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Speedrunning history

• Bitpage.de Speedrunning – Die Kunst des schnellen Spielens
  • Mentions [2208] 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
• Medium TAS: Tool Assisted Speedruns - Brazilian Portuguese
• FS Gamer Speedrun o cómo pasarte un videojuego en tiempo récord - Spanish
• Kill Screen ⭐💬 Rise of the Superhumans
  • Mentions [1944] SNES Super Mario World "warps" by bahamete, kaizoman666, Mister & PangaeaPanga in 09:57.82,
• metopal ⭐ Tool-Assisted - Console Emulation and Platform Plasticity
  • Mentions #690: Gigafrost's NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "glitched" in 06:16.93, #2836: knbnitkr's GB The Final Fantasy Legend in 01:47.17 & #1324: adelikat's NES Gradius in 10:52.35
• 1up Smashing the Clock

TASVideos / NESVideos / Bisqwit

• Red Bull Szybka wycieczka po świecie Speedrunningu - Polish
• TecMundo Speedruns: zerando games como você nunca viu antes
  • Mentions [1978] SNES Super Metroid "X-Ray glitch" by Cpadolf in 21:25.12 - Brazilian Portuguese
• AUTOMATON ⭐ チートと仕様の境界 - Japanese article about specifying the boundaries between cheating and a TAS
• Game*Spark 【コラム】TAS (Tool-Assisted Speedrun) と、その魅力とは？ - Japanese
• MakeUseOf 3 Sites To Find Awesome Gaming Speed Runs
• pixfall Speedruns, origen y evolución - Spanish
  • Mentions [668] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by Morimoto in 11:03.95 & [1017] N64 Super Mario 64 "0 stars" by SwordlessLink & Mitjitsu in 05:47.37
• The Escapist 💬 Speed Thrills part 3

GameResources/NES/SuperMarioBros

• Mashable 'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 world record
• The Escapist Animated GIFs Visually Explain Every Super Mario Bros. Glitch
• Destructoid Master Super Mario Bros glitches through animated GIFs
• Engagdget Super Mario Bros. tricks explained with animated GIFs
• Silicon Era Watch: Conquering Hard Relay Super Mario Brothers
• Ars Technica Super Mario Bros. still has’t given up all its secrets

TASers from TASVideos

andrewg

• GIGAZINE いまなお研究され続ける「スーパーマリオブラザーズ」のステージ4-2最速攻略の知られざる歴史とは？ - NES SMB 4-2. Auto translated from Japanese
• Kill Screen Four Things I Learned While Writing a Book about Super Mario Bros. 2

bortreb

• Hackaday Pokemon Blue Becomes An IDE

itsPersonnal

• Kotaku New Glitch Upends SpongeBob Game's Speedrunning Community

Omnigamer

• Kotaku ⭐💬 Why Speedrunners Use Glitches

PangaeaPanga

• IGN Blindfolded gamer beats Super Mario World in 23 minutes
• Voxel Finalmente: uma das fases mais difíceis do Super Mario Maker foi vencida - Brazilian Portuguese
• Twinfinite Is This the Hardest Super Mario Maker Level Yet?
• Eurogamer An ultra hard Mario Maker level beaten - after over 11K failed attempts
• Nintendo Life Video: Is This The Hardest Super Mario Maker Level Ever Made?
• Journal du Geek Super Mario Maker : Ce génie du mal a créé le niveau le plus difficile du jeu… et l’a fini - French
• Muropaketti Nintendo ilkeilee: jaa teit speedrun-videon pelistämme? Mepä bannaamme sen! - Finnish
• Twinfinite Super Mario World Beaten in 23 Minutes… Guy Is Blindfolded
• Nintendo Life Weirdness: Man Finishes Super Mario World In 23 Minutes Whilst Blindfolded

• Nintendon't
  • Destructoid Nintendo's cracking down on speedrunning and ROM hacking videos
  • The Escapist Please Understand, Nintendo is the Bad Guy
  • Kotaku Creator of 'Hardest Super Mario World Level Ever' Says Copyright Crackdown Gutted His YouTube Channel

• SNES Super Mario World Item Abuse
  • Nintendo Life Look On In Despair At The Hardest Super Mario World Level Ever Made
  • Kotaku It Took Three Years To Beat The 'Hardest Super Mario World Level Ever'
  • Dot Esports World’s hardest Super Mario World level obliterated
  • ReviewSTL Watch this Insane “Item Abuse” Super Mario World Speedrun Video

