Task 7 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019 @daddu7023

daddu A compilation of the 29 non-disqualified entries of Task 7 in the Super Mario 64 TAS Competition 2019.

I tried to show the pyramid route separately, but only 10 entries use it and I barely can't show 19 Mario's at the same type so I had to include DyllonStej with the pyramid group so it would fit in two clips.

Task: collect the red coin in the opposite corner of the course. No triple jumps, BLJ or C^ hyperspeed allowed.

I recorded the making of this video, which can be found here:
youtu.be/QgGftZueX30

Background music: Gritzy Desert - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
youtube.com/watch?v=w7oAgQk541k

Full results:
1st. Rush57 12"77
2nd. Nis
3rd. Non5en5e
4th. DyllonStej
5th. IwerSonsch
6th. fifdspence
7th. Madghostek
8th. Dargos
9th. CeeSZee
10th. Sk3p3x
10th. speedycube64
12th. Van Helsing
13th. AleXx167
14th. kanef
15th. Bretaigne
16th. Kosmic
17th. CalzoneSpeedrun
17th. ERGC|Xander
19th. LRFLEW
20th. Ashnofe
20th. UnderWater
22nd. MarioKiller
23rd. Why
24th. TASisRTA
25th. 2003041
26th. LeddaZ
27th. Ystem
28th. GottenDesert0
29th. Super Watermelon 64

DQ: FilipeTales (Triple Jumps)
DQ: Nathan10nathan (Triple Jumps)
DQ: Ojj (Triple Jumps)

updated 7 years ago

Task 7 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-04-21 | A compilation of the 29 non-disqualified entries of Task 7 in the Super Mario 64 TAS Competition 2019.

I tried to show the pyramid route separately, but only 10 entries use it and I barely can't show 19 Mario's at the same type so I had to include DyllonStej with the pyramid group so it would fit in two clips.

Task: collect the red coin in the opposite corner of the course. No triple jumps, BLJ or C^ hyperspeed allowed.

I recorded the making of this video, which can be found here:
youtu.be/QgGftZueX30

Background music: Gritzy Desert - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
youtube.com/watch?v=w7oAgQk541k

Full results:
1st. Rush57 12"77
2nd. Nis
3rd. Non5en5e
4th. DyllonStej
5th. IwerSonsch
6th. fifdspence
7th. Madghostek
8th. Dargos
9th. CeeSZee
10th. Sk3p3x
10th. speedycube64
12th. Van Helsing
13th. AleXx167
14th. kanef
15th. Bretaigne
16th. Kosmic
17th. CalzoneSpeedrun
17th. ERGC|Xander
19th. LRFLEW
20th. Ashnofe
20th. UnderWater
22nd. MarioKiller
23rd. Why
24th. TASisRTA
25th. 2003041
26th. LeddaZ
27th. Ystem
28th. GottenDesert0
29th. Super Watermelon 64

DQ: FilipeTales (Triple Jumps)
DQ: Nathan10nathan (Triple Jumps)
DQ: Ojj (Triple Jumps)

Task 7 Ghost comparison - 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament

daddu 2022-02-13 | A ghost compilation of the entries from the seventh task in the Super Mario 64 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament, a TAS competition created by nim and Experge to honor the 25th anniversary of Super Mario 64 in North America.

This compilation includes 3 entries of people that were eliminated from the tournament, the "Losers Bracket". "L1" in the ranking means "1st in the losers bracket".

Task: Using the provided .st, start timing by collecting the 100 coin star (to be specific, it starts after textbox). Collect 2 of the 3 red coins in that area before warping. The warps are marked by 1-ups. After warping, collect all of the 5 red coins in the area. Timing ends when the seventh red coin is collected.

Music: Shroom Ridge - Mario Kart DS

Results:
1st. FeijoadaMolhada 10"20
2nd. Frame 10"33
3rd. tjk 10"80
4th. L3dr 10"87
4th. fifdspence 10"87
6th. Galoomba 11"03
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7th. DyllonStej 11"33
8th. RSw 11"93

Loser bracket:
1st. kie 11"43
2nd. LRFLEW 15"10
3rd. Komali 18"10
DQ: SuperM789 (Mario left the course)

Task 6 Ghost comparison - 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament

daddu 2022-01-30 | A ghost compilation of the entries from the sixth task in the Super Mario 64 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament, a TAS competition created by nim and Experge to honor the 25th anniversary of Super Mario 64 in North America.

Task: In the Castle Grounds, start by sliding down the tree. Collect two 1ups and two yellow coins, without collecting two of the same type in a row. End by going through the moat door to the basement.

Music: N64 Royal Raceway - Mario Kart 8

Results:
1st. DyllonStej 8"27
2nd. FeijoadaMolhada 8"37
3rd. Frame 8"60
4th. fifdspence 10"13
5th. tjk 10"57
6th. L3dry 10"67
7th. Galoomba 11"13
8th. RSw 12"30
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9th. brqm 12"57

Task 5 Ghost comparison - 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament

daddu 2022-01-07 | A ghost compilation of the entries from the fifth task in the Super Mario 64 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament, a TAS competition created by nim and Experge to honor the 25th anniversary of Super Mario 64 in North America.

Task: In Cool, Cool Mountain, start by reading the sign closest to Mario. Timing begins when the dialog box closes. Grab the tops (enter the handstand state) of each of the 5 trees in the map, and finish by reading the sign near the penguin mother.

Music: Snow Ball Park - Super Mario 3D World

Results:
1st. Frame 18"80
2nd. Galoomba 18"83
3rd. FeijoadaMolhada 18"87
4th. DyllonStej 19"23
5th. tjk 21"07
6th. Brqm 21"63
7th. Crackhex 21"70
8th. fifdspence 21"73
9th. L3dry 22"43
10th. RSw 22"57
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11th. Ystem 22"97
12th. LRFLEW 26"30

Task 4 Ghost comparison - 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament

daddu 2021-12-12 | A ghost compilation of the entries from the fourth task in the Super Mario 64 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament, a TAS competition created by nim and Experge to honor the 25th anniversary of Super Mario 64 in North America.

Because the task is so short, I'm showing all runs twice, from two angles.

In the video overlay, Ystem's entry is first, but the run is sort of disqualified because you're not supposed to collect the vanish cap before timing starts. Because this was not stated in the task description, the is still in the competition.

Task: Using the provided .st, start by stepping on the switch to begin timing. Collect 4 of the 8 custom placed red coins in any order you desire. After collecting 4, collect the star hidden in the wall in between the metal and vanish caps

Music: Super Mario 64 - Dire, Dire Docks [Remix] by Qumu
youtube.com/watch?v=j7YG5ojRDFM

Results:
1st/2nd. Galoomba 5"57
2nd/3rd. Jongyon 6"17
3rd/4th. Frame 8"70
4th/5th. fifdspence 8"73
5th/6th. DyllonStej 8"83
6th/7th. Brqm 8"90
7th/8th. FeijoadaMolhada 9"07
8th/9th. tjk 9"63
9th/10th. RSw 10"00
10th/11th. L3dry 10"83
10th/11th. LRFLEW 10"83
12th/13th. Crackhex 11"63
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13th/14th. Slither 11"90
14th/15th. Noci27 12"97
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DQ/1st. Ystem 3"07; collected vanish cap before timing started; allowed to continue

Task 3 Ghost comparison - 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament

daddu 2021-11-20 | A ghost compilation of the entries from the third task in the Super Mario 64 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament, a TAS competition created by nim and Experge to honor the 25th anniversary of Super Mario 64 in North America.

Task: Using the provided savestate file, start by warping across the course (from right to left).

1. Break one red cap box.
2. Collect any three yellow coins within the course.
3. Break one more red cap box.

Afterwards, head to the warp in the pyramid (the top has been removed for your convenience.) Timing starts on first warp, ends when Mario enters the pyramid.

