Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The goal of an any% speedrun with Donkey Kong 64 is to beat the game as fast as possible, which is currently done by acquiring the two mandatory keys and the moves to beat the game. Today we discuss the skip that has the potential to beat that, and why it doesn't work currently.
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction
0:51 - Entering K Rool currently
2:04 - Isles Troff 'n' Scoff
4:46 - Getting to Isles Troff 'n' Scoff
5:41 - N64 Crash and the Divide-by-zero errror
8:46 - Wii U Virtual Console
11:33 - Implications for the speedrun
12:14 - Lag Flashback Warp
13:17 - Helm Timer Flashback Warp
13:54 - Conclusion
VIDEOS USED
K. Rool Early (Emulator Glitch): youtube.com/watch?v=OqEK3HGT5Jo&t=3s&ab_channel=Exchord
Troff 'n' Scoff Crash: youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9ZaCzLJpA&t=1s&ab_channel=IntroStoryGlitch
Flashback Warp without ISG - Any% Game Changer: youtube.com/watch?v=iPnj1UFemFc&ab_channel=RingRush
KRE Any% Hack Speedrun: twitch.tv/videos/917994797?t=0h19m50s
Cannon Game is weird: twitch.tv/zorulda/clip/BlushingCarelessMonitor4Head?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time
MUSIC
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"Purrple Cat - Warm Horizon" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/bkc-warm
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Song: "Lakey Inspired - Blue Boi [Lofi]" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: youtu.be/wnOoqdcf7zU
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"Sarah Jansen - Far Away" is under a Creative Commons (cc-by) license
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Song: "Sappheiros - Falling (Ft. eSoreni) [Chill]" is under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY)
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/Sappheiros-Falling
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"LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day" is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Track: Static — Land of Fire [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: youtu.be/oROZqpCPvhA
Free Download / Stream: alplus.io/static
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Track: Sunlight Cascading Through the Clouds — Artificial.Music [Audio Library Release]
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Watch: youtu.be/mtONh3v8-mw
Free Download / Stream: alplus.io/sunlight-cascading
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The goal of an any% speedrun with Donkey Kong 64 is to beat the game as fast as possible, which is currently done by acquiring the two mandatory keys and the moves to beat the game. Today we discuss the skip that has the potential to beat that, and why it doesn't work currently.
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction
0:51 - Entering K Rool currently
2:04 - Isles Troff 'n' Scoff
4:46 - Getting to Isles Troff 'n' Scoff
5:41 - N64 Crash and the Divide-by-zero errror
8:46 - Wii U Virtual Console
11:33 - Implications for the speedrun
12:14 - Lag Flashback Warp
13:17 - Helm Timer Flashback Warp
13:54 - Conclusion
VIDEOS USED
K. Rool Early (Emulator Glitch): youtube.com/watch?v=OqEK3HGT5Jo&t=3s&ab_channel=Exchord
Troff 'n' Scoff Crash: youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9ZaCzLJpA&t=1s&ab_channel=IntroStoryGlitch
Flashback Warp without ISG - Any% Game Changer: youtube.com/watch?v=iPnj1UFemFc&ab_channel=RingRush
KRE Any% Hack Speedrun: twitch.tv/videos/917994797?t=0h19m50s
Cannon Game is weird: twitch.tv/zorulda/clip/BlushingCarelessMonitor4Head?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time
MUSIC
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
"Purrple Cat - Warm Horizon" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/bkc-warm
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Song: "Lakey Inspired - Blue Boi [Lofi]" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: youtu.be/wnOoqdcf7zU
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
"Sarah Jansen - Far Away" is under a Creative Commons (cc-by) license
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/sarah-jansen-far-away
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Song: "Sappheiros - Falling (Ft. eSoreni) [Chill]" is under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY)
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/Sappheiros-Falling
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"LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day" is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Music provided by BreakingCopyright: youtu.be/23IiqeIw38w
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Track: Static — Land of Fire [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: youtu.be/oROZqpCPvhA
Free Download / Stream: alplus.io/static
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Track: Sunlight Cascading Through the Clouds — Artificial.Music [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: youtu.be/mtONh3v8-mw
Free Download / Stream: alplus.io/sunlight-cascading
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Track: For the People — Artificial.Music [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: youtu.be/3rSaa3upylw
Free Download / Stream: alplus.io/people
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![[TAS] Boogie Nights of the Living Dead 100% in 3:10.100 | Earthworm Jim 3D](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SKFLcxS6lSI/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Boogie Nights of the Living Dead 100% in 3:10.100 | Earthworm Jim 3D
A 100% TAS of the level Boogie Nights of the Living Dead (Often abbreviated to Boogie Nights) done in 3 minutes and 10 seconds. The definition of 100% for this level is getting all 5 of the golden udders and all 100 marbles within the level.
The route is mostly similar to the RTA route (of which the record can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2XDF6vuHw0&t=1h10m45s ) with some optimisations (such as a blast jump from a nearby Boom Box to reach the pillar udder earlier than intended).
This TAS mostly shows off the sheer optimisation left in movement within this game. Emulator naturally behaves more like the PC varient of this game (little lag, gaining height during the twirl move, no walljump), however when I get round to doing the full 100% TAS of this game (Which will use scripts to hack the emulator to behave more like N64), you will see A LOT more sequence breaks due to one of the mechanics that N64 has that PC/Normal Emu does not.
This TAS was made with the assistance of a RAM Watch script called ScriptHawk, which can be found here: https://github.com/Isotarge/ScriptHawk
Speedrun Leaderboards - https://www.speedrun.com/ewj3d
Earthworm Jim 3D Speedrunning Discord - https://discord.gg/PUYh2yG")
![More K Rool Oddities [Theoretical] | Donkey Kong 64 Glitch](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U8zBNwka_uA/mqdefault.jpg "More K Rool Oddities [Theoretical] | Donkey Kong 64 Glitch
PREVIOUS K ROOL ODDITIES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmqnsrqDJw
DK PHASE
By grabbing K Rool w/ hacks, you can turn DK temporarily invincible.. Somehow. On top of this, if you enter the Barrel from above whilst K Rool is in certain positions, you can instantly damage K Rool.. and keep the barrel.
Its worth noting that the Punch counts will still progress, and after 4 shots, the phase will be over (regardless of how many barrels are remaining in the ring)
LANKY PHASE
By picking K Rool up, the Warp Pad Cutscene plays. K Rool remains in the corner, and playing an instrument will put him in an infinite run loop. Even if you pick him up, he breaks free of your grasp and runs back to the corner to get stuck again. He is in a defeatable state if you place the peels very carefully.
CHUNKY PHASE
If you move during the K Rool punch scene, you can get a much earlier cutscene. For some reason, the charging of the punch is enough to trigger the cutscene from that position (Normally it wouldnt work if youre in the regular position).
Also, the Diddy Phase Rocketbarrel actor is in Chunky Phase, for... some.. reason")
![K Rool in 12:13 [Former N64 WR] | Donkey Kong 64](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UH9sAchcYQE/mqdefault.jpg "K Rool in 12:13 [Former N64 WR] | Donkey Kong 64
EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnlElzQOXvw
Yeah... this again.. but... fastest N64 time....
Technically the fastest time done on N64, but its to a degree (0.03s) where itd be simpler to go joint fastest.
Im aiming to eventually push this down to 12:09-12:10 range
Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/theballaam96")
