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Published on 12/12/2021
2xtreme is a PS1 extreme sports racing game where you skate, cycle, snowboard, and rollerblade around the world against other racers. It is the sequel to ESPN Extreme Games, though it now lacks the ESPN branding.
mxlenny94 completes every race in the game as fast as possible by careful use of speed powerups and gates, minimizing airtime, and otherwise careful gameplay.
The author would like to share a personal message: A big thanks to all my friends who've been nothing but supportive since the first time I told them about this. Your encouragement helped me push through making this and I can't thank you enough. I love you.
Game:
2xtreme

Genres:
Sport
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.2

Published on 9/26/2022
Alundra is the title of the game, and our protagonist who has the power to enter people's dreams.
Watch as Cadit takes the dreamwalker to save the people of Inoa from their nightmares, collect all 40 Life Vessels, the 4 Magic Seeds, activate all 8 portals, collect all individual items and Gild 50 Falcons in record time.

There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring subtitled commentary by the author which also features an in-depth item tracker.
Game:
Alundra

Genres:
RPG
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.2

Published on 3/26/2020
Animorphs: Shattered Reality is what's considered as a poorly created video game based on the Scholastic Series written by K. A. Applegate.
Visser Three attempts to create a device that is designed to wipe out the Animorphs life using the Continuum Crystal. However the device failed and the crystal has vanished leaving behind a shattered reality. This reality is where Visser Three has almost completed his world domination.
Watch as Fizztastic morphs and fights their way through to stop Visser Three and restore the reality to what it once was in record time.

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

Published on 3/21/2020
Armored Core sees the player take on the role of a Raven: A mercenary who customizes and pilots a giant mecha (an Armored Core) to complete missions for powerful corporations in a dystopian future.
In this run, Zinfidel completes the game in record time by taking the corporations' money, failing to do nearly anything they ask, and using glitches to quickly destroy the super AI that has been pulling their strings the entire time. Details are in the submission notes.

The encodes of this run include the author's commentary as soft subtitles.
Game:
Armored Core

Genres:
Shooter
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4

Published on 12/29/2022
Armored Core sees the player take on the role of a Raven: a mercenary who customizes and pilots a giant mecha (an Armored Core) to complete missions for powerful corporations in a dystopian future.
In this run, the TASers complete the game, but instead of taking the corporations' money, they actually do what they're tasked with, completing the game 100% without aborting any missions or stepping out of bounds.

Published on 11/20/2017
Astérix: The Gallic War is a light-hearted action-strategy hybrid game featuring the popular Asterix comic book characters. You play as Asterix, Obelix and the rest of the Celtic Gaul army as they war with the Romans, led by Caesar, who have seized all but one territory from the Gaul Empire. After gathering your army, you must capture lands adjacent to yours by either clearing a platforming segment, a mini-game like throwing a Roman as far as possible or combat sequences.
wesen runs through the game in record time.

Published on 3/10/2010
Azure Dreams is an RPG random dungeon crawler where the main character, Koh, can recruit familiars and level them up in the 40-floor Monster Tower, while gaining items and riches. He can also help the local town and romance some girls.
As can be seen from the movie time, none of this occurs in this TAS. It's just one naked dash to the top and a whole bunch of fortuitous circumstances. Luck manipulation was used on almost every floor to ensure that elevators and helpful traps are strategically located.
Should you decide to play Azure Dreams, this is definitely the wrong way to play the game.
Game:
Azure Dreams

Genres:
RPG
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
PCSX-rr 0.0.7

Published on 2/9/2013
Bishi Bashi Special is a collection of 46 mini-games with a variety of rules.
Here Spikestuff is playing through them quickly while picking up the maximum score of 10 for each. Getting the high score sometimes has odd conditions, like the elephant race where finishing 7-2 is needed for the 10.
For a TAS of a related game, see the Salary Man Champ publication.

Note: This movie is set to obsolete the "Time Trial" mode, because it contains the levels from that mode, and more, effectively superseding it.

Published on 8/14/2015
Bishi Bashi Special 2 brings more of the comical minigames that are a staple of the series. This collection of the arcade games Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ and Gachaga Champ saw a Japanese and a European release (where it was lumped together with the first game).
The minigames themselves are very straightforward and usually involve only the Triangle, Cross, and Circle buttons. This is a direct holdover from the original arcade machines, which featured a three-button layout. Some minigames also include the directional pad to increase the button-mashing even further. For example, in the first minigame the player has to fend off mobsters by pressing the D-Pad in the direction they're coming from.
Watch Spikestuff absolutely demolish the computer opponent in one fast-paced minigame after another!
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.0

Published on 1/13/2022
Bishi Bashi 3: Step Champ is a conversion of the arcade with the same name. This time around dancing and feet coordination is key to success as this outing is specially made to be played with Konami's Dance Dance Revolution dance mat.
As usual with the Bishi Bashi games, it's full to the brim with random and rather off-beat mini-games that often times pokes fun at Konami's own franchises (such as Track & Field and Beatmania). Most of the mini-games are either of the button mashing variety (such as the mini-game in which the player has to throw a tantrum faster than his siblings to get a toy by stomping his feet on the ground repeatedly), but there are also games where the player has to time which button to press (one such game is very similar to Dance Dance Revolution).
Spikestuff obsoletes their previous movie by improving the Long Jump distance from 13.24 meters to 13.41 meters.

Published on 2/9/2022
Bishi Bashi 3: Step Champ is a conversion of the arcade with the same name. This time around dancing and feet coordination is key to success as this outing is specially made to be played with Konami's Dance Dance Revolution dance mat.
As usual with the Bishi Bashi games, it's full to the brim with random and rather off-beat mini-games that often times pokes fun at Konami's own franchises (such as Track & Field and Beatmania). Most of the mini-games are either of the button mashing variety (such as the mini-game in which the player has to throw a tantrum faster than his siblings to get a toy by stomping his feet on the ground repeatedly), but there are also games where the player has to time which button to press (one such game is very similar to Dance Dance Revolution).
Spikestuff speeds through all events in record time.

