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And this is why I enjoy "TAS" or "tool assisted speedruns". People will basically write a program to do the speedruns for them with literal microsecond precisi

And this is why I enjoy "TAS" or "tool assisted speedruns". People will basically write a program to do the speedruns for them with literal microsecond precision. My favorite are watching super Mario 64 TAS runs. Stuff like a special way that they can jump perfectly on some slopes to build up hilariously high speed values then using that to launch across the map all in a fraction of a second. There is also a Pokemon run where the guy built a way to input arbritrary code during a first generation Pokemon (red or blue) run, and used it to program in the opening to the next generation of the games among other things things.

bitwize 8y ago
> Stuff like a special way that they can jump perfectly on some slopes to build up hilariously high speed values then using that to launch across the map all in a fraction of a second. "...But before that, we have to talk about alternate universes."
- saagarjha 8y ago
  Context, for those not aware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A. This specific quote is at around 10:35.
  - ruytlm 8y ago
    On a related note of Youtube videos about Mario games that I never thought I'd watch the full duration of but that turned out to be strangely fascinating, here is the World Record History of Super Mario Sunshine any%: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oudZMniib08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oudZMniib08