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Published on 9/4/2015
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!! is a DS game developed by WayForward, based on the popular show Adventure Time. Its gameplay is heavily inspired by Zelda II.
In this run, arandomgameTASer heavily abuses many glitches in the game, in particular an item jumping glitch, to beat the game in record time. Mathematical!

Published on 8/24/2021
Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles is the first spin-off game in the Assassin's Creed franchise, and is a prequel to the first game. Altaïr is tasked with finding The Chalice, an artifact that is said to be able to unite all factions and end the Crusades.
Unlike the main games in the franchise, Altaïr's Chronicles is not an open-world game but rather a hybrid action-platformer - some sections play similarly to games in the Prince of Persia series where the player must do careful platforming and deal with traps and hazards, while other sections are more like the main games and feature fighting, stealth, and assassinations.
xy2_ abuses several out-of-bounds glitches to end levels extremely quickly, and wields the particularly mighty Wooden Crate to dispatch foes in record time.

The author's commentary is included in all encodes of this movie.

Published on 11/20/2011
Released as a tie-in to a toy line and a movie, this remake of a GBA game features the eponymous twelve princesses attempting to save their father, the King, and their kingdom from the evil machinations of the Duchess Rowena.
This run completes all seven worlds.

Published on 9/20/2023
Bejeweled 3 is a tile-matching puzzle game and the fifth game in the Bejeweled franchise. As with previous games, you earn points by matching three or more gems of the same kind by switching their places. Extra points are earned for long combos and consecutive chain combos. In most classic modes, you continue doing this until you can no longer make combos.
For this run, berrimeow plays Quest mode and completes every quest in it and gets every medal, extensively manipulating the RNG in the process. Quest mode is composed of various takes on the original Bejeweled game such as "Poker", where the gems you match up determine the card hands you can get.
Game:
Bejeweled 3

Genres:
Puzzle
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 8/22/2015
Beyblade: Metal Masters is a video game based on the manga called Beyblade: Metal Fusion. Said manga also inspired a four-season anime series called Beyblade: Metal Saga. The game is largely based on the events of the anime series.
xy2_ spins his Beyblades to victory with the first available character, Gingka, in about 7 and a half minutes.

Published on 6/27/2017
Cars is a mini game collection based on the animated movie of the same name. The central theme is the Piston Cup, a racing championship, which the protagonist Lightning McQueen wants to win against his rival Chick Hicks. There are twelve mini games and four races in all, which are played over four stages (three mini games and one race each).
Game:
Cars

Genres:
Action
Racing
Sport
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.11

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".

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.

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.

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.

Published on 12/25/2018
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force is a point-and-click videogame released in the year 2008 on the Nintendo DS. It was developed by 1st Playable Productions and published by Disney Interactive Studios as part of the famous Club Penguin franchise.
The game stars a player penguin, as he/she finds a mysterious puffle with a map piece after reading the local newspaper. After some investigating, the player discovers the super secret organization called the Elite Penguin Force, who helps and rescues penguins in time of need.
In this movie, agent Guest pauses their way through the game's 13 missions, finishing their duty in under half an hour.

Published on 7/25/2023
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force is a point-and-click videogame released in the year 2008 on the Nintendo DS. It was developed by 1st Playable Productions and published by Disney Interactive Studios as part of the famous Club Penguin franchise.
The game stars a player penguin, as he/she finds a mysterious puffle with a map piece after reading the local newspaper. After some investigating, the player discovers the super secret organization called the Elite Penguin Force, who helps and rescues penguins in time of need.
This TAS by dekutony plays through the special DLC mission for the game "The Puffle Pranksters". In which the player must figure out what happened to The Elite Puffles after they went missing, while also investigating this strange occurrence of "white" Puffles that have appeared all over the island.

Published on 10/4/2021
Herbert's Revenge, based on the online Flash game Club Penguin, is a point-and-click adventure game where you defend the Club Penguin island from the evil Herbert P. Bear. Using your "Elite" secret agent skills, you can collect information about Herbert through various means and use it to foil his plans in 10 different missions.
This movie by Randomno, dekutony and solarplex abuses a few glitches involving the HUD and story element skips to beat the game in under half an hour. It also beats the previous movie by about 5 minutes.

