Tool-assisted movies (100)

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Published on 12/11/2023
Acko's Mach-Bike Race is a Pokémon: Emerald ROMhack challenge centered on the Mach-Bike.
Watch as dekutony completes the challenge and defeats Team Aqua leader Archie in record time.
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 6/17/2013
Action Man: Robot Atak is an action game, developed by Magic Pockets and published by Atari, which was released in Europe in 2004.
Professor Moran is kidnapped by Dr. X, and it is up to the Action Force to bring him back. The playable characters of this game are Action Man himself, Red Wolf, and Flynt. Together, they beat up robots, punch dinosaurs, ride jet skis, and do other typical action-movie things along the way.

Published on 3/22/2014
Without warning, the forces of Blue Moon mount an assault on the nation of Orange Star. Only Orange Star's new advisor, in collaboration with Orange Star's commanding officers, can stop them and get to the truth behind this sinister plot.
At least, that's what they'd normally do if they weren't capable of just magically compelling their opponents to surrender at the sight of them.
Using a glitch in the design maps mode of the game, this run by Kiske and mtvf1 completes the game impossibly quickly by forcing opponents to yield, allowing instant wins in the campaign missions. The author also improves the previous run by 00:12.81 seconds through new tricks and better use of the "force surrender" glitch.

Published on 12/23/2009
In the second game of this popular series, the four warring countries from the original game find themselves uniting against a common foe who, at the game's opening, has almost completely overrun the planet.
With the help of carefully devised strategies, a little bit of luck manipulation, and moving the cursor at inhuman speed, the author repels this planetary invasion over the course of slightly more than an hour.
Reading the author's comments is strongly recommended to help keep track of what's going on.
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v23 svn190

Published on 2/20/2013
Alien Hominid is a 2D side-scrolling shooter with heavy references to the Metal Slug series of games - from the hand-drawn graphics, huge explosions, right down to the ability to eviscerate FBI Agents when you get up close to them. The graphics are by featured artist Dan Paladin. Your goal, is quite simply, to get to the end of the stage, and die as little as possible. Which is made difficult due to the fact that any bullet is an instant kill.
You control some sort of yellow alien with a gun. For whatever reason, he also has very Earth-like grenades with Earth-like explosions. He collides with some sort of satellite around Earth and crash-lands right in front of the FBI, who then runs off with his spacecraft and somehow forgets that bright yellow alien thing in clear sight. If you're looking for story, this isn't the game, as it just gives an excuse why you're doing these things.
This TAS improves the one provided by the winner team at Dream Team Contest 3 by 00:41.22 seconds.

This movie has a lua script that contains the Author's chatty commentary, and the encode of it can be seen on YouTube here.
Game:
Alien Hominid

Genres:
Shooter
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v23 svn270

Published on 5/7/2023
American Idol is a game developed by Möbius Entertainment and published by Codemasters for the GBA in 2003. It is a rhythm game based on the singing competition TV series of the same name. Players take on the competition in order to win first place.
ShesChardcore wins the American Idol competition in record time.
Game:
American Idol

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

Published on 8/22/2023
Anarchaeologist is a short homebrew puzzle platformer for the Game Boy Advance about a treasure hunter named Archie Logist who's off to find plunder treasure from ancient pyramids. Help Archie get through the pyramids with his trusty revolver and unlock doors and break through blocks so he can get to the treasure he so dearly desires.
Here, Alyosha and Cephla improve on the previous run by 2.08 seconds thanks to tighter optimization and faster strategies.
You can get the game here.

You can also watch this run being played back on a real console.
Game Version:
Anarchaeologist.gba
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
GBAHawk v1.6.1

Published on 9/1/2023
Anguna: Warriors of Virtue is an action-adventure homebrew game that was developed in 2008 for the Game Boy Advance. It would later see a port for the Nintendo DS and spinoffs created for the Atari 2600 and NES. Taking influence from The Legend of Zelda and other fantasy stories, you play as an unnamed protagonist that got themselves captured by the enemy while on a journey to defeat the dragon, leader of the monsters. You must now continue where you left off with the sword and unlocked door the monsters thoughtfully left for you.
In this run, Alyosha saves the lands from the dragon in record time with some odd glitching and RNG manipulation to get around quicker and with less hassle and a few moments of dying to cut down on travel time.
You can get the game here.

You can also watch this run played back on a real console here.

Published on 8/2/2021
Astro Boy: Omega Factor is a side scrolling beat em up game developed by Treasure and published by Sega for the Game Boy Advance. Based on the anime and manga series of the same name, the game's fast paced action includes punching and kicking enemies (which can make enemies hit other enemies in the process) and using a laser pointer which can be used as a special attack.
Drakodan completes the "Birth" campaign in record time.

Published on 12/17/2011
Rome has conquered Gaul and put a wall around the last village of resistance. Asterix and Obelix decide to tour the Roman Empire and collect souvenirs in order to show Caesar the futility of walls. It's hard to get the story from this TAS, however, because they fly through the levels so quickly, absorbing damage and rarely bothering to fight back. Though, they do take some breaks to participate in local sports. After all, if you're trying to send a message to Caesar, why not beat his athletes in one Olympic event—or all of them?

Published on 8/24/2015
Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a platform games based on the 2001 Disney movie. The game follows the story of Milo Thatch, using his knowledge of the Atlantean language to interpret the text of the Shepherd's Journal, joins an epic expedition to discover the titular lost city.
The protagonist must often jump and climb his way through the stages, as well as dispatch of the enemies with explosives and throwing weapons before he can reach the lost city of Atlantis and save it from imminent doom.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.9.1

Published on 12/23/2014
Based on the award-winning TV show, Avatar follows Aang, Katara and Sokka as they journey through exotic locations filled with adventure to help Aang fulfill his destiny to master the four elements and become the Avatar. Along the way, they are challenged by The Maker, who threatens to use her machines to bring an end to the Fire Nation herself.
This run by solarplex uses precise movement and clever battle strategies to beat the game as fast as possible.

