Tool-assisted movies (58)

Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer

Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse

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FDS Super Mario Bros. 2 "all items, Mario" by Kzwbz, Argentu-M & Endless Wind in 23:33.12

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8.4 / 10

Published on 1/8/2023

Super Mario Bros. 2 is the infamous sequel to Super Mario Bros. that was released only in Japan for the Famicom Disk System. Considered too difficult and too similar to the original game, it was skipped over for localization in favor of making Doki Doki Panic into the actual Super Mario Bros. 2 for the NES. This game would later be remade in Super Mario All-Stars as Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels.

Kzwbz, Argentu-M, and Endless Wind collaborate to create a run that collects every item in Worlds 1-8 except for Poison Mushrooms as fast as possible. World 9 is not played as it does not contain any items, and Worlds A-D are not played as that requires completing the game eight times in a row to unlock.

Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Platformer

Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) (En).fds
Tags:
Demonstration
Uses intentional deaths
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES A Nightmare on Elm Street "4 Players" by Samsara in 14:45.21

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7.91 / 10

Published on 8/17/2020

Everyone knows Freddy Krueger, who turns the peaceful dreams of people living on Elm Street into lethal nightmares. In this game, the teenager(s) must stay awake and combat Freddy's various forms while collecting his scattered bones so that they can be incinerated.

Samsara improves the previous movie by a minute and a half through better movement, lag reduction, and a new trick that skips several boss refights.

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NES A Nightmare on Elm Street "4 Players" by chupapi in 16:15.75

Game:
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Genres:
Platformer

Game Version:
Nightmare on Elm Street, A (U) [!].nes
Tags:
4 Players
Takes intentional damage

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NES Air 2 by mushroom in 08:02.57

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6.17 / 10

Published on 2/19/2008

This hack of Super Mario Bros. is the sequel to Air, created by the same author, U1. The vast majority of this hack is exactly the same as its predecessor, but with two major changes: all invisible coin blocks are marked and infinite jumps are no more, which results in a few changes in level design accommodated to it.

Air 2 is a trial-and-error platform puzzle game. Savestates are practically required to beat the game. Abuse of Super Mario Bros. glitches is required by design.

This run does not aim for fastest completion.

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NES Air by Genisto in 09:12.42

Game:
Air
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Hack

Game Version:
air2.nes
Tags:
Demonstration

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NES Battle City: Zeng Ge Hack "2 players" by Soig in 09:53.19

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7.26 / 10

Published on 7/17/2019

Battle City: Zeng Ge Hack is a Battle City hack made by Zeng Ge (also known as zyr2288). It features complete overhaul of the game and lots of challenging, novel mechanics that weren't present in the original.

Soig uses TAS tools to beat this game as fast as possible. Even though he makes it look easy, it still remains clear how hard this game is for a regular human.

Game:
Battle City: Zeng Ge Hack
Genres:
Shooter
Hack

Game Version:
Battle City - Zeng Ge Hack V4.nes
Tags:
2 Players

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NES Battletoads "warpless, 1 player" by feos, Alyosha & Samsara in 21:38.38

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8.33 / 10

Published on 4/17/2016

Battletoads (1991) is a futuristic beat 'em up game known for its extreme difficulty spread over 12 difficult levels. The mechanics in the game also change drastically from level to level, making the game one of the hardest and most varied for the NES.

In this game, the second most diabolical evil genius in the universe, The Dark Queen, has kidnapped Princess Angelica and Pimple - a battletoad. Rash and Zitz must save them by traveling through the most insane multilevel set of plans ever designed. This includes falling down huge shafts, racing through obstacle courses at breakneck speeds, riding on snakes through a massive maze of spikes, passing through a killer ventilation system, navigating through a missile defense system, climbing a never ending revolving tower, and much much more. Along the way, the Battletoads must also face off against an evil army of robots, genetically engineered rodents, and The Dark Queen herself.

In this run, feos, Alyosha, and Samsara improved upon the previous publication by 02:39.34 using many new tricks and glitches.

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NES Battletoads "warpless, 1 player" by Phil, Genisto in 24:20.12

Game:
Battletoads
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer

Game Version:
Battletoads (U) [!].nes
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Uses intentional deaths
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption

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NES Battletoads "warpless, 2 players" by Lobsterzelda in 19:15.11

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8.85 / 10

Published on 8/18/2020

Battletoads (1991) is a futuristic beat 'em up known for its graphics and extreme difficulty. The story is that the sexy Dark Queen who wants to rule the universe has kidnapped Princess Angelica and a toad named Pimple. Two other toads, Rash and Zitz, attempt to rescue them and defeat the Dark Queen.

This run has two players and does not use warps.

As always, a bug on level 11 prevents player 2 from moving, so he gets a game over for that level. Player 1 plays level 11 alone and player 2 comes back for level 12. This is a bug in Battletoads itself.

Lobsterzelda improves the previous movie by 00:11.10 seconds.

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

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

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NES Battletoads "warpless, 2 players" by Lobsterzelda, feos in 19:26.21

Game:
Battletoads
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer

Game Version:
Battletoads (U) [!].nes
Tags:
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption

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NES Boulder Dash by CtrlAltDestroy in 18:31.82

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7.33 / 10

Published on 4/29/2017

Boulder Dash is a well known action-puzzle game where you must collect a quota of diamonds and reach the exit.

Normally, standing under any falling object or just getting close to an enemy means instant death, but in this movie the player fearlessly dives through heaps of falling objects and walks past enemies without a scratch.

It's quite pleasureable to watch if you have ever sat screaming at this game for getting stuck or killed repeatedly.

This playthrough uses a password to skip to level 19-1, which begins the hardest set of levels.

In this 71-second improvement to the previous movie, CtrlAltDestroy finds even faster solutions to many of the game's puzzles, and destroys the amoebas in record time by abusing their AI.

