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32X Knuckles' Chaotix by upthorn in 35:07.70

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Published on 6/2/2006
Knuckles' Chaotix is a Sonic game that doesn't feature Sonic. The story follows Knuckles the Echidna as he tries to save his friends from Dr. Robotnik, one at a time, by tying an elastic band of "ring energy" between himself and each of them.
The gameplay is similar to that of earlier Sonic games, and after each stage, the next level is selected via roulette. These roulettes and the game's cutscenes comprise about 66% of the total movie length, so we recommend skipping through them.
In the site's first 32X publication, Upthorn uses a number of glitches (of which the most prominent is zipping through walls) to complete most of the levels tens of seconds faster than intended.
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Game:
Knuckles' Chaotix
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
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32X Knuckles' Chaotix by Tuffcracker in 31:38.28

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Published on 1/18/2023
Knuckles' Chaotix is one of the few Sonic games that doesn't feature Sonic himself. The story differs between the English and Japanese versions of the instruction manual that came with the game, but they both involve Dr. Robotnik trapping Knuckles' friends on a special island. Knuckles must now save his friends and discover the mystery behind the island. The gameplay is similar to that of earlier Sonic games, with the added gimmick of being bound to a partner with an elastic tether, giving the game its reputation for wonky rubber band physics. After each stage, the next level and your next partner are selected via roulette.
Tuffcracker improves on the previous run by 3:29.42 by making use of more modern and quicker routes and glitches that have been used by real-time speedrunners. For all the details on the glitches used and the routes taken, you can read the author's notes.
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32X Knuckles' Chaotix by upthorn in 35:07.70
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Game:
Knuckles' Chaotix
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
Knuckles' Chaotix (Japan, USA) (En).32x
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

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32X Tempo by adelikat in 14:56.07

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Published on 2/15/2010
In this odd but colorful game for the 32X, our hero Tempo, armed with killer dance moves and a limited ability to fly, must defend the Planet Rhythmia from the evil King Dirge who is trying to sap the planet of its rhythm.
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Game:
Tempo
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses easiest difficulty
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
Gens 11

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32X The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire by mmbossman in 07:10.07

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Published on 8/24/2008
The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire is one of the last 32X games ever released. It follows our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man's battle with the evil forces of neo-Nazi organization H.Y.D.R.A.
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Game:
The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire
Genres:
Action
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
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Emulator Replay:
Gens 10a

A2600 Adventure "Skill Level 1" by negative seven in 00:31.93

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Published on 12/31/2012
Adventure is a first-party game released in 1979 for the Atari 2600. The goal of the game is to find the enchanted chalice and return it to the gold castle while avoiding the three dragons guarding it. It was the first action-adventure game, and also the first game to have an inventory, a continue system, and a widely-known Easter egg.
The author, negative_seven, ignores the fearsome dragons and breezes through the maze, finishing the quest in a little over half a minute.
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Game:
Adventure
Genres:
Adventure
Tags:
Uses easiest difficulty
A/V files:
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BizHawk 1.2.0

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A2600 Adventure "Skill Level 1" by Alyosha in 00:31.56

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Published on 11/11/2017
Adventure is a first-party game released in 1979 for the Atari 2600. The goal of the game is to find the enchanted chalice and return it to the gold castle while avoiding the three dragons guarding it. It was the first action-adventure game, and also the first game to have an inventory, a continue system, and a widely-known Easter egg.
The author, Alyosha, ignores the fearsome dragons and breezes through the maze, finishing the quest in a little over half a minute.
This run is 00:00.42 seconds faster than the predecessor movie by negative_seven.
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A2600 Adventure "Skill Level 1" by negative seven in 00:31.93
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Game:
Adventure
Genres:
Adventure
Tags:
Uses easiest difficulty
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1

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A2600 Adventure "Skill Level 1" by Katistrofic2 in 00:27.70

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Published on 12/26/2021
Adventure is a first-party game released in 1979 for the Atari 2600. The goal of the game is to find the enchanted chalice and return it to the gold castle while avoiding the three dragons guarding it. It was the first action-adventure game, and also the first game to have an inventory, a continue system, and a widely-known Easter egg.
Katistrofic2 improves the previous TAS by 3.86 seconds, thanks to better optimization.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
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A2600 Adventure "Skill Level 1" by Alyosha in 00:31.56
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Game:
Adventure
Genres:
Adventure
Tags:
Uses easiest difficulty
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.3

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A2600 Airlock by Gay in 01:51.68

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Published on 7/25/2015
You're trapped! Your disabled nuclear submarine, resting perilously on an undersea ledge, has begun taking on water. With time running out for you and your crew – and with your onboard torpedoes shaken loose by an eerie current from deep under the sea floor – it's up to you alone whether you sink or swim!
The objective of Airlock is to retrieve the hatch keys and make your way to the next level before your compartment floods. But at the same time you must avoid the torpedoes that have been shaken loose and which, when they cross your path, rob you of precious time.
In this run, Gay makes his way through the levels of the disabled nuclear submarine, avoiding loose torpedoes and zipping through obstacles to escape as fast as possible.
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Game:
Airlock
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.9.4

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A2600 Barnstorming by StarvinStruthers in 00:32.69

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Published on 3/23/2017
Barnstorming is an Atari 2600 video game designed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision in 1982. The goal of the game is to fly through barns, while avoiding windmills and birds. There are four difficulties, going from 10 to 25 barns.
In this run, StarvinStruthers completes the easiest difficulty as fast as possible.
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Game:
Barnstorming
Genres:
Racing
Tags:
Uses easiest difficulty
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
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Emulator Replay:
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A2600 Barnstorming by Alyosha in 00:32.71

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Published on 11/6/2017
Barnstorming is an Atari 2600 video game designed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision in 1982. The goal of the game is to fly through barns, while avoiding windmills and birds. There are four difficulties, going from 10 to 25 barns; this run uses the easiest one.
In this run, Alyosha gets the in-game time of 32.69, which is 6 in-game seconds faster than the previous run by StarvinStruthers, and it also beats the existing real-time record of 32.74. The movie time is longer though, due to different timing method.
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A2600 Barnstorming by StarvinStruthers in 00:32.69
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Game:
Barnstorming
Genres:
Racing
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Uses easiest difficulty
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A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1

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A2600 Barnstorming by MrWint in 00:14.74

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Published on 4/22/2018
Barnstorming is an Atari 2600 video game designed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision in 1982. The goal of the game is to fly through barns, while avoiding windmills and birds. There are four difficulties, going from 10 to 25 barns; this run uses the easiest one.
MrWint improves the previous TAS by 00:17.97 seconds (17.47 seconds in-game, reaching a time of 15.22 seconds in-game), thanks to abusing a glitch where hitting the top part of the barn just as one enters the barn gets counted. Please read the author's comments for more details.
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A2600 Barnstorming by Alyosha in 00:32.71
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Game:
Barnstorming
Genres:
Racing
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Uses easiest difficulty
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.2

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A2600 Bobby is Going Home by Lollorcaust in 01:16.13

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Published on 12/21/2012
Bobby is Going Home is a simple platform game developed by Bit Corporation and released in 1983. The goal of the game is to guide a boy named Bobby through diving hawks, dashing chickens, tricky pits, thorny rosebushes, and deadly sinkholes to the safety of his home.
Lollorcaust makes this game look easy as he marches Bobby straight through the dangerous obstacles and gets him home as soon as he can.
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Game:
Bobby is Going Home
Genres:
Platformer
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.2.0

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A2600 Boxing by ViGadeomes in 00:12.80

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Published on 5/20/2018
Boxing is a game for one or two players which is played from an overhead point of view. The game lasts for two minutes, and the player who can earn the most points in that time wins. The game also ends if a player earns 100 points in total, netting a knock-out.
You earn one point for a long jab and two points for a close power punch. Two difficulty levels are included which can be set individually for each player.
ViGadeomes earns a K.O. in record time.
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Game:
Boxing
Genres:
Fighting
Sport
A/V files:
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A2600 Checkers "Game 3" by Winslinator in 12:56.13

