Eumeus14
Theoretical Ice skip with 0 A presses
updated
Commentators: Myself, Draconif, and Jess
Thanks to TreZc0 and the ZSR team for the opportunity to showcase this TAS live on the official channel.
twitch.tv/zeldaspeedruns
Commentated version here: youtube.com/watch?v=Dl-5tvcWgQ8
TAS timing: 2:26:51.4
RTA timing: 2:22:43.437
Rerecords: 498,587
When it comes to determining what counts as a glitch, it's actually not black and white. The rules for glitchless speedruns were not decided by me or by any other one person; they are the result of years of discussion, discovery, and voting amongst the speedrun community. Over time, the rules have changed and will always be subject to change. Therefore, it's not impossible that some things in this run could later be banned, or conversely, other techniques could later be allowed that would have saved time in this run.
You can see a full list of banned techniques here: speedrun.com/mm?h=Any-glitchless&rules=category&x=jdzlw4r2-r8r7yrwn.5q83evr1
I started this TAS in July of 2023 and finished in February of 2025, working on it almost daily. Over a year and a half of work and nearly 500 thousand rerecords have culminated in this run and I am extremely pleased with the result. The level of optimization completely outclasses any TAS I've made prior. You can read detailed notes on this TAS here: tasvideos.org/9546S
While I was the only author of this TAS, I absolutely could not have done this without the help and support of several people.
Thanks to:
-Glitchless planning group DM people (Imbued, GlitchesAndStuff, Gigopler, Jess, Fox, Trevperson, Samplename) for helping write the route, coming up with various ideas, and answering questions when I needed help.
- Fox again for letting me reference his work in Pirate's Fortress
- Draconif, imbued, and gigopler for good critical feedback resulting in several improvements, as well as offering a variety of ideas.
- Adruckenmiller for providing a visual representation of polygons after goron graveyard
- Andzura for providing MM compatibility in collision viewer for PR void zones
- Kaztalek for being The Legendary Keeta and also for providing his wind script
- Ecksters for documenting item drop rates in a coherent chart.
- Bruce Shankle for helping me with encoding different video plugins cleanly in one high quality output file.
February 22nd @5:00 PM EST
See the official ZSR schedule here: zeldaspeedruns.com/schedule
You can join the TAS Competition Discord here: discord.gg/d97q7UG
The discord has information about the competition and future tasks, as well as all of the resources you'll need to participate. There are several experienced TASers in the discord including myself, so feel free to ask if you have any questions about TAS techniques.
Results:
4: Olayer01, 25 rerecords, 99.933 seconds
3: Mr. Wolf Zero, 919 rerecords, 54.316 seconds
2: Oj, 4607 rerecords, 54.033 seconds
1: Eumeus14, 5857 rerecords, 48.15 seconds
Music Used:
Rolling Sky Level 1 OST
Animusic - Seventh Alloy
These are tool-assisted, meaning savestates are used and the game is played in frame advance or slowed down with an emulator. For more info, visit http://tasvideos.org
You can join the TAS Competition Discord here: discord.gg/d97q7UG
The discord has information about the competition and future tasks, as well as all of the resources you'll need to participate. There are several experienced TASers in the discord including myself, so feel free to ask if you have any questions about TAS techniques.
Results:
2: Eumeus14, 2878 rerecords, 21.133 seconds
1: RedPenguin, 8423 rerecords, 19.85 seconds
Music Used: Pixel Party - Vexento
These are tool-assisted, meaning savestates are used and the game is played in frame advance or slowed down with an emulator. For more info, visit http://tasvideos.org
2. Wait until you hear it breathe at you then jump onto the pipe by the railing. Don't get too close to the railing or it'll eat you through it. If you jump too early, it'll wander off and you'll need to wrangle it back.
3. It'll charge into the corner next to you on the top platform. You can then get 3 shovel hits.
4. It seems like it will always go back down the stairs after this. Wait until it does and repeat the process.
If you mess up the rhythm and he wanders off, it is recoverable, but takes some finesse.
With a little practice, this can be done pretty reliably.
It is possible for a minecart to spawn in front of the pipe. If that happens, this will still work, but it will be much more precise, as the maneater will be inclined to step up onto the minecart to reach you.
This is the fourth task of the 2023/2024+ TAS competition. This task ran as part of the 2024 Multi-Game TAS Competition. Join the MGTC discord here: discord.gg/PbY433kFQN
You can join the Majora's Mask TAS Competition Discord here: discord.gg/d97q7UG
The discord has information about the competition and future tasks, as well as all of the resources you'll need to participate. There are several experienced TASers in the discord including myself, so feel free to ask if you have any questions about TAS techniques.