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NES Boulder Dash by CtrlAltDestroy in 19:42.32

Game:
Boulder Dash
Genres:
Puzzle

Game Version:
Boulder Dash (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses hardest difficulty
Uses a level password

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NES Castlevania "pacifist, minimalist" by eien86 & Challenger in 10:55.42

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8.28 / 10

Published on 12/31/2022

Simon is taking another shot at this castle, but feeling horrible for the destruction he caused last time, he is now trying to respect Dracula's property and leave the place untouched (even if his intention is to kill the count).

As a minimalist variation of a pacifist goal, this movie does not contain any destruction in the levels: candles and walls are left intact, items stay untouched, and no enemy is harmed — with the exception of the bosses, who are killed mercilessly with the help of the "critical hit" glitch.

With Simon sneaking by most enemies with no subweapons and only his leather whip, this ends up being quite a stealthy run.

eien86 & Challenger improve the previous run by 12.3 seconds, thanks to better optimization with the scroll glitch, a new route within the caves, better boss battles which allowed obtaining the orb early, and removal of lag frames.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

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NES Castlevania "pacifist, minimalist" by Challenger in 11:07.52

Game:
Castlevania
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Castlevania (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Pacifist version
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Grant path" by scrimpeh in 28:35.19

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7.3 / 10

Published on 3/4/2012

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally known as 悪魔城伝説 or Akumajō Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Demon Castle") is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord).

This game has a technically high-quality soundtrack because it uses a VRC6 sound chip that works in the Japanese Famicom but not in the NES. Thus, the movie was made with the Japanese version of the game instead of the USA version.

This movie takes the path that recruits Grant. It is about 22 seconds faster than the previous version. Improvements come from more optimization, better heart management, and new tricks like manipulating moving platforms and entering walls. There is also a Sypha path movie and an Alucard path movie.

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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Grant path" by VANDAL in 28:57.55

Game:
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Akumajou Densetsu (J).nes
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Takes intentional damage

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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Trevor, Sunken City path" by Fortranm in 30:19.64

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7.71 / 10

Published on 12/29/2014

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally known as 悪魔城伝説 or Akumajō Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Demon Castle") is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord). TASVideos has runs playing through the game with each of these characters.

Unlike those other runs, which are played on the Japanese Famicom version of the game for its superior soundtrack, this run uses the USA version. This is because the USA version has a hard-difficulty mode you can access by naming your character "AKAMA" at the start. In this difficulty, you cannot recruit any allies, and there are more enemies that generally do more damage. To make this even harder, Fortranm takes a route that visits the Sunken City as Stage 6, showing off a difficult stage that no other run of this game shows.

Game:
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse (USA).nes
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
Second quest/Post game-completion
Uses a level password

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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Alucard path" by zggzdydp in 24:47.73

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7.8 / 10

Published on 3/30/2017

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally known as 悪魔城伝説 or Akumajō Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Demon Castle") is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord).

This game has a technically high-quality soundtrack because it uses a VRC6 sound chip that works in the Japanese Famicom but not in the NES. Thus, the movie was made with the Japanese version of the game instead of the USA version.

This movie takes the path that recruits Alucard. It improves the predecessor movie by 00:27.50 seconds. There's also a Grant path movie and a Sypha path movie.

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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Alucard path" by VANDAL in 25:17.73

Game:
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Akumajou Densetsu (J).nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage

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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Sypha path" by zggzdydp in 26:31.88

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8.48 / 10

Published on 4/2/2017

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (originally known as 悪魔城伝説 or Akumajō Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Demon Castle") is the story of Trevor Belmont's battle against Dracula from the times before Simon's battle in Castlevania. In this complex and difficult game, there are three playable allies whom Trevor can recruit: Alucard (Dracula's son), Grant DaNasty (a pirate captain), and Sypha Belnades (a mystic warlord).

This game has a technically high-quality soundtrack because it uses a VRC6 sound chip that works in the Japanese Famicom but not in the NES. Thus, the movie was made with the Japanese version of the game instead of the USA version.

This movie takes the path that recruits Sypha. There's also a Grant path movie and an Alucard path movie.

This is an improvement of 1:18.69 over the previous movie, thanks to improved usage of Sypha's ice spell and overall better optimisation.

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NES Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse "Sypha path" by VANDAL in 27:50.57

Game:
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Akumajou Densetsu (J).nes
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Takes intentional damage

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NES Color a Dinosaur "four colour theorem" by warmCabin & Randomno in 08:09.93

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5 / 10

Published on 7/23/2023

Color a Dinosaur is coloring software for the NES, in which users are tasked, as the name implies, to color one of the 16 dinosaurs present in it. It also has a cult following on TASVideos, as throughout the site's history, most of the TASes were submitted on April Fool's Day, and thus spawned inside jokes on the site, especially by older members.

This TAS by warmCabin and Randomno improves on the previous four color theorem TAS by optimizing the coloring, saving nearly 2 seconds, and fixing mistakes with certain dinosaurs where the four color theorem wasn't properly followed. For details on how the theorem is applied this time around, you can read this forum post.

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NES Color a Dinosaur "four color theorem" by warmCabin in 08:11.72

Game:
Color a Dinosaur
Genres:
Application

Game Version:
Color a Dinosaur (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration

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NES Contra "pacifist" by Mars608 & aiqiyou in 08:47.63

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6.93 / 10

Published on 7/6/2022

Contra is a popular side-scrolling shooter game for the NES, infamous for its fragile protagonists. It's also known as 魂斗羅 (Kontora) in Japan, and Probotector in Europe. GryZor is also used in Europe on some other systems. This run focuses on a specific goal: do not kill enemies directly unless absolutely necessary to complete the game.

This is an improvement of 11 frames over the previous publication by the same authors.