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Published on 10/11/2022
Checkers is a video game based on the board game checkers. It was made for the Atari 2600 by Activision. What's notable about this version of the game is that the screen turns black when the opponent AI is computing moves to make against you, and given how fast the Atari 2600 is, a regular game can take nearly an hour to play.
Winslinator carefully chooses moves that minimize the amount of time the AI takes to compute its own moves in order to beat the game in record time. The strategy used here is not one that can beat the AI in the fewest moves, but one that can beat the game in the least amount of time. You can read the author's notes for more details.
There's a video that trims out the loading screens for those in a hurry.
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Game:
Checkers
Genres:
Board
Game Version:
Checkers (USA).a26
Tags:
Single level
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
Reduced Load Times via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.7

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A2600 Crazy Balloon by EZGames69 in 04:02.13

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Published on 5/8/2018
Crazy Balloon is an unofficial port of the 1980s arcade underdog, which is the grandfather of games like Kuru Kuru Kururin.
In Crazy Balloon you must carefully navigate your balloon through many levels full of different dangers. As if navigating these treacherous mazes wasn't already nail-biting, you will encounter additional hazards such as moving spikes and Hurricane Man, who will try to blow you against a spiked wall!
EZGames69 smoothly guides the balloon through all 20 levels of the game.
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Game:
Crazy Balloon
Genres:
Unofficial port
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
A/V files:
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BizHawk 2.2.2

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A2600 Dodge 'Em by yep2yel in 01:04.22

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Published on 4/13/2014
In Dodge 'Em (1980), you control a race car on a four lane track, and your goal is to collect all of the dots in order to earn points and advance to the next level! The race track is divided into four quadrants with a break in the lanes between them, and you can change lanes only within these breaks. A second car will travel in the opposite direction and try to get into your lane and crash you, so you need to make sure you switch to any lane it isn't in! You can travel at two different speeds (fast and slow), and even have a second player control the enemy car.
In this mesmerizing movie, watch yep2yel speed around the race track and beat the first round of the game in just over a minute.
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Game:
Dodge 'Em
Genres:
Action
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A2600 Donkey Kong by dekutony, Weegeechan in 00:37.75

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Published on 9/18/2015
Donkey Kong is a classic arcade game that spawned many ports, including this very Atari 2600 port. This port, however, only has two stages: 25m and 100m, possibly due to the limitations of the console.
Due to the port being even shorter in length than its NES counterpart, this run by dekutony and Weegeechan beats the game in just under 40 seconds.
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Game:
Donkey Kong
Genres:
Platformer
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.1

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A2600 Dragster by Omnigamer in 00:08.49

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Published on 6/16/2017
Dragster, released in 1980 for the Atari 2600, is the first video game developed by Activision. It was programmed by David Crane, who later wrote Pitfall! The object of the game is to either beat the player's opponent across the screen, or to race against the clock for best time, depending on the settings used.
The game is well known as having the first console speedrun with the world record of 5.51 by Todd Rogers in 1982 according to Twin Galaxies. This record is known as the oldest, unbeaten world record in all of speedrunning. Omnigamer decided to try and match the elusive 5.51, and disassembled the entire game looking for how the 5.51 was achieved. After conducting his research, Omnigamer found that the long sought 5.51 was impossible to achieve within the conditions of the game, putting into doubt the veracity of the record of Todd Rogers.
Instead, this run achieves the fastest possible time of 5.57 on player one, with player two completing the track in the lowest amount of input frames.
This run has been console verified by dwangoAC using true's Multireplay device (latch per vsync using extraction board).
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Game:
Dragster
Genres:
Racing
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
2 Players
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Emulator Replay:
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A2600 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial by adelikat & Cardboard in 00:25.25

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Published on 10/27/2012
E.T. The Extraterrestial, based on the film of the same name, is one of the worst video games ever released. It contributed to Atari's massive financial losses during 1983 and 1984. As a result of overproduction and returns, millions of unsold cartridges were buried in an Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill.
The game was developed in five weeks and Atari decided to skip audience testing for the product due to time limitations.
For our first Atari 2600 movie, partners in crime adelikat and Cardboard assemble the interplanetary telephone and call E.T.'s home planet in a record-breaking 00:25.25 seconds. For details on how they did it, read the authors' commentary.
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Game:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Genres:
Adventure
Game Version:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.2.0

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A2600 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial by CoolKirby in 00:25.13

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Published on 12/26/2013
E.T. The Extraterrestial, based on the film of the same name, is one of the worst video games ever released. It contributed to Atari's massive financial losses during 1983 and 1984. As a result of overproduction and returns, millions of unsold cartridges were buried in an Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill.
The game was developed in five weeks and Atari decided to skip audience testing for the product due to time limitations.
Using new tricks, CoolKirby manages to drag the phone components from the pits of doom 00:00.15 faster. For details, read the author's commentary.
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A2600 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial by adelikat & Cardboard in 00:25.25
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Game:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Genres:
Adventure
Game Version:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.5.2

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A2600 Frogger by TASeditor in 01:39.36

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Published on 4/5/2014
Frogger is the classic game where you must lead five frogs in each level across a road and a river to the safety of their homes while avoiding hazards like cars and trucks, crocodiles, and a venomous snake.
The author, TASeditor, plays through the first five levels, after which there is no new content.
To see another port of the original arcade game beaten quickly, see the MSX version run. We also have a run of the sequel to the original game.
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Game:
Frogger
Genres:
Action
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.5.3

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A2600 Frogger by Alyosha in 01:34.62

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Published on 11/5/2017
Frogger is the classic game where you must lead five frogs in each level across a road and a river to the safety of their homes while avoiding hazards like cars and trucks, crocodiles, and a venomous snake.
In this run, the author plays through the first five levels of the game, after which there is no new content.
To see another port of the original arcade game beaten quickly, see the MSX version run. We also have a run of the sequel to the original game.
This obsoletes the previous run by 00:04.74 seconds.
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A2600 Frogger by TASeditor in 01:39.36
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Game:
Frogger
Genres:
Action
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1

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A2600 H.E.R.O. by FractalFusion in 09:55.78

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Published on 3/22/2013
H.E.R.O. is a rare fast-paced platformer for the Atari 2600. You control a man with a gyropack who must traverse caves, avoid dangerous enemies, and use a few sticks of dynamite to blast open paths in order to rescue trapped miners.
The author, FractalFusion, chooses the first play mode to start from Level 1 and play through all 20 levels once.
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Game:
H.E.R.O.
Genres:
Action
Platformer
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.4.0

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A2600 H.E.R.O. by StarvinStruthers in 09:51.01

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Published on 3/23/2017
H.E.R.O. is a rare fast-paced platformer for the Atari 2600. You control a man with a gyropack who must traverse caves, avoid dangerous enemies, and use a few sticks of dynamite to blast open paths in order to rescue trapped miners.
StarvinStruthers improves upon the previous publication by 00:04.77 seconds, due to the use of a new glitch called the "Door Skip".
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A2600 H.E.R.O. by FractalFusion in 09:55.78
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Game:
H.E.R.O.
Genres:
Action
Platformer
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.9.1

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A2600 Halo 2600 by TASeditor in 00:07.83

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Published on 9/13/2016
Halo 2600 is a port of the classic game Halo to the Atari 2600, created by Ed Fries.
This run by TASeditor exploits a glitch that allows Master Chief to effectively phase through walls, allowing him to reach the endgame boss before you even know what's happening.
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Game:
Halo 2600
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Unofficial port
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses easiest difficulty
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.7

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A2600 Kangaroo by yep2yel in 01:13.01

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Published on 4/1/2014
Baby Roo has been kidnapped by monkeys, and it's up to Mama Roo to come to the rescue! Starting out at the bottom of the screen, she must hop and climb up the various ladders and platforms to the top where Baby Roo is being held captive. The monkeys will try to stop her by throwing or dropping apples and knocking her off the platforms, but Mama can fight back. With her boxing gloves on, she can knock them out with a single punch!
In this run, yep2yel completes three levels of the game, after which there is no new content.
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Game:
Kangaroo
Genres:
Platformer
A/V files:
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A2600 Kangaroo by NitroGenesis in 00:34.79