Published on 9/10/2019
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is an isometric platformer released by Rare in 2003. It is an "interquel" to the original two N64 games, taking place while Gruntilda is trapped under the boulder in Spiral Mountain. Klungo creates a Mecha-Grunty suit for Grunty's soul to control, and she kidnaps Kazooie, travelling back in time 20 years (somehow) to keep Banjo and Kazooie from ever meeting! Mumbo sends Banjo back in time as well (somehow) to rescue his friend and destroy Mecha-Grunty, with the help of Bottles's ancestor, Bozzeye.
g0goTBC collects all jiggies, notes, jinjos, moves, Mumbo tokens and honeycombs in less than an hour.

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

Published on 4/17/2021
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is an isometric platformer released by Rare in 2003. It is an "interquel" to the original two N64 games, taking place while Gruntilda is trapped under the boulder in Spiral Mountain. Klungo creates a Mecha-Grunty suit for Grunty's soul to control, and she kidnaps Kazooie, travelling back in time 20 years (somehow) to keep Banjo and Kazooie from ever meeting! Mumbo sends Banjo back in time as well (somehow) to rescue his friend and destroy Mecha-Grunty, with the help of Bottles's ancestor, Bozzeye.
The author collects the 50 Jiggies necessary to open the barrier to Winkybunion Tower and defeat Mecha-Grunty.

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

Published on 10/2/2021
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is an isometric platformer released by Rare in 2003. It is an "interquel" to the original two N64 games, taking place while Gruntilda is trapped under the boulder in Spiral Mountain. Klungo creates a Mecha-Grunty suit for Grunty's soul to control, and she kidnaps Kazooie, travelling back in time 20 years (somehow) to keep Banjo and Kazooie from ever meeting! Mumbo sends Banjo back in time as well (somehow) to rescue his friend and destroy Mecha-Grunty, with the help of Bottles's ancestor, Bozzeye.
Using a trick that allows Banjo to gain insane speeds, the author is able to clip through the wall that leads to the final area, to defeat Mecha-Grunty in record time.
If you want to watch a TAS of this game that doesn't skip all the levels, you can watch the "No Levels Early" TAS here.

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

Published on 8/5/2008
Batman Begins is a game where Batman basically acts like a ninja. A few glitches, especially the mid-air jump glitch, speeds up a game otherwise bogged down by a lot of lag. The game's engine also appears to be recycled from other GBA titles, such as Splinter Cell.
Because the game was new at the time of submission, the author had no other runs and almost no walkthroughs to rely on.

Published on 1/8/2014
Boulder Dash is a series of puzzle games that started in 1984. You are to collect the required amount of gems in each level while avoiding enemies and various obstacles.
Boulder Dash EX is based on the original game, and adds original physics, an HP bar and an ability to rotate the map.
This run by Odongdong aims to beat EX Mode by going through all six worlds and 75 levels while collecting the gems as fast as possible.
Game:
Boulder Dash EX

Genres:
Puzzle
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v24 svn422

Published on 8/27/2022
Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend is a 2003 action beat 'em up game developed by Vicarious Visions. Despite the game not taking place in any Bruce Lee movie, it does feature tons of references to Bruce Lee's famous moves that he does in many of his films.
In this TAS, M1D controls Bruce Lee and defeats all the bad guys in record time.

Published on 12/9/2018
The Cabbage Patch Kids adopted puppies but forgot to close the holding pen while they went out for lunch. Now they need to find the puppies that are wandering around town.
EZGames69 and ThunderAxe31 use one child's energetic jumping to find the wayward pups in record time while also helping some of her friends with various tasks.

Published on 3/3/2010

Published on 11/18/2018
The Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow main quest TAS has become even more glitched. Using an obscure out-of-room travel technique involving in-game saving and subsequent dying, klmz plows through the game with the confident pace of a cold-blooded killing machine in a little under seven minutes — a whole minute and 8.13 seconds faster than the previous movie by the same author!
We recommend reading the author's comments for more information on the death warp glitch and other time-saving techniques used to make this improvement happen.
If you would like to see more of the game, we also have a run that does not make use of major warp glitches, as well as a run that collects every soul in the game.

Published on 3/7/2023
Those who greatly dislike that Aria of Sorrow's main character isn't related to the Belmont clan whatsoever can safely relax, because the powerhouse known as Julius Belmont enters the stage in the relatively short run of this Castlevania installment.
Julius is only available to those who have completed the main quest. While he can't do most of Soma Cruz's fancy tricks, he can get around just as quickly by glitching through walls and hopping madly around the castle, producing almost inhuman sounds with every jump.
This is an improvement of 7695 frames over the previous publication, thanks to newly found glitches and a brand new route.
Note: This movie starts where a main quest TAS left off. We do not usually accept movies beginning from a save. Please read the rules to see our reasons.

Published on 4/7/2008
Nathan Graves is a vampire hunter trying to save his master, Morris, from the clutches of Dracula. Normally this would require collecting lots of different items as well as hours of leveling, but Cardboard proves collectible cards passé by gathering almost none of the cards required for spells and blazing through the game at warp speed without regard to levels or his own safety.
This movie is a 10.5 second improvement over the author's previous movie through various small & thorough optimizations.
For those interested in the areas of the game which this run skips, make sure to check out zggzdydp's run which achieves 100% map completion.

Published on 12/11/2018
When played normally, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is a rather long game, in which exploration, leveling up, and killing bosses in order to gain access to different items or portions of the castle is necessary. However, a bit of luck manipulation and a series of glitches involving DSS cards throw all these aspects of gameplay out of the window, allowing the player to warp directly to Dracula and kill him humiliatingly in just over 5 minutes.
This movie is a 227 frame improvement over the previous movie by klmz with some more optimizations.

