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Software defects are not harmful. Backwards long jumps are just a bounds-checking error, and without them, it would take over five minutes to beat Super Mario 6

Software defects are not harmful. Backwards long jumps are just a bounds-checking error, and without them, it would take over five minutes to beat Super Mario 64. The A-Button Challenge wouldn't be possible at all if it weren't for bugs. Bugs are an important part of the software ecosystem and should be included whenever necessary.

jart 5y ago
Yes! A speedrunner. Bugs are an endless source of amusement. Except when it's ones like Pokemon Yellow https://youtu.be/RswDekKF3TQ?t=68 https://youtu.be/RswDekKF3TQ?t=68 or Zelda Link to the Past https://youtu.be/6s0L0kkFwd8?t=166 https://youtu.be/6s0L0kkFwd8?t=166 With Yellow it's kind of interesting because it's not so much a speedrun as he's reprogramming raw memory probably using a carefully designed sequence of joystick movements. I heard airline ticket sales women used to do that with Sabre terminals back in the day. If you have a TAS then you can even exploit the video game so hard that it gets replaced with another video game like in Mario 3 https://youtu.be/oWbwmxVpqVI?t=163 https://youtu.be/oWbwmxVpqVI?t=163
rjmill 5y ago
Are you saying "It's not a bug, it's a feature"? Because that's rude.