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Published on 4/5/2014
Baby Roo has been kidnapped by monkeys, and it's up to Mama Roo to come to the rescue! Starting out at the bottom of the screen, she must hop and climb up the various ladders and platforms to the top where Baby Roo is being held captive. The monkeys will try to stop her by throwing or dropping apples and knocking her off the platforms, but Mama can fight back. With her boxing gloves on, she can knock them out with a single punch!
Author nitrogenesis improves the previous movie by 00:38.22 seconds through a new glitch that makes Mama Roo fall through the ground and reappear at the top of the screen. For more information, check out the author's comments.
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A2600 Kangaroo by yep2yel in 01:13.01
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Game:
Kangaroo
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.6.0

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A2600 Kangaroo by BrunoVisnadi in 00:25.22

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Published on 1/27/2016
Baby Roo has been kidnapped by monkeys, and it's up to Mama Roo to come to the rescue! Starting out at the bottom of the screen, she must hop and climb up the various ladders and platforms to the top where Baby Roo is being held captive. The monkeys will try to stop her by throwing or dropping apples and knocking her off the platforms, but Mama can fight back. With her boxing gloves on, she can knock them out with a single punch!
BrunoVisnadi improves the previous glitchy movie by 9.57 seconds, mostly through increased usage of the jumping trick.
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A2600 Kangaroo by NitroGenesis in 00:34.79
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Game:
Kangaroo
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.11.4

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A2600 Kangaroo by Alyosha in 00:24.56

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Published on 11/8/2017
Baby Roo has been kidnapped by monkeys, and it's up to Mama Roo to come to the rescue! Starting out at the bottom of the screen, she must hop and climb up the various ladders and platforms to the top where Baby Roo is being held captive. The monkeys will try to stop her by throwing or dropping apples and knocking her off the platforms, but Mama can fight back. With her boxing gloves on, she can knock them out with a single punch!
In this run, Alyosha improves the previous glitchy movie by BrunoVisnadi by 00:00.65 seconds.
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A2600 Kangaroo by BrunoVisnadi in 00:25.22
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Game:
Kangaroo
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1

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A2600 Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man by The8bitbeast in 01:34.17

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Published on 2/27/2022
"Fly the Wind Raider from the workshop of Man-at-Arms to Castle Grayskull -- 30 treacherous miles guarded by the evil warriors sent by Skeletor!" - Bullet point from the game's box
Masters of the Universe - The Power of He-Man is a two-part game, the first being a side-scrolling shooter, and the second being a top-down action segment. The game came with a He-Man comic book!
The8bitbeast defeats Skeletor with the Power Sword in record time.
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Game:
Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man
Genres:
Action
Game Version:
Masters of the Universe - The Power of He-Man (USA).a26
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
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A2600 Othello "maximum score" by Winslinator in 01:45.15

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Published on 10/12/2022
Othello is a board game that is a modern variant of Reversi. It looks similar to Go with its checkered board and black and white pieces, but it's completely different.
In this run, Winslinator plays a perfect game of Reversi that fills every space on the board with their pieces as fast as possible and leaves the AI opponent with none.
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Game:
Othello
Genres:
Board
Game Version:
Othello (USA).a26
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Single level
Uses hardest difficulty
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A2600 Phoenix by Lollorcaust in 00:18.15

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Published on 12/26/2012
A fixed shooter game for the Atari 2600, where you must fight bird-like enemies and an alien in a giant spaceship.
This movie completes one full round.
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Game:
Phoenix
Genres:
Shooter
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A2600 Phoenix by Lollorcaust, Alyosha in 00:17.77

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Published on 11/9/2017
A fixed shooter game for the Atari 2600, where you must fight bird-like enemies and an alien in a giant spaceship.
This movie completes one full round.
This run is a 00:00.40 second improvement of the predecessor movie.
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A2600 Phoenix by Lollorcaust in 00:18.15
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Game:
Phoenix
Genres:
Shooter
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A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns by solarplex in 04:04.93

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Published on 6/19/2014
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a platforming video game originally released for the Atari 2600 in 1984. The sequel to the popular Pitfall!, it opens up the world into a free-roaming adventure instead of progressing on a linear path. Among the other new features are swimming sections, save points, and catchy music.
Pitfall Harry's quest in this game is to find the Raj diamond, his niece Rhonda and his cowardly lion companion, Quickclaw.
In this TAS, solarplex aims to complete the game in the fastest time possible with no regard for his score. The same author also made another run that aims for the highest possible score.
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Game:
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Genres:
Platformer
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A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns "maximum score" by solarplex in 09:43.08

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Published on 6/19/2014
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a platforming video game originally released for the Atari 2600 in 1984. The sequel to the popular Pitfall!, it opens up the world into a free-roaming adventure instead of progressing on a linear path.
This run is different from the any% TAS in that it does everything necessary to achieve the maximum score. This means avoiding falling down pits (which decreases your score by 100 each time) and following a much longer route in order to obtain all items. This route allows the author to show off a glitch that spawns a balloon earlier than intended, which is used several times.
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Game:
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
100% completion
A/V files:
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A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns "maximum score" by solarplex in 09:39.43

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Published on 8/22/2014
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a platforming video game originally released for the Atari 2600 in 1984. The sequel to the popular Pitfall!, it opens up the world into a free-roaming adventure instead of progressing on a linear path.
This run is different from the any% TAS in that it does everything necessary to achieve the maximum score. This means avoiding falling down pits (which decreases your score by 100 each time) and following a much longer route in order to obtain all items. This route allows the author to show off a glitch that spawns a balloon earlier than intended, which is used an additional time in this run to save 00:04.41 seconds over the previous run.
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A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns "maximum score" by solarplex in 09:43.08
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Game:
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
100% completion
A/V files:
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A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns by Alyosha in 04:03.05

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Published on 10/16/2016
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a platforming video game originally released for the Atari 2600 in 1984. The sequel to the popular Pitfall!, it opens up the world into a free-roaming adventure instead of progressing on a linear path. Among the other new features are swimming sections, save points, and catchy music.
Pitfall Harry's quest in this game is to find the Raj diamond, his niece Rhonda and his cowardly lion companion, Quickclaw.
Alyosha improves the previous movie by 1.88 seconds, thanks to better optimisation and improved emulation.
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A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns by solarplex in 04:04.93
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Game:
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Genres:
Platformer
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A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns "maximum score" by Alyosha in 09:30.32

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Published on 10/29/2016
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a platforming video game originally released for the Atari 2600 in 1984. The sequel to the popular Pitfall!, it opens up the world into a free-roaming adventure instead of progressing on a linear path.
This run is different from the any% TAS in that it does everything necessary to achieve the maximum score. This means avoiding falling down pits (which decreases your score by 100 each time) and following a much longer route in order to obtain all items.
Alyosha improves the previous run by 9.11 seconds, thanks to a new trick and better optimisation. Please read the author's comments for more details.
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A2600 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns "maximum score" by solarplex in 09:39.43
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Game:
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
100% completion
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A2600 Princess Rescue by Noxxa in 06:08.47

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Published on 1/20/2018
Princess Rescue is a homebrew game that's inspired by the Super Mario series, even following the same general storyline (namely a princess gets kidnapped by a big evil spiked turtle). It is up to a lookalike of a famous plumber to save her from its clutches.
Noxxa rescues the princess in record time.
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Game:
Princess Rescue
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Uses warps
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A2600 Princess Rescue "deathless" by EZGames69 & Noxxa in 06:22.76

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Published on 2/13/2018
Princess Rescue is a homebrew game that's inspired by the Super Mario series, even following the same general storyline (namely a princess gets kidnapped by a big evil spiked turtle). It is up to a lookalike of a famous plumber to save her from its clutches.
Noxxa and EZGames69 rescue the princess by completing every level without dying a single time. If you want to see this game beaten in the fastest way, please watch the any% run.
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Game:
Princess Rescue
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Tags:
100% completion
Forgoes intentional deaths
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A2600 Princess Rescue by Noxxa, Alyosha in 06:08.42

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Published on 1/4/2020
Princess Rescue is a homebrew game that's inspired by the Super Mario series, even following the same general storyline (namely a princess gets kidnapped by a big evil spiked turtle). It is up to a lookalike of a famous plumber to save her from its clutches.
Noxxa and Alyosha improve the previous TAS by 0.05 seconds (3 frames), thanks to better enemy manipulation in 3-3.
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A2600 Princess Rescue by Noxxa in 06:08.47
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Game:
Princess Rescue
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Uses warps
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A2600 Princess Rescue "deathless" by EZGames69, Noxxa, Alyosha in 06:22.56

