Tool-assisted movies (67)

Doom II: Hell on Earth is the hit sequel to Doom, one of the most influential first person shooters of all time. The Doomguy has returned from his mission on Mars and his banishment to Hell, only to find that Earth has been invaded by demons. He must now kill all the demons on Earth and go back to Hell so he can kill everything there.

almostmatt1 and Zero Master utilize a variety of glitches and tricks that exploit the Doom engine's quirks to complete the game on the "Ultra-Violence" difficulty as fast as possible. The RNG was also manipulated to ensure the enemy AI acts as the runners' intended. You can read the authors' notes for more details on how each level was achieved and a list of all the glitches used.

Intellivision Lives! is a collection of Intellivision titles developed to preserve the best of the best, such as Crown of Kings, also known as Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain on the Intellivision console. These may appear identical games on the surface level, but under the hood, this is based on the prototype release, and have different RNG algorithms.

Watch as Winslinator walks through walls to retrieve the Crown of Kings in record time.

Intellivision Lives! is a collection of Intellivision titles developed to preserve the best of the best, such as Crown of Kings, also known as Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain on the Intellivision console. These may appear identical games on the surface level, but under the hood, this is based on the prototype release, and have different RNG algorithms.

Watch as Winslinator walks through walls and substantial luck manipulation to tear through the game's content while collecting the key, axe, and boat in the process.

Shantae: Risky's Revenge is the sequel to the first game in the series, released for the Nintendo DSi in 2010. It follows the adventures of Shantae, who needs to find three magical seals in order to prevent Risky Boots from unleashing the dark powers of a magical lamp that she swiped from Shantae's uncle, Uncle Mimic.

arandomgameTASer, however, abuses a warp glitch to skip the proper acquisition of those seals and complete the game in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.

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

electricpants and bruhmoment collaborate to beat the special Worlds A through D in record time, which are only accessible after beating the main game eight times in a row.

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

In this run, electricpants uses the slippery and slower Luigi instead of Mario to beat the special Worlds A through D in record time, which are only accessible after beating the main game eight times in a row.

SHIFT is a Flash title created and developed by Antony Lavelle.

Watch as EZGames69 shifts their way collecting keys, avoiding spikes and running past references inspired by the Portal series in record time.

Sniper Assassin 3 is the sequel to Sniper Assassin 2, and part of the Sniper Assassin series of games as part of the Flash sniper assassin subgenre. It continues where Sniper Assassin 2 left off, as the protagonist continues to kill and torture his way through many mooks as he avenges his wife's murder. This time, his crusade is ramped up in scale as he commits vandalism and more varied strategies of torture, all in the name of taking down his wife's murderers.

Spikestuff completes the game as a fast as possible with the help of a level skipping glitch that happens when level progression is done too quickly after killing a certain number of enemies in a level.

There is also an encode that removes the scope view and leaves only the reticle with the use of a modified SWF file.

Super Mario Flash is a Flash game that appears to be based off of Super Mario All-Stars, using the map feature from Super Mario Bros. 3 and the level designs from Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World. While it may not play exactly like the games it's based off of, the game served as a passable substitute for those in the mid-2000s who had Internet but didn't have the resources to play the original games.

In this run, Vexxter, TheAmazingAladdin, and RileyTech use a variety of glitches, some of which you can't find in the original games, to beat the game as fast as possible.

Super Mario Flash is a Flash game that appears to be based off of Super Mario All-Stars, using the map feature from Super Mario Bros. 3 and the level designs from Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World. While it may not play exactly like the games it's based off of, the game served as a passable substitute for those in the mid-2000s who had Internet but didn't have the resources to play the original games.

In this run, Vexxter, TheAmazingAladdin, and RileyTech improve on their previous movie with better re-routing which also contains intentional slowdowns and newer glitches to complete the game as fast as possible.

Animaniacs is a licensed Game Boy platformer that is based on the cartoon of the same name. It is a port of the Sega Genesis version of the game, with levels shortened to fit the limitations of the Game Boy. It is also one of the few games to have a special soundtrack when played on the Super Game Boy accessory for the SNES.

The Brain hatches yet another plan to take over the world by stealing the script to the latest Warner Bros. movie in development. Desperate on what the Pinky and the Brain could possibly do with the script, the CEO of Warner Bros. asks Yakko, Wakko, and Dot to get the script back or else something bad might happen.

