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Published on 4/28/2007
Donkey Kong is a classic game that has been challenged plenty of times at this site, by many players.
The previous movie was considered perfect. But as we demonstrate time and time again, perceived perfection can be trumped by persistence.
The author improved the movie by 8 seconds due to an unexpected glitch in the first level. This also proves that even the most simple games can be broken!
Game:
Donkey Kong

Genres:
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.12

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Published on 5/2/2007
Metroid completed as fast as possible without holding back, and without concern for game sanity.
Uses a game restart sequence (up+a on the second controller) to save time in backtracking.
Much of this 34-second improvement comes from taking an unexpected route through Kraid's lair: the doors are tricked into teleporting Samus to different rooms with the help of the door glitch. Another substantial improvement came from using a new strategy in the statue room.
See Metroid Tricks for more information about the door glitch as well as other tips and tricks.

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Published on 12/28/2005
Chrono Trigger is one of the most popular RPGs ever made for gaming consoles. It is also one of the most anticipated tool-assisted speedruns.
The criterion for finishing the game is to defeat Lavos. The option to do this becomes available to the player very quickly and remains available almost entirely through the game. The ending seen after winning depends on decisions made in the game and the current point in the plot.
In-game completion time at the start of the final battle is 3:48 and it shows 4:01 when the final blow is delivered. (This was checked by viewing the contents of a save-state.)
Note: This movie goes twice into the same battles again and again for the purpose of building the characters’ levels. These sections reside in the movie at 2:20:02 – 2:23:47 and at 3:37:34 – 3:55:16 (nearly 18 minutes). When watching the movie, you may wish to fast-forward over these parts.
Game:
Chrono Trigger

Genres:
RPG
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43+ improvment7

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Published on 2/4/2007
The guy who has infinite supply of ammo and destroys worlds bare-chested is back again! And this time he has a shirt and a friend with him.
This very colorful movie by hero_of_the_day plays through the game with both characters at the same time (which is far from trivial to do), and approximately 12 seconds faster than the previous run.
For a movie that completes the game even faster using a warping glitch, see this run.

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Published on 12/27/2005
We recommend reading the author's comments for information about this run.

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Published on 8/6/2006
Hook, based on a movie of the same name, is a somewhat slow platformer game about small boys in tights killing pirates. Awesome!
The movie has just enough action to make it entertaining. Thankfully there are many parts in the game where the player is forced to fly using fairy dust. The flying breaks the monotony of the game quite well so the movie never has a chance to get boring.
Game:
Hook

Genres:
Action
Platformer
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43

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Published on 2/9/2007
Super Metroid is a sequel to NES Metroid, with bigger and better graphics and music.
Due to how the game tracks time, the in-game completion time is 25 minutes, and 18% of items were collected. However, this movie aims for lowest real time as opposed to lowest in-game time. Compared to the predecessor movie, it accomplishes that 5 minutes and 39 seconds faster.

We also have a movie by Cpadolf which aims for in-game time, making use of the fact that the in-game timer is stopped during certain events. It's 4 seconds slower in real time, but completes the game in 23 minutes and 45 seconds by its timer. It is available only in emulator movie format.
Video Downloads:
AVI
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43

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Published on 3/2/2008
Super Metroid (1994) is widely considered to be the pinnacle of exploration-driven game design, and limits to the freedom of action it allows are yet to be found. As such, surprising improvements come from a lot of esoteric tricks and optimizations, quickly making seemingly optimal movies obsolete.
This is hero of the day's second attempt at this game, improving his previous movie by 85 seconds. A good bulk of the improvement comes from skipping Torizo, implementing additional continuous walljumps, and better boss fights. As previously, only 18% of items are collected.
As with most movies at TASvideos, this one aims for lowest frame count, as opposed to the lowest in-game time. By internal timer, it completes the game in 24 minutes and 16 seconds. Read about the specifics of in-game timing here.
If you prefer going by the lowest in-game time, be sure to check Cpadolf's any% in 23:45.
The encode without door transitions is available here on YouTube.

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Published on 6/29/2008
Super Metroid has always been a game filled with obscure tricks and glitches, but, as with other games at this site, it has also become broken wide open thanks to a joint effort of Cpadolf and hero of the day, as well as Kejardon — the glitch master of Super Metroid who made the key trick of this movie possible.
With the use of X-Ray Scope to get out of the rooms' bounds, some non-trivial physics abuse, and esoteric RAM data manipulation via dying in a certain room, the amount of tasks Samus usually has to do on Zebes has been cut to almost nothing. No boss is ever fought in this TAS, and even Mother Brain is skipped completely. The in-game completion time is 00:12.
Because the movie results in an item completion of 6%, it obsoletes the previous low% TAS by Terimakasih which collected a total of 14 items. If you want to see an up-to-date 14% movie completed without using the out-of-bounds glitch, see this movie by Saturn. It completes the game in 42 minutes and 37 seconds (00:27 by the in-game timer).

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Published on 1/16/2012
This movie takes a different approach to Super Metroid. Rather than simply beating all the bosses as quickly as possible, this run deliberately defeats them in reverse order. This makes life more difficult for Samus since she does not have the protection and mobility granted by her suit upgrades. In some areas her health is constantly being drained, making for some intense drama not seen in any other Super Metroid movie.
Due to the circumstances mentioned above, many lesser known tricks and techniques are used in this run, such as charge beam combos and multiple uses of the crystal flash technique. Read about these and other tricks on the Super Metroid game resource page.
For a more detailed description of the routes and strategies used in this movie, read the author's comments.

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Published on 4/14/2007
If real life had savestates, you could be a millionaire.
With handy luck-manipulation, the author multiplies starting player money ($1000) by a hundred in a mere two betting rounds of craps in the limit casino. Then he hits the no limit casino; mutiplying by a hundred again with two betting rounds of craps. The player ends the game with 10 million dollars.
Most of the scenes in this game do not relate to gameplay in any way.
Game:
Vegas Stakes

Genres:
Sport
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.43

Published on 7/20/2013
If real life had savestates, you could be a millionaire.
Starting with just $1000, the author reaches 10 million dollars in under one and a half minutes, proving once again that games defy reality.
This movie is 00:47.39 seconds faster than its predecessor by the same author. In particular, improvements come from skipping an intro scene, and an improved method of going from $1000 to $100000.
Game:
Vegas Stakes

Genres:
Sport
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.1.0a


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