Music: Desert Theme - Super Mario 3D Land

Results:
1st. Frame 13"90
2nd. Galoomba 15"97
3rd. Brqm 17"27
4th. FeijoadaMolhada 18"27
5th. fifdspence 18"67
6th. L3dry 18"73
7th. DyllonStej 19"67
8th. tjk 20"10
9th. Ystem 21"50
10th. Jongyon 21"73
11th. RSw 21"97
12th. Slither 22"47
13th: Crackhex 22"90
14th. Noci27 24"37
15th. LRFLEW 25"13
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16th. Madghostek 26"33
17th. Wade7 27"07

Task 2 Ghost comparison - 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament

daddu 2021-11-06 | A ghost compilation of the entries from the second task in the Super Mario 64 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament, a TAS competition created by nim and Experge to honor the 25th anniversary of Super Mario 64 in North America.

Task: In Whomp's Fortress, start by warping from the spinning platform to the area with the metal cap box. Collect all three red coins listed on the map. After collecting all three red coins, collect one of the three yellow coins listed on the map.

Music: Mario Kart Wii 8 Bit Remix (Konami VRC6) by Bulby
youtube.com/watch?v=w5vG0bgFDDs

Results:
1st. DyllonStej 10"70
2nd. Frame 10"97
3rd. Brqm 11"13
4th. Galoomba 11"20
5th. L3dry 11"30
6th. fifdspence 11"37
7th. Snark 11"43
8th. RSw 11"53
9th. Ystem 11"70
10th. Slither 11"77
11th. ThatCowGuy 11"80
12th. LRFLEW 12"43
13th. Madghostek 12"63
14th. Noci27 12"67
15th. Wade7 12"73
15th. tjk 12"73
17th. Major 13"33
18th. Jongyon 14"00
19th. FeijoadaMolhada 14"13
20th. Kosmic 14"80
21st. Crackhex 14"83
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22nd. Superminer 16"23
23rd. kierio04 17"07
24th. M13 24"30

Task 1 Ghost comparison - 25th Anniversary TAS Tournament

daddu 2021-10-24 | A ghost compilation video of the first task in the TAS competition created by nim and Experge to honor the 25th anniversary of Super Mario 64 in North America.

Task: In Bowser in the Fire Sea, start by touching the spinning heart, before heading on the opposite direction to grab a red coin located on the oscillating platform. Continue alternating between touching the spinning heart and collecting the red coins on the oscillating platform until all 3 coins are gone. Timing starts when Mario is no longer on the starting platform. Timing ends when the final coin is collected (disappears on screen). Mario may not take damage.

Music: Bowser's Lava Lair - Super Mario Galaxy 2

Results:
1st. Ystem 10"13
2nd. Galoomba 10"23
3rd. DyllonStej 10"27
4th. Frame 10"33
5th. Madghostek 10"43
5th. Fifdspence 10"43
7th. Feijoada 10"63
7th. L3dry 10"63
9th. Kosmic 10"67
10th. Brqm 10"73
11th. Major 10"80
12th. Tjk 11"23
13th. Kierio04 11"30
14th. Snark 11"37
15th. Slither 11"40
16th. Krystal 11"77
16th. Sunk 11"77
18th. ThatCowGuy 11"93
19th. RSw 12"00
20th. Aurora 12"10
21st. Wade7 12"13
22nd. Crackhex 12"17
23rd. Gameplayer4 12"23
24th. LRFLEW 12"33
25th. Jongyon 12"43
26th. Superminer 12"67
27th. M13 13"20
28th. FanOfNintendo 13"50
29th. SuperM 13"57
30th. RadixSmash 13"83
31st. Citrinitas 16"63

Task 2 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2021

daddu 2021-07-25 | Task: In Bob-omb Battlefield, start your run by entering the warp that leads to the flower bed near the mountain, and either wallkick, break, or land on 5 of the 12 cork boxes on the map, then collect the custom star placed on the green rock.

Music: DS Mario Circuit - remix by Panman14
youtube.com/watch?v=oWdtc83LC2E

TAS Competition Discord server: discord.gg/yTnEgvY

Results:
1st. galoomba 17"20
1st. CSZ 17"20
3rd. Alexpalix1 17"30
4th. fifdspence 18"03
5th. Madghostek 18"10
6th. FeijoadaMolhada 18"20
7th. Bretaigne 18"30
8th. SilentSlayers 18"33
9th. FramePerfection 18"43
10th. Non5en5e 18"53
11th. brqm 18"77
12th. tjk 19"37
13th. Major 19"60
14th. Nis 20"13
15th. Sunk 20"33
16th. FireBreather 20"63
17th. kierio04 20"90
18th. RSw 21"07
19th. Sk3p3X 21"33
20th. Neicu 21"57
21st. Rush57 21"60
22nd. CraftingDNA 21"77
23rd. Krystal 21"87
24th. LeddaZ 22"00
25th. ShadoXFM 22"17
26th. LRFLEW 22"80
27th. Crackhex 23"13
28th. Now_wow 24"30
29th. Danpark 24"40
30th. icecream17 24"73
31st. Aurora112190 26"30
32nd. TelephoneMan 26"57
33rd. L3dry 27"03
34th. Noci27 28"63
35th. SuperM789 29"57
36th. Komali 31"33
37th. enderience 31"97
38th. NoobTASer 32"40
39th. Coolerdude1203 36"53

Task 1 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2021

daddu 2021-07-25 | Task: In Snowman's Land start by warping to the tree near the whirling pond, and collect 5 out of the 7 custom placed red coins. End by collecting any of the spawned in stars.

Music: N64 Sherbet Land - remix by Panman14
youtube.com/watch?v=bVD67NDNfDA

TAS Competition Discord server: discord.gg/yTnEgvY

Results:
1st. CeeSZee 16"87
2nd. Sk3p3X 17"17
3rd. Tabascoth 17"73
4th. FramePerfection 17"83
5th. Bretaigne 18"17
6th. Rush57 18"27
7th. FireBreather 18"53
8th. Ethan D. 18"60
9th. Adeal 19"00
10th. FeijoadaMolhada 19"50
11th. brqm 19"63
12th. Galoomba 19"83
13th. fifdspence 20"23
14th. lemon 20"57
15th. ShadoXFM 20"60
16th. Bobbybob 21"20
17th. L3dry 21"27
18th. RSw 21"42
19th. LRFLEW 22"33
20th. kierio04 22"70
21st. Rayon 23"17
22nd. Madghostek 23"27
23rd. Non5en5e 23"43
24th. Noci27 23"50
25th. Laxenarde 24"50
26th. RadixSmash 25"83
27th. Discordine 26"00
28th. FanOfNintendo 26"23
29th. ERGC | Xander 26"77
30th. tjk 27"17
31st. Aurora112190 27"27
32nd. PrinceKomali 28"27
33rd. CraftingDNA 28"87
34th. Core2EE 30"43
35th. NoobTASer 30"77
36th. PurpleJuiceBox 31"53
37th. SuperM789 32"83
38th. Vbhnkl 32"90
39th. karl1043 34"13
40th. SuperSM64 37"80
41st. Experge 40"00
42nd. aquamarina 47"17

Task 4 (Finale) Ghost comparison - EZScape SM64 TAS Tournament

daddu 2020-08-17 | A compilation of the finale of EZScape's SM64 TAS Tournament.

It shows all 27 finalists plus 5 people from the 'losers bracket', which are submissions of people who did not qualify for the top 32 but did the task anyway. These people are prefixed with an 'L' in the results.

My timing for the ghost compilation is one frame longer than the official timing for about half of the entries. I don't know what causes this discrepancy, but it's the reason why fifdspence (19"20 official timing, 19"23 in this replay) comes before Eru (19"23) in the list.