In this run, The8bitbeast completes the game in record time, messing up Yakko's sprite at one point while glitching the game.

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is the second Castlevania game to appear on the Game Boy Advance. Along with the main story mode is Boss Rush mode, which is unlocked after completing the story mode once. In Boss Rush mode, you can face a gauntlet of bosses from the story that you have to defeat as fast as you can. There are three difficulties to Boss Rush mode, each of which have their own different set of bosses.

In this run, Tarion plays Boss Rush mode on the Hard difficulty, which includes every major boss fight from the story. Various glitches and copious amounts of RNG manipulation are performed to put down each boss as fast as possible.

There is also a run where Simon Belmont is used instead of Juste.

Dark Arena is a Doom-style first-person shooter for the Game Boy Advance. It was also the first FPS released for the system and boasted levels that were developed by members of the Doom modding community. Our hero, Angelina Bradshaw, is the sole survivor of a spec ops team that was sent to contain an off-world facility, which was overran with Genetically-Engineered Organisms. She must now escape the facility and the planet before it gets nuked by her superiors.

tapioca abuses numerous out-of-bounds glitches in this run to complete the game and get the best ending as fast as possible.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2003.

The game follows Mario and Luigi and Bowser as they travel through Beanbean Kingdom in order to restore Princess Peach's voice from the clutches of Cackletta.

In this movie, Potato defeats all of the major bosses in the game in record time.

Viewers who have photosensitivity problems may want to avoid watching as there's a high amount of flashing visuals from 45:22 onwards due to the glitches that are performed and it can become uncomfortable to watch. There is an alternative encode which attempts to make these visual glitches less intensive by disabling layers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVLId2OwPME

Everyone’s favorite gymnastics winner is back in this remake of the classic console game. This time the Prince of Persia accidentally unleashes the Sands of Time, turning everyone except him, an evil Vizier and a mysterious girl named Farah into zombies. The Sands also gave the Prince a few new unexpected powers, like the ability to walk through walls and repeatedly jump underneath platforms.

In this run, GMP improves the previous movie by nearly 8 minutes thanks to new tricks found over the years, despite the emulation differences.

Audio commentary from the author and toca_1, a runner of the game, is available right here.

Harvest Moon 3 GBC is a farm simulation video game for the Game Boy Color developed and published by Victor Interactive Software. It takes place on an island, which has some mountainous regions, a grassland, a small village, and the farm where a lot of the game takes place. There are no shops to buy things like tools, crops, and animals; every Monday and Thursday a ferry is available to take the character to the mainland, where all of the shops reside.

ViGadeomes improves on his previous run by almost 5.5 minutes through better use of the day glitch that makes the three years required to complete the game go by even faster.

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

Little Nicky is a licensed Game Boy Color platforming game based on the Adam Sandler movie of the same name. Two of Satan's sons have escaped and are wrecking havoc on Earth, forcing Satan to send his third son, Nicky, to clean up their mess and take them back to Hell.

ninespaces abuses an infinite jump glitch in this run to effectively fly across levels and beat them in record time.

Shantae is an obscure Game Boy Color game released over a year after the Game Boy Advance came out. Because of this, it was released in extremely small quantities. It is notable for its impressive animation and scope.

In this run, watch as arandomgameTASer improves over the previous run by 09:11.13 thanks to new glitches and better optimization.

Out of This World, also known as Another World in Europe, is a strange and difficult game. Originally released on the Amiga, it would see several ports on other consoles, including SNES and Genesis. After a failed experiment, young scientist Lester gets transported to an alien planet. With the help of a fellow prisoner (named "buddy", or as many on the internet call him: "Mike Aruba"), Lester tries to find a way to escape a place that is out of this world.

eien86 escapes another world in record time.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) was the game that introduced the Super Dash Attack. The ability, referred to as Spin Dash in later games, has become one of the most beloved features of the series and, indeed, one of the most prominent features of the speedrunning scene as a whole.

In this exhilarating movie, the authors speed their way through this classic's bonus stages to collect all 7 chaos emeralds, as well as the varied acts making good use of Spin Dashes to finish them in record time. The authors also control Tails — Sonic's two-tailed foxy buddy — to allow for even faster routes and making shorter work of bosses.

