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Just a heads-up to anybody interested -- there are generally two types of speedruns, tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) and unassisted. Searching for "$GAME TAS" (eg:
by ihsw 13y ago
Just a heads-up to anybody interested -- there are generally two types of speedruns, tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) and unassisted. Searching for "$GAME TAS" (eg: Super Mario World TAS) usually results in very impressive videos so they're usually easier to find.
There are a variety of other terms as well, for example sequence breaking, no-glitch, 100% completion, and so forth. Understandably there are numerous videos on Youtube for pretty much every console game that can be played on an emulator.
- resetmp 13y agoAlso, http://tasvideos.org http://tasvideos.org has a nice, large library of TAS submissions.
- mistercow 13y agoBy far my favorite kind of speedrun to watch is a non-TAS with commentary. Often, these runs are done by teams. There's typically one player who is good at executing, and then you might have someone responsible for planning the route through the game, and another person responsible for researching glitches and how they can be used most efficiently, etc. Hearing these people discuss their craft, and hearing the dynamics between their interactions (personal and practical) is fascinating. The best example I know of this is the ingx24 speedrun of Majora's Mask: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85k0fo1qnyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85k0fo1qnyo Humans are amazing animals. The fact that this level and coordination is possible even when the stakes are, ultimately, pretty pointless, is a testament to that.