Task: In Tiny Huge Island, start by entering the custom warp leading to the top of the mountain, and collect the 3 custom placed yellow coins and 3 custom placed red coins. You MUST alternate between the red and yellow coins (i.e you can't collect the same colored coins in succession). End by collecting the star "Five Itty Bitty Secrets" (the star is already spawned).

Music: Now You've Done It - Mario Party 9

Results:
1 Alexpalix1 17"80
2 ToT 17"93
3 Dargos 18"13
4 ERGCXander 18"17
5 Plush 18"30
6 MKDasher 18"40
7 Krithalith 18"43
8 CeeSZee 18"60
L1 Blobby Liu 18"73
9 fifdspence 19"20
10 Eru 19"23
11 Galoomba 19"37
12 brqm 19"63
13 Madghostek 20"03
14 DyllonStej 20"23
14 Cynimal 20"23
16 FeijoadaMolhada 20"77
16 Ystem 20"77
18 Taechuk 21"13
19 Nim 21"20
19 Nis 21"20
21 RSw 21"47
22 FireBreather 22"00
L2 ShadoXFM 22"60
23 ThatCowGuy 22"70
24 speedycube64 23"37
25 Rush57 23"53
26 LRFLEW 25"47
27 AndrewSM64 26"30
L3 Komali 31"83
L4 UberFox 34"37
L5 Tranman64 40"43

Not shown:
L6 deanjohnston000 41"50
L7 BGP 48"00

Tournament Discord: discord.gg/B4wB8qu

Tasks 1, 2 and 3 Ghost comparison - EZScape SM64 TAS Tournament

daddu 2020-08-15 | Tasks: In Bob-omb Battlefield, start your run by entering the warp that leads to the flower bed near the mountain and collect the custom star placed on the back of the mountain

In Whomp's Fortress, start by exiting the star text box, collect 5 out of the 10 custom-placed red coins, and end by collecting either "Shoot to the Wild Blue" or "Blast Away the Wall". You must Wallkick BEFORE each red coin.

In Snowman's Land, start by entering the custom warp leading to the ice bridge near the big snowman, and break 3 out of the 5 custom placed wing cap boxes. End by collecting the star "In the Deep Freeze"

Tournament Discord: discord.gg/B4wB8qu

Music: Ocean View and Carrier Zone - Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed

Round 5 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Tournament 2020

daddu 2020-05-25 | The TAS tournament finale, with the surprising twist of the losers bracket scoring the fastest time this round.

Note that the water level in this video stays constant, while in the runs the water level is raised several times.

Task: In Wet-Dry World, enter the warp, activate all 4 water crystals, and break all 4 "!" boxes. You must activate a water crystal before breaking each "!" box. You must also collect at least 4/7 1up mushrooms, and finish by collecting the star on the grey tube.

Music: "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM
youtube.com/watch?v=tQF3pzx9Tm4

Results:
1. Rush57 49"30
2. dargos 49"80
3. MKDasher 53"23
4. DyllonStej 56"43

Losers bracket:
1. galoomba & Alexpalix1 48"57
2. NitroDash 1'00"07
3. RSw & FireBreather 1'03"83
4. FeijoadaMolhada 1'04"70

Round 4 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Tournament 2020

daddu 2020-05-17 | This time I put both brackets together, since there weren't that many entries total and the task is quite long.
Note that everyone has an unlimited wing cap on, even though I forgot to show it in the video.
Since the camera got super zoomed out, I scaled the Mario models, red coins and star by a factor of 2 to make them more visible.

Task: In Rainbow Ride, close the star text box, collect at least 8 out of the 10 red coins, then collect the star on the tip of the cruiser.

Music: Above the Clouds - Kirby 64

Results:
1st. MKDasher 26"57
2nd. Rush57 27"37
3rd. dargos 28"23
4th. DyllonStej 29"27
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5th. speedycube64 29"70
6th. Alexpalix1 29"83
7th. CeeSZee 29"93
8th. ERGCXander 30"13
9th. fifdspence 32"30

Losers bracket:
1. galoomba 32.10
2. brqm 38.87
3. PurpleJuiceBox 46.27
4. NitroDash 56.00

Round 3 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Tournament 2020

daddu 2020-05-06 | Task: In Hazy Maze Cave, enter the warp and either wallkick, break, or land on the 6 blocks on the map, then collect the red coin star.

Music: Mario Party 1- The room

Results:
1st. dargos 11"60
2nd. CeeSZee 11"93
3rd. Rush57 12"10
4th. speedycube64 12"53
5th. DyllonStejakoski 12"57
6th. MKDasher 12"60
7th. Alexpalix1 12"77
8th. fifdspence 12"97
8th. ERGCXander 12"97
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10th. Nis 13"13
11th. homerfunky 13"37
12th. Non5en5e 13"50
13th. Madghostek 13"83
14th. Taechuk 13"87
15th. Adeal 14"77
16th. Tabascoth 16"00

Round 3 Losers bracket Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Tournament 2020

daddu 2020-05-06 | Task: In Hazy Maze Cave, enter the warp and either wallkick, break, or land on the 6 blocks on the map, then collect the red coin star.

Music: Mario Party 1 - The room

Results:
1st. galoomba 13"23
2nd. nim 15"13
3rd. brqm 15"47
4th. RSw(Why) 15"93
5th. NitroDash 17"07
6th. PurpleJuiceBox 17"70
7th. Aurumaker72 18"17
8th. Komali 18"63
9th. LRFLEW 20"50
10th. p_yoshi 23"80
11th. SuperM789 4'40"90

(SuperM789 not shown since that would add an extra 4 minutes of him crawling)

Round 2 Losers bracket Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Tournament 2020

daddu 2020-04-26 | These are the contestants that are not in the race anymore, but still participate in the TAS tournament tasks.

Task: In Cool, Cool Mountain, enter the warp and collect the 3 red coins on the map, then collect the red coin star.

Finally a task in CCM so I have an excuse to use this music (Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon)

Results:
1st. nim 25"07
2nd. PurpleJuiceBox 25"53
3rd. aeaiaou 25"67
4th. RSW(Why) 25"83
5th. Tantrum 25"93
6th. NitroDash 29"30
7th. Komali 31"30
8th. seal 33"70
9th. Prodigy 34"57
10th. p_yoshi 36"47
11th. kierio04 37"00
12th. swajee 39"20
13th. Bluely 42"87
14th. SuperM789 62"57

Round 2 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Tournament 2020

daddu 2020-04-26 | Task: In Cool, Cool Mountain, enter the warp and collect the 3 red coins on the map, then collect the red coin star.

Music: Snow Rise - Paper Mario Sticker Star

Results:
1st. DyllonStejakoski 19"30
2nd. Nis 19"77
3rd. Alexpalix1 19"80
3rd. MKDasher 19"80
5th. CeeSZee 19"97
6th. Non5en5e 20"30
7th. Rush57 20"43
8th. fifdspence 20"57
9th. Madghostek 20"60
10th. Adeal 20"63
11th. ERGCXander 20"73
12th. dargos 20"77
13th. Tabascoth 21"10
14th. homerfunky 21"13
15th. speedycube64 21"30
16th. Taechuk 21"37
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17th. TimeTravelPenguin 21"73
17th. galoomba 21"73
19th. FireBreather 22"07
20th. Ystem 22"37
21st. Bretaigne 22"43
22nd. Bismuth 22"67
23rd. THC98 22"87
24th. Cynimal 23"10
25th. Iwer_Sonsch 23"63
26th. Somebro 23"83
26th. Laxenarde 23"83
28th. Kosmic 23"87
29th. Manama 24"50
30th. brqm 24"67
31st. ShadoXFM 25"50
32nd. LRFLEW 30"63

Round 1 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Tournament 2020

daddu 2020-04-22 | If you're unfamiliar with the SM64 TAS tournament, check out youtube.com/watch?v=ms19joOPY9w

Task: In Tiny-Huge Island, enter the warp to the beach and collect at least 10 yellow coins, then grab the star on the tiny island.

