Tool-assisted movies (50)

Bowling is a simple bowling game for the Atari 2600. There are three modes to choose from: Games 1 and 2 can have the bowl curve once in a single direction depending on how which direction the joystick is moved, Games 3 and 4 give you full control of the ball until you let it straighten out, and Games 5 and 6 only have the bowling ball travel in a straight line.

DrD2k9 plays Game 5 in this run and does the exact same optimal movement many times in a row to score a perfect game in record time.

Bowling is a simple bowling game for the Atari 2600. There are three modes to choose from: Games 1 and 2 can have the bowl curve once in a single direction depending on how which direction the joystick is moved, Games 3 and 4 give you full control of the ball until you let it straighten out, and Games 5 and 6 only have the bowling ball travel in a straight line.

DrD2k9 plays Game 3 in this run and uses tool-assisted telekinesis to win a perfect game in record time.

Bowling is a simple bowling game for the Atari 2600. There are three modes to choose from: Games 1 and 2 can have the bowl curve once in a single direction depending on how which direction the joystick is moved, Games 3 and 4 give you full control of the ball until you let it straighten out, and Games 5 and 6 only have the bowling ball travel in a straight line.

MarioAtWork and DrD2k9 play Game 1 and make a series of precisely curved bowls to win a perfect game in record time.

Crazy Climber involves a crazy climber whose goal is to climb tall skyscrapers from the bottom while avoiding various obstacles and hazards along the way. At the top of the skyscraper is a helicopter that will bring the climber to the next building to climb.

In this run, DrD2k9 completes one loop of the game, which involves four different buildings to climb, in record time.

Ghost Manor is as basic as Atari games get. The basic goal of this game is to save either the boy or the girl, captured by Dracula, by getting into the castle, going through mazes, and rescuing the other person.

The authors rescue the boy in record time.

H.E.R.O. is a rare fast-paced platformer for the Atari 2600. You control a man with a gyropack who must traverse caves, avoid dangerous enemies, and use a few sticks of dynamite to blast open paths in order to rescue trapped miners.

DrD2k9 and NYMX improve the previous publication by 2.74 seconds, thanks to better optimization.

You play as a treasure hunter named Panama Joe, whose goal is to find an ancient treasure hidden by Aztec warrior deep inside catacombs. But beware, the catacombs are a large maze inhabited by monsters. Bouncing and rolling skulls, dancing spiders, disappearing and re-appearing chains and tons of fire await you. You'll have to find many keys and unlock doors in order to reach your goal. Panama Joe can jump and climb ladders, but doesn't have much to offer in terms of combat. That's why the monsters in the game should be avoided: a collision with an enemy leads to a premature death. He will also find amulets which make him invulnerable for a short time. Except for the Master System version, they are activated directly when picked up.

Watch as DrD2k9 goes through this port's three levels gathering all the items in record time.

Tomarc the Barbarian is an action game where Tomarc the Barbarian must rescue Senta from a cave she got herself lost in. Senta also managed to get herself kidnapped and is imprisoned in a cage that can be opened by Tomarc's sword. Unfortunately, Tomarc lost his sword in the same cave, so he must now find his sword and rescue Senta before the cave bats eat her alive. Special to this Atari 2600 is the ability to switch between two characters to control, Tomarc and Senta, and both characters continue to be affected by their environments even when you're not controlling them. While Tomarc is used to find the sword to rescue Senta, Senta herself is controlled to fend off the bats that are trying to kill her.

DrD2k9 decides not to go through all that trouble in this run by using a good amount of RNG manipulation to get a cave layout that requires the least amount of movement needed and controlling only Tormac to get the sword and rescue Senta as fast as possible.

VS Pinball is the arcade release of the NES game of the same name. The game is a standard example of a pinball machine, just played virtually.

There is a special bonus room in which the game turns into a Breakout clone of sorts, where the player controls Mario to save Pauline and earn bonus points. The NES game's manual considers rescuing her as winning the game.

DrD2k9 and ShesChardcore both save 3.26 seconds of input time over the previous run through better manipulation of the ball in the bonus room.