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NES Contra (Japan) "pacifist" by Mars608 & aiqiyou in 08:47.81

Game:
Contra
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter

Game Version:
Contra (J).nes
Tags:
Pacifist version
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths

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NES Darkwing Duck "pacifist" by DreamYao in 12:21.89

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7.74 / 10

Published on 5/17/2022

The city of St. Canard is plagued by an unseen crime wave. The intelligence agency S.H.U.S.H. suspects that the shady organization F.O.W.L. and their valued operative Steelbeak are its causes. The caped superhero Darkwing has made quite some enemies in the criminal circles thanks to his past heroic deeds, and now the entire city has to pay for that. Naturally, the valiant duck is determined to travel through the dangerous streets of St. Canard, defeat his foes, and foil Steelbeak's plans.

Darkwing Duck is a side-scrolling platform game featuring the titular character from the Disney television series. The gameplay is similar to Duck Tales, also resembling Mega Man games in many ways. Darkwing's default weapon is a gas gun; special adapters that modify its functions can be collected during exploration. By using his cape, Darkwing is able to deflect some of the enemy projectiles. Weapons can be changed via a sub-screen.

For a "pacifist" type of completion, this run avoids killing enemies (they might also have dropped health refills, so health management is mandatory), and to offer maximum variety in addition to the any% version, minimizes the use of subweapons (yet to save a single enemy's life, a single arrow is used). It offers some fresh action and manipulation on bosses, but can't be done entirely along with pacifist, so DreamYao has to use a single arrow to save a single enemy's life.

This is a 827 frame improvement over the previous movie.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

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NES Darkwing Duck "pacifist" by feos in 12:35.66

Game:
Darkwing Duck
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Darkwing Duck (USA).nes
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Demonstration
Pacifist version
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Donkey Kong, DK Jr., DK 3 & DK Jr. Math by Cyorter in 01:18.39

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7.13 / 10

Published on 9/17/2018

While the NES versions of Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3 and Donkey Kong Jr. Math don't share the same amount of stages, they appear to be similar enough to be beaten at the same time with the same controller input.

This movie improves on the previous movie by playing an additional two games as well as improving by 3.99 seconds.

If you like this movie, you may want to check out movies of other games in which as many as four games are played simultaneously with one controller.

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NES Donkey Kong & Donkey Kong Jr. by Cyorter in 01:22.38

Game:
Donkey Kong multiple game
Genres:
Platformer

Game Version:
Donkey Kong, DK Jr., DK 3 & DK Jr. Math
Tags:
Demonstration
Multiple games in one movie

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NES Extra Mario Bros. by HappyLee in 19:24.68

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7.48 / 10

Published on 8/9/2009

Extra Mario Bros. is a hack of the original Super Mario Bros. It is noteworthy for being a complete "Metroidvania" game built around the original SMB engine, with very few changes to the engine itself. The five areas in the game are all interconnected (via pipes, naturally), and permanent upgrades have been added to give it a more Metroid-ish feel. (Did I mention the music from Super Metroid? Because there's music from Super Metroid.)

However, despite his newfound ability to return to levels he's visited before and acquire upgrades that don't go away when he dies, Mario still cannot scroll to the left.

This movie collects all of the keys and fights the true final boss but only collects two of the upgrades.

Note: An IPS patch for the hack can be downloaded here.

Game:
Extra Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer
Hack

Game Version:
Extra Mario Bros.nes

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NES Fester's Quest by ars4326 in 19:38.81

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6.56 / 10

Published on 9/9/2015

Fester's Quest, developed by Sunsoft, is based on the 1960s television series The Addams Family. While out one night enjoying a quiet evening of "moonbathing", Fester witnesses an alien invasion occur against the city. Armed with his blunderbuss, Fester vows to stop this invasion by finding and defeating the 5 alien bosses (hidden in office buildings) before tracking down the UFO.

In ars4326's run, Uncle Fester briskly paces through the game's overworld and sewers, picking up a few sub-weapons from fellow Addams Family members along the way. Doing so allows quick destruction of the alien bosses guarding the clues to the UFO's whereabouts (as well as the final boss).

A time-saving glitch allowing instant wins on all of the game's bosses was forewent also, due to the author's preference not to use it.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Game:
Fester's Quest
Genres:
Shooter

Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes time-saving glitches

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NES Final Fantasy "White Mage" by TheAxeMan in 1:16:37.56

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7.42 / 10

Published on 4/13/2012

Final Fantasy is a well known RPG about saving the world with the usual assortment of characters.

Here, the author defies all common sense and takes a team composed entirely of White Mages, the token "weak healing caster" class. What's worse, three of them meet their untimely demise at the hands of pirates not very far into their journey. Not to worry, because this survivor has a few tricks up her sleeve.

Game:
Final Fantasy
Genres:
RPG

Game Version:
Final Fantasy (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses a suboptimal character
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Godzilla: Monster of Monsters! "Destr0y All M0nsters" by SpaceColonizer in 06:47.91

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6.75 / 10

Published on 12/20/2022

Godzilla: Monster of Monsters! is the first Godzilla video game for the NES. In this game, you play as both Godzilla and Mothra as they travel across planets to beat various other monsters such as Hedorah, Gigan, and King Ghidorah. On each planet are many alien armies that are there to stop you from reaching the monster that controls each planet. To portray this, each planet is shown as a virtual gameboard with Godzilla and Mothra on one end and the enemy monster on the other. Each space is either empty, has an alien army, or has an enemy monster. You level up by destroying anything that gets in your way, and you progress to the next planet by defeating an enemy monster in one-on-one combat.

In this run, SpaceColonizer opts to play the "Destr0y All M0nsters" mode using a special password. Here, all the enemy monsters in the game are on one board and are set to their endgame levels while Godzilla and Mothra are at level 8. The mode is considered complete when all the enemy monsters on the board are defeated. You can read the author's notes for more details.

Game:
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!
Genres:
Fighting

Game Version:
Godzilla - Monster of Monsters! (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses an in-game code

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NES Hard Relay Mario by HappyLee in 08:14.95

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8.07 / 10

Published on 7/1/2014

Notable for once being one of the hardest Super Mario Bros. hacks ever made, Hard Relay Mario (2004) is more like a puzzle game with its cryptic and difficult level layouts.