Background music: Super Block Land - Super Mario 3D World

Results:
1st. Rush57 7"53
2nd. Iwer_Sonsch 7"73
3rd. Tabascoth 7"80
3rd. CeeSZee 7"80
5th. Alexpalix1 7"87
6th. Adeal 7"90
7th. fifdspence 8"07
8th. MKDasher 8"10
9th. ERGCXander 8"13
9th. DyllonStejakoski 8"13
9th. homerfunky 8"13
12th. speedycube64 8"30
13th. ShadoXFM 8"60
14th. Bretaigne 8"63
15th. Madghostek 8"67
16th. dargos 8"70
17th. Nis 8"77
17th. galoomba 8"77
19th. Non5en5e 8"80
20th. Cynimal 8"87
20th. Tomatobird8 8"87
22nd. Ystem 8"90
22nd. brqm 8"90
22nd. Manama 8"90
25th. Superdavo0001 9"13
26th. Taechuk 9"20
27th. Laxenarde 9"23
28th. THC98 9"30
29th. Somebro 9"37
30th. Bismuth 9"50
31st. FireBreather 9"73
32nd. Kosmic 9"80
33rd. LRFLEW 10"03
34th. TimeTravelPenguin 10"33
35th. Nim 10"37
36th. Ojj 10"40
37th. Flame 10"47
38th. Bloopiero 10"67
39th. Kierio04 10"73
40th. Nathan10nathan 10"83
41st. MrPyt1001 10"93
42nd. Tantrum 10"97
43rd. Skazzy3 11"10
44th. SolarPrism 11"27
45th. RSw 11"33
46th. FeijoadaMolhada 11"50
47th. Cankicker 11"60
48th. NitroDash 11"77
49th. kanef 12"23
50th. DanJongyonPark 12"33
51st. p_yoshi 13"17
52nd. PurpleJuiceBox 13"90
53rd. Bluely 14"90
54th. SuperM789 15"13
55th. drybloxman 15"23
56th. Komali 15"37
57th. Padacuw 15"67
58th. Prodigy 16"77
59th. Aurumaker72 17"23
60th. Soweli 17"60
61st. ada 18"27
62nd. NotPlush 20"43
63rd. luan3580 22"53

DQ: deanjohnston000 (.m64 desynchronizes)

All 23 SM64 TAScomp 2019 ghost replays (raw video)

daddu 2019-12-30 | This is a compilation of all raw video from all ghost compilation videos I made for the 2019 TAS competition.
There is no music and there are no text overlays, cross fades, cuts or split-screen like in the edited videos; it's just the .raw .jpeg sequences cropped to widescreen and rendered to 1080p60 video.

I made this in case someone wants to use it for their own montage or B-roll, and to make it easier to browse through all tasks at once. It's also a back-up for myself since I plan to delete the 23 GB of 92000 .jpeg images from my hard-drive.

Download here (3.4 GB):
https://1drv.ms/v/s!AoNxoA3oBfN9hGTJGLdK9Ah9NdWn?e=YfVyiP

Playlist with edited videos:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRNrVZy0AVVto454ZHI6ob1H-c_1qVuJ-

Task 23 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-12-30 | This concludes the 2019 SM64 TAS Competition. There is no (regular) TAS competition planned for 2020, so this might be the last ghost replay in a while.

Task: In Whomp's Fortress, start by warping from the Shoot to the Wild Blue area to the area with the Thwomps, and collect 5 red coins and 2 1-up mushrooms. End by collecting either Fall onto the caged Island or To the top of the fortress.

I actually submitted a run myself this time with its own little 'ghost replay' hacked in, which can be seen here: youtu.be/JBhgguBAP88?t=660

Music: Mario Kart 8 - Yoshi Valley

Results:
1st. galoomba & Non5en5e 17"07
2nd. dar gos 21"73
3rd. Nis 22"07
4th. fifdspence & MrPyt1001 23"37
5th. firebreather 23"80
6th. Xander & Speedycube64 23"87
7th. Bretaigne 26"52
8th. LRFLEW 32"23
9th. Why & Ojj 32"37
10th. Bluely 33"40
11th. padacuw 34"62
12th. dennis 39"85
13th. enderience 45"42
14th. Noobtasstar & Iwer_Sonsch 47"45
15th. SuperM789 51"75

Task 22 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-12-01 | Task summary: In Snowman's Land, enter the warp, then collect

the star collect whirl from the freezing pond (box star).

Background music: Banjo Kazooie - Freezeezy Peak orchestrated by Blake Robinson

youtube.com/watch?v=AV3ey4kB2SA

Results:
1st. DyllonStej 14"07
2nd. dar gos 14"27
3rd. fifdspence 14"30
3rd. Nis 14"30
5th. tabascoth 14"37
6th. non5en5e 14"43
7th. Madghostek 15"43
8th. MrPyt1001 15"63
9th. FireBreather 15"87
10th. kanef 16"00
11th. LRFLEW 16"30
12th. galoomba 16"73
13th. Why 16"77
14th. SpeckyYT 17"13
15th. Bluely 18"50
16th. enderience 20"07
17th. SunkSimp 20"53
18th. SuperM789 21"40
19th. aquamarina 27"97

Task 21 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-11-18 | This task took place in Big Boo's Haunt with all doors removed.
Because of all the different rooms, the usual bird's eye view won't work, so I tried a security cam perspective instead. The four screens are synchronized and real-time: there is no time shift between any two screens and cuts never go back or forward in time.

For the shortest ghost replay video this sure took long to edit.

Task: In Big Boo's Haunt, using the provided savestate, groundpound the blue coin switch, break 4 out of 6 wingcap boxes, and end by collecting the custom placed star located in the merry go round.

Music: "My Teacher is an Alien" credits theme in SM64 syle.

cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/359798581768617987/645954244389765130/MTiaA_SM64_MyPrincessIsAnAlien.mp3
cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/359798581768617987/645954265981911060/My_Teacher_is_an_Alien_Credits_Theme.mid

Results:
1st. DyllonStej 12"33
2nd. Nis 12"37
3rd. Non5en5e 12"63
4th. Tabascoth 12"93
5th. fifdspence 13"10
6th. galoomba 13"27
7th. CeeSZee 13"40
8th. LRFLEW 13"77
9th. Why 14"30
10th. FireBreather 14"40
11th. kanef 14"77
12th. Bluely 15"17
13th. SolarPrism 17"63
14th. Brittany 19"52
15th. SpeckyYT 21"00
16th. Dar gos 22"20
17th. enderience 27"17
18th. aquamarina 27"77

Task 20 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-11-04 | Task summary: In Rainbow Ride, using the provided savestate, enter the custom warp, collect 3 out of the 6 custom placed red coins, and end by collecting the custom placed star located in the corner of the maze. You must also wallkick before each red coin.

Background music: SNES Rainbow Road by Panman14
youtube.com/watch?v=RsGhBScFfBA

Results:
1st. CeeSZee 16"50
2nd. Madghostek & DyllonStej 16"73
3rd. Dargos & Nis 16"93
4th. Tabascoth 17"10
5th. Why & FireBreather 17"57
6th. galoomba & Non5en5e 17"80
7th. fifdspence 18"37
8th. Reserver of Time & Tayyip 18"80
9th. Noobtasstar & Iwer Sonsch 21"03
10th. LRFLEW 21"43
11th. YO_WUZ_UP & SpeckyYT 21"53
12th. MrPyt1001 21"83
13th. Bluely 23"00
14th. Kierio04 36"00
15th. aquamarina 36"27

Task 19 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-10-20 | Task: In Whomp's Fortress, using the provided savestate, enter the custom warp and collect the star "Shoot Into The Wild Blue".