Published on 4/18/2021
Blood Omen is the first game in the Legacy of Kain series, developed by Silicon Knights and published by Crystal Dynamics in 1996. It follows the vampire Kain as he seeks revenge on those who ended his human life.
In this TAS, lapogne36 abuses Kain's full moon wolf form, a wrong warp, and other glitches to beat the game in record time.
We also have a run of the game's sequel, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

Published on 6/28/2023
Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical is a licensed video game adaptation of the Blue's Clues episode Blue's Big Musical. It generally follows everything that happens in the episode to a T, with the parts that are meant for audience participation made interactive for the PlayStation's controls. The premise is that Blue is getting ready for the Storybook World's big musical, but her singing partner suddenly loses her voice. Join her in a metaphorical journey to find the right alternate singing partner that fits the musical.
yep2yel does everything frame perfect and powers through the seemingly endless loading screens as fast as possible.

Published on 5/6/2022
Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It? is a PlayStation video game based off the British cartoon series of the same name. It is a series of minigames involving handyman and construction jobs that Bob and his friends undertake, along with minigames that have nothing to do with either of those like baking a cake, racing, and farming.
In this run, EZGames69 completes every minigame the video game has to offer as fast as he can.

Published on 5/15/2011
The Brood, an ancient race of dragons, is all but extinct. Their power was so strong that they had to be killed. A (as Ryu is named in this run), the last one of the Brood, is awakened after 400 years and decides he wants to know more about his people.
Well aware of his fearful power, A uses it until he becomes strong enough to rely on his physical power, after which he manipulates luck to an indecent extent, using frame-by-frame advancing to pulverize his foes and even the final boss. It may be a little anti-climactic, but it's much quicker this way.
This is currently the fifth longest published movie (Final Fantasy VIII is the longest RPG run). You might want to take your morning and your afternoon to watch this.

Published on 2/9/2016
What could pawsibly go wrong?
Bubsy 3D is the fourth game in the Bubsy series, and was its last one for 21 years, until the franchise was revived with a fifth game. Released in 1996, it was one of the first 3D platform games out there, though its poor controls, terrible graphics, and annoying main character lead the game to being considered one of the worst of all time.
Solarplex claws his way through the game in just under 23 minutes, almost making it look fun and playable in the process.
Game:
Bubsy 3D

Genres:
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.4

Published on 6/4/2018
Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters centers around the Looney Tunes stars featured on the title. Daffy Duck has gone back in time with the precious Time Gem as he inadvertently caused damage to the Time Regulator. Granny has tasked Bugs as well her pet Taz to find this precious stone, as well as any gears along the way to stabilize the Time Regulator.
lapogne36 decided that finding the precious stone was more than enough, as he skips to Count Blood Count and finished the game in record time.

Published on 12/7/2022
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time follows Bugs Bunny in his first 3D title where after taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque he mistakes a time machine for a carrot juice dispenser and ends up in Nowhere.
Watch as AleMastroianni collects all 124 clocks and all 333 golden carrots to return Bugs back to present day so he can make it to Pismo Beach.

Published on 7/9/2013
Bushido Blade is a series of fighting games with a gimmick: everyone can die in one hit. This kind of gameplay lends itself well to time attacking and TASing.
Slash Mode is an unlockable feature where the challenge is to kill 100 opponents as fast as possible. This game adds on to the original Bushido Blade's Slash Mode with an on-screen timer and more variety in enemies and environments.
In this run, Dammit runs through Slash Mode as fast as possible, finishing with an ingame time of 3'34"76.

Published on 8/27/2023
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clowcard Magic (カードキャプターさくら クロウカードマジック) is a puzzle shooting game developed and published by Arika (of TGM fame) for the PlayStation in 2000. Based on the manga and anime series of the same name, the main objective is to collect all 51 Clow cards, which are obtained by shooting the different coloured cards across 10 stages, as either Sakura or Li, with the 11th stage being a boss fight bearing the same mechanics.
somyeol completes the game in record time.

Published on 2/18/2021
Castlevania Chronicles is a PSX remake of the Japan-only X68000 game Akumajō Dracula (悪魔城ドラキュラ), which is a remake of the first Castlevania. In this game, Simon Belmont is out to defeat the evil Count Dracula.
While this movie by strizer86, done on Original Mode, appears to be slower than the previous movie, it is in fact faster by about 35 seconds if emulation and mode differences (mainly timer countdown) are not accounted for, thanks to the damage boosts that are possible on Original Mode. Please read the author's comments for more details.
An encode with commentary by the author is available right here.

Published on 2/25/2014
Not only was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX but also the first PSX game to have a published run here. Follow Dracula's son Alucard as he glitches through the castle on a quest to end his father's life.
ForgoneMoose manages to improve the previous run by 00:21.55 seconds due to better luck manipulation and movement technique.
A run that beats the game even faster through save data corruption is available here, and a 100% run covering the whole castle can be found here. If you prefer the main character to have muscular bare arms and to pray to the rain gods to defeat bosses, you may enjoy the Richter version. If you want to see a run on Replay mode that can skip many cutscenes, see this run.

Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.

Published on 3/9/2014
Not only was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX but also the first PSX game to have a published run here. Follow Dracula's son Alucard as he glitches through the castle on a quest to end his father's life.
ForgoneMoose and sockfolder, by corrupting the save data, manage to corrupt the memory and go straight to the ending, totally skipping Richter and the whole second castle.
A 100% run covering the whole castle is also available here. If you prefer the main character to have muscular bare arms and to pray to the rain gods to defeat bosses, you may enjoy the Richter version. If you want to see a run on Replay mode that can skip many cutscenes, see this run. A run with clear save without memory corruption is also available here.

Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.

Published on 4/21/2014
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX, and was also the very first PSX game to have a published TAS.
Follow Richter (playable after you beat the game once) as he glitches and speeds through the castle on a quest to defeat Dracula. If you like fast sliding, dashing, uppercutting, and using precipitation to defeat bosses, you'll love this run.
This is an improvement of 00:01.88 over the previous run. You can read the author's comments for more information.
TASVideos also has several runs using Alucard, including a Replay run, a run that aims for fastest time on a clean save, and a run that kills every boss and obtains all relics. We also have a run from the Saturn version using Maria.

Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.

Published on 8/4/2014
Not only was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX but also the first PSX game to have a published run here. Follow Dracula's son Alucard as he glitches through the castle on a quest to end his father's life.
This run beats the game at level 1 with 0 experience, and the only official (recorded in the bestiary) kill being Dracula. A few other enemies are killed using a glitch to avoid the kill being recorded or experience being awarded.

Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.

