Superfast Mario Bros. in 1:11 Acmlm1 2008-04-29 | SMB1 with various speed hacks, then beaten very fast with tool-assisted play. The original game can be beaten in just under 5 minutes, this does it in 1:11! (yes, this is still running at 60fps) The glitching every few seconds is because the NES (or at least SMB1) can barely handle scrolling this fast ... You could think of it like activating many cheats, except the changes make it nearly unplayable normally! You can try it by yourself with this IPS patch: http://acmlm.rustedlogic.net/ips/SMB1fast.ips
Superfast Zelda in 5:34 Acmlm1 2009-09-22 | After Mario doing it 3 times, it's now Link's turn! This follows the same route as the existing tool-assisted run on tasvideos.org (24:04, by Phil and Baxter), but goes about 4.3x faster overall (5:34) with the speed hacks. (not quite as perfect, though) It almost looks like a fast-forwarded version of that, but still at 60fps ... PKMNwww411 suggested it on my channel comments last week, so I thought why not and did it within the last 3 days. Again, you can get the IPS patch here to try it by yourself: http://acmlm.rustedlogic.net/ips/Zelda1fast.ips
Strange Mario Bros in 4:25 Acmlm1 2009-09-17 | Tool-assisted run of my SMB1 hack (the "normal" path through it anyway), done almost 2 years ago but I finally decided to upload it after seeing a much slower attempt at it. (nice to see the hack is still fairly popular after nearly a decade, too) It could still be at least a few seconds faster, as it was done quickly and didn't use some of the newer SMB1 glitches like the flagpole skip ...
26MB Windows XP using a batch file Acmlm1 2009-08-25 | (I actually did this last year, just didn't bother to upload it until now ...) Windows XP (RTM), taken from a fresh install (no nLite or anything) to the bare minimum (or lowest I could get) in just a few minutes with a set of batch files. This was done by running it in VMWare and using snapshots, adding commands (deletes, etc.) to the batch file as I figure out what I can delete and what I can't (restoring from the snapshot when Windows doesn't boot), until I couldn't find anything more I could remove. C:\windows size and RAM usage: - Before: 609MB, 6126 files, 276 folders, 75MB commit charge - After: 26.5MB, 133 files, 8 folders, 15MB - + UPX: 18.8MB, but 60MB commit (and probably slower too) Of course, there really isn't much use for it since it's really broken ... it's just a fun experiment I've been doing with different Windows versions. You can get the batch files (and programs used) here: http://acmlm.rustedlogic.net/etc/slimwinbat.zip (extract to C:\slimwin, then 1.bat starts the whole process) Obviously don't ever run this on any normal XP system unless you want to break it badly ... and it might only work with XP RTM English.
Superfast Mario Bros. 3 in 1:54 Acmlm1 2009-07-29 | SMB3 with speed hacks! Once again, Mario races through the game faster than Sonic could ever hope to, and doesn't have time to waste on the autoscrolling. The game is beaten in 1:54, about 5.5x faster than normally possible (tool-assisted, of course). I actually started the hack over a year ago (after finishing SMB1 and SMB2), just finally got around to finish it and do the run yesterday ... You can get the IPS patch here: http://acmlm.rustedlogic.net/ips/SMB3fast.ips
Phantom Brave TAS - Part 6/6 (final boss, ending) Acmlm1 2009-07-07 | I'm not exactly sure where the run should end (to count its total time), and the ending is over 10 minutes long, so I'll list the end times: 1:06:25.92 - Final boss defeated 1:09:59.38 - Last input before credits (after the 1st ending scene) 1:18:21.45 - Last input before getting "The End" (after the 2nd ending scene) 1:18:39.10 - Saved the game, at "Game cleared" status The ingame time (after saving) is 1:13:42, it probably doesn't count loading times (but did count the ending ...). Now, although I did beat the game, that's only the main story. There's still the postgame after this, where enemies quickly grow from "normal" levels/stats to huge numbers (like any other game in the series, if you know Disgaea) ... and the last postgame fight (Pringer X) would require about 100x the stats I finished with. The postgame itself is short enough (10 more battles) and the leveling shouldn't take that long with more failure dungeon abuse ... just enter a 99 floor level 1000 dungeon (clearing a 99 floor dungeon is required at some point), manipulate level 9999 combo items at the end, and fuse them for hopefully high enough stats for Pringer X. However, doing it back in episode 4 would save some time in the last few episodes (kill the last bosses in one hit, no need to manipulate elementals) ... Also, you get nothing from defeating Pringer X, so it'd just end there. The whole run would probably have to be redone anyway if I was to submit it to tasvideos, and there's a few possible improvements as well: - Start with a blank unformatted memory card instead of my old existing saves. It's not included in the movie file, but clearing it seems to completely change the timing and random values at the beginning, so it can't easily be fixed. - The re-recording PCSX2 itself isn't complete, and some changes might cause desyncs - Find a better set of attacks to use through the later episodes, preferably some of the same type as the basic attack so all the SP for it wouldn't go to waste (also letting me use special attacks more often). But that could be hard to get, since dungeons already take long enough to manipulate without worrying about which weapon types (and attacks) I'll find in them ... - If it's possible to find and defeat 20 titlists in random dungeons (not failure) right at the beginning within 5 minutes, I could do the powerleveling in episode 1 - Some of the leveling done wasn't needed, neither was the fusing into characters to get past level 100 (unless I go for Pringer X, of course). I only needed Ash and the bottlemail as alternate characters to use, the dungeonmonk for higher level dungeons, and the titlist for exploding confines, the rest was a waste. Leveling multiple titlists (and higher, with more HP if possible) might help a bit, though ... - Stat gains on level up weren't manipulated, but they can be (not sure how much more I could get) (See part 1 for the full description about the run)