Published on 7/19/2019
Contra 4 (2007) is largely a combined remake of the early NES and SNES Contra titles, featuring remixed music and vastly improved visuals utilizing both screens of the DS as if they were one contiguous screen.
Soig improves upon the previous publication by not only optimising it further, but also playing through the 40 missions of the game's challenge mode, which are unlocked after the main game is beaten.

Published on 5/1/2022
Crimson Room is a escape room game, originally created with Shockwave Flash for web game portals. It is a very short point and click adventure game, where the player has to find clues and items to escape the room. The first title received a direct sequel, Viridian Room, as well as two more rooms to escape from, The Blue Chamber and White Chamber. All four escape room titles were ported to the DS title in a single package.
Spikestuff escapes from all four rooms from the DS version while saving 137 frames from the previous publication.
Game:
Crimson Room

Genres:
Puzzle
Storybook
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7

Published on 9/15/2015
Dementium: The Ward is a first-person survival horror game created by Renegade Kids and Gamecock for the DS. You wake up in a mysterious, derelict hospital and must explore the dark, solve puzzles, and avoid the fearsome surgical experiments roaming the halls to escape with your life.
In this tool-assisted speedrun, jlun2 makes his own path through the game, cutting through enemies, bosses, and even walls to assure his character's freedom in under 37 minutes.

Note: Due to an emulation error, certain sounds play louder than intended.

Published on 5/9/2018
This is the ninth game in the Dragon Quest series released exclusively to the Nintendo DS as well as being the first in the series to support local multiplayer.

Published on 1/9/2023
Elf Bowling 1 & 2 is a collection of the first two Elf Bowling games on the DS. It features Santa Clause throwing bowling balls at elves after the elves went on strike for being overworked by Santa.
This TAS plays through the first game and gets a perfect score in record time.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 4/23/2023
Etrian Odyssey is a dungeon crawler RPG developed in joint by Atlus and Lancarse for the Nintendo DS. A group is tasked to explore the Yggdrasil Labyrinth, defeating the various stratum bosses in the process.
ninespaces defeats the last stratum boss, Etreant, in record time.
Game:
Etrian Odyssey

Genres:
RPG
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 2/4/2017
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon is the second remake of the original Fire Emblem, and the first Fire Emblem game for DS. The story follows the Altean prince Marth on a quest to win back his home kingdom and save his kidnapped sister. Characters and chapters that were omitted in the original game and the first remake were introduced in this title.
This is an improvement of 3 minutes and 18.01 seconds over the previous movie. Please read the author's comments for more details.

Published on 11/27/2022
Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu (ファイアーエムブレム 新・紋章の謎〜光と影の英雄〜) is a remake of Fire Emblem 3 developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the DS in 2010. As such, it follows the same plot as the third game of the series, but with more chapters and recruitable characters.
lapogne36 obtains the best possible rank on the hardest difficulty (for which SRAM is needed) in record time.
An alternate encode by the author that features the battle animations can be found right here.

Published on 12/4/2017
Game & Watch Collection is a collection of three classic Game & Watch titles from the Game & Watch series. Near-exact replicas of Oil Panic, Donkey Kong, and Greenhouse are included.
Fortranm clears 8 loops of Game B in Donkey Kong (where the basic storyline remains the same) in record time.

Published on 6/10/2023
Game & Watch Collection 2 is a small compilation of two Game & Watch games, Parachute and Octopus. It was originally a reward that you could receive as a member of Club Nintendo, Nintendo's special customer loyalty program. The compilation also includes a mode called Parachute x Octopus, where both games are played at the same time on separate screens.
Fortranm and RetroEdit collaborate to complete Parachute x Octopus by reaching the 1000 point mark as fast as possible. 1000 points is the point where the difficulty stops increasing. For more details on the goal of this run, you can read the authors' notes.

Published on 4/5/2010
The only war going around here is breaking at least 23 traffic laws and shooting goons with what ought to be a Gatling gun.
The author completes the game in record time, using a glitch that corrupts the save game data to unlock the mission Salt in the Wound, the only one required to unlock the credits.
This run beats the previous version by 4.9 seconds.
Due to poor emulation, there are elements of visual glitches and artifacts during screen transitions.

Published on 10/15/2022
Intellivision Lives! is a collection of Intellivision titles developed to preserve the best of the best, such as Crown of Kings, also known as Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain on the Intellivision console. These may appear identical games on the surface level, but under the hood, this is based on the prototype release, and have different RNG algorithms.
Watch as Winslinator walks through walls to retrieve the Crown of Kings in record time.