Published on 8/10/2014
Not only was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX but also the first PSX game to have a published run here.
Not satisfied with just going on a death spree to Dracula, Alucard decides to steal every single one of his father's heirlooms, while also killing his prized collection of monsters. Luckily he has the handy ability of phasing through walls whenever he needs to.
A run that beats the game through save data corruption is available here, along with one that avoids data corruption. If you prefer the main character to have muscular bare arms and to pray to the rain gods to defeat bosses, you may enjoy the Richter version. If you want to see a run on Replay mode that can skip many cutscenes, see this run. We also have a run of the Saturn version using Maria. We even have a run where Alucard avoids killing everything except Dracula.
Due to the lengthy amount of time needed to obtain the best ending in the previous run, this run was deemed significantly more entertaining, and thus obsoletes it.

Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.

Author's commentary during the run's video can be watched on YouTube

Published on 8/20/2014
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the first installment of the Castlevania series on PSX. Follow Dracula's son Alucard as he glitches through the castle on a quest to end his father's life.
This run is played on a Replay save file (not newgame+ because neither experience nor items are carried over) using the Luck Mode command. Using Replay allows the player to skip most cutscenes and alters what the librarian can sell. Using Luck Mode lowers the player's base strength which, among other changes, ironically makes the run faster by enabling a route filled with kicking enemies that wouldn't be possible otherwise.
A run that beats the game through save data corruption is available here. If you prefer the main character to have muscular bare arms and to pray to the rain gods to defeat bosses, you may enjoy the Richter version. If you want to see a run that beats every boss, see this run. We also have a run of the Saturn version using Maria. We even have a run where Alucard avoids killing everything except Dracula.

Note: Due to an emulation error, the audio in the ending FMV sequence doesn't play.

Published on 4/4/2011
Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon (チョコボの不思議なダンジョン) is a dungeon crawler starring everyone's favorite Final Fantasy transportation. It was only released in Japan, although a sequel, Chocobo's Dungeon 2, was released in the USA too.
The author uses luck manipulation to get favorable floor layouts, descending rapidly through the dungeons while still collecting items needed to kill bosses.

Published on 10/18/2010
Anyone with a passing familiarity with the Final Fantasy series should recognise the fine Chocobo, preferred steed of many alternate universes. It's therefore not surprising that a game starring Chocobos and races would be released.
The Japanese version of this game is used due to differences in at least one stage causing the Japanese version to be more difficult.
Game:
Chocobo Racing

Genres:
Racing
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
PCSX-rr 0.1.3

Published on 11/8/2010
After completing the story mode of Chocobo Racing nine times, one gains access to the secret character "Invincible". This run, starting from a save state, uses this character in time attack mode to put the other characters to shame.
This run pauses for a few seconds between tracks to show the final track times.
Note that we do not normally accept runs starting from save states. See the Rules for more information.

Published on 10/24/2021
Chrono Cross is the sequel to one of the most dearly loved games from the SNES library, Chrono Trigger. In it, you play as Serge and set off on a journey through time to save the world from the Time Devourer.

Published on 5/19/2013
Crash Bandicoot is the first game in a seminal series for the PlayStation.
Utilizing zigzag movement and other new tricks, pirohiko improves the previous movie by a staggering 09:09.65, leaving Neo Cortex wondering just what kind of flying bandicoot on a double espresso he set on the loose. For details on the new tricks, differences between the USA and JPN versions, and the strategies used, reading the author's comments is recommended.
A second YouTube stream is available with an informative overlay that the author used while creating the run. The latter pair of encodes and torrents provides high quality 480p encodes improved for 3D.

Published on 12/22/2022
Crash Bandicoot is the first game in a seminal series for the PlayStation.
Utilizing zigzag movement and other new tricks, The8bitbeast collects every gem and Tawna Bandicoot to leave Neo Cortex wondering just what kind of flying bandicoot on a double espresso he set on the loose. For details on the new tricks, differences between the USA and JPN versions, and the strategies used, reading the author's comments is recommended.

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

Published on 4/16/2010
This is the second in a series of seminal platformers for the PlayStation, with very similar gameplay to its predecessor.
A normal run of this game takes a rather long time to complete. However, by using a bug that corrupts the memory when jumping on top of an unbreakable box, the author gathers the crystals necessary to advance to the next set of stages unbelievably quickly, leaving only the bosses to make quick work of.

Note for viewers: The PSX emulator PCSX-RR is unable to play most sounds from this title. Thanks to the efforts in resyncing every second encode link leads to an audio restored version.

Published on 12/27/2017
This is the second in a series of seminal platformers for the PlayStation, with very similar gameplay to its predecessor.
This run by Chef_Stef improves on the previous movie by 11:30.84 minutes. It finishes the game fast without abusing any major glitches. There is also a run that uses this glitch and completes the game even faster.

Published on 9/6/2021
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is the second game of the Crash Bandicoot series developed by Naughty Dog. The story takes place immediately after the events of the previous game. It features similar gameplay to the other two games in the series.
This run from SuPeRbOoMfAn collects all Crystals and Gems from 27 levels and defeats all five bosses before destroying the Cortex Vortex with N. Brio's help as fast as possible without abusing any major glitches.

Published on 8/13/2017
Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game of the Crash Bandicoot series developed by Naughty Dog. The story takes place immediately after the events of the previous game. It features similar gameplay to the first two games in the series.
This run from The8bitbeast plays through all 25 levels and defeats all five bosses of the game as fast as possible, avoiding the use of both the item glitch and gate clip while taking advantage of zip-zagging.
We recommend reading the author's comments for information about this run.
There is also a "item glitch, gate skip" run which completes the game as fast as possible using both glitches not used in this run.

Published on 8/14/2017
Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game of the Crash Bandicoot series developed by Naughty Dog. The story takes place immediately after the events of the previous game. It features similar gameplay to the first two games in the series.
This run from pirohiko improves upon the previous publication by 02:37.62 minutes, thanks to a newer route compared to the previous publication.

Published on 12/25/2017
Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game of the Crash Bandicoot series developed by Naughty Dog. The story takes place immediately after the events of the previous game. It features similar gameplay to the first two games in the series.
We recommend reading the author's comments for information about this run.

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

Published on 11/26/2023
Crash Bash is the first title not created by Naughty Dog, but by Eurocom Entertainment Software. It is also the last Sony-exclusive Crash title. It is the first Crash party game, with 28 mini-games and 8 playable characters from the Crash series, including newcomer Rilla Roo.
Aku Aku and Uka Uka are out to resolve their feud but are forbidden to battle each other directly so they have a contest with their teams instead. As Aku Aku only has Crash and Coco Bandicoot, Uka Uka graciously provides Tiny Tiger and Dingodile.
Instead of playing through the Adventure Mode, lazycurler exploits the game's save system and forces their way into the credits without playing a single mini-game.