In this run, made over the course of two and a half years, watch as HappyLee abuses the game engine to its fullest, finishing the game in the time it would normally take to get past the first few obstacles.

To see the game as it was meant to be played, you can also watch HappyLee beat the original game in his "warps" and "warpless" runs.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Game:
Hard Relay Mario
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Hack

Game Version:
Hard Relay Mario.nes

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NES James Bond Jr. by feos in 18:29.84

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6.65 / 10

Published on 12/13/2012

James Bond Jr. is a 1991 video game developed by Eurocom. The world’s greatest scientists have mysteriously disappeared! Intelligence reports indicate that James Bond Junior's old enemy, SCUM Lord, has imprisoned them on his island fortress in the Caribbean. Without hesitation, Junior heads out on four dangerous missions to save the scientists and thwart SCUM Lord’s plans!

Here, our brave hero ignores normal elevators, uses all available items and manages their amounts very precisely, and generally abuses his lifebar.

We also have a run of the SNES version.

This movie features the new .FM3 format, intended to be watched in TASEditor, where detailed comments on the run are visible. You can play around with branches included in the movie as well. See the author's explanation on how to use this feature.

Game:
James Bond Jr.
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter

Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Second quest/Post game-completion
Uses a level password

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NES Jaws "no deaths" by SpaceColonizer in 03:20.59

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7.25 / 10

Published on 11/27/2022

This video game adaptation of Jaws appears to be based on Jaws: The Revenge, with some elements from the first Jaws movie. The game has you hunting down the shark as with the second half of Jaws, but it also appears to be set in the Caribbean like with Jaws: The Revenge. Unlike Jaws: The Revenge, you cannot survive being chomped on and dragged underwater by the shark.

SpaceColonizer opts to not die in this run to save time, which would have skipped a bonus stage as he collects shells to power up. The good thing is that by completing the bonus stage perfectly, enough points can be gained quickly enough to get the mini-sub, which can kill the shark more quickly.

Game:
Jaws
Genres:
Adventure

Game Version:
Jaws (USA).nes
Tags:
Forgoes intentional deaths
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Kaizo Mario Bros. 3 by Lord Tom in 14:42.71

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7.93 / 10

Published on 4/11/2016

Kaizo Mario Bros. 3 is a ROM hack created by the late Obitus1 designed to challenge the most skilled Super Mario Bros. 3 players, just like the Kaizo Mario World games are designed to challenge the most skilled SMW players (we have a published run of the third iteration right here).

Naturally, Lord_Tom forgoes most of the challenges proposed in this hack and showcases some interesting strategies for beating the 22 levels in record time.

The official encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.

Game:
Kaizo Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack

Tags:
Takes intentional damage

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NES Lunar Pool "no friction" by Bisqwit in 36:48.36

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6.33 / 10

Published on 4/8/2010

Lunar Ball, known as Lunar Pool in the US, is, as the name suggests, a pool game for the NES with the curious ability to adjust the friction of the surface of the pool table. Indeed, it is quite possible to play with no friction, and while this may sound easy, it actually proves to be impossibly difficult due to removing the major obstacle from the balls just continuing to roll forever, causing the game to never end.

With some heavy support from a bot (and massive loss of sanity), the author manages the nigh-impossible feat of making it all the way to the end of all 60 tables even in the face of this overwhelming opposition.

Reading the submission notes is highly advisable to explain some of the oddities such as the occasional pocketing of the cue ball. (In short: The cue ball is deliberately pocketed in order to avoid getting a perfect score on every level because the point counter would take unbearably long to tick all the points, up to a half minute per level.)

For more heavy optimization of pool tables, see also the run of this game with the default friction level.

Game:
Lunar Pool
Genres:
Sport

Game Version:
Lunar Ball (Japan).nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Uses intentional deaths

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NES Mario Adventure by Soig in 48:58.23

Are you saying that I can dodge Bullet Bills?

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6.86 / 10

Published on 8/18/2012

Mario Adventure is a hack of Super Mario Bros. 3. These are its most noteworthy characteristics:

Mario can keep a power-up in reserve like in Super Mario World, and the change is immediately effective.
There is a new power-up, Magic Mario, which allows Mario to stomp on more enemies than otherwise possible, shoot extremely powerful projectiles, and take a few hits before losing the power-up.
Graphics are rendered with a custom palette.
Almost all levels end with a Boom-Boom battle.
There are 7 worlds which Mario can visit in any order, each containing a hidden key.
After finding all 7 keys and beating the 7 worlds, Mario can access the 8th world to beat Bowser and win the game.

This movie is an improvement of 45 seconds over the previous effort.

The movie file and YouTube encode has commentary from the author in the form of captions.

Obsoletes:
NES Mario Adventure by andymac in 49:42.39

Game:
Mario Adventure
Genres:
Platformer
Hack

Game Version:
Mario Adventure.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES Mega Man 2 "zipless" by warmCabin in 27:16.17

Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube

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8.85 / 10

Published on 10/28/2019

Mega Man 2 is a game that hardly needs any introduction. This movie plays Rockman 2, the Japanese version, which is essentially Mega Man 2 in difficult mode.

warmCabin completes the games without any zips in record time. Please read the submision comments for more details.

The second YouTube stream features an input display.

The author streamed his TAS with live commentary, which can be viewed here.

You can watch this run being played back on a console.

Game:
Mega Man 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Rockman 2 - Dr. Wily no Nazo (J) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Forgoes intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty

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NES Mega Man 3, 4, 5 & 6 by Baxter & AngerFist in 39:06.92

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6.77 / 10

Published on 5/23/2007

The games Mega Man 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all the same. Eight robot masters are defeated and Mega Man steals their weapons. After some kind of distraction, Mega Man attacks Wily's fortress and it typically gets blown up. If you don't believe that's true, we offer this movie.

While driving home the point in honor of our first multi-game movie, Baxter and AngerFist prove that Capcom really has been making the same game over and over again by playing Mega Man 3, 4, 5 and 6 using the same input.

