Cave Story (洞窟物語) TAS in

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This is, without a doubt, one of the most eagerly anticipated runs since it became possible to TAS Windows games. Cave Story, made by Pixel in 2004, is a famous indie game notable for being made entirely by one person. You can download it for free here: www.cavestory.org/
This playthrough saves Curly and finishes with the best ending after beating Ballos. The author's commentary is included.
A high-quality version of this run is available via Bittorrent: tracker.tasvide...
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3:39 - Egg Corridor / タマゴ回廊 (4:00 skip)
7:59 - Grasstown / クサムラ (10:22 skip)
16:12 - Sand Zone / 砂区
24:56 - Labyrinth / 迷宮I
28:37 - Labyrinth Maze / 迷宮M
29:52 - Core / コア
32:26 - Waterway / 水路
34:41 - Egg Corridor? / タマゴ回廊？
35:45 - Outer Wall / 外壁
36:15 - Plantation / 大農園
42:21 - Last Cave (Hidden) / 最後の洞窟・裏
43:06 - Balcony / バルコニー
44:32 - Black Space / 黒い広間
46:15 - Sacred Grounds (Hell) / 聖域地下
Total input time: 50:10
Time until final boss dies: 48:51
Total in-game time: 27'14"4
In-game time in Hell: 2'04"01
Sorry about using the wrong font.
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This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, please go to: tasvideos.org/
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Update 2011-12-05: Amaya Daisuke, the creator of Cave Story, responds to a question on Twitter:
sirbastille wrote: @amaya_pixel Did you ever watch the TAS ( • Cave Story (洞窟物語) TAS ... ) of Cave Story and if so, were there any tricks used that surprised even you?
amaya_pixel wrote: @sirbastille I watched it. I did not think them. It's crazy..
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To those asking about the fourth ending: that's a fan-made hack. It's not in the original game. The video depicting it as a real part of the original game was an elaborate April Fools prank. (The fourth ending referred to on the Steam page probably refers to the Mimiga mask ending.)
Please see x.co/wA24 and x.co/wA2C for more information.

[@dada78641]

I just want to remind everyone: there's a much nicer video of this same speedrun available here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJO0m2iEnrZngpo Also with commentary, with fixed font, and 50fps instead of 25fps!

[@qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqw]

Thanks, this is my favorite speedrun.

[@orangen2311]

Are you doing alright these years?

[@dada78641]

@@orangen2311 I'm good, thanks for asking! Hope you guys are all good too

[@fweged4353]

not sure how good a place this is to ask, but......... is there a possibility of Final Fantasy XAT being put up for download again? all the links are dead

[@dada78641]

@@fweged4353 Oh wow, amazing that you remember that. Yeah, we have the download for that, we're planning to put it up again. I'm not sure if you are an old GW/Gaming World member but if you join the Discord ( discord.gg/Ysy8TSNYVP ) I'll get you a link to it when it's uploaded

[@Caesium141]

Skillful, silent, and full of interesting text commentary. Beautiful.

[@blargghkip]

Your profile picture fits that sentence perfectly.

[@PyroInferno110]

Lmao

[@neoqueto]

Just like Primitive Technology.

[@dendiepie1547]

@@neoqueto damn hes now rerely upload vids

[@neoqueto]

@@dendiepie1547 yeah because of COVID I think.

[@tonettoo]

I just realized that I saw the entire video whitout the author commentarys Screw it I am going to watch it again

[@PaulOlszewski]

35:10 It entertains me greatly to notice that both Super Metroid and Cave Story have an item-guarding miniboss that's skippable by just exiting the room fast enough.

[@TheSuckerOfTheWorld]

***** Are you talking about the Torizo?

[@PaulOlszewski]

TheSuckerOfTheWorld Yup.

[@gren4586]

The Bomb Torizo or the Golden Torizo? It's been so long since I played Super, I can't remember which one.

[@Xarive]

+Tattle Games bomb Torizo.

[@gren4586]

Thanks.

[@SoloMael]

Combined with the commentary, this is probably my favorite TAS of all time.

[@Z2Wolf]

I actually really liked this. I watched all of it. I usually don't like TAS, but I really appreciate you putting in the silly comments and extra pointless shootings to be an entertainer rather than just a showoff.

