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Published on 11/12/2011
Cave Story (2004) is a famous freeware indie game notable for being made entirely by one person, Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya.
Watch as nitsuja completely destroys this difficult game with amazingly precise movement. This playthrough saves Curly and finishes with the best ending after beating Ballos.
The program used to make this run, Hourglass, was also developed by nitsuja—with the creation of this run in mind. As such, it is our first published run of a Windows game.
Downloadable encodes and the YouTube encodes include commentary as soft subtitles.
Game:
Cave Story
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Cave Story
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Game Version:
Doukutsu.exe
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Doukutsu.exe
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
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Emulator Replay:
Hourglass r77
This is also one of the first TASes I saw. Absolutely crazy. If only there was a sequel one could TAS *cough* jenkasnightmare *cough*
![[Fastest Completion]](/images/fastest-completion.png "Fastest Completion")
Published on 11/25/2015
Pac-In-Time for the Game Boy was released in 1994 as a port of the DOS version of the game. Pac-In-Time is in turn a re-skin of the game Fury of the Furries for DOS and Amiga, which was licensed to Namco and re-released with Pac-Man instead. This game is a departure from normal Pac-Man gameplay involving mazes and ghosts, and is instead a platformer.
In this run, watch as slamo demonstrates some furious rope swinging action and so many physics glitches that it'll make you cry. Waka waka.
Game:
Pac-In-Time
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Pac-In-Time
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.0
DOO BE DOO DO DO DO DO DOOOOOOO
This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 10/19/2015
Splatterhouse is the first game in the series, but only the second game to appear on a home console (after Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti on the Famicom), which was later continued on the Sega Genesis.
Rick and his girlfriend Jennifer enter West Mansion (known as Splatterhouse) to study Dr. West's parapsychology teachings for a school project. After a flash of lightning and a scream, Jennifer is gone, and Rick is left wearing the Terror Mask, which gives the wearer great strength.
Samsara slides for the most part through the demonic enemy forces in 12 minutes and 15.72 seconds.
NOTE: The downloadable encodes feature two video streams. The first (default) stream shows the Japanese version, whereas the second one shows the American version, which had all religious references removed and the colour of the mask changed to red (and its form changed).
Likewise, there are two YouTube streams available: The first stream features the Japanese version, while the second one features the American version.
Game:
Splatterhouse
Genres:
Fighting
Splatterhouse
Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.2
JASON
![[Console-verified]](/images/verified.png "Console-verified")
Published on 9/28/2015
Trip World (1992) is an aptly named game developed by Sunsoft, a video game company you might know from titles like Gimmick!, Ufouria and Journey to Silius.
It follows a rabbit-like creature called Yacopu on his quest to retrieve the Maita Flower and return peace to the hearts of the people. Along the way he gains abilities like turning into a ball and a big, scary Godzilla-like rabbit.
MUGG's latest improvement is now about 30 seconds faster than the previous version, thanks to new glitches, new routes and better optimization.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.
Game:
Trip World
Genres:
Platformer
Trip World
Genres:
Platformer
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v24 svn391
Scary godzilla bunny :/
This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 6/13/2009
EarthBound is a great RPG, designed by Shigesato Itoi in 1994-1995, and is also known by the name Mother 2.
It is best described as "random", in a good way. The game has a great emphasis on a humor, and indeed many things in the game are almost caricatured, from subplots to characters. It also has a versatile soundtrack.
Our description for the previous movie stated, "Although this being a speedrun (tool-assisted at that), most of the plot of the game is intact...". This time around, not so much. Thanks to some collision detection bugs, including one that shows that the Skip Sandwich is a fitting name for the item in ways the developers never intended, the author is able to move around the game's areas freely, completing the bare minimum number of tasks needed to keep the final battle from locking up.
Also unlike the previous movie, this one does use a death as a shortcut. However, the teddy bear survives this time around.
Game:
EarthBound
Genres:
RPG
EarthBound
Genres:
RPG
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Forgoes save data corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Forgoes save data corruption
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43+ v15.4
Skip Sandwich indeed.
This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 4/29/2014
This is a strange platformer where the main character, Michael Jackson, has an obsession with doing weird movements and occasionally dances together with the enemies before beating them to oblivion.
This run by Odongdong obsoletes a nearly 9-year old movie by nearly 4 minutes through new routes, new tricks, and a lot of optimization.
If you were looking for a run from the arcade version of this game, click here.
Game:
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Genres:
Platformer
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Genres:
Platformer
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
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High Quality MKV
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Emulator Replay:
Gens 11b svn341
'CAUSE THIS IS THRILLER, THRILLER NIGHT
AND NO ONE'S GONNA SAVE YOU FROM THE BEAST ABOUT TO
STRIKE
YOU KNOW IT'S THRILLER, THRILLER NIGHT
YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE INSIDE A KILLER
THRILLER TONIGHT
Published on 7/1/2015
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is the sixth installment in Neversoft's Tony Hawk's series and is the sequel to Underground. The gameplay in Underground 2 is similar to that of previous Tony Hawk games: the player skates around in a 3D environment modeled after various cities and attempts to complete various goals. Most goals involve skating on or over various objects or performing combos. Scores are calculated by adding the sum of the point value of each trick strung together in a combo and then multiplying by the number of tricks in the combo.