Third time in Whomp's Fortress this year. Routes where very close together making for a great comparison.

Note: the cap colors of LRFLEW and Kierio04 are the other way around, the legend in the top left corner of the video has an error.

Music: Super Mario 64 - Bob-Omb Battlefield REMIX!! By Jugebox98
youtube.com/watch?v=zHsGJ7SNh1c

Results:
1st. CeeSZee 8"90
2nd. Non5en5e 8"97
3rd. Madghostek 9"07
4th. Tabascoth 9"17
4th. rush57 9"17
6th. Alexpalix1 9"23
7th. dar gos 9"33
8th. Taechuk 9"43
9th. fifdspence 9"50
10th. FireBreather 9"73
10th. Nis 9"73
12th. Somebro 9"80
13th. Sk3p3x 10"17
14th. galoomba 10"20
15th. Brokami 10"23
16th. DyllonStej 10"33
17th. gainai 10"40
18th. Why 10"43
19th. xander 10"60
20th. aquamarina 11"47
21st. alex167 12"40
22nd. kanef 12"43
23rd. SpeckyYT 13"30
24th. Kierio04 13"33
24th. LRFLEW 13"33
26th. Bluely 13"43
27th. Bagel 13"70
28th. SuperM789 13"83
29th. enderience 14"20
30th. MrPyt1001 15"60
31st. Soweli 16"73

Task 18 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-10-06 | It's always a gamble to see whether my ghost hack works on a new ROM hack. SMB64 luckily doesn't use much of the expanded RAM, but it does continuously write 0xFF to the lower byte of the button flags. I guess that's one way of disabling camera controls. It means all C-buttons and shoulder buttons are permanently pressed, it took a while to realize that was why my replay randomly zoomed in and fast forwarded.

At least operating the camera was really easy this time. Looks a bit like Super Mario Bros. Online.

Task: Using the ROM hack Super Mario Bros. 64, in level 3-3, collect 21 coins, then end by collecting the star.

Music: Toy Time Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy

Results:
1st. Non5en5e 18"57
2nd. DyllonStej 18"67
3rd. Madghostek 18"73
4th. FireBreather 18"90
5th. CeeSZee 18"97
6th. dar gos 19"30
7th. Rush57 19"43
8th. Nis 19"50
9th. ERGC | Xander 19"90
10th. fifdspence 20"03
10th. galoomba 20"03
12th. LRFLEW 21"00
13th. kanef. 21"37
14th. Brokami 21"93
15th. YO_WUZ_UP 23"17
16th. Bluely 23"27
17th. Why 23"33
18th. SpeckyYT 24"33
19th. Wizard 24"63
20th. SuperM789 31"97
21st. aquamarina 33"20
22nd. Soweli 34"90

Task 17 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-09-22 | Task: In Tiny-Huge Island (Tiny Island), using the provided savestate, enter the pipe. Then collect 4 out of the 5 secrets and end by re-entering the same pipe. The secrets are invisible unfortunately, but they are in their original locations.

The great thing about the tiny island is that you can easily show the whole course. Also the routes weren't that divergent this time, so you can actually see where everyone's going.

Music: Yoshi Star Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy 2

Results:
1st. CeeSZee 11"27
2nd. DyllonStej 11"37
3rd. Rush57 11"50
4th. Nis 12"13
4th. Non5en5e 12"13 (5)
6th. fifdspence 12"57
6th. galoomba 12"57
8th. AleXx167 12"87
9th. kanef. 13"13
10th. FireBreather 13"33
10th. Madghostek 13"33 (11)
12th. dar gos 14"30
13th. FilipeTales 14"63
14th. LRFLEW 14"93
15th. WizardPower 15"10
16th. LeddaZ 15"80
17th. Why 16"17
18th. aquamarina 17"37
19th. SpeckyYT 18"10
20th. DeafPixel 23"10
21st. famicomdisksystem 24"67

Task 16 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-09-19 | Task: In Bob-Omb Battlefield, start your run inside the cannon provided in the savestate, and collect at least one coin from each of the 4 ring/line of coins, and end by collecting the Red coin star (that is already loaded).

Music: Super Mario 64: Bomb-Omb Battlefield (Remix) by AstrothSounds
youtube.com/watch?v=FPkU0DRsXZU

Results:
1st. Nis 20"20
2nd. MKDasher 20"83
3rd. Non5en5e 21"33
4th. Madghostek 22"87
5th. CeeSZee 23"87
5th. DyllonStej 23"87
7th. Dargos 24"10
8th. Superdavo0001 25"80
9th. FireBreather 26"83
10th. galoomba 28"33
11th. Why 29"23
12th. MrPyt1001 29"70
13th. fifdspence 30"10
14th. GuyClicking 31"00
15th. FilipeTales 31"20
16th. LRFLEW 32"20
17th. 2003041 35"23
18th. SpeckyYT 37"20
19th. aquamarina 37"37
20th. SuperM789 40"50

DQ: Wizard (no st provided)

Task 15 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-08-25 | Task description: In Whomp's Fortress, start by warping from the Thwomp area to a custom warp located where King Whomp usually is, and break 3 out of the 4 wing cap boxes AND break 3 out of the 4 vanish cap boxes without breaking the same type of boxes in succession (i.e you must alternate between the two type of boxes). End by dying.

Apparently I couldn't be bothered to rotate the boxes correctly. Also I cut off the first replay after 2003041's entry since it would just show another 20 seconds of SuperM789 breaking two more boxes than necessary.

Background music: Throwback Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2

Results:
1 Dargos & SilentSlayers 18"83
2 Bretaigne & CeeSZee 19"17
3 Rush57 & fifdspence 19"37
4 DyllonStej & Madghostek 20"27
5 MKDasher & Nis 20"33
6 Non5en5e 21"17
7 ERGCXander & FireBreather 21"20
8 LRFLEW & letcreate123 22"53
9 Tayyip & ShadoXFM 23"23
10th. Chosis & Zombie 23"83
11th. galoomba 24"00
12th. IsaacA & Jongyon7192p 24"40
13th. Why & Iwer Sonsch 26"43
14th. Luke Saward 26"63
15th. SpeckyYT 29"57
16th. Skazzy 29"80
17th. FilipeTales 30"00
18th. Eribetra 31"17
19th. 2003041 33"13
20th. SuperM789 50"43

Task 14 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-08-11 | Shoutouts to TTM landscape visuals popping in and out everywhere.

Marios are flying all over the mountain, so the first replay is spliced (TAS is cheating anyway so it's okay) to show entrants on both sides of the mountain. For the top 4, there is no chance you'll get both Nis' water upwarp with Madghostek's mushroom BLJ in the same view so check out the 4-way splitscreen on mkdasher's channel for that.

Task summary: In Tall-Tall Mountain, warp from the mushroom area to the top of the mountain where the switch normally is, and collect at least one coin from 3 of the 4 ring/line of coins, and end by dying.

Music: Zelda - Link's Awakening: Tal Tal Heights (Vector U Remix)
youtube.com/watch?v=r2Pp0nuyamQ

Full results:

1st. Madghostek 13"83
2nd. Nis 13"97
2nd. Non5en5e 13"97
2nd. Rush57 13"97
5th. ERGC|Xander 14"53
6th. DyllonStej 14"77
7th. fifdspence 16"57
8th. Tantrum 17"87
8th. Why 17"87
10th. FireBreather 18"20
11th. galoomba 18"97
12th. letcreate123 19"77
13th. kanef. 20"03
14th. aquamarina 20"17
15th. Sk3p3X 20"23
16th. LRFLEW 20"43
17th. MrGatlampa 20"77
18th. SpeckyYT 21"17
19th. FilipeTales 21"30
20th. ForeverPark 21"77
21st. ShadoXFM 22"17
22nd. GuyClicking 22"20
23rd. MrPyt1001 22"73
24th. Tomatobird8 22"77
25th. Chosis 23"17
26th. famicomdisksystem 23"23
27th. AleXx167 24"10
28th. Zombie 25"17
29th. 2003041 25"27
30th. drybloxman 34"87

DQ: SuperM789 (Run desyncs)

Task 13 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-07-25 | Since there was a Discord nitro giveaway, there were many entries this time, so this is the first comparison video with 4 groups. I separated entries going left of the snowman and right of the snowman, and then divided those groups in two based on time.