Phantom Brave TAS - Part 5/6 (ep. 14 to 20) Acmlm1 2009-06-19 | (See part 1 for the full description about the run)
Phantom Brave TAS - Part 4/6 (ep. 9 to 14) Acmlm1 2009-06-16 | (See part 1 for the full description about the run)
Phantom Brave TAS - Part 3/6 (ep. 4 to 8) Acmlm1 2009-06-09 | Enemies all around the world are getting hit by a green hurricane before they can see it coming. (See part 1 for the full description about the run)
Phantom Brave TAS - Part 2/6 (ep. 3-4 and dungeons) Acmlm1 2009-05-31 | Finishing episode 3, then abusing failure dungeons for great powerleveling! (See part 1 for the full description about the run)
Phantom Brave TAS - Part 1/6 (up to episode 3) Acmlm1 2009-05-26 | Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS): recorded using savestates and frame advance, to "play" better than humanly possible. (also manipulates luck) I've wanted to see at least one of NIS's SRPG's getting owned in record time for a while already (I've beaten them all now), but Disgaea DS (with the newly available DS re-recording) isn't that great and no one had done PlayStation 2 re-recording yet, so I picked up PCSX2 0.9.6's source, tried doing it myself (partly to see if I could), and got basic re-recording features working after a few days. Then I started this run ... I picked this game over the more popular Disgaea since it should be the shortest (probably no more than 2 hours, I've beaten the main story in 6½ hours on my second playthrough) and it's considered the hardest in the series. This first part goes until halfway through episode 3, with all story/dialogue parts fast-forwarded by about 10x to fit more action within the length limit. (Work in progress)
The Impossible Song - Heavy - AA Acmlm1 2008-10-28 | Who said it was impossible?And no, you can't have my triple speed steroids, I keep them for boredom like this.(... this was really played at 0.3x and easier judge, then edited, no way I'm this good)
The Impossible Quiz in 3:22 Acmlm1 2008-09-14 | The Impossible Quiz, beaten fast using a macro (automated sequence of mouse controls, delays and pixel checking). There's no cutting, fastforwarding or anything, the only "cheating" here is the macro (like a tool-assisted run in a way). I just thought about doing this after a few dozen legit tries at it for some reason ... This actually took a while to do (I started this about 4-5 days ago), mostly at the end when I had to sit through all the questions and unskippable delays for 2-3 minutes over and over again for each change ... I've also gotten 3:20 (instead of 3:22 here) without screen recorder lag, as shown at the start.
Mega Man 9 NSF cover - Tornado Man, title Acmlm1 2008-08-01 | Tornado Man and title music from the upcoming Megaman 9, reproduced on the NES using my own sound engine! It's not 100% accurate, but I'd say it's close enough ... this was done by recording the trailer, listening to it many times, etc., so a few things had to be guessed. And yes, the whole graphical part shown here is custom too (except for the ripped Megaman graphics). * 09-30-08: Updated with some fixes, complete title screen and part of the intro! You can get the NSF here: http://acmlm.rustedlogic.net/etc/mm9/mm9.nsf or the full thing (shown here): http://acmlm.rustedlogic.net/etc/mm9/mm9nsf.nes
La Pucelle - Level 480 in one turn Acmlm1 2008-05-10 | A level 1 bat defeats a whole Baal army for mass leveling! This was made possible by merging a lot of iron boots (-100 to most stats) for an item with high negatives, which I used to lower each Baal's HP to 1. Triple EXP (shop wish) was on, and bats have lower EXP requirements per level, so that boosted the level gain even more.
La Pucelle - purify bonus 46516 Acmlm1 2008-05-10 | Setting up a purification chain with 5 miracles in Cave of Trials 3 for a high bonus, the best I've gotten so far. Combined with triple EXP (shop wish) and a high item elemental, this was enough to get a level 0 item to 99 (max)!
Minesweeper - Clearing 667 mines Acmlm1 2008-05-01 | Winning at the highest settings. Ok, so I cheated ... it wasn't the "xyzzy" cheat (which would have been slower anyway), but close enough, here's how I did it: - Run Minesweeper in a virtual machine (I used VMWare), start a new game - Save snapshot - Lose and take a screenshot (outside of the virtual machine) when it shows the mines - Reload snapshot (to restart the same game) - Use the screenshot to see where the safe tiles are, and click them
A bored god plays Tetris Acmlm1 2008-04-30 | What might happen if you could choose the blocks you get? Something like this! Tool-assisted, manipulates luck, no cheats or changes to the game.
Superfast Mario Bros. 2 in 2:11 Acmlm1 2008-04-30 | SMB2 with speed hacks, in the same way that was done to SMB1. The play time is 2:11, over 3x faster than normally possible. If it isn't already obvious, this is a tool-assisted run (using savestates and slowdown to play perfectly), as it's quite hard to play this otherwise ... You can get the IPS patch here: http://acmlm.rustedlogic.net/ips/SMB2fast.ips
