Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Achieved on day 2 of attempts and in 178 attempts in total! This is my first PB in this category, and it may or may not be the last. .6 is possible for me, but that requires me to get a clip that's within two frames of my fastest clip. Speaking of which, the only time save I can do is a faster clip (the clip I got in this run is six frames slower than my fastest clip possible), as -2 FFPG is impossible for me — TAS framerule or easier framerule (one framerule behind TAS framerule). I can do everything to set up the clip, but I can't do the clip inputs. My goal was untied 7th place, so that's why I did -3 accel. And I got untied 7th place! (Untied 7th place as of when this is verified.) That's lucky!
Played on Nestopia 1.53.2
Achieved on day 2 of attempts and in 178 attempts in total! This is my first PB in this category, and it may or may not be the last. .6 is possible for me, but that requires me to get a clip that's within two frames of my fastest clip. Speaking of which, the only time save I can do is a faster clip (the clip I got in this run is six frames slower than my fastest clip possible), as -2 FFPG is impossible for me — TAS framerule or easier framerule (one framerule behind TAS framerule). I can do everything to set up the clip, but I can't do the clip inputs. My goal was untied 7th place, so that's why I did -3 accel. And I got untied 7th place! (Untied 7th place as of when this is verified.) That's lucky!
Played on Nestopia 1.53.2
![[TAS] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 maximum score by TheNoSwearGuy in 16:21.850](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nDpbS0ruqH0/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] NES Super Mario Bros. 3 maximum score by TheNoSwearGuy in 16:21.850
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. TAS originally published on 2023-03-15.
This TAS is inspired from 100th Coins Twitch highlight, specifically this one: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/535673827. Hope you enjoy!
I had to make two placeholder TASes, one for 7-1 and one for World 8, so I could plan ahead and know what score I need to finish all the levels with.
I didnt bother optimizing World 8 a ton, as the lag would be so annoying to deal with.
Download the TAS: https://www.mediafire.com/file/pr6lvr06jpznoea/thenoswearguy-smb3-maximum_score.fm2/file
RTA Timing: 16:20.702
Notes:
At 13:35, you can see I avoided the coin. This is because I accidentally went over my plan. My original plan was to get a 292 in 8-2 and finish with a score of _|721580, but since I got a 293, I was 50 points ahead. To compensate, I had to avoid one coin in 8-F, and the easiest one to do so while still following my plan is the one at 13:35.
If you hear any audio stutters, Im sorry. I cant control them.")