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Published on 1/5/2020
Princess Rescue is a homebrew game that's inspired by the Super Mario series, even following the same general storyline (a princess gets kidnapped by a big, evil, spiked turtle). A look-alike of a famous plumber must save her from its clutches.
This run completes every level without dying a single time, now 00:00.20 seconds more quickly than the previous run. Time savings came from starting the game more quickly and better enemy manipulation in level 3-3. If you want to see this game beaten as quickly as possible, please watch this run.
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A2600 Princess Rescue "deathless" by EZGames69 & Noxxa in 06:22.76
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Game:
Princess Rescue
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
Tags:
100% completion
Forgoes intentional deaths
A/V files:
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A2600 Private Eye "Case 5" by ViGadeomes in 14:53.28

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Published on 7/14/2018
Private Eye is a video game produced and published by Activision and released in 1983 for the Atari 2600 video game system. Designed by Bob Whitehead, who also wrote Chopper Command, Private Eye requires players to track down clues and recover items stolen by a master criminal, ultimately leading to his capture and arrest.
In Private Eye, players assume the role of Pierre Touché, a private investigator who has been assigned the task of capturing the criminal mastermind, Henri Le Fiend. Le Fiend is implicated in a number of crimes across the city, and the player must find the clues and the stolen property in order to successfully arrest Le Fiend.
In this run, ViGadeomes completes Case 5, which includes all the regular four cases. Le Fiend is rounded up and booked at Police Headquarters once - and for all.
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Game:
Private Eye
Genres:
Action
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A2600 Raiders of the Lost Ark by adelikat in 01:34.60

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Published on 11/21/2012
Raiders of the Lost Ark for Atari 2600 is the first ever movie licensed video game. To complete the game, Indiana Jones must find the titular Ark - resemblance to the movie is limited aside from this.
In this movie, adelikat finds the Lost Ark of the Covenant in a record-breaking 01:34.60. For details on how he did it, read the author's comments.
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Game:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Genres:
Adventure
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A2600 River Raid "fastest 100000" by Lord Tom in 08:10.65

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Published on 2/24/2013
River Raid is an early vertical shooter where you fly a plane down a river and fire missiles to blow up helicopters, jets, ships and bridges.
In this movie, Lord_Tom aims to get 100,000 points as fast as possible.
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Game:
River Raid
Genres:
Shooter
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A2600 Seaquest by morningpee in 01:39.80

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Published on 5/18/2014
Entirely unrelated to the TV series seaQuest DSV, Seaquest is a submarine combat game in which you control a water vessel and must pick up divers at different levels of depth while avoiding fish and enemy subs. While most of the game takes place underwater, you also must resurface for air from time to time so your air meter doesn't run out.
Like Tetris, the game ends when the score reaches the maximum 999999. This run by morningpee aims to reach this score as fast as possible.
morningpee accomplishes this through manipulating diver and enemy spawn points and using a glitch to freeze an enemy sub, allowing him to collide with it until the maximum score is reached. A lot of effort was put into figuring out the game's RNG and the optimal point to use the No-Despawn glitch; for more information, see the author's comments.
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Game:
Seaquest
Genres:
Action
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
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A2600 Slide Boy in Maze Land by LogansGamingRoom in 09:10.76

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Published on 3/20/2023
Slide Boy in Maze Land is a homebrew puzzle game for the Atari 2600 and Atari 7800. You play as Slide Boy, who can only slide in one direction and cannot stop until he hits a wall. The goal of each level is to get to the exit while avoiding all hazards.
LogansGamingRoom plays on the Normal difficulty and gets through all 50 rooms as fast as possible.
You can get the game here. There is also a run for the Atari 7800 version for those interested.
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Game:
Slide Boy in Maze Land
Genres:
Puzzle
Homebrew
Game Version:
slideboy_final.bin
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A2600 Space Invaders by TASeditor in 00:17.67

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Published on 12/21/2012
Atari version of the classic Space Invaders, where you fight to defend your planet from a rectangular array of descending aliens. TASeditor clears one wave of aliens systematically.
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Game:
Space Invaders
Genres:
Shooter
Tags:
Single level
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A2600 Space Invaders by Alyosha in 00:17.29

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Published on 11/10/2017
Atari version of the classic Space Invaders, where you fight to defend your planet from a rectangular array of descending aliens.
Alyosha clears one wave of aliens systematically, improving the predecessor movie by TASeditor by 00:00.40 seconds.
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A2600 Space Invaders by TASeditor in 00:17.67
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Game:
Space Invaders
Genres:
Shooter
Tags:
Single level
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A2600 Space Invaders by g0goTBC in 00:16.49

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Published on 4/28/2022
This is the Atari 2600 version of Space Invaders, the classic game where you fight to defend your planet from a rectangular array of descending aliens.
g0goTBC clears one wave of aliens systematically, improving on the previous movie by 0.8 seconds.
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A2600 Space Invaders by Alyosha in 00:17.29
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Game:
Space Invaders
Genres:
Shooter
Game Version:
Space Invaders (USA).a26
Tags:
Single level
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A2600 Spider-Man by Noxxa in 00:19.62

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Published on 12/31/2012
Spider-Man was the first game to feature the famous hero and also the first Marvel Comics-based video game. Here, Spider-Man must use his web shooters to scale a building and defuse bombs set atop it by the Green Goblin.
After a nasty frame war, this run ended up as the fastest one through this short game.
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Game:
Spider-Man
Genres:
Action
Tags:
Single level
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A2600 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle by jlun2 in 00:08.73

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Published on 4/15/2014
Death Star Battle is loosely based on the events of the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Your task is to destroy the Death Star before its construction is finished. You start the task outside the shield perimeter of the Death Star, where you have to combat different imperial vessels and avoid the death ray while waiting for an opportunity to slip through one of the random openings in the energy shield. After reaching the Death Star, you must reduce its structure up to the point where you can hit the core. In the following destruction of the station, you must avoid collision with the Death Star's debris.
It was decided that only the first round of the game contains meaningful content, so in this TAS, jlun2 uses luck manipulation and a precise shooting angle to finish it in less than 9 seconds. It is only the 11th shortest movie on this site, with Super 3D Portals 6 beating it by around 6.5 seconds.
Viewers who have photosensitivity problems may want to avoid watching as there's a high amount of flashing visuals during gameplay that can become uncomfortable to watch.
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Game:
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle
Genres:
Shooter
Game Version:
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle
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A2600 Super 3D Portals 6 by TASeditor in 00:03.74

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Published on 5/25/2017
Super 3D Portals 6 is a bootleg demake of Portal for the Atari 2600 made by Hinchy from the TIGSource forums in 2009.
Don't blink, or else you'll miss the entire run from TASeditor as he thinks with 2D portals!
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Game:
Super 3D Portals 6
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
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A2600 Super 3D Portals 6 by Arcree2, TASeditor in 00:02.20

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Published on 7/3/2017
Super 3D Portals 6 is a bootleg demake of Portal for the Atari 2600 made by Hinchy from the TIGSource forums in 2009.
Don't blink, or else you'll miss the entire run from Arcree and TASeditor as they thinks with 2D portals!
This run improves upon the previous publication by 00:01.54 seconds, thanks to the use of some new glitches. With this update, the run is now the shortest run on TASVideos.org.
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A2600 Super 3D Portals 6 by TASeditor in 00:03.74
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Game:
Super 3D Portals 6
Genres:
Platformer
Fangame
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A2600 Superman "pause glitch" by jlun2 in 00:11.42

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Published on 12/21/2012
From Wikipedia:
The player(s) takes control of the DC Comics character Superman, who must repair the bridge destroyed by Lex Luthor, capture Luthor and his criminal underlings, enter a phonebooth to turn back into Clark Kent, then return to the Daily Planet in the shortest amount of time. To slow Superman's progress, Kryptonite has been released by Luthor. If hit by Kryptonite, Superman loses his abilities to capture criminals and fly. To regain them, he must find and kiss Lois Lane.
However, jlun2 uses a pause demo glitch to warp to the end. That is all.
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Game:
Superman
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Tags:
Major skip glitch
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A2600 Tapper by Spikestuff in 03:01.57