No attempt is made to synchronize the endings of these games. Mega Man 6 finishes first and Mega Man 4 finishes last.

Encoder's note: There are more encodes (labeled multitrack) available in the Archive collection. Track 1 contains the audio of all four games arranged in such a way that Mega Man 3 and Mega Man 5's audio are on the left audio channel and Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 6's audio are on the right audio channel. Tracks 2 to 5 contain the sole audio of Mega Man 3 to Mega Man 6 respectively.

We recommend sitting back as far as possible and looking (staring?) at the center of the screen when watching the encode.

If you like this movie, you may like to check out some other movies in which multiple games are played simultaneously with one controller.

Game:
Mega Man 3, 4, 5 & 6
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Tags:
Demonstration
Multiple games in one movie

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NES Mega Man 4 Voyage by Baddap1 in 39:46.94

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8.32 / 10

Published on 4/25/2020

Mega Man 4 Voyage is an extensive hack of the original NES game, featuring changes to level design, music, graphics, weapons, enemies, and bosses. The basic "run, jump and shoot" Mega Man mechanic remains intact, and the hack's authors write that it "should be suitable for veterans and casual players alike."

In this run, Baddap1 completes the game as quickly as possible by using the new Speed Boost item, most of the weapons, and general strategies such as luck manipulation and time-saving damage.

We also have runs of Rockman 4 Burst Chaser × Air Sliding and Rockman 4 Minus Infinity.

Game:
Mega Man 4 Voyage
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Hack

Game Version:
mm4voyage.nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Metal Storm by TheAxeMan & Alyosha in 11:20.10

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7.31 / 10

Published on 5/21/2016

Metal Storm is the tale of an ultra-powerful, smoothly animated, and gravity flipping mechadroid that can take one hit before exploding into confetti. Pah.

This run is an improvement of one and a half minutes over the previous publication, primarily thanks to a new glitch in the way the game handles two events at once to skip large portions of a few stages, along with general optimization and lag reduction.

Obsoletes:
NES Metal Storm by TheAxeMan in 12:54.23

Game:
Metal Storm
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter

Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Second quest/Post game-completion
Uses a level password

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NES Metroid "low%" by Lord Tom in 11:08.78

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8.31 / 10

Published on 1/19/2010

Metroid completed using just one item: the morphing ball.

Uses a game restart sequence (Up+A on second controller) to save time in backtracking.

This is an improvement of 36.7 seconds over the previously published run, thanks to a new route and general optimization.

This movie features commentary by the author, which has been added to the encode in the form of soft subtitles. They can be seen when watching the embedded stream via Archive.org.

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

Obsoletes:
NES Metroid "low%" by sgrunt in 11:45.45

Game:
Metroid
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer

Tags:
Low% completion
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES Monopoly "4 CPUs" by FractalFusion in 01:07.67

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7.31 / 10

Published on 11/21/2006

While the CPUs were distracted, FractalFusion changed the dice on them and then left the board for a few minutes. When he came back, all the CPUs were crying. The fraud squad is still investigating.

This movie aims to defeat 4 CPU controlled players, ceasing to press buttons on the controller after as little time as possible. Luck is manipulated for the first 1:08, and then the CPUs are left to lose by themselves without requiring any further actions by the player.

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

Game:
Monopoly
Genres:
Board

Tags:
Demonstration
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Monopoly by adelikat in 00:29.53

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5.48 / 10

Published on 1/31/2020

This movie aims for the fastest time to get the CPU player bankrupt, and abuses luck to its fullest to make that happen. adelikat utilizes trades, a glitch, and a new innovation he discovered to bankrupt the CPU. This is the first Monopoly submission that does not depend on "stacking the deck" on the community chest or chance cards.

From power-on to bankruptcy, this movie is 00:12.75 seconds faster than the previous record. It is also 27 frames faster in terms of input.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Obsoletes:
NES Monopoly by Acmlm in 00:30.03

Game:
Monopoly
Genres:
Board

Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Ninja Gaiden "pacifist" by MESHUGGAH, eien86, feos, Marx, jprofit22 & Scumtron in 11:16.89

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7.99 / 10

Published on 8/22/2022

Ninja Gaiden is a classic action NES title known for its difficulty, starring famous ninja Ryu Hayabusa as its main protagonist. Ryu has just learned that his father has recently gone missing after being defeated in a dual against his rival. He must now take up his sword and avenge his father, all the while encountering government conspiracies and supernatural events.

In this run, a group of authors decide to eschew the usual ninja methods of killing anything that wants to hurt you and go for a pacifist run, only killing when necessary to progress. To accomplish this, the RNG was heavily manipulated and glitches were abused to skip as many fights as possible and reduce the number of enemies encountered. For more information, you can read the authors' notes here.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

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

Game:
Ninja Gaiden
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Ninja Gaiden (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Pacifist version
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos "pacifist" by eien86 in 10:08.73

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8.9 / 10

Published on 7/24/2023

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, as known in Japan as Ninja Ryuukenden II: Ankoku no Jashin Ken (忍者龍剣伝II 暗黒の邪神剣), is the sequel to the original NES game Ninja Gaiden and one of the hardest games for the console. It takes place a year after the first game, where Ashtar continues Jaquio's goal of taking over the world and kidnaps Irene Law to further his plans. Ryu Hayabusa must now find Irene and stop Ashtar before demons and darkness spread everywhere again.

For this run, eien86 opts to go for a pacifist approach, only killing when its necessary to progress. In addition, he also follows a rule where none of the red spheres spread throughout the game can be touched. A program called JaffarPlus was used to facilitate in the creation of this run.

Game:
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Ninja Gaiden II - The Dark Sword of Chaos (USA).nes
Tags:
Pacifist version
Takes intentional damage

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NES R.B.I. Baseball "playaround" by adelikat in 04:28.79

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6.72 / 10

Published on 5/31/2008

R.B.I. Baseball is a baseball video game developed by Namco and published by Tengen. It was the first game to feature the names of real baseball players from the 1986 and 1987 seasons, adding a dimension of strategy if you knew the sport and the players' strengths and weaknesses.