Published on 12/17/2018
Normally using the DSS card system of Castlevania: Circle of the Moon grants abilities that one would not otherwise have access to. With a glitch, one can access these abilities anyways, making the DSS cards themselves mere collector's items. When placed under the control of klmz however, Nathan Graves proves himself to be an avid collector, abusing zips and other glitches to quickly go around the castle and obtain all the DSS cards and finish off Dracula in 19 minutes and 30 seconds.

Published on 7/19/2017
In Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, the Belmont clan must again rise to the challenge: Dracula's castle is in disarray and is in serious need of an interior decorator! In this movie, Juste Belmont zips through walls, under floors, and over zombies with the very important task of rearranging furniture. (He also defeats Dracula and rescues his best friends along the way, but that's not very important.)
This movie is a 06:34.27 improvement over its predecessor, thanks to several new improvements and optimizations.

Published on 11/2/2020
The main quest completion time has been shortened to nearly one sixth of what it initially was, thanks to the discovery of a glitch that allows Juste to sink into walls.
This is a 02:51.65 minute improvement over the previous movie.
The author has created an elaborate encode that shows the player's position on the map, contents of the game's memory, and hacks the camera to follow the character's movement more. It is available on YouTube, NicoVideo, and Bilibili.
However, if you still think there is not enough zipping through walls, be sure to watch the second quest completed in less than half a minute!

Published on 7/18/2023
Coin Fall is a homebrew game made by 3DSage for GBA Jam 2022. Inspired by Fall Guys, the player guides a coin through four obstacle-filled courses.
Cephla and Alyosha improve the previous movie by 0.04 seconds, thanks to better optimization.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.
Game:
Coin Fall

Genres:
Platformer
Homebrew
Game Version:
Coin_Fall_jam.gba
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
GBAHawk v1.5

Published on 11/26/2023
Connect Four is a board game played by many people in many countries across all ages. The rules are simple: Each player takes turns dropping chips down a grid. Whoever can make a row of four connecting chips either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally wins the game. Like with Perfection and many other board games, it has received ports to many video game consoles.
Alyosha improves the previous TAS by 2.53 seconds, thanks to a better winning strategy.
Watch this movie played back on a Game Boy Player right here.

Published on 11/27/2023
Connect Four is a board game played by many people in many countries across all ages. The rules are simple: Each player takes turns dropping chips down a grid. Whoever can make a row of four connecting chips either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally wins the game. Like with Perfection and many other board games, it has received ports to many video game consoles.
Tompa, Alyosha, and Winslinator collaborate to complete a game in "Normal Game" difficulty as fast as possible, manipulating the AI to think faster so the game can be ended quicker.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Published on 10/2/2021
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced is similar to Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped for the PlayStation. In this game, Crash is trying to rescue his friends from the hypnosis of Doctor Nefarious Tropy and his ally N. Trance. To do this, he must collect Power Crystals to open portals to new areas and move closer to the captured Bandicoots and N. Tropy's hideout.
This run by Gibran collects all Crystals, Gems and Relics from every level and defeats all the bosses in record time.

Published on 10/23/2022
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced is similar to Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped for the PlayStation. In this game, Crash is trying to rescue his friends from the hypnosis of Doctor Nefarious Tropy and his ally N. Trance. To do this, he must collect Power Crystals to open portals to new areas and move closer to the captured Bandicoots and N. Tropy's hideout.
Gibran runs, jumps, and slides with precision to rescue Crash's friends and beat N. Trance as fast as possible.

Published on 4/17/2018
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure is the first Crash Bandicoot game on a handheld console. In this game, Crash is off to save the world as Doctor Neo Cortex has shrunk the Earth using his "Planetary Minimizer".
Join ThunderAxe31 as he slides, jumps, flies, swims and spins through 4 Warp Rooms, gathers Crystals and fights Doctor Neo Cortex and his minions to return the world to normal again!

Published on 1/22/2024
Dangerous Xmas is a homebrew platforming game for the Game Boy Advance and an unofficial spinoff to the computer game Rick Dangerous. In this game, it appears that some unspecified fascist enemies have come to ruin Christmas by stealing everyone's gifts. It's up to Rick Dangerous himself to take out those guys and their dictator leader and get all of the gifts back in time for Christmas day.
In this run, brunovalads goes for the goal of collecting every gift that was stolen along with killing the dictator and completing the game in record time.
You can get the game here.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 7/27/2022
Dark Arena is a Doom-style first-person shooter for the Game Boy Advance. It was also the first FPS released for the system and boasted levels that were developed by members of the Doom modding community. Our hero, Angelina Bradshaw, is the sole survivor of a spec ops team that was sent to contain an off-world facility, which was overran with Genetically-Engineered Organisms. She must now escape the facility and the planet before it gets nuked by her superiors.
tapioca abuses numerous out-of-bounds glitches in this run to complete the game and get the best ending as fast as possible.

Published on 11/27/2015
Denki Blocks! is a puzzle game released for the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and several other platforms. The main Tournament mode has 8 stages, each of which have 25 puzzles, which can be done in any order. To beat each stage you need to finish any 15 puzzles.
This run by qqwref and AdituV completes the shortest 15 puzzles in each group in an optimal order.
Game:
Denki Blocks!

Genres:
Puzzle
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.1

Published on 11/28/2015
Denki Blocks! is a puzzle game released for the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and several other platforms. The main Tournament mode has 8 stages, each of which have 25 puzzles, which can be done in any order. To beat each stage you need to finish any 15 puzzles.
This run by qqwref and AdituV complete all 25 puzzles in each group in an optimal order.
Game:
Denki Blocks!