RachelB

• Kotaku Nintendo Emulator Developer Passes Away
• FS Gamer EDITORIAL – Por el fin de la impunidad - French

Weatherton

• GIGAZINE あのマリオカート64でショートカットを追究し続けるゲーマーたちにより成功率2.5%・1周タイム約3秒という驚異のテクニックが誕生 - Auto translated from Japanese
• Kotaku The Secret Glitch Players Used To Break Mario Kart 64's Chocolate Mountain
• Eurogamer The amazing story behind The Weathertenko

Other TASers

pannenkoek2012

• Geek.com The 11 craziest video game feats ever captured on video
  • Mentions an Item Abuse 3 speedrun?
• Kotaku Expert Mario 64 Player Demonstrates His Most Advanced Techniques
• Journal du Geek Ce mec démonte tellement Super Mario 64 qu’il pourrait en faire une thèse
• AUTOMATON 20年間『マリオ64』を研究するTASプレイヤーの素顔と情熱に迫る。グリッチの発見に1000ドルを賭けた過去も - Japanese
• AUTOMATON 『スーパーマリオ64』完全クリアに必要な“Aボタンを押す回数の理論値”が27回へと短縮。「パンチの加速」により新境地 - Japanese
• AUTOMATON 『スーパーマリオ64』のバグを解明したユーザーに懸賞金「12万円」、TASプレイヤーが新種グリッチの謎を追う - Japanese
• Red Bull 9 of gaming’s greatest mysteries solved
• Kotaku Mario 64 Experts Discover An Even Shorter Way To Beat Level Without Jumping
• Nintendo Life Weirdness: Super Mario 64 Expert Collects a Star in 0.5 'A' Button Presses
• Kotaku The Super Mario 64 Coin That Took 18 Years To Collect
• GIGAZINE スーパーマリオ64で画面上に出てこない「隠れた5つ目のコイン」はなぜ生まれたのか？ - SM64 Impossible Coin. Auto translated from Japanese
• Rock Paper Shotgun How Tool-Assisted Speedrunning Reveals The Inner-Life Of Video Games
• Kotaku Famous Super Mario 64 Trick Involving Parallel Universes Finally Becomes Real
• Kotaku The Man Who Does The Impossible in Super Mario 64
• Journal du Geek Il vous offre 1 000 $ si vous arrivez à provoquer un bug dans Mario 64 - French
• Journal du Geek Cette nouvelle pièce impossible de Mario 64 semble, cette fois-ci, vraiment impossible à attraper - French
• Journal du Geek Vous ne savez RIEN à propos de Mario qui dort, RIEN DU TOUT - French
• Journal du Geek [[TAS]] Le fou qui finit le dernier niveau de Super Mario 64 sans sauter une seule fois - French
• Journal du Geek [[Vidéo]] Dans Mario 64, la pièce impossible à récupérer a finalement été récupérée - French
• Journal du Geek [[TAS]] Les stratégies pour ne pas sauter dans Super Mario 64 dépassent l’entendement - French

SethBling

• Retronauts Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak...on a Super Mario World cartridge
  • Mentions [2513] SNES Super Mario World "arbitrary code execution" by Masterjun in 02:25.19
• Hackaday Hacking Flappy Bird By Playing Mario
• GIGAZINE スーファミのスーパーマリオを人力でプレイしてFlappy Bird化した猛者が登場 - SMW to Flappy Bird. Auto translated from Japanese

Angecide

• MakeUseOf Speedrunning Culture: The Future of Single-Player Gaming

Games Haya

• Kotaku Decades Later, Someone's Discovered a New Super Mario Bros. Glitch
• Nintendo Life A Fresh Super Mario Bros. Infinite Lives Trick Has Been Discovered
• Retro Collect Infinite 1UP Glitch Discovered In Nintendo NES 'Super Mario Bros' Nearly Three Decades Later

Crystal_

• Journal du Geek Pokémon Rouge/Bleu est tellement buggé qu’il est possible d’effacer la sauvegarde de son adversaire en combat local - French

warabi

• Gentside Super Smash Bros Brawl : un combat épique entre Sonic et Pikachu - French

