WORLD'S FIRST SUB-4 MINUTE SPEEDRUN (10 Year old World Record DESTROYED) | The Karate Kid (NES) Any%

[@saltytrog]

Looks like Nitsuja beat your record by about 40+ seconds 2 years ago

[@JamEvil]

Hello! Thank you for the message. The video you are referencing is a TAS which means "tool assisted speedrun". Basically, the game is loaded into an emulator, and the TAS editor advances the game frame by frame and manually selects the desired input. Then, once all desired inputs are in place for the entirety of the speedrun, the "demo" is played back in real-time to achieve the results you saw from the referenced video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpy2gGqjpblsjbs You can learn more about TAS tools and the process here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted_speedrun Hope you have a great day! :)

[@saltytrog]

@@JamEvil ahh, so basically an automated speedrun not operating by a human.

[@raterus]

Well done, I remember playing this game for hours on end once when I rented it. I managed to get to the final stage, and always died quickly. I liked that little trick there where you get two guys to follow you and nobody is in front of you.

[@JLH111176]

I assume only 2 enemies can be on screen at once on last level so keep those 2 behind you and none will be in front ? GG WP

[@gpeasel]

Man, you speed runners make it look so easy! I remember renting this from the local video store and spent the entire weekend playing it and couldn't beat it! One of the few games I couldn't beat on the NES. Great job!

[@ImChrisLuke]

And there it is! Awesome! You shall be known as Jamiel-San.

[@JamEvil]

I accept my title and wear it wholeheartedly.

[@Kaneda2019]

Great decision making in every encounter. Great run!

[@lordofashes8262]

Dude punched a bird 😂 awesome run that second level is brutal

[@migueldelmazo5244]

Congratulations. Pat Morita would be proud. Please enjoy the record with a 1 screen ending like only a NES can provide.

[@ZForceFFC]

I'm kind of saddened that they didn't even give the last guy you fight in the karate tournament blonde hair so that he would at least sort of resemble Johnny Lawrence

[@one7decimal2eight]

What do you expect? Ljn wasn't known for doing much research when making games.

[@Typical.Anomaly]

@@one7decimal2eight What about BTTF? /s

[@one7decimal2eight]

@@Typical.Anomaly bttf was one of the worst games made by ljn.

[@kingmiller1982]

Dude almost knocked the lady in the water 😅

[@Pbnj1379]

That was very impressive!!

[@JamEvil]

Thank you very much. I absolutely loved this game as a kid and had to revisit it.

[@RedXIII63]

Contrats again on the Wr my Friend, your work payed off 😉.

[@JamEvil]

Thank you. I still can't keep up with a WR machine like you tho!

[@baalfgames5318]

I remember eventually playing this years after seeing AVGN review it. Honestly, it's not that bad.

[@VTuber_Central]

lets see you finish it then

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

This was the first NES game I rented as a youngster...that's an amazing run, my man!

[@Andrew_G4CH]

GG man! Absolutely destroyed the game that used to piss me off.. :D

[@JohnAllen-po5wd]

Jam, my man! Awesome! ❤

[@sathdreshamarth8401]

Fuck yeah dude! Great job! Congrats on an amazing run!

[@JamEvil]

Thank you so much Sath. It's an amazing accomplishment for the community as a whole. I love your content and appreciate our friendship!

[@JonnyOpinionated]

To think this game troubled the AVGN to no end. I beat this game on one life back in the 80s... not nearly as fast. This run killed my inner child though.

[@zeonacepilot3420]

he is xtra for entertainment.

[@DrCash7]

AVGN freakin lied. Great vid!

[@one7decimal2eight]

I remember playing this at my friends house when it first came out. What a piece of crap this game is.

[@thrjfi5360]

I am a man who will fight for your honor..... everybody sing.....

[@blastradius7193]

That's pretty Dope!

[@patientmental875]

What happened to the stage with the ice & flies?

[@josepha3805]

Karte Kid! Hey. HEY.

[@zengram]

I can't believe i beat this game all these time ago.

[@MeyerBen27]

I love how they stole the get a rupee sound from Zelda at the end

[@rogue-like4life]

Good stuff

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

And to think, we paid like $50 for this when this came out.

[@namelessjedi2242]

Where did you live? Games like this were like 25-30 bucks retail.

[@xDrywall]

Gg 🎉

[@dippy9119]

Is Karate Kid the fastest glitchless speedrun game on NES?

[@BanditTheCatRIP]

I would imagine one of where’s Waldo’s games would be

[@yeolemillinial8295]

I know Friday the 13th. Another broken ljn game based on a movie, can be beat in like 3 minutes. And I mean the true ending where you kill Jason twice

[@yeolemillinial8295]

@@BanditTheCatRIP I actually beat Friday the 13th in like 4 minutes real easy after a couple of tries. If you do the strat where you only b line to the torch and fight Jason it's dumb easy

[@Logales]

GG !

[@roygonzales1923]

Fuckn awesome goo's run

[@kicksex]

Nice

[@jamesniesuchouski9373]

Where was the catching flies and ice break?

[@thrjfi5360]

Well 1st one 2 years ago

[@dippy9119]

On the last level, what was the purpose of slowing down and keeping the two chasing baddies in frame?

[@KindredFenrir]

If I had to guess the spear enemies are super oppressive and can kill you extremely fast. Especially on the stairs.

[@cmonman7664]

So no new enemies would appear in front of him, which slows him down more.

[@dippy9119]

@@cmonman7664 Thank you

[@AndrewSmith-km6zb]

This poor man was brave enough to play this pile of trash game long enough to get good at it! Something special about beating a horrible game that just makes sense.

[@jakesli9154]

why is it kung fu can get like 4 guys on screen but this and double dragon only got 2 guys.

[@JamEvil]

The maximum number of enemies on the screen in this game is 4. There can be two normal enemies and up to two hazards on screen at any given time. During the monsoon you can see sticks and birds flying on screen constantly and two normal enemies. On the final stage there are two normal enemies and then rocks that spawn every so often. The biggest reason there you only see two normal enemies is that they use 4 sprites each. Daniel also uses 4 sprites so there are 12 sprites on screen already. The additional hazards bring that total up to 14 sprites on screen and that is the upward limit of the NES hardware. Hope this helps.