Questions tagged [speedrun]
A speedrun is a play-through of a level, map, or whole game where the player tries to achieve the quickest time possible. Use this tag for questions about techniques, routing, and rules of speedrunning in general or specific games.
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Why does Mega Man jump and face backwards before entering the Flash Man stage boss room in tool-assisted speedruns (TAS)?
I watched the tool-assisted speedrun of Mega Man 2 "[TAS] NES Mega Man 2 by Shinryuu in 23:38.98," which I believe is currently the fastest run of the game. In this run, they chose to tackle ...
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How does the wall-phasing speedrun glitch work in Mega Man 2?
I watched Shinryuu's tool-assisted speedrun of Mega Man 2 (NES) and noticed an interesting glitch that occurs multiple times throughout the run. I'm curious about how it works and hope someone can ...
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How do speedrunners accurately measure their times?
I was watching a few videos about NES Super Mario Bros speedrunning and I'm confused how they get such precise timings. They clearly can't be personally hitting a button to stop or start a clock, ...
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What's the software used in Mega Man X speedruns?
I'm starting out with my personal journey toward a 100% speedrun of Mega Man X, and I noticed that pretty much every speedrunner on YouTube is using a software that keeps track of time for each level: ...
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What is Werster referring to when he says "And I got trips on my money" at the end of a Pokemon Blue run?
Can be seen in this video at 05:49:
What was Werster talking about? Was there some sort of bet involved with someone else?
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Have pit hacks been done of games other than super mario world?
Most people have probably heard about "Kaizo hacks". These are edited versions of the game Super Mario World (SMW) designed to be very difficult. There have been some "kaizo hacks" ...
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Is there such thing as an "All Glitches" Speedrun?
I enjoy watching videos about speedruns, but I'm not super knowledgeable on everything so I don't know if this exists or not.
I just wanna know if there are kinds of speedruns where the goal is to ...
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Minecraft speedrun tips [closed]
Does anyone have any good minecraft speedrun tips? Many have been trying speedruns, but always lag behind on time (including myself), probably due to unneccessary stuff they did, so I was wondering if ...
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Can you speedrun Bomberman with an emulator?
I have played Bomberman since I was little but now I would like to upload some speedrun even if my time is not ideal. But I don't have an NES right now. Is it legal to use an emulator? or do I need ...
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What's the longest speedrun world record?
Various classics have been speed run in surprisingly short amounts of time, for example Mario in under 5 minutes and Ultimate Doom in about 20 minutes and many others (Zelda, MineSweeper).
I learned ...
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How are Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) exploits discovered (such as in OoT)?
Some games, such as Pokémon Yellow or Ocarina of Time, have exploits that allow you to write your own code (ACE). How were these exploits found? I want to learn how to find these exploits, for ...
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Have there been video games for which perfect speedruns were mathematically proven?
Recently, there was posted a video from the YouTube channel Summoning Salt, talking about speedrunning Super Mario Bros and how close humans are to perfectly speedrunning each level. In this video, it ...
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Do speed kills work in A Hat in Time?
I have completed A Hat in Time in full, and have been trying to speed kill bosses. The most troubling one is the mafia boss; I cant seem to speed kill, as he´ll constantly jump off stage. What do I do?...
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How was it calculated that Dream cheated on his Minecraft v1.16 glitchless speedrun?
The speedrunner Dream has recently been accused of cheating in his Minecraft Java v1.16 glitchless speedrun.
How did the Minecraft Java speedrunning mods calculate if Dream cheated?
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What are the common categories for speedruns?
While answering this question I discussed the meaning of any% in the speedrunning community, which simply refers to completing the game as quickly as possible while being permitted to ignore side-...
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