Published on 10/15/2022
Intellivision Lives! is a collection of Intellivision titles developed to preserve the best of the best, such as Crown of Kings, also known as Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain on the Intellivision console. These may appear identical games on the surface level, but under the hood, this is based on the prototype release, and have different RNG algorithms.
Watch as Winslinator walks through walls and substantial luck manipulation to tear through the game's content while collecting the key, axe, and boat in the process.

Published on 3/13/2011
Ivy is a lost bird who is wandering aimlessly around looking for her mother. Normally when you play the game you simply draw vines for Ivy to walk on and you can pull them to bounce her over an obstacle.
With tools, this turns into a mad orgy of bouncing and springy physics action that is difficult to follow with the naked eye. Don't blink or you'll miss it!
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 9.0.6

Published on 9/16/2015
"Whoa, didn't see that coming!"
Johnny Test is a game based on the TV cartoon series of the same name. In the game, Johnny tampers with Susan and Mary's "Real Life Simulator" machine, inadvertently allowing Wacko access to the machine, who uses it to turn the town of Porkbelly into a Medieval city. If that weren't enough, Brain Freezer is holding the twins' beloved Gil hostage. Johnny and Dukey will push all the limits with numerous laboratory gadgets trying to fix this experiment gone wrong. They will have to break some rules in order to stop the bad guys and save Porkbelly – all before his parents find out.
Author dekutony runs through the game, taking advantage of multiple powerups and programming errors to beat it in 19 minutes and 55.68 seconds.

Published on 9/1/2015
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days is the first 3D handheld Kingdom Hearts game, released in North America in 2009. It follows Roxas during his time working for Organization XIII.
In this run, arandomgameTASer runs through the game's missions very quickly, utilizing extensive route planning and tricks throughout.

Downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles. The YouTube encode removes the credits and its associated ending theme for copyright reasons.

Published on 10/8/2014
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded is a remake of the mobile game Kingdom Hearts coded, released in North America in 2011. It is notable for combining many elements from previous handheld games in the Kingdom Hearts series, in particular 358/2 Days and Birth by Sleep.
In this run, watch as arandomgameTASer dodges, lunges, and yells his way through the game's various Disney inspired levels, abusing a surprising number of bugs and tricks along the way. Let's hope Sora finds a good masseuse.

All encodes of this run come with the author's lengthy commentary. The YouTube encode removes the credits and its associated ending theme for copyright reasons.

Published on 11/24/2010
Kirby Squeak Squad, known as Kirby Mouse Attack in Europe and Kirby of the Stars: Calling on the Dorotche Gang (星のカービィ 参上! ドロッチェ団) in Japan, was beaten in 36:40.54 minutes by MUGG, by taking advantage of glitches and of the bottom screen, which is used to keep and mix the things Kirby swallowed during his adventure. You can check the author's comments for more information.

Note: Due to poor emulation, certain door transitions don't appear as intended.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 9.0.4

Published on 12/8/2016
Kirby: Canvas Curse is one of many sequels in the Kirby franchise. In this installment, Kirby and the inhabitants of Dream Land are all turned into paint by the witch Drawcia, with Kirby being stuck as a limbless ball. Players must guide Kirby through various stages via the DS touchpad.
In this run, GloriousLiar exploits quirks in the way the game handles said touchpad, allowing him to launch Kirby at ludicrous speeds to beat this game in the blink of an eye.

Published on 1/14/2018
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for the Nintendo DS is an action-packed LEGO-themed video game based on the original Star Wars films made by George Lucas. It features 80 playable characters, 17 playable courses, and the ability to make your own customizable characters. Several of the game's characters have their own unique abilities.
SkicoNow speeds through the game in record time, thanks to usage of the Host Wireless glitch, enabling infinite jumping, clipping through doors and lowering the boss's health. Please read the author's submission comments for more details.

Published on 6/15/2023
Magnetica, also known as Shunkan Puzz Loop in Japan and Actionloop in Europe, is a puzzle game that serves as a sequel to the 1998 arcade game Puzz Loop. It plays similarly to Zuma, where the goal is to clear a line of marbles by shooting marbles at other marbles in the line with matching colors. You can also collect powerups that attach to the marbles, which can make it easier and/or quicker to clear each level.
In this run, reirrab and Darkman425 play "Puzzle Mode", known in the Japanese version as "Checkmate Mode", and clear all 60 puzzles as fast as possible.
Game:
Magnetica

Genres:
Puzzle
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

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.