Published on 8/1/2020
Crash Team Racing is the fourth and last Crash Bandicoot entry developed by Naughty Dog. The game opens with Nitros Oxide wanting to turn the planet Earth into a Galactic Parking Lot. It's up to the battle of the fastest character to save the planet from the clutches of Oxide.
Reading the submission text for more information on the methods and glitches used is heavily recommended.

There is also an alternate YouTube stream featuring audio commentary by the author which also features a detailed overlay.

Published on 10/1/2021
Crash Team Racing is the fourth and last Crash Bandicoot entry developed by Naughty Dog. The game opens with Nitros Oxide wanting to turn the planet Earth into a Galactic Parking Lot. It's up to the battle of the fastest character to save the planet from the clutches of Oxide.
Reading the submission text for more information on the methods and glitches used is heavily recommended.

Published on 2/25/2011
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos chronicles the adventure of a crocodile (creatively named Croc) who runs and jumps through four worlds in order to save his Gobbo friends.
Thanks to a glitch in the physics engine, Croc adds another trick to his repertoire: the ability to float. This run by RingRush makes heavy use of the floating glitch and various other tricks to defeat Baron Dante and save the Gobbo king as fast as possible.
For a run that rescues all Gobbos, collects all jigsaw pieces, and completes all levels, see the 100% run.

Published on 5/31/2012
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos chronicles the adventure of a crocodile (creatively named Croc) who runs and jumps through four worlds in order to save his Gobbo friends. However, thanks to a glitch in the physics engine, Croc adds another trick to his repertoire: the ability to float. In this run, the player makes heavy use of the floating glitch and various other tricks to rescue all the Gobbos, collect all the jigsaw pieces, and complete the secret fifth world.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolutions in the discussion thread.

Published on 3/17/2024
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix is the third rhythm game develped by Bemani where the player dances on a platform with four four foot panels. This is the console port of the Arcade Title of the same name.
Watch as Arcorann KEEP ON MOVIN' completing Endless Mode with the shortest song in record time.

A supercut for those that can not KEEP ON MOVIN' can be found here.

Published on 11/12/2021
Dark Tales: From the Lost Soul is a 1999 Choose-Your-Own-Adventure horror game for the PS1. The game features 3 stories where the player is placed in a first person perspective, and chooses how the characters will progress in the story.
Each story has multiple endings, which ending you get will depend on the choices the player makes. The authors, Spikestuff & Xindictive, achieve the shortest endings to the 3 stories as quickly as possible.

Note: This game features jumpscares and sudden loud noises, especially in the first two stories, viewer discretion is advised.

Published on 5/10/2021
Digimon World is a title developed by Bandai which focuses on the protagonist being brought to the Digital World to find out why the titular creatures have lost their memories.

Published on 2/10/2021
Coming off the success of Resident Evil, Capcom set its sights on its second important survival horror title Dino Crisis.
The Secret Operation Raid Team (S.O.R.T.) are assigned to acquire Dr. Edward Kirk and take him into custody from Ibis Island. Watch as weapons specialist Regina blazes through a series of dinosaurs returned to life!
Note: Using IGT timing, this run clocks in at 1:12:40.

Published on 4/15/2018
In Discworld II, the player controls Rincewind the "wizzard", who has been burdened with the task of coercing Death out of his impromptu retirement and back into his regular duties. The game borrows from a number of Discworld books, but the plot is essentially a mesh of Reaper Man and Moving Pictures.
Flip plays through the PS1 port of the game in record time.

There is also an alternate YouTube stream which removes the load screens by the author.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1

Published on 6/16/2023
Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue is a video game loosely based on the live action movie 102 Dalmatians. It follows the perspective of Domino and Oddball, who find out their family has been captured whilst they were out in the park. It is up to them to rescue them and defeat Cruella de Vil.
Avouca and passere improve the previous movie by 49.74 seconds, thanks in major part to better optimisation as well as new out-of-bounds tricks in several stages. Please read the authors' comments for more details.
Audio commentary by one of the authors, passere, can be found right here.

Published on 1/26/2013
Disney's Hercules is based on the animated movie of the same name. You take control of Hercules of Greek mythology, son of the god Zeus and a mortal woman, the legendary hero and strongest man in the world. Your goal is to prove yourself worthy of being admitted to Mount Olympus, the residence of gods, and to become a god yourself. You must commit heroic deeds and overcome various obstacles to show your strength and courage. To make this even more difficult, Hades, the overlord of the dead, is sending fearsome Titans to stop you.
The author, Hoandjzj, uses precision and a few tricks to beat this game in just under 34 minutes.

Published on 4/27/2013
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 is a fighting game based on the Dragon Ball Z anime series. The "22" refers to the number of characters unlocked at the start of the game (a few more can be unlocked). The game was panned by critics and consumers alike because of its very poor overall quality.
The author, Noxxa, uses Goku's ridiculously powerful crouching close punch move to deplete enemies' lifebars really quickly and defeat all 27 opponents in record time.

Published on 5/2/2022
Driver 2 (subtitled The Wheelman Is Back in North America and Back on the Streets in Europe) is an action driving game where you get to play a variety of scenarios involving driving, ranging from trailing witnesses to escaping from the police. A new feature in Driver 2 compared to Driver is the ability to step out of the car and commandeer other vehicles.
ThunderAxe31 plays the Survival mode on the Havana level and manages to create a 4:29 (in input time) long run that completely exhausts the stopwatch timer for the mode. This is done by tricking all of the police cars into driving off of the docks and into the water, making the player safe for as long as the PlayStation itself can run the game.
Game:
Driver 2

Genres:
Action
Racing
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7

Published on 6/21/2022
Driver 2 (subtitled The Wheelman Is Back in North America and Back on the Streets in Europe) is an action driving game where you get to play a variety of scenarios involving driving, ranging from trailing witnesses to escaping from the police. A new feature in Driver 2 compared to Driver is the ability to step out of the car and commandeer other vehicles.
ThunderAxe31 plays the Survival mode on the Chicago level and manages to create a 2:14 (in input time) long run that completely exhausts the stopwatch timer for the mode. This is done by exploiting a flaw in the map where there are zones where the police do not spawn at all, allowing the car to idle right next to a building without being harassed by the cops.
Game:
Driver 2

Genres:
Action
Racing
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 2/14/2013
Ehrgeiz - God Bless the Ring is a game with two main modes. The first mode is a 3D fighting game, which is primarily known for including characters from Final Fantasy 7. The PlayStation-exclusive second mode, Quest Mode, is a dungeon-crawling RPG, where randomly generated floor layouts and dropped item probabilities make the game different every time you play.
This run plays through Quest Mode, using lots of luck manipulation to get very short floor layouts. (As a commenter noted in the discussion thread, the game may be more aptly called "God Bless the RNG".)