We have a run where Knuckles replaces the main characters and finishes the game in record time, and another run where he goes for the max rings challenge.

We also have movies in Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog CD and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

Every second link leads to a CamHack encode that keeps Sonic visible all the time.

Gateways is a game by Smudged Cat Games released for PC in 2012. Set in a 2D environment, it takes inspiration from Portal. The protagonist, a scientist, finds himself locked in a lab, and he needs to find and use the various Gateway guns scattered throughout the lab to find his way out of it.

rythin and negative seven, however, decide to only get 2 of the normally required 4 Gateway guns, and abuse glitches to go out of bounds and help the scientist escape from the lab in record time. Please read the authors' comments for more details.

The authors also provide an encode showing the entire map and the player's position marked with a yellow dot. It can be viewed right here.

The "Minimal Obstruction" alternate encode features completely transparent graphics related to getting a power up, with the exception of the text, as it completely obstructs the view normally, and gameplay still continues while it's ongoing.

Iconoclasts is a platforming game released by Swedish developer Joakim "Konjak" Sandberg. A passion project 11 years in the making, the game follows Robin, a naive and helpful mechanic, as she tries to fix a broken world ruled by a sinister religious authority known as the One Concern.

Serena completes the game using a glitch known as "Airswim", which allows the player to skip through major parts of the game. Due to this sequence break, the game is unable to reach the credits due to Robin's house not being loaded correctly.

Undertale is an RPG video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox in 2015.

The player controls a child who has fallen into the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magic barrier. The player meets various monsters during the journey back to the surface. Some monsters might engage the player in a fight. The combat system involves the player navigating through mini-bullet hell attacks by the opponent. They can opt to pacify or subdue monsters in order to spare them instead of killing them. These choices affect the game, with the dialogue, characters, and story changing based on outcomes.

This game has a sort of newgame+ mode where, depending on when the player resets a play-through, certain story events will appear different. This TAS uses the fastest combination of those differences while also completing the neutral ending.

In VVVVVV, the player controls Captain Viridian, who is lost in an alternate dimension, in search of the missing members of the spaceship's crew. Instead of jumping, the player is able to control the direction of gravity, allowing Captain Viridian to flip between the floors and ceilings of the environment. The graphical style of the game is heavily influenced by the Commodore 64.

Info Teddy abuses a glitch involving the gamestate in the latest version of the game in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.

In VVVVVV, the player controls Captain Viridian, who is lost in an alternate dimension, in search of the missing members of the spaceship's crew. Instead of jumping, the player is able to control the direction of gravity, allowing the captain to flip between the floors and ceilings of the environment. The graphical style of the game is heavily influenced by the Commodore 64.

Elomavi improves the previous TAS by around 8 seconds after accounting for version differences, thanks to better routing and not having to re-enter the game again in order to perform the credits warp. This run was made using the latest version of the game, but under a mode that allows for glitches that were present in version 2.0 to be used.

In VVVVVV, the player controls Captain Viridian, who is lost in an alternate dimension, in search of the missing members of the spaceship's crew. Instead of jumping, the player is able to control the direction of gravity, allowing Captain Viridian to flip between the floors and ceilings of the environment. The graphical style of the game is heavily influenced by the Commodore 64.

This time, Elomavi, abusing various glitches, collects all 20 trinkets on the latest version of the game as of this writing in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.

Bomberman 64 (爆ボンバーマン Baku Bonbāman) is the first 3-D game within the Bomberman series. It also implements a different single-player mode by incorporating action-adventure and platforming stages, instead of arenas in which enemies or other elements must be destroyed.

This TAS is played on the Japanese version because of its shorter intro.

zvsp improves on the previous run by nearly 1 minute and 58 seconds thanks to many time saves found over the years. If you want to see more Bomberman goodness, we have plenty more Bomberman Movies. There is also a 100% run by zvsp.

Super Mario 74 Extreme Edition is a remixed version of the Super Mario 74 romhack. This hack aims to be even more difficult to the original Super Mario 74 hack, replacing and redoing several levels such as adding lava pools where water normally would be.

