - Oracle of Ages (U) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.5

GBC The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages "save glitch" by SBD in 06:09.48

Published on 6/24/2023
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages is the time-themed counterpart to Oracle of Seasons. In it, the Oracle of Ages, Nayru, is possessed by Veran, Sorceress of Shadows. Link must travel throughout Labrynna's past and present to collect the 8 Essences of Time, power up the Harp of Ages, and defeat Veran.
SBD, however, exploits a save glitch, done by resetting the console while saving, in order to reach the credits in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.
The encodes feature additional inputs as the game transitions to the credits.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Densetsu - Fushigi no Kinomi - Jikuu no Shou (J) [C][!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Corrupts save data
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(Additional inputs as game transitions to credits)
[Console-verified]

GBC The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons by SwordlessLink & Tompa in 1:25:57.22

Published on 2/1/2012
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons is a Game Boy Color game that carries over much of the graphics from Link's Awakening. Surprisingly, much of the game engine is completely different and developed by Capcom. In it, the Oracle of Seasons, Din, is kidnapped by Onox, General of Darkness. Link must travel throughout both Holdrum and Subrosia to collect the 8 Essences of Nature, power up the Rod of Seasons, and defeat Onox.
This game has been attempted by various authors over the past 5 years. Finally, SwordlessLink, along with Tompa, who joined the project after dungeon 4, beat this legendary game in 1:25:57.22 primarily through the use of pitwalking, Pegasus Seeds, and enemy manipulation. Please see the authors' notes for more details.
You can watch the complete run played back on console.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - Oracle of Seasons (U) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr

GBC The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons "Rooster Adventure glitch" by SBD in 35:35.60

Published on 2/9/2024
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons is one of two The Legend of Zelda games that were developed by Capcom and released concurrently in 2001, the other one being Oracle of Ages. This game starts with Link being called by the Triforce to the land of Holodrum, where he witnesses an evil knight named Onox kidnap a local dancer named Din and sink the Temple of Seasons into the Earth, throwing the seasonal cycle into chaos. It's up to Link to stop Onox and save Din with the help of the Rod of Seasons, a special item that allows Link to cycle through the seasons and change the landscape with a swing.
For this run, SBD opts to go for a different method of quickly beating the game by cloning roosters and using them to bypass the barrier that prevents Link from entering Onox's castle early. For details on how this glitch was achieved and the other tricks in this run, you can read the author's notes.
The movie file and YouTube and downloadable encodes include author's commentary in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Fushigi no Kinomi - Daichi no Shou (J) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes save data corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
[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
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N64 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask by MrGrunz in 1:29:32.02

TAS of 2011 N64/Wii TAS of 2011
Published on 8/4/2011
In the direct sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Link is back to being a lone boy without a fairy. One day, he is attacked by Skull Kid and his two fairies, Tatl and Tael, and they steal his ocarina. After pursuing Skull Kid, he is transformed into a Deku Scrub. Link continues pursuing Skull Kid all the way to the Clock Town (now with the help of Tatl the fairy, a more 'in yo face' version of Navi).
This TAS of the game is the result of three years of hard work and many restarts due to new discoveries. It features many never-before-seen tricks and glitches, and completes every dungeon without getting a single boss key. Everything is done out of order, in ways that will amaze the viewer and keep them on the edge of their seat the entire way through, including a whole new way of warping between the areas in the game's over-world, and a new method of traveling that makes even the longest stretches in the game seem tiny.
The author beats the game in two 3-day cycles (the previous route used three), and does so in a way that puts every past attempt at a 6-day challenge to shame.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolutions in the discussion thread. Also, if you know the cutscenes of this game by memory at this point and would rather watch an encode without them, it's your lucky day.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - Majora's Mask (USA).z64
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
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N64 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask "low%" by omgatree6 & Eumeus14 in 1:59:01.88

Published on 2/8/2018
In the direct sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Link is back to being a lone boy without a fairy. One day, he is attacked by Skull Kid and his two fairies, Tatl and Tael, and they steal his ocarina. After pursuing Skull Kid, he is transformed into a Deku Scrub. Link continues pursuing Skull Kid all the way to the Clock Town (now with the help of Tatl the fairy, a more 'in yo face' version of Navi).
The authors beat the game collecting as few items as possible, showcasing a variety of different tricks unique to this run (which can be found in the submission notes, along with other details).
If you want to see the game beaten as fast as possible, you can do so here.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolution in the discussion thread.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - Majora's Mask (USA).z64
Tags:
Low% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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[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:
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N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by Bloobiebla & MrGrunz in 20:09.98

Nintendo 3D TAS of 2014
Published on 1/26/2014
Although the length of this movie is 20:09.98 when timed with our standard method, applying the timing method used by most Zelda speedrunners (until last hit on Ganon) would result in a final time of 16:57.69. It's important to note this so that there's no confusion about which runs are faster than the others.
In this TAS of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the author aims to beat the game as quickly as possible. He achieves this by exploiting a large sequence break which involves "tricking" the game into warping Link directly from the Deku Tree (the first dungeon) to Ganon's Castle. Child Link then goes on conquering the whole castle without a single thought about becoming an adult beforehand.
Despite how quickly this game can be beaten these days, this run is almost two minutes faster than its predecessor thanks to new tricks at the Deku Tree and tower collapse sequence as well as many small improvements throughout the run.
This TAS was done using 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 is spent waiting for text boxes and cut scenes to end before getting back to the action.
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.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolutions in the discussion thread.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Toki no Ocarina (Japan).z64
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time "No Doors, All Dungeons" by NEVERDOORS in 2:24:37.03

Published on 10/25/2017
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, and with the added challenge of doing so without opening any doors. He achieves this by exploiting multiple glitches not seen in any other category of the game in order to complete this challenge.
The submission notes go over in great details all the stipulations of the goal, the tricks, and glitches.
This TAS was done using the Japanese v1.0 version of the game. The reasons for this are glitches that are exclusive to v1.0, as well as text that is significantly faster than in the English version, which means that far less time 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).z64
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
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N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time "game end glitch" by homerfunky in 06:37.33

Published on 11/7/2020
In this TAS of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the author aims to beat the game as quickly as possible all while staying in Kokiri Forest.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Toki no Ocarina (Japan).z64
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
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N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time "glitchless" by SwordlessLink in 2:03:41.93

Published on 3/23/2023
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is perhaps the most well-known game in the Zelda franchise. It was the first game in the franchise to be in 3D, and it revolutionized the idea of 3D adventure games.
The plot follows a young boy named Link, who is set on a quest to stop the evil Ganondorf from obtaining the Triforce to achieve godlike power. This eventually leads Link into traveling 7 years into the future where Ganondorf has already taken over the kingdom. With the help of his fairy companion Navi, Link must do what he can to bring down Ganondorf from power.
This run by Swordless Link aims to complete the game as fast as possible without performing any glitches. However, this run does make use of many exploits. For a more detailed explanation of what is considered a glitch vs. an exploit, you can check out the SRC page that explains what is allowed and what is disallowed in this category.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Toki no Ocarina (Japan).z64
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Foregoes memory corruption
Forgoes all glitches
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N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time "glitchless, all main quests" by SwordlessLink in 3:26:38.63

Published on 7/20/2023
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is perhaps the most well-known game in the Zelda franchise. It was the first game in the franchise to be in 3D, and it revolutionized the idea of 3D adventure games.
The plot follows a young boy named Link, who is set on a quest to stop the evil Ganondorf from obtaining the Triforce to achieve godlike power. This eventually leads Link into traveling 7 years into the future where Ganondorf has already taken over the kingdom. With the help of his fairy companion Navi, Link must do what he can to bring down Ganondorf from power.
This run by Swordless Link aims to complete all of the game's main quests while not performing any glitches. You can find more information on what is considered main quests by reading the author's notes. You can also read up on what is and isn't allowed in glitchless runs on the speedrun.com page.
Note: Using RTA timing, this run clocks in at 3:20:30.03.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Zelda no Densetsu - Toki no Ocarina (Japan).z64
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Foregoes memory corruption
Forgoes all glitches
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[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
Emulator Replay:
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[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
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Emulator Replay:
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[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
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[Console-verified]

NES The Legend of Zelda "2nd quest" by chatterbox in 24:48.75

Published on 6/15/2022
The second quest of The Legend of Zelda is what you get by having completed the game once. It is more difficult than the first quest.
In this movie, the authors enter ZELDA as the player's name to start the 2nd quest without having to complete the game first.
This is a 666 frame improvement over the previous movie thanks to better optimization, be sure to read the author's submission notes for more information.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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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
Heavy luck manipulation
Second quest/Post game-completion
Uses a level password
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[Console-verified]

NES The Legend of Zelda "all items" by chatterbox in 31:52.07

Published on 7/14/2022
The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説) is an adventure game that needs no introduction to most NES players.
This time, Link is not just satisfied with collecting the Triforce and saving the princess; he feels like getting through Hyrule with a lot of shiny artifacts and weapons, even if he never uses them after getting them. In this run, the player collects the best version of every object and status upgrade, including all the heart containers, every inventory item, the best sword, and both bomb upgrades. Link even buys the Bait an extra time more than required, so that the bait remains in his inventory at the end of the game.
This run is a 1497 frame improvement over the previous published run of this category, For more details about what constitutes a 100% run, see the submission comments.
We also have other runs for The Legend of Zelda: an any% run through the first quest, a 'swordless' first-quest run, and an any% run through the second quest.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda
Genres:
Action
Adventure
RPG
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The (USA) (Rev 1).nes [PRG1]
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
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[Console-verified]

NES The Legend of Zelda "2nd quest, all items" by chatterbox in 37:55.30

Published on 3/27/2023
The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説) is an adventure game that needs no introduction to most NES players. But for those who do want an introduction, it is the first game in The Legend of Zelda series and appears to take place in the middle of one Link's neverending quest to defeat Ganon.
Even after collecting the Triforce, saving the princess, and collecting every kind of trinket and gizmo he can find, Link is still not satisfied. The best version of every object and status upgrade, including all the heart containers, every inventory item, the best sword, both bomb upgrades. and even the bait, all of that wasn't enough. Link wants to do all of that again, but with a harder quest. The 2nd Quest.
chatterbox decides to fulfill Link's request and does the 2nd quest while collecting every unique item available. If you want to know more about the run was done, including how every glitch was executed, you can read the author's notes.
The YouTube and downloadable encodes have author's commentary in the form of captions.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda
Genres:
Action
Adventure
RPG
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The (USA) (Rev 1).nes [PRG1]
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Second quest/Post game-completion
Uses a level password
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Emulator Replay:
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[Console-verified]

NES The Legend of Zelda: Outlands by Baxter in 18:53.03

Published on 7/4/2009
In this The Legend of Zelda hack, Link must save Hyrule (again), reclaiming the Triforce of Power from Thunderbird. Baxter does it masterfully, exploiting glitches from the original game to get the job done quickly. This movie completes both quests.
If you'd like to see a movie of the original unhacked The Legend of Zelda, we have that too, as well as a movie of the second quest and swordless challenge.
You can also watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Outlands
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Hack
Game Version:
The Legend of Zelda - Outlands.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
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[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
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NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "warpless" by Arc, FatRatKnight, Inzult & Rising_Tempest in 45:26.04

Published on 11/8/2016
Here is a warpless run of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988), which introduced RPG elements and a side-scrolling view instead of the traditional Zelda overhead view. An evil magician has cast a sleep spell on Princess Zelda. Link must place 6 crystals in palaces throughout Hyrule in order to release the binding force that protects the Triforce of Courage hidden in the Great Palace.
This movie is an improvement of 00:09.32 seconds compared to the previous run. Most of the new time saved is from getting almost impossible fairy spawns at overworld traps. Please read the authors' comments for details.
This movie avoids using the extremely gamebreaking hyperspeed and scroll-lock glitches seen in the warp glitch branch. This movie also avoids all of the minorly gamebreaking wrong warps in order to significantly increase the technical skill required to create the movie; we also have a movie which does use these "glitched warps," which allows a rather different route through the game.
This movie was a part of a two-hour Zelda II TAS showcase with audio commentary by Arc, Inzult, Jackimus, Mithical9, and Feasel.
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Many moments in this game contain intense flashing lights, including during boss fights and whenever the player dies. This may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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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
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation
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NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "warp glitch" by TASeditor, Arc, Inzult & EZGames69 in 05:31.89

Published on 7/17/2020
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is quite different from most of the early games in the Legend of Zelda series. It combines an overworld view with side-scrolling platform stages. In addition, the character can gain experience and levels, visit towns, and earn spells and items which are needed to proceed.
However, the game also has a large glitch which produces massive speed when both Left and Right are pressed at the same time; due to the use of this and other glitches, most of this run features Link racing across Hyrule so fast that the screen can't keep up, and inexplicably warping between places that shouldn't be connected. Only a few items and one spell are collected, and the only enemy ever fought is the final boss. Luckily, he takes the same amount of damage no matter what level attack you have.
In this run, EZGames69 improves on the previous efforts by 0.03 seconds (2 frames), thanks to an earlier first hit in fight against Dark Link.
We also have a run that completes the six palaces without using the Left + Right glitch to turn the game into a barely comprehensible mess (but does allow the use of glitched warps) and another run that disallows both the Left + Right glitch and the use of glitched warps.
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Many moments in this game contain intense flashing lights, including during boss fights 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
Major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
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NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link by Arc & Inzult in 34:58.74

Published on 12/29/2020
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is quite different from most of the early games in the Legend of Zelda series. It combines an overworld view with side-scrolling platform stages. In addition, the character can gain experience and levels, visit towns, and earn spells and items which are needed to proceed.
Arc and Inzult improve the previous movie by 3 minutes and 39.71 seconds, thanks to a newly discovered glitch. Read the authors' comments for details. For a "warpless" run, see here. For a run that abuses the warp glitch, see here.
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Many moments in this game contain intense flashing lights, including during boss fights 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
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "100%" by Arc & Inzult in 1:02:40.84

NES TAS of 2021
Published on 4/2/2021
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is quite different from most of the early games in the Legend of Zelda series. It combines an overworld view with side-scrolling platform stages. In addition, the character can gain experience and levels, visit towns, and earn spells and items which are needed to proceed.
Instead of aiming purely for speed, Arc and Inzult take a more comfortable journey through Hyrule in this movie, collecting every item, visiting every palace, and more along the way. Don't confuse "comfortable" with "slow" however, as the authors' extensive understanding of the game (seriously, check out the submission notes!) helps Link finish his quest at top speed.
If you'd like to watch a movie focusing entirely on speed, check out the authors' any% run: [4367] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link by Arc & Inzult in 34:58.74
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Many moments in this game contain intense flashing lights, including during boss fights 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:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past by Tompa in 1:16:11.05

Published on 4/6/2009
Full completion of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Both this run and the short version use a wobbling trick in order to make Link walk a bit faster. The execution of this maneuver requires the usage of a controller that allows the player to press Up+Down simultaneously (such as, in this case, a modified Snes9x's controller). The traveling-through-walls trick that is seen in the short version is not used.
This run features an improvement of a little over 4 minutes.
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (U) [!].sfc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
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 Compatibility MP4
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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 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past "game end glitch" by fmp, total & Yuzuhara_3 in 00:54.53

Published on 2/12/2019
SNES Zelda completed in a very quick manner. The trick that is used to cut completion time by so much is holding left+up+right while entering a corridor or staircase, allowing Link to clip through the wall and walk out of bounds.
This movie is an astonishing minute faster than the preceding version thanks to a brand new glitch.
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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:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
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lsnes rr2-β23

Metroid

DS Metroid Prime Hunters by Memory in 47:10.32

Published on 9/6/2016
Metroid Prime Hunters is the DS spinoff to the "Metroid Prime" trilogy, involving Samus in a race against six other bounty hunters to collect the eight Octoliths and get the "Ultimate Power".
At least, that's what was supposed to happen. Unfortunately for those bounty hunters, Memory is on the case. Thanks to a variety of tricks, out of bounds glitches, and optimization, Samus blazes through various planets in the Tetra Galaxy and collects the eight Octoliths in record time, destroying everything in her path. World's greatest bounty hunter indeed.
For those curious to see how the series originated, we also have a run of the original Metroid.
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Game:
Metroid Prime Hunters
Genres:
Adventure
Shooter
Game Version:
Metroid Prime - Hunters (Japan).nds
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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DS Metroid Prime Pinball by Noxxa in 03:59.63

Published on 9/25/2014
In this spin-off game based on Metroid Prime, Samus gets knocked and rolled around a pinball table in Morph Ball form. The table contains Metroids, which can latch onto her and suck away health. Tables initially include the surface of Tallon IV, the Pirate Frigate, the Phazon Mines, and Phendrana Drifts, though more can be unlocked by finding and collecting Artifacts, which are found by destroying Space Pirates and other dangerous creatures in certain missions.
In this TAS, Noxxa extensively uses the game's nudging mechanic to give additional momentum and control to the ball's trajectory, along with crazy pinball action to collect the twelve Chozo Artifacts and beat the final boss as fast as possible.
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Game:
Metroid Prime Pinball
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Metroid Prime Pinball (USA).nds
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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GB Metroid II: Return of Samus by Cardboard in 45:08.42

Published on 8/20/2007
Metroid II: Return of Samus is the second game in the Metroid series, taking place immediately after the events of the NES Metroid. Samus arrives at the planet SR388 to exterminate all metroids and eventually succeeds.
This movie by Cardboard puts the Spring Ball and Spider Ball to great use to compensate for the lack of items, and achieves victory in the shortest time possible.
This is a 69 second improvement over the author's previous movie. The in-game time is 43 minutes.
Note: This movie does not use secret worlds, also known as "the select glitch".
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Game:
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid II - Return of Samus (World).gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
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GB Metroid II: Return of Samus "100%" by Cardboard in 49:22.82

Published on 10/8/2007
This is Metroid II: Return of Samus completed with all the items collected. Being truthful to the original Metroid values, the game holds many items cleverly hidden, so finding all of them is not an easy task.
That being said, Metroid II doesn't keep track of the collected items' percentage. Moreover, the game has two excessive Energy tanks and an additional copy of each beam. It's been agreed that the author should take all the E-tanks, and at least one copy of each beam. However, due to the apparent linearity of this game, collecting so many additional items doesn't make the movie dramatically slower.
This movie is nearly 6 minutes faster than Alter's previous movie due to better precision, faster Metroid fights, and missile planning.
Note: This movie does not use secret worlds, also known as "select glitch".
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Game:
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid II - Return of Samus (World).gb
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
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GB Metroid II: Return of Samus "select glitch" by Ferret Warlord in 23:47.40

Published on 8/13/2008
Selected words from the author:
"After parsing through the user's manual for her Power Suit, Samus discovered that the Chozo have endowed it with the power to interact with the fabric of reality immediately surrounding the planet SR-388 by simply switching between her beam and her missiles. What luck that she should receive an assignment to go to that planet!"
This run extensively glitches the game to the point where Samus moves to rooms that are glitched and/or weren't there before. Viewers are advised that this run may induce feelings of confusion and disorientation.
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Game:
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid II - Return of Samus (World).gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
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GB Metroid II: Return of Samus "save glitch" by Fortranm & Ferret Warlord in 19:09.72

Published on 4/12/2023
Metroid II: Return of Samus is the second game in the Metroid series, taking place immediately after the events of the NES Metroid. Samus arrives at the planet SR388 to exterminate all Metroids and eventually succeeds.
This run extensively glitches the game to the point where Samus moves to rooms that are glitched and/or weren't there before. Reading the submission text for more information on the methods and glitches used is heavily recommended.
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Game:
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid II - Return of Samus (World).gb
Tags:
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
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[Console-verified]

GBA Metroid Fusion by Reseren in 1:12:19.31

Published on 2/25/2021
Rather than being able to explore the world freely and sequence break to her heart's content, Samus is at the mercy of a computer's will. As a result this game is very linear with virtually no chance to collect items out of order.
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Game:
Metroid Fusion
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid Fusion (USA).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes save data corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
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GBA Metroid Fusion "100%" by Reseren in 1:34:43.23

Published on 11/26/2021
After a major surgery, Samus' Power Suit has been reduced in appearance. To compensate, she decides to arm herself to the teeth with 250 missiles and more power bombs than she really needs. It's her favorite thing to do when sequence breaking isn't as feasible.
Reseren collects all 100 capacity increasing items for Samus' health, missiles and power bombs. The abilities recovered from the Core-X are not part of this number.
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Game:
Metroid Fusion
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid Fusion (USA).gba
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
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[Console-verified]

GBA Metroid Fusion "save glitch" by Reseren in 49:14.60

Published on 2/23/2024
Metroid Fusion is the 4th installment in the Metroid series of games (not counting the Prime games) released in 2002 as the sequel to Super Metroid.
Samus encounters a dangerous virus known as X, in which it can completely take over a living organism and mutate it. Samus after being infected has her power-suit surgically removed and is given a vaccine made from the cells from the baby Metroid she saved back on planet SR388. This makes her immune to the X virus, but something goes wrong at BSL station where parts of her powersuit were sent for examination. Samus, now with Metroid DNA, goes off to investigate the situation at BSL station.
This run by Reseren makes use of a save corruption glitch that puts Samus right before the end of the game.
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Game:
Metroid Fusion
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid Fusion (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Final boss skip glitch
Corrupts save data
Heavy luck manipulation
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BizHawk 2.3
[Console-verified]

