![[TAS] Castlevania 1 Any% Human Theory in 11:21.433 @SBDWolf](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OtKYjSpk7P8/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is a Tool-Assisted Speedrun. This means that I used tools such as save states and frame-by-frame advancement to achieve this run.
This is my first attempt at a TAS, so there's bound to be a few mistakes. In fact, while rewatching the run I noticed a couple spots where I could've saved some frames. But I'm content with how this turned out overall.
I made this run with the purpose to show what the Any% run would look like if the strategies that RTA runners use were executed perfectly. The final time is a bit lower than I expected, which is pretty cool.
Here's some notes about the run: pastebin.com/Wu9DkrhC
This is a Tool-Assisted Speedrun. This means that I used tools such as save states and frame-by-frame advancement to achieve this run.
This is my first attempt at a TAS, so there's bound to be a few mistakes. In fact, while rewatching the run I noticed a couple spots where I could've saved some frames. But I'm content with how this turned out overall.
I made this run with the purpose to show what the Any% run would look like if the strategies that RTA runners use were executed perfectly. The final time is a bit lower than I expected, which is pretty cool.
Here's some notes about the run: pastebin.com/Wu9DkrhC
![[TAS] Castlevania 1 Any% Human Theory in 11:21.433](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OtKYjSpk7P8/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Castlevania 1 Any% Human Theory in 11:21.433
This is a Tool-Assisted Speedrun. This means that I used tools such as save states and frame-by-frame advancement to achieve this run.
This is my first attempt at a TAS, so theres bound to be a few mistakes. In fact, while rewatching the run I noticed a couple spots where I couldve saved some frames. But Im content with how this turned out overall.
I made this run with the purpose to show what the Any% run would look like if the strategies that RTA runners use were executed perfectly. The final time is a bit lower than I expected, which is pretty cool.
Heres some notes about the run: https://pastebin.com/Wu9DkrhC")
![[Former World Record] Low% Speedrun - 31:24 - Legacy, Regular, Solo - Cuphead](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P18U4YnSIA4/mqdefault.jpg "[Former World Record] Low% Speedrun - 31:24 - Legacy, Regular, Solo - Cuphead
4-cycle Brineybeard, 3rd try monkey skip. Really good run outside of that. Sub-31 might be barely possible.
No input viewer this time around, my usual controller broke so Im temporarily using a gamecube controller, and I couldnt get the input display to work with that.")
![[OBSOLETE] AB Glitchless - Ribby and Croaks - 00:57 - Current Patch - Cuphead](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QdygR5bd6ZY/mqdefault.jpg "[OBSOLETE] AB Glitchless - Ribby and Croaks - 00:57 - Current Patch - Cuphead
Its been discovered that its possible to one-cycle the slot machine phase with the tigers attack, thus skipping about 8 seconds of invincibility. This means that theres no way to combine this with the quick transition, which requires the use of a lot of spread Exs, since you need super cards in order to even have a shot at 1-cycling tigers. The time save from the 1-cycle is regardless still enough to make up for the longer phase 1 & 2.")
![[Former World Record] All Bosses Speedrun - 30:45 - Current Patch, Regular, Solo - Cuphead](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QxadZI2gDmw/mqdefault.jpg "[Former World Record] All Bosses Speedrun - 30:45 - Current Patch, Regular, Solo - Cuphead
Still improvable. I had a 1:13 Grim and I didnt go for the beppi glitch, both costing around 10-15 seconds each. Plus a few time losses here and there.
My controls:
Jump: Right Bumper
Shoot: Left Trigger
Ex Shoot: A
Switch Weapon: X
Lock: Left Bumper
Dash: Y")
![Castlevania II: Simons Quest Any% Speedrun (JP FDS) in 4:03/3:43 loadless [Former World Record]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U5bPkir5tdg/mqdefault.jpg "Castlevania II: Simons Quest Any% Speedrun (JP FDS) in 4:03/3:43 loadless [Former World Record]
This was an unbelievable run which I got as my second attempt of the first day back after a year or so. Im not gonna try to beat this any time soon. Good luck to whoever decides to.
This is the Japanese version of Castlevania 2 (known as Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin) which came out on the Famicom Disk System add-on for the Famicom. It includes a variety of extra glitches useful for speedrunning, which can be used to beat the game in under 5 minutes. Heres a breakdown of the route:
- Buy holy water;
- Go to Veros Town and try to get the Night Gitch. It involves going through a screen transition on the same frame itd turn night, which skips the text box and keeps the daylight. This saves 7 seconds.
- Take a death off of the eyeball on the same frame as a screen transition. This delays the death and respawns Simon in an unstable, white-textured, glitched version of Ondol Town.
- Hope the game doesnt crash while trying to floor drop down (its important to not press any buttons on the controller during the loading time or itll guarantee a crash), then void out to the left. This respawns Simon in a glitch world.
- Navigate through the glitch world to Draculas castle.
- Attempt the Hexadrop (double floor drop followed by the quad drop).
- Kill Dracula with two frame perfect Holy water tosses (the last active frame of the holy water is glitched and deals 185 HP of damage, enough to kill Dracula in two hits if nailed).
With this run, Night Glitch and Hexadrop are now mandatory for a world record run. This makes it at least 6 mandatory frame perfect tricks (some floor drops during the Hexadrop didnt feel frame perfect so they arent being counted, but I never really tested that).
Time without loads is 3:43.217. Time without loads is used because the Famicom Disk System has inconsistent loading times, so they are removed for fairness.
I played on Wii Virtual Console. This lost me about a second from a slightly lower framerate, but it was the best option available to me. WiiVC has very short loading times compared to original hardware, keeps the sound intact (unlike an Everdrive/Powerpak on an unmodded NES) and has low input delay (unlike emulator which also emulates the long loading times and disk side switching).
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