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Published on 11/6/2016
Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. Tapper puts the player in the shoes of a bartender. The player must serve eager, thirsty patrons before their patience expires while collecting empty mugs and tips.
Spikestuff completes one loop of the game in record time.
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Tapper
Genres:
Action
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Arcade Bionic Commando by Mukki in 05:48.10

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Published on 9/12/2010
Before reminiscing about a man I knew when I was young, before rescuing a hero named Joe, there were games where you played as Joe himself! The Bionic Commando arcade game, sequel to Commando, introduces the first hero in a platform game who couldn't even jump, which spawned many sequels.
Just when you thought all the early Bionic Commando games were TAS'd and done with, Mukki brings Bionic Commando back to life, as if it were a long dead World War II dictator resurrected by a madman as part of a plan for world domination.
In this game, Mukki demonstrates grappling and kicking ability, whilst avoiding hordes of soldiers futilely attempting to prevent Joe from doing his duty and destroying their weapons of medium sized destruction.
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Game:
Bionic Commando
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Forgoes intentional deaths
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Arcade Bionic Commando by Jules in 05:34.70

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Published on 2/4/2016
Before reminiscing about a man I knew when I was young, before rescuing a hero named Joe, there were games where you played as Joe himself! The Bionic Commando arcade game, sequel to Commando, introduces the first hero in a platform game who couldn't even jump, which spawned many sequels.
Jules improves the previous run by 13.4 seconds, thanks to more optimised routes.
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Arcade Bionic Commando by Mukki in 05:48.10
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Game:
Bionic Commando
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Forgoes intentional deaths
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Arcade Bionic Commando by Jules in 05:33.70

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Published on 9/3/2016
Before reminiscing about a man I knew when I was young, before rescuing a hero named Joe, there were games where you played as Joe himself! The Bionic Commando arcade game, sequel to Commando, introduces the first hero in a platform game who couldn't even jump, which spawned many sequels.
Here, Jules improves the previous run by 60 frames.
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Arcade Bionic Commando by Jules in 05:34.70
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Game:
Bionic Commando
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Action
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Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Forgoes intentional deaths
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Arcade Double Dragon "1 player" by sugarfoot in 07:13.06

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Published on 3/25/2018
Set in a post-apocalyptic New York, Double Dragon is the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they manage a small martial arts training school, teaching their students in self-defense. One day, Billy's girlfriend, Marian, is kidnapped off the street by the "Black Warriors", a savage street gang led by a man named Willy. The Black Warriors demand the Lee brothers disclose their martial arts secrets in exchange for Marian's freedom. The Lee brothers set out on a rescue mission to crush the Black Warriors and save Marian.
Released on many systems, this game was so popular that they even released it for cellular phones and made a board game. Even a Hollywood movie has been made.
Sugarfoot plays through the original Arcade version in record time.
We also have TASes of the NES port and the unlicensed Genesis port.
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Game:
Double Dragon
Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Takes intentional damage
Uses easiest difficulty
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Arcade Double Dragon "1 player" by sugarfoot in 06:44.34

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Published on 5/13/2018
Set in a post-apocalyptic New York, Double Dragon is the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they manage a small martial arts training school, teaching their students in self-defense. One day, Billy's girlfriend, Marian, is kidnapped off the street by the "Black Warriors", a savage street gang led by a man named Willy. The Black Warriors demand the Lee brothers disclose their martial arts secrets in exchange for Marian's freedom. The Lee brothers set out on a rescue mission to crush the Black Warriors and save Marian.
Released on many systems, this game was so popular that they even released it for cellular phones and made a board game. Even a Hollywood movie has been made.
Sugarfoot improves his previous TAS by 38.72 seconds, thanks to newly discovered combos, better optimisation and further lag reduction. Please read the author's comments for more details.
We also have TASes of the NES port and the unlicensed Genesis port.
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Arcade Double Dragon "1 player" by sugarfoot in 07:13.06
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Game:
Double Dragon
Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Takes intentional damage
Uses easiest difficulty
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Arcade Final Fight "2 players" by CReTiNo in 15:45.40

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Published on 7/29/2015
The streets of Metro City are filled with criminals who are part of a gang called Mad Gear. Former wrestler and newly elected mayor Mike Haggar tries to do something about it, much to the displeasure of the Mad Gear Gang who kidnap his daughter Jessica. Only three people are brave enough to venture into the crime-infested streets and try to bring Jessica back.
Final Fight is a 2D side-scrolling fighting game. Taking on the role of either Cody, Guy, or the mayor Mike Haggar himself, you must advance through six areas of the city clearing out the gang infestation. You will have to cope with a variety of thugs, ranging from firebomb-throwing maniacs to behemoth wrestlers. To defeat these thugs, you have an arsenal of punches, kicks, throws, and jump kicks at your disposal.
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Game:
Final Fight
Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
2 Players
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Arcade Final Fight "2 players" by Dark Noob & CReTiNo in 14:42.50

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Published on 7/6/2016
The streets of Metro City are filled with criminals who are part of a gang called Mad Gear. Former wrestler and newly elected mayor Mike Haggar tries to do something about it, much to the displeasure of the Mad Gear Gang who kidnap his daughter Jessica. Only three people are brave enough to venture into the crime-infested streets and try to bring Jessica back.
Final Fight is a 2D side-scrolling fighting game. Taking on the role of either Cody, Guy, or the mayor Mike Haggar himself, you must advance through six areas of the city clearing out the gang infestation. You will have to cope with a variety of thugs, ranging from firebomb-throwing maniacs to behemoth wrestlers. To defeat these thugs, you have an arsenal of punches, kicks, throws, and jump kicks at your disposal.
This run is 01:02.90 faster than the previous publication.
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Arcade Final Fight "2 players" by CReTiNo in 15:45.40
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Game:
Final Fight
Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
2 Players
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Arcade Ganryu by X2poet in 07:50.20

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Published on 2/27/2011
Musashi Ganryuki, known outside of Japan as Ganryu is a simple platform Hack and Slash game on the Neo Geo. In this game, you play the warrior Musashi on a quest to fight your old enemy Kojiro who has risen from the dead. Watch as Musashi slides past most dangers and chops up bosses in record time.
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Game:
Ganryu
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
ganryu
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
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Arcade Magician Lord by £e Nécroyeur in 07:17.35

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Published on 7/5/2014
Magician Lord puts you in charge of Elta, a wizard who has the task of collecting eight books of wisdom from the clutches of Az Atorse, the god of destruction. By collecting the right power-ups along the way, you can transform into different characters, including the Rajin, Samurai, Waterman, Shinobi, Poseidon, and Dragon Warrior. Each character has different abilities.
Watch £e_Nécroyeur blaze with heavy zipping through the game.
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Game:
Magician Lord
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
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Arcade Metal Slug 3 "2 players" by X2poet in 27:09.55

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Published on 6/9/2011
In this entry of the popular Metal Slug series, the evil would-be dictator General Morden launches another attempt to take over the world - or so it seems on the surface; this game proves that Morden is no Dr Wily by having the true villains turn out to be something else entirely.
Several of this game's stages branch; this run takes the shortest possible route through the game.
You can also see more of x2poet's Metal Slug work by looking at his runs from Metal Slug, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 4 and Metal Slug Advance.
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Game:
Metal Slug 3
Genres:
Shooter
Tags:
2 Players
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
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Arcade Metal Slug 4 "2 players" by X2poet in 18:04.78

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Published on 7/15/2011
This is a run of the fourth game in SNK's big franchise, Metal Slug.
x2poet dual-wields Trevor Spacey and Nadia Cassel and conquers General Morden's army like an army of two controlled by a single person!
You can also see more of x2poet's Metal Slug work by looking at his runs of Metal Slug, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3 and Metal Slug Advance.
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Game:
Metal Slug 4
Genres:
Shooter
Tags:
Best ending
2 Players
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
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Arcade Metal Slug 5 "2 players" by X2poet in 17:56.53

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Published on 10/31/2011
This entry in the Metal Slug series features the theft of information on the next generation of Metal Slug by the "Ptolemaic Army", wherein our heroes are tasked with recovering that data and putting an end to the evil group.
You can also see more of x2poet's Metal Slug work by looking at his runs from Metal Slug, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4, and Metal Slug Advance.
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Game:
Metal Slug 5
Genres:
Shooter
Tags:
2 Players
Takes intentional damage
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
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Arcade Metal Slug: Super Vehicle - 001 "2 players" by X2poet in 12:10.23