KeiTakumi

• Kotaku Super Smash Bros. Match Reaches Dragon Ball Z-Level Insanity

きごう２

• Game Set Watch Cheetahmen II Beaten In Under Four Minutes

塔士魔界

• Kotaku How To Beat A Final Fantasy Game In Under 2 Minutes

sva161620

• Kotaku 14 Years Later, Zelda Fans Discover New Way To Kill Wind Waker Boss

AlexxShadenk777

• Kotaku The Beauty Of Street Fighter's Parry

TOOLASSISTED

• Kotaku Street Fighter V Players Are Divided Over R. Mika’s Unusually Powerful Dash
• TecMundo Olha a zoeira: o melhor jogador no ranking de Street Fighter V não é humano

RoccoSSBM

• Kotaku Melee Players Discover New Invincible Techniques For Peach

PracticalTAS

• Kotaku Why A Bunch Of Fighting Game Fans Are Trying To Do Exactly 310 Damage Combos

Nelson

• Eurogamer Street Fighter 5's Critical Arts look Super different without the cinematic camera angle

biospark

• Kotaku Newly Discovered Trick Transforms A Metroid Speedrunning Scene

TrogWW

• Kotaku Wind Waker Speedrunner Finds Glitch People Thought Was Impossible

switchpalacecorner

• Kotaku Player Beats Super Mario World With The Lowest Score Possible
• jeuxvideo Un record en vidéo pour Super Mario Bros !

Multiple fame

• Medium - Speedrunning - A Primer For Beginners, By a Beginner
  • [1686] NES Mega Man by Shinryuu & finalfighter in 12:23.34
  • [2687] GB Pokémon: Red Version "save glitch" by MrWint in 01:09.95
  • [2513] SNES Super Mario World "arbitrary code execution" by Masterjun in 02:25.19
  • TASBot plays Super Mario Bros. 3 by Lord Tom

• RetroCollect - Top 5 Retro Game Tool Assisted Speedrun Videos
  • [748] N64 Super Mario 64 "16 stars" by Rikku in 15:33.77
  • Pokémon Green 04:32 (Video unavailable), which TAS?
  • Megaman X & X2 (Video unavailable), is it the TAS or the RTA?
  • #1179: Mitjitsu's Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog in 20:58.95
  • Mario Kart 64 Speedrun 5:16 by Weatherton

• RetroCollect - Video: Every Single Super Mario Bros 3 Level Beaten Simultaneously
  • [2835] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "all levels" by Lord_Tom & Tompa in 1:04:36.90
  • [2307] SNES Super Mario World "all 96 exits" by bahamete, kaizoman666 & Masterjun in 1:14:37.63

• TecMundo - Sim, é possível! "Pokémon Plays Twitch" e mod de Mario Bros. em Mario World
  • TASBot AGDQ 2015, 2014

• Medium - Eat Your Videogames! Tool-Assisted Speedrunning is good for you.
  • #3476: snark, Kaylee, sonicpacker, MICKEY_Vis11189 & ToT's N64 Super Mario 64 "0 stars" in 05:02.25
  • #4198: pirohiko's SNES Final Fantasy IV in 1:42:03.71
  • #3256: p4wn3r's GBC Pokémon: Yellow Version "save glitch" in 01:09.63
  • #4147: Bloobiebla & MrGrunz's N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 20:09.98
  • GameResources/NES/SuperMarioBros
  • TASVideos forum

• Unrealitymag - Why Tool-Assisted Speedruns Have a Right to Exist
  • [2320] SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "100%" by Baxter, Carl_Sagan & NxCy in 1:59:35.12
  • [1950] SNES Super Metroid "Reverse Boss Order" by Taco, Kriole & hero_of_the_day in 48:06.65
  • [2588] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "game end glitch" by Lord_Tom & Tompa in 02:54.98
  • [1017] N64 Super Mario 64 "0 stars" by SwordlessLink & Mitjitsu in 05:47.37
  • [2104] NES Castlevania "pacifist, minimalist" by Grincevent in 12:53.41
  • [2513] SNES Super Mario World "arbitrary code execution" by Masterjun in 02:25.19

• GamesRadar+ - 8 impressive speedruns where no bad guys get hurt
  • [1926] NES Contra "pacifist" by Soig & zyr2288 in 09:29.08
  • [2440] SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars "pacifist" by McBobX in 14:05.31
  • [2104] NES Castlevania "pacifist, minimalist" by Grincevent in 12:53.41
  • [2657] PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "pacifist, low level" by ForgoneMoose in 21:08.62
  • [1321] NES Yo! Noid by nesrocks in 19:29.27

