[TAS Comparison] Super Mario Bros. "warpless" in 18:36.78
Comparison video for new warpless TAS by HappyLee & Mars608. Total time save is 42 frames (0.7 second) over MrWint's TAS 2 months ago, and is 87 frames over HappyLee's TAS 6 years ago. Time save in 1-4, 4-4, 5-1, 6-2 and 6-4. For more information and better understanding, please read submission text: http://tasvideos.org/5975S.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGKmJhENyJo
Tool-Assisted Speedrun by HappyLee. MFAE is the "hard mode" of a well-known PC game Mario Forever. TASes of it are rarely seen, but my series have completed World 1 to World 8 in the fastest time, and as entertaining as possible. Enjoy!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwzx8Xfl-FM
To skip the repetitive process and see final playback, go to 05:49.
Inspired by MarI/O and LuigI/O, I've made my own SMBbot, except that it's not AI, it's what I call an "Artificial Idiot", for it's really DUMB. It doesn't read map, doesn't read level information, doesn't evolve, doesn't have much memory. It basically just jumps randomly, and loads savestates after dying or bumping into a wall.
Yet the performance is very satisfying for such a simple script. It's able to complete the entire World 7 in 07:00 without Turbo, with only 469 retry, and in speedrun style!
7-2 is the hardest stages for World 7, but this time SMBbot got lucky enough to enter the pipe in the second try. 7-4 is much easier than 4-4.
After some manual upgrade, now it can solve every level of SMB with no problem. I'll keep it this way (but a bit smarter) and see how far it can go!
World 1 in 04:57: https://youtu.be/_5-Ycq5vJkM
World 2 in 06:47: https://youtu.be/VAABWF1NRvk
World 3 in 04:46: https://youtu.be/ru1sH6jN04o
World 4 in 02:59 (AutoTurbo): https://youtu.be/MVOlJi7CCuw
World 5 in 04:46: https://youtu.be/3-_AWxlLg9Y
World 6 in 05:44: https://youtu.be/9Tlif_XU4Jg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJCyfp6HQfU
New glitch that I found. X can get really close to Magma Dragoon before the fight. To show it fully, I demonstrated it in 4 different ways.
Unfortunately this glitch probably isn't useful in an actual TAS.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3msZMmVPZY
A hack that tests player's "wall skills" made by Snowarrow. This run aims at the shortest time completing those stages, which skips lots of the walls using more difficult wall skills, but still entertaining to watch, at least as a demonstration to the fastest way to solve the puzzle.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxvOQ_lzJyg
Special amusement before April Fool's Day. This is a real SMB 1-2 playaround TAS (no cheat code or anything), showing a strange graphic glitch that turns every enemy into Bowser's butts (or headless Bowsers?). Unfortunately this glitch won't last after Mario leaves the stage, and I can't seem to turn the enemies into anything else, but it's still fun.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-JeFTtglo