Published on 4/23/2011
Squaresoft (now known as Square Enix) didn't only make role-playing games! They also made games of different genres. This one is a shoot'em up called Einhänder.
This shooting game has something particular compared to its siblings. Not only can the player shoot bullets, but he can also wield a sword and slash through enemies. In fact, the game's title, Einhänder, means "single-handed" in German, referring to the player's sword.
In this movie, sparky takes advantage of a glitch to abuse the weapon's attack to cause more damage. This is only possible in the Japanese version.
Game:
Einhänder

Genres:
Shooter
Emulator Replay:
PSXjin 2.0.1

Published on 10/17/2020
This is the much-anticipated tool-assisted speedrun of the ninth installment in the Final Fantasy series, and the last in the series to be made for the PSX. With its many references to the older games, it's a trip down memory lane for those familiar with the series.
Game:
Final Fantasy IX

Genres:
RPG
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.9

Published on 8/11/2022
Final Fantasy VII was Square's first Final Fantasy title on the PlayStation. The new CD-ROM technology let them make a massive game full of cutscenes, which veteran Final Fantasy TASer Lil_Gecko cuts down to a short (for this genre) 6 and a half hours without using Cait Sith's Limit 'slots' an ability which allows enemies and bosses to be instantly killed. Extensive planning and tricks were used; be sure to read the author's notes for more information.

Published on 7/27/2023
Final Fantasy VII was Square's first Final Fantasy title on the PlayStation. The new CD-ROM technology let them make a massive game full of cutscenes, which veteran Final Fantasy TASer Lil_Gecko improves on their previous movie by 30 minutes. Extensive planning and tricks were used; be sure to read the author's notes for more information.
Game:
Final Fantasy VII

Genres:
RPG
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.2

Published on 7/4/2011
Final Fantasy VIII (1999) marked a significant departure from earlier SquareSoft titles — it was their first game to have realistically proportioned characters and did away with much of the traditional gameplay systems used by earlier titles. Additionally, it is the first Final Fantasy to focus on a love story.
This is the first multi-disc publication on the site, and is also one of the longest published runs.

Note for viewers: Due to an emulation error, there is a slight graphical glitch at Fisherman's Horizon which may be seizure-inducing. The YouTube encode compensates for this by removing the frames that cause this issue by dropping the framerate in half.
Game:
Final Fantasy VIII

Genres:
RPG
Emulator Replay:
PSXjin 2.0.2

Published on 10/4/2011
In this sequel to the first 3D Frogger game, Swampy the crocodile has had enough of Frogger hopping on him to cross water in previous Frogger games, so he decides to get revenge by kidnapping the baby frogs in Frogger's pond. Realizing the babies are missing, Frogger and his new partner Lily Frog set out on an adventure to rescue them.
CoolKirby uses his TAS powers to make Frogger and Lily hyperactive, so they rescue their babies at their fastest. If you're looking for crazy hopping action, look no further!

Published on 6/5/2014
Frogger: He's Back! is a late '90s remake of the original arcade classic Frogger. The game sports an updated set of graphics rendered in 3D and several new moves. Frogger must hop left, right, down and up through jungles, busy streets, sewers, and even the clouds to save his five little buddies as well as the golden frogs of myth.
CaneofPacci manages to beat the game in just under 48 minutes while still saving all of the frogs on each level.

Note: Due to an emulator bug, the game music does not dump properly from PSXjin.

Published on 4/27/2019
Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second game of the famous Grand Theft Auto series by DMA Design (later known as Rockstar North).
The story follows Claude Speed, a criminal worker who moved to Anywhere City to work for gang bosses to earn money and wreck havoc in all three districts in the city.
Watch as Noxxa avoids all the missions and quickly moves into each district by abusing glitches with bonuses to make money fast. He also fulfills everyone's dream to complete the game just by basically messing around. For more information, see the author's comments.

Encoder's Note: Every second encode link leads to an omitted version removing all game loads.

Published on 9/19/2022
Grid Runner is a top down action game in which the player runs around various grids capturing flags. The game has more of a focus on multiplayer, but can be played in a single player mode. Using various items, the player can even cross to other paths to capture all the flags in each stage faster.
In this run, Angie52Shirogane aims to get all max main stats to achieve a full completion run of this game.
Game:
Grid Runner

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

Published on 2/25/2014
In the 22nd century, the scientists, learning the ancient ways of magic, discovered a new technique that made it possible to create artificial beings by mixing the DNA of humans and animals. Those new creatures, known as Gears, had no will of their own and were destined to obey humans forever. However, a Gear named Justice was somehow capable of disobeying the humans and making his own decisions. He organized a rebellion of Gears, that was later repressed by the knights of the Sacred Order. He was thrown into prison, but recently has broken free, and the Order organized a tournament to find out who is capable of hunting him down again. Among the contenders is Sol Badguy, a man with an unclear past, and his rival Ky Kiske, one of the most skilled knights of the order. The conditions of the tournament are, however, very strange. Spilling blood is allowed, and the first prize is the fulfillment of any wish the winner has.
Guilty Gear is a 2D fighting game in which you can play as one of ten very different characters from among Holy Order knights, Armed Air Force soldiers, Mafia members and mad scientists. Each character has his or her own storyline that will be fully revealed during the final showdown. In battles, you can charge up for special attacks as well as perform Deathblow moves, which can kill the opponent instantly. As well as the regular Arcade mode, you can also challenge your friends to a Versus battle.
In this run, Cooljay and NhatNM choose Ky Kiske and aim for fastest time in Arcade mode using combo moves as well as Destroy, a tough-to-counter move that instant-kills the opponent.
Game:
Guilty Gear

Genres:
Fighting
Emulator Replay:
PSXjin 2.0.2

Published on 6/11/2017
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (or Sorcerer's Stone, if you're in the US) is the first piece of the Harry Potter series, and this movie tie-in game loosely follows the story of the book and movie, surprisingly becoming one of the best-selling PS1 games in the process.
Unlike the movie or books, though, Harry Potter also has the additional magic powers of walking through walls and blatantly ignoring people, as well as skipping half of his own game in order to finish the game in a magical 1:13:57.