• GamesRadar+ - Popular games you can beat in 5 minutes or less
  • [2449] SNES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Japan) "warp glitch" by Tompa in 02:13.21
  • [1865] NES A Boy and His Blob by Kaylee, SilentSlayers & Aglar in 01:41.73
  • [2380] SNES Super Mario World "game end glitch" by Masterjun in 01:39.74
  • [1860] GBC Pokémon: Yellow Version "save glitch" by p4wn3r in 01:09.63
  • [2235] DS Myst by Scepheo in 01:07.16
  • [1256] Genesis Dark Castle by Aqfaq & stanski in 00:56.37
  • [1899] GBA Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Maxim" by Yuzuhara_3 in 00:22.73

• Game*Spark - ファミコンの怪作『たけしの挑戦状』TASに新記録、ワープあり3分52秒・ワープなし15分42秒 - Japanese
  • [2359] NES Takeshi no Chousenjou "warp glitch" by illayaya in 03:52.00
  • [2360] NES Takeshi no Chousenjou by illayaya in 15:42.50

• GamesRadar+ - 12 of the craziest Mario hacks
  • [1135] SNES Super Demo World: The Legend Continues "all 120 exits" by Chef_Stef in 2:08:01.68
  • Ben DeMario, dainegaiMoltovMarioWorld,sotel11,sprocket2005,catfish0523

• Unrealitymag - 5 Pretty Impressive Super Mario Game Speed Runs
  • [374] NES Super Mario Bros. "warps" by pom in 04:59.93
  • [1017] N64 Super Mario 64 "0 stars" by SwordlessLink & Mitjitsu in 05:47.37
  • Mario Kart 64 Speedrun 5:16 by Weatherton

• Unrealitymag - Ten Ridiculous Video Game Speed Runs
  • [1017] N64 Super Mario 64 "0 stars" by SwordlessLink & Mitjitsu in 05:47.37
  • [191] NES The Legend of Zelda by Phil in 25:28.60
  • [600] Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by nitsuja in 19:55.43

• Crispy Gamer - As Fast as Impossible: 10 Insanely Thrilling Tool-Assisted Speedruns
  • [1053] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by adelikat, Deign, Cardboard & JXQ in 10:29.05
  • [1103] NES Mega Man by Deign in 15:29.27
  • #1869: JXQ's NES Excitebike in 05:31.37
  • [711] NES Gradius by adelikat in 10:52.35
  • [1197] N64 Super Mario 64 "0 stars" by SilentSlayers & Johannes in 05:28.97
  • [756] NES Contra (Japan) "pacifist" by adelikat in 09:46.38
  • [468] GBA Sonic Advance 2 by nitsuja in 18:44.97
  • [1145] Genesis King's Bounty by gia & Aqfaq in 00:09.93
  • [766] NES Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! by adelikat in 17:50.00
  • [871] NES Mega Man 3, 4, 5 & 6 by Baxter & AngerFist in 39:06.92

• MTV - Gamers Divided Over Freakish Feats Achieved With Tool-Assisted Speed Runs
  • [668] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warps" by Morimoto in 11:03.95
  • Bisqwit

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• Add TASers' channels
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• check other TASers being TASVideopian/TASVidian

• eventhubs.com - street fighters TASes mostly
• street fighters
  • EventHubs -Street Fighter pixel art, 3rd Strike TAS run & how to TAS
  • http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2010/07/majs_super_fireball_battle_sty.php
  • http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/07/most_impressive_ryu_footage_ou.php

• Help?
  • The Escapist - Insane Mario World Glitch Video Does Terrible Things to Yoshi - Video is missing. Worse than Kaizo TAS?
  • Return of Item Abuse TAS - GamesRadar+ - Insane Super Mario World glitch video helps explain advanced exploits - Youtube video removed - maybe by dainegai?

• Videos?
  • Not on this page, Interviews is more suitable.
  • Speed Game series with RealMyop - French

• Presentations?
  • Maybe on this page... or interviews..?
  • 2018-12-03 @ Google Talks Eric "Omnigamer" Koziel: "Speedrun Perspectives, A Quick Look at Fast Gaming"
  • @ EMF 2016 Philip Potter: Saving milliseconds and wasting hours: a survey of tool-assisted speedrunning