Anarchy is a puzzle game where the goal is to shoot a number of blocks in each level using a tank under a set time limit, all while enemy droids are chasing after you. Once all the blocks are shot, an exit opens up and you have to get there before the droids get you or time runs out. Introduced in the later levels are yellow blocks which materialize in different places when shot, creating new passageways and more opportunities in how to tackle those levels.

nymx and DrD2k9 complete the first sixteen levels (the levels loop after that) in record time with help from a script created by the former to brute force the most optimal solutions out of the yellow block levels.

Choplifter is a game developed by Dan Gorlin and was released by Brøderbund in 1982 for multiple systems. It has the distinction of being one of only a few games originally made for home computers before being ported to an arcade machine.

In this game, you are an ace helicopter pilot tasked with rescuing prisoners of war from enemy camps and returning them to the home base. There are a total of 64 POWs that need saving, but you can only carry 16 at a time.

In this run, DrD2k9 rescues all POWs in record time.

We also have a movie of the Atari 7800 version.

Congo Bongo is an isometric platformer released by Sega in 1983 for multiple systems. Imagine what would happen if Frogger, Qbert, and Donkey Kong all were mashed together....that's Congo Bongo.

Decathlon is a sports game with 10 back-to-back events. It is similar to Track & Field for the NES.

This TAS by DrD2k9 aims for the highest score in all events, with fastest time as a secondary goal. A careful study of the game's code allowed DrD2k9 to achieve the fastest possible known times.

Diamond Mine is a top-down action arcade game released in 1983 by IDSI on the Commodore 64. The goal of Diamond Mine is to collect as many diamonds as possible from 20 underground shafts, with each level containing eight diamonds. One must collect all eight diamonds in the shaft before being able to leave the shaft and complete the level.

DrD2k9 digs his way through all 20 diamond shafts as fast as possible.

Donkey Kong is a classic arcade game that spawned many ports, including this Commodore 64 port.

Your task in Frogger is to guide a frog across a treacherous road and river, and to safety at the top of the screen. Both these sections are fraught with a variety of hazards, each of which will kill the frog and cost you a life if contact is made.

There are two ports of this game on the Commodore 64: the Parker Brothers port and the Sierra port. DrD2k9 plays through the former in record time.

H.E.R.O. is a rare fast-paced platformer for the Commodore 64. You control a man with a gyropack who must traverse caves, avoid dangerous enemies, and use a few sticks of dynamite to blast open paths in order to rescue trapped miners.

NYMX and DrD2k9 play through the 20 levels in record time.

Jungle Hunt is a right-to-left side-scrolling arcade game produced and released by Taito in 1982. Jungle Hunt is one of the first video games to use parallax scrolling. The player controls an unnamed explorer, sporting a pith helmet and safari suit, attempting to rescue his girl from a tribe of cannibals by swinging from vine to vine, swimming a crocodile-infested river, and avoiding rolling rocks.

DrD2k9 swings, swims, jumps, and ducks his way through the jungle to rescue his girl in record time.

Unlike the predecessor movie, this run is made using the NTSC settings. The resulting time is shorter due to faster gameplay speed, even though this run is 14 frames longer, because of the RNG difference.

You play as a treasure hunter named Panama Joe, whose goal is to find an ancient treasure hidden by Aztec warrior deep inside catacombs. But beware, the catacombs are a large maze inhabited by monsters. Bouncing and rolling skulls, dancing spiders, disappearing and re-appearing chains and tons of fire await you. You'll have to find many keys and unlock doors in order to reach your goal. Panama Joe can jump and climb ladders, but doesn't have much to offer in terms of combat. That's why the monsters in the game should be avoided: a collision with an enemy leads to a premature death. He will also find amulets which make him invulnerable for a short time. Except for the Master System version, they are activated directly when picked up.

DrD2k9, abusing a similar glitch present in the Master System version, completes the game in record time.

Monty on the Run is a platformer released for C64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum and is the 3rd release in the Monty Mole series. It is commonly known as having one of the best music tracks of the C64 era, which was notably featured in I Wanna be the Guy. The story goes as follows: On the run from the authorities after his escape from Scudmore Prison, Monty the Mole must escape from his house through the criminal underground and head toward the English Channel and freedom in Europe.