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Published on 3/23/2011
Released in 1996, Metal Slug is a widely popular game about two soldiers named Marco Rossi and Tarma Roving, enrolled in the Peregrine Falcon Squad, fighting against General Morden and a bunch of other Nazi impersonators in giant mechs & machines in order to stop his New World Order under his power.
Watch as x2poet sends Marco & Tarma to literally destroy everything in their path and stop Morden's plans in 12 minutes through wide use of bombs & guns!
You can also see more of x2poet's Metal Slug work by looking at his runs from Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4 and Metal Slug Advance.
This movie has an Atlas Map encode of Mission 1, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Game:
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle - 001
Genres:
Shooter
Tags:
2 Players
Uses hardest difficulty
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Arcade Metal Slug: Super Vehicle - 001 "2 players" by mamuuuut & mtvf1 in 10:44.88

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Published on 12/22/2014
Released in 1996, Metal Slug is a widely popular game about two soldiers named Marco Rossi and Tarma Roving, enrolled in the Peregrine Falcon Squad, fighting against General Morden and a bunch of other Nazi impersonators in giant mechs & machines in order to stop his New World Order under his power.
Watch mamuuuut and mtvf1 destroy anything that stands in their path through wide use of bombs and guns, and about a minute and a half faster than the previous run!
If you enjoyed this movie, check out the other Metal Slug runs for more explosive military action.
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Arcade Metal Slug: Super Vehicle - 001 "2 players" by X2poet in 12:10.23
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Game:
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle - 001
Genres:
Shooter
Tags:
2 Players
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
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Arcade Neo Turf Masters "maximum score" by mamuuuut in 13:06.05

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Published on 3/16/2014
In Neo Turf Masters, you can pick one of six available golfers and compete on a number of golf courses around the world, including Japan (Fujiyama Oriental Golf Club), America (Grand Canyon Golf Course), Australia (Blue Lagoon Golf Course), and Germany (Baden Golf Course). The game features two modes of play: Stroke Play, in which the player attempts to get the best score by playing all 18 holes, and Match Play, in which two players compete to see who can win more of the 18 holes.
This run by mamuuuut plays the toughest course (Australia) and aims to get the lowest (best) final score while showing off unusual or unexpected paths.
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Game:
Neo Turf Masters
Genres:
Sport
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses hardest difficulty
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[Has commentary]

Arcade Osman by xy2_ in 07:56.25

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Published on 3/5/2016
Osman is a arcade game in the spirit of Strider. It's a very obscure and underrated arcade game, which didn't see much of the light of day, thanks to various issues with the hardware... and the fact that the game is unforgivingly hard. The game never once lets you breathe, and in unassisted play, there are a lot of things to manage at the same time. This, along with the 3 health you start out with, can make clearing with just a single credit a nightmare.
The game mostly revolves along Osman and his power: he has the power to make clones of himself when he attacks that stay for a varying amount of time and reproduce the attack he just did.
All 3 encodes have the author's commentary available in the form of subtitles.
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Game:
Osman
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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Arcade Osman by xy2_ in 06:58.72

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Published on 7/3/2016
Osman is a arcade game in the spirit of Strider. It's a very obscure and underrated arcade game, which didn't see much of the light of day, thanks to various issues with the hardware... and the fact that the game is unforgivingly hard. The game never once lets you breathe, and in unassisted play, there are a lot of things to manage at the same time. This, along with the 3 health you start out with, can make clearing with just a single credit a nightmare.
The game mostly revolves along Osman and his power: he has the power to make clones of himself when he attacks that stay for a varying amount of time and reproduce the attack he just did.
This run is a 00:56.03 improvement over the previous one by the same author. Note that the real time of this run is 5:47.02 - The extra 1:10 is because the author puts his initials in the high score table after the credits roll.
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Arcade Osman by xy2_ in 07:56.25
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Game:
Osman
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Heavy glitch abuse
Heavy luck manipulation
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[Fastest Completion]

Arcade VS Pinball by DrD2k9 in 00:16.92

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Published on 2/5/2022
VS Pinball is the arcade release of the NES game of the same name. The game is a standard example of a pinball machine, just played virtually.
There is a special bonus room in which the game turns into a Breakout clone of sorts, where the player controls Mario to save Pauline and earn bonus points. The NES game's manual considers rescuing her as winning the game, so the author DrD2k9 does exactly that in record time.
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Game:
Pinball
Genres:
Strategy
Game Version:
Vs. Pinball (1984)(Nintendo)(VS UniSystem)(EU-US).nes
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Arcade SegaSonic the Hedgehog by Tuffcracker & rodonic01 in 10:33.75

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Published on 6/22/2023
SegaSonic the Hedgehog is a isometric platforming game that was released for the arcades. You and up to two other players play as Sonic, Mighty the Armadillo or Ray the Flying Squirrel, as they attempt to escape from Dr. Eggman's island after being kidnapped and imprisoned there. Doing so will not be easy however as Eggman has set up traps all over his island. Unlike most Sonic games, Sonic and friends have health bars instead of the traditional rings system; rings here instead restore your health bar. The game also uses a trackball to control the characters instead of joysticks and buttons.
Tuffcracker and rodonic01 collaborate to beat the game as fast as possible, defeating Eggman and getting Sonic and his friends off the island in record time.
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Game:
SegaSonic the Hedgehog
Genres:
Platformer
Game Version:
sonic.zip
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
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Arcade Tetris the Absolute: The Grand Master 2 Plus "T.A. Death" by Steelix100 in 03:25.58

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Published on 3/3/2019
Tetris the Absolute: The Grand Master 2 is the second arcade game in Arika's Tetris: The Grand Master series. The Grand Master 2 introduced the less-intimidating Normal Mode to attract more casual gamers, as well as an all-new grading system in Master Mode, the continuation of TGM's original gameplay.
Tetris the Absolute: The Grand Master 2 Plus is a free upgrade of TGM2, which added TGM+ Mode and the famous T.A. Death Mode that is played in this movie. This mode is notable for starting at maximum gravity (pieces appear to always be in contact with the ground) and increasing in speed from there.
Steelix100 completes the T.A. Death Mode in record time while using wall kicks to speed up horizontal piece movement, getting 5 Gold Medals, and also achieving the Secret Grand Master grade. The in-game time is 02:42.63.
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Game:
Tetris the Absolute: The Grand Master 2 Plus
Genres:
Puzzle
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Arcade Violent Storm "2 players" by Pepper-Color in 10:34.72

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Published on 1/24/2019
Violent Storm is a 1993 side-scrolling beat-'em-up for the arcades produced by Konami. Up to three players can choose between Wade, Boris and Kyle, who have different fighting styles, speed and moves, some of which are hidden. Players must guide them through 7 different stages, along the way clashing hordes of enemies who wallop, sock, pommel, whip and slug against the players, sometimes with knives, lead pipes, bombs, bolts of electricity, spiked balls on chains, garbage cans, vise grips, molten metal and a myriad of other deadly armament. Lots of fun.
Pepper-Color uses Boris and Wade to blaze through the game as fast as possible.
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Game:
Violent Storm
Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
2 Players
Takes intentional damage
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
MAME-rr 0.139 v0.1 beta

BSX Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero "1 player" by Dark Fulgore in 13:58.37

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Published on 1/11/2007
This is a game based on the completely "unique" concept of an evil boss trying to take over/destroy/do whatever with the world, and despite the Earth being filled with about 7 billion occupants, you are the only one who can stop it.
At first glance it may seem odd that, although the game is two player, only one player is used, and that's Player 2. Player 2 was chosen because her aerial attack gives an enormous speed boost. It is also one of the few attacks in video games that operates on frame precision, so smashing out a 30Hz rapid-fire on the controller will lay the beatdown pretty quickly.
That, combined with the fact that half the enemies in this game are of the standard "walk around and shoot" variety, allow the heroine to zip through the game with total reckless abandon. Few games allow a TASer to do that, so this is a rare opportunity indeed.
The game is eerily similar to Mega Man 7 and Mega Man X. It even has pick-throwing miners.
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Game:
Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
BS Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero (J).smc
Tags:
One player in a multiplayer game
Takes intentional damage
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
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BSX Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero by TheRandomPie_IV in 13:12.22