This TAS aims to collect all 157 stars, by performing tedious and complicated moves to get certain stars, as well as collecting 100 coins in each level, making sure every coin collected counts.

To beat The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, players must normally visit four temples and rescue the giant at each one, so that they can later be called upon with the Oath to Order to stop the moon from destroying Termina. The authors of this TAS barely even play the game, instead beating it by supersliding to the observatory and then sliding off of a pot using a bomb.

In this heavily glitched run of Majora's Mask, the authors achieve total control of the game using the newly discovered Stale Reference Manipulation (SRM) technique, allowing them to unlock inputs on a third controller and then using it to input and execute code that jumps the game straight to its credits sequence. Setting up the SRM is quite a feat, and it, along with loads of other tricks used in this run, are explained in detail in the authors' submission notes. You can also watch a version with voice commentary by BruceShankle here.

The authors improve the previous movie by 48 frames. This run is performed on the Japanese 1.0 version of the game, which features faster text than the English version, in addition to having the fastest memory setup.

Alwa's Awakening: The 8-Bit Edition is an official NES demake of the PC game Alwa's Awakening that was co-developed by the developers of the original game. While Alwa's Awakening was a throwback to the 8-bit era of video games with its retro-esque gameplay and graphics, the NES version is a full-on port to an 8-bit video game console. And unlike most demakes, this version retains most of the levels of the PC version along with adding exclusive content.

aiqiyou and J.Y save about 12 seconds over the previous run though better overall optimization and better routing in the glitched areas. We also have a run that forgoes the uses of the out-of-bounds glitches in favor of mostly playing the game as it was intended.

Bob-omb Mario is a Super Mario Bros. romhack where Mario can acquire the ability to throw Bob-ombs to destroy blocks that even he can't destroy as Big Mario. In doing this, NesDraug, the creator of the romhack, created puzzle levels that would normally be impossible without using lots of glitches and are intended to be solved with the Bob-omb powerup. In addition, Mario can run faster and jumping on enemies now causes him to jump much higher.

In this run, HappyLee eschews the use of the Bob-omb powerup in favor of glitching his way through the game, casually clipping through walls and ceilings, and doing it in record time.

The original Castlevania is set in the year 1691. Simon Belmont must fight his way through the castle and destroy Count Dracula.

Challenger and eien86 improve the predecessor movie by 00:06.79 seconds, thanks to better optimization of the scroll glitch as well as more clever ways of utilizing it.

There is also a run of this game which destroys as little as possible.

The MSX version has been TASed as well!

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

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

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

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

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

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Contra is a classic action game. Equipped with heavy artillery and infinite ammo, you must save the world by defeating the organization Red Falcon.

The authors have saved another 6 frames over their previous run by destroying two pop-up walls in level 7 rather than jumping on them.

Contra is a classic action game. Equipped with heavy artillery and infinite ammo, you must save the world by defeating the organization Red Falcon.

Mars608 and aiqiyou have saved nearly a second over their previous run thanks to tighter movement control and a different strategy for reviving the second player.

KUBO is a homebrew NES game developed by a six-year old boy and his supportive father as part of a father and son summer project. You play as a cowboy turtle who must travel through a world full of monsters to retrieve a jewel. The game was programmed by the father using NESMaker and the designs were made by his son.

In this run, MarioAtWork exploits quirks in the NESMaker engine in order to beat the game in record time. Diagonal walking is not supposed to be possible, but a glitch called "drifting" makes it possible in all directions except the down-right direction. You can read the author's notes for more details.

You can get the game here.

Might and Magic, released in 1986, was the first installment in the series that would later evolve into a whole fictional universe, encompassing both the actual M&M games and a multitude of subseries and spin-offs made in their own genres, including King's Bounty, Heroes of Might & Magic, and others.

Normally, this game is rather long. This movie by katsuster skips most of it by using a glitch that allows the player to get all the important items in a matter of a few minutes. It also improves on the previous run that used the same glitch by optimizing the usage of the glitch and by utilizing subframe inputs to skip messages faster. For more details, you can read the author's notes.

katsuster has also provided an encode of the run that has a map and important values next to the gameplay.

