This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/3289M.html Of all the challenging ways to play Legend of Zelda that people have attempted on a NES console, one of the most famous is the "swordless" challenge. In this challenge, the player must beat all of the game, up until the final boss Ganon, without using a sword. It is not possible to damage Ganon without a sword however, so many swordless runs reach Ganon's room to die there. In order to
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2786M.html Kid Icarus is a classic NES platformer where the player is Pit the angel who is on a quest to defeat Medusa. This is an improvement of 1:11.63 () over the previous movie, thanks to glitches which allow zips. See the author's comments (http://tasvideos.org/4576S.html) for details.
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2806M.html Darkman is a game loosely based on the movie of the same name. In this side-scrolling platformer, the player controls Darkman, a superhero who can jump, kick and punch, as well as swing from a rope during action sequences between levels. In each level, Darkman disguises himself as the boss of the level, whom he must defeat before the time limit runs out. In this TAS, thelegendarymudkip uses various tr
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/1155M.html Super Spy Hunter (1992) was originally released in Japan under the name Battle Formula (バトルフォーミュラ). The game has "become" a sequel to Spy Hunter, the arcade classic from 1983, already after its initial release — when the developer purchased the license from Midway (http://www.midway.com/) . Since the main character drives a wheeled vehicle, this game shows to be the rare kind of a variable s
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2805M.html The evil space wizard Krohn has mastered the power to control a black hole, and plans on using this power to control the universe. You are an explorer on assignment in a remote corner of the universe. You have just been reassigned to fight Krohn since your ship, the Millennium Orb, is the only space craft cabable of withstanding Krohn's black hole. To defeat Krohn, you must get past 30 different ch
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/1381M.html This movie has been obsoleted by http://tasvideos.org/1956M.html If what was done with this movie was possible in real life, economies worldwide would crash. The author abuses an oversight in the game that could cause an item to be sold more than it costs. This oversight only exists in the Japanese version.
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/976M.html This is an improvement of 13.66 () seconds over laughing_gas's princess-only (http://tasvideos.org/960M.html) run of Super Mario Bros. 2 (aka. Super Mario USA). The concept for this run originated long ago because Princess was the only character not used in the normal run (http://tasvideos.org/1724M.html) aiming for fastest overall time. Since then, improvements have removed Mario from that ru
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/334M.html The movie is an amazing 5:32 improvement to the previous Super Pitfall movie. The author doesn't want to spoil what makes this version so much faster than the last one. You'll have to watch it in order to find out. Hopefully you've already seen the 11:52 version so that you can understand this movie better. In order to beat the game (the first quest, at least), Pitfall Harry must accompl
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2780M.html Created by a Japanese comedian who hated video games, this 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. The author, was0x, instead completes the game i
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2777M.html The valiant knight Kuros, who has now grown eyeballs on the outside of his helmet, must again fight off the evil wizard Malkil. This task is accomplished mainly by finding an artifact in every level, giving it to a corresponding oversized animal to get into the level boss' lair, and promptly beating him up with a level-specific attack spell. However, this run manages to use a glitch to keep the att
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2776M.html 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. Usin
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/871M.html The games Mega Man 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all the same. Eight robot masters are defeated and Mega Man steals their weapons. After some kind of distraction, Mega Man attacks Wily's fortress and it typically gets blown up. If you don't believe that's true, we offer this movie. While driving home the point in honor of our first multi-game movie (http://tasvideos.org/380M.html) , Baxter (http://t
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2770M.html In Cosmo Police: Galivan, the player takes the role of the last remaining member of the Cosmo Police. His comrades died while trying to free the planet Cynep from the evil roaming on it. Now the player is the last hope. This game is a mix between a shooter and a platformer: the player walks through the caves, jumps over obstacles and shoots everything in sight. Well, at least if he has a weapon: at th
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2768M.html Based on the popular Where's Waldo series of books, the player's goal is to find both Waldo and a scroll to complete the stage before the time on the clock runs out. Waldo must be found before the scroll in order to complete the stage.
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2166M.html Duck Hunt is the classic NES zapper game. No live ducks are seen in this movie.
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This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/1576M.html Otocky was created by Toshio Iwai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Iwai) in 1987 and was only released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System. It is best described as a musical side-scrolling shoot 'em up where the primary weapon is a ball which, when fired in one of eight directions, plays different musical notes on the primary instrument quantized to the beat of the background music. Needles
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/1383M.html Eggerland is a predecessor of the NES Adventures of Lolo games, and in certain ways, it has much more features than Adventures of Lolo 1. This movie abuses a couple of the game bugs in a surprising way. Note that this is a Famicom Disk System game. Read What is FDS (http://tasvideos.org/FDS.html) for more information. Also note that this movie is about 42 seconds longer than the previous (http://
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/2068M.html A Week of Garfield is a 1989 Famicom exclusive based on the comic strip character Garfield. In the game you play through levels which take place on each day of the week on your search to find Odie. This game is surprisingly hard. Playing the game without dying (which results in a game over since you only have one life), let alone not losing any health, is extremely challenging. At times the screen is
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/1048M.html Circus Charlie is a simple game that most people probably know from pirate multigame carts. The first stages are easy for anyone even on real NES, but stage 3 is already quite challenging. This movie plays "1 player game A" (easy). Ironically, this is MORE challenging for tool-assisted gameplay. Stage times: 3410, 3560, 3750, 3890, 4270. Yet another "perfect" movie beaten. Thi
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/961M.html Arkanoid (1987) strongly resembles the arcade game Breakout (1976). In Arkanoid, the paddle is actually a spaceship, and the bricks are space walls. The goal of the game is to break through the space walls and defeat the villainous Doh in order to escape from the space labyrinth. This incredible TAS (http://tasvideos.org/Glossary.html) of Arkanoid, made by Baxter (http://tasvideos.org/Baxter.html) , i