This playaround by adelikat shows off ridiculous plays, bizarre glitches, and other wild antics.

You can see this played on a real NES by clicking here.

Game:
R.B.I. Baseball
Genres:
Sport

Game Version:
R.B.I. Baseball (USA).nes
Tags:
Playaround
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES River City Ransom "playaround" by adelikat & JXQ in 12:55.38

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7.23 / 10

Published on 12/4/2007

River City Ransom is a goofy game that deserves a goofy TAS. This movie showcases cool tricks and some glitches that don't necessarily result in the fastest completion. We also have a movie which aims for speed.

Selected Quote from the authors:

We looked at previous submissions and demonstrations of this game and tried to include the most entertaining parts of what was available, and add in a few ideas of our own along the way. Hopefully you'll get a kick out of it.

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

Obsoletes:
NES River City Ransom "playaround" by Sleepz in 08:59.95

Game:
River City Ransom
Genres:
Fighting

Tags:
Playaround
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
2 Players
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses easiest difficulty

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NES River City Ransom "2 players" by Chamale in 05:56.76

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7.24 / 10

Published on 2/25/2014

In River City Ransom, Alex and Ryan face off against gangs of students and evil bosses to win their town back and rescue their girlfriends. Several bosses need to be found and beaten before you can enter River City High and beat up the final bad guys (including an obvious imitation of the Double Dragon heroes). The gameplay also has elements of an RPG, where you can level up your character with shop purchases, but none of that is done here.

A glitch that is abused often in this run, pressing Left and Right at the same time, causes the player character to do all sorts of crazy things and usually lose all of his power. This is done to reduce lag during running segments and abuse collision detection.

This run obsoletes the previous one by nearly a minute due to much more optimization of boss fights and some new tricks. Weapons are also used more, so expect to see some chains and trash cans!

For a River City Ransom movie that concentrates more on goofing around than aiming purely for speed, click here. For a run that only uses Ryan, click here.

Obsoletes:
NES River City Ransom "2 players" by Chamale in 06:53.42

Game:
River City Ransom
Genres:
Fighting

Game Version:
River City Ransom (USA).nes
Tags:
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses easiest difficulty

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NES Rygar (USA) "no items" by Cardboard in 06:08.74

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6.81 / 10

Published on 7/28/2010

Rygar is an action game involving a hero with a shield as a weapon. Normally, the hero must obtain items, such as a grappling hook, to be able to explore the world of Garloz, and he must also defeat five bosses to gain access to the final area. However, these requirements can be circumvented with glitches. Indeed, this run kills no bosses except the final boss and does very little leveling.

In contrast to the any% run and the warpless run, which use the European version of Rygar, this movie uses the American version. The two ROM versions have some different glitches. For more details about the ROM choice, as well as some background explaining what in the world is going on here, see the movie comments as well as our Rygar tricks page.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Game:
Rygar
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer
RPG

Game Version:
Rygar (U) (PRG1) [!].nes
Tags:
Low% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Major skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES Snake Rattle 'n' Roll "warpless, 1 player" by Aglar in 07:07.21

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7.19 / 10

Published on 12/15/2010

Snake Rattle 'n' Roll is a 3D game mostly about collecting objects along the line of "nibble bibbles". The biggest part of the game is the tricky maneuvers required to complete the big mountain levels that are difficult to perform in real time.

This is a single player speedrun of this game, the two-player speedrun can be viewed here.

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

Obsoletes:
NES Snake Rattle 'n' Roll "warpless, 1 player" by hanzou in 08:56.98

Game:
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Snake Rattle N Roll (U) [b2].nes
Tags:
Forgoes warps

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NES Super C "1 player" by Xipo, feos & Koh1fds in 11:50.40

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8.27 / 10

Published on 10/18/2016

The guy with an infinite supply of ammo and insatiable bloodlust is back! Known as Probotector II: Return of the Evil Forces in Europe, this game is, implicitly, Contra 2. Without the 2.

This movie is 00:27.02 seconds faster than the previous run due to a new trick that allows the final boss to be completely skipped in a blaze of glitchy glory. For more information, please read the submission comments.

We also have a run that uses two players, but forgoes the final level glitch.

Obsoletes:
NES Super C "1 player" by Xipo in 12:17.42

Game:
Super C
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter

Game Version:
Super C
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Uses intentional deaths
Final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory

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NES Super C "pacifist" by Soig in 12:29.95

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8.4 / 10

Published on 12/8/2018

The guys who have an infinite supply of ammo and who destroy worlds bare-chested are back! Super C is completed as fast as possible, with an additional goal: do not kill enemies directly unless absolutely necessary to complete the game.

By using two players, self-sacrifice, and a number of new discoveries, Soig saves 00:51.45 over the previous movie by Heidman.

If pacifism isn't your style, you can check out these one-player and two-player runs.

Obsoletes:
NES Super C "pacifist" by Heidman in 13:21.40

Game:
Super C
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter

Game Version:
Super C
Tags:
Pacifist version
2 Players
Uses intentional deaths

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NES Super Contra 7 "pacifist" by longbao in 04:49.32

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6.65 / 10

Published on 7/4/2023

Super Contra 7 is a bootleg game based off the Contra series, developed by E.S.C. Co (alias of Waixing) in 1996 for the Famicom and other Famiclones. It is probably either a hack of Contra or Super C or some sort of bootleg original that borrows heavily from the Contra engine. It has graphics stolen from Mighty Final Fight and Shatterhand, but the music appears to be original. The game design here appears to be very odd, with standard enemies that don't shoot at you and power ups that sometimes don't work how they should.

longbao for this run decides to take a pacifist approach like with many other Contra games and not kill any enemies unless it's absolutely necessary to progress. This leads to a lot of enemies just chasing after the player character.

