Controller Automatically Beats SMB on NES

Gage LaMay · 02-21-2011, 10:11 AM

Video - NESBot - NES playing robot beating Super Mario Bros.

A modder developed a controller that is programmed to automatically speedrun Super Mario Bros. when plugged into the NES in about 5 minutes. Alot of people are calling this fake and "just a waste of time." - Whatcha' think?

Glux · 02-21-2011, 11:56 AM

3:53 was that wall jumping??

MeowMan · 02-21-2011, 03:40 PM

Yep, it was wall jumping. Proved itself fake.

**Cravdraa** · 02-21-2011, 04:04 PM

Wall jumping is very possible in SMB. It's basicly a glitch that takes incredibly perfect timing to pull off.

The run in this video is real and very possible on an emulator. I think he even says he got the button imput from a predone emulator run somebody else did.
The only part I'd be skeptical about is doing it on NES hardware. I would think that the NES's timing might be ever so slightly different, which would throw the input off the farther it got into the run. Further more, the signal has to travel through the controller cord, which again, might change the timing ever so slightly from an emulator run.

So it might be real? A little iffy... But I'm not sure why somebody would got to so much trouble to fake it. Pretty cool if it's real.

Robotazy · 02-21-2011, 04:10 PM

I think the question should really be, "Why does it matter if it is fake?"

**Valigarmander** · 02-21-2011, 04:19 PM

I've always wondered how difficult it would be to develop a level solver for Super Mario Bros.

02-21-2011, 10:11 AM	#1
Gage LaMay Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Home Gender: Posts: 103 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Controller Automatically Beats SMB on NES Video - NESBot - NES playing robot beating Super Mario Bros. A modder developed a controller that is programmed to automatically speedrun Super Mario Bros. when plugged into the NES in about 5 minutes. Alot of people are calling this fake and "just a waste of time." - Whatcha' think?

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Glux Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Home Gender: Posts: 7,122 Thanks: 647 Thanked 360 Times in 236 Posts Blog Entries: 3	3:53 was that wall jumping??

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MeowMan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Las Pegasus Gender: Posts: 6,606 Thanks: 849 Thanked 208 Times in 132 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Yep, it was wall jumping. Proved itself fake.

02-21-2011, 04:04 PM	#4
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's Round on the sides and high in the middle. Gender: Posts: 8,470 Thanks: 171 Thanked 662 Times in 404 Posts	Wall jumping is very possible in SMB. It's basicly a glitch that takes incredibly perfect timing to pull off. The run in this video is real and very possible on an emulator. I think he even says he got the button imput from a predone emulator run somebody else did. The only part I'd be skeptical about is doing it on NES hardware. I would think that the NES's timing might be ever so slightly different, which would throw the input off the farther it got into the run. Further more, the signal has to travel through the controller cord, which again, might change the timing ever so slightly from an emulator run. So it might be real? A little iffy... But I'm not sure why somebody would got to so much trouble to fake it. Pretty cool if it's real.

02-21-2011, 04:10 PM	#5
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,484 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	I think the question should really be, "Why does it matter if it is fake?"

02-21-2011, 04:19 PM	#6
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I've always wondered how difficult it would be to develop a level solver for Super Mario Bros.