Nalleland is a homebrew platformer for the NES about a small walking bear named Nalle. She decides to go out for an adventure but finds that the land around her is filled with monsters and hazards. Luckily, she has a special pin at her disposal that can allow her to defeat those monsters and safely traverse these hazards.

In this run, MarioAtWork does some nifty clipping glitches and a series of precise pin jumps in order to skip the end boss and collect the gem that triggers the game end sequence.

You can play the game here.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

New Mario Bros. is a ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. with changed graphics and new levels inspired by The Lost Levels and Super Mario Bros. 3. Unlike most other SMB romhacks, this one doesn't contain any warp zones that allow you to skip multiple levels.

WolfAeterni uses many well-known Super Mario Bros. glitches in this run in order to beat the game in record time.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

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

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

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Rockman 2: Basic Master is a ROM hack of Mega Man 2 that overhauls a good chunk of the game. Included are new levels, new music, new enemies, and different behaviors from existing Mega Man 2 bosses. There are also some neat shoutouts to other video game franchises to look out for.

cui plays this game to completion as fast as possible by zipping through the majority of it, making Mega Man look like an intangible robot that can walk in midair.

Rockman Exile is a Mega Man 2 ROM hack that makes the game even harder than it already is. Witness as lights in stages periodically go out, boss stages that are fought in the dark, more enemies present on-screen that shoot even more deadly projectiles at you, and more! Aside from the super hard difficulty, there is also additional music that appears to have came from the Mega Man Game Boy games and other games outside of Mega Man.

cui goes through the romhack and uses a combination of glitches and damage boosts to beat the game as fast as possible.

Super Mario Bros.: The Mystery of Luigi is a ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. that parodies Transformers: Convoy no Nazo and is made by the same person that created Extra Mario Bros. Luigi is missing and was possibly kidnapped by a really big Bowser, and it's up to Mario to find and rescue him. It may be a relatively short hack, but it has very good presentation and a couple of new mechanics that make it very different from most SMB ROM hacks.

HappyLee abuses various glitches in this run to get the best ending where Luigi is rescued in record time.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Created by a Japanese comedian who hated video games, Takeshi no Chousenjou (also referred to as Takeshi's Challange) is a parody of video games in a similar vein to Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors. The game was meant to be near impossible to complete. Rumor has it that at one point the player must leave the controller untouched for 1 hour and fight a "final boss" with over a million hit-points. Although this isn't true, the game makes no sense, which is why it is so hard to beat.

This run completes the game in nearly 4 minutes by simply walking off the edge of existence, jumping around in another dimension, and magically ending at the final treasure room. The authors, illayaya and EZGames69 manage to save 2 frames over their previous run.

If you want to see more of the game, we also have a run that forgoes the warp glitch.

This movie aims for the fastest possible time to get a score of 999999 in this game. A surprising 00:18.65 seconds have been shaved off the previous movie through better optimizations.

It warps directly to the 18th level and fills half of the field quickly to be able to operate short distances in the top part of the field. From there on, it only gets Tetrises (4-line clearings) until the score is maxed out.

A glitch involving pressing several directional buttons at once is used to manipulate luck for the next pieces. Flickering of the next piece block and piece in play results. Of course, the fun doesn't stop there, the L blocks also have their say in getting Tetrises.

The Addams Family (1991) is an extremely difficult game in which Gomez Addams must find his missing family members and recover the family's home from their greedy lawyer, Tully Alford. Gomez must collect US$1,000,000 in order to get through the security door in the basement. The game is very badly programmed; Gomez must avoid objects by a significant distance in order to avoid taking damage.

By taking new routes and further optimizing existing ones, ktwo improves on the previous run by 23.21 seconds. You can read the author's notes for more details.

We also have runs of the SNES and Game Boy versions of the game.

The Addams Family (1991) is an extremely difficult game in which Gomez Addams must find his missing family members and recover the family's home from their greedy lawyer, Tully Alford. Gomez must collect US$1,000,000 in order to get through the security door in the basement. The game is very badly programmed; Gomez must avoid objects by a significant distance in order to avoid taking damage.

ktwo improves on the previous run by 56 frames. You can read the author's notes for more details.

We also have runs of the SNES and Game Boy versions of the game.