GBA Metroid: Deep Freeze "100%" by Mandatoby in 12:37.69

Published on 4/14/2023
Metroid: Deep Freeze is a ROM hack of Zero Mission with some gameplay adjustments in a completely new environment. This run by Mandatoby completes the game with 100% item collection, at least as far as the end-of-game display is concerned.
Reading the submission text for more information is recommended.
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Game:
Metroid: Deep Freeze
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Deep Freeze 1.4
Tags:
100% completion
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BizHawk 1.13.0
[Console-verified]

GBA Metroid: Scrolls 6 "100%" by Mikewillplays in 32:48.69

Published on 4/1/2024
Metroid: Scrolls 6 is a rom hack of Metroid: Zero Mission. Created for the 2018 Berserker Contest. The levels are completely new, as well as a changed soundtrack. The plot goes that Samus is bored and wants to kill a dragon, and discovers one might be nearby in a realm she finds.
Mikewillplays slays the dragon and collects 100% of the items in record time.
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Game:
Metroid: Scrolls 6
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Metroid: Scrolls 6 (1.1)
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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Bizhawk 2.9.1
[Console-verified]

GBA Metroid: Spooky Mission "100%" by Mikewillplays in 23:26.12

Published on 12/2/2023
Metroid: Spooky Mission is a short ROM Hack of Metroid: Zero Mission that is themed around Halloween and is the winner of Metroid Construction's 2017 Fall Contest. All of the levels are entirely new and most of the graphics have been replaced with either original ones or graphics inspired by games like Super Mario World and the GBA Castlevania games. It also has a few tweaks to the original gameplay like the addition of a tractor beam power up from the Metroid Prime series.
Mikewillplays in this run goes for 100% completion, collecting all of the items and spooks in record time.
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Game:
Metroid: Spooky Mission
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Spooky Mission 1.2.1.gba
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
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BizHawk 2.9.1
[Console-verified]

GBA Metroid: Zero Mission "Low%" by Cpadolf in 34:42.27

Published on 4/3/2012
Metroid: Zero Mission is a retelling of Metroid with new plot twists and updated gameplay.
This run aims to complete the game as quickly as possible while collecting as few items as possible. This changes the gameplay, requiring more careful ammo management and new solutions to complete certain areas without powerups. Reading the author's comments is recommended.
The in-game clear time is 0:23:48. The item collection rate is 9%.
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Game:
Metroid: Zero Mission
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid - Zero Mission (USA).gba
Tags:
Low% completion
Takes intentional damage
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GBA Metroid: Zero Mission by Dragonfangs in 32:08.09

Published on 7/14/2016
Metroid: Zero Mission is a retelling of the original Metroid's story with a couple of new plot twists and updated gameplay.
This movie improves on the previous attempt by the same author by 28 in-game seconds and 34 seconds of real time. The time saved comes from more optimized movements and a few minor tricks, but mainly from a greater understanding of RNG in the game.
The in-game clear time is 0:20:59. The item collection rate is 20%.
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Game:
Metroid: Zero Mission
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid - Zero Mission (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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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.
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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
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[Console-verified]

GBA Super Metroid - GBA Edition "101%" by Mikewillplays in 51:30.29

Published on 8/11/2023
Super Metroid - GBA Edition is a ROM Hack of Metroid: Zero Mission that changes the level design to be nearly identical to Super Metroid on the Super Nintendo. While not a complete 1:1 remake, this hack does what it can to be as faithful to the original game as possible.
Mikewillplays aims to beat the whole game while collecting 101% of the items.
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Game:
Super Metroid - GBA Edition
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Metroid - GBA Edition
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
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BizHawk 2.6.2
[Console-verified]

NES Metroid "100%" by Lord Tom in 33:25.70

Published on 7/5/2009
This is a full completion of Metroid, meaning that all items (100%) were collected.
This is a 8 minute 16 second improvement over the previous movie by Zoizite. Much of the improvement comes from using the Up+A restart sequence, though many new shortcuts and optimizations also save time.
This movie has now been console verified. Watch this run being played on a real NES console.
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Game:
Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
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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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NES Metroid by The8bitbeast in 07:57.38

Published on 4/2/2018
Metroid completed as fast as possible without holding back, and without concern for the game's sanity.
The8bitbeast improves the previous publication by 21.94 seconds, thanks to better optimisation and new tricks. Please read the author's comments for more details.
The run uses a game restart sequence (Up+A on the second controller) to save time in backtracking.
See Metroid Tricks for more information about the door glitch as well as other tips and tricks.
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Game:
Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Metroid (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Metroid Super ZeroMission by Cpadolf in 20:43.28

Published on 8/5/2011
Metroid Super ZeroMission is a Super Metroid hack that is heavily based on the GBA game Metroid: Zero Mission, inspiring modifications of the game engine, graphics, and maps.
In this run, the author, cpadolf, improves on Hoandjzj's canceled run by over 4 minutes by using a new route and many new tricks and glitches. For more details, as always, please read the author's notes.
This run aims to reach the ending as fast as possible and so skips most of the items. If you're looking to watch a run that clears everything in the game, watch this run.
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Game:
Metroid Super ZeroMission
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Metroid - Super Zeromission v2.3 by SBniconico (Hack).smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
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SNES Metroid Super ZeroMission "101%" by Hoandjzj in 1:19:30.64

Published on 4/30/2013
Metroid Super ZeroMission is a Super Metroid hack that is heavily based on the GBA game Metroid: Zero Mission, inspiring modifications of the game engine, graphics, and maps.
In this run, the author, Hoandjzj, clears everything in the game. If you're looking for a run that simply aims for the end, watch this run.
This movie is 07:39.64 minutes faster than its predecessor due to a version change and better strategies.
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Game:
Metroid Super ZeroMission
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Super Metroid - Super Zeromission v2.3 by SBniconico (Hack).smc
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
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High Quality MKV
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SNES Super Metroid "low%" by Sniq in 46:32.02

SNES TAS of 2016
Published on 12/2/2016
At the end of Metroid II: Return of Samus, there is but one Metroid left in the universe. Bad things happen, and Samus Aran must once again head for Planet Zebes to battle Mother Brain, Ridley, and the Space Pirates. (And a few other bosses too.)
This movie improves on both prior low% runs (one that collects the Ice Beam and one that collects the Speed Booster) by collecting the Speed Booster and using various Shinespark-related glitches to render the Gravity Suit unnecessary, pushing the total required number of items from 14 down to 13. The author's comments are very detailed, and well worth a read if you're curious about just how everything was done.
There are a number of other routes that can be taken while still getting 13 items, but all of those routes require a specific glitch when fighting Draygon which gives you a non-infinite but arbitrarily large amount of ammunition; the item route in this movie does not permit the use of this glitch. If you would like to see this glitch, it is featured in the following (now-obsoleted) iteration of the any% run.
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Game:
Super Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Metroid (JU) (M2) [!].smc
Tags:
Low% completion
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
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[Recommended for newcomers] [Star]

SNES Super Metroid by Sniq in 35:58.31

TAS of 2018 SNES TAS of 2018
Published on 3/20/2018
Super Metroid is a platform game and a follow-up to Metroid II. Like the previous games in the series, it is not divided into separate levels; the planet Zebes is an open world which Samus traverses back and forth. This world is divided into rooms separated with doors which must be shot to be opened. Shooting is also used to open up secret passages, some of which contain nifty bonuses, but finding most of them is required to proceed in the game.
This run not only beats the previous any% but also obsoletes the previous reverse boss order TAS due to similar routes. This is an improvement of 1:40.95 over the predecessor movie. As well as an improvement over the reverse boss order TAS by 10:40.51.
Sniq makes short work of Mother Brain and her space pirates, largely due to a major route change. Please read the author's submission notes for more information.
Every second encode link leads to a version where all graphics have been fixed.
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Game:
Super Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Metroid (JU) (M2) [!].smc
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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SNES Super Metroid "100%" by Sniq in 1:01:47.03

TAS of 2019 SNES TAS of 2019
Published on 8/1/2019
In accordance with standard procedure, Samus discarded all of the items she collected on previous adventures before embarking on this one.
Super Metroid has a wide variety of time-saving glitches to exploit, many of which are explained on the Super Metroid Tricks page. Be sure to check it, as well as the author's comments, for more information on the improvements. This is an improvement of 6:28.70 over the predecessor movie.
If you prefer to watch the fastest completion without getting all the items and without any large skip glitches, check out this run of Super Metroid in 35:58 by Sniq.
Every second encode link leads to a version where all graphics have been fixed.
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Game:
Super Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Metroid (JU) (M2) [!].smc
Tags:
100% completion
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
Heavy resource management
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SNES Super Metroid "game end glitch" by Sniq & NobodyNada in 06:12.75

Published on 4/26/2023
Super Metroid made waves upon its release in 1994 for having a large continuous world open for nearly completely unguided exploration and a vast assortment of movement- and power-enhancing item upgrades hidden throughout.
Having transcended the need for all of that collection and exploration, Sniq and NobodyNada goes out of bounds to manipulate stray RAM data and force the ending sequence directly—within just a couple minutes from landing on the planet. As a result, no items are ever collected.
The improvement over the previous run in this category comes from a more optimal ACE setup by switching to the European release. See the authors submission notes for more information.
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Game:
Super Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Metroid (Europe)
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
lsnes RR2-B25

MegaMan

Arcade Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters "Search for Wily!, 2 players" by Marx in 04:48.05

Published on 10/25/2012
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters is the direct sequel to Mega Man: The Power Battle. Like its predecessor, this arcade-only game does away with the levels of the classic Mega Man games and instead pits you against Robot Master after Robot Master. The game features four characters and three game modes to choose from, with different Robot Masters to fight in each mode.
For this run, Marx runs the "Search for Wily!" mode with 2 players at once, using both Mega Man and Proto Man to defeat each robot faster than just 1 player could. Though the battles are speedy, the brief waiting periods after each match allow some time for entertainment.
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Game:
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
megaman2.zip
Tags:
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
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Arcade Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters "Rescue Roll!, 2 players" by CoolHandMike in 03:09.36

Published on 7/19/2023
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters is the direct sequel to Mega Man: The Power Battle. Like its predecessor, this arcade-only game does away with the levels of the classic Mega Man games and instead pits you against Robot Master after Robot Master. It features four characters and three paths to choose from, with different Robot Masters to fight in each mode. With each path and each combination of characters, you can get unique epilogues that add some worldbuilding and depth to the characters chosen.
For this run, CoolHandMike chooses the "Rescue Roll!" path, using both Proto Man and Bass simultaneously to defeat each Robot Master faster than with a single character. RNG trickery was also involved in quickly beating the Robot Masters. For more details, you can read the author's notes.
Warning: This game contains scenes with flashing lights that are not suitable to those with photosensitivity issues.
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Game:
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
megaman2.zip
Tags:
2 Players
Heavy luck manipulation
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DOS Mega Man by Sand in 01:46.94

Published on 1/10/2019
This is a Mega Man game that was not developed by Capcom, but rather by Stephen Rozner of Hi-Tech Expressions, who did all the design, programming, graphics, and sound. The game is infamous for its mediocre quality.
In this run, Sand shaves 36.61 seconds off the previous movie. The majority of the savings come from a glitch that allows most of Volt Man's stage to be skipped. Other improvements include better movement throughout the stages and faster boss fights.
This game runs too fast on anything more modern than a low-end 386 or so. As such, the encode is technically correct.
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Game:
Mega Man
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
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DS Mega Man ZX by Flameberger & Joka in 1:08:09.00

Published on 11/17/2020
Mega Man ZX is the first Mega Man platformer on the DS. It is also the first Mega Man game to have the choice of a male or female protagonist (the latter is used in this run). Unlike previous Mega Man series, this series features a new system where the protagonist is actually a humanoid who changes forms using different biometals (collected mostly from bosses).
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Game:
Mega Man ZX
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man ZX (USA).nds
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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DS Mega Man ZX Advent by Noxxa in 1:19:26.35

Published on 12/5/2010
Mega Man ZX Advent is the second game in the Mega Man ZX series. What's so different between the classic series and ZX Advent? First, you get to choose between a male (Grey) and a female (Ashe) character. Then, instead of stealing weapons from the bosses, the player steals the boss itself! Instead of switching between weapons, the player switches between forms using the Biometal Model A. Finally, the player has less freedom to pick the stages of his choice.
Noxxa picks Ashe, the female character, to minimize the cutscenes and to save time.
To play the DSM file, make sure that "Enable Advanced Bus-Level Timing" is unchecked in the "Emulation settings".
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Game:
Mega Man ZX Advent
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man ZX - Advent (USA).nds
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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DS Mega Man ZX Advent "100%" by hellagels & red-crowned-crane in 1:33:22.76

Published on 9/1/2012
Mega Man ZX Advent is the second game in the Mega Man ZX series. What's so different between the classic series and ZX Advent? First, you get to choose between a male (Grey) and a female (Ashe) character. Then, instead of stealing weapons from the bosses, the player steals the boss itself! Instead of switching between weapons, the player switches between forms using the Biometal Model A. Finally, the player has less freedom to pick the stages of his choice.
In this run, hellagels and red-crowned-crane collect all secret disks, life ups, BM upgrades and sub tanks, achieving a 100% completion rate.
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Game:
Mega Man ZX Advent
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman ZX - Advent (Japan).nds
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
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Flash Rokko Chan by ruru-ta in 19:12.63

Published on 7/18/2024
Rokko Chan is a Mega Man-inspired Flash game made by King in 2011. The titular character, a robot with a human's memories, sets off to stop Dr. Mad's plans for world domination. While it takes large inspiration from the Mega Man series, it features one key difference in that she can perform a high-speed dash like in the Mega Man X series.
ruru-ta defeats Dr. Mad in record time.
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Game:
Rokko Chan
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Game Version:
rock_project_ruffle.swf
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.5 + ruffle-nightly-2024_01_16
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GB Mega Man II by Tremane & Noxxa in 16:58.79

Published on 12/15/2018
This time Wily is back, or actually forwards – in time that is; where he plans to destroy the future and bring back technology to destroy the past. Join Mega Man as he too travels to the future to prevent Wily and face his greatest enemy yet.
This run has fewer major glitches than some other Mega Man runs on this site, but it still has the same classic action, and it pulls off some very unlikely maneuvers that are enjoyable to watch.
Tremane & Noxxa beat the previous record by 00:16.96 seconds, mostly due to improved RNG and strategy changes.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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Game:
Mega Man II
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man II (Europe).gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
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GB Mega Man III by Tremane in 23:00.33

Published on 8/16/2024
Mega Man III, known as Rockman World 3 (ロックマンワールド３) in Japan, is the third Mega Man game for Game Boy, released in December 1992. The game continues the quest of the protagonist, Mega Man, in a never-ending struggle with his long-time nemesis, Dr. Wily. As with previous Game Boy releases, the game incorporates gameplay elements and bosses from two sequential Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games: Mega Man 3 and Mega Man 4.
For those of you who enjoy listening to the music, the background music in this one is quite good, and the sound quality is much better than previous Mega Man games for the system.
This movie by Tremane improves over the previous run by 00:07.63 seconds.
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Game:
Mega Man III
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman World 3 (Japan).gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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GB Mega Man IV by Tremane in 34:55.45

Published on 2/1/2017
Mega Man IV, known as Rockman World 4 (ロックマンワールド4) in Japan, is the fourth installment of the Mega Man handheld series. The game continues the quest of the protagonist, Mega Man, in a never-ending struggle with his arch-nemesis, Dr. Wily. As with previous Game Boy releases, the game incorporates gameplay elements and bosses from two sequential Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games: Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5.
This is an improvement to the predecessor movie by 00:57.90 seconds.
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Game:
Mega Man IV
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman World 4 (Japan).gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation
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GB Mega Man V by Tremane & Noxxa in 39:21.26

Published on 12/19/2017
This is the final installment of classic Mega Man games on the Game Boy, and the first Super Game Boy Mega Man game. Unlike the four earlier Game Boy games which copied a lot from their NES counterparts, Mega Man V has all new enemies and bosses: you fight the Stardroids, robots from outer space named after the planets of the solar system (note that Pluto was considered a planet at the time). Unlike every other classic Mega Man game, Dr. Wily is not the final boss and our hero uses the Mega Arm instead of the Mega Buster.
Tremane and Noxxa improve the previous movie by 41.83 seconds, thanks to overall better lag management, sub-pixel optimisation, as well as new tricks and strategy changes.
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Game:
Mega Man V
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman World 5 (Japan) (SGB Enhanced).gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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GB Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge by Tremane & Noxxa in 16:58.11

Published on 5/2/2020
This game, also known as Rockman World (ロックマンワールド), is the first of a GB series of Mega Man games.
The Game Boy series is a little different from the NES series in that there are only four Robot Masters to fight at the start. Those four are borrowed from the NES game of the same number, while four more Robot Masters from the next NES game guard Dr. Wily’s fortress. Game Boy Wily also likes to have a backup fortress in space after his first one is beaten. Another recurring concept in the Game Boy games is a ninth robot boss unique to the game who gives you a new weapon that is usually the only weapon effective against the final boss.
The authors, Tremane and Noxxa, improved the previous movie by 1.59 seconds (disregarding the GBC bootup), thanks to better optimisation and lag reduction.
See this movie played on a console via Game Boy Interface.
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Game:
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman World (Japan).gb
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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GBA Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge "best ending" by mtvf1 in 2:42:33.10

Published on 11/27/2012
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge is an offshoot of the Mega Man Battle Network series of Mega Man games. While not the most popular game in the series, it offers many opportunities for TASing, with lots of luck manipulation and route planning.
This run by mtvf1 plays through the game speedily and gets the best ending. See the author's comments for a detailed analysis of some of the strategies and routes used.
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Game:
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge
Genres:
RPG
Strategy
Game Version:
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (USA).gba
Tags:
Best ending
Video Downloads:
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 High Quality MKV
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GBA Mega Man Battle Network by Bag_of_Magic_Food & KusogeMan in 52:30.44

Published on 9/30/2024
Imagine Mega Man as an RPG set in an alternate universe where he and his fellow robots aren't robots but computer programs, and you end up with this series - but even this unique take on the premise is no barrier to continuing TASVideos' long history of quality Mega Man runs.
Bag_of_Magic_Food and KusogeMan improve the previous TAS by 3 minutes and 10.21 seconds, thanks to a newly discovered glitch allowing one to skip all of the WWW Comps. We also have a run for the second game in the series.
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Game:
Mega Man Battle Network
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Mega Man Battle Network (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v22

GBA Mega Man Battle Network 2 by mtvf1 in 1:38:35.28

Published on 2/18/2013
The Mega Man Battle Network series envisions Mega Man and his friends and enemies as computer programs rather than robots. It also changes gameplay from platformer to RPG, with battle mechanics similar to collectible card games.
In the second game, Lan and Mega Man are fighting a terrorist organization called Gospel, but this TAS divulges little of the plot. The author, mtvf1, races through the game, avoiding unnecessary random battles and precisely manipulating battle chip winnings and order to quickly overcome all foes. He also improves his previous movie by 02:06.51 minutes.
We also have a run for the first game in the series.
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Game:
Mega Man Battle Network 2
Genres:
Action
RPG
Game Version:
Megaman - Battle Network 2 (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
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GBA Mega Man Zero by computerbird & hellagels in 16:52.42

Published on 7/19/2011
This is the first Mega Man Zero game in the series for the Game Boy Advance. Unlike most other Mega Man games, Zero really is not in the mood for fighting all the bad guys, and decides to call it quits in the first few missions so that he can skip ahead to the last stages.
This run beats the previous run by 00:04.57 seconds due to a new trick called the "spike jump" which allows Zero to climb on the spikes without taking damage.
If you liked this movie, be sure to check out the all stages run.
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Game:
Mega Man Zero
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man Zero (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
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GBA Mega Man Zero "All Missions" by Flameberger in 33:43.26

Published on 5/24/2017
After a long hibernation meant to purge his body of the Wily Virus, Zero is awakened to save Ciel and the resistance. Zero decides to help, but what he really wants is to have some slashing fun.
Unlike the other run of this game, this run doesn't use mission skips, which means that the author had to beat every mission as fast as possible.
This run from Flameberger improves the previous movie by 00:35.93 seconds.
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Game:
Mega Man Zero
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man Zero (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes warps
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GBA Mega Man Zero 2 by Hetfield90 & Flameberger in 49:47.57

GBA TAS of 2018
Published on 1/28/2018
Zero is back in his second personal adventure, facing his greatest challenge yet.
This time, the Japanese version is used instead for a glitch only available on that version of the game.
This run by Hetfield90 and Flameberger improves the previous run by 1 minute and 34 seconds after accounting for emulation differences.
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Game:
Mega Man Zero 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman Zero 2 (Japan).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.12.0
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GBA Mega Man Zero 3 by hellagels in 56:31.70