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 a few major glitches such as entering the Shroob Castle early.

There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author.

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).
Game:
Mega Man ZX

Genres:
Action
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9

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".

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.

Published on 9/1/2015
The classic Metal Slug series comes to the DS with Metal Slug 7. Although there is only one player this time, this version is notable for allowing the player to keep two weapons and switch freely between them. Also, each player has a special advantage compared to the others: for instance, Eri can use more grenades, whereas Tarma does more damage while using a Metal Slug.
This run uses Eri and Tarma, just like mtvf1's first Eri/Tarma run. It improves zk547's deathless run by 01:08.10, despite having to use two continues to switch between Eri and Tarma.
Also check out the runs of other Metal Slug games such as Metal Slug, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4, Metal Slug 5 and Metal Slug Advance.

Note: The second pair of downloadables and torrents are encodes of only the top screen.

Published on 6/13/2019
Meteos is a fast-paced puzzle game where you attempt to match 3 colored falling "meteos" to blast them back into space. There are many game modes available from a new save file; this TAS plays Star Trip's Multi mode.
In Star Trip, an AI on the DS's top screen sends meteos at you while you send meteos back at it. You complete each planet by filling the AI's screen. Multi mode adds missions you must complete, and culminates in a fight against True Meteo, the evil planet that threatens the Meteos universe!
This run by Taechuk reaches Multi's true ending and unlocks Layazero in record time. Be sure to watch the whole credits sequence for a hilarious ending!
Game:
Meteos

Genres:
Puzzle
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9

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.

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.

Published on 5/6/2022
Myst is the epic puzzle game whose puzzles will take you hours to solve. Unless, of course, you know the answer. Although you'll encounter many brainmelting puzzles when normally playing through Myst, all the game really requires you to do is flip the eight switches around the island, get the blank page and bring it to Atrus.
One of the hardest things about this is the fireplace code which must be obtained in order to get access to Atrus. However, this being a TAS, the code is known and is entered in the most entertaining fashion the authors could think of.
This is a 5 frame improvement over the previous movie
Game:
Myst

Genres:
Puzzle
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 3/1/2022
N+ is a Ninja platforming game originally released on Adobe Flash as "N". N+ is the name given to the console and handheld release of the game. The game consists of fast-paced platforming and dodging bullets, landmines, and drones that are out to hunt the player.
slamo beats all single player levels in record time.
Game:
N+

Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
N+ (USA).nds
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7

Published on 11/10/2014
Nanashi no Geemu (Namless Game, or ナナシ ノ ゲエム) is a first person survival horror game where you play as a jaded university student who goes on a fetch quest to stop a cursed game from game overing him in real life after 7 days. Despite all the encounters with the supernatural, the player never even bothers to run at all, preferring to casually stroll for justice instead.
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.10

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 II on the Gameboy, 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.

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.

Published on 7/30/2022
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is a visual novel for the Nintendo DS developed by Chunsoft and published by Aksys Games in North America in 2010. It features Junpei, who finds himself trapped aboard a sinking ship, and, along with 8 other people, needs to find a door with a 9 on it.
yep2yel solves the many puzzles of the various escape rooms and gets all endings in record time.
We very strongly recommend that you play the game first before watching the TAS, as it'll inevitably spoil the story and the solutions.

Published on 4/15/2015
Over the Hedge is a licensed stealth-based platformer for the DS, mainly notable for its tank-like character controls.
In this run, jlun2 makes extensive use of out of bounds clipping, breaking every single level.
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.10

Published on 4/28/2017
Over the Hedge is a stealth-based platformer for the Nintendo DS based on bypassing home security in order to steal things for endangered species. This time, our heroes suddenly decide to become completionists.
jlun2 improves upon the previous publication by 00:15.41 seconds, thanks to the use a new NPC wall clip in the last level as well as some optimizations.