Genres:
Puzzle
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.3

Published on 1/25/2013
Densetsu no Stafy, or The Legendary Starfy, is a platform game developed by TOSE and published by Nintendo. The story is that a cute little star named Starfy accidentally releases a powerful demon from a magic jar. The demon, Ogura, then takes over Starfy's home in the cloud-kingdom of Pufftop and causes a storm which knocks Starfy into the water below. With the help of some new water-abilities and new friends, Starfy journeys to return to Pufftop and seal Ogura away once again.
The author, jlun2, abuses a glitch that allows him to start playing from the middle of the attract mode demo and challenge the final boss much earlier than he's supposed to. In doing so, he improves his previous attempt by 00:04.74 seconds through better optimization.

Published on 11/14/2022
Dexter's Laboratory: Chess Challenge is a licensed chess game with a few extra features. In addition to a mode where you just play a quick game of chess, there's also a tournament mode that basically serves as the campaign mode and a Puzzles mode where you have to put the opponent in checkmate under a specific layout and with specific restrictions.
In this run, Walgrey plays Puzzle mode and completes all 30 puzzles in record time.

Published on 1/29/2018
Digimon Battle Spirit is a fighting video game originally published by Bandai and developed by Dimps for the Japanese-only WonderSwan Color handheld system under the name Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit (デジモンテイマーズ バトルスピリット Dejimon Teimāzu Batoru Supiritto). It was later ported to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance for international releases in North America and Europe two years later.
The game features characters and Digimon that were included in the first three seasons of the animated series of the same name in a somewhat simplistic fighting scenario, and also has slightly arranged samples of the show's soundtrack.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1

Published on 6/30/2020
Digimon Ruby (also known as Digimon Rury, as it is written on its box-art) is a bootleg role-playing game developed by Taiwanese bootleg game developer Vast Fame, released circa 2003. As with other Vast Fame games, it is best known for its rather spotty grasp of the English language.

The YouTube encode includes commentary in the form of soft subtitles.

Published on 6/30/2020
Digimon Sapphire is a pirate platforming game developed by Vast Fame.

Published on 9/23/2018
Disney's Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 side-scrolling shoot 'em up platform video game based on the Disney animated film of the same name that was released on June 7, 2002 for the Game Boy Advance. It was developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Disney Interactive, with Ubisoft distributing the game in Europe and Australia.
The game takes place at an unknown point of time after the original film. An extraterrestrial bounty hunter kidnaps Lilo and brings her aboard the spaceship laboratory of a robotic, mosquito-like alien named Dr. Pestus, who plans to use her as food for his genetically-modified mosquito army. Stitch must go out into space to rescue Lilo and defeat Dr. Pestus.
In most levels, the player takes control of a four-armed, plasma blaster-wielding Stitch who must run and gun his way past enemies and various other obstacles to complete the level. In puzzle-platform-styled levels, the player takes control of Lilo as she sneaks around the spaceship to find a way to escape and contact Stitch. In tube shooter-styled segments, Stitch must fly a spaceship to reach the next level, shooting down other enemy ships and dodging obstacles along the way.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3

Published on 11/21/2015
Timon and Pumbaa are back for an all-new adventure that takes place during the original The Lion King movie, although from the point of view of these two goons. You control Timon, Pumbaa, or both as they attempt to find their dream home and help Simba take Pride Rock back from Scar.
This TAS by Doc Skellington plays through the game in under 40 minutes while collecting all of the grubs in each level, thus achieving 100% completion.

Published on 1/22/2020
DK: King of Swing is a Donkey Kong spin-off game developed by Paon and published by Nintendo in 2005 for the Game Boy Advance. The Kongs are planning a competition to see who's the best in the jungle! Just before it begins, K. Rool steals all the medals for the tournament! DK must hunt down K. Rool and get back those stolen medals for the tournament!

Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.

Published on 3/13/2020
DK: King of Swing is a Donkey Kong spin-off game developed by Paon and published by Nintendo in 2005 for the Game Boy Advance. The Kongs are planning a competition to see who's the best in the jungle! Just before it begins, K. Rool steals all the medals for the tournament! DK must hunt down K. Rool and get back those stolen medals for the tournament!
The complete definition of the '200%+" goal is defined in the submission text.

Note: this run has been commentated by its author, you can watch here.

Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.

Published on 11/10/2020
DK: King of Swing is a Donkey Kong spin-off game developed by Paon and published by Nintendo in 2005 for the Game Boy Advance. The Kongs are planning a competition to see who's the best in the jungle! Just before it begins, K. Rool steals all the medals for the tournament! DK must hunt down K. Rool and get back those stolen medals for the tournament!
g0goTBC beats the game with Diddy Kong who features some gameplay differences, making the game harder than with Donkey Kong and showing different strategies. This movie is a 00:39.88 second improvement over the previous record by PiePusher11.

Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.

Published on 1/3/2013
Dokapon Monster Hunter is a RPG with a combat system based on Rock Paper Scissors. This leads to massive luck abuse in a Tool Assisted run. The hero never takes any damage while eliminating every boss in a single round. More detailed notes are available in the author's comments.

Published on 7/15/2017
This game is a 2003 port of the original Donkey Kong Country for SNES. This version has increased brightness, at the cost of contrast and colour saturation, to make the game easier to see on an unlit LCD screen, some new features, including new minigames, hidden pictures, a Time Trial mode, and multiplayer games.
In order to achieve 101%, you need to play and beat every stage, find all bonus-rooms (only finding them is required, beating is not) and find all 52 cameras to fill the scrapbook. One camera requires you to collect the KONG-letters in every stage.

Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.12.2

Published on 9/30/2019
Donkey Kong Country 2 is a game made by Rare for the SNES in 1995, and is generally seen as one of the classics. In 2004, Rare released a Donkey Kong Country 2 remake, for the GBA.
The story is simple: King K. Rool, mad at Donkey Kong, becomes a Kaptain (with a K!) and kidnaps Donkey! (Oh no!) In exchange for Donkey Kong, Kaptain K. Rool wants the banana hoard. Of course Donkey and Diddy worked so hard that they don't want to just give it back. Kaptain K. Rool, however, kidnapped the wrong kong, and left the fast kong alone. Diddy (and Dixie) goes off to Crocodile Isle to try and save Donkey Kong!

Published on 7/18/2021
Señor Tucán, a master super spy, has a special mission for super spies Dora and Boots: race to Tico's workshop to warn him of Swiper's plan to swipe his new rocket car. In this dangerous adventure, Dora and Boots need help from their friends, Backpack and Map, and the player. To help them, the player must find spy briefcases that contain special spy gadgets, such as spy glasses, rocket sneakers, a rope launcher, and more. The player will need these items to explore levels ranging from a rainforest and a garden to a desert and a cavern.
EZGames69 improves on his first ever TAS by 01:34.24 minutes, thanks to smarter routing and using lag reduction tricks this time around. Tico's car still remains safely out of Swiper's paws. Oh, man!

Published on 12/18/2017
Dora the Explorer: The Search for Pirate Pig's Treasure is a platforming game based off the popular children's cartoon series Dora the Explorer that was released in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. Dora and Boots are searching for Pirate Pig's Treasure since he lost track of it. There are 8 worlds with 3 levels in each. Throughout each level, the player must collect 3 stars in order to move on to the next level.
Thanks to EZGames69, Dora and Boots are able to find Pirate Pig's Treasure in just under 23 minutes.

Published on 7/14/2016
Doraemon is an Action game, developed by Mobile 21 and published by Epoch, which was released in Japan in 2001.
This run is an improvement of 00:16.83 over the previous movie by the same author.

Published on 12/24/2020
Set in a post-apocalyptic New York, Double Dragon Advance is an enhanced port of the arcade original. It follows the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they manage a small martial arts training school, teaching their students in self-defense.
zoboner rescues Miriam on the hardest difficulty in record time.

Published on 1/4/2024
Set in a post-apocalyptic New York, Double Dragon Advance is an enhanced port of the arcade original. It follows the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they manage a small martial arts training school, teaching their students in self-defense.
This time, zoboner rescues Miriam with both Billy and Jimmy in a unique mode (1P Double Dragon Game) allowing the player to alternate between both by pressing Select.

Published on 5/19/2020
Dr. Muto is about a scientist who blows up his own planet, and must gather items to restore it. The mutable doctor can morph into different creatures such as a mouse, a fish, and a gorilla to reach the needed items, similar to Shantae.
Author jlun2 collects every item in the game in record time.
Game:
Dr. Muto

Genres:
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4

Published on 2/26/2023
Dr. Sudoku is a sudoku video game for the Game Boy Advance. It comes with 1000 sudoku puzzles to solve and a snazzy soundtrack to listen to. It also has a mode where you can create your own sudoku puzzles, which can be saved and stored on the cartridge.
For this run, g0goTBC and Lightmopp elect to solve all 1000 puzzles in record time. Consideration is put not only into the quickest way to solve each puzzle, but also the least number of times needed to move the cursor in order to solve the puzzle. For details on how this is achieved and the computer science behind it, you can read the authors' notes.
Game:
Dr. Sudoku

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

Published on 7/16/2020
Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury is an action RPG released in America on September 14, 2004, for the Game Boy Advance. The game focuses on the final parts of the Dragon Ball Z series (season 7), namely the battles with Majin Buu. The game added several new additions to the series. First, the game added equipment, which could be equipped to characters to alter their stats and provide various other benefits.
Flint829 defeats Buu in record time.
Emulator Replay:
Bizhawk 2.3.1

Published on 3/24/2016
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku is an action RPG based on Dragon Ball Z, developed by Webfoot Technologies. It is the first game in The Legacy of Goku trilogy. Together, all three games tell the original story of Dragon Ball Z, more or less.
This run by MUGG uses copious amounts of luck manipulation and flight retention to beat this rather grindy game in a little under 14 minutes.

Published on 10/17/2016
Drake & Josh is a GBA game based on the Nickelodeon show of the same name. Taken from scenarios of several of the show's episodes, this game is a problem-solving, stealth, exploration game.
Or at least, it's supposed to be. In this run, however, the duo decides stealth just isn't their style, and rush through all their problems, walls be darned. Reading the author's submission comments is highly recommended.
Game:
Drake & Josh

Genres:
Puzzle
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.6

Published on 8/12/2017
Drill Dozer is a 2D adventure platformer developed by Gamefreak and released for the Gameboy Advance in 2005 and released to the Wii U virtual console in 2015. You play as Jill and her drill dozer. Jill’s dad is the leader of a gang of thieves. He was recently beaten up by a rival gang and had the red diamond Jill’s deceased mother left Jill stolen. With her dad out of commission it’s up to Jill to retrieve the diamond.

Published on 3/8/2024
Enchanted: Once Upon Andalasia is a licensed platforming game for the Game Boy Advance and serves as a prequel to the 2007 movie Enchanted. Taking place entirely in the fantasy world of Andalasia, you follow Giselle, her squirrel friend Pip, and Prince Edward as they go on a journey to save the kingdom from an evil fairy that's draining its magic and kidnapping its animals. In the levels where you control Giselle, you can switch between her and Pip to solve puzzles and get around obstacles that Giselle cannot do on her own.
SuperSqank for this run completes the game in record time by utilizing a number of damage boosts and glitches to skip significant chunks of each level. For details how each level was done and the glitches and mechanics in the game, you can read the author's notes.