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Published on 6/30/2007
This is a game based on the completely "unique" concept of an evil boss trying to take over/destroy/do whatever with the world, and despite the Earth being filled with about 7 billion occupants, you are the only one who can stop it.
At first glance it may seem odd that, although the game is two player, only one player is used, and that's Player 2. Player 2 was chosen because her aerial attack gives an enormous speed boost. It is also one of the few attacks in video games that operates on frame precision, so smashing out a 30Hz rapid-fire on the controller will lay the beatdown pretty quickly.
That, combined with the fact that half the enemies in this game are of the standard "walk around and shoot" variety, allow the heroine to zip through the game with total reckless abandon. Few games allow a TASer to do that, so this is a rare opportunity indeed.
The game is eerily similar to Mega Man 7 and Mega Man X. It even has pick-throwing miners.
This is a 47 second improvement over the previous movie by the use of a new trick to increase speed as well as other minor improvements. These are explained in the author's comments.
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BSX Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero "1 player" by Dark Fulgore in 13:58.37
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Game:
Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
BS Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero (J).smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
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C64 Congo Bongo by DrD2k9 in 00:32.58

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Published on 7/3/2017
Congo Bongo is an isometric platformer released by Sega in 1983 for multiple systems. Imagine what would happen if Frogger, Qbert, and Donkey Kong all were mashed together....that's Congo Bongo.
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Game:
Congo Bongo
Genres:
Action
Platformer
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Emulator Replay:
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C64 Jungle Hunt by DrD2k9 in 02:56.78

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Published on 6/19/2017
Jungle Hunt is a right-to-left side-scrolling arcade game produced and released by Taito in 1982. Jungle Hunt is one of the first video games to use parallax scrolling. The player controls an unnamed explorer, sporting a pith helmet and safari suit, attempting to rescue his girl from a tribe of cannibals by swinging from vine to vine, swimming a crocodile-infested river, and avoiding rolling rocks.
DrD2k9 swings, swims, jumps, and ducks his way through the jungle to rescue his girl in record time.
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Game:
Jungle Hunt
Genres:
Action
Adventure
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C64 Pyjamarama by ktwo, DrD2k9 in 10:45.96

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Published on 7/3/2019
Wally has to wake up early for work, but he went to bed without winding his alarm clock. His consciousness must save him from getting fired by finding the clock key and setting the alarm. Numerous obstacles stand in the way, including axes, falling bricks, space invaders, and ghosts. Furthermore, Wally's consciousness can only hold two items and has a limited amount of health in the form of "snooze energy."
In this run, ktwo and DrD2k9 carefully manage the health, inventory, and route in order to complete the game in record time. Read their comments for details.
Note: Loading finishes and gameplay starts at 4:15. The loading section may be seizure-inducing.
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Game:
Pyjamarama
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
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Coleco B.C.'s Quest for Tires by MESHUGGAH in 01:42.95

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Published on 12/5/2017
B.C.'s Quest for Tires is a 1983 video game developed by Sydney Development and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released for not just the ColecoVision, but also the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family, ZX Spectrum, MSX, and Apple II. The game is based on the comic strip B.C. by Johnny Hart, with the title being a play on the title of the contemporaneous film Quest for Fire.
In the game, the player takes the role of the caveman Thor, who has to rescue his girlfriend, "Cute Chick", who has been kidnapped by a dinosaur. To do this, he must travel on his stone unicycle (actually an impossible wheel) through several levels. Each level has Thor moving from the left to the right, avoiding various dangers.
The game is considered ridiculously difficult, but MESHUGGAH beats one loop of the game in just 1 minute and 42 seconds, making it look easy.
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Game:
B.C.'s Quest for Tires
Genres:
Action
Tags:
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
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Coleco B.C.'s Quest for Tires by MESHUGGAH in 01:40.45

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Published on 2/5/2018
B.C.'s Quest for Tires is a 1983 video game developed by Sydney Development and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released for not just the ColecoVision, but also the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family, ZX Spectrum, MSX, and Apple II. The game is based on the comic strip B.C. by Johnny Hart, with the title being a play on the title of the contemporaneous film Quest for Fire.
In the game, the player takes the role of the caveman Thor, who has to rescue his girlfriend, "Cute Chick", who has been kidnapped by a dinosaur. To do this, he must travel on his stone unicycle (actually an impossible wheel) through several levels. Each level has Thor moving from the left to the right, avoiding various dangers.
The game is considered ridiculously difficult, but MESHUGGAH beats one loop of the game in just 1 minute and 40 seconds, making it look easy.
Obsoletes:
Coleco B.C.'s Quest for Tires by MESHUGGAH in 01:42.95
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Game:
B.C.'s Quest for Tires
Genres:
Action
Tags:
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
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Coleco Jumpman Junior by adelikat in 04:48.58

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Published on 12/13/2012
Jumpman Junior is a game developed by Randy Glover, who described it as a "lite" version of Jumpman containing 12 levels for users without disk drives. In it, you need to defuse all of the bombs placed on Jupiter by terrorists. To do this, you must climb up ladders, touch the vines, and, of course, jump.
adelikat, in the site's first ColecoVision run ever, completes this game in 04:48.58 by jumping through walls, abusing deaths, and moving very fast.
Note: The character should not be confused with Mario, who was originally named Jumpman. Interestingly enough, Glover cited Donkey Kong as inspiration for this game. It is not known whether the naming is a coincidence or not.
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Game:
Jumpman Junior
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Uses hardest difficulty
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Coleco Jumpman Junior by BrunoVisnadi in 04:40.42

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Published on 2/1/2016
Jumpman Junior is a game developed by Randy Glover, who described it as a "lite" version of Jumpman containing 12 levels for users without disk drives. In it, you need to defuse all of the bombs placed on Jupiter by terrorists. To do this, you must climb up ladders, touch the vines, and, of course, jump.
BrunoVisnadi improves the previous run by 00:07.69 seconds, thanks to a new trick and faster routes.
Note: The character should not be confused with Mario, who was originally named Jumpman. Interestingly enough, Glover cited Donkey Kong as inspiration for this game. It is not known whether the naming is a coincidence or not.
Obsoletes:
Coleco Jumpman Junior by adelikat in 04:48.58
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Game:
Jumpman Junior
Genres:
Platformer
Puzzle
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
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Emulator Replay:
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Coleco Miner 2049er by nymx in 07:36.60

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Published on 11/3/2018
Miner 2049er is a platform video game created by Bill Hogue that was released in 1982 by Big Five Software. The title "Miner 2049er" evokes a 21st-century take on the California Gold Rush of around 1849, in which the gold miners and prospectors were nicknamed "49ers".
As Bounty Bob, the player's goal is to inspect every section of each mine in search of the evil Yukon Yohan while avoiding the radioactive creatures that inhabit the mine. As Bounty Bob walks over a section of flooring, it fills with color. To complete the level, every section of flooring must be colored.
nymx walks over every section of flooring in record time.
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Game:
Miner 2049er
Genres:
Platformer
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DOS Commander Keen: Episode 5 - The Armageddon Machine by sgrunt in 02:42.43

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Published on 5/3/2010
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine (1991) is a part of the popular Commander Keen saga, developed by id Software. It is a direct continuation of the previous episode, in which Keen has learned from the Oracle of Gnosticus IV that the evil Shikadi plan to blow up the galaxy with their doomsday device, the Omegamatic (It slices! It dices! It causes a 100,000 light year-diameter quantum explosion!). Naturally, he sets out to sabotage the machine and stop the Shikadi.
Using a series of glitches, Keen completes only four stages to get to the end game, only one of which takes any significant length of time, and destroys the Quantum Explosion Dynamo, the core of the Omegamatic in the impossibly short time of 2:42. In the process, he manages to inadvertently prevent the Shikadi from accomplishing their escape (though you have to watch the ending very closely to figure out that this has happened here).
Although this is not the first submitted DOS movie, it has the distinction of being the first to be published, thanks to use of the recently approved emulator JPC-RR.
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Game:
Commander Keen: Episode 5 - The Armageddon Machine
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Best ending
Uses intentional deaths
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
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Emulator Replay:
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DOS Commander Keen: Keen Dreams by slamo in 04:40.12