Task summary: In Snowman's Land, warp from the tree by the pond to the area where the "Whirl From The Freezing Pond" star is, and collect the custom star located at the opposite corner of the level. No BLJ, shell, or going back trough the warp.

Background music: Super Mario 64 - Snow Mountain [Remix] by Qumu
youtube.com/watch?v=4_hoscdtefI

Full results:
1st. Rush57 8"83
2nd. fifdspence 8"93
3rd. dar gos 9"00
4th. MKDasher 9"07
5th. Non5en5e 9"13
6th. DyllonStej 9"23
7th. CeeSZee 9"27
8th. Custom 10"13
9th. Tomatobird8 10"30
10th. Madghostek 10"33
11th. Sk3p3X 10"53
12th. Nis 10"93
13th. Manama 10"97
14th. kanef. 11"13
15th. Bretaigne 11"23
16th. Ojj 11"50
17th. ERGC|Xander 11"67
17th. Iwer Sonsch 11"67
19th. Why 11"90
20th. galoomba 12"10
21st. ShadoXFM 12"20
21st. speedycube64 12"20
23rd. LRFLEW 12"23
24th. DanPark7192p 12"43
25th. Zoop 12"50
26th. SpaceMan64 12"60
26th. Adeal 12"60
28th. Ystem 12"70
29th. MrGatlampa 12"73
30th. scuttlebug_raiser 12"77
31st. Zombie 12"80
32nd. FilipeTales 12"87
33rd. enderience 13"27
34th. SpeckyYT 13"33
35th. SuperM789 13"63
36th. Skazzy3 13"97
36th. Superdavo0001 13"97
38th. FireBreather 14"07
39th. Chosis 14"23
40th. MoonlightMirage 14"40
41st. YO_WUZ_UP 14"47
42nd. aquamarina 14"50
43rd. famicomdisksystem 14"63
44th. 2003041 14"83
45th. Nicsi 15"50
46th. drybloxman 15"57
47th. MrPyt1001 15"60
48th. LeddaZ 15"67
49th. ds273 15"83
50th. Anastazja 16"20

DQ: UsernamesAreHard (uses shell)

Task 12 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-07-11 | Navigating the camera in TTC is pretty hard. When you zoom out to put everything vertically in frame, grates and blocks will get in the way. Also you can't see wing cap boxes that are spawned, so sometimes you see Marios jumping from thin air.

I didn't include Zombie's run. It's not disqualified, but very slow (almost 60 seconds) and not included in the official results either.

Task summary: Enter Tick Tock Clock on the Still setting and collect the star Timed Jumps On Moving Bars. The L button is set to spawn wing cap boxes, and you may spawn up to 5 wing cap boxes.

Background music: Slide (Mountain Mix)
youtube.com/watch?v=dZe5_FML_TQ

Results:
1st. CeeSZee 9"13
2nd. DyllonStej 9"23
3rd. Bismuth 9"70
4th. Rush57 11"00
5th. Non5en5e 11"37
6th. ERGC|Xander 11"47
7th. fifdspence 11"90
8th. Madghostek 12"13
9th. Tomatobird8 12"20
10th. Nis 12"37
11th. kanef. 14"73
11th. Sk3p3X 14"73
13th. MrGatlampa 17"87
14th. zoop 20"93
15th. LRFLEW 21"80
16th. FilipeTales 26"27
17th. enderience 26"90
18th. famicomdisksystem 27"90
19th. SuperM789 31"23
20th. SpeckyYT 34"70
21st. aquamarina 39"63
22nd. 2003041 42"93

Task 11 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-06-24 | This time the task is set in the "scrapyard of Super Mario 64". The donut platforms are all spawned by a single spawner object and I couldn't find a quick way to spawn them all at the same time, so you'll see some Marios walking on air.

Task: In Rainbow Ride, warp from the lower house warp to the top of the Big House In The Sky where the star normally is, and collect the custom star located at the opposite side of the level. No long jumps or cannon usage allowed.

Background music: rainbow cruise (Super Smash Bros. Melee)

Full results:
1st. Nis 9"97
2nd. Somebro 10"40
3rd. Dargos 11"17
4th. DyllonStej 11"30
5th. CeeSZee 11"37
6th. Rush57 11"50
7th. fifdspence 11"57
8th. Tomatobird8 11"87
9th. Madghostek 12"30
10th. DanPark7192p 12"57
11th. kanef 12"63
12th. speedycube64 12"70
13th. Sk3p3X 13"13
14th. LRFLEW 13"30
15th. Non5en5e 13"90
16th. Adeal 14"03
17th. TimeTravelPenguin 15"00
18th. Why 15"10
19th. LeddaZ 15"47
20th. Ystem 16"07
21st. FilipeTales 16"63
22nd. ERGC|Xander 18"60
23rd. Bismuth 19"43
24th. 2003041 24"33
25th. famicomdisksystem 30"77
26th. SuperM789 32"50
27th. MrGatlampa 32"53
28th. SpeckyYT 39"67

DQ: ShadoXFM (Long Jumps)
DQ: Missing Undefined (Long Jumps)
DQ: Super Watermelon 64 (Long Jumps)
DQ: Ethanthony (Long Jumps)
DQ: Coolerdude1203 (Wrong .st)

Task 10 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-06-09 | A bingo task this time! Here's the bingo card:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i2POStztOkPa5pprWk55R_0lkxCLz5yQyGoorx4GfBI/edit
A set of 5 tasks in any row, column, or diagonal must be completed.

Of course with so many different routes in different courses, there can't be a full ghost comparison this time. There were however three routes that were found multiple times, so these are included in this comparison:

In Whomp's fortress, column 2 is completed:
-End by Dying
-0x A Press
-Collect at least 7 yellow coins
-Collect at least 1 1-up
-Touch at least 2 signs

Note that the 1-up is spawned from the butterfly, which is not visible in the video.

Then in Lethal Lava Land, column 2 is completed too. The runs end when Mario dies from the Lava boosts. The 1-up is collected after the death fade-out (except for 2003041 who does a lava boost afterwards).

Finally, in Tiny Huge Island, column 1 is completed:
-Take fall damage
-End by swimming animation
-Break a cork / crazy box
-Break at least 2 [!] block
-Sideflip at least 4 times

Background music: youtube.com/watch?v=9cJGHyxwftc

Results:
1st. fifdspence & Rush57 11"55 [c1]
2nd. CeeSZee 11"93 [c1]
3rd. Alexpalix1 & AleXx167 12"03 [c1]
4th. DyllonStej & Madghostek 12"53 [c2]
5th. Bismuth & Kosmic 12"70
6th. Non5en5e & Why 13"03
7th. Nis 13"10
8th. Adeal 13"87
9th. Iwer Sonsch & YO_WUZ_UP 14"28
10th. ERGC | Xander & Speedycube64 14"70
11th. MrPyt1001 14"77
12th. LRFLEW 15"40
13th. Sk3p3X 15"90
14th. ds273 & kanef 16"03
15th. UnderWater 16"63
16th. tayyip & Cankicker8 17"07
17th. Thestickman391 & JoshDuMan 17"17
18th. Ystem 19"70
19th. 2003041 21"90
20th. FilipeTales 23"13
21st. scuttlebug_raiser 35"47
22nd. Faustas 35"97
23rd. famicomdisksystem 40"87
DQ. Dargos (Did not take fall-damage)
DQ. ShadoXFM (Did not collect 7 yellow coins) [r3]

Task 9 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-05-26 | Task: Using the ROM hack Super Mario 74, in Dice Fortress, start by ground pounding the blue coin switch, then collect 4 red coins and end by collecting the star "Walljumping Lesson".