Results:
7: LirWm, 183 rerecords, 88.066 seconds
6: Olayer01, 12 rerecords, 76.733 seconds
5: LRFLEW, 1132 rerecords, 71.533 seconds
4: BillyWAR, 5403 rerecords, 65.45 seconds
3: Mr. Wolf Zero, 4185 rerecords, 46.683 seconds
2: TheTasMaster, 1790 rerecords, 43.166 seconds
1: Eumeus14, 4221 rerecords, 40.866 seconds
DQ: ttto (Loophole using bottle adventure to increase number of bomber's caught)
Music Used:
- Leslie Wai - Paradigm
- Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door (Switch) - Prince Mush Battle
These are tool-assisted, meaning savestates are used and the game is played in frame advance or slowed down with an emulator. For more info, visit http://tasvideos.org
Majora's Mask Beginner TAS Tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=LrJHB6Iyyfc
This combines the principles of a mega jump (taking damage next to a ledge for a speed bust to do a really big jump) and a recoil jump (jumping off a platform and shielding damage to attain high negative speed through the air)
By facing away from where I want to go and performing an ESS twist right before I take damage, I can get a twisted megajump. Because bombs are so easy to detonate with neighboring explosions, I can just immediately pull another bomb and it will blow up. Shielding this gives me the recoil speed which is greater than mega jump speed.
You can join the TAS Competition Discord here: discord.gg/d97q7UG
The discord has information about the competition and future tasks, as well as all of the resources you'll need to participate. There are several experienced TASers in the discord including myself, so feel free to ask if you have any questions about TAS techniques.
Results:
4: Olayer01 , 210 rerecords, 141.583 seconds
3: The Tas Master, 3987 rerecords, 29.816 seconds
2: RedPenguin, 3120 rerecords, 28.2 seconds
1: Eumeus14, 5785 rerecords, 27.733 seconds
Music Used: Endless Fantasy - Anamanaguchi
These are tool-assisted, meaning savestates are used and the game is played in frame advance or slowed down with an emulator. For more info, visit http://tasvideos.org
Bizhawk Download: tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory
Chapters:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:29 - Bizhawk Installation and Setup
0:34:20 - Basic Controls
0:52:57 - General Movement
1:29:01 - Items
1:57:29 - Grounded Slides
2:21:32 - Aerial Recoil
2:33:58 - ISG and Hovering
2:45:44 - Water
2:59:25 - Various Clips
Zelda TAS Discord: discord.gg/BaAdBZMwez
Thanks to Imbued, Turkenheimer, and BruceShankle
Normally when performing a maximum height bombchu hover, you have to delay the backflip by a frame to allow Link to finish putting his shield away, otherwise you can't do a frame 1 bombchu pull. However, after blocking the explosion during a hover, there is 1 frame where you can pull the sword. Then there's 1 frame where you can backflip or sidehop without swinging the sword. This frame happens to be right on the frame that you normally couldn't perform a maximum height hover.
You can download the .bk2 file here drive.google.com/file/d/1vL8qLgONAWYp5B3e14a7pwVhFDNfCw36/view?usp=sharing
This was done on Bizhawk 1.13.2, so you'll need a compatible version to play back the movie file. The technique itself will of course work on any version of Bizhawk or of the game, though.
You can join the TAS Competition Discord here: discord.gg/d97q7UG
The discord has information about the competition and future tasks, as well as all of the resources you'll need to participate. There are several experienced TASers in the discord including myself, so feel free to ask if you have any questions about TAS techniques. You can also reach out to me directly if you need more help with certain tricks or techniques.
I'm planning to put together a video to help people learn TAS techniques for this game. My hope is to make participating feel accessible to more people. I don't want anyone to feel like they can't participate because they don't know the game well enough.
Results:
2: Duffy, 201 rerecords, 55.066 seconds
1: Eumeus14, 4141 rerecords, 24.716 seconds
Music Used: Blackhole - SunStorm
These are tool-assisted, meaning savestates are used and the game is played in frame advance or slowed down with an emulator. For more info, visit http://tasvideos.org
You can join the TAS Competition Discord here: discord.gg/d97q7UG The discord has information about the competition and future tasks, as well as all of the resources you'll need to participate. There are several experienced TASers in the discord including myself, so feel free to ask if you have any questions about TAS techniques.
Results:
4: Olayer01 , 93 rerecords, 51.15 seconds
3: RedPenguin, 2610 rerecords, 31.133 seconds
2: The Tas Master, 2085 rerecords, 30.3 seconds
1: Eumeus14, 3346 rerecords, 20.533 seconds
Music Used: Halloween Castle: Myth - Holocure OST
These are tool-assisted, meaning savestates are used and the game is played in frame advance or slowed down with an emulator. For more info, visit http://tasvideos.org
The gate needs to be queued to rise, which does not grant this much utility.
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