User Files from HappyLee

Crazy new TAS, improving SMBistic & Arbono's previous record by 337 frames (~5.61 seconds).

The main highlights and improvements are in 8-1, 8-2, and 8-3. By using a new & complex Koopa shell–kicking strategy, we skip entering the castle, saving a significant amount of time.

The entertainment value has also been improved. I added some music-synced gameplay in 4-1 and 8-4 - did you notice it?

Note: This is not the original Super Mario Bros., but a Two Players hack based on the original game. Both players must touch the flagpole to clear a stage, and both must press Down simultaneously to enter pipes.

Authors: HappyLee & Kzwbz Time: 04:49.09 Re-records: 13222

This is my first dual-player TAS. Special thanks to Kzwbz for his help.

Another 4 frame improvement, thanks to M3's finding of cancelling ladder jump animation.

New SMB1 hack by NesDraug, with cool features and nice level design.

I find it fun, so I started making this fastest any% TAS (warps allowed). Unfortunately it doesn't show the new Bob-omb power-up, because being small-only is faster for the any% TAS.

The hack has faster running speed and higher bounces off enemies, therefore more glitch potential. My favorite trick is clipping through the ceiling in 2-1.

Enjoy. :)

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6577/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqzcu6KzYCw

Downward floor clip is usually considered impossible in Super Mario Bros (NTSC version). This one is a rare exception.

DaSmileKat came up with the idea of using a vine and enemies to do a floor clip. It requires at least 2 enemies in SMB1, and 1 in SMB2J because of higher bounce. But it's hard to think of a place to actually perform it without using hacks or memory editing, so I came up with the idea of showing it in the beginning of 1-2, with a vine "stolen" from 5-2 by Luigi's death.

This glitch requires extremely precise Y subspeed and Y subpixel. The vine is used because it provides a different Y subspeed than jumping and sliding, and the 2 Goombas are used to further adjust Y subspeed until we get the perfect Y subspeed required for this ground clip.

There hasn't been a completely new SMB glitch found in 2 years, because rare glitches like this are extremely hard to find. Thanks to DaSmileKat for this. :)

SMB can be completed without ever pressing Left. This TAS demonstrates the fastest way possible. It's interesting that the fastest route happens to show entering 5-1 through 1-2 wrong warp glitch.

Authors (who have their Left button broken): HappyLee, Kriller37, Mars608 & KFCMario

HappyLee: I started this project back in 2009. Mars608 and KFCMario joined the project mostly during 2012 to 2015. We've made several demo runs, but the project was postponed many times simply because a Firebar in 6-4 always gets in our way. I felt that there should be a way to avoid that.

I restarted this project in 2020 with Kriller37. The 6-4 Firebar problem was solved with 5-1 Bullet Bill glitch ending, which is the hardest and the last piece of the puzzle. Killer37 finished many stages like 5-3, 7-1, 8-1 and 8-2, and his great skills and high efficiency make this TAS finally see the light of the day in 2020.

Q: Why do you slow down in many places? A: Most of the slow downs are for entertainment, and some to avoid certain timer. This game has 21 frame rule, so slowing down doesn't necessarily mean time loss.

Q: Can this be done by real-time speedrunners? A: I believe YES, because SMB speedrunners nowadays have done crazier things. There's no super-hard glitch involved in this route. I'd certainly love to see a "no Left" real-time speedrun someday. :)

Updated: double suicide with the final boss.

Mars and I are improving the SMB warpless walkathon together, and we've saved 42 frames so far, 21 frames from 1-3 and 21 frames from 1-4 (extremely hard). Both two improvements were mainly found by me, inputs from 1-1 to 1-3 was done by Mars, and 1-4 was done by me.

World 5's finished, presented by HappyLee and KFCMario. Up to now, 105 frames were saved.