Published on 2/7/2024
Fantastic 4: Flame On is a licensed action platforming game that was published by Activision in 2005. While the box art and the marketing make it look like a tie-in to the 2005 movie Fantastic Four, it has an original plot that is disconnected from the movie. The game features the Human Torch, aka Johnny Storm, single-handedly fending off a Skrull invasion that threatens the world, with a bit of help from the rest of the Fantastic Four. Along the way, he'll be doing things such as motorbike racing, globetrotting, and discovering that the Skrulls have captured Galactus.
Here, Cadit displays a good amount of knowledge on the game's movement and combat mechanics and does a number of tricks to beat the game and thwart the Skrulls in record time. For more information on the gameplay and the tricks used, you can read the author's notes.

Published on 7/18/2023
Feline is a homebrew platformer for the Game Boy Advance that was created for the GBA Game Jam 2021. You play as a black cat that's on an adventure, going to various places ranging from up in the sky to below the ground. There are strange things in the world this cat inhabits, some plain weird and some outright hostile, sometimes even both! However, this cat has no fear and braves their way through everything thrown at them.
In this run, Alyosha completes the very short adventure the cat goes on in record time.
You can get the game here.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.
Game:
Feline

Genres:
Platformer
Homebrew
Game Version:
feline.gba
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
GBAHawk v1.5

Published on 9/24/2017
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a strategy role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance. The gameplay is similar to the original Final Fantasy Tactics for the PlayStation. The player controls up to six units in grid-like, turn-based battles. For the most part, players are free to decide the party's jobs and abilities.
This run uses extreme amounts of luck manipulation to beat the game in less than 3 hours.

Published on 4/13/2013
Finding Nemo is a platform game based on the movie of the same name. It follows Marlin and Dory on their quest to find Nemo as well as Nemo on his journey to return to the ocean and find his dad.
The author, Odongdong, swims through this game speedily, using optimized movement and tricks involving pearls to complete this game in just under 18 minutes.
Game:
Finding Nemo

Genres:
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v24 svn422

Published on 9/12/2011
Fire Emblem is the seventh game in the series of strategy RPGs, and the first to be given a release outside Japan. When Eliwood discovers his father is missing, he sets out to find him, but what he discovers is far more amazing and terrifying than he ever imagined.
With carefully planned strategy, the runners complete this game in a timely manner, knocking off the entirety of the first modes available in a mere 140 turns.
Note: You can watch a version with animations turned on here.

Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.
Game:
Fire Emblem

Genres:
RPG
Strategy
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr 1.7.2 v22
Additional Downloads:
(Battle animations varient)

Published on 1/28/2013
Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi (ファイアーエムブレム封印の剣), also known as Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, is the 6th game in the Fire Emblem tactical series and the first on the Game Boy Advance console. Like other games in the series, it features a tactical combat system which can be heavily manipulated by a tool-assisted run.
A huge amount of route planning was required to ensure that this run is as fast as possible; detailed analyses of each chapter can be found in the authors' comments.

Published on 7/17/2011
The Fire Emblem series is popular for its tactical-role-playing element. This is the eighth installment of the series, usually taking many hours to finish and hundreds of turns.
In this playthrough, Vykan12 takes the game one step further, playing on the hardest setting - this takes a couple of minutes longer than the previous version, but reduces the turn count to a mere 93 turns.

Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.

Published on 2/7/2013
An action platform game based on the Precure (Pretty Cure) anime, starring three girls who kick and punch their way to victory.
This TAS abuses the physics of this game to speed through the levels quickly. For more information, see the author's comments.

Published on 9/10/2022
Game & Watch Gallery 4 is the 4th installment of the Game & Watch Gallery series, a collection of classic LCD screen games released by Nintendo long before the days of the NES. It features modern remakes of the classic games as well as the ability to play the old versions.
If the player earns enough stars, they can unlock other classic games in the gallery, one of these includes a Game & Watch for Zelda. In this game the player must defeat enemies and defeat a dragon, each time gaining a new piece of the triforce.
Darkman425 gets the Triforce and saves Zelda in record time.

Published on 10/4/2015
After having eaten very heavily just before going to bed, Garfield finds himself trapped in a nightmare from which he must escape and where he lives through all of his nine "lives". Amusingly, this is unrelated to a similarly-titled story collection.
The game is a sidescrolling platformer, which is divided into 9 levels. Each level represents one of Garfield's lives (though this implies Garfield has lived an entire life in the sewer and another in a tree...). To complete the level, Garfield must fulfill a goal which is given at the beginning, like finding 10 eggs or getting the key to a door. After three levels, there is always a boss fight. Apart from jumping, Garfield can kick to get rid of his foes and he can perform a ramming attack and an elbow blow.
tormented runs through the game in 10 minutes and 7.79 seconds.

Published on 3/18/2021
Golden Sun is the first installment in the Golden Sun series, developed by Camelot Software Planning. The game is notable for certain distinctive game elements, such as the use of special "Djinn" that empower the player and can be used against enemies.
This movie is a 08:34.29 minute improvement over the previous record.
The author also provided voice commentary to the run that can be watched on YouTube.

Published on 6/7/2023
Google Dino Advance is a faithful homebrew port of the Dinosaur Game, which was originally a browser game that came bundled with Google Chrome, to the Game Boy Advance. Like in that game, the goal is to score as many points as possible by helping the running dinosaur avoid crashing into obstacles such as pterodactyls and cacti.
Cephla here does just that and maxes out the score counter with the help of a script to automate the process.
You can get the game here.

Published on 12/11/2016
Guilty Gear X: Advance Edition is a port of Guilty Gear X to the Game Boy Advance, itself a sequel of Guilty Gear, and is also a 2D fighting game. There are now 16 characters available for you to choose. The battle system became more complicated, thanks to the variety of moves you can perform. Beside special attacks which you can execute if you build up your Tension Gauge by attacking or advancing towards your opponent, there is also a variety of defensing moves to perform. The instant kill moves are back from the previous game.
Spikestuff improves upon the previous publication by 00:14.75 seconds, with the use of Zato over the previously used Ky Kiske.