[@PastelPiku]

The nature of TAS is to be a showoff. That's where the entertainment comes from lol. Still, you're right about him doing a really good job of making it more entertaining than most TAS. This is still my favorite TAS video to this day.

[@BrickmanZero]

@@PastelPiku yeah, anyways there's that kind of TASes that are literally showoffs, "playaround" i think they are called Btw mind linking your pfp? I like it

[@dada78641]

To whoever posted about the 4th ending being a possible TAS goal: sorry, I accidentally deleted your message. (Clicked the wrong link, KZbin didn't ask for confirmation and I can't undelete it because this site is horrible.) But in any case, the infamous 4th ending is a mod. The video describing it as being real was an elaborate April Fools joke. It's a very well constructed mod, though.

[@watergamer6446]

"...because this site is horrible." somehow, it got worse

[@dada78641]

​@@watergamer6446 7 years later and YT still going strong making itself worse lol

[@shavingrabbid]

@@dada78641 iluvu

[@IrvingIV]

@@dada78641 They got rid of community contributions and that is unforgivable.

[@oneman2768]

@@dada78641 the return of the legend

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

The way he uses the momentum of taking hits to his advantage...beauty.

[@Azure30]

I love how the game just completely changes upon acquiring the booster 2.0

[@BeefBossu]

26:18 "I could kill the boss a lot faster" A lot faster...

[@retrospektiw]

hugo contreras Why the hell are you so aggresive? Maybe he/she really can beat it faster.

[@fuzzymanntit1211]

OMFG, shut the hell up boi!!!

[@thesaroscycle_archive]

Why is everybody yelling at this person?

[@Chayannez17]

My man.... that's totally not me....... k it was me lol, a toxic 8 or a 9 year old on the internet. Can't believe it's been 4 years since I post that.

[@thesaroscycle_archive]

But actually what happened here

[@rowan9146]

"This yellow cloud enemy has a ridiculous amount of HP" _Kills is before it even gets to 4_

[@rikingg5629]

"What's the hardest boss in this game?" "A I R L O C K D O O R"

[@Maannnn...]

No it's malco

[@SomaisBatman]

The last cave was simply amazing. Red Demon: Fight me! Quote: *Doesn't even stop*

[@hedwyn8803]

This TAS is probably still one of the most entertaining, almost 8 years later!

[@thestickopia4619]

2:11 when a spider lands on your shoulder

[@ViniciusGabriel-lf3cz]

A FREAKING FLYING COCKROACH flew into my shoulder last year @~@

[@Cosmo_raptor]

THE MUSCLE DOCTOR FELL THROUGH THE FLOOR I CAN'T EVEN

[@EvilLucario]

"I wish Quote could carry more dogs at once." Wish granted, that's now in the Switch version! Also, you can skip cutscenes to make them go faster, making the Switch version the definitive Cave Story experience.

[@TheTrueNehme]

Pretty sure that's just a Cave Story+ feature, I know I did it on steam and it may have even been possible on the enhanced version for the Wii.

[@dracibatic2433]

@@TheTrueNehme nope. ive tried to hold multiple dogs on pc cave story +. it failed me

[@LordJike]

I love how you rampage through everything like a boss

[@Snowyy201]

There should be some "Let's TAS" channel where they make commentary TAS like this. I love how this dude explain why he does this and that when most TAS-er don't

[@walkingterror7360]

I'm 8 years late but yeah

[@Dokurider]

Flying Killer Robots: The TAS

[@noctarin1516]

It's so satisfying to see (and hear) him shoot in every direction possible with every weapons at once

[@dada78641]

That was a really good move on the part of the person who made the April Fools joke, because it instantly rebutted everybody who actually took the time to try (and found it to be fake). It's called "moving the goalposts". Since 17 minutes is almost impossibly difficult, virtually undoable without TAS tools, no one could test it anymore. Even the SDA speedrunners, literally the world's best gamers, were about 6 minutes too late. So the 17 minutes thing was just a trick, and it worked really well.

[@hyperguy6596]

Mom:you have 1 hour on the computer Me:

[@BillErak]

9:14 "She seems to want sex in retur but this is a TAS". Best speedrun ever xD

[@JAZZYMETALSONIC]

"Jellyfish Summoner Chaco"

[@yoshipilot]

where does it say that?