Game:
Super Contra 7
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Bootleg

Game Version:
Super Contra 7 (China) (Pirate).nes
Tags:
Pacifist version
One player in a multiplayer game
Uses intentional deaths

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NES Super Mario Bros. "warpless, walkathon" by Mars608 & HappyLee in 25:19.23

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8.25 / 10

Published on 8/25/2014

Bowser has kidnapped the princess (again) and Mario must save the day. But this time through, he takes a stroll. Nothing bothers Mario as he walks through all the stages, sometimes backwards, on his way to save the princess.

This movie demonstrates that it's possible to complete every single stage without pressing the B button. Having been bothered by the lack of running and shooting in this game, the ending outright asks the player to press B.

This movie also improves the previous one by 00:10.82 seconds through new strategies and better optimization.

The authors have provided a comparison encode, which is available for download at Archive.org, and as a YouTube stream.

This run can be played back on a real NES console, watch that here!

Obsoletes:
NES Super Mario Bros. "warpless, walkathon" by Mars608 in 25:30.05

Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer

Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Forgoes warps
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES Super Mario Bros. "maximum coins" by TEHH_083, HappyLee & CuteQt in 26:10.25

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8.49 / 10

Published on 10/8/2015

Once again, Bowser has kidnapped Peach, but this time Mario isn't trying to rescue her quite as urgently. Fed up with getting no reward for his endeavors beyond cake, Mario takes a leaf out of Wario's book and decides that while rescuing Peach, he might as well make as much money as he can.

In this movie, the aim is to complete the game while collecting as many coins as possible without dying, doing so as fast as possible. In fact, Mario collects 1431 coins in total, which is rather surprising as there are only 1225 distinct coins in the game!

If you enjoyed this TAS, be sure to check out this movie, in which Mario completes the game without pressing the B button.

Watch this run get played back on a real NES!

Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer

Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES Super Mario Bros. "all items" by DaSmileKat, HappyLee & Mars608 in 19:48.68

Mario grabs a Fire Flower powerup in level 6-3.

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9.09 / 10

Published on 10/25/2020

Bowser has kidnapped Peach again, but this time, Mario's hoarding tendencies are kicking in. He's grabbing all of the items in the kingdom, even when he doesn't really need them.

In this movie, the aim is to complete the game while collecting every possible item without dying, doing so as fast as possible.

DaSmileKat manages to improve on the previous movie by 00:01.38 seconds through careful optimization of almost every level.

Watch this run being played back on a real console here, or here.

Obsoletes:
NES Super Mario Bros. "all items" by Mars608, chatterbox & HappyLee in 19:50.04

Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer

Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES Super Mario Bros. "minimum jumps" by HappyLee, Kriller37, DaSmileKat, Kosmic & periwinkle in 10:24.39

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7.56 / 10

Published on 5/3/2021

Bowser has kidnapped Princess Peach once again, but this time, Mario is tired of jumping around the kingdom to save her. So he instead takes a route that's a bit easier on his legs.

In this movie, the aim is to complete the game with the fewest A button presses possible. This movie uses more creative tricks and exploits than what you'd see in other movies for this game. A more in-depth explanation can be found in the authors' comments.

The total amount of A button presses done in this movie is 62, you can turn on Closed Captions in the youtube video to view a button counter.

You can watch Kosmic give an in-depth look of the run here as well as watching the premiere of the TAS here.

If you prefer console verification with no commentary, click here to watch that.

Game:
Super Mario Bros.
Genres:
Platformer

Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. (W) [!].nes
Tags:
Demonstration
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Super Mario Bros. 2 "warps, princess only" by mtvf1 & chatterbox in 08:20.83

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8.87 / 10

Published on 2/23/2018

The concept for this run originated long ago because Princess was the only character not used in the normal run aiming for fastest overall time. (In fact, Princess is the only character not used in the fastest warpless run either.)

This movie improves the previous publication by 00:02.95 seconds, manly due to heavier optimization.

You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.

Obsoletes:
NES Super Mario Bros. 2 "warps, princess only" by chatterbox in 08:23.77

Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) (PRG0) [!]
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warpless" by Lord_Tom & Tompa in 46:20.30

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8.9 / 10

Published on 12/21/2015

Super Mario Bros. 3 completed fast ― without using the magic whistles.

Although this movie doesn't use the magic whistles, it does skip stages, and actually skips them quite a lot, with the aid of various items such as the hammers.

This is an improvement of about 44.5 seconds over the previous movie.

All encodes of this run come with the author's lengthy commentary as subtitles. Author's vocal commentary during the run's video can be watched on Twitch.

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

Obsoletes:
NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "warpless" by adelikat, andymac, Lord Tom & Tompa in 47:04.70

Game:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Genres:
Action
Platformer

Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG0) [!].nes
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes warps
Forgoes major skip glitch
Forgoes final boss skip glitch
Heavy glitch abuse
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Foregoes memory corruption

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NES Super Mario Bros., 2, The Lost Levels & 3 by agwawaf in 08:49.78

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7.9 / 10

Published on 7/11/2014

While decidedly not the same game, the Super Mario Bros. games on the NES are similar enough in game mechanics and controls that all four of them can be played at once with the same input.

This second version of the quad-run utilizes the credits glitch found in the newest Super Mario Bros. 3 run. As such, the focus is now on finishing Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels as fast as possible, allowing Super Mario Bros. 3 to entertain while waiting for the other three games to progress. The run also features an ending that may surprise you.

If you like this movie, you may want to check out some other movies in which multiple games are played simultaneously with one controller.

This movie has been played back and verified on console during SGDQ 2016.

Obsoletes:
NES Super Mario Bros., 2, The Lost Levels & 3 by agwawaf in 10:39.75

Game:
Super Mario Bros., 2, The Lost Levels & 3
Genres:
Platformer

Tags:
Demonstration
Multiple games in one movie
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Final boss skip glitch
Executes arbitrary code
Heavy glitch abuse
Corrupts memory

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NES Tecmo Super Bowl "playaround" by adelikat in 11:05.02

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5.55 / 10

Published on 1/11/2008

This movie doesn't aim to run up the score. Instead, it plays an entertaining game of American football by keeping the score close for drama and by utilizing a variety of wild plays with interceptions, fumbles, impossibly long passes, etc. Thus, the movie manipulates luck often.