Published on 11/18/2009
Gunstar Super Heroes is the sequel to Gunstar Heroes for the Genesis. Compared to Gunstar Heroes, in this game, you can go much faster. You can also yell and shout more than should be possible in a game!

Warning!

Those who experience motion sickness easily might not want to watch the autoshooter segments too closely. You have been warned.

Published on 3/11/2011
Based on the manga localized in North America as Fighting Spirit, Hajime no Ippo - The Fighting! is a game where you fight your opponents in a similar perspective to Super Punch-Out!!. You gain more special moves as the game progresses.
In this run, errror1 earns those special moves and uses them to beat down his opponents as fast as possible. He also takes advantage of an interesting quirk in the opponents' AI, ensuring that they do not get up after the first knockdown. For more details, see the author's comments.

Published on 10/7/2020
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games is a sports video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2004.
The game is split up into 7 days. The Opening Ceremony and the 100hm Dash are played on the first day. From then until the last day, three events are participated in each day. In the break time between the events players may guide Hamtaro around the various venues in search of Sunflower Seeds and other items. On the final day, the only event participated in is the Marathon.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.5

Published on 4/1/2023
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a licensed Game Boy Advance game that is based on the book and movie of the same name. It generally follows the plot of the movie and sticks to the exploration and minigame elements that were present in previous Harry Potter games.
Cephla decides to skip everything involving Dumbledore's Army and Dolores Umbridge by corrupting the save data so that Harry Potter and gang go directly to the Department of Mysteries and defeat all the Death Eaters there instead, ending the game early.

Published on 2/5/2015
As one of the many video game adaptations of the Harry Potter series, this adventure game for the GBA sticks fairly closely to the plot of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone as Harry attends his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Despite the large number of adaptations out there, at the start of 2015 this is only the first Harry Potter game to receive a movie on TASVideos.
This game has gameplay and mechanics that differ from the Harry Potter games on any other console, and was notorious for its infuriating pit and platform puzzles, but in this movie it is hard to tell what all the fuss was about. With precise spell usage, a little enemy manipulation, and the aid of some prefects who clearly need an eye-test, the game is completed in a little under an hour.

The YouTube and downloadable encodes have the author's commentary as soft subtitles.

Published on 4/4/2021
As one of the many video game adaptations of the Harry Potter series, this adventure game for the GBA sticks fairly closely to the plot of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone as Harry attends his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Despite the large number of adaptations out there, at the start of 2015 this was only the first Harry Potter game to receive a movie on TASVideos.
Rather than replay the events of The Sorcerer's Stone, the authors instead dabble in the dark arts of barrel-amplified Flipendo magic to end the game much earlier than intended.

Published on 7/18/2020
This is a jump 'n run game based on the movie of Nickelodeon's popular TV show, Hey Arnold! It lets you play as several characters from the series – Arnold, Gerald, Grandpa, and Grandma – as they try to save their neighborhood from being demolished by corrupt developer Scheck.
Jules beats the previous TAS by 00:58.87 seconds. Improvement comes from better optimization throughout, more glitching and better boss fights.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.2

Published on 1/27/2013
Hikaru no Go was published serially in "Weekly Shonen Jump" for "NARUTO" and the same period. And the animated cartoon was produced as well as "NARUTO" by "Studio Pierrot". When the comic was serialized, "the game of Go" became a boom among children in Japan.
This movie is highly recommended for those who know the Go game, because it does play around with AI, making it do the most absurd moves possible, which still serves the main goal - speed.
Game:
Hikaru no Go

Genres:
Strategy
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v24 svn325

Published on 2/18/2023
Ice Age for the GBA is a licensed game based on the animated movie of the same name. It's a platformer that superficially appears to follow the plot of the movie, where prehistoric animals Manny, Sid, and Diego work together to bring a human baby back to his tribe. There are also some gameplay mechanics, such as the ability to throw giant nuts, that certainly have no basis in the movie.
In this run, NinjaCocktail completes the game and gets congratulated in Comic Sans as fast as possible.
Game:
Ice Age

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

Published on 9/27/2023
Ice Age for the GBA is a licensed game based on the animated movie of the same name. It's a platformer that superficially appears to follow the plot of the movie, where prehistoric animals Manny, Sid, and Diego work together to bring a human baby back to his tribe. There are also some gameplay mechanics, such as the ability to throw giant nuts, that certainly have no basis in the movie.
In this run, NinjaCocktail completes all the levels in the game, including the bonus levels, and gets congratulated in Comic Sans once again as fast as possible.
Game:
Ice Age

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

Published on 4/29/2020
It's Mr. Pants is a puzzle game for the Game Boy Advance featuring Mr. Pants, who was Rare's online mascot at the time. The goal is to place colored blocks on a grid in order to form rectangles and clear the screen.
In this run, qqwref speeds through the game's 250 puzzles, on average completing each one in fewer than 11 seconds.
Game:
It's Mr. Pants

Genres:
Puzzle
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4

Published on 2/5/2013
Of all the games based on the movie Jurassic Park III, this one follows the plot most closely. Paleontologist Alan Grant has crash-landed on Isla Sorna and must now travel across eight levels full of dinosaurs to reach the rescue boat on the other side. Along the way, he can pick up items like the flare gun to blast his way through the dinosaurs in his path as well as some tough boss dinosaurs.

Published on 10/15/2017
The GBA version of Kao the Kangaroo, unlike the Windows and Dreamcast versions (which are action-adventure games), is a 2D side scrolling platform game. Kao is a young kangaroo living with his family in the jungle when, one day, they are captured by a ruthless hunter and his goons. It's up to Kao to drive the invaders from his home and save his family.
TASeditor blazes through the game in record time.