Published on 1/3/2024
In Pac-Man World 3 the ghosts have been kidnapped from their world which is also being siphoned by the evil genius Erwin.
Watch as inconsistent rolls their way through the game in under 25 minutes.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(Extended Input)

Published on 9/22/2023
Peggle: Dual Shot is a pachinko-like puzzle game and a port of the original Peggle to the Nintendo DS. The objective of the game is to shoot a ball down a board of pegs and clear it by hitting 25 orange-colored pegs without running out of balls. To make things quicker and easier, you can use a Peggle Master's ability to clear many more pegs with a single ball by hitting green pegs. Abilities include a ball that pierces through pegs effortlessly, pinball-life flippers that can hit the ball back up, and pegs that clear the other pegs around it when hit.
berrimeow here chooses to complete both level sets in Adventure mode, "Peggle" and "Peggle Nights", as fast as possible.
Game:
Peggle: Dual Shot

Genres:
Puzzle
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 10/22/2023
Plants vs. Zombies is a 2009 tower defense video game developed by PopCap Games. It was initially released for Windows and MacOS X, but has been ported to consoles, mobile devices, and handhelds, which includes a DS release.
In the game, the player must defend their house from zombies who want to eat their brain, by using an army of strange plants that will shoot and attack incoming zombies. The game also features several puzzle levels, where you either break open vases containing either zombies or plants, or a mode where YOU play as the zombies.
This is what berrimeow does, who completes all 18 puzzle levels in record time.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

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.

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.

Published on 9/6/2013
Polarium is a puzzle game developed by Mitchell Corporation. Players use a stylus to draw lines on the touch screen of the DS, flipping black and white tiles to clear puzzles. Among the various modes are Challenge, which is similar to Tetris, and Puzzle, where the player must figure out how to clear complex puzzles in one continuous stroke.
In this run, partyboy1a plays through Puzzle Mode, using precise stylus movement to clear all 100 puzzles in just under 7 minutes.
Game:
Polarium

Genres:
Puzzle
Strategy
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9

Published on 2/12/2024
Postman Pat is a licensed adaptation of the stop-motion cartoon series of the same name from the United Kingdom. It is comprised of minigames that have something to do with Postman Pat's occupation of postman for the village of Greendale. These include processing letters on a conveyor belt, a memory game involving postcards, fitting packages into the back of a van, helping a child pack his backpack at the last minute, and feeding barnyard animals.
In this run, Cephlas decides to play all ten minigames the game has to offer at their highest difficulty and does so as fast as possible.

Published on 2/18/2022
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King is a spin-off sequel to the 2008 reboot of Prince of Persia. The game is almost entirely controlled by using the DS stylus, using it to climb up walls, jump off ledges, attack enemies, and roll on the ground.
After being abandoned by Elika following the freeing of dark God Arhiman, our protagonist is on his own again and stumbles upon this deserted kingdom already ravaged by corruption. Watch him free it with the help of his new ally Zal.

Audio commentary from the author and Smathlax, a runner of the game, is available right here.

Published on 11/18/2021
Professor Layton said the Last Specter is the fourth game in the point and click puzzle game series and the first of its prequel Trilogy. Professor Hershel Layton and his assistant Emmy Altava are called to investigate the curious town of Misthallery and the specters that attack it during the night. Joined by a young Luke Triton, the trio uncovers the secrets of the village and unearth the first piece of a grand mystery.
The authors, chilsie and Randomno, solve all the mysteries in the game in record time.

Published on 12/27/2009
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence is a Nintendo DS enhanced port of the original PlayStation survival horror game. The S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team has gone missing and it's up to the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team to investigate their disappearance.
In this run, Fladdermus takes control of Alpha team's Jill Valentine and proceeds to tear apart Classic Mode in under half an hour. For more information, see his comments.

Published on 4/16/2010
Combining the Nintendo DS's touch screen capabilities with a classic puzzle game and adding in a touch of the tool-assisted yields... a tool-assisted run of a classic puzzle game, joining the ranks of several other quirky movies similar in character. While tool-assistance may on the surface seem trivial in this case, a decidedly non-trivial amount of luck manipulation was used to create a cube solvable in the fewest possible moves. Further, the game only counts moves in quarter turns, making the number of moves used even more impressive.
Note: If you are watching the .dsm, your nickname and comment must be set to something specific in order to watch the movie. It will desync otherwise. See the author's comments for combinations that work.
Game:
Rubik's World

Genres:
Puzzle
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 9.0.5

Published on 4/15/2014
Sokoban DS is a modern take on the classic Soko-Ban (1982), a maze-based transport puzzle game in which the player has to move a number of boxes to designated positions on the map. Because of the limited movement possibilities and various obstacles, this job requires logic to achieve the goal.
In this movie, coldsun0630 finishes all 250 stages as well as the five tutorial stages using the fastest known solutions.
Game:
Sokoban DS

Genres:
Puzzle
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.9

Published on 8/13/2023
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter follows Red Savarin, a smart mouth who pilots their own mech named Dahak.
Watch as JHolleworth completes both stories in record time.