Published on 1/23/2015
The third game in the Mega Man Zero sub-series takes place two months after its predecessor.
It features mostly the same gameplay as its predecessors, but with a different Cyber Elf system and customizable armor. Also new are the Secret Disks, which can be analyzed for information about the series, enemies, items, and the characters.
This run is 00:28.38 seconds faster than the previous version.
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Game:
Mega Man Zero 3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman Zero 3 (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v23.6
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GBA Mega Man Zero 3 "100%" by Geinuhayst in 1:02:47.71

Published on 4/5/2020
The third game in the Mega Man Zero sub-series takes place two months after its predecessor. It features mostly the same game play as before, but with a different Cyber Elf system and customizable armor. Also new are the Secret Disks, which can be analyzed for information about the series, enemies, items, and the characters.
This run aims to collect all disks, all sub-tanks, and all Ex-Skills. It also gets a special rank when the final stage ends (Disk Capturer) and unlocks Ultimate Mode afterward. Geinuhayst saved 01:22.93 minutes from the previous run by using different Ex-Skills and tricks to allow faster movement and quicker boss fights. See the submission notes for details.
We also have a run that completes the game as quickly as possible.
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Game:
Mega Man Zero 3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman Zero 3 (USA).gba
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
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GBA Mega Man Zero 3 "Z-Buster only, maximum score" by Darkman425 in 1:03:56.27

Published on 3/7/2023
Mega Man Zero 3 is the third game in the Mega Man Zero series. It features mostly the same gameplay as before, but with a different Cyber Elf system, customizable armor, and new Secret Disks, which can be analyzed for information about the series, enemies, items, and the characters. The story takes place two months after Mega Man Zero 2 when a resurrected Copy-X suddenly appears from space and takes over Neo-Arcadia once again with his reviver Dr. Weil at his side. It is up to Zero, Ciel, and friends to get to the ever-dangerous Dark Elf before Dr. Weil and the mysterious Omega does.
For this run, Darkman425 opts to use only the Z-Buster, using the Z-Saber in certain levels when the game forces him to. He also aims for a maximum mission score for every mission in the game, which requires completing every objective and meeting all the kill quotas, all while not taking any damage. He does this as fast as possible with lots of RNG manipulation involved. For more details on how this run was done and the mechanics involved, you can read the author's notes.
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Game:
Mega Man Zero 3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman Zero 3 (USA).gba
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Forgoes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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BizHawk 2.8

GBA Mega Man Zero 4 by klmz in 37:07.48

Published on 5/13/2009
Zero has a new body which he does all the same old stuff with. Once again, it's on the Game Boy Advance. As with the other games in the series, there is a delay with every hit of the Z-Saber, so many enemies are killed in other ways. (In particular, in this game, Zero can pick up guns from some enemies and use them for added variety.)
This run is almost 4 minutes and 20 seconds faster than the previous movie, in spite of having over 30 seconds more text due to game version differences. A large part of this improvement is due to new combos. Also, the invulnerability times of midbosses are abused even further with midair wobbling of the Z-Saber or the Z-Knuckles. For more details, see the run's comments.
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Game:
Mega Man Zero 4
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman Zero 4 (USA).gba
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Takes intentional damage
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GBA Zook Man ZX4 by FatRatKnight, pirate_sephiroth, Exonym, keylie, lapogne36, Grincevent, Arcree2, Tompa, Noxxa, Masterjun, Lord_Tom & ThunderAxe31 in 20:31.36

Published on 11/19/2017
Zook Man ZX4 (路克人ZX4) is a Game Boy Advance game by Vast Fame and the third known game in their Zook series. It is based loosely on the Rockman X games.
The game spans eight levels including an intro stage and a final boss rush. Several enemies are taken from Rockman X and Rockman 8, with the bosses being either recycled from previous Zook Hero games or being edits from other official Megaman games. The main character's design is based off of X.
This game was run as part of TASVideos' Dream Team Contest 6, and this TAS was built on a combination of multiple submissions of said contest - hence the high number of authors.
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Game:
Zook Man ZX4
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Zook Man ZX4 (Luke Ren ZX4) (Unlicensed, Chinese).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
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Emulator Replay:
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GBC Mega Man Xtreme "Extreme mode" by FractalFusion & Alyosha in 28:02.99

Published on 2/9/2020
Mega Man Xtreme is a port of the popular Mega Man X series to the Game Boy Color. It adapts the Mavericks and their stages from that series and wraps it into gameplay more suited for the portable console.
Here, FractalFusion & Alyosha speed through the game and exploit glitches to create a movie worthy of what we have come to expect from Mega Man at TASVideos.
This movie is about 7 seconds faster than the previous record by FractalFusion. It appears longer due to significantly more accurate emulation of the loading times in this run.
This movie is played from a save that has unlocked "Extreme mode", which allows you to play all of the levels in one game. Runs that start from a savestate are not normally allowed; see the Movie Rules for more on this.
WARNING: Viewers who have photosensitivity problems may want to avoid watching as there's a high amount of flashing visuals during boss fights that can become uncomfortable to watch.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console by Alyosha or by TiKevin83.
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Game:
Mega Man Xtreme
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man Xtreme (USA, Europe) (GB Compatible).gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Heavy resource management
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GBC Mega Man Xtreme 2 "Extreme mode" by Noxxa & Alyosha in 27:30.36

Published on 5/8/2021
Mega Man Xtreme 2, like its predecessor game Mega Man Xtreme, pretty much copies content and bosses from the main line of Mega Man X games. However, Xtreme 2 gets ideas and designs from a much wider range of games, ranging all the way from Mega Man X to Mega Man X5. For instance, there is a Parts system allowing upgrades to your characters. However, there is also an original story (though it's still as silly as many Mega Man storylines), along with some new stage designs and bosses.
Noxxa and Alyosha improve the previous run by about 2 seconds if emulation differences are not accounted for, thanks to using Zero throughout the entire game instead of splitting between X and Zero.
WARNING: Viewers who have photosensitivity problems may want to avoid watching as there's a high amount of flashing visuals during boss fights that can become uncomfortable to watch.
This run starts from a save file in order to unlock "Extreme Mode", which allows visiting all of the game's stages and battles in one run. Runs that start from SRAM are not normally allowed; see the Movie Rules for more on this.
You can watch the complete run played back on console.
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Game:
Mega Man Xtreme 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man Xtreme 2 (USA, Europe).gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
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GBC Rockman DX3 by Noxxa in 23:33.92

Published on 4/5/2014
Rockman DX3, also known as Zook Hero 2, is an unlicensed pirate game developed by Vast Fame that rips gameplay off the Rockman X series. Just like Rockman X, there are eight stages, and six of them contain a boss who gives you his weapon upon defeat. The protagonist, Zook, also has abilities nearly identical to those of X. Despite these similarities, the code and graphics appear to be completely original and the music is actually decent.
Unlike the other run of this game, this run uses a release that doesn't have all stages unlocked from the start, which means all bosses must be defeated and all upgrades obtained first before Zook can tackle the final stages.
We also have a run of this game's prequel, Zook Hero Z.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Rockman DX3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Rockman DX3 (Unl) [C].gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
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GBC Zook Hero Z by Noxxa in 31:54.85

Published on 4/19/2016
Zook Hero Z (Chinese title: 路克英雄 Ｚ, also known as Zook Z, Luke the Hero Z, and alternatively released as Rockman DX6) is an unlicensed bootleg game developed by Vast Fame Co. Ltd. (also known as "V. Fame" or in Chinese as 廣譽科技有限公司 (Kwong Yu Technology Co., Ltd.) ). It's the first game of the Zook series by Vast Fame (which includes sequel titles Rockman DX3 (also known as Zook Hero 2) and Rockman & Crystal (also known as Zook Hero ZX4 or Zook Hero 3) ). Zook Hero Z is heavily inspired by both the classic Mega Man series and the Mega Man X series, to the point of using the sound engine of Mega Man V.
We also have a run of the sequel game Rockman DX3.
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Game:
Zook Hero Z
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Rockman DX6 (Taiwan) (Unl).gbc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
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GC Mega Man Network Transmission by Pontus in 47:47.62

Published on 12/18/2022
Mega Man Network Transmission is a game in the Mega Man Battle Network series, developed by Arika and published by Capcom for the Nintendo GameCube in 2003. It combines the battle chip system of the Battle Network games with the classic Mega Man level designs to create a unique game in the franchise. Battle chips can be for attacking, defending, utility purposes, or a combination of these, and can be sourced from viruses (enemies) mid-stage, bought from shops, or acquired from defeating bosses. You have a finite amount of each chip, and using them costs MP, which recovers over time.
Pontus completes the game in record time.
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Game:
Mega Man Network Transmission
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man - Network Transmission (USA).iso
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin Lua Core 3.5.1

Genesis Mega Man: The Sequel Wars "Mega Man 4, Roll" by Darkman425 in 30:23.05

Published on 6/14/2023
Mega Man: The Sequel Wars is a currently in-progress compilation of fan remakes of Mega Man 4, 5, and 6 for the Sega Genesis and serves as an unofficial sequel to Mega Man: The Wily Wars. It expands on what The Wily Wars offers by adding additional characters to play as (Proto Man and Roll), more graphical effects that can be turned off, and a couple of neat Easter eggs that are nods to glitches that can be done in the original NES games.
In this run, Darkman425 plays the currently available Mega Man 4 portion of the game and chooses Roll for her higher damage output — despite her main weapon being a broom — and faster air movement to beat the game in record time.
You can get the game here.
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Game:
Mega Man: The Sequel Wars
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Fangame
Unofficial port
Game Version:
Mega Man The Sequel Wars Episode Red.bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Genesis Mega Man: The Wily Wars "Wily Tower" by jc564 in 09:36.46

Published on 8/6/2013
Mega Man: The Wily Wars is a collection of the first three NES Mega Man titles with enhanced graphics and sound. Along with the original games is the short game "Wily Tower", where special bosses exclusive to this game can be fought with your choice of any weapon from the first three games.
Jc564 abuses zipping glitches similar to those in the NES game runs to beat the entire tower in barely over nine and a half minutes.
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Game:
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman Megaworld (J) [a1][!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Genesis Mega Man: The Wily Wars "zipless" by Darkman425 in 1:47:01.42

Published on 2/25/2022
Mega Man: The Wily Wars is a collection of the first three NES Mega Man titles with enhanced graphics and sound. Along with the original games is the short game "Wily Tower", where special bosses exclusive to this game can be fought with your choice of any weapon from the first three games.
Darkman425 completes all games, including the exclusive “Wily Tower”, without using the Zip glitch.
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Game:
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman - Mega World (Japan) (Alt 1).md
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy resource management
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7

GG Mega Man by Baddap1 in 13:22.83

Published on 8/14/2019
Mega Man on the Game Gear is a mix of stages and bosses based on Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 of the NES. However, it has only 8 stages in total: 4 Robot Masters, 2 Cossack Castle stages and 2 Wily Castle stages.
As the screenshot shows, the game has some very large movement glitches which Baddap1 exploits to beat the game very quickly.
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Game:
Mega Man
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman (U) [!].gg
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.1
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NES Mega Man "game end glitch" by pirohiko & finalfighter in 00:32.11

Published on 5/21/2014
Mega Man is the first game in the famous series that now comprises games on many different systems as well as several television shows and comic books.
While the other run of this game uses lots of tricks to reach the ending impressively quickly, pirohiko and FinalFighter decided it just wasn't fast enough. In this run, they manipulate an object to appear which allows them to execute arbitrary code and warp to the credits, all using only controller input. For an advanced explanation of how it works, check out the submission text.
WARNING: There are flashing lights during the level select screen which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
Watch this run on a real console (played back on the US version).
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Game:
Mega Man
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman (Japan) (En).nes
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
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High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.5
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NES Mega Man by Shinryuu, pirohiko, Maru & finalfighter in 09:45.35

NES TAS of 2020 Glitchy TAS of 2020
Published on 3/14/2020
On this site, we make perfect movies, and then we surpass them. Of course, if we can surpass them, they were not perfect in the first place, but who would have known?
When "perfection" is defined as "as fast as possible", it requires some sacrifices. Indeed, this movie sacrifices a lot in the playability of the game. Full of tricks to pass through walls, tricks to avoid mandatory battles, tricks to pass through enemies relatively unharmed, tricks to acquire weapon refills in little time — there is very little in this movie left that resembles normal playing. Even death is used as a viable playing strategy that saves time. All of the tricks are still performed by the means of mere controller input, even though significant portions of the input were calculated by a computer program.
This movie improves the previous movie by a tremendous 2 minutes and 37.99 seconds, thanks to a new route and better optimisation. Please read the authors' comments for more details.
Of course, upon watching this movie, one does have to question something... is it Mega Man saving the world? Or Dr. Wily trying to save it from absolute destruction?
WARNING: There are flashing lights during the level select screen and in boss fights which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
The second set of encodes leads to a version where the graphics have been fixed.
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Game:
Mega Man
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman (J) (En).nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
 High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
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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
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
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NES Mega Man 2 by Shinryuu in 23:38.98

Published on 3/11/2021
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.
Shinryuu improves the previous TAS by 5.52 seconds, thanks to better optimisation. Please read the author's comments for more details.
See Rockman Tricks and the submission message for in-depth explanation and answers to various questions regarding this movie.
See also a run done on the PSX port here.
WARNING: There are flashing lights during the level select screen and in boss fights which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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Game:
Mega Man 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman 2 - Dr. Wily no Nazo (J) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.3.0
[Console-verified]

NES Mega Man 3 by Pike & Tiancaiwhr in 30:21.08

Published on 8/7/2013
Mega Man 3 (ＵＳＡのロックマン３) is the first game in the Mega Man / Rockman series to introduce sliding (though the ability to charge the Mega Buster would have to wait until game 4). It also introduced Rush the robotic dog, who provides the abilities of Rush Coil, Rush Marine, and Rush Jet. Furthermore, after you beat the 8 robot masters, the game makes you revisit modified versions of four stages to fight the Doc Robots, who imitate the robot masters from Mega Man 2. This set a precedent in the Mega Man series to have additional stages between the main robot masters and Dr. Wily's fortress.
This run completes the game about 00:20.62 seconds faster than the previous movie thanks to a new route, more glitches, and better optimization.
This run was console verified using micro500's TASLink replay device (with a window mode of 3.5 ms).
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Game:
Mega Man 3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman 3 - Dr. Wily no Saigo! (J) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
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FCEUX 2.1.5

NES Mega Man 3, 4, 5 & 6 by Baxter & AngerFist in 39:06.92

Innovative TAS of 2007
Published on 5/23/2007
The games Mega Man 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all the same. Eight robot masters are defeated and Mega Man steals their weapons. After some kind of distraction, Mega Man attacks Wily's fortress and it typically gets blown up. If you don't believe that's true, we offer this movie.
While driving home the point in honor of our first multi-game movie, Baxter and AngerFist prove that Capcom really has been making the same game over and over again by playing Mega Man 3, 4, 5 and 6 using the same input.
No attempt is made to synchronize the endings of these games. Mega Man 6 finishes first and Mega Man 4 finishes last.
Encoder's note: There are more encodes (labeled multitrack) available in the Archive collection. Track 1 contains the audio of all four games arranged in such a way that Mega Man 3 and Mega Man 5's audio are on the left audio channel and Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 6's audio are on the right audio channel. Tracks 2 to 5 contain the sole audio of Mega Man 3 to Mega Man 6 respectively.
We recommend sitting back as far as possible and looking (staring?) at the center of the screen when watching the encode.
If you like this movie, you may like to check out some other movies in which multiple games are played simultaneously with one controller.
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Game:
Mega Man 3, 4, 5 & 6
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man 3, 4, 5 & 6
Tags:
Demonstration
Multiple games in one movie
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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FCEU 0.98.16

NES Mega Man 4 by Tiancaiwhr in 32:02.60

NES TAS of 2015
Published on 11/30/2015
This is the seventh published movie of Mega Man 4 (ＵＳＡのロックマン４), played for the first time by Tiancaiwhr.
This movie improves the previous run by nearly 2 minutes thanks to new tricks and glitches, as well as better optimization and lag management.
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Game:
Mega Man 4
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman IV (U) (PRG0) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
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NES Mega Man 4 Voyage by Baddap1 in 39:46.94

Published on 4/25/2020
Mega Man 4 Voyage is an extensive hack of the original NES game, featuring changes to level design, music, graphics, weapons, enemies, and bosses. The basic "run, jump and shoot" Mega Man mechanic remains intact, and the hack's authors write that it "should be suitable for veterans and casual players alike."
In this run, Baddap1 completes the game as quickly as possible by using the new Speed Boost item, most of the weapons, and general strategies such as luck manipulation and time-saving damage.
We also have runs of Rockman 4 Burst Chaser × Air Sliding and Rockman 4 Minus Infinity.
WARNING: There are several instances of rapidly flashing lights during and after the Wily Stage boss fights, which may cause epileptic seizures for those affected.
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Game:
Mega Man 4 Voyage
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
mm4voyage.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3

NES Mega Man 5 by GlitchMan in 31:41.68

Published on 6/20/2010
This is Mega Man 5 (ＵＳＡのロックマン５) played by GlitchMan, in an improvement of 1 minute and 22 seconds over the previous run. Improvements include several new glitches involving the Super Arrow and new strategies for two of the boss fights.
Reading the submission text is recommended for details on the glitches.
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Game:
Mega Man 5
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman V (U) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.2-interim

NES Mega Man 6 by GlitchMan in 30:09.70

Published on 2/2/2016
Mega Man 6 (ＵＳＡのロックマン６) sees everyone's favorite blue robot ruin Dr. Wily's plot for world domination for the sixth time.
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Game:
Mega Man 6
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man 6 (USA).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.0

NES Megankreuzstilette by longbao in 30:22.55

Published on 7/10/2023
Megankreuzstilette is a ROM hack of Mega Man 3 and is also a modification of a bugfix and improvement ROM hack known as Mega Man 3 Improvement. The name is a portmanteau of Mega Man and Rosenkreuzstilette, though the romhack itself barely has anything to do with the latter video game series beyond having a medieval aesthetic. Despite the name, the modified graphics and music, and the addition of multiple paths that can be taken in each stage, the gameplay itself and the level design is mostly unchanged from the original Mega Man 3.
longbao here goes through this romhack and beats it as fast as possible.
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Game:
Megankreuzstilette
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Megankreuzstilette.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.2

NES Rockman 2 - Gray Zone by CUI in 26:11.20

Published on 12/25/2023
Rockman 2 - Gray Zone is a ROM hack of the Japanese version of Mega Man 2 by Wined in 2009. It features entirely new level layouts, custom music as well as modified enemy AI and weapon effects, giving them a new spin on the usual Mega Man 2 sub-weapons.
CUI completes the game in record time.
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Game:
Rockman 2 - Gray Zone
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman2GZ.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.20.20
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NES Rockman 2 Claw: Wild Version by longbao in 25:07.47

Published on 7/13/2024
Rockman 2 Claw is a ROM hack of Mega Man 2 by Tsukikuro and the sequel to their Rockman Claw ROM hack. As with its predecessor, it includes new enemies, new bosses, and new stages along with returning bosses from existing Mega Man games but with different AI. It also includes lots of music that's borrowed from other games such as Romancing SaGa, SD Gundam G Generation, and even Mega Man 10. You can read this list for the full tracklist (Japanese only).
In this run, longbao decides to complete the "Wild Version" of the game as fast as possible. The Wild Version differs from the regular version by being much harder, making the bosses more aggressive and adding more stage hazards.
WARNING: There are several instances of rapidly flashing lights during and after the Wily Stage boss fights, which may cause epileptic seizures for those affected.
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Game:
Rockman 2 Claw
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
rockman2claw WildVersion.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.2
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NES Rockman 2 Claw by longbao & CUI in 23:47.43

Published on 7/17/2024
Rockman 2 Claw is a ROM hack of Mega Man 2 by Tsukikuro and the sequel to their Rockman Claw ROM hack. As with its predecessor, it includes new enemies, new bosses, and new stages along with returning bosses from existing Mega Man games but with different AI. It also includes lots of music that's borrowed from other games such as Romancing SaGa, SD Gundam G Generation, and even Mega Man 10. You can read this list for the full tracklist (Japanese only).
longbao and CUI improve the previous TAS by 1 minute and 17.28 seconds, thanks to implementing delay scrolls as well as zips in various places.
WARNING: There are several instances of rapidly flashing lights during and after the Wily Stage boss fights, which may cause epileptic seizures for those affected.
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Game:
Rockman 2 Claw
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
rockman2claw.nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3

NES Rockman 2 Plus! by longbao in 25:35.50

Published on 9/10/2023
Rockman 2 Plus! is a ROM hack of Mega Man 2 that changes the levels and the graphics. The settings for the lands of each Robot Master appear have themes that deviate from the usual robot science fiction setting of Mega Man, with a level that's full of clocks and a level that appears to be straight out of Castlevania. Even the Robot Masters have wildly different graphics, with one called "Liquidman" being a mass of water.
longbao for this run zips through the game as fast as possible, utilizing the usual Mega Man 2 glitches and techniques in the process.
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Game:
Rockman 2 Plus!
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
RM2.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.2