DrD2k9 gains freedom in record time.

Publisher Note: Loading finishes and gameplay starts at 6:51.

Portal for Commodore 64 is a 2018 unofficial "demake" of the original Portal game developed and published in 2007 by Valve Corporation. The "demake" inherits the basic mechanics of the game and adapts them for a simplified 2-dimensional world.

Gameplay still consists primarily of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character and simple objects using "the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device", a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes.

Punchy is a clone of the 1983 arcade game Hunchback. It incorporates elements of the classic puppet theater Punch & Judy. Police Constable Bobby must rescue Judy from her abusive husband Punch while avoiding obstacles such as flying tomatoes, flying pies, pits with or without alligators, and Punch himself. Collectible sausages allow the constable to effectively skip a stage.

In this run, DrD2k9 and Memory speed through one loop of the game via optimal use of the sausage effect.

Note: Loading finishes and gameplay starts at 6:59.

Wally has to wake up early for work, but he went to bed without winding his alarm clock. His consciousness must save him from getting fired by finding the clock key and setting the alarm. Numerous obstacles stand in the way, including axes, falling bricks, space invaders, and ghosts. Furthermore, Wally's consciousness can only hold two items and has a limited amount of health in the form of "snooze energy."

ktwo and DrD2k9 improve the previous TAS by 11.64 seconds, thanks to a more efficient route.

Note: Loading finishes and gameplay starts at 4:15. The loading section may be seizure-inducing.

Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The player takes on the role of a bartender who must serve eager, thirsty patrons before their patience expires while collecting empty mugs and tips.

In this run, DrD2k9 and Spikestuff quench the customers' thirst in record time.

We also have runs of the Arcade and Atari 2600 versions.

The Rat was released for Commodore 64 in 1984. The game was developed by Cymbal Software, Inc. and published by Personal Software Services.

The Rat is a top-view single-screen game where you are a rat spending the night in a cheese warehouse to eat all the cheese on various floors. On each floor there are six cheeses with letters spelling THE RAT and all have to be eaten to open the entrance to the next floor.

See the author's comments for more information about the game and its mechanics.

H.E.R.O. is a rare fast-paced platformer for the Colecovision. You control a man with a gyropack who must traverse caves, avoid dangerous enemies, and use a few sticks of dynamite to blast open paths in order to rescue trapped miners.

DrD2k9 and NYMX play through the 20 levels in record time.

Jumpman Junior is a game developed by Randy Glover, who described it as a "lite" version of Jumpman containing 12 levels for users without disk drives. In it, you need to defuse all of the bombs placed on Jupiter by terrorists. To do this, you must climb up ladders, touch the vines, and, of course, jump.

DrD2k9 improved most of the levels from the previous run by route changes and RNG manipulation for a total time save of 00:04.06 seconds.

Note: The character should not be confused with Mario, who was originally named Jumpman. Interestingly enough, Glover cited Donkey Kong as inspiration for this game. It is not known whether the naming is a coincidence or not.

You play as a treasure hunter named Panama Joe, whose goal is to find an ancient treasure hidden by Aztec warrior deep inside catacombs. But beware, the catacombs are a large maze inhabited by monsters. Bouncing and rolling skulls, dancing spiders, disappearing and re-appearing chains and tons of fire await you. You'll have to find many keys and unlock doors in order to reach your goal. Panama Joe can jump and climb ladders, but doesn't have much to offer in terms of combat. That's why the monsters in the game should be avoided: a collision with an enemy leads to a premature death. He will also find amulets which make him invulnerable for a short time. Except for the Master System version, they are activated directly when picked up.

nymx and DrD2k9 go through the nine levels in record time.

We also have a TAS of the Master System version, which includes more levels, amongst other changes.

Epic Pinball is a pinball video game played from a 2D top-down view within a scrollable window. The CD release this TAS was played on comes with the twelve tables (including Super Android from the shareware release) from the floppy releases as well as an additional table: African Safari.