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

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

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

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Tiger Jenny is an unfinished NES homebrew game that serves as a prequel to Ittle Dew. Taking place 1000 years before Ittle Dew, you play as Jenny Tiger, a legendary warrior who unfortunately met her demise in a toothbrush incident. She must fight and defeat the Lichious Turnip, the leader of the Turnip race that threatens Jenny's race. Jenny initially starts out with a very short ball and chain for a weapon, but it can be upgraded to be longer, making it resemble the Vampire Killer from Castlevania.

The game doesn't actually have a proper ending as the final boss, the Lichious Turnip, didn't have a battle encounter programmed for him. Nevertheless, MarioAtWork and ThunderAxe31 reach the Lichious Turnip in record time.

Tiny Toon Adventures (1991), based on a cartoon show of the same name, is a fairly easy game to play. However, it has a nasty bug lurking within it: if you press left and right simultaneously (you can do it if you break your controller's directional pivot), you can get some impressive momentum.

Kyman and Alyosha improve the previous movie by 0.03 seconds, thanks to better optimisation.

Watch the run played back on a real NES right here.

Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time follows Bugs Bunny in his first 3D title where after taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque he mistakes a time machine for a carrot juice dispenser and ends up in Nowhere.

Watch as AleMastroianni collects all 124 clocks and all 333 golden carrots to return Bugs back to present day so he can make it to Pismo Beach.

Crash Bandicoot is the first game in a seminal series for the PlayStation.

Utilizing zigzag movement and other new tricks, The8bitbeast collects every gem and Tawna Bandicoot to leave Neo Cortex wondering just what kind of flying bandicoot on a double espresso he set on the loose. For details on the new tricks, differences between the USA and JPN versions, and the strategies used, reading the author's comments is recommended.

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

Hot Wheels: Extreme Racing is a 2001 racing game for the Sony Playstation, based on the popular race car toy series. Within each race, the vehicles have the ability to transform into different types of engines, either useful for land, water, air, or all-terrain.

Using the Rollcage vehicle, and maxed-out speed options, somyeol races though (or rather zips though) all possible cups in record time.

MediEvil tells the tale of Sir Daniel Fortesque, one very deceased knight, and his quest to rid the land of undead legions and Zarok, the wicked magician who created them. The gameplay is very reminiscent of the action-platformers of old, consisting largely of running around each stage hacking up baddies, though there is also a good share of puzzles to be solved.

Watch as Crash41596 collects all 20 chalices in record time.

Pac-Man World is a 1999 video game for the PlayStation, released to coincide with the character's 20th anniversary, with Pac-Man going to a birthday party. It is a platform game played in a 3D environment that plays heavily into the history of the character; every non-boss level features a maze that plays by the rules of Pac-Man. Every level is littered with Pac-Dots, fruits and ghosts, and much of the music is modified from early entries into the series.

SFan and lapogne36 abuse various zig-zagging glitches in order to clear the game in record time. We recommend reading the authors' comments for more details.

Pac-Man World is a 1999 video game for the PlayStation, released to coincide with the character's 20th anniversary, with Pac-Man going to a birthday party. It is a platform game played in a 3D environment that plays heavily into the history of the character; every non-boss level features a maze that plays by the rules of Pac-Man. Every level is littered with Pac-Dots, fruits and ghosts, and much of the music is modified from early entries into the series.

Watch as SFan abuses various zig-zagging glitches in order to clear all levels in record time. We recommend reading the authors' comments for more details.

Gnasty Gnorc is mad at the TV, since a reporter said he's not a threat and ugly. Because of that, he decided to trap all of the dragons in crystals. Only Spyro is spared, and he has to free them all.

wafflewizard1, however, uses a secret code that unlocks all homeworlds and reaches the vortex in every individual level (bar the completionist bonus level) in record time. We recommend reading the author's comments for more details.

Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the third installment in the Spyro series and the last Spyro game to be released for the PlayStation, in addition to being the last one created by its original creators.

Watch as wafflewizard1 and jeremythompson intentionally collect the required 100 eggs in order to take on the Sorceress. For more information about this category, reading the submission comments is highly recommended.

In Tomb Raider II: Starring Lara Croft we follow Lara Croft on her second journey to collect the mythical Dagger of Xian artifact near The Great Wall of China.