Published on 3/5/2020
Heart of Darkness is a 1998 cinematic action-adventure platformer developed by Amazing Studio and supervised by Eric Chahi, better known as the creator of Another World (AKA: Out of This World).
The game follows Andy as he is traveling through another world called the Darkland to rescue his dog, Whisky. Players progress through the game's linear storyline by navigating various environments and solving puzzles, all whilst attempting to keep Andy from being killed by evil shadows, hungry wildlife, and perilous obstacles.
Along with basic movement, such as running, jumping, and climbing, certain sections of the game give Andy additional abilities. The plasma cannon allows Andy to shoot lightning at shadows in order to disintegrate them. The Special Powers, which can be used offensively against enemies, can also be used to grow and destroy trees born from seeds.
Veteran TASer lapogne36 runs through this difficult game, often with many close brushes with deadly enemies, in order to beat it in just over 25 minutes.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.2

Published on 6/18/2019
Hogs of War is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Infogrames Sheffield House and published by Infogrames, released for the PlayStation in 2000.
The game is set in the First World War-era where anthropomorphic pigs engage in combat. Hogs of War features 3D graphics, a single-player career mode, and multiplayer.

Published on 12/1/2022
Hot Wheels: Extreme Racing is a 2001 racing game for the Sony Playstation, based on the popular race car toy series. Within each race, the vehicles have the ability to transform into different types of engines, either useful for land, water, air, or all-terrain.
Using the Rollcage vehicle, and maxed-out speed options, somyeol races though (or rather zips though) all possible cups in record time.

Published on 7/5/2022
Kart Challenge is a budget racing game for the PlayStation that was released only in Europe. Instead of something powerful like Formula One cars, go-karts are the vehicles of choice here as you drive through various tracks and closed off roads in the village.
In this run, hndfhng plays on the Professional difficulty, which turns off all of the driving assists, and sets record times on all known tracks. This run also serves as a playthrough, minus the qualification races as they are not necessary to beat the game.

Published on 12/8/2021
King's Field, is an action RPG developed by From Software (best known for the Dark Souls series) for the PlayStation. It is a first-person 3D action role-playing game with heavy emphasis on dungeon crawling. The game takes place in world consisting of interconnected areas, which gradually open up as the player acquires keys and other means to enter them. Most of the time the player is free to explore large areas, though he may encounter powerful enemies he is yet unable to defeat.
lapogne36, abusing an out-of-bounds glitch, defeats the dragon in record time.
Game:
King's Field

Genres:
Action
RPG
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.2

Published on 9/24/2023
Klaymen Gun-Hockey (クレイマン ガンホッケー) is an air hockey game for the PlayStation that was released only in Japan. It is a spinoff of the point-and-click adventure PC game The Neverhood, which is about a cast of characters made of clay living in a world that's also made of clay. In Klaymen Gun-Hockey, characters from The Neverhood play off against each other in a variant of air hockey where instead of using mallets to knock the puck around, you and your opponent use guns to do so.
somyeol in this run decides to play the game at the hardest difficulty and manipulates both the RNG and the AI to mess around and complete the game as fast as possible.

Published on 10/4/2023
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is the critically acclaimed first game in the Klonoa series. It features the catlike Klonoa and his friend Huepow, a ring spirit. Together, they go on a journey to investigate a mysterious shipwreck that soon turns into a grand adventure to save the land from a powerful demon.
Like Kirby 64, the game is a 2.5D platformer. Klonoa can only move in two dimensions, but everything is rendered in 3D, allowing the path to curve and objects outside the path to be interacted with. Klonoa can attack by throwing Huepow at enemies and having him return with the enemy. Klonoa will then hold the enemy over his head, which allows him either to throw it at another enemy or bounce off of it to jump into the air.
In this run, lapogne36, inconsistent and amoser improve over the previous movie by 01:52.53 thanks to better optimization and new glitches. For more information about these improvements, reading the author's submission comments is highly recommended.

Published on 11/19/2017
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive for the PlayStation and PC in 1999. It is the sequel to Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, taking place 1500 years after the events of the first game. You control Raziel, a vampire who has been turned into a wraith, revived by The Elder God in order to exact revenge against Kain, the person who killed him.
In this run, mamuuuut & lapogne36 make quick work of this game by abusing multiple glitches to skip the majority of the game, making it look silly in the process.

Published on 5/4/2020
Lucky Luke: On the Daltons' Trail is a game based on the well known comics series about a good cowboy named Lucky Luke.
You, as Lucky Luke, have to stop the Dalton gang from making another crime. Walking around the various stages, you have to solve puzzles, shoot criminals and collect money. After finishing the level you have a chance to buy an extra life or a password with the money collected.
wesen captures the Dalton in record time.

Published on 1/30/2015
In this 3D shoot 'em up, you play Kurt Hectic, and your job is to save the world. Aliens have sent 8 giant fortresses to destroy earth. You run and jump through 6 missions of strange 3D worlds and kill the "Stream Riders" with your machine gun arm. Precise platform jumps are part of the challenge, and there are occasional puzzles where you destroy objects in sequence in order to proceed.
Kurt is equipped with a special battle suit with an included parachute and a sniper interface (allowing precise shooting) embedded in your helmet. Sniper ammo is maintained separately from regular ammo, and some challenges in the game require you to snipe targets. Some powerups are necessary to proceed, such as the World's Smallest Nuclear Explosion (to blast open special doors) and mortars (fired via the sniper system).

Due to emulation issues, there is no music in this run.
Game:
MDK

Genres:
Shooter
Emulator Replay:
PSXjin 2.0.2

Published on 1/8/2022
MediEvil tells the tale of Sir Daniel Fortesque, one very deceased knight, and his quest to rid the land of undead legions and Zarok, the wicked magician who created them. The gameplay is very reminiscent of the action-platformers of old, consisting largely of running around each stage hacking up baddies, though there is also a good share of puzzles to be solved.
The author Crash41596 improves the previous publication thanks to changing the route significantly thanks to a new clip and other new tricks found over the years.
Game:
MediEvil

Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4.2

Published on 10/26/2022
MediEvil tells the tale of Sir Daniel Fortesque, one very deceased knight, and his quest to rid the land of undead legions and Zarok, the wicked magician who created them. The gameplay is very reminiscent of the action-platformers of old, consisting largely of running around each stage hacking up baddies, though there is also a good share of puzzles to be solved.
Watch as Crash41596 collects all 20 chalices in record time.