NES Rockman 2: Back to Basics by longbao in 27:46.57

Published on 6/23/2024
Rockman 2: Back to Basics is a ROM hack of Mega Man 2 with new music, new levels, and new enemies. These new levels include a jungle caverns level and a lava furnace level. Exclusive to this romhack are robot masters such as Zircon Man and Fluid Man. And no extensive Mega Man romhack is complete without a couple new gadgets and weapons to play around with.
In this run, longbao completes this romhack in record time with a couple clipping and zipping glitches performed here and there.
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Game:
Rockman 2: Back to Basics
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
MM2_BTB_early_final_built_22-4-2024.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.2
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NES Rockman 2: Basic Master by CUI in 17:16.66

Published on 12/27/2023
Rockman 2: Basic Master is a ROM hack of Mega Man 2 that overhauls a good chunk of the game. Included are new levels, new music, new enemies, and different behaviors from existing Mega Man 2 bosses. There are also some neat shoutouts to other video game franchises to look out for.
CUI plays this game to completion as fast as possible by zipping through the majority of it, while also saving 4,127 frames over the previous publication.
WARNING: There are several instances of rapidly flashing lights during and after the Wily Stage boss fights, which may cause epileptic seizures for those affected.
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Game:
Rockman 2: Basic Master
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman2BMver1.2.nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.20.20
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NES Rockman 2: ONN by CUI in 24:29.55

Published on 7/22/2024
Rockman 2: ONN is an extensive ROM hack of the Mega Man 2 by Tatsu. Like many other extensive Mega Man romhacks, just about everything is modified, including the graphics, music, special weapons, and the boss AI. In addition to the usual robotic sci-fi aesthetic, it includes levels that appear to take place in more natural settings such as the sky or the jungle. As for the music, it includes arrangements of songs from other Mega Man games and games such as Robopon, Dragon Quest Monsters 2, and GeGeGe no Kitarou. For a tracklist of all the songs featured in this romhack, you can check out this link (Japanese only).
CUI here brings down Dr. Wily to his knees in record time, zipping through many walls and doors in the process.
WARNING: There are several instances of rapidly flashing lights during and after the Wily Stage boss fights, which may cause epileptic seizures for those affected.
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Game:
Rockman 2: ONN
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman2ONN.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3

NES Rockman 2: Yendor Code by longbao in 26:31.89

Published on 6/18/2023
Rockman 2: Yendor Code is a ROM hack of Mega Man 2 by romhacker Yuki Miyuki. Unlike many romhacks of the game, the graphics and the music essentially remain unchanged. Yendor Code instead focuses on modifying the special weapons, level design, enemies, and the bosses, making the game slightly harder overall.
longbao here goes through another Mega Man 2 romhack journey and beats Yendor Code as fast as possible.
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Game:
Rockman 2: Yendor Code
Genres:
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman2YC(YenderCode)_v102.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.2

NES Rockman 3: Burst Chaser by kuja_killer in 24:16.32

Published on 3/11/2024
Rockman 3: Burst Chaser is a ROM hack of Mega Man 3 with an emphasis on speed. Mega Man himself walks and slides faster than he normally does, but his enemies also move faster as well. It also features new levels, edited enemies, different boss AI, and covered music from other video games such as Final Fantasy VII, Romancing SaGa, and Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden. A full list of all the songs in the game can be found here.
kuja_killer in this run takes a whack at this difficult ROM hack and demonstrates deft movements and tricks with the added speed, beating it in record time.
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Game:
Rockman 3: Burst Chaser
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
rockman3BC.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2

NES Rockman 3: Speed Bound by longbao in 25:38.82

Published on 5/14/2024
Rockman 3: Speed Bound is a ROM hack of Mega Man 3 that combines the ROM hacks Rockman 3: Burst Chaser and Rockman 3: Claw. It takes the sped-up movement from Burst Chaser and sliding mechanics and weapon changing features from Claw and adds in original level designs and music to create a unique experience. Like the romhacks it borrows from, graphics and AI behavior has been changed as well.
Watch longbao zoom though the romhack as fast as possible, making liberal use of various weapons Mega Man can collect.
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Game:
Rockman 3: Speed Bound
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rock Man 3 - Speed Bound (v.1.0).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.4.0

NES Rockman 3: Stalker Attack by longbao in 25:21.73

Published on 6/19/2023
Rockman 3: Stalker Attack is a ROM hack of Mega Man 3 that is itself a modification of the ROM hack Rockman 3: Burst Chaser. Like with that romhack, the main change is that Mega Man goes faster. Unlike with that romhack, the level and graphic design has been changed accordingly, with different boss mechanics and new enemies. The only things that have been retained from Burst Chaser is the changed music and the enemy and boss AI.
longbao takes us on yet another Mega Man romhack journey and beats Stalker Attack in record time.
You can find a tracklist of the music used in this romhack here (Japanese only).
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Game:
Rockman 3: Stalker Attack
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman 3 Stalker Attack.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.2

NES Rockman 3: The Last of Mushroom Kingdom?! "warps" by Tiancaiwhr in 07:14.10

Published on 6/20/2024
Rockman 3: The Last of Mushroom Kingdom?! (ロックマン3 キノコ王国の最期！？, Rockman 3: The End of the Mushroom Kingdom!?) is a ROM hack of Mega Man 3 that takes all the levels from Super Mario Bros. and combines them with Mega Man 3's gameplay. Every block and warp was preserved from the original levels, and bosses and extra levels were added to make up for Mega Man 3's romhacking limitations. And to ensure the levels aren't too difficult to complete, certain mechanics were changed such as having higher jump heights and maintained sliding momentum.
Tiancaiwhr here completes this romhack in record time using the usual warp points that are utilized in most Super Mario Bros. speedruns.
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Game:
Rockman 3: The Last of Mushroom Kingdom?!
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
rock3mushroom.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.5

NES Rockman 3: Winternight by longbao in 24:53.24

Published on 7/3/2024
Rockman 3: Winternight is a ROM hack of Mega Man 3 by StalkerMaestro. The name comes from the presence of snow in some of the levels. Like many other extensive romhacks of the game, the music, graphics, levels, and boss mechanics have been changed. What makes this romhack stand out from the author's other romhacks is the choice of music, which even includes a song from Argentinian metal band Rata Blanca.
longbao here beats the Winternight with a (mostly) blue Mega Man as fast as possible.
You can find a list of songs present in this romhack here.
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Game:
Rockman 3: Winternight
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman 3 Winternight 1.1.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.4.0

NES Rockman 4 Burst Chaser × Air Sliding by magmapeach in 21:37.66

Published on 5/14/2015
Ever felt the action in Mega Man 4 was too slow? Then this is the right movie for you! Rockman 4 Burst Chaser × Air Sliding is a hack of the Japanese version of Mega Man 4 which combines two unique concepts from Rockman 3 Burst Chaser and Rockman 5 Air Sliding.
In this hack, Mega Man moves a lot faster (Burst Chaser) and can slide once while in mid-air (Air Sliding). It also features different level layouts as well as different boss AI and special weapons.
magmapeach blazes through the hack thanks to Mega Man's increased speed in a mere 21 minutes and 37.66 seconds.
If you want to see more Mega Man 4 hacks, then go ahead and watch Rockman 4 Minus Infinity, one of the most extensive hacks to exist.
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Game:
Rockman 4 Burst Chaser × Air Sliding
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
rockman4BCAS ver1.0.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
[Star] [Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Rockman 4 Minus Infinity "all items" by Baddap1 in 34:43.72

Published on 12/28/2017
Rockman 4 Minus Infinity is the most extensive Mega Man 4 hack in existence, and probably one of the most extensive hacks of any NES game in existence.
It features heavily reworked weapons, brand new weapons, new items, all-new boss patterns, and brand new stages with new music and entirely new gimmicks. All kinds of obstacles, enemies, bosses and minibosses have been taken from other games from the series, including the Game Boy series and even the SNES and PSX games. It must all be seen to be believed.
This run improves the predecessor movie by the same author by 00:08.72 seconds, despite switching to a new category, "all items". This is largely due to extensive use of zipping to skip some boss fights. For more details, see the submission description and discussion.
WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.
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Game:
Rockman 4 Minus Infinity
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman 4 Minus Infinity v0.02.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Rockman 5: Air Sliding by CUI & NemoRuby in 25:32.96

Published on 10/13/2023
Rockman 5: Air Sliding is a ROM hack of Mega Man 5 where the main gameplay gimmick is the ability to slide in midair. All the levels have been changed to account for this. In addition, all of the music has been replaced with songs from other video games such as Kirby.
CUI and NemoRuby collaborate to complete the ROM hack as fast as possible, making gratuitous use of the Gravity Hold in combination with the air sliding to quickly zip through levels.
There is an alternate encode that greatly reduces the flashing caused by the constant usage of the Gravity Hold.
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Game:
Rockman 5: Air Sliding
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman5AS.nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (Reduced Flashing)
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2

NES Rockman 5: Metropolis by NemoRuby in 30:50.64

Published on 7/20/2024
Rockman 5: Metropolis is a ROM hack of Mega Man 5 by StalkerMaestro, who also created Rockman 3: Winternight. This time, the theme is "urban city", with stages having Mega Man go inside buildings, sewers, factories, and even castles. Like with Winternight, Metropolis is a speed-focused romhack as Mega Man is much faster than in the original game, and the game has been modified to accomodate for that. Graphics and music have been taken from other games such as Batman for the NES, Street Fighter 2010, Silver Surfer, and Journey to Silius.
In this run, NemoRuby zooms through the bustling, dank infrastructure of the city to beat Dr. Wily in record time.
You can check out this YouTube playlist for all the songs that are featured in this ROM hack.
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Game:
Rockman 5: Metropolis
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman 5 - Metropolis ENG.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.6

NES Rockman 6: Unique Harassment by Baddap1 in 31:56.03

Published on 5/13/2022
Rockman 6: Unique Harassment is a ROM hack of Mega Man 6 created by Tatsu, known for other ROM hacks such as Rockman 2: Basic Master and Rockman 2: ONN. One of the main features is that all but one of the Robot Masters from the original game are replaced with copies of Robot Masters from other Mega Man games, including Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10.
Baddap1 slides through each stage and beats each boss as quickly as possible in this run.
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Game:
Rockman 6: Unique Harassment
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman6UH_ver1.2.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.3.0

NES Rockman Claw by longbao in 19:11.40

Published on 6/7/2023
Rockman Claw is a ROM hack of the Japanese version of Mega Man (known as Rockman) by Tsukikuro. It notably features a fresh level set with graphics from later Mega Man games in some places, custom music, as well as modified enemy AI in order to make the game more challenging.
longbao defeats Dr. Wily in record time.
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Game:
Rockman Claw
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
rockmanclaw.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.2
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Rockman CX by CUI in 29:38.02

Published on 2/8/2023
Rockman CX is an extensive ROM hack of Mega Man 2 that adds gameplay mechanics borrowed from the Mega Man X series and puts you in the shoes and point of view of a different protagonist. You play as Mega Man CX, an evil clone of Mega Man that may or may not have been created by Dr. Wily. Your goal is to take down Dr. Light and all of his Robot Masters, including Mega Man, and stop them from stopping Dr. Wily. There are also lots of references to other video games and even TV shows such as Kamen Rider. See if you can list them all!
In this run, CUI defeats Dr. Light and lets Dr. Wily conquer the world in record time.
WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.
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Game:
Rockman CX
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Mega Man CX.nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.20.20
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Rockman Exhaust by aglasscage & woabclf in 24:26.19

Published on 10/6/2024
Rockman Exhaust is a Rockman 2 ROM hack made by DHI in 2005. It features completely new levels, custom music as well as new enemy and boss patterns.
aglasscage and woabclf defeat Dr. Wily in record time.
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Flash Man's stage as well as the Wily boss fights contain flashing lights, which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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Game:
Rockman Exhaust
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman EXHAUST by DHI (Rockman 2 Hack).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.3
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Rockman Exile by nightingale & CUI in 24:49.23

Published on 7/14/2024
Rockman Exile is a Mega Man 2 ROM hack that makes the game even harder than it already is. Witness as lights in stages periodically go out, boss stages that are fought in the dark, more enemies present on-screen that shoot even more deadly projectiles at you, and more! Aside from the super hard difficulty, there is also additional music that appears to have came from the Mega Man Game Boy games and other games outside of Mega Man.
nightingale and CUI improve the previous TAS by 14.96 seconds, thanks to better optimisation.
FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING: This movie has several instances of rapidly flashing lights during boss fights in the latter half of the movie, which may cause epileptic seizures for those affected.
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Game:
Rockman Exile
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
rockmanEXILE.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Rockman no Constancy (hard) by CUI in 27:39.20

Published on 7/14/2023
Rockman no Constancy is a very extensive ROM hack of Mega Man 2, with changes to the music, the graphics, the level design, and the characters. A couple of the powerups from the original game remain, which means that a number of techniques that can be done there can also be done here.
Two versions of this hack exist: "normal" mode and "hard" mode, with the primary difference being no mercy invincibility on hard mode. CUI here plays on "hard" mode and improves on the previous "hard" run by 80 seconds by making extensive use of zipping and death glitches.
WARNING: There are instances of flashing lights during and after the Wily Stage boss fights, which may cause epileptic seizures to people affected.
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Game:
Rockman no Constancy
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
RockmanNo_constancy_hard.nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.20.20
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Rockman no Constancy (normal) by CUI & warmCabin in 25:30.80

Published on 7/23/2024
Rockman no Constancy is a very extensive ROM hack of Mega Man 2, with changes to the music, the graphics, the level design, and the characters. A couple of the powerups from the original game remain, which means that a number of techniques that can be done there can also be done here.
Two versions of this hack exist: "normal" mode and "hard" mode, with the primary difference being no mercy invincibility on hard mode. CUI and warmCabin here play on "normal" mode and improve on the previous "normal" run by 31.73 seconds by including even more zips than before.
WARNING: There are instances of flashing lights during and after the Wily Stage boss fights, which may cause epileptic seizures to people affected.
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Game:
Rockman no Constancy
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
RockmanNo_constancy_normal.nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses easiest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4 (Reduced Sprite Flicker)
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3

NES Rockman: Deus Ex Machina "Normal" by CUI & Yhc4913 in 26:16.54

Published on 8/28/2024
Rockman: Deux Ex Machina is a pretty extensive ROM hack of Mega Man 2, both graphics and gameplay-wise. While most of the bosses and enemies remain the same, the power-ups and level designs have significantly changed, with gameplay mechanics added or modified to make the game freshly challenging such as flickering rooms or more hostile scenery. It also includes music adapted from other Mega Man games and even games like Metal Slug and Super Puzzle Fighter. You can read this list (Japanese only) for a list of all the songs used in the romhack.
CUI and Yhc4913 improve the previous TAS by 45.97 seconds, thanks to implementing more delayed scrolls as well as better optimisation.
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Game:
Rockman: Deus Ex Machina
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman-Deus Ex Machina-.nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3

NES Rockman: Install Metal by NemoRuby in 29:17.84

Published on 7/20/2024
Rockman: Install Metal is an extensive ROM hack of Mega Man 5. Like many other Mega Man romhacks of similar scope, just about everything is changed: the music, the graphics, the level design, the enemy AI, and even the weapons. The new music includes songs from games such as Live-A-Live, Little Nemo, and Battletoads. Expect settings you wouldn't expect in a Mega Man game and some subversion of established NES Mega Man level tropes.
NemoRuby improves their previous TAS by 14.91 seconds, thanks to better optimisation.
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Game:
Rockman: Install Metal
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
rock_IM_normal.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.6.6
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

NES Rockman: Spirits of Hackers by Baddap1 in 29:56.87

Published on 6/15/2019
Created via collaboration among several hackers, Rockman: Spirits of Hackers extensively modifies the weapons, levels, bosses, and music of Rockman 6. Though labeled as incomplete, it was officially released by the team without plans for further updates.
In this run, Baddap1 uses Mega Man's new capabilities to rush through the levels and again put an end to Dr. Wily's attempt at world domination.
WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.
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Game:
Rockman: Spirits of Hackers
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack
Game Version:
Rockman: Spirits of Hackers
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3

NGP Rockman Battle & Fighters: Power Battle by Noxxa in 08:20.89

Published on 12/12/2017
Rockman Battle & Fighters is a Neo Geo Pocket Color port/compilation of the two Mega Man arcade games, Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man: The Power Fighters. It was developed and published by Capcom and released in 2000 in Japan. While video and audio are brought down significantly to go down from the CPS arcade systems to the dinky Neo Geo Pocket handheld, the gameplay is largely converted pretty faithfully, and the character sprites even in their 8-bit-esque glory retain pretty fluid animation.
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Game:
Rockman Battle & Fighters: Power Battle
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
Rockman Battle & Fighters (J) [!].ngc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2

NGP Rockman Battle & Fighters: Power Fighters by Noxxa in 13:45.19

Published on 12/20/2017
Rockman Battle & Fighters is a Neo Geo Pocket Color port/compilation of the two Mega Man arcade games, Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man: The Power Fighters. It was developed and published by Capcom and released in 2000 in Japan. While video and audio are brought down significantly to go down from the CPS arcade systems to the dinky Neo Geo Pocket handheld, the gameplay is largely converted pretty faithfully, and the character sprites even in their 8-bit-esque glory retain pretty fluid animation.
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Game:
Rockman Battle & Fighters: Power Fighters
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
Rockman Battle & Fighters (J) [!].ngc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2
[Star]

PSX Mega Man 8 by FractalFusion in 47:06.23

Published on 4/4/2010
The eighth entry in the Mega Man series is very similar to the preceding games, especially its direct predecessor (in light of being the second entry in the franchise released for the PSX, the first being a port of X3). Once again, Mega Man takes on eight Robot Masters and goes on to raid Wily's fortress.
If you're here for the plot, though, you're missing the point – instead enjoy the impossibly fast action and nifty glitch abuse in this run.
Note: The credits are missing due to an emulator glitch. For those who are interested in seeing the credits, they can be watched here.
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Game:
Mega Man 8
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman 8.bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
PCSX-rr 0.1.2

PSX Mega Man Legends by Hetfield90 in 52:10.76

Published on 10/26/2016
Mega Man Legends is the first of the Mega Man series to take place in fully explorable 3D and is paced more like an RPG than the previous stage-to-stage action games.
Hetfield90 beats this game in less than an hour thanks to careful routing and a few glitches, which are both detailed in the submission comments.
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Game:
Mega Man Legends
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Mega Man Legends (USA) (Track 1).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.7

PSX Mega Man Legends 2 by Hetfield90 in 1:18:03.33

Published on 12/26/2016
Mega Man returns in this, his second 3D outing. The Blue bomber and his teammate, Roll, must journey to a distant island to recover The Mother Lode, an item that no-one really understands, but that they all believe may hold the key to make their dreams come true, and so everyone is after it.
Unlike past Mega Man titles, Legends 2 also adds RPG elements into the mix, allowing players to talk to villagers and the like. Some may help in finding items, others aid the player with important information about The Mother Lode, and other areas on the island.
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Game:
Mega Man Legends 2
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Rockman Dash 2 - Episode 2 - Ooinaru Isan (Japan) (Track 1).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.8

PSX Mega Man X3 "all stages" by Hetfield90 & nrg_zam in 34:20.04

PSX TAS of 2016
Published on 8/22/2016
This version of Mega Man X3, released only in Japan, has a glitch which allows you to access Dr. Doppler's fortress without actually beating any of his Robot Masters. This glitch permits Hetfield90 and nrg_zam to take a drastically different route from the SNES version, popping into Doppler 1 and Doppler 2 after only three Robot Master stages (and Vile's Factory) to get the Z-Saber far earlier than should be possible.
(Theoretically you can get the Z-Saber with only two defeated Robot Masters; from a speedrun perspective, however, once you finish Vile's Factory, it makes more sense to finish the stage you accessed it from than to game over and return to the map.)
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Game:
Mega Man X3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman X3 (Japan).bin
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.6

PSX Mega Man X3 by McBobX in 19:21.97

Published on 8/5/2024
Mega Man X3 for the PlayStation a port of the SNES game that was released only in Japan. The gameplay and levels are exactly the same as in the original, but with the addition of CD-quality music, animated cutscenes, and a save features. It is also coded slightly differently from the original, which turns out to have quite the luck for speedrunners.
McBobX in this run exploits a stage select glitch that's exclusive to this version of Mega Man X3 that allows them to skip the Maverick stages and go straight to the Dr. Doppler stages. By doing so, Mega Man is stuck with only his Buster and has no other upgrades, but this doesn't stop the game from being completed as fast as possible.
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Game:
Mega Man X3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman X3 (Japan).bin
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

PSX Mega Man X4 "X, all items" by sparky in 39:45.00

Published on 7/14/2011
X decided he's fed up with being in the shadow of Zero and shows him how it's done, beating Sigma and his army and collecting all of the items in the process.
If you still want to get your Zero fix, you can check out the run which aims for fastest time without collecting any items.
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Game:
Mega Man X4
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X4 (USA).bin
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
PSXjin 2.0.1
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PSX Mega Man X4 "Zero" by Bernka in 36:30.10