[@BillErak]

turn on subtitles

[@yoshipilot]

thanks

[@fr0sther089]

00F

[@tea-stomach-cycle6385]

I'll be honest, I've watched this way to much. About 5 times its so good

[@ME-ru4hv]

17:21 The best is seeing these little things you do to help the nano seconds pass more quickly >:U

[@Ivyjungles]

this is my favorite TAS i've seen so far. i've watched it all the way through at least three times.

[@DerEthereal]

"Quote murdered Toroko!" what

[@robertadamsx2]

It looks really fun to use the unlimited booster.

[@ppowersteef]

The commentary delivered here makes it always the most entertaining Cave Story TAS to watch

[@sauce4422]

34:34 *The true speedrun begins*

[@mrchiken1341]

this is honestly one of the all-time great TASes for me

[@GibsonsForLife]

Awesome and fun to watch. I always admire the amount of work and skill that is put into TASes like these, and the author's comments were a nice bonus. When even the creator of the game is impressed, you know you did a good job!

[@Fox_San]

I really enjoy watching TASes in general, but the commentary on this one made it top-notch. Incredible job.

[@gamerboygaming]

For those of you wondering about where the commentary is... Turn on subtitles. I realized that 7 min into the video.

[@bryandedon7459]

Thank you. I kept seeing people saying they like the commentary and it says commentary in the title but I didn't hear or see any text so I thought the poster took out the commentary.

[@Antifrost]

The movement with both the Machine Gun and Booster is like watching an elegant choreography, it almost makes me wish the Booster 2.0 was unlocked sooner to see how you could've glided through earlier sections of the game.

[@creenan]

That commentary is a really nice touch. Great speedrun all in all.

[@Tails549]

Congratulations, you have successfully owned Cave Story. I can't even beat it without time constraints...

[@nayuki-rn]

Around 28:43 I just imagine Curly's like "wait for mmeeeeeeeeeee"

[@Yockel]

I love the commentary, probably the best and most informative tas I've erver watched. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheRadicalOneNG]

At 13:50 the player switches to the rocket launcher at the last second to make it look like Quote just blew the door down with his gun. Wonderful touches that make this playthrough awesome!

[@chizzicle]

This is one of my all time favourite TAS videos (other favourites being Super Mario 64 "0 star" and Super Mario World "96 exits") and also one of my all time favourite games so it makes me really happy that this was the first ever TAS of a windows game at tasvideos

[@FoxenFoxen]

48:17-48:21 lmao that face Ballos makes when he gets instakilled

[@limoki2456]

Holy crap! So many shots fired! Taking hits to your advantage, and you killed (mostly) every boss really fast! I give this 10 tas' out of 10 tas'

[@mariopartylover10]

Wow. The commentary makes the TAS that more awesome.

[@catthem]

Amazing to see Cave Story played like this... I never even considered multiple weapons at the same time! Awesome TAS!

[@GeneralXarzu]

The part where he got the fireball and switched between the two weapons was priceless

[@legobil_]

I had no idea what this game was. I dont understand a letter of japanese/kanji but your comentaries made it just as entertaining as a MMX TAS, a game which i love and know inside and out. I wish more TAS players used it to describe the tricks they use, otherwise its easy to mistake damage taken for randomness when in fact it is extremely calculated. Thanks!

[@underthepale]

Well it's more than I was ever expecting from a Cave Story TAS. Well done.

[@shadeshadowlord]

its been years but i come back to this video, its very satisfying to watch

[@procras]

epic TAS, well done sir. and i wish every TAS had commentary that was as useful and funny!

[@PastelPiku]

42:21 to 43:06 pretty much sums up the whole video

[@Cyberangel39]

Epic dialogue time save at 4:00

[@Nedserd9351]

thanks to you i was able to get the best ending...i used your video as a walkthrough

[@Quickness_Fitness]

No Polar Star tho :(

[@redridingcape]

@@Quickness_Fitness well the spur isn't necessary, but yea it does feel wrong to not go for spur in a best ending run.

[@pancookieplays]

Man, I love the little notes you add, more TAS runners should do that.

[@veteran6072]

i always go back to this tas every year. I really like it.

[@oro6399]

the final cave .... its like he didnt think the ogre boss existed

[@oro6399]

Yee

[@whydoikeepchangingmenameit6472]

This is truely an amazing TAS

[@DiggoryJiggory]

First CS speedrun I've seen Game still amazes me after all these years

[@gmdrandom6287]

This is a tool assisted speedrun. You should look at the WR best ending speedrun by periwinkle. It's a 55:47

[@G-F-D]

This just might be my favourite TAS ever. Of all time.