In addition, the author exploits a number of bizarre bugs, such as CPU players tackling their own teammate, and a very unorthodox final play.

True tecmobowlers will enjoy the team choice and final score.

Obsoletes:
NES Tecmo Super Bowl "playaround" by Arc in 13:46.80

Game:
Tecmo Super Bowl
Genres:
Sport

Tags:
Playaround
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES Tengen Tetris "30 lines" by Spikestuff in 00:23.55

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6.21 / 10

Published on 3/9/2020

Tengen Tetris is a version of Tetris made by Atari, which pretty much follows the basic formula of stacking tetrominoes and completing lines. Even the theme music has a similar feel to the more familiar NES Tetris game by Nintendo.

This movie plays through just the final level, level 17, and clocks in at over one line per second. Notably, luck manipulation does not work the same way in this game as in other versions of Tetris, leading to quite different strategies.

Spikestuff improves the predecessor movie by 00:05.54 seconds.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Obsoletes:
NES Tengen Tetris "30 lines" by MarbleousDave in 00:29.09

Game:
Tengen Tetris
Genres:
Puzzle
Unlicensed game

Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Single level
Uses a level password

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NES The Legend of Zelda "Swordless Challenge" by Lord Tom in 24:39.71

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8.87 / 10

Published on 12/24/2016

Of all the challenging ways to play Legend of Zelda that people have attempted on a NES console, one of the most famous is the "swordless" challenge. In this challenge, the player must beat all of the game, up until the final boss Ganon, without using a sword. It is not possible to damage Ganon without a sword however, so many swordless runs reach Ganon's room to die there.

In order to actually complete the game, Lord_Tom does pick up a sword and kills Ganon. However, the sword is only obtained shortly before attempting the final level, and even then, the sword is not used until absolutely necessary. In the meantime, sit back and watch a run which relies heavily on luck manipulation and effective bomb usage to beat the game very quickly. For more details, see the author's comments.

This is a 34-second improvement over the previous movie by Baxter.

View this movie played back on a real NES right here.

The official encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.

Obsoletes:
NES The Legend of Zelda "Swordless Challenge" by Baxter in 25:13.92

Game:
The Legend of Zelda
Genres:
Action
Adventure
RPG

Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The (USA).nes [PRG0/Rev 0]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse

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NES The Legend of Zelda "2nd quest" by chatterbox in 24:48.75

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7.76 / 10

Published on 6/15/2022

The second quest of The Legend of Zelda is what you get by having completed the game once. It is more difficult than the first quest.

In this movie, the authors enter ZELDA as the player's name to start the 2nd quest without having to complete the game first.

This is a 666 frame improvement over the previous movie thanks to better optimization, be sure to read the author's submission notes for more information.

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Obsoletes:
NES The Legend of Zelda "2nd quest" by Baxter & Morrison in 24:59.83

Game:
The Legend of Zelda
Genres:
Action
Adventure
RPG

Game Version:
Legend of Zelda, The (USA).nes [PRG0/Rev 0]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Second quest/Post game-completion
Uses a level password

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NES Track & Field "max score, playaround" by Phil in 12:55.43

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6.26 / 10

Published on 9/30/2007

This movie of Track and Field plays with two players: one of them aims for a maximum score, and the other aims to demonstrate clumsiness, quirks and other humor.

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Obsoletes:
NES Track & Field by Arc in 08:28.05
NES Track & Field "max score" by Phil in 09:05.40
NES Track & Field by Phil in 08:56.48

Game:
Track & Field
Genres:
Sport

Game Version:
Track & Field (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Playaround
Aims for maximum score
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
2 Players

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NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "warpless" by Arc, FatRatKnight, Inzult & Rising Tempest in 45:26.04

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8.68 / 10

Published on 11/8/2016

Here is a warpless run of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988), which introduced RPG elements and a side-scrolling view instead of the traditional Zelda overhead view. An evil magician has cast a sleep spell on Princess Zelda. Link must place 6 crystals in palaces throughout Hyrule in order to release the binding force that protects the Triforce of Courage hidden in the Great Palace.

This movie is an improvement of 00:09.32 seconds compared to the previous run. Most of the new time saved is from getting almost impossible fairy spawns at overworld traps. Please read the authors' comments for details.

This movie avoids using the extremely gamebreaking hyperspeed and scroll-lock glitches seen in the warp glitch branch. This movie also avoids all of the minorly gamebreaking wrong warps in order to significantly increase the technical skill required to create the movie; we also have a movie which does use these "glitched warps," which allows a rather different route through the game.

This movie was a part of a two-hour Zelda II TAS showcase with audio commentary by Arc, Inzult, Jackimus, Mithical9, and Feasel.

You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.

Obsoletes:
NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "warpless" by Arc, Inzult & Rising Tempest in 45:35.36

Game:
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
RPG

Game Version:
Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation

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NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "100%" by Arc & Inzult in 1:02:40.84

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8.66 / 10

Published on 4/2/2021

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is quite different from most of the early games in the Legend of Zelda series. It combines an overworld view with side-scrolling platform stages. In addition, the character can gain experience and levels, visit towns, and earn spells and items which are needed to proceed.

Instead of aiming purely for speed, Arc and Inzult take a more comfortable journey through Hyrule in this movie, collecting every item, visiting every palace, and more along the way. Don't confuse "comfortable" with "slow" however, as the authors' extensive understanding of the game (seriously, check out the submission notes!) helps Link finish his quest at top speed.

If you'd like to watch a movie focusing entirely on speed, check out the authors' any% run: [4367] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link by Arc & Inzult in 34:58.74

You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.

Game:
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Platformer
RPG

Game Version:
Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (U) [!].nes
Tags:
100% completion
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Forgoes major skip glitch
Uses a game restart sequence
Forgoes time-saving glitches
Heavy luck manipulation

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