Published on 4/4/2010
The eighth entry in the Mega Man series is very similar to the preceding games, especially its direct predecessor (in light of being the second entry in the franchise released for the PSX, the first being a port of X3). Once again, Mega Man takes on eight Robot Masters and goes on to raid Wily's fortress.
If you're here for the plot, though, you're missing the point – instead enjoy the impossibly fast action and nifty glitch abuse in this run.

Note: The credits are missing due to an emulator glitch. For those who are interested in seeing the credits, they can be watched here.
Game:
Mega Man 8

Genres:
Action
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
PCSX-rr 0.1.2

Published on 10/26/2016
Mega Man Legends is the first of the Mega Man series to take place in fully explorable 3D and is paced more like an RPG than the previous stage-to-stage action games.
Hetfield90 beats this game in less than an hour thanks to careful routing and a few glitches, which are both detailed in the submission comments.

Published on 12/26/2016
Mega Man returns in this, his second 3D outing. The Blue bomber and his teammate, Roll, must journey to a distant island to recover The Mother Lode, an item that no-one really understands, but that they all believe may hold the key to make their dreams come true, and so everyone is after it.
Unlike past Mega Man titles, Legends 2 also adds RPG elements into the mix, allowing players to talk to villagers and the like. Some may help in finding items, others aid the player with important information about The Mother Lode, and other areas on the island.

Published on 8/22/2016
This version of Mega Man X3, released only in Japan, has a glitch which allows you to access Dr. Doppler's fortress without actually beating any of his Robot Masters. This glitch permits Hetfield90 and nrg_zam to take a drastically different route from the SNES version, popping into Doppler 1 and Doppler 2 after only three Robot Master stages (and Vile's Factory) to get the Z-Saber far earlier than should be possible.
(Theoretically you can get the Z-Saber with only two defeated Robot Masters; from a speedrun perspective, however, once you finish Vile's Factory, it makes more sense to finish the stage you accessed it from than to game over and return to the map.)

Published on 7/14/2011
X decided he's fed up with being in the shadow of Zero and shows him how it's done, beating Sigma and his army and collecting all of the items in the process.
If you still want to get your Zero fix, you can check out the run which aims for fastest time without collecting any items.

Published on 5/9/2012
In previous Mega Man X games, X would do all the real fighting while Zero would say he was off to destroy power sources and do other such unverifiable tasks. Zero even had the audacity to tell him that one day X would be as strong as him.
This time, X lays back and lets Zero put his money lightsaber where his mouth is, leaving Zero to fight off an entire army as well as Sigma. Zero does such a good job showing how much better he is than X that the series has been transformed for TASVideos to be a Zero series from here on out.
This submission improves the previous run by 00:12.53 seconds primarily through precise optimization of boss battles.
Game:
Mega Man X4

Genres:
Action
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
PSXjin 2.0.2

Published on 6/25/2022
Mega Man X4 is the 4th game in the Mega Man X series, a spinoff of the Mega Man series. Throughout the series, Zero continues to tell X that one day, X will be just as strong as him. However, X wants to show that he doesn't need the strength of Zero to defeat the Repliforce. In fact, he goes as far as to not collect any items on his quest to defeat the army, just to flex on Zero.
This TAS by HappyLee shows exactly what happens when X does not collect any items.
If you wish to watch a run where X does collect items, there is this movie that does exactly that.
Game:
Mega Man X4

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

Published on 10/2/2011
Sigma returns again and Earth is in great danger. Zero is off having a party all night, so Mega Man X steps in to do the job. Even if not as awesome as Zero, he still manages to do the job in less than 20 minutes while also getting the Ultimate Armor.

Published on 1/20/2012
In an effort to avoid the status quo, Capcom decided to experiment, throwing in a leveling system and story-based launch scenarios. Beyond that, it's really just a Mega Man X Zero game.
This is the first game in the series to allow character choice before each stage. Zero is chosen as often as possible, leaving X behind to gather dust. The abusable sword physics highlight Zero's superiority, especially when the sword is used while standing on the ground. Bosses fall very quickly, even when they have 127 health. See the Game Resources page and the author's comments for an explanation of how these tricks work.
There are about 5 minutes of action in this run, which consist mostly of flying through levels and a boss rush on the hardest difficulty mode, Xtreme.
This run is 00:12.90 seconds faster than the previous run.

Published on 3/18/2012
Unlike the other categories of this game, this run uses both X and Zero to collect as many items as possible. The variety of characters and armors used make for a run with interesting differences from the other categories.

Published on 5/27/2014
This is a TAS of Mega Man X Zero 5 on Xtreme difficulty that completes all stages as fast as possible. This run improves the previous one by about 26 seconds.
Watch it to learn how to ignore backseat drivers, or find out why swords are superior to guns.
We also have a run which only plays the stages necessary to complete the game. There is also a 100% run available.

Published on 5/5/2022
In an effort to avoid the status quo, Capcom decided to experiment, throwing in a leveling system and story-based launch scenarios. Beyond that, it's really just a Mega Man X Zero game.
This is the first game in the series to allow character choice before each stage. Zero is chosen as often as possible, leaving X behind to gather dust. The abusable sword physics highlight Zero's superiority, especially when the sword is used while standing on the ground. Bosses fall very quickly, even when they have 127 health.
This TAS by HappyLee completes the training mode of the game in record time.
Game:
Mega Man X5

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

Published on 12/11/2010
Capcom decided to make some easy money, so they recycled parts of Mega Man X5, threw in overly difficult trial-and-error gameplay, made almost everything an obstacle course, and called it Mega Man X6.
This run by Rolanmen1 and FractalFusion plays on the hardest difficulty, Xtreme, and uses both X and Zero. The physics of Zero's sword make it the ideal boss killer, however some bosses have unavoidable invincibility periods, so X is sometimes used to attack during these periods. Some new tricks like duck dashing and saber climbing help save 19 seconds over the previous movie.
If you want to see a run that plays through all of the stages, see this run.
Game:
Mega Man X6

Genres:
Action
Platformer
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
PCSX-rr 0.1.3

Published on 10/20/2011
Capcom decided to make some easy money, so they recycled parts of Mega Man X5, threw in overly difficult trial-and-error gameplay, made almost everything an obstacle course, and called it Mega Man X6.
Rescuing all Reploids on Xtreme mode is inadvisable for all but the most hardcore, yet this TAS makes it look easy. Not only that, it collects everything that can be collected before beating the game.
In this run, Rolanmen1 uses additional items and tricks that are not present in the any% or all stages runs, such as X's Blade Armor. Though X still has less screentime than Zero, he is used to his fullest potential in the Gate stages.