I messed up the timing a bit in this one, it stops when the star is collected while it should only stop once Mario does the star dance. Most of the time this isn't a problem, but AndrewSM64 did a spectacular sideflip into the star costing him lots of time in the official timing but not in the replay. That's why he has a red cap (for 12th place) instead of an orange one (for 13th place).

Super Mario 74 doesn't use much of the expanded memory, though the parts it does use are very fragmented. Can't they just leave 1Mb of consecutive RAM free? So inconsiderate that ROM hacks are not made with TAS comp replay hacks in mind...

Music: Lineland Road (Super Paper Mario)

Full results:
1st. fifdspence 14"13
2nd. Madghostek 14"83
3rd. DyllonStej 14"87
4th. Sk3p3X 14"90
5th. CeeSZee 15"00
6th. Rush57 15"23
7th. AleXx167 15"43
8th. Nis 15"90
9th. kanef. 16"10
10th. Non5en5e 16"30
10th. Dargos 16"30
12th. Tomatobird8 16"80
13th. AndrewSM64 17"57
14th. LRFLEW 18"67
15th. Iwer Sonsch 18"87
16th. ShadoXFM 19"00
17th. FilipeTales 19"17
18th. Why 20"17
19th. YO_WUZ_UP 21"13
20th. 2003041 22"03
21st. famicomdisksystem 23"90
22nd. triforce62 34"23

Task 8 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-05-18 | A compilation of the 29 entries of Task 8 in the Super Mario 64 TAS Competition 2019.

This is another chaotic one, with routes diverging a lot and different water levels. I chose a pretty low water level, so you'll see some Marios swimming in air or standing on invisible platforms that are supposed to float higher.

Task: In Wet-Dry World (main area), start your run inside the cannon, collect at least one coin from each of the three ring/line of coins, and end by either collecting the star "Shocking Arrow Lifts" or "Top of the Town".

Background music: Hazy Maze Drum & Bass Remix by Mesmonium
youtube.com/watch?v=jxj3MoNViCA

Full results:
1st. dar gos 11"13
2nd. CeeSZee 11"53
3rd. fifdspence 12"03
4th. Alexpalix1 12"97
5th. Madghostek 13"07
6th. speedycube64 13"10
7th. Tomatobird8 13"17
8th. Rush57 13"73
9th. Iwer Sonsch 13"90
10th. DyllonStej 14"27
11th. Sk3p3X 15"37
12th. Nis 15"43
13th. Adeal 16"17
14th. Cynimal 16"23
14th. AleXx167 16"23
16th. CalzoneSpeedrun 16"77
17th. letcreate123 17"93
18th. Non5en5e 18"57
19th. FilipeTales 18"73
20th. Super Watermelon 64 18"80
21st. LeddaZ 20"03
22nd. famicomdisksystem 21"50
23rd. YO_WUZ_UP 22"53
24th. 2003041 22"67
25th. ShadoXFM 23"33
26th. Why 24"63
27th. MrPyt1001 26"27
28th. CompaqElite82 26"90
29th. Anastazja 35"73

Time-lapse of making a SM64 ghost replay video (task 7)

daddu 2019-04-21 | Some people asked me before how I make a ghost replay video for the SM64 TAS competition.
While I explained the basics, I think it is more useful to just have a recording of the process. As you can see it's quite bodged, and I'm still looking for ways to improve the workflow, but it isn't too bad currently.

The screen recording is sped up roughly 20 times. Before the recording, I downloaded the results and background music. After the recording, I rendered and uploaded the video. The video shows everything in between:
- extracting Mario's state from .m64s
- dividing the entries into separate groups
- recording the camera movement
- rendering a .jpg sequence at 60 fps
- removing lag frames
- creating the overlay text / thumbnail
- editing in Vegas

The final result can be found here:
youtube.com/watch?v=6VTjTEO97MM

Task 6 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-04-05 | A compilation of the 30 entries of Task 6 in the Super Mario 64 TAS Competition 2019.

Task description: break 2 out of 3 wing cap boxes and collect the star behind Chain Chomp's gate.

Since there are three options of which box to break first, I grouped the entries by that to avoid too much spread. There were 18 entries going to the right first which takes a little too much memory (the limit is 17) to show all at once, so those are separated as well.

Background music: Super Mario 64 HD - Bob-omb Battlefield by Tee Lopes
youtube.com/watch?v=G7TyGF54d-w

Full results:
1st. CeeSZee 14"37
2nd. fifdspence 16"07
3rd. DyllonStej 16"27
4th. Rush57 16"30
5th. Dargos 16"77
6th. AleXx167 16"93
7th. Bretaigne 17"37
8th. Madghostek 17"57
9th. Nis 17"67
10th. Non5en5e 17"70
11th. speedycube64 18"27
12th. Sk3p3x 18"33
13th. Ystem 19"73
14th. kanef. 20"57
15th. Cankicker8 21"37
16th. ERGC | Xander 21"60
17th. Sylwer 21"73
18th. MrPyt1001 21"93
19th. Mister Shots 22"13
20th. 9fly 22"17
21st. OJJ 22"27
22nd. Van Helsing 22"37
23rd. ShadoXFM 22"90
24th. LeddaZ 23"57
25th. MarioKiller 23"93
26th. famicomdisksystem 24"53
27th. LRFLEW 24"77
28th. GottenDesert0 27"63
29th. luca4735 28"07
30th. SuperDavo0001 28"20

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Task 5 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-03-22 | A compilation of the 17 non-disqualified entries of Task 5 in the Super Mario 64 TAS Competition 2019.

Task summary: in Sky Land Resort, jump off the tree and collect 5 red coins. You must wallkick before each red coin.

Last video, Michael Fradley suggested to "consider following strats that are similar in lumped groups rather than necessarily lumping by time alone", so instead of showing the top half and bottom half, I show the routes going past Whomp King and those staying low separately. The routes are still diverging a lot, but I think it helps keeping most Marios in view.

Still Star Road, so still no colored caps.

Background music: Super Mario RPG Nimbus Land Paper Mario 64 Style by PikaXRich Mixer
youtube.com/watch?v=pxEzOBxAHhg

Full results:
1st. MrPyt1001 & Dargos 21"87
2nd. fifdspence & Rush57 22"13
3rd. DyllonStej & Madghostek 22"37
4th. THC98 & AleXx167 22"63
5th. CeeSZee 22"70
6th. Alexpalix1 & OJJ 22"90
7th. Cynimal 23"57
8th. Nis 23"60
9th. Iwer Sonsch & Maplestrip 24"20
10th. Tomatobird8 & tayyip 25"63
11th. Sk3p3X 25"90
12th. Mister Shots & Non5en5e 26"73
13th. ERGC|Xander & speedycube64 27"47
14th. LRFLEW & Broxzier 28"70
15th. Somebro & AndrewSM64 30"07
16th. YO_WUZ_UP & MarioKiller 32"90
17th. LukeSaward & Cankicker8 34"50

Task 4 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-03-08 | A compilation of the 48 non-disqualified entries of Task 4 in the Super Mario 64 TAS Competition 2019 showing 16 entries at a time.

The task objective is to get the red coin on the tree starting from the warp pipe opposite to it.