In this run, Fog skates, grinds, and flies through the air to complete this game as fast as possible on the easiest difficulty using multiple glitches along the way. For more information on the tricks and glitches used in this run, check out the submission text.
The YouTube encode removes the credits and its associated ending theme for copyright reasons.
Game:
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Genres:
Action
Sport
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Genres:
Action
Sport
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 4.0-6734
What's happenin', slick?
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
Note: The official encodes for this run include commentary from the author. The second YouTube stream also features input display.
Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Platformer
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
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
High Quality MKV
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.2.2
Today, full of energy, Mario is still running, running
Go save Princess Peach! Go!
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.
Game:
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Genres:
Action
Platformer
RPG
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Genres:
Action
Platformer
RPG
Tags:
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Best ending
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
Starts from a saved state or SRAM
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v24 svn422
The second best Castlevania gets the first best TAS.
Published on 7/3/2013
Resident Evil 4 features a completely new story and an innovative "over-the-shoulder" third person perspective that replaces the fixed camera system of the previous three Resident Evil games.
Special agent Leon Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Ashley Graham, the daughter of the U.S. President, from a sinister cult in a remote rural part of Europe. Leon must fight hordes of violent villagers and mutated monsters on his way to save her.
This run was done on the Japanese version, Biohazard 4, and finishes with an in-game time of 1:35:14.
All encodes include commentary from the author in the form of subtitles.
Game:
Resident Evil 4
Genres:
Action
Resident Evil 4
Genres:
Action
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
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Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 3.0-389
OBETATHEHLO
These are various notes on runs I've submitted in the past.
Ikachan
My first run! Initially this was copying the WR by lurkchan that was about 14 minutes. However, I ended up finding an Attack Star lure that allowed me to clip into the final area and beat the game much faster. This run has been obsoleted on nicovideo for a while, but since Hourglass it still hasn't gotten a new publication lol.
Re:coded
While a bit outdated, about 4 months of work went into this run and involved me learning how to use touch controls and routing a much longer game. A few tricks and optimizations discovered here did affect RTA speedruns for a while.
Shantae
Shantae is a personal pet project of mine, due to the amount of research I've done into the game. The current 56 minute run that's published was the result of implementing said research, including many tricks that are completely TAS only/not RTA viable. There's still a few very small mistakes in that run (costing maybe a second), but I personally think it's one of my best runs.
Super Aladdin
I've submitted two runs for this game, both obsoleted now. Mostly those runs were unoptimal, although there's some cool tricks and research done in each.
Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland: Daibouken
The first run I did of this game was trash, my revised run is much better. While from a technical standpoint I'm proud of it, it's not one of my better runs, mainly due to how annoying the sound effects are. WHATCHAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Pop'N Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventure
This game's fun, I guess. Can be improved by delaying goals a few seconds and using a second player. European version is completely linear for some reason.
Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland: Daibouken
The first run I did of this game was trash, my revised run is much better. While from a technical standpoint I'm proud of it, it's not one of my better runs. Sound effects are too annoying, yo. WHATCHAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night
Did two runs of this, the second is much more optimal and skips a few boring parts. However due to the game's relative obscurity it's mostly unknown as a run.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
This run was very long and complicated, it took about a year and a half to finish due to how demotivating using DeSmuME tends to be (ironic considering the amount of DeSmuME TASes I've submitted lol).
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!
Redid this piece of garbage like 5 times over the course of a year to get it optimal. Game has a lot of interesting skips, but too many fetch quests.
Shantae "100"%
Initial run was done in 3 days, latest submission took a little longer. The current run is fine, but 100% is a bit tedious so I doubt I'll improve it.
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Long one, worked partially with Tompa but he didn't want credit. First 17 minutes are good, last 6 are kind of boring.
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Fun one, easy to do. Also technically obsolete due to early Electro letting you get Speed Booster early, which could speed up the late game.
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions "all items"
Kept desyncing on me. The Electro section had to be redone about 5 times. Elsewise, this is by far one of my best TASes in terms of entertainment and quality.
Spider-Man 2000
Done three runs of this game, the latest of which I'm fairly proud of. This game has quite a few skips that are interesting to watch, plus fast movement.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "Maria Mode"
Obsoleted now, but I did this one on Yabause which was incredibly painful for everyone involved. Saturn emulation is in a better place now thankfully.
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Oh hey I finally finished it. Took long enough. Game's just annoying really. It's not as fast as the first and third games, and there's too much filler. Still, the last Darth Vader fight was fun to do.
Spider-Man 3
This was the first improvement I made to someone else's publication. Game's fast, but it's fast all the time so it gets kind of boring.
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
Currently outdated run, had issues with PSXHawk and didn't know what a TAStudio is.
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Obsoleted now. Stairway to heaven, baby. Game's not bad. I liked working sort of with Somari.
Chrono Trigger
A pretty taxing improvement to do, due to how easy it is to lose frames in this game. There's still a few frames that can be saved throughout, but that'll have to wait for 100%.
Resident Evil: Director's Cut
Easy TAS to work on and implement improvements. Love those doors.
Bubsy In: Fractured Furry Tales
Terrible game, decent run. Way faster then RTA.
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - lol
- Castlevania 64
Wait, Random has an entire section dedicated to people vandalizing his page? Oh, gotta do something, gotta do something... uh... uh...
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more like aran-DUMB GAME TASER AW SNAP GET DUNKED ON (<3 samsara)