Published on 8/18/2023
Spider-Man 2 was a launch title for the Nintendo DS in North America. Developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision, this 2.5D side scroller loosely follows the plot points from the Sam Raimi films, as it sometimes deviates from the movie plot to fill in missions with other Spider-Man villains such as Mysterio and Vulture.
EZGames69 improves the previous movie by 54.61 seconds, thanks to better optimisation and a recently found glitch. Please read the author's comments for more details.
Game:
Spider-Man 2

Genres:
Platformer
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Bizhawk 2.9.1

Published on 12/14/2015
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a DS Spidey game released in 2010, featuring prominent Metroidvania and beat-em-up elements. It shares the same game engine with Web of Shadows and Daniel X
In this run, arandomgameTASer uses great power to blazes through with a combination of web swinging goodness and aerial attacks. It even has the Spidey humor.

Published on 11/28/2022
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is a Metroidvania-style beat 'em up game. The symbiotes have invaded New York City and are running rampant. It's up to Spidey to save the day (and maybe take a shower afterwards).
Cakemaphoneige web swings and destroys enemies to rid the city of the symbiotes in record time.

Published on 4/11/2017
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".
More importantly, it features different glitches than those featured in the runs of the original SM64.
This run improves the predecessor movie by 00:39.72 seconds.
For the out-of-bounds parts, where no textures are normally loaded, the author provided a hacked encode that shows the textures for better comprehension.

Published on 9/26/2019
Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll for the Nintendo DS has our favorite team of monkeys rolling around in a huge mix of old familiar levels, as well as totally brand new stages. The monkeys are tasked with beating 120 levels, and they whip through these stages at higher break-neck speeds than ever before.
Taechuk, Silverbawxer, xy2_, and Gonquai utilize every trick up their sleeves to grind, bounce, clip, and fly their way through any obstacle the game can throw at them. Many of the techniques are explained in the submission text because if you blink, you just might miss them.
The authors have created an alternate encode featuring an upscaled resolution. You can watch it here.

Note: Due to poor emulation there are several instances of incorrect layering throughout most of the worlds featured in this game. A skybox visual glitch is also present during Fantascene Falls.

Published on 11/24/2009
At TASVideos, we see a lot of feats made, among the most popular however is smashing Tetris. The game seems to have the uncanny ability to agree, be sure to enjoy the sight of 'Back to Back Tetris' because you're going to see it a lot.
Game:
Tetris DS

Genres:
Puzzle
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.4+

Published on 1/4/2022
Tetris Party Deluxe released 25 years after the original incarnation of the popular puzzle game, on both the Nintendo DS and Wii. It features many new modes, including online multiplayer with up to 3 other players on the DS version.
This run by Mars608 completes the Sprint mode, commonly referred to as "40 lines". Focusing on the In-Game Time, it achieves a record-breaking 21"83, which is 1.33 seconds faster than the previous publication.

Note that the time appears longer; however, this is due to more accurate emulation.
This is the very first DS publication using BizHawk instead of DeSmuME.

Published on 3/5/2022
The Legend of Kage 2 (影之伝説, Kage no Densetsu 2) is an action-adventure game for the Nintendo DS. It is the sequel to The Legend of Kage.
The player takes control of either Kage (the ninja from the first game), or Chihoiro (a kunoichi from Iga). Their mission is to rescue Princess Kirihime who has been kidnapped by the demonic warlord Yoshiro Kuyigusa and his aide-de-camp, the rogue samurai Yukinosuke Riko, in an attempt to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.
ninespaces defeats Kuyigusa in record time.

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.