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Published on 2/9/2014
Initially published as a commercial game between Invasion of the Vorticons and Goodbye, Galaxy! in 1991, Commander Keen: Keen Dreams was largely overlooked until it saw a shareware release in late 1992 almost a year after Goodbye, Galaxy!. It is informally known as Keen 3.5 among fans.
In Keen Dreams, Commander Keen goes to sleep and finds himself in the land of Tuberia, where he discovers that Earth children are being trapped in their sleep to work as slaves for the evil King Boobus Tuber. Out of ammo and lacking his trusty pogo stick, Keen must resort to scavenging Flower Power and Boobus Bombs from the local flora in order to combat the tuberian threat.
In this TAS, slamo deactivates the Dream Machine in record time utilizing a variety of glitches and quirks unique to this Keen game. Reading the author's commentary is recommended.
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Game:
Commander Keen: Keen Dreams
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Uses intentional deaths
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.8 rc1

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DOS Duke Nukem: Episode 1 - Shrapnel City by Foone in 07:08.13

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Published on 6/11/2010
Long before Duke Nukem ever starred in a 3D game, he was the hero in two platform games. This is the first game in which he starred, battling Dr Proton to save the Earth from his evil Techbot army.
This run plays the first (shareware) episode of the game.
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Game:
Duke Nukem: Episode 1 - Shrapnel City
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 10

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DOS Hero's Quest by c-square & mrprmiller in 00:42.92

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Published on 12/26/2016
Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero (later re-released as Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero to avoid trade-mark issues) is an adventure game published by Sierra in 1989. The story goes as follows: In the valley barony of Spielburg, the evil ogress Baba Yaga has cursed the land and the baron who tried to drive her off. His daughter has disappeared and his son has been transformed into a bear, while the land is ravaged by monsters and brigands. The Valley of Spielburg is in need of a Hero able to solve these problems. The player's character is a customized adventurer whose name and class is chosen by the player. The game follows the Hero, who is a recent graduate of the Famous Adventurer's Correspondence School, on his journey into the land. He must help people and become a proclaimed Hero.
c-square and mrprmiller don't venture around a lot and become heroes in record time.
Due to how fast the actions are, a slowed down encode that plays the TAS at 25% of the regular speed is available.
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Game:
Hero's Quest
Genres:
Adventure
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.2 (Modified for Mouse Support)

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DOS Hero's Quest by c-square & mrprmiller in 00:41.91

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Published on 2/20/2018
Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero (later re-released as Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero to avoid trade-mark issues) is an adventure game published by Sierra in 1989. The story goes as follows: In the valley barony of Spielburg, the evil ogress Baba Yaga has cursed the land and the baron who tried to drive her off. His daughter has disappeared and his son has been transformed into a bear, while the land is ravaged by monsters and brigands. The Valley of Spielburg is in need of a Hero able to solve these problems. The player's character is a customized adventurer whose name and class is chosen by the player. The game follows the Hero, who is a recent graduate of the Famous Adventurer's Correspondence School, on his journey into the land. He must help people and become a proclaimed Hero.
c-square and mrprmiller improve upon their previous effort by 1.01 seconds, becoming a hero even faster than before.
Due to how fast the actions are, a slowed down encode that plays the TAS at 25% of the regular speed is available.
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DOS Hero's Quest by c-square & mrprmiller in 00:42.92
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Game:
Hero's Quest
Genres:
Adventure
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.2 (Modified for Mouse Support)

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DOS Jazz Jackrabbit by Ilari in 04:43.79

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New systems TAS of 2010
Published on 10/14/2010
Jazz Jackrabbit is one of the earliest products released by what was then known as Epic MegaGames, better known these days for producing the Unreal engine. It was viewed initially as being a pastiche of the Sonic the Hedgehog games was and arguably developed along those lines, bearing much of the same fast platformer action.
This run completes the shareware version of the game, which only contains the first episode. You can also watch runs from the same author that complete the two Christmas special episodes of this game.
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Game:
Jazz Jackrabbit
Genres:
Platformer
Shooter
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.1

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DOS King's Quest: Quest for the Crown by DrD2k9 in 00:18.30

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Published on 9/24/2018
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is a game first released by Sierra On-Line in 1984, then re-released in 1987. In it, Sir Graham has to retrieve three magical items from the realm, so that he can be crowned King of Daventry after the current king dies.
DrD2k9 becomes the next king in record time.
Due to the sheer speed of the movie, the second set of downloadables play back the movie at 1/5th of the regular speed.
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Game:
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
Genres:
Adventure
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.2

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DOS King's Quest: Quest for the Crown by DrD2k9 in 00:15.85

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Published on 5/8/2021
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is a game first released by Sierra On-Line in 1984, then re-released in 1987. In it, Sir Graham has to retrieve three magical items from the realm, so that he can be crowned King of Daventry after the current king dies.
DrD2k9 improves his previous TAS by 2.45 seconds, thanks to a new route that uses different glitches. Please read the author's comments for more details.
Due to the sheer speed of the movie, the second set of downloadables play back the movie at 1/5th of the regular speed.
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DOS King's Quest: Quest for the Crown by DrD2k9 in 00:18.30
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Game:
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
Genres:
Adventure
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.2

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DOS Mega Man by DarkKobold in 02:23.55

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Published on 1/1/2013
This is a Mega Man game that was not developed by Capcom, but rather by Stephen Rozner of Hi-Tech Expressions, who did all the design, programming, graphics and sound. The game is infamous for its mediocre quality.
In this run, DarkKobold uses precise movements and the absence of boss invulnerability periods to complete the game in under two and a half minutes.
This game runs too fast on anything more modern than a low-end 386 or so. As such, the encode is technically correct. For an encode that is slowed down to the original 30 fps, see this YouTube video.
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Game:
Mega Man
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 10

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DOS Prince of Persia by eien86 in 13:08.53

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Published on 6/28/2021
In this timeless classic, the tyrant Jaffar has seized power and has forced Sultan's daughter to marry him. Jordan Mechner's brother David, the brave youth who is a prisoner in Jaffar's dungeons, must rescue her within 60 minutes. Little does poor Jaffar know that he will be defeated in a fifth of the intended time.
eien86 beats all 14 levels in 12 minutes 10 seconds of in-game time.
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Game:
Prince of Persia
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Aims for in-game time instead of real-time
Takes intentional damage
Heavy glitch abuse
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.8 rc2

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DOS Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame by eien86, GMP & Challenger in 14:26.65

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Published on 10/3/2021
After having defeated the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar, the brave Prince claimed just one reward: the hand of the beautiful daughter of the Persian Sultan. However, as the Prince approached the palace, his appearance suddenly turned into that of a beggar. Someone who looked just like the Prince ordered to throw him out. It turns out that Jaffar is alive and back for vengeance. Banished from the palace, the unfortunate Prince must travel to faraway lands and find a way to defeat the villain.
eien86, GMP and Challenger rescue the princess from Jaffar's evil clutches in record time.
Audio commentary from eien86 is available right here.
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Game:
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
Genres:
Platformer
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Uses a game restart sequence
Heavy glitch abuse
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.8 rc2

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DOS Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire by c-square in 09:08.70

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Published on 11/12/2017
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire is the sequel to Hero's Quest. It takes place in the town of Shapeir and the desert surrounding it, in a Middle East-like environment. It seems that the powerful elemental spirits have been troubling the Shapeir folk recently. Something, or someone, is behind those troubles. It is the hero's task to find out what is going on, get acquainted with the town's inhabitants and prove once more that he is worthy of his heroic title.
c-square survives the trial and defeats Ad Avis in record time.
The second YouTube stream cuts out the first waiting period in Raseir and shortens the second wait in the same town from 3 minutes (normal speed) to 30 seconds (6x speed).
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Game:
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire
Genres:
Adventure
Tags:
Contains speed/entertainment tradeoffs
Uses hardest difficulty
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11.2 (Modified for Mouse Support)

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DOS SkyRoads by Ilari in 15:55.92

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Published on 5/7/2010
Skyroads is a short game where one controls racer on tracks containing lots of bottomless pits and obstacles, but our author doesn't care about that, he just bounces to the music and blast through levels. Don't blink.
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Game:
SkyRoads
Genres:
Racing
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
A/V files:
A/V file via Mirror
Emulator Replay:
JPC-rr 11

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