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March 25th, 2009 | EarthBound, Videos
The other day, pirohiko posted a Tool Assisted Speedrun (TAS) of EarthBound. The previous TAS record for EarthBound was 3 or 4 hours, but this latest run is just over 1 hour total 😯 To do this, legitimate bugs in the game are used to skip parts of the game, no cheat codes or anything were used. If you’re not familiar with what a TAS is, I like to think of it as how a superhuman might play a game.
Anyway, if you want to see the neat tricks and super-efficient methods to blaze through the game this quickly, check out pirohiko’s video! Also, an explanation of the various methods and glitches used are documented here. It’s fascinating stuff.
TASs are really cool, but for EarthBound, I’d love to see someone try to break the 7 hour or even 6 hour barrier by playing on an actual console in one single sitting. I forget where the record currently is, but it’s somewhere above 7 hours, I believe.
(Incidentally, I actually came across the new TAS the same day it was posted, and a bunch of people informed me almost immediately after, too. It’s great that people are submitting EarthBound news more often, so keep it up!)
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22 Comments to Finishing EarthBound in One Hour!
 | Chatetris said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
I can do that blind folded!!!! JK
 | PKNuMan said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
He skipped most of the parts. Isn’t that kinda cheating?
 | Jimi said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
All that’s really required of a speedrun is to complete the game, no matter what.
It’s like saying that a speedrun of Super Mario Bros. isn’t good because he used the warp zone.
Of course, I hold that opinion that it should be done the hard way, aka all the levels, but meh.
 | blrasmu said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
Wow, just over an hour? That’s just nuts.
 | Mato said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
rayefrenzy: probably because it’s a lot more documented by TASers and hackers. That’s my guess, anyway.
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| eme said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
sorry for de-railing the thread, but aparently the last famitsu publishes something about a quite MOTHEResque RPG coming to the LEVEL-5 ROID system. http://dareyoma.blog17.fc2.com/blog-entry-150.html
OMG HYPE.
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| Sonicandtails said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
rayefrenzy: I would say because possibly less text in certain spots.
 | JoeWuzHere said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
The graphics look so… smooth… wtf?
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| santiagoff said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
Holy shit. Those are THE glitches.
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| Starwolf_UK said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
@JoeWuzHere. Optional emulator graphics filters are responsibe for those.
I’ve only watched the first few minutes…poor Starman Junior.
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| Bobbyjkl said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
I tried to download, but what is this SMV?
In other words, how would I download this from the TAS site?
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| Mato said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
You’ll next need to get Snes9x, load the EB ROM, then load the smv movie file you just got.
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| M-Warrior said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
“TASs are really cool, but for EarthBound, I’d love to see someone try to break the 7 hour or even 6 hour barrier by playing on an actual console in one single sitting. I forget where the record currently is, but it’s somewhere above 7 hours, I believe.”
Here you go, an actual console run just above 4 hours.
http://speeddemosarchive.com/EarthBound.html
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| Mato said on Mar. 25, 2009 |
Actually, I already covered that one here: http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/02/413-earthbound-speedrun/
But that was a segmented run, which is a little different than what I was talking about. I’m most interested in a one-sitting run, since that’s closest to playing normally.
 | Xi said on Mar. 26, 2009 |
I was dissapointed when I saw the 4:13 run on http://speeddemosarchive.com/ . SDA used to not allow segmented runs on principle… I guess it got too hard to prove or something.
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| KingMike said on Mar. 26, 2009 |
Yeah, I was kinda wondering why they didn’t use Mother 2, which would probably produce a faster run time.
Less text to print, and I suspect M2’s fixed-width font is probably processed faster than EB’s variable-width font.
 | Nin10 said on Mar. 31, 2009 |
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!!
 | SoreThumb said on Mar. 31, 2009 |
The ‘see the video here’ link wont’ work anymore, unfortunately! 😐
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| MugiwaraYonkou said on Apr. 19, 2009 |
IN THE NAME OF GIYGAS!! Just 70 minutes incluiding credits,
*You cannot grasp the true form of this speedrun*
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| MegazeroX said on Apr. 25, 2009 |
Uhh, I can get there but the video doesnt start! What do I do?
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| Michael said on Dec. 23, 2010 |
first wait it takes a bit all i have to say is HOLY CRAP
Recent Comments
- Karmageddon: @Esper Heh, my bad. But remember though. We had to lower the quality of the recording to make it work on hardware.
- Esper: Dammit I’d prefer the new one if the “set” didn’t such blow into the mic. Love the official Lucas voice though!
- Earthbounder: Wonder if their is a way to use the alt english translation with this voice patch
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i love TAS-es. So here’s my question… Why would they use the English Earthbound, as opposed to Mother 2 since… as far as I can tell, its done by some japanese people.