Published on 9/30/2023
Touch Detective (known as Mystery Detective in Europe and Osawari Tantei: Ozawa Rina (おさわり探偵 小沢里奈)) is an adventure game developed by BeeWorks and published by Atlus (505 Games in Europe and Success Corporation in Japan) for the Nintendo DS in 2006. It follows the story of Mackenzie, who sets herself on solving 4 different cases to solve in order to join the Great Detective Society. She also maintains a Touch List, keeping track of interesting things she touches throughout.
Darkman425 completes the 4 cases in record time.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 8/6/2015
Touch! Gostop DS is a handheld version of the popular Korean card game Gostop, developed and published by CTGAME Entertainment in 2008.
In this run, perfectacle carefully manipulates luck to beat every ranked opponent as quickly as possible. For each opponent, a minimum amount of points must be obtained before being able to move on to the next one. Clever strategy and use of auto-wins are also used to rack up multipliers and obtain extravagant high scores in a remarkably short period.
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.7 x86 svn4118

Published on 9/9/2023
Wario: Master of DIsguise is a puzzle platformer developed by Suzak and published by Nintendo in 2007 for the DS. This time, Wario is jealous about a TV show of a thief who can wield various disguises. Therefore, he creates the Telmet, which allows him to enter the show. He steals the thief's disguise changing wand, Goodstyle, allowing him to transform into the various costumes that get unlocked along the way across 10 episodes.
IsaGoodFriend makes swift usage of the wand, allowing for very swift transformations and completes the game in record time.
Encoder's note: There's an instance of flashing lights during the boss fight in Episode 8, which may cause epileptic seizures.

Published on 1/7/2022
You Have to Burn the Rope is a very hard game. You have to burn the rope there.
More seriously, this is a Nintendo DS port of an intentionally trivial Flash game created by the Swedish student Kian "Mazapán" Bashiri. It was created as a satire, specifically to make fun of other games that limit the player's interaction by being easy, linear, or heavily controlled and jokingly ask at which point these games also cease to be games. -Bashiri
EZGames69 celebrates the new NDS support in BizHawk by improving the previous run by 6 frames.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7

Published on 8/30/2013
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011 pits duelists against each other in epic battles both on the streets and on the duelist field. With over 4,200 cards, duel runner battles with up to 3 teammates, and worldwide tournaments through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, there's dozens of hours of fun packed into this game.
In this run, Hoandjzj uses strategy, planning and luck manipulation to win the World Racing Grand Prix in as few turns as possible.

Published on 7/27/2022
Zuma's Revenge! is a tile-matching puzzle video game where the player must clear rolling stones by matching those of the same colour.
Watch as GaRan controls the ball-shooting frog through multiple stages and defeats six area bosses in record time.
Game:
Zuma's Revenge

Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
DeSmuME 0.9.13

Published on 12/23/2022
10 Second Run is a fast paced simple platformer released for DSiWare. The game consists of 50 stages in which the player needs to run to the ending within a 10 second limit. While some of the stages seem easy to play through, the short time limit can make it more intense to play as the player must be nearly perfect in execution to make it in time.
This TAS by theballaam96 completes all 50 stages of the 10 second runs, while also including 10 bonus stages of 1 second runs.
Game:
10 Second Run

Genres:
Platformer
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 12/4/2022
Art Style: PiCTOBiTS, known as Art Style: PiCOPiCT in Europe and Japan and Art Style: PiCTOPiCT in Australia, is part of the DSiWare and WiiWare line of Art Style games. This is a puzzle game developed by Skip Ltd., the Chibi-Robo! devs, where the goal is to match colored bits in rectangles of at least 4 bits in size.
Darkman425 clears all 15 stages in a record total in-game time of 3:37.76.

Published on 7/28/2022
Donkey Kong Jr., is the sequel to the classic Donkey Kong which was made available on many platforms including the special DSi release here. Jumpman has captured Donkey Kong and it's up to Junior to save his dad.
Watch as Fortanm sets up the DSi, we mean, rescue Donkey Kong over 8 loops in record time.

Published on 12/30/2022
Shantae: Risky's Revenge is the sequel to the first game in the series, released for the Nintendo DSi in 2010. It follows the adventures of Shantae, who needs to find three magical seals in order to prevent Risky Boots from unleashing the dark powers of a magical lamp that she swiped from Shantae's uncle, Uncle Mimic.
arandomgameTASer, however, abuses a warp glitch to skip the proper acquisition of those seals and complete the game in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.


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