[@dendiepie1547]

Dude help, i watch this more than 10x in a day

[@CookieJar2025]

that shoulder pumping comment is GOLDEN, especially for someone who loves both Cave Story and Super Metroid

[@BigTimeLulz]

Love the captions that explain everything you're doing.

[@lillbrorsan]

This is just awesome, i love the commentary =D

[@thatgibberishrappingdog6057]

16:16 *C R A P F I R E B A L L !*

[@duskesko]

I love the commentary.

[@YetiSeekingYeti]

If all the killer robots were like this, then I can see why everybody would be afraid of them.

[@KFaraday]

Yes

[@theyoungster2]

11:16 Boss: Maco Hp: 9000 MY SIDES

[@kirby9759]

Malco*

[@ProgressiveForest]

It's hard to describe by words how terrifyingly good this is

[@zefanyalt5944]

every TAS game never failed to amuse me XD

[@artman40]

Commentary and the fact that all 3 levels of the blade have an use, are very interesting. I

[@TheSuckerOfTheWorld]

This was very amazing! Thank you :)

[@EchidnaKida]

The CC commentary is hilarious.

[@hubbabubba9849]

AHAHA, i had no idea you could ride the bug through that cutscene. that's awesome! also, dem captions be movin' FAST.

[@BEEEELEEEE]

This is beautiful.

[@dada78641]

They're probably talking about the Mimiga mask ending (which is a separate achievement in the Steam version). It's not the ending you're talking about, that one's definitely a mod. A very cool one for sure, but TAS runs are generally only made from original, unmodified versions of the game. See x.co-wA24 and x.co-wA2C (replace - with /) for more information.

[@pieguy159]

My jaw completely dropped in the last cave run.

[@moronribbons5774]

TAS really shows you the true reactions a robot like Quote should have actual menace.

[@divinesleeper]

It really is astounding just to what level this person has mastered the game. Even if I got to a really good level where I could easily beat the game without dying, the author of this would still be on an entirely different level.

[@garlic-os]

This video has the highest resolution I've ever seen.

[@CloudWalkBeta]

This was prolly as entertaining as the speedruns of sonic 3 and knuckles run. Good showmanship.

[@wheatleymf]

Holy sheet you're maybe that Arthur?

[@josiejoestar6779]

*woh* Now THAT is a Keanu Reeves moment if I've ever seen one!

[@mike309game]

make new currptions vid ;)

[@wheatleymf]

duh ok

[@준의환상]

Connor Young Which movie??

[@Tophbbq]

so much subtle stuff in this. props

[@Vampier]

one of the speedruns I've been looking forward too

[@TobiasWhisperwind]

Sue's got the teleportation glitch DOWN. Just goes to show how Mimigas are the best speedrunners.

[@QuoteIzkewl]

That time of year again; got the popcorn on the ready.

[@Ultracity6060]

Great TAS, and great commentary. I just wish some of it hadn't gone by so fast, it was hard to read quick enough.

[@JetSetDman]

I think my favorite part of this by far would have to be the fifth dog. Like Quote just shows up at this frail old lady’s house, sees that she’s been beaten to a pulp, steals her dog, and runs off in a murderous rampage

[@cxgamer9680]

Thanks for the autor's comments.

[@mike309game]

best speedrun evahhhh chaco still dint get da booty

[@M30W3R]

This is the video at the end of the internet. No other video could possibly be swagger.

[@ReticentLily]

Thank you for helping spread the word about that.

[@thestickopia4619]

Having a machine gun doesn’t matter when you have the power of button mashing

[@wavedashdownsmash]

This is such a sick run.

[@Rinne_Z_rank]

Imagine if cave story had a speedrun mode were you only have 1 chance, you cant die or else your time wont count, and the timer is automatically on

[@danknados]

I love how quote and curly absolutely obliterate Ballos' final form

[@DanielYun]

You played so fast, those unskippable segments must have felt AGONIZINGLY slowww. And Last Cave. holy MOLY

[@aidanmaclaren3618]

The end credits make me so happy (,:

[@MasterLuigi452]

Hot damn. Now I want to see Cave Story+ TAS.

[@nasanierulastname2997]

Looks like Quote got aimbot installed