Published on 4/17/2018
Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2 is the Game Boy Advance sequel to the first Telefang game. Taking place in a different part of the Denjuu world from the first one, this game shares some qualities with Telefang 1. The battle system is similar, as is the gathering-phone-numbers system, but a good deal of things are quite different from the original.
The game follows a blue-haired protagonist (named by the player, but originally called Kyou) as he journeys on his quest to become a T-Fanger. Along the way, he encounters Diabolos, who is not content with humans entering the Denjuu universe and so is killing off the Antenna Trees, thereby cutting off access to the Human World.

Published on 7/30/2015
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is the second Kingdom Hearts game released, detailing Sora's encounters in the mysterious Castle Oblivion.
In this run, Doc Skellington heavily abuses luck for nearly everything, beating the game in about the time it would normally take one to finish the first level.

The YouTube encode removes the credits and its associated ending theme for copyright reasons.

Published on 10/8/2009
Not content with merely constructing the mirror and saving the day, Kirby and his multicolored clones have decided that they must also collect anything and everything that they come across.
We also have an any% run, which collects only the items needed to beat the game.

Published on 12/2/2012
In another delightfully colorful Kirby game, Kirby is out taking a walk when a dark copy of Meta Knight appears, slices him into four different Kirbys (each having only a limited ability to inhale), breaks the mirror leading to the Mirror World, and scatters the eight pieces far and wide. To save the real Meta Knight and free Dream Land from great evil, the four Kirbys set out to traverse the maze and collect the pieces.
In this run, mugg utilizes a variety of different enemy abilities to help speed things along and improves his previous run by 02:45.15 minutes.

Published on 8/18/2022
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament is the second GBA title to the Klonoa series. The events take after Lunatea's Veil and features the catlike mascot Klonoa and his friends Popka and Lolo.
Watch as Dog In Da Grass uses Klonoa's trusty wind bullet to become the champion of the Dream Champ Tournament.

Published on 3/31/2019
Kuru Kuru Kururin is an unusual game that is a mix of racing/puzzle genres. The player controls a slowly spinning stick called the Helirin, and must maneuver it through a series of mazes. The player controls the direction and speed of movement but not the Helirin's constant rotation.
mohoc and E-Sh4rk improve the previous movie by 4 minutes and 10.49 seconds, thanks to the discovery of wall clipping and out of bounds goal zones. Please read the authors' comments for more details. Of note that this TAS also plays the training stages, whilst Ryuto's TAS did not.
There is also a run of the sequel, Kururin Paradise.

The second set of encodes feature a camhack, where the camera is centered at the Helirin, as well as displaying the OoB elements.

Published on 1/9/2011
Kururin Paradise is the sequel to Kuru Kuru Kururin. Once again you control the Helirin, but this time you have a small measure of control over its rotation. This extra control allowed Ryuto to create a movie that can aim for fastest time without taking damage.
Also added to the sequel are several strange and entertaining minigames, such as using the Helirin to mow grass or attack intruding enemies Space Invaders style.
This is a 00:27.82 second improvement over the last attempt by the same author.
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v19.5

Published on 4/22/2018
Lady Sia is a platform game with action-adventure elements made by RFX Interactive for the Game Boy Advance. It was published by TDK Mediactive, released in the USA on October 15, 2001, and released in Europe on October 19, 2001.
The game takes place in a fantasy world where the player assumes the role of the Xena-esque warrior princess, Lady Sia. It is her task to defeat the T'soas, a race of anthropomorphs created by the evil warlock Onimen who has declared war on the other realms. Her quest leads her through four different realms, the last one being the home continent of the T'soas themselves...
Or, it would go through four realms, but klmz skips about half of the game with a glitch in the walrus boss. For more details, read the submission comments.

Published on 12/3/2019
LEGO Bionicle is a game based on the Bionicle toy sets, only released on the Game Boy Advance.
Set before the Toa Mata arrive on Mata Nui, it chronicles the adventures of Takua as he searches for the kidnapped Turaga and hidden Toa stones.
In this run, Memory abuses multiple glitches and general shoddy programming in this handheld game to complete the game only rescuing two Turaga's (village elders) and two Toa Stones.

Published on 3/24/2023
Lego Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge is the sequel to the PC game Lego Island and features varied gameplay such as platforming, adventure, and side-scrolling shooter sections. Our protagonist Pepper has unwittingly let the Brickster escape from his prison by letting him eat enough hot peppers to breathe fire and melt down his prison cell. The Brickster then steals the Constructopedia, the instructions to constructing all the buildings on Lego Island, and scatters them across various other islands and worlds. It's up to Pepper now to get these pages back and catch the Brickster so that he'll pay for his crimes.
Cephla completes the game as fast as possible by exploiting a game restart glitch that allows them to go out of bounds and skip to the final world of the game.

Published on 4/24/2018
Lode Runner is a long-running series of action/puzzle games where the objective is to collect all of the gold in a level while avoiding enemies. This iteration of the series for the GBA was released only in Japan.
In this run, klmz completes Small world, the first set of levels, while improving his previous movie by 00:56.34 seconds.
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v24

Published on 12/7/2014
Based on the animated film from DreamWorks, Madagascar follows Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria as they attempt to stop Marty from leaving New York's Central Park Zoo and accidentally wind up in Madagascar. As the game progresses, the animals develop new skills to help them explore the island, such as the stealth crawl, the sneeze jump, and the claw climb.
The game also features the ability to switch between up to four characters at any time. This enables a host of new routes and tricks like rapidly switching characters to prevent damage knockback and enable a triple jump.
In this run, CoolKirby and YoungJ1997lol utilize these tricks to speed through the movie's plot in under half an hour.
Game:
Madagascar

Genres:
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
VBA-rr v24 svn480


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