DrD2k9 plays on the Enigma table and summons said Enigma in record time.

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is a game first released by Sierra On-Line in 1984, then re-released in 1987. In it, Sir Graham has to retrieve three magical items from the realm, so that he can be crowned King of Daventry after the current king dies.

DrD2k9 improves his previous TAS by 2.45 seconds, thanks to a new route that uses different glitches. Please read the author's comments for more details.

Due to the sheer speed of the movie, the second set of downloadables play back the movie at 1/5th of the regular speed.

Vohaul's Revenge is the sequel to The Sarien Encounter, and the second game in Sierra's humorous Space Quest series of adventure games. The player navigates Roger Wilco around with the arrow keys and interacts with the world by typing commands. Like in the previous game, there are many ways for the player character to die. Much of the gameplay is dedicated to avoiding the many traps and hazards Roger will meet on his way. Some actions must be performed quickly in order to prevent Roger from getting killed.

DrD2k9 completes the game in record time, thanks to setting the speed to the fastest setting.

The second YouTube stream plays back the movie at 1/5th of the regular speed.

Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter is a humorous sci-fi adventure game made with Sierra's AGI engine. The gameplay is similar to that of King's Quest: the player navigates Roger around with the arrow keys and interacts with the game world by typing commands. There are puzzles to solve and plenty of situations where the player will have to use his wit to save Roger from death.

DrD2k9, c-square and Radiant speed through the game in record time.

Due to the sheer speed of the movie, the second set of encodes play back the movie at 1/5th of the regular speed.

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.

PBA Bowling is a bowling game for the Intellivision that is licensed after the brand of the Professional Bowlers Association. In this game are two modes of play: standard bowling and Pick-Up Spares. Pick-Up Spares is a challenge mode that randomly arranges the pins to let you practice hitting difficult spares.

DrD2k9 opts to play the standard bowling mode for this run and completes it in record time with the usage of both the 1st and 2nd player controllers. For more information on how that was done, you can read the author's notes.

PBA Bowling is a bowling game for the Intellivision that is licensed after the brand of the Professional Bowlers Association. In this game are two modes of play: standard bowling and Pick-Up Spares. Pick-Up Spares is a challenge mode that randomly arranges the pins to let you practice hitting difficult spares.

DrD2k9 improves on his previous run by 8 seconds through the usage of two controllers, with the second one used to manipulate the RNG to give the most favorable pin layouts. For more details on the necessity of two controllers and other things, you can read the author's notes.

PBA Bowling is a bowling game for the Intellivision that is licensed after the brand of the Professional Bowlers Association. In this game are two modes of play: standard bowling and Pick-Up Spares. Pick-Up Spares is a challenge mode that randomly arranges the pins to let you practice hitting difficult spares.

In this run, DrD2k9 decides to play Pick-Up Spares mode with the objective of getting the maximum score possible in that mode. A good degree of RNG manipulation was done to get the most favorable pin layouts to achieve this.

10-Yard Fight (10ヤードファイト) is a 1983 American football arcade game that was developed and published in Japan by Irem and published in the United States by Taito and in Europe by Electrocoin.

While the USA release plays just like real American football, the Japanese version, used in this run, has a completely different goal. This version is high score based; more like the arcade release. Score increases with progress down the field, touchdowns, kicked PATs, and remaining time on the clock when the touchdown is scored. Another major difference is no option to select difficulty at the beginning: the game moves through the 4 difficulties as its normal progression to the hardest level (Super Bowl).

Beauty and the Beast is a typical side-scrolling platform game based on the Disney movie of the same name. The player takes on the role of Beast. As Beast the player can walk around, jump and hit enemies with his fists. Beast can also climb against walls.

The levels feature various power-ups that can be collected (such as hearts which earn the player extra life and a magnifying glass which shows the player an upcoming piece of the level) which can be and on the way the player must watch out for pit traps and various enemies.

In this run, DrD2k9 runs, climbs, and jumps his way throughout the castle in order to win the heart of Belle.

Bible Adventures is a collection of three platformer games in one. Each game is (very loosely) based on a story from the Bible. Gameplay itself has very little biblical connection.