Published on 3/20/2013
X is trying to find the lost Maverick Hunter Zero, who has gone missing since X5. Of course, once found, Zero does most of the dirty work, while X is practically nowhere to be found.
This run completes all of the stages, showing off how nasty every level is on Xtreme difficulty. As always, Zero is much better suited to killing bosses than X. Zero also uses powerups that he wouldn't be able to use in an any% run.
The author, Rolanmen1, also improves the previous movie by 01:47.03 by taking a different route and using a new trick that allows him to skip the totem poles in Ground Scaravich's stage.
If you want to see the game completed as fast as possible, see the any% run.

Note: There are encodes of higher resolution in the discussion thread.

Published on 9/29/2017
Capcom decided to make some easy money, so they recycled parts of Mega Man X5, threw in overly difficult trial-and-error gameplay, made almost everything an obstacle course, and called it Mega Man X6.
Rescuing all Reploids on Xtreme mode is inadvisable for all but the most hardcore, yet this TAS makes it look easy. Not only that, it collects everything that can be collected before beating the game.
In this run, Rolanmen1 shows off X's max potential, getting every collectible in the whole game, while Zero watches from the side and enjoys the show.

The author has provided an extra encode with item collection display and a special upscaling filter that reduces pixelization (nnedi3).

Published on 8/20/2021
Capcom decided to make some easy money, so they recycled parts of Mega Man X5, threw in overly difficult trial-and-error gameplay, made almost everything an obstacle course, and called it Mega Man X6.
Rolanmen1 completes all stages as X and Zero using the same controller inputs across both. This goes to show that the two characters do in fact play similarly. It should be noted that a patch is needed to be able to play as Zero from the beginning; this is normally not allowed. Please refer to the rules for more details.

An alternate encode featuring an input display and audio commentary by the author is available right here.

Published on 6/23/2016
Metal Gear Solid was one of the original breakthrough titles in the stealth gaming genre. It follows Solid Snake, a soldier who is infiltrating a nuclear weapons facility on a remote Alaskan island in the Fox Archipelago, codenamed Shadow Moses. Snake must rescue two hostages from FOX-HOUND, a high-tech special forces unit gone rogue, and then stop FOX-HOUND from launching a nuclear warhead.
Changes from the original release of Metal Gear Solid include
  • Addition of first-person view.
  • A level of difficulty for newcomers.
  • Improved artificial intelligence for some enemies (including bosses) on higher difficulty settings.
  • An "Alternate Round" for each difficulty, with different enemy placements.
  • 300 VR Training missions on a separate disc.
In this run, theenglishman's goal is to beat all the bosses in the game; this results in the run actually playing far more of Disc 1 than our currently published any% run, which skips literally every boss on that disc. Don't go thinking this is a low-glitch run, though!

The downloadable encodes feature vocal commentary by the author and magnum66. It is also available on YouTube.

Published on 7/1/2016
Metal Gear Solid was one of the original breakthrough titles in the stealth gaming genre. It follows Solid Snake, a soldier who is infiltrating a nuclear weapons facility on a remote Alaskan island in the Fox Archipelago, codenamed Shadow Moses. Snake must rescue two hostages from FOX-HOUND, a high-tech special forces unit gone rogue, and then stop FOX-HOUND from launching a nuclear warhead.
Changes from the original release of Metal Gear Solid include
  • Addition of first-person view.
  • A level of difficulty for newcomers.
  • Improved artificial intelligence for some enemies (including bosses) on higher difficulty settings.
  • An "Alternate Round" for each difficulty, with different enemy placements.
  • 300 VR Training missions on a separate disc.
Integral was planned for use in this branch from the start, because of a lengthy Liquid Snake monologue you can skip in Integral but not in the original version, as well as the added precision of analog controls; however, old PSX emulators could not play Integral. With the switch to the higher-accuracy PSXHawk, theenglishman was able to TAS this version, playing on Extreme difficulty in the Normal Round, and achieving the rank of "BIG BOSS" for his performance.
The raw improvement over the predecessor movie is around 3 minutes, but the improvement in gameplay is actually much more than that; the raw time is inflated slightly compared to the predecessor movie because of the switch to PSXHawk, which results in slightly longer (but more accurate) loading times on everything from transitions between rooms, to playing cutscenes and CODEC conversations.

The author's detailed commentary is available in the movie file and all encodes in the form of subtitles.

Published on 9/1/2017
Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions (Special Missions in Europe) is a series of 300 action-packed extra missions for Metal Gear Solid with enough scintillating Snake-sneaking setpieces to last a lifetime. Originally a part of Integral, the 1999 Japanese re-release of the original game, the VR Missions received a standalone release a year later in North America and Europe as an extra bonus to satisfy fans hungry for more tactical espionage action.
In the Metal Gear universe, VR serves as a substitute for combat experience, allowing trainees to learn how to use weapons and participate in advanced combat scenarios without having to actually be on the battlefield, similar to the training programs in The Matrix. This concept of artificial or digital training serving as a poor man’s replacement for combat experience (particularly where child soldiers are concerned) has been a running theme in the series.
In this run, theenglishman sneaks, shoots, punches and investigates his way past the world leaderboards for each mission, this time skipping the Practice levels using SRAM, that saves him 34:33.79 minutes and makes the run much more entertaining overall compared to the one it obsoletes.

Published on 5/18/2012
Monkey Magic is a tie-in game for the PSX based on the anime of the same name. It features a monkey named Kongo, who can move about in the typical platformer manner, as well as cast various magic spells.
The author here uses a variety of tricks to skip parts of the game, and fly over other parts. Monkeys don't have wings, but that doesn't seem to matter here..

Note: PSXjin performs very poorly emulating this game, and significant sound glitches appear throughout.

Published on 7/17/2023
Monster Rancher 2 is the second installment of the Monster Rancher series, released in 1999 for the PlayStation. Its main sales pitch was that players could generate monsters from any CD they could put into the console. Said monster is then taken care of, and occasionally participates in tournaments in order to gain fame.
NhatNM attains the amount of fame required to reach the credits in record time.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.2


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