Tool-Assisted Speedrunning

mushroom · 07-23-2006, 09:59 PM

http://tasvideos.org

Tool-assisted speedruns are basically a record of keypresses applied to a game to get the best results possible. For example: that SMB3 video made a while back that beat the game in 11 minutes was a TAS. A human didn't play that game, at least not in the strictest sense, but many techniques using an emulator were applied (such as slow-motion and savestates) to get at least what looks like a perfect playthrough. You can learn more and see tons of TASes at the URL above. They're really fun to watch.

note: I'm not sure if this was the right forum to post this in, but the majority of the TASes on that site are performed on classic Nintendo systems.

***Ace Mercury*** · 07-23-2006, 10:35 PM

I remember looking these up a while ago. I posted something about the X and X2 simultaneous TAS ( http://tasvideos.org/750S.html ) earlier; wacky stuff.

[edit: I found my old thread here. Also has that wacky Averaging Gradius thing. ]

***Cosmonautical*** · 08-04-2006, 03:11 AM

I've seen a particularily amazing playthrough of Mega Man 2, created this way - along with the infamous Mario 3 video. Everyone seemed to think they were totally legit, when they first came into being. I wasn't too surprised when word finally spread that they were "tool-assisted" runs.

mushroom · 08-04-2006, 11:33 AM

the Mega Man one is absolutely insane. He's just zipping through walls the whole time.

07-23-2006, 09:59 PM	#1
mushroom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Brandon, MS Gender: Posts: 5,527 Thanks: 43 Thanked 55 Times in 48 Posts	Tool-Assisted Speedrunning http://tasvideos.org Tool-assisted speedruns are basically a record of keypresses applied to a game to get the best results possible. For example: that SMB3 video made a while back that beat the game in 11 minutes was a TAS. A human didn't play that game, at least not in the strictest sense, but many techniques using an emulator were applied (such as slow-motion and savestates) to get at least what looks like a perfect playthrough. You can learn more and see tons of TASes at the URL above. They're really fun to watch. note: I'm not sure if this was the right forum to post this in, but the majority of the TASes on that site are performed on classic Nintendo systems.

07-23-2006, 10:35 PM	#2
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,275 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I remember looking these up a while ago. I posted something about the X and X2 simultaneous TAS ( http://tasvideos.org/750S.html ) earlier; wacky stuff. [edit: I found my old thread here. Also has that wacky Averaging Gradius thing. ] Last edited by Ace Mercury; 07-23-2006 at 10:41 PM.

08-04-2006, 03:11 AM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,156 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I've seen a particularily amazing playthrough of Mega Man 2, created this way - along with the infamous Mario 3 video. Everyone seemed to think they were totally legit, when they first came into being. I wasn't too surprised when word finally spread that they were "tool-assisted" runs.

08-04-2006, 11:33 AM	#4
mushroom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Brandon, MS Gender: Posts: 5,527 Thanks: 43 Thanked 55 Times in 48 Posts	the Mega Man one is absolutely insane. He's just zipping through walls the whole time.