Published on 5/9/2012
In previous Mega Man X games, X would do all the real fighting while Zero would say he was off to destroy power sources and do other such unverifiable tasks. Zero even had the audacity to tell him that one day X would be as strong as him.
This time, X lays back and lets Zero put his money lightsaber where his mouth is, leaving Zero to fight off an entire army as well as Sigma. Zero does such a good job showing how much better he is than X that the series has been transformed for TASVideos to be a Zero series from here on out.
This submission improves the previous run by 00:12.53 seconds primarily through precise optimization of boss battles.
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Game:
Mega Man X4
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X4 (USA).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
PSXjin 2.0.2

PSX Mega Man X4 "X, no items" by HappyLee in 40:05.25

Published on 6/25/2022
Mega Man X4 is the 4th game in the Mega Man X series, a spinoff of the Mega Man series. Throughout the series, Zero continues to tell X that one day, X will be just as strong as him. However, X wants to show that he doesn't need the strength of Zero to defeat the Repliforce. In fact, he goes as far as to not collect any items on his quest to defeat the army, just to flex on Zero.
This TAS by HappyLee shows exactly what happens when X does not collect any items.
If you wish to watch a run where X does collect items, there is this movie that does exactly that.
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Game:
Mega Man X4
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X4 (USA).bin
Tags:
Low% completion
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

PSX Mega Man X4 "X, Ultimate Armor" by HappyLee in 37:09.53

Published on 9/30/2024
Mega Man X4 is an action platforming game and the fourth game in the Mega Max X series. Is the first game in the series to be brought to the PlayStation and takes advantage of its capabilities, from having more complex backgrounds to fully-animated cutscenes. Taking place many years after Mega Man X3, a Reploid military force called Repliforce was formed to help the Maverick Hunters suppress Maverick uprisings, but have quite an uneasy relationship with the human government. After the sabotage and crash of Sky Lagoon, some of Repliforce's troops have been suspiciously seen with the Maverick terrorists, causing accusations from the government to be thrown at them. This finally breaks Repliforce's relations with the government, and Replilforce starts a rebellion to break away and form their own Reploid-only nation. X and Zero have been tasked to stop them in hopes of preventing yet another long war.
For this run, HappyLee decides to input a code that gives them access to the Ultimate Armor, the best power-up in the game. Unlike the later games, it's not given to X at the start and must be retrieved from a Light Capsule. Nevertheless, HappyLee demonstrates how quickly the game can be beaten with the Ultimate Armor, doing some RNG manipulation here and there to reduce lag.
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Game:
Mega Man X4
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X4 (USA).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses an in-game code
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

PSX Mega Man X5 "X only" by Noxxa in 19:43.80

Published on 10/2/2011
Sigma returns again and Earth is in great danger. Zero is off having a party all night, so Mega Man X steps in to do the job. Even if not as awesome as Zero, he still manages to do the job in less than 20 minutes while also getting the Ultimate Armor.
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Game:
Mega Man X5
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X5 (USA).bin
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
PCSX-rr 0.1.3

PSX Mega Man X5 by Bernka in 16:38.18

Published on 1/20/2012
In an effort to avoid the status quo, Capcom decided to experiment, throwing in a leveling system and story-based launch scenarios. Beyond that, it's really just a Mega Man X Zero game.
This is the first game in the series to allow character choice before each stage. Zero is chosen as often as possible, leaving X behind to gather dust. The abusable sword physics highlight Zero's superiority, especially when the sword is used while standing on the ground. Bosses fall very quickly, even when they have 127 health. See the Game Resources page and the author's comments for an explanation of how these tricks work.
There are about 5 minutes of action in this run, which consist mostly of flying through levels and a boss rush on the hardest difficulty mode, Xtreme.
This run is 00:12.90 seconds faster than the previous run.
We also have a run which completes all stages and a 100% run.
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Game:
Mega Man X5
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X5 (USA).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
PCSX-rr 0.1.3

PSX Mega Man X5 "100%" by Bernka in 54:33.68

Published on 3/18/2012
Unlike the other categories of this game, this run uses both X and Zero to collect as many items as possible. The variety of characters and armors used make for a run with interesting differences from the other categories.
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Game:
Mega Man X5
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X5 (USA).bin
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
PCSX-rr 0.1.3

PSX Mega Man X5 "All Stages" by Shuy_ & Bernka in 43:38.93

Published on 5/27/2014
This is a TAS of Mega Man X Zero 5 on Xtreme difficulty that completes all stages as fast as possible. This run improves the previous one by about 26 seconds.
Watch it to learn how to ignore backseat drivers, or find out why swords are superior to guns.
We also have a run which only plays the stages necessary to complete the game. There is also a 100% run available.
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Game:
Mega Man X5
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X5 (USA).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
PCSX-rr 0.1.3

PSX Mega Man X5 "Training" by HappyLee in 01:43.32

Published on 5/5/2022
In an effort to avoid the status quo, Capcom decided to experiment, throwing in a leveling system and story-based launch scenarios. Beyond that, it's really just a Mega Man X Zero game.
This is the first game in the series to allow character choice before each stage. Zero is chosen as often as possible, leaving X behind to gather dust. The abusable sword physics highlight Zero's superiority, especially when the sword is used while standing on the ground. Bosses fall very quickly, even when they have 127 health.
This TAS by HappyLee completes the training mode of the game in record time.
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Game:
Mega Man X5
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X5 (USA).bin
Tags:
Single level
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
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PSX Mega Man X6 by Rolanmen1 & FractalFusion in 25:34.02

Published on 12/11/2010
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.
This run by Rolanmen1 and FractalFusion plays on the hardest difficulty, Xtreme, and uses both X and Zero. The physics of Zero's sword make it the ideal boss killer, however some bosses have unavoidable invincibility periods, so X is sometimes used to attack during these periods. Some new tricks like duck dashing and saber climbing help save 19 seconds over the previous movie.
If you want to see a run that plays through all of the stages, see this run.
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Game:
Mega Man X6
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X6 (USA) (v1.1).bin
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Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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PSX Mega Man X6 "100%" by Rolanmen1 in 56:47.18

Published on 10/20/2011
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.
Rescuing all Reploids on Xtreme mode is inadvisable for all but the most hardcore, yet this TAS makes it look easy. Not only that, it collects everything that can be collected before beating the game.
In this run, Rolanmen1 uses additional items and tricks that are not present in the any% or all stages runs, such as X's Blade Armor. Though X still has less screentime than Zero, he is used to his fullest potential in the Gate stages.
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Game:
Mega Man X6
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X6 (USA) (v1.1).bin
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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PSX Mega Man X6 "all stages" by Rolanmen1 in 39:31.35

PSX TAS of 2013
Published on 3/20/2013
X is trying to find the lost Maverick Hunter Zero, who has gone missing since X5. Of course, once found, Zero does most of the dirty work, while X is practically nowhere to be found.
This run completes all of the stages, showing off how nasty every level is on Xtreme difficulty. As always, Zero is much better suited to killing bosses than X. Zero also uses powerups that he wouldn't be able to use in an any% run.
The author, Rolanmen1, also improves the previous movie by 01:47.03 by taking a different route and using a new trick that allows him to skip the totem poles in Ground Scaravich's stage.
If you want to see the game completed as fast as possible, see the any% run.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolution in the discussion thread.
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Game:
Mega Man X6
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X6 (USA) (v1.1).bin
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Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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PSX Mega Man X6 "100%, X only" by Rolanmen1 in 1:01:46.34

Published on 9/29/2017
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.
Rescuing all Reploids on Xtreme mode is inadvisable for all but the most hardcore, yet this TAS makes it look easy. Not only that, it collects everything that can be collected before beating the game.
In this run, Rolanmen1 shows off X's max potential, getting every collectible in the whole game, while Zero watches from the side and enjoys the show.
The author has provided an extra encode with item collection display and a special upscaling filter that reduces pixelization (nnedi3).
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Game:
Mega Man X6
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X6 (USA) (v1.1).bin
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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[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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PSX Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 2 by paosidufygth in 27:22.91

Published on 12/21/2015
Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 2 is a port of the Japanese version of Mega Man 2 to the PS1. Notable changes include fast weapon switching (though one still has to go to the pause menu to select Item 1-3), bug fixes (notably no horizontal zipping) and a Navi Mode, which includes an updated HUD, hints for beginners and a partially re-arranged soundtrack (by inputting an input code when selecting Navi Mode).
While this TAS by paosidufygth seems slower than his previous attempt, it is in fact faster by about 12 seconds. This is because the emulator used, PSXjin, assumes a framerate of 60 FPS while the site assumes the PSX framerate to be the proper 59.292 FPS.
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Game:
Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman 2 - Dr. Wily no Nazo (Japan).bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
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SNES Mega Man & Bass "Mega Man" by sparky in 27:21.47

Published on 2/19/2011
Rockman & Forte (ロックマン&フォルテ), known as Mega Man & Bass in the Western world, used to be the last game chronologically released for the original Rockman/Mega Man series, until Rockman & Forte Mirai kara no Chōsensha (ロックマン&フォルテ 未来からの挑戦者) was released on the WonderSwan handheld system.
This game bears a striking resemblance to Mega Man 8, not only in style, but in excessive graphic detail. Similarly to Mega Man X4, the player has the option to choose one of two characters to play through. In this run, Rockman is chosen.
This run is 00:41.65 seconds faster than the previous run, demonstrating that this game is even glitchier than it originally appeared.
There are two more Rockman & Forte runs to watch on this site; featuring completion of the game with Forte as fast as possible and collection of all CDs with Rockman.
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Game:
Mega Man & Bass
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman & Forte (J) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Mega Man & Bass "Bass" by sparky in 28:08.23

Published on 2/23/2011
Rockman & Forte (ロックマン&フォルテ), known as Mega Man & Bass in the Western world, used to be the last game chronologically released for the original Rockman/Mega Man series, until Rockman & Forte Mirai kara no Chōsensha (ロックマン&フォルテ 未来からの挑戦者) was released on the WonderSwan handheld system.
This game bears a striking resemblance to Mega Man 8, not only in style, but in excessive graphic detail. Similarly to Mega Man X4, the player has the option to choose one of two characters to play through. In this run, Forte is chosen.
sparky takes the game apart with some glitches that allow Forte to zip around in walls. This run is 00:59.83 seconds faster than the previous run, mostly due to new glitches. Read the author's comments for more details.
There are two more Rockman & Forte runs to watch on this site; featuring completion of the game with Rockman as fast as possible and collection of all CDs with him.
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Game:
Mega Man & Bass
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman & Forte (J) [!].smc
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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[Recommended for newcomers] [Star]

SNES Mega Man & Bass "100 CDs" by sparky, parrot14gree & woabclf in 38:07.68

Glitchy TAS of 2011
Published on 11/23/2011
Rockman & Forte (ロックマン&フォルテ), known as Mega Man & Bass in the Western world, used to be the last game in the original Rockman/Mega Man series, until Rockman & Forte Mirai kara no Chōsensha (ロックマン&フォルテ 未来からの挑戦者) was released for the WonderSwan.
This time around, Dr. Wily has his own creation turned against him, allowing the player to use Mega Man or a bad guy!
However, in this run, the players only use Mega Man and collect each and every CD in the game, which shouldn't be possible using only one character. Then again, many things happen in this movie that weren't intended to be possible.
This run is a collaboration between sparky, the current author of the other branches for this game, parrot14green, the author of the previous "100 CDs" run, and woabcfl, the author of the Rockman no Constancy runs. It improves the previous movie by 01:40.97. You can read the authors' comments for more details.
There are two more Rockman & Forte runs to watch on this site; featuring completion of the game with Rockman and Forte as fast as possible, without worrying about CD collection.
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Game:
Mega Man & Bass
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman & Forte (J) [!].smc
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Mega Man 7 by sparky in 37:22.25

Published on 6/20/2010
Once again, it's up to Mega Man to destroy Dr. Wily's latest army of Robot Masters, only this time on the SNES. You would think poor old Wily would learn from his past six mistakes, however this isn't so. On the up-side, we get another superb TAS of this famous series.
This is an improvement of approximately 30 seconds of in-game time thanks to some new glitches, including using the Rush Coil to wall climb and abusing Noise Crush to instantly kill some bosses.
This version plays on the North American version of Mega Man 7 whereas the previous movie plays on the Japanese version. This change affects times outside of the player's control but which still get counted towards the movie's length, making this movie appear longer than the previous movie.
There is also a 100% TAS of this game.
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Game:
Mega Man 7
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man 7 (USA).sfc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy resource management
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SNES Mega Man 7 "100%" by McBobX in 41:13.33

Published on 8/17/2024
Here we see Mega Man destroy Dr. Wily's army yet again, only this time on the SNES. You would think poor old Wily would learn from his past 6 mistakes, however this isn't so.
This run by McBobX Improves upon the previous movie thanks to new and better optimizations and tricks over the years.
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Game:
Mega Man 7
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man 7 (USA).sfc
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
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SNES Mega Man X "password glitch" by FractalFusion in 16:56.88

Published on 6/12/2012
Since moving to the SNES 16-bit land, Mega Man has taken the secret identity X, but everyone knows it's still him because he's the only blue robot who shoots three pellets at a time at other robots, steals their weapons, and zips through walls.
FractalFusion plays this game a bit differently than usual. He abuses a failed password in order to obtain all weapons before the intro stage; this also causes all 8 Mavericks to be flagged as beaten, so the run proceeds directly to the Sigma stages after the intro stage.
Because the failed password does not include X's armor upgrades and the Maverick stages are never entered, the dash boots (normally impossible to avoid) are never collected, meaning that Mega Man X spends the entire run walking through the stages; this provides more opportunities for entertainment than usual. For more information, read the author's comments.
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Game:
Mega Man X
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman X (U) (V1.1) [!].smc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses a level password
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SNES Mega Man X by nrg_zam in 29:08.45

Published on 6/7/2016
Since moving to the SNES 16-bit land, Mega Man has taken the secret identity X, but everyone knows it's still him because he's the only blue robot who shoots three pellets at a time at other robots and steals their weapons.
Thanks to a newly discovered trick (namely turnaround kicks) along with further optimisations, nrg_zam cuts off 4.46 seconds over the previously published TAS. For more details on turnaround kicks, read the author's comments.
For extra curiosity, there is a page "Mega Man X Tricks" that explains some of the tricks that are and/or can be used in the X series games.
If you want to see more of the blue-clad hero, we recommend watching the 100% completion run.
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Game:
Mega Man X
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman X (U) (V1.0) [!].smc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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[Star]

SNES Mega Man X "100%" by Hetfield90 in 33:07.13

Published on 8/15/2016
Originally thought to be an April Fools joke, it turns out that Capcom really did hide a one-hit-kills weapon in Mega Man X. That platform in Armored Armadillo's stage always did seem a little strange. Unlike the later games, collecting the Hadoken is much more time consuming.
Hetfield managed to improve the previous run by 6.5 seconds, thanks to better lag reduction and overall better optimisation. Please read the author's comments for more details.
If you want to see more of the blue-clad hero, we recommend watching the any% run.
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Game:
Mega Man X
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman X (U) (V1.0) [!].smc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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[Star]

SNES Mega Man X & Mega Man X2 & Mega Man X3 "300%" by agwawaf in 43:51.02

Published on 10/8/2011
In the latest in silly ideas turned into inspirations for our ever-dedicated TASers, this movie takes one controller and wires it into three SNES emulators at once; the same input is used to play 3 games simultaneously with one controller. There are also animations constructed with spare controllers during this movie.
This movie beats the first three Mega Man X games with 100% completion each (an improvement on its predecessor, which beat only the first two games and without 100% completion).
If you like this movie, there are other movies that beat four games with one controller!
Note: There might be a visual anomaly during the battle with Serges in X 2. This is an emulator bug relating to the Cx4 chip used in the Mega Man X 2 cartridge.
Encoder's Note: There are multiple audio tracks included with the encode. Track 1 is the combined audio of all 3 games panned so that the left side is MMX1, center is MMX2, and right is MMX3. Track 2 contains MMX1's audio, track 3 contains MMX2's audio, and track 4 contains MMX3's audio.
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Game:
Mega Man X multiple game
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man X & Mega Man X2 & Mega Man X3
Tags:
Demonstration
100% completion
Multiple games in one movie
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Mega Man X2 "100%" by Hetfield90, FractalFusion, hidaigai, nrg_zam & GoddessMaria in 32:57.64

Published on 11/4/2016
Mega Man X2 makes a particularly interesting run as there are many weapons that can be used to increase mobility. These include a grappling hook, a fast mid-air dash, and a weapon that can transform enemies into platforms.
This TAS obsoletes the "low%, best ending" as well as the "all upgrades" runs, since it collects all the parts of both X and Zero. It became possible to separate the "full completion" branch from the "any%" one after it was found to be faster to forgo acquiring the Shoryuken in the latter.
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Game:
Mega Man X2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman X 2 (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
100% completion
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Mega Man X2 by Akiteru in 30:59.02

SNES TAS of 2023
Published on 10/23/2023
Mega Man X2 makes a particularly interesting run as there are many weapons that can be used to increase mobility. These include a grappling hook, a fast mid-air dash, and a weapon that can transform enemies into platforms.
Akiteru improves the previous run by 440 frames (~7.3 seconds) over the previous publication.
This run goes for the fastest completion time, only collecting the X-Buster upgrade. TASVideos also has the "100%" run which collects all the parts of both X and Zero.
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Game:
Mega Man X2
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman X 2 (U) [!].smc
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Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
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SNES Mega Man X3 "best ending, max%" by agwawaf in 43:11.75

Published on 11/22/2011
Mega Man X3 is the third game in the Mega Man X series, and the last one to be released on the SNES.
This is the second "100%" run of this game. agwawaf speeds through the game very rapidly, collecting all heart tanks, subtanks, Ride Armor modules, upgrades and finally the Golden Armor. However, Zero is kept alive and his Z-Saber is not obtained, so the author could get the best ending.
The page Mega Man X Tricks explains some of the tricks that are used in this tool-assisted speedrun.
See also the any% run of this game by the same author, which doesn't collect the upgrades but does collect the Z-Saber.
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Game:
Mega Man X3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman X 3 (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
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SNES Mega Man X3 "100%" by Hetfield90, nrg_zam & GlitchMan in 42:16.24

Published on 10/22/2016
Mega Man X3 is the third game in the Mega Man X series, and the last one to be released on the SNES.
In this collaborative work, Hetfield90, nrg_zam & GlitchMan speed through the game very rapidly, collecting all heart tanks, subtanks, Ride Armor modules, upgrades and finally the Golden Armor.
It is a 00:34.58 improvement over the previous run by Hetfield90, thanks to a number of new glitches, explained in the authors' comments.
See also the any% run, which doesn't collect the upgrades but also collects the Z-Saber.
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Game:
Mega Man X3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman X 3 (U) [!].smc
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
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SNES Mega Man X3 by GlitchMan & Hetfield90 in 37:54.50

Published on 10/30/2016
In Mega Man X3, you will find yourself finally using Zero's coveted sword. The authors speed through the game very rapidly, and use the sword to beat the 8 bosses very quickly the second time around.
This run is 00:08.85 seconds faster than the predecessor movie by agwawaf.
The page Mega Man X Tricks explains some of the tricks that can be used in the X series games.
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Game:
Mega Man X3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Megaman X 3 (U) [!].smc
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Takes intentional damage
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Wii Mega Man 10 "Mega Man" by diggidoyo in 33:42.37

Published on 5/28/2011
Watch as Mega Man takes on the latest set of Robot Masters and everyone's favorite mad roboticist for the tenth time in the classic series.
This run is played on normal difficulty (the highest available with no prior save data) and, amongst other feats, takes no damage at all (Mr. Perfect achievement), kills one of every enemy (World Warrior achievement), and manipulates more extra lives and large power-ups than you've probably ever seen before in a single playthrough. The final in-game time is 20:04.
In a fit of cosmic irony, this publication, which is the first for a current set-top console, is of a game deliberately designed to be a throwback to the NES days.
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Game:
Mega Man 10
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man 10.wad
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Heavy luck manipulation
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Wii Mega Man 10 "Bass, Hard Mode" by diggidoyo in 28:18.25

Published on 3/25/2012
Not wanting to be outdone by Mega Man, Bass takes a shot at saving the world from Roboenza. Dr. Wily won't know what hit him.
This is the site's second published Wii run, and is of the same game as the first. Diggidoyo again shows his expertise at the Mega Man series, this time utilizing Bass's speed and powerful weaponry to finish 05:24.12 faster than Mega Man.
The in-game completion time reads 15:16.
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Game:
Mega Man 10
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man 10.wad
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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Wii Mega Man 9 by AngerFist & diggidoyo in 30:20.98

First edition TAS of 2015
Published on 10/2/2015
Mega Man 9, known in Japan as Rockman 9: Yabō no Fukkatsu!! (ロックマン9 野望の復活!!) is a video game made by Capcom and Inti Creates for the WiiWare download service, among others, in 2008. This game is notable in that despite being developed for modern consoles, it features 8-bit visuals and audio as a retro throwback to the NES entries of the series. It also features a plot twist early on in that Dr. Light's robots go on a rampage, with Dr. Wily not having any connection to the incident (or so he claims).
AngerFist and diggidoyo blaze through the game and defeat Dr. Wily once again in 30 minutes and 20.98 seconds (19:11 in-game time).
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Game:
Mega Man 9
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Mega Man 9.wad
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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WSWAN Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha "Rockman" by Noxxa in 17:19.61