No colored caps this time, the emulator would randomly crash with it and I don't know why. In general working with Super Mario Star Road was harder since some of the addresses have changed and it uses much of the 4 Mb expansion pack memory, leaving only 0.7 Mb of free consecutive memory for replay data.
Also I think the emulator doesn't save the expansion pack memory in savestates since using them between levels would lead to crashes as well.

Music is "Beware The Forest's Mushrooms" Super Mario RPG Remix by NoteBlock
youtube.com/watch?v=e9kOcyBYNi8

Full results:
1st. MKDasher 7"43
1st. CeeSZee 7"43
1st. Nis 7"43
4th. Madghostek 7"47
4th. Rush57 7"47 6th. Dargos 7"50
6th. fifdspence 7"50
6th. Iwer Sonsch 7"50
9th. Alexpalix1 7"53
10th. Mister Shots 7"57
10th. Tomatobird8 7"57
12th. DyllonStej 7"60
12th. Manama 7"60
12th. Somebro 7"60
15th. Taechuk 7"67
16th. Sk3p3x 7"70
17th. Eddio0141 7"77
18th. tayyip 7"80
19th. Sigotu 7"97
20th. Non5en5e 8"17
21st. Cynimal 8"23
22nd. THC98 8"50
23rd. Adeal 8"63
23rd. Nathan10nathan 8"63
25th. AleXx167 8"90
26th. UnderWater 9"30
27th. MrPyt1001 9"67
28th. SpaceMan64 9"83
29th. LRFLEW 10"00
30th. OJJ 10"03
31st. Syntax 10"23
32nd. kanef. 10"77
33rd. Sidney 10"90
34th. AndrewSM64 10"93
34th. egaSyeliR 10"93
36th. Brittany 11"07
36th. ZeroBits 11"07
38th. ShadoXFM 11"90
39th. ERGC|Xander 12"03
40th. YO_WUZ_UP 12"80
41st. RussEfarmer 13"10
42nd. letcreate123 13"57
43rd. JoshDuMan 14"03
44th. Tempo 14"10
45th. famicomdisksystem 14"20
46th. Maplestrip 14"43
47th. Missing Undefined 14"87
48th. Superdavo0001 15"77

DQ: MarioKiller (doesn't collect red coin, enters pipe)
DQ: Thestickman391 (File ends early)

Task 3 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-02-17 | A compilation of the 26 non-disqualified entries of Task 3 in the Super Mario 64 TAS Competition 2019 showing 13 entries at a time. It's recommended to be viewed in full screen since it's zoomed out a lot to fit most entrants.

Task summary: In Snowman's Land, start by leaving the Igloo, and then touch all 4 signs and collect the red coin in the corner behind the snowman. End by re-entering the igloo.

Unfortunately the water has some z-fighting because of the low resolution depth-buffer.

Background music: Cool Cool Mountain - Orchestra by Cleffernotes
youtube.com/watch?v=zlZcar4cqP0

Full results with times:
1st. CeeSZee 21"43
2nd. Dargos 22"83
3rd. DyllonStej 23"27
4th. Bretaigne 24"17
5th. Rush57 24"57
6th. Nis 25"47
7th. Madghostek 26"23
8th. Tomatobird8 28"00
9th. Cynimal 28"13
10th. AleXx167 28"87
11th. fifdspence 29"53
12th. Sk3p3X 29"60
13th. Adeal 29"83
14th. Iwer Sonsch 31"87
15th. Superdavo0001 32"00
16th. Spaceman64 32"07
17th. Non5en5e 32"67
18th. Eddio0141 32"93
19th. Missing Undefined 33"27
20th. MrPyt1001 33"57
21st. LRFLEW 33"80
22nd. kanef. 33"97 23rd. ERGC | Xander 35"70
24th. ds273 36"63
25th. nathan10nathan 40"30
26th. RussEFarmer 40"73

Task 2 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-02-03 | A compilation of the 32 entries of Task 2 in the Super Mario 64 TAS Competition 2019 showing 16 entries at a time.

Task summary: "In Tiny-Huge Island, warp from the main island to the wooden boxes that lead to the floating island (custom warp, shown in GIF below), and break all 4 custom placed wing cap boxes. End by entering any pipe (2 of the pipes have been moved). Note that the boxes that lead to the floating island are permanently there."

I used the wrong savestate and now the wing cap boxes are misplaced :( There should be one on the little island in the front and one near the pipe on the right.

The routes are a lot more diverging than in task 1, which makes it more interesting but also more chaotic. I did give different entries different cap colors this time so you can distinguish individual runs better.

Background music is the Super Mario 3D Land Jazzy Overworld theme with SNES soundfonts.

Task 1 Ghost comparison - SM64 TAS Competition 2019

daddu 2019-01-26 | A compilation of the top 36 (out of 48) entries of Task 1 in the Super Mario 64 TAS Competition 2019, but with multiple Marios on the same screen. For more info about this task, check out:
youtube.com/watch?v=Yw0AYdhpogI

Task summary: "In Whomp's Fortress, start by warping from the Shoot to the Wild Blue area to the area where the metal cap is, and collect 5 of the 7 custom placed red coins. End by collecting any star. Note that all enemies, elevators, moving platforms and the wall that covers the "Blast Away the Wall" star have been removed from the savestate."

The bottom 12 entries diverge too far to make a great comparison so I left those out. mkdasher made such a comparison once for task 2 of 2016 (youtube.com/watch?v=WB-v3NBwmSQ) which was well received, so I thought it'd be fun to make another one, but using memory hacking instead of video compositing which makes it easier to have a dynamic camera.

Entries are shown 12 at a time because the game crashes when too many Mario's are drawn, and it would probably also become quite cluttered otherwise.

Background music is a remix of Moo Moo Farm by Bulby
youtube.com/watch?v=fzwArllDnEc
youtube.com/channel/UCz6zvgkf6eKpgqlUZQstOtQ

Effectinfo and EnemyInfo - SM64 Debug code

daddu 2018-05-30 | In this video I show everything I found out about the Effectinfo and Enemyinfo debug menus in Super Mario 64. These were used by the developers to tweak settings while playing. While all this functionality is disabled in the final game, the code still remains in the ROM. With memory hacks they can be re-enabled.

For brevity, I didn't go into much detail in some areas. Extra info can be found in this document where I put notes about these menus as well as other debug related code:

hackmd.io/GTbRH81lQo6ajBSDyu138w

SM64 Janky Hitboxes

daddu 2018-04-22 | In this video I show some of the 'interesting' hitboxes I found in SM64 using a hack that shows collision triangles and cylinders. You can find it in the Gfx tab in STROOP: github.com/SM64-TAS-ABC/STROOP/releases
In this video I'm using an older version which can be found here: github.com/dkorpel/STROOP/releases/tag/vDev
Instructions on how to use it can also be found on that page.

To check whether two objects come in contact which each other, the game checks:
- whether the distance between them in the horizontal xz-plane is smaller than the sum of both objects' hitbox radii
- whether the range [y-offset, y-offset+height] of both objects overlap

So hitboxes are almost always just cylinders. Approximating collision with basic shapes isn't uncommon in games, but in Super Mario 64 the cylinders aren't always a tight fit.

Separately, geometry that Mario can stand on consists of floor, wall and ceiling triangles. Most of the time visible triangles map 1:1 to collision triangles, but some objects are approximated as boxes.

Also, there are some invisible walls. In Whomp's Fortress there is a wall that is supposedly there to prevent you from doing a Water Upwarp (water rectangles extend infinitely down and getting under one puts you at the surface). And the funnel in Bowser in the Fire Sea has walls behind it for some reason.

About the hack:
It's written using Lips (github.com/notwa/lips) and BizHawk (github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk). The source code can be found here: gist.github.com/dkorpel/dc7c435bf937fe886b67bfb51b7ec43a