This time, exploiting glitches including the PAL-exclusive flare wall bug, Troye completes the game and collects all secrets (as in the dragon shaped pickups) in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.

Hook, based on a movie of the same name, is a somewhat slow platformer game about small boys in tights killing pirates. Awesome!

The movie has just enough action to make it entertaining. Thankfully, there are many parts in the game where the player is forced to fly using fairy dust. The flying breaks up the normal pace of the game nicely.

This is a 7206 frame improvement over the previous movie. The author left detailed comments on the various improvements.

Janked Up Mario Party is a Super Mario World ROM hack that's more conservative in its liberties taken with the original game than most. While a lot of aesthetic changes were made such as a more technological theme in some levels, it aims to stick more closely to the feel of the original game. It also has a couple new features such as a more rewarding Dragon Coin system and some Quality of Life improvements to make tackling the harder levels less frustrating.

In this run, BrunoVisnadi completes this game in record time using warps and various glitches to get to Bowser as fast as possible.

Shin Megami Tensei is a first person RPG developed by Atlus. It is the 3rd game in the Megami Tensei series but the first game in the Shin Megami Tensei series. The main playable character, simply referred to as the protagonist, lives in a post-futuristic Tokyo, where a portal to the realm of demons has been opened and Earth becomes ravished by demons.

The game's "Law" ending is achieved in record time with some heavy glitching.

Skipp and Friends: Unexpected Journey is a homebrew puzzle game for the SNES starring three furry friends: Skipp, Wedge, and Apple. They have been kidnapped by aliens, and it's only with their special abilities that they can escape and return home before time runs out. Think of the gameplay as like The Lost Vikings, but with a faux-isometric view and single-player only.

Dacicus utilizes a rather deep understanding of the game's mechanics and bugs to complete the game as fast as possible. You can read their notes here and watch a video of the same run with an included status display for each character here.

Stone Protectors is a beat 'em up video game in a British multimedia franchise trying to capitalize on the "group of badass dudes with an attitude" craze in the '90s popularized by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Toxic Crusaders. It involves a bunch of mediocre rockers who find magic stones that turn them rock star trolls that can outdo the competition. These crystals are coveted by an evil alien race called the Saurians, led by the music-hating Zok, who then invade Earth to find these rock stars, now known as the "Stone Protectors".

Technickle plays the Japanese version for its faster loading times and abuses Cornelius's Ultra-Sonic Vocal Reverb and microphone nunchucks to beat the game as fast as possible.

Stone Protectors is a beat 'em up video game in a British multimedia franchise trying to capitalize on the "group of badass dudes with an attitude" craze in the '90s popularized by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Toxic Crusaders. It involves a bunch of mediocre rockers who find magic stones that turn them rock star trolls that can outdo the competition. These crystals are coveted by an evil alien race called the Saurians, led by the music-hating Zok, who then invade Earth to find these rock stars, now known as the "Stone Protectors".

Technickle plays the Japanese version for its faster loading times and plays both Cornelius the Samurai and Chester the Wrestler to quickly rid the screen of enemies and stunlock bosses in order to beat the game in record time. You can read the author's notes for more details such as how the RNG was manipulated.

WARNING: This video includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy. The heaviest spots are at the 43:24, 53:02, 57:49, 1:16:19, 1:37:36, and 2:09:15 marks of this TAS.

Super Mario World is one of the most popular SNES games of all time. Its relevance in today's gaming culture cannot be understated. From its colorful graphics, to its smooth and satisfying controls, to its memorable soundtrack, and to its many MANY glitches.

Over the years, Super Mario World has had a wide range of exploits in order to do some crazy stuff. However, many of the glitches don't save any time in a speedrun. This TAS by IgorOliveira666 aims to showcase as many glitches and exploits in this game as possible, without worrying about speed. Some glitches are so intense that they crash the game, necessitating a restart of the console.

The Lion King, based on the famous Disney movie, is a platform game where you control Simba - initially as a young cub, and later as an adult lion. The plot of the game follows the plot of the movie. Each of the levels represents a part of the movie.

EZGames69 and SBDWolf save 1:28 over the previous run by playing on the easiest difficulty instead of the hardest and through better manipulation of the RNG. For more details, you can read the authors' comments.

For a TAS of the slightly different Genesis port, you can find it here.