A boy named Tim and his little sister Judy go to a circus. They want to buy tickets to enter the circus, but they only have money for one ticket, so only Judy goes in. After the show, the boy is at the exit to meet Judy when she comes out, but when she doesn’t the boy sneaks into the circus to rescue his sister from the ringmaster Mr. Magic who has taken her hostage.

The game is a platformer, you must get past many clowns, tightrope artists, and pools of water filled with alligators. You can also go into small tents to play mini-games.

This run improves its predecessor by 00:00.13 second through better movement and luck manipulation.

Duck Hunt is the classic NES zapper game.

DrD2k9 beats "Game B - 2 Ducks" by completing 27 levels. See the author's comments for details on how this game mode works.

Shadowgate is a storybook game in which you wake up in front of a big castle and must make your way through it solving a variety of puzzles.

This run created by DrD2k9, Zekna & Randil is an improvement of 23 frames over the previous run of the game.

U.S. Championship V'Ball, renamed Super Spike V'Ball for its NES conversion, is a lesser-known coin-op. It challenges players to bump, set, and spike their way to a beach volleyball championship. Teams of two travel the USA and the world, visiting venues like Chicago, Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Australia. This game can be played by 1-4 players simultaneously, although on the NES a Satellite or Four Score device (and extra controllers) are required for three or four players.

In this run, DrD2k9 beats the hardest game mode, The World Cup Tournament, using 2 players at the same time.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner is a 1987 third-person rail shooter platform video game developed and published by Square for the FDS and published by Acclaim for the NES. WorldRunner features many elements that are typical of a forward-scrolling rail shooter game, where the player focuses on destroying or dodging onscreen enemies against a scrolling background. 3-D WorldRunner incorporates a distinct third-person view, where the camera angle is positioned behind the main character.

The Immortal is an isometric adventure game originally created for the Apple IIGS, which was ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS based PCs, NES, and Genesis. The main plot revolves around a wizard attempting to find his mentor in a large and dangerous labyrinth.

DrD2k9 crawls his way through the labyrinth and completes the game as fast as possible. This movie is a 00:53.83 second improvement over DrD2k9's previous work.

This movie has a full Atlas Map encode, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.

Track & Field II is a game that allows the player to have an experience based around the Summer Olympic games. Playable events include fencing, the triple jump, swimming, diving, skeet shooting, pole vaulting, Tae Kwon Do, hammer throwing, canoing, archery, hurdles, and the horizontal bar.

Venice Beach Volleyball is an unlicensed NES game that was developed by Idea-Tek and published by various companies such as American Video Entertainment. It is a simple volleyball video game with many of the features you expect from the sports along with an additional one where a crab will randomly come out of nowhere, steal the ball from the ground, and let the team who scored the point serve earlier.

DrD2k9 plays the game on the hardest difficulty and makes the opposing team look like chumps in record time.

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.

Aliens: Neoplasma is a game submitted for the ZX Dev MID Remakes competition. It takes place in the same universe as the Alien movies created by Ridley Scott. In this game, you play as a woman awaken from stasis to find her shipmates all dead and the ship overrun by aliens. As with most Aliens based stories, the AI on the ship has decided that the alien creatures are more important than yourself and is trying to get them back to Earth at all costs. You are tasked with escaping the ship by running around and activating various terminals to open doors to new pathways through the ship; ultimately leading to the escape pod.

DrD2k9 rushes to the escape pod in record time.

Encoder's Note: The first 7 minutes is dedicated to loading. The game loads at 6:55.

Space Monsters Meet the Hardy is a 2019 ZX Spectrum game made for the Yandex Retro Games Battle. You are tasked with taking out the leaders of the space monsters, who are hidden in mazelike levels. But time is limited, and you only have one weapon: your trusty laser pistol. For you to succeed, you must be both fast and accurate.

DrD2k9 ignores the danger and races across the alien world, sometimes directly through enemies in his path. With a few movement tricks up his sleeve, he completes Hardy's mission in just 10 and a half minutes.

Encoder's Note: The first 9 minutes is dedicated to loading. The game loads at 8:57.