Published on 8/21/2016
Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha (commonly translated as Mega Man & Bass: Challenger of the Future) is a sequel to Rockman & Forte (Mega Man & Bass), published by Bandai exclusively for the WonderSwan. A version of Rockman from the future - calling himself R-Shadow this time - travels back in time again with a group of robots to wreak havoc, until either Rockman or Forte put them all down.
In this movie, Noxxa beats the game with Rockman (Mega Man).
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Game:
Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman & Forte - Mirai Kara no Chousen Sha (J) [M][!].ws
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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WSWAN Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha "Forte" by Noxxa in 17:37.30

Published on 9/30/2018
Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha (commonly translated as Mega Man & Bass: Challenger of the Future) is a sequel to Rockman & Forte (Mega Man & Bass), published by Bandai exclusively for the WonderSwan. A version of Rockman from the future - calling himself R-Shadow this time - travels back in time again with a group of robots to wreak havoc, until either Rockman or Forte put them all down.
In this movie, Noxxa beats the game with Forte (Bass) in record time.
We also have a movie that beats the game with Rockman (Mega Man).
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Game:
Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman & Forte - Mirai Kara no Chousen Sha (J) [M][!].ws
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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WSWAN Rockman EXE WS by Noxxa in 11:24.95

Published on 9/16/2016
Rockman EXE WS (ロックマンエグゼ WS) is a platform video game, part of the Mega Man Battle Network subseries of Mega Man video games, which was released on the Japan-only WonderSwan Color in 2003. This game is a platformer like Mega Man Network Transmission, rather than a role-playing game.
Noxxa slides and dashes through the game in record time.
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Game:
Rockman EXE WS
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Rockman EXE WS (J).wsc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
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Castlevania

Arcade Haunted Castle by zggzdydp in 10:31.83

Published on 10/8/2023
Haunted Castle is a Castlevania game released in arcades in 1988. This time, Dracula has kidnapped Simon Belmont's wife, and it's up to him to save her. This game is also infamous for being extremely difficult, especially on version M, where Simon can lose half of his health when getting hit by certain enemies or projectiles (that is, the majority of them) on default settings, whilst only giving the player one life.
zggzdydp plays on Version K, which has a more manageable difficulty (mainly enemies not hitting like tanks), allowing for several damage boosts, and rescues Simon's wife in record time.
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Game:
Haunted Castle
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
hcastlek.zip
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow "Julius, in bounds" by Cpadolf in 19:20.63

Published on 7/28/2012
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005), the first installment of Castlevania on Nintendo DS, is a direct sequel to GBA hit Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.
Like its predecessor, after finishing the game, you can choose to ignore pretty-boy Soma Cruz and instead play as Julius Belmont. Unfortunately, it seems that Julius's skills have waned a bit since his last appearance. Yoko Belnades and Alucard easily pick up the slack, though.
This run avoids the use of large-skip glitches that can be seen in our other run of Julius in Dawn of Sorrow, showing off more of the game.
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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
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Action
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RPG
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Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (USA).nds
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DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow "all souls" by Kriole in 35:08.59

Lucky TAS of 2012
Published on 12/12/2012
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005), the first installment of Castlevania on the Nintendo DS, is a direct sequel to GBA hit Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. In it, Soma Cruz continues to cultivate his unhealthy obsession with collecting the souls of his enemies.
Using the powers that only tool assistance can provide, every single possible soul is collected in a bit over 35 minutes. If you've ever played the game, you know what a pain those souls can be.
Very detailed information on the run is available in the author's comments.
There are also runs that complete the game as fast as possible with Soma, with Julius, and with Julius while staying in bounds.
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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
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Action
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (USA).nds
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DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow "Julius mode" by mtbRc in 09:01.49

Published on 9/24/2013
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005), the first installment of Castlevania on Nintendo DS, is a direct sequel to GBA hit Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.
Like its predecessor, after finishing the game, you can choose to ignore pretty-boy Soma Cruz and instead play as Julius Belmont. Unfortunately, it seems that Julius's skills have waned a bit since his last appearance. Yoko Belnades and Alucard easily pick up the slack, though... or they would, but this run skips Yoko.
Unlike our other Julius run for Dawn of Sorrow which goes through more of the game, this run manages to skip most of the game by using a zipping glitch to get into the Mine of Judgement early.
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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
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Action
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (USA).nds
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DS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow by mtbRc in 03:30.71

Published on 2/6/2014
Dawn of Sorrow (2005), the first installment of Castlevania on Nintendo DS, is a direct sequel to GBA hit Aria of Sorrow. Everyone is trying to kill our hero Soma Cruz, since in the previous game he absorbed all of Dracula's attributes. Leave it to weird cults to try and bring about the end of the world by unleashing this power.
The game is so fully broken at this point that there really is no plot in this run. Or final boss. Or much of anything at all. Using movement optimizations and a new zip, this movie completes the game 00:19.34 seconds faster than its predecessor. More details about the glitches can be found in the author's comments.
To play back the DSM file, make sure that "Enable Advanced Bus-Level Timing" and "Use dynamic recomplier" are unchecked in the "Emulation settings".
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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
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Action
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (USA).nds
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DS Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia "Albus mode" by mtbRc in 18:03.21

Published on 11/29/2011
"You can't hit me."
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, the third game in the series for the DS, takes a different direction from its direct predecessors in that it is more of a stage-based game, similar to the earliest entries in the series, rather than the "Metroidvania"-style first established by Symphony of the Night.
This run plays as Albus, only available as a character after the player has cleared the game as Shanoa. Watch in awe as he beats down this difficult game with reality warping abilities and flaming kicks.
Note: This movie starts where a main quest TAS left off. We do not usually accept movies beginning from a save. Please read the rules to see our reasons.
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Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
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Action
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2809 - Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia (U).nds
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DS Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia by mtbRc in 34:38.32

Published on 12/28/2013
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, the third game in the series for the DS, takes a different direction from its direct predecessors in that it is more of a stage-based game, similar to the earliest entries in the series, rather than the "Metroidvania"-style first established by Symphony of the Night.
This run plays as Shanoa, who uses her Glyphs and copious amounts of backdashing to seal away Dracula once again.
We also have a run that beats the game with Albus here.
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Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
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Action
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Game Version:
2809 - Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia (U).nds
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DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin by mtbRc in 04:04.59

Published on 6/17/2017
The second Castlevania title released on Nintendo DS after Dawn of Sorrow, this game is a direct sequel to Bloodlines on Sega Genesis. Dracula rises from the dead yet again (cue groan), and it's up to Jonathan Morris, helped out by Charlotte Aulin, a powerful mage student, to defeat him.
This run is an improvement of 14.06 seconds over the previous run by the same author and uses many of the same glitches. Yet another slightly different route selection as well as better optimisation sends Dracula back to his coffin even faster.
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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
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Action
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Game Version:
0735 - Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin (USA)
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DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin "Richter Mode" by mtbRc in 16:57.28

Published on 12/16/2017
Like many Castlevania games, Portrait of Ruin has extra alternate play modes available after completing the primary quest. In this case, you get to play as Richter Belmont and Maria Renard, using a dual character system very similar to the main quest.
mtbRc improves his previous movie by 29.15 seconds, thanks to better overall optimisation and the usage of the sliding tackle.
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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
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Action
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Game Version:
0735 - Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin (USA)
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DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin "all bosses" by mtbRc in 24:09.89

DS TAS of 2017
Published on 12/22/2017
The second Castlevania title released on Nintendo DS after Dawn of Sorrow, this game is a direct sequel to Bloodlines on Sega Genesis. Dracula rises from the dead yet again (cue groan), and it's up to Jonathan Morris, helped out by Charlotte Aulin, a powerful mage student, to defeat him.
Beating Dracula into a pile of dust in under five minutes wasn't enough for our heroes, so this time they wreck his entire castle and surrounding areas before killing him. Every boss is slain, so you get to see more of that fast "showtime" action. Significant glitching is used; read the author's comments for more information.
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Game:
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
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Action
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
0735 - Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin (USA)
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DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin "Old Axe Armor mode" by mtbRc in 19:16.44

Published on 5/3/2019
Like many Castlevania games, Portrait of Ruin has extra alternate play modes available after completing the primary quest. In this case, you get to play as the Old Axe Armor, a character unlocked after defeating 1000 old axe armors in the main game mode.
mtbRc defeats Dracula in this mode in record time.
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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
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DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin "1000%" by mtbRc in 38:11.56

Published on 4/10/2020
The second Castlevania title released on Nintendo DS after Dawn of Sorrow, this game is a direct sequel to Bloodlines on Sega Genesis. Dracula rises from the dead yet again (cue groan), and it's up to Jonathan Morris, helped out by Charlotte Aulin, a powerful mage student, to defeat him.
This time, mtbRc fully completes every single map (amounting to 1000% in total, and is therefore considered full completion), defeats all bosses and completes the game in record time.
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Game:
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Genres:
Action
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Game Version:
0735 - Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin (USA)
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DS Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin "Sisters Mode" by Fortranm in 24:42.75

Published on 7/1/2024
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is an action platformer for the Nintendo DS that's part of the Castlevania series. It takes place some time after Castlevania: Blloodlines, where Jonathan Morris, son of John Morris from that game, teams up with his childhood friend Charlotte Aulin to confront the new owner of Castlevania, Brauner, who has been causing trouble in the absence of Dracula. Unique to this game in this series is a tag-team system where you can switch between two characters during gameplay, with both characters having their own strengths and weaknesses.
In this run, Fortranm chooses to play "Sisters" mode, where you play as twin sisters Loretta and Stella in their attempt to rescue their father from Brauner, and exploits a stat data transfer glitch max out the sisters' stats in order to complete the game as fast as possible.
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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
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FDS Castlevania II: Simon's Quest "warp glitch" by Fortranm & Burb in 05:35.71

Published on 9/29/2018
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (Japanese title: Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin (ドラキュラII 呪いの封印) is the story of Simon's horrible weekend without sleep. Two years after defeating Dracula, the hero is physically weakened by Dracula's curse. He must gather Dracula's remains and incinerate them at the ruins of Castlevania in order to end the curse.
Through a death warp only present in the FDS version, Fortranm and Burb defeat Dracula in record time. Please read the authors' comments for more details.
We also have a run of the NES version (which doesn't perform the death warp) right here.
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Game:
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
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Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Dracula II - Noroi no Fuuin
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GB Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge by scrimpeh in 24:41.18

Published on 12/16/2018
In this second outing for Castlevania on the Game Boy, Simon's ancestor Christopher must defeat 5 castles, rescue his son, and destroy Dracula yet again. Featuring exceptional boss strategies and clever damage management the author dominates this handheld game.
scrimpeh improves the previous publication by 24.52 seconds (after accounting for emulation differences), thanks to new strategies, damage routes and better optimisation. Please read the author's comments for more details.
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Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
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Platformer
Game Version:
Dracula Densetsu II (J).gb
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GB Castlevania Legends "100%" by strizer86 in 22:22.48

Published on 9/15/2020
This Konami-"disowned" Castlevania title follows the earliest Belmont, Sonia, as she attempts to thwart Dracula for the first time. We also meet his son Alucard for the first time. The 5 optional Belmont Treasures are collected in this movie, which enables a secret ending after the credits with mysterious implications.
strizer86 breezes through the game by whipping enemies, climbing ropes strangely, and screenwrapping around Dracula's castle. The author beats the previous run by 1:53.92 minutes, owing to careful lag management, judicious use of Burning Mode, and a variety of new tricks.
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Castlevania Legends
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Action
Game Version:
Castlevania - Legends (U) [S][!].gb
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GB Kid Dracula by Hetfield90 & StarvinStruthers in 18:43.57

Published on 8/21/2015
Kid Dracula (also known as Akumajou Special - Boku Dracula-kun) is simultaneously a remake and sequel to the Famicom game, which was only released in Japan. As a spinoff of the Castlevania series, this game is much more light-hearted, and features a quirky array of enemies that range from the standard skeletons, witches and ghouls to... ghosts, giant robots and aliens!?
Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers improve the previous publication by around 27.3 seconds, thanks to much better optimisation.
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Kid Dracula
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GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow by Kriole in 20:58.62

Published on 3/3/2010
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
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Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (U) [!].gba
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GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow "all souls, inbounds" by Kriole in 24:56.10

Published on 3/13/2011
Everyone who has at least once attempted to gather a soul from each of the 120 different enemies in Aria of Sorrow, especially during a speedrun, knows the frustration it incurs after a hundredth failed attempt to get the required drop. That just makes this all-souls TAS, played on hard mode and without using glitch warps in a little less than 25 minutes, even more impressive.
Upon completing his warpless run, Kriole decided to take another jab at this category, improving upon his earlier effort by 51 seconds.
However, if you would like to see the game beaten to a pulp in a mere quarter of this time, don't miss the any% run by klmz.
Note: While the player doesn't use glitch warps (neither by death nor by getting out-of-bounds using transform souls), he uses the normal warp rooms present in the castle.
Note: Starting from reset was necessary to use hard mode. However, doing so is normally not allowed — refer to the rules to see the reasons.
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
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Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (U) [!].gba
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GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow "all souls" by Fz-Last, klmz & Pike in 17:06.41

GBA TAS of 2016 Lucky TAS of 2016
Published on 9/8/2016
Everyone who has at least once attempted to gather a soul from each of the 120 different enemies in Aria of Sorrow, especially during a speedrun, knows the frustration it incurs after a hundredth failed attempt to get the required drop. That just makes this all-souls TAS, played on hard mode, even more impressive.
This is an improvement of 1:38.85 over the previous movie, thanks to a more optimised route and newly used items. Please read the authors' comments for more details.
If you would like to see the game beaten even faster, don't miss the any% run by one of the authors, klmz.
Note: Starting from reset was necessary to use hard mode. However, doing so is normally not allowed — refer to the rules to see the reasons.
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
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Action
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RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (U) [!].gba
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GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow "game end glitch" by klmz in 05:07.56

Published on 11/18/2018
The Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow main quest TAS has become even more glitched. Using an obscure out-of-room travel technique involving in-game saving and subsequent dying, klmz plows through the game with the confident pace of a cold-blooded killing machine in a little under seven minutes — a whole minute and 8.13 seconds faster than the previous movie by the same author!
We recommend reading the author's comments for more information on the death warp glitch and other time-saving techniques used to make this improvement happen.
If you would like to see more of the game, we also have a run that does not make use of major warp glitches, as well as a run that collects every soul in the game.
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Genres:
Action
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RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (U) [!].gba
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Uses intentional deaths
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GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow "Julius mode" by KSeptuple & klmz in 01:38.40

Published on 3/7/2023
Those who greatly dislike that Aria of Sorrow's main character isn't related to the Belmont clan whatsoever can safely relax, because the powerhouse known as Julius Belmont enters the stage in the relatively short run of this Castlevania installment.
Julius is only available to those who have completed the main quest. While he can't do most of Soma Cruz's fancy tricks, he can get around just as quickly by glitching through walls and hopping madly around the castle, producing almost inhuman sounds with every jump.
This is an improvement of 7695 frames over the previous publication, thanks to newly found glitches and a brand new route.
Note: This movie starts where a main quest TAS left off. We do not usually accept movies beginning from a save. Please read the rules to see our reasons.
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
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Action
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RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (U) [!].gba
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GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow "Julius mode, beat Chaos" by hellagels in 05:38.02

Published on 3/15/2023
Those who greatly dislike that Aria of Sorrow's main character isn't related to the Belmont clan whatsoever can safely relax, because the powerhouse known as Julius Belmont enters the stage in the relatively short run of this Castlevania installment.
Julius is only available to those who have completed the main quest. While he can't do most of Soma Cruz's fancy tricks, he can get around just as quickly by glitching through walls and hopping madly around the castle, producing almost inhuman sounds with every jump.
This TAS aims to defeat Chaos (the final boss in the main game) in Julius mode, but is normally not accessible in Julius mode. However, it can be accessed in Julius mode if the player manages to avoid clearing in-event flags, which would disable the fight. After defeating Chaos, Julius clips out of the room, enters boss rush, then proceeds to the Graham boss fight.
Note: This movie starts where a main quest TAS left off. We do not usually accept movies beginning from a save. Please read the rules to see our reasons.
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
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Action
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RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (U) [!].gba
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GBA Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow "Julius mode, all bosses" by hellagels & klmz in 06:13.04

Published on 4/24/2023
Normally a solar eclipse isn't a dangerous event, but for Soma Cruz being sucked through a portal and into Dracula's castle during one will turn his day into a total nightmare. As Soma you must venture through the castle and find a way out. As you do so, you will discover the true meaning behind the event, and why Dracula has risen yet again.
Those who greatly dislike that Aria of Sorrow's main character isn't related to the Belmont clan whatsoever can safely relax, because the powerhouse known as Julius Belmont enters the stage to destroy every boss faster then Soma ever could.
Julius is only available to those who have completed the main quest. While he can't do most of Soma Cruz's fancy tricks, he can get around just as quickly by glitching through walls and hopping madly around the castle, producing almost inhuman sounds with every jump.
This movie is a massive improvement of 20,247 frames (5 minutes 38.99 seconds) over the previous movie due to many new additions to the run and route that makes walls more of a suggestion.
Note: This movie starts where a main quest TAS left off.
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Game:
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Genres:
Action
Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow (U) [!].gba
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GBA Castlevania: Circle of the Moon by Cardboard in 21:40.22

Published on 4/7/2008
Nathan Graves is a vampire hunter trying to save his master, Morris, from the clutches of Dracula. Normally this would require collecting lots of different items as well as hours of leveling, but Cardboard proves collectible cards passé by gathering almost none of the cards required for spells and blazing through the game at warp speed without regard to levels or his own safety.
This movie is a 10.5 second improvement over the author's previous movie through various small & thorough optimizations.
For those interested in the areas of the game which this run skips, make sure to check out zggzdydp's run which achieves 100% map completion.
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Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Genres:
Action
Adventure
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RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Circle of the Moon (USA).gba
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GBA Castlevania: Circle of the Moon "warp glitch" by klmz in 05:19.25

Published on 12/11/2018
When played normally, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is a rather long game, in which exploration, leveling up, and killing bosses in order to gain access to different items or portions of the castle is necessary. However, a bit of luck manipulation and a series of glitches involving DSS cards throw all these aspects of gameplay out of the window, allowing the player to warp directly to Dracula and kill him humiliatingly in just over 5 minutes.
This movie is a 227 frame improvement over the previous movie by klmz with some more optimizations.
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Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
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Game Version:
Castlevania - Circle of the Moon (USA).gba
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GBA Castlevania: Circle of the Moon "all cards" by klmz in 19:30.00

Published on 12/17/2018
Normally using the DSS card system of Castlevania: Circle of the Moon grants abilities that one would not otherwise have access to. With a glitch, one can access these abilities anyways, making the DSS cards themselves mere collector's items. When placed under the control of klmz however, Nathan Graves proves himself to be an avid collector, abusing zips and other glitches to quickly go around the castle and obtain all the DSS cards and finish off Dracula in 19 minutes and 30 seconds.
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Game:
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
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Game Version:
Akumajou Dracula - Circle of the Moon (Japan).gba
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GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Maxim" by Yuzuhara_3 in 00:22.73

Published on 10/13/2011
This is a really, really fast TAS through Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance played with Maxim, who is only available after the game is beaten once. Most of the game is glitched through by being stuck in different walls, so it's hard to explain what happened in this run; see it for yourself.
This is a 1 frame improvement over the previous run by gstick.
If you like this run but have a craving for more Maxim action, be sure to check out the Maxim warpless run.
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Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
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Action
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RPG
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Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance (USA).gba
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GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Simon, Boss Rush, Hard" by Robert_Ordis in 07:51.27

Published on 9/6/2013
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is the second Castlevania game to appear on the Game Boy Advance. Juste Belmont and his friend Maxim are drawn to the newly resurrected Dracula's Castle in order to save their mutual friend Lydie, although it remains to be seen who will be saving whom.
This run plays through the Boss Rush mode using Simon Belmont, the original hero of Castlevania. Simon is pretty slow, but he still powers through the bosses with massive amounts of cross abuse.
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Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
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GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Maxim, all bosses" by gstick in 05:47.68

Published on 4/20/2016
This is a really fast TAS through Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance played as Maxim, who is only available after the game is beaten. Unlike in the glitch-warped run, the protagonist doesn't directly fight Dracula and instead defeats every boss, reaching Dracula the intended way. However, this doesn't stop Maxim from making short work of every boss and sinking into walls wherever he wants.
This TAS by gstick improves the prior run by 01:43.07 thanks to further optimizations and an entirely new route.
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Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
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GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "all furniture, best ending" by hellagels in 13:45.57

GBA TAS of 2017
Published on 7/19/2017
In Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, the Belmont clan must again rise to the challenge: Dracula's castle is in disarray and is in serious need of an interior decorator! In this movie, Juste Belmont zips through walls, under floors, and over zombies with the very important task of rearranging furniture. (He also defeats Dracula and rescues his best friends along the way, but that's not very important.)
This movie is a 06:34.27 improvement over its predecessor, thanks to several new improvements and optimizations.
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Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
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Action
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GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance by hellagels & klmz in 04:58.46

Published on 11/2/2020
The main quest completion time has been shortened to nearly one sixth of what it initially was, thanks to the discovery of a glitch that allows Juste to sink into walls.
This is a 02:51.65 minute improvement over the previous movie.
The author has created an elaborate encode that shows the player's position on the map, contents of the game's memory, and hacks the camera to follow the character's movement more. It is available on YouTube, NicoVideo, and Bilibili.
However, if you still think there is not enough zipping through walls, be sure to watch the second quest completed in less than half a minute!
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Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
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Action
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Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance (USA).gba
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GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Juste, Boss Rush, Hard" by Tarion in 05:01.34

GBA TAS of 2022
Published on 4/19/2022
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is the second Castlevania game to appear on the Game Boy Advance. Along with the main story mode is Boss Rush mode, which is unlocked after completing the story mode once. In Boss Rush mode, you can face a gauntlet of bosses from the story that you have to defeat as fast as you can. There are three difficulties to Boss Rush mode, each of which have their own different set of bosses.
In this run, Tarion plays Boss Rush mode on the Hard difficulty, which includes every major boss fight from the story. Various glitches and copious amounts of RNG manipulation are performed to put down each boss as fast as possible.
There is also a run where Simon Belmont is used instead of Juste.
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Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
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Action
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RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance (Europe).gba
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GBC Castlevania: The Adventure by arukAdo in 14:01.02

Published on 8/26/2020
Set before the events of the first two NES games, the player gets to play as Christopher Belmont, one of Simon's ancestors.
Unlike most Castlevania games, there are no sub-weapons, and the player loses whip upgrades upon damage. Additionally, the Castlevania Game Boy games, unlike their NES counterparts, have ropes and moving spike walls instead of stairs.
This game, being one of the first to come out for the Game Boy, was programmed poorly, exhibiting lots of lag, and also suffers from poor jump controls. Seizing upon that, the level designers took it upon themselves to create fake difficulty by requiring pixel perfect jumps throughout.
In this movie, arukAdo improves the previous TAS by 57.68 seconds (after accounting for emulation differences), thanks to newly found tricks and better optimisation. Please read the author's comments for more details.
Note: The Konami Collection version was used instead of the original, as it lags a bit less, and is also fully colored.
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Game:
Castlevania: The Adventure
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Game Version:
Konami GB Collection Vol.1 (Europe) (GB Compatible).gbc
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Genesis Castlevania: Bloodlines "John Morris" by VANDAL & Truncated in 27:36.17

Published on 11/8/2008
Castlevania's foray onto the Genesis sees two protagonists duke it out with Dracula and his minions: John Morris and Eric Lecarde. John Morris carries the famed whip, and Eric Lecarde wields a spear.
This run sees John Morris take on the hordes of minions. While Morris is essentially slower in movement, he is still the faster of the two due to his ability to destroy the bosses quicker than Lecarde. For more precise details, see the authors' detailed submission text.
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Castlevania: Bloodlines
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Genesis Castlevania: Bloodlines "Eric Lecarde" by VANDAL & Truncated in 27:41.93

Published on 11/8/2008
Castlevania's foray onto the Genesis sees two protagonists duke it out with Dracula and his minions: John Morris and Eric Lecarde. John Morris carries the famed whip, and Eric Lecarde wields a spear.
This run sees Eric Lecarde take his turn against the vast minions of Dracula. While Lecarde moves slightly faster than Morris, lag from his magic spear had to be taken into account more often, and he is weaker against bosses. For more precise details, see the authors' detailed submission text for Morris.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Castlevania: Bloodlines
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Castlevania - Bloodlines (U) [!].bin
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MSX The Cure by scrimpeh in 08:40.85

Published on 1/23/2014
Every one hundred years, the forces of evil mysteriously start to weaken. Though some of these evil creatures band together to counteract this weakness, many of them are still slaughtered by the forces of good. But one day, One, the most evil one, found a way to break this curse and grow only stronger and stronger. Sensing the presence of a cure within the blood of a young woman, he pulled her into the darkness...right before our hero's eyes! Filled with anger, he grabbed his mystical whip and followed One through the night until finding himself at the base of One's fearsome castle. What evil awaits him there? Will he save the girl in time?
The goal in each level of this MSX homebrew game is to find the cleverly hidden white key and use it to open the door to the next level. There are also items that can be picked up along the way to help our hero in his quest.
In this run, scrimpeh manipulates enemy movement and utilizes damage boosts and invincibility frames to beat the game in under 9 minutes.
For another MSX game with very similar gameplay, see the run of Vampire Killer done by the same author.
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The Cure
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Platformer
Homebrew
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thecure.rom
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MSX Vampire Killer by scrimpeh in 15:47.75

Published on 8/20/2013
As you can see here, the original Castlevania wasn't only on the NES, but also on the MSX computer. Author scrimpeh did on the MSX Castlevania what Phil Côté & Morrison did on the NES Castlevania.
This version is different in some important ways. Some new gameplay elements include the requirement to collect a white key in each stage in order to advance, the removal of the chain whip after each boss battle, and the ability to buy subweapons from sitting bystanders in white or red clothes.
This is an improvement of 01:14.90 over the previous run thanks to a few new time-saving tricks.
Note: To play the OMR file, you'll need to have openMSX 0.8.2 / 0.9.0 with the Panasonic FS-A1WSX BIOS installed.
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Game:
Vampire Killer
Genres:
Action
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Game Version:
Akumajyo Drakyula - Vampire Killer (1986) (Konami) (J).rom
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N64 Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness "Henry" by zggzdydp in 14:00.97

Published on 10/15/2009
Legacy of Darkness is the second Castlevania game on the N64. This quick run uses the gun slinging Henry, who is available from the start in the Japanese version.
Henry's objective is to rescue 6 children found in 6 stages within a specified time.
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Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
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Akumajou Dracula Mokushiroku Gaiden - Legend of Cornell (Japan).z64
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N64 Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness "Cornell" by zoboner in 48:20.83

Published on 8/28/2017
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness is the sequel to the first Castlevania Nintendo 64 adventure, and was developed and published by Konami in 1999. Although at war with the same enemy in the same castle, the player must fight as 4 different characters, with improved graphics and a new look to certain areas that appeared in the original.
To begin with, set 8 years before the events that took place in Castlevania, the count has kidnapped the young sister of Cornell, a powerful werewolf. As Cornell, the player must battle through the castle and defeat Dracula to save Cornell's sister.
In this run, zoboner beats the game as Cornell as fast as possible.
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Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
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Castlevania - Legacy of Darkness (USA).z64
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NES Castlevania by Challenger & eien86 in 10:12.13

Published on 9/25/2022
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Castlevania
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Action
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Castlevania (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
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NES Castlevania "pacifist, minimalist" by eien86 & Challenger in 10:55.42

Published on 12/31/2022
Simon is taking another shot at this castle, but feeling horrible for the destruction he caused last time, he is now trying to respect Dracula's property and leave the place untouched (even if his intention is to kill the count).
As a minimalist variation of a pacifist goal, this movie does not contain any destruction in the levels: candles and walls are left intact, items stay untouched, and no enemy is harmed — with the exception of the bosses, who are killed mercilessly with the help of the "critical hit" glitch.
With Simon sneaking by most enemies with no subweapons and only his leather whip, this ends up being quite a stealthy run.
eien86 & Challenger improve the previous run by 12.3 seconds, thanks to better optimization with the scroll glitch, a new route within the caves, better boss battles which allowed obtaining the orb early, and removal of lag frames.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Castlevania
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Action
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Game Version:
Castlevania (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
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NES Castlevania II: Simon's Quest by zggzdydp in 28:11.11

Published on 5/23/2017
If science fiction is to be believed, the ultimate evolution for biological beings is to discard the physical body and become an entity of pure energy. For video game characters, it seems to be the ability to zip through walls. In this latest TAS by zggzdydp, Simon Belmont joins the league of characters possessing this ability.
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is the story of Simon's horrible weekend without sleep. Two years after defeating Dracula, the hero is physically weakened by Dracula's curse. He must gather Dracula's remains and incinerate them at the ruins of Castlevania in order to end the curse.
This movie is 85 seconds faster than the previous effort by the same author. We recommend to read his comments for explanations on how this improvement was achieved.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Game:
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
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Platformer
RPG
Game Version:
Castlevania II - Simon's Quest (U) [!].nes
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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Grant path" by scrimpeh in 28:35.19

Published on 3/4/2012
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally known as 悪魔城伝説 or Akumajō Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Demon Castle") is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord).
This game has a technically high-quality soundtrack because it uses a VRC6 sound chip that works in the Japanese Famicom but not in the NES. Thus, the movie was made with the Japanese version of the game instead of the USA version.
This movie takes the path that recruits Grant. It is about 22 seconds faster than the previous version. Improvements come from more optimization, better heart management, and new tricks like manipulating moving platforms and entering walls. There is also a Sypha path movie and an Alucard path movie.
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
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Game Version:
Akumajou Densetsu (J).nes
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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Trevor, Sunken City path" by Fortranm in 30:19.64

Published on 12/29/2014
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally known as 悪魔城伝説 or Akumajō Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Demon Castle") is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord). TASVideos has runs playing through the game with each of these characters.
Unlike those other runs, which are played on the Japanese Famicom version of the game for its superior soundtrack, this run uses the USA version. This is because the USA version has a hard-difficulty mode you can access by naming your character "AKAMA" at the start. In this difficulty, you cannot recruit any allies, and there are more enemies that generally do more damage. To make this even harder, Fortranm takes a route that visits the Sunken City as Stage 6, showing off a difficult stage that no other run of this game shows.
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
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Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse (USA).nes
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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Alucard path" by zggzdydp in 24:47.73

Published on 3/30/2017
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally known as 悪魔城伝説 or Akumajō Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Demon Castle") is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord).
This game has a technically high-quality soundtrack because it uses a VRC6 sound chip that works in the Japanese Famicom but not in the NES. Thus, the movie was made with the Japanese version of the game instead of the USA version.
This movie takes the path that recruits Alucard. It improves the predecessor movie by 00:27.50 seconds. There's also a Grant path movie and a Sypha path movie.
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
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Akumajou Densetsu (J).nes
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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Sypha path" by zggzdydp in 26:31.88

Published on 4/2/2017
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally known as 悪魔城伝説 or Akumajō Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Demon Castle") is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord).
This game has a technically high-quality soundtrack because it uses a VRC6 sound chip that works in the Japanese Famicom but not in the NES. Thus, the movie was made with the Japanese version of the game instead of the USA version.
This movie takes the path that recruits Sypha. There's also a Grant path movie and an Alucard path movie.
This is an improvement of 1:18.69 over the previous movie, thanks to improved usage of Sypha's ice spell and overall better optimisation.
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
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Game Version:
Akumajou Densetsu (J).nes
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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Grant path, warp glitch" by scrimpeh in 14:18.24

Published on 11/7/2022
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord).
Unlike the other branches of Castlevania III, this run uses a stairs glitch in Block 4 to climb directly to Dracula and skip most of the game. Only the USA version allows this glitch to work, so it was used instead of the Japanese version, which has superior sound quality.
In this run, scrimpeh beats the predecessor movie by 00:11.18 seconds through new tricks and better strategies.
Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
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Game Version:
Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse (USA).nes
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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
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PCECD Castlevania: Rondo of Blood by arukAdo in 23:17.78

Published on 8/14/2009
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) is an important milestone in the Castlevania series and a predecessor to the even more successful Symphony of the Night. This game was ported two years later to the SNES as Dracula X.
In this installment of a popular TV show, a miserable little pile of secrets known as Richter Belmont is once again called to have it at a savior mankind needs so ill. Armed with his trusty key and a question mark nicknamed 'Vampire Killer', he makes sure no candleholder remains standing in Dracula's castle. Eager to just get it over with, he plows through without as much as a slightest regard to his purple-haired girlfriend and some other people still imprisoned there. It seems what little time one has to spare in a TAS is best spent moonwalking and yelling at the screen, anyway.
A slower version of this run taking only the regular stages is available. Due to this movie being faster, that submission was cancelled, yet there are arguably more entertaining moments in the cancelled submission (the author recommends stage 4 in particular).
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
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Action
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Game Version:
Akumajou Dracula X - Chi no Rondo (Japan).bin
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PCECD Castlevania: Rondo of Blood "100%" by adelikat & arukAdo in 38:26.12

Published on 12/28/2009
Contrary to the other Rondo of Blood TASes on the site, this one not only goes through the hurdles of saving three useless villagers from their prisons (with some of said prisons even resembling their regular habitats), but also plays through all the picturesque levels just to prove that Maria isn't really a suboptimal character. No videogame character fighting dark priests by stoning them to death with small white birds should ever be called suboptimal.
If you want to see a shorter run through the game, we suggest watching these: Richter any% in 23:18, Maria any% in 24:22.
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Genres:
Action
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Game Version:
Akumajou Dracula X - Chi no Rondo (Japan).bin
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PCECD Castlevania: Rondo of Blood "Maria mode" by adelikat & arukAdo in 24:21.75

Published on 12/29/2009
After having been resurrected by dark priest Shaft, Dracula set out to destroy Richter Belmont's home village and kidnap some of the important characters for him to rescue. One of them is Maria Renard, a 12-year-old vampire huntress who is used as the player character in the second half of the movie after getting freed by Richter.
Despite her prepubescent age, Maria is faster and stronger than Richter, and one can only guess how she managed to fall a victim to kidnappers in the first place. Unfortunately, all of her speed advantages become nullified by a lengthy cutscene following her release, making this TAS slightly longer than the Richter mode.
This is a 2.5 second improvement to the previous movie.
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
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Game Version:
Akumajou Dracula X - Chi no Rondo (Japan).bin
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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
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Takes intentional damage
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PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night by ForgoneMoose in 18:40.08

Published on 2/25/2014
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. Follow Dracula's son Alucard as he glitches through the castle on a quest to end his father's life.
ForgoneMoose manages to improve the previous run by 00:21.55 seconds due to better luck manipulation and movement technique.
A run that beats the game even faster through save data corruption is available here, and a 100% run covering the whole castle can be found here. 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.
Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.
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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:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Forgoes save data corruption
Foregoes memory corruption
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PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "game end glitch" by ForgoneMoose & sockfolder in 09:47.20

Published on 3/9/2014
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. Follow Dracula's son Alucard as he glitches through the castle on a quest to end his father's life.
ForgoneMoose and sockfolder, by corrupting the save data, manage to corrupt the memory and go straight to the ending, totally skipping Richter and the whole second castle.
A 100% run covering the whole castle is also available here. 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. A run with clear save without memory corruption is also available here.
Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.
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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:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Corrupts memory
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PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "Richter mode" by pirate_sephiroth & ForgoneMoose in 05:39.85

Published on 4/21/2014
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX, and was also the very first PSX game to have a published TAS.
Follow Richter (playable after you beat the game once) as he glitches and speeds through the castle on a quest to defeat Dracula. If you like fast sliding, dashing, uppercutting, and using precipitation to defeat bosses, you'll love this run.
This is an improvement of 00:01.88 over the previous run. You can read the author's comments for more information.
TASVideos also has several runs using Alucard, including a Replay run, a run that aims for fastest time on a clean save, and a run that kills every boss and obtains all relics. We also have a run from the Saturn version using Maria.
Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.
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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:
Heavy glitch abuse
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "pacifist, low level" by ForgoneMoose in 21:08.62

Published on 8/4/2014
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. Follow Dracula's son Alucard as he glitches through the castle on a quest to end his father's life.
This run beats the game at level 1 with 0 experience, and the only official (recorded in the bestiary) kill being Dracula. A few other enemies are killed using a glitch to avoid the kill being recorded or experience being awarded.
Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.
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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:
Pacifist version
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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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
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PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "Replay Mode" by ForgoneMoose in 12:44.25

Published on 8/20/2014
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX. Follow Dracula's son Alucard as he glitches through the castle on a quest to end his father's life.
This run is played on a Replay save file (not newgame+ because neither experience nor items are carried over) using the Luck Mode command. Using Replay allows the player to skip most cutscenes and alters what the librarian can sell. Using Luck Mode lowers the player's base strength which, among other changes, ironically makes the run faster by enabling a route filled with kicking enemies that wouldn't be possible otherwise.
A run that beats the game through save data corruption is available here. 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 that beats every boss, 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.
Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.
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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:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Forgoes save data corruption
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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Saturn Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "Maria Mode" by EZGames69 in 07:08.22

Published on 11/14/2021
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 improves his previous movie by 62 frames if emulation differences are not accounted for, thanks to better luck manipulation on the Griffin fight and better optimisation.
For more glitching and monster killing, we also have Alucard's and Richter's movies, both done on the PlayStation version.
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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
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Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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SNES Castlevania: Dracula X by McBobX in 12:01.28

Published on 8/21/2024
Castlevania: Dracula X (1995), released in Japan as Akumajō Dracula XX, is actually a toned-down remake of a PC Engine title known as Rondo of Blood (1993). It stars Richter Belmont, supposedly a son of Juste Belmont from Harmony of Dissonance, on a mission to save Annette (said to be his girlfriend) and Maria Renard (a young vampire huntress said to be his girlfriend's sister), along with a number of their fellow villagers, from imprisonment by Dracula (said to be the villain) and his minions.
Unfortunately, in this SNES port Richter isn't too much of a fast walker - unlike his father and the later Belmont clan descendants - so his fastest way of moving is constant backflipping.
This run by McBobX aims to complete the game with the fastest completion route.
We also have a run of this game that accomplishes the best ending in the game.
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Game:
Castlevania: Dracula X
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Castlevania - Dracula X (U) [!].smc
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Takes intentional damage
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SNES Castlevania: Dracula X "best ending" by McBobX in 13:48.34

Published on 9/13/2024
Castlevania: Dracula X (1995), released in Japan as Akumajō Dracula XX, is actually a toned-down remake of a PC Engine title known as Rondo of Blood (1993). It stars Richter Belmont, supposedly a son of Juste Belmont from Harmony of Dissonance, on a mission to save Annette (said to be his girlfriend) and Maria Renard (a young vampire huntress said to be his girlfriend's sister), along with a number of their fellow villagers, from imprisonment by Dracula (said to be the villain) and his minions.
Unfortunately, in this SNES port Richter isn't too much of a fast walker - unlike his father and the later Belmont clan descendants - so his fastest way of moving is constant backflipping (so don't be surprised by the author's choice of traveling method).
This movie is a 00:10.65 second improvement to the previous version thanks to new optimizations found over the years.
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Game:
Castlevania: Dracula X
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Castlevania - Dracula X (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
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[Star]

SNES Super Castlevania IV by arukAdo, Bablo, Cardboard & scrimpeh in 29:38.08

Published on 8/9/2011
Super Castlevania IV is the first game in the Castlevania series for the SNES. In it, Simon Belmont, equipped with the ability to whip in 8 different directions, sets out to vanquish Dracula yet another time.
In this run, the authors, arukAdo, Bablo, Cardboard, and scrimpeh obsolete a seven year old movie by over a minute and a half by a different subweapon choice, new tricks and better optimization. For more details, as always, please see the authors' notes.
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Game:
Super Castlevania IV
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Akumajou Dracula (J) [!].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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Wii Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth by zggzdydp in 18:29.40

Published on 7/15/2017
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth is a WiiWare game that was released in 2009 by Konami. It is a remake of the Game Boy game, starring Christopher Belmont, seeking to defeat Dracula.
zggzdydp, using various tricks, defeats Count Dracula in record time.
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Game:
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth (U).wad
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
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ZXS Castlevania: Spectral Interlude "100%" by Noxxa in 34:33.12

Exotic platforms TAS of 2018
Published on 8/29/2018
Castlevania: Spectral Interlude is a Castlevania fangame for the ZX Spectrum, developed by Rewind and released in 2015. It mostly pays homage to the classic Castlevania games of the NES era, particularly Simon's Quest, but also takes on elements from later "Metroidvania"-style titles in the series.
Plot-wise, the game is set in the early 1800s, a few decades after Symphony of the Night, with the plot aiming to explain the disappearance of Richter Belmont and the Belmont clan after said game. The protagonist of the game is Richter's son, Simon Belmont (named after his ancestor of classic Castlevania fame), who with the help of sorcerer Joseph aims to remove Dracula's evil influence on the world by collecting demonic altar pieces, summoning Dracula, and whipping him to death as usual. However, some things don't go exactly as planned...
Noxxa achieves 100% completion and defeats Dracula in record time. Said 100% completion consists of the following:
  • Collect all 28 Altar Pieces
  • Defeat all 7 bosses
  • Get all 6 boss items
  • Get all 9 Health upgrades (HP maxes at 48)
  • Get all 7 Heart upgrades (hearts max at 50)
  • Get all 8 Metallic Plates
  • Apply all 8 Metallic Plate upgrades to the whip
  • Get all 6 subweapons
  • Get all other town upgrades (warp shrine, 2 map enhancements)
  • Complete the map by filling in all map tiles (visit every room)
  • Get the "true" ending (trigger Death event)
This is the first ever ZX Spectrum publication on this site.
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Game:
Castlevania: Spectral Interlude
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Fangame
Game Version:
castleENGLISH.dsk
Tags:
100% completion
Best ending
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Heavy resource management
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Pokémon

DS Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team "Wondermail" by andy120195 in 1:36:40.01

Published on 6/17/2022
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team is a spin-off of the Pokémon series developed by Chunsoft and published by The Pokémon Company in 2005. The player character finds themself transformed into a Pokémon and transported to the Pokémon world, where disasters have been happening all over. They team up with another Pokémon to set up a rescue team and as such take rescue requests.
andy120195 makes use of various Wondermail codes to get specific items and thus complete the game in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.
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Game:
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
0566 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Blue Rescue Team (USA, Australia).nds
Tags:
Uses an in-game code
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[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
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DS Pokémon: Pearl Version by Fortranm & mkdasher in 2:18:17.97

Published on 12/30/2017
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.
Although it is possible to warp large distances within the game by using out-of-bounds glitches, making it possible to skip directly to the end, this movie refrains from saving and resetting, which is required to perform that sort of long-distance warp. However, glitches are used for other purposes, such as bypassing obstacles.
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
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes a time-saving restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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DS Pokémon: Diamond Version "glitchless" by Fortranm & mkdasher in 3:09:07.20

Published on 2/17/2018
Pokémon: Diamond 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.
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:
1015 - Pokemon - Diamond Version (USA) (Rev 5).nds
Tags:
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Foregoes memory corruption
Forgoes all glitches
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GB Pokémon Blue Kaizo by Chamale in 4:36:14.46

Published on 12/31/2023
Pokémon Blue Kaizo is a challenging hack on the original title where areas, routes and dungeons have been redesigned and Pokémon and Trainer Battles have also become more unforgiving.
Watch as Chamale battles their way through the game avoiding glitches, repelling Pokémon and leaving it all to chance.
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Game:
Pokémon Blue Kaizo
Genres:
RPG
Hack
Game Version:
blue-kaizo.gb
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation
Forgoes all glitches
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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
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GB Pokémon: Red Version "save glitch" by MrWint, Alyosha & CasualPokePlayer in 01:15.62

Published on 11/11/2020
Ash reveals his dark side, using save corruption and direct memory manipulation to catch 64 of the 151 Pokémon in the blink of an eye. Then he beats the game in less than a minute (in-game time) - without ever leaving his own room, bypassing Professor Oak's speech and skipping right to the high praise for his impressive stats.
This run is so glitchy that it's near impossible to follow what's going on without help; reading the author's notes is highly recommended.
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Red Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).gb
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Corrupts memory
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[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
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[Console-verified]

GB Pokémon: Blue Version by MrWint in 1:28:28.80

Published on 8/14/2021
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.
You can watch the complete run played back on console.
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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
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[Console-verified]

GB Pokémon: Blue Version "game end glitch" by CasualPokePlayer in 10:02.75

Published on 11/8/2024
Pokémon: Blue 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 avoiding save data corruption.
This improvement from CasualPokePlayer skips the congratulatory speech from Professor Oak starting the Hall of Fame early.
You can watch the complete run played back on console.
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Game:
Pokémon: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Blue Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced).gb
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
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GBA Pokémon Emerald Rogue "Adventure, Hard, newgame+" by GobouLePoissonBoue in 20:25.33

Published on 8/2/2023
Have you ever wondered what would happen if Pokémon was a rogue-like title? Pokémon Emerald Rogue developed by Pokabbie does exactly that in this rom-hack. As with a standard rogue-like title, the map layouts are randomized, and you can choose which path to take to gather additional Pokémon or taking a pitstop at the market.
In this run GobouLePoissonBoue completes the title by using a pre-made save with Landorus as their only active member of their party to take on the journey.
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Game:
Pokémon Emerald Rogue
Genres:
RPG
Hack
Game Version:
Pokemon Emerald Rogue EX (v1.3.2a).gba
Tags:
Uses hardest difficulty
Second quest/Post game-completion
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
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(Verification movie)

GBA Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire "Sapphire Field" by eliilek in 08:41.69

Published on 2/16/2021
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire is the sequel to the first Pokémon Pinball for Game Boy Color. It has a Ruby and Sapphire table, each based on its respective third-generation Pokémon game.
This run by eliilek opens and beats all five bonus rooms on Sapphire Field, employing multiple-hit strategies on minibosses and catching and evolving Pokémon along the way. Even the humble Magikarp plays a part in helping him reach and defeat the Legendary Pokémon, Rayquaza, in record time.
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Game:
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Pokemon Pinball - Ruby & Sapphire (USA).gba
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.3

GBA Pokémon Radical Red "Minimal Grind Mode, in-game codes" by GobouLePoissonBoue in 59:54.01

Published on 11/12/2023
Pokémon Radical Red is a enhancement ROM hack of Fire Red featuring Pokémon up to Gen 8, difficulty readjustments, new abilities and much more.
Watch as GobouLePoissonBoue runs with Minimal Grinding, and uses In-Game Codes to skip to battling the Elite 4 and abuse the ROM Hacks' mechanics.
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Game:
Pokémon Radical Red
Genres:
RPG
Hack
Game Version:
Pokémon Radical Red (v3.01)
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses an in-game code
Heavy resource management
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

GBA Pokémon: FireRed Version by mkdasher in 1:44:17.34

Published on 1/30/2014
Pokémon: FireRed Version is an enhanced version of the original Pokémon: Red Version. Many glitches have been removed, and the random mechanics behind wild encounters have changed. This leads to very different strategies compared to our fastest runs on the original generation of games, and as a result, runs of this game see much more of the plot.
Watch as MKDasher crushes this game using Clefable (the first evolved form of Clefairy) and lots of luck manipulation. This run improves the previous version by over 2 minutes by fighting most battles with Clefable instead of Squirtle and using Metronome (which picks a random move to use from all moves in the game) against the Elite Four.
There is also an encode here that contains interesting data like PP left for each move, Pokémon stats, and some commentary on the run alongside the video.
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Game:
Pokémon: FireRed Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - FireRed Version (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
VBA-RR v23.6

GBA Pokémon: LeafGreen Version "Round 2" by UnopenedClosure in 2:45:55.36

Published on 7/18/2021
Pokémon: LeafGreen Version is an enhanced version of the original Pokémon: Green Version. Many glitches have been removed, and the random mechanics behind wild encounters have changed. This leads to very different strategies compared to our fastest runs on the original generation of games, and as a result, runs of this game see much more of the plot.
This run defeats the Elite Four and Champion twice; after the first time through is a post-game side quest in a new area known as the Sevii Islands, introduced in these remakes. Completing this quest unlocks the "National Pokédex" and enables trading with the Hoenn-region Generation 3 games (Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald) and also gives the Elite Four and Champion new, higher-level Pokémon teams for the player to fight.
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Game:
Pokémon: LeafGreen Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - LeafGreen Version (USA, Europe) (Rev 1).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation
Second quest/Post game-completion
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High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6

GBA Pokémon: Ruby Version by FractalFusion & GoddessMaria in 1:31:45.43

Published on 6/27/2011
Pokémon: Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald form the third generation of Pokémon, after Pokémon: Gold and Silver. Noticeable differences include the graphics and interface, Pokémon abilities, and running shoes that allow the player to move around much faster in the outside overworld before getting the bike.
FractalFusion and GoddessMaria complete the game in a mere 1:31:45, 3 minutes and 22 seconds faster than the previous Sapphire Version run. Instead of using Machop/Machoke, this run now uses Taillow/Swellow, which is obtained far earlier in the game, also has Guts as an ability, and has powerful moves early on and throughout. The movie also uses advanced methods of luck manipulation with the help of RNG analysis. For more details, see the submission text.
Note: To play the vbm, you need to have Real Time Clock on and use Flash 128k as Save Type. Real Time Clock is for sync, while Flash 128k is to prevent the game from giving a white screen.
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Game:
Pokémon: Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Ruby Version (USA).gba
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v22

GBA Pokémon: Emerald Version by GoddessMaria in 2:12:33.24

Published on 12/22/2016
Pokémon: Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald form the third generation of Pokémon, after Pokémon: Gold and Silver. Noticeable differences include the graphics and interface, Pokémon abilities, and running shoes that allow the player to move around much faster in the overworld before getting the bike.
This TAS completes the game without using any glitches. There is another TAS of this game which uses a notable glitch to skip the second half of the game.
Note: To play the .bk2 file you need to configure your timezone to GMT-5 (US Eastern Time).
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Game:
Pokémon: Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Emerald Version (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
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GBA Pokémon: Emerald Version "game end glitch" by merrp in 54:54.81

Published on 8/29/2020
Pokémon: Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald form the third generation of Pokémon, after Pokémon: Gold and Silver. Noticeable differences include the graphics and interface, Pokémon abilities, and running shoes that allow the player to move around much faster in the overworld before getting the bike.
This improvement of nearly 22 minutes over the previous TAS is the result of thorough research and testing by the author. A new strategy allows ending the game with only 5 badges by corrupting the memory, allowing her to execute arbitrary code. This was possible due to a switch to the Japanese version, which has a larger character set to use for the PC Box payload. For more information, see the author's comments.
We also have a run that completes the entire game without major glitches.
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Game:
Pokémon: Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Emerald Version (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4

GBA Pokémon: Emerald Version "Professor Oak Living Dex Challenge, glitchless" by drkspace in 14:23:26.50

Published on 9/23/2024
Pokémon: Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald form the third generation of Pokémon, after Pokémon: Gold and Silver. Noticeable differences include the graphics and interface, Pokémon abilities, and running shoes that allow the player to move around much faster in the overworld before getting the bike.
Watch as drkspace runs through the fields and catches every single Pokémon as part of the Professor Oak Living Dex challenge, which involves catching every Pokémon and one of each evolutionary stage before each gym.
Encoders Note: Due to the YouTube limit the encode is split into two parts.
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Game:
Pokémon: Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Emerald Version (USA, Europe).gba
Tags:
100% completion
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9

GBC Pokémon Adventure by dekutony in 03:50.10

Published on 10/14/2016
Pokémon Adventure is an unlicensed Game Boy game released in 2000 by Yong Yong. This is actually a hack of another Yong Yong game called Sonic Adventure 7, which was a hack of Sonic 3D Blast 5, also released by Yong Yong.
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Game:
Pokémon Adventure
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Pokemon Adventure (Unl) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.6
[Console-verified]

GBC Pokémon Card GB2: GR-dan Sanjou! "game end glitch" by CasualPokePlayer in 01:53.41

Published on 3/4/2020
Pokémon Card GB2: GR-dan Sanjou! is the Japan-only sequel to Pokémon Trading Card Game. Team Great Rocket has stolen TCG Island's Pokémon cards and kidnapped the Club Masters, and you must travel to GR Island to put an end to their evil plans, by defeating them in Pokémon card duels.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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Game:
Pokémon Card GB2: GR-dan Sanjou!
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon Card GB2 - GR Dan Sanjou! (Japan)
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4
[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
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

GBC Pokémon Puzzle Challenge by zvsp in 05:11.62

Published on 9/17/2015
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, originally released in Japan as Pokemon de Panepon (ポケモンでパネポン), is a video game for the Game Boy Color. It is based on Panel de Pon (known as Tetris Attack in the West), only with characters from the Pokémon franchise.
zvsp plays through the hardest difficulty, whilst showing the different Pokémon, in Challenge Mode/VS COM Mode in a brisk 5 minutes and 11.62 seconds.
WARNING: There are flashing lights throughout the run which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
Note: This run starts from a save file with all the Pokémon unlocked. We do not normally accept runs that start from dirty SRAM; refer to the Movie Rules for more details.
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Game:
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Pokemon de Panepon (J) [C][!].gbc
Tags:
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Uses a level password
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High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v23.5 svn421
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GBC Pokémon Puzzle Challenge "Puzzle mode, all levels" by ThunderAxe31 in 44:41.01

Published on 4/30/2020
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, originally released in Japan as Pokemon de Panepon (ポケモンでパネポン), is a video game for the Game Boy Color. It is based on Panel de Pon (known as Tetris Attack in the West), only with characters from the Pokémon franchise.
WARNING: There are flashing lights throughout the run which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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Game:
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (USA)
Tags:
Uses a game restart sequence
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.1
[Photo/phono-sensitivity warning]

GBC Pokémon Puzzle Challenge "maximum score" by PoochyEXE in 03:10.84

Published on 4/22/2023
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, originally released in Japan as Pokemon de Panepon (ポケモンでパネポン), is a video game for the Game Boy Color. It is based on Panel de Pon (known as Tetris Attack in the West), only with characters from the Pokémon franchise.
WARNING: There are flashing lights throughout the run which may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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Game:
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
Genres:
Puzzle
Game Version:
Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (USA)
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
[Console-verified]

GBC Pokémon: Crystal Version by MrWint in 2:48:36.03

Published on 8/10/2019
MrWint's Pokémon Crystal glitchless TAS completes the Johto League including 8 badges and the Elite Four, then obtains the 8 Kanto badges before defeating Blue and Red for the final credits roll. This is done without any use of the typical memory corrupting glitches seen in Pokémon Gen 1 and 2 TASes.
The TAS instead uses luck manipulation to avoid encounters and spinning trainers, breeze through battles, and obtain Raikou as early as possible with optimal stats. Despite the run's length and complexity, console verification of the TAS was possible due to MrWint's own work emulating Crystal's Real Time Clock.
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Game:
Pokémon: Gold/Silver/Crystal Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Crystal Version (USA, Europe)
Tags:
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.2
[Console-verified]

GBC Pokémon: Gold Version "save glitch" by CasualPokePlayer in 03:14.16

Published on 6/5/2021
Pokémon: Gold, Silver and Crystal form the second generation of Pokémon, after Red Version and Blue Version. New features include full color, a new region called Johto, and 100 all new Pokémon.
In this run, CasualPokePlayer improves on the previous movie by exploiting a point in Gold. For more information, see the author's comments.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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Game:
Pokémon: Gold/Silver/Crystal Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Gold Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced) (GB Compatible)
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.5.2
[Console-verified]

GBC Pokémon: Gold Version by CasualPokePlayer in 2:51:12.92

Published on 8/20/2024
Pokémon Gold and Silver form the second generation of Pokémon, after Pokémon Red and Blue. The main differences between the generations is that the game is now in full color, and that there are 251 Pokémon instead of 151.
CasualPokePlayer improves over the previous movie by 01:08.89 by avoiding the use of Hidden Power.
You can watch the complete run played back on console.
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Game:
Pokémon: Gold/Silver/Crystal Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Gold Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced) (GB Compatible)
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Forgoes all glitches
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

GBC Pokémon: Crystal Version "save glitch" by CasualPokePlayer in 02:10.82

Published on 10/27/2024
Pokémon: Gold, Silver and Crystal form the second generation of Pokémon, after Red Version and Blue Version. New features include full color, a new region called Johto, and 100 all new Pokémon.
In this run, CasualPokePlayer abuses bugs to corrupt the save data while not encountering a single wild Pokémon! For more information, see the author's comments.
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Game:
Pokémon: Gold/Silver/Crystal Version
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon - Crystal Version (USA, Europe)
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

GBC Pokémon: Platinum Edition by dekutony in 02:14.18

Published on 3/19/2018
This version of Pokémon: Platinum Edition is a pirate game made by Sintax in 2005. It has nothing to do with Nintendo's official Platinum Version released in 2009 on the Nintendo DS.
Watch as dekutony abuses glitches in the game to increase the FPS and fall through walls, improving the previous publication by 00:09.49 seconds.
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Game:
Pokémon: Platinum Edition
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Kou Dai Yao Guai - Bai Jin Ban (Unlicensed, Chinese) [Fixed].gbc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1
[Recommended for newcomers] [Star]

GBC Pokémon: Yellow Version "arbitrary code execution" by MrWint in 05:48.28

TAS of 2017 Glitchy TAS of 2017 Gameboy TAS of 2017
Published on 4/1/2017
The current Pokémon: Yellow Version speed record uses heavy glitches that allow the player to catalog every Pokémon in slightly over a minute. Is there any way to get more ridiculous than that? Yes! In this run, using nothing but the Game Boy buttons and tool-assisted precision, the game is made to run an arbitrary program which greatly expands the game and shows off cool stuff from elsewhere too. For details on how this was achieved, see the author's comments.
This movie improves upon the predecessor by using a payload which builds upon the environment in the game highlighting new areas, new Pokémon, and shows off a lot more that can be done with arbitrary code execution than displaying the digits of Pi and some minor animation. 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 segments from some terrific games, including Pokémon Yellow, Gold, and Crystal, as well as from Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Tetris, and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX. Please check those games out.
This video includes music samples from The Orange Box soundtrack. If you've enjoyed what you've heard, you can purchase The Orange Box soundtrack from Amazon or Apple Music.
This video includes a clip from SpongeBob SquarePants (season two), which can be purchased in its entirety from Amazon or iTunes.
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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:
Playaround
Uses a game restart sequence
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts save data
Corrupts memory
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
lsnes rr2-β23
[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
[Console-verified]

GBC Pokémon: Trading Card Game by anonymous user in 16:42.69

Published on 5/21/2020
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Game:
Pokémon: Trading Card Game
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon Trading Card Game (USA) (SGB Enhanced) (GB Compatible)
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses intentional deaths
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.1
[Console-verified]

GBC Pokémon: Trading Card Game "game end glitch" by anonymous user in 02:55.81

Published on 6/26/2020
Pokémon Trading Card Game is the video game incarnation of the popular Pokémon Trading Card Game (Pokémon TCG). It features digital versions of the first three sets of real-life trading cards, along with exclusive cards that are not available outside of the game. Normal gameplay involves finding and battling other trainers and Masters, eventually becoming the Champion and earning the Legendary Cards.
However, the author instead decided to glitch out the first battle and confuse the game into reading deck contents as code. This allows the author to reach the game's credits in just under 3 minutes. For more information, see the authors' comments.
We also have a similarly short run of the sequel, Pokémon TCG2.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
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Game:
Pokémon: Trading Card Game
Genres:
RPG
Game Version:
Pokemon Trading Card Game (USA) (SGB Enhanced) (GB Compatible)
Tags:
Major skip glitch
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.1

Genesis Pocket Monster by zoboner in 07:57.70

Published on 12/1/2016
Pocket Monster is a relatively infamous bootleg game, based on the Pokémon franchise. Despite its infamy, it's a relatively generic platformer.
This run by zoboner beats the game in less then eight minutes.
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Game:
Pocket Monster
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Pocket Monsters (Unl) [!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.3

Genesis Pocket Monster II by dekutony in 03:55.75

Published on 9/27/2015
Pocket Monster II is an unlicensed game made by DVS Electronic Co. for the Sega Genesis. It stars Pikachu as he fights other Pocket Monsters, or Pokémon, across four stages using Poké Balls and melee attacks. While some of the graphics are taken from other games, the music tracks are original and adapted from the Pokémon TV show's songs.
The author, dekutony, abuses several minor glitches throughout the run to beat the game in under four minutes.
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Game:
Pocket Monster II
Genres:
Platformer
Bootleg
Game Version:
Pocket Monsters 2 (Unl) [!].bin
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses easiest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.1

N64 Pokémon Stadium "Gym Leader Castle" by alec_kermit & Beccachu in 1:08:56.78

Published on 6/22/2016
Pokémon Stadium is a strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo in 1999. Despite being the first Pokémon Stadium title released in the west, the game is a sequel to the original Pokémon Stadium title released in Japan in 1998. Gameplay is built around a 3D turn-based battling system using the 151 creatures from the Game Boy games Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow.
In this run, aleckermit and Beccachu blaze their path through Gym Leader Castle, defeating all challengers and gym bosses as fast as possible.
Downloadable encodes are also available in 640x480 resolution:
MKV
512kb MPEG4
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Game:
Pokémon Stadium
Genres:
Strategy
Game Version:
Pokemon Stadium (U) (V1.0) [!].z64
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.4
[Has commentary]

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
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
 Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.3

SNES Pokémon Gold Silver by dekutony in 02:26.24

Published on 11/15/2024
Pokémon Gold Silver (Pokemon 金銀) is an unlicensed platforming game that was developed for the SNES by an unknown East Asian team. It features music stolen from the SNES game Bonkers and graphics stolen from various other games such as the Super Famicom version of Trials of Mana. In this game, you choose from either "Chokorita" (Chikorita) or "Waninoko" (Totodile) and play through four levels of rather laggy platforming filled with misplaced Pokémon from the first two generations. All of this culminates in a final battle with Mewtwo that you can win with your unevolved starters, no matter how implausible that may be.
dekutony in this run showcases yet another pirate classic for the SNES and puts down an unusually small Mewtwo in record time.
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Game:
Pokémon Gold Silver
Genres:
Platformer
Unlicensed game
Game Version:
Pokemon Gold & Silver (Unl) [f1].sfc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
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