Super Mario Bros. 3 'All Levels' TAS in

So the TAS is finally done. This was done by me and Lord Tom and has been an ongoing project since November 2013.
TASvideos submission with additional information: tasvideos.org/4...
There is also a commentated version of the run found here: / 40615144
As a comparision, the current World Record on console for this is can be found here www.speedrun.co...
This is a Tool Assisted recording. Meaning it was recorded using an emulator with slow motion, save states and rerecording.
Visit tasvideos.org/ for more information on tool-assisted speedruns, and to watch the many already-existing TASes.

[@skull1495]

18:22 This is a map of Japan. -The green pipe in the water is the Tokyo international airport's runway which is on the see. -The shining coin is Tokyo -The castle is the castle of Oosaka -The road between is the Meishin highway that connects both cities -The bridge between is the real one between the islands of Honshuu -The bushes are trees as Japan has a lot of trees.

[@PhoenixWrong_]

I like seeing annotations in TAS videos.

[@KryptCeeper969]

+Phoenix Wright it is a nice touch however i wish it was someone talking so i could actually watch the video, i spent so much time reading what they wrote i missed most of it

[@TompaA]

+KryptCeeper969 If you check the description, I actually have a link to a commentary version. Excuse my bad English and sound quality though...

[@KryptCeeper969]

i didnt even look lol, but good job!

[@nosirrahx]

1000 times yes on the annotations. Its cool to see where the frames are saved and how.

[@supersylveonplushgaming]

Yeah it makes you feel like you're not completely alone just watching TASBoT Play a video game and it helps you to understand some of the cool tricks

[@Mrvideosandgames]

I really love your on-screen commentary!

[@EdStuter]

I was going to say that too, lol.

[@lazykirby57]

Seeing my childhood being beaten this fast puts a smile to my face

[@MinecraftMiner1111]

I really like the comments, it hels you understand the movie more! Awwesome TAS

[@michaeldavis812]

I agree the captions are really awesome, especially for visual learners (:

[@JeremyBX]

Its even better when he entertains you even if the screen is moving super slooowly

[@MinecraftMiner1111]

Jeremy Boateng true

[@mraves3081]

Mario Lava Gaunat Pasión Gaunat geometry easy Fjre Gaunat

[@victorflores8306]

@@MinecraftMiner1111 aaa

[@TurdleyCorn]

I love the annotations because to an untrained observer such as myself, I wouldn't know what all subtle frame-saving tricks are going on. When I watch a Mario 64 TAS run, I don't really need to be told what's going on, because I can clearly see that Mario just glitched through a solid wall and magically reverse ass-rocket propelled himself across the environment. That game is broken as hell. The glitches and tricks in SMB3 aren't as flashy and obvious, because SMB3 is one of the most well-refined games ever made and it's not completely obvious when it's being broken, so the annotations make this video as interesting and entertaining as a Mario 64 TAS run despite the gameplay not being as overtly crazy and spectacular.

[@ShyDigi]

Magically reverse ass rocket XD

[@ShyDigi]

Also, that game is not broken as hell, do you know how difficult that glitch is to pull off?

[@Zejoant]

I know how much hell it is getting p-speed as fast as possible and when you watch a tas like this you never really put any notice in the fact that he fills tye p-meter so fast even tho he probably put lots of effort into it

[@wwenetwork5]

Mother of fucking god

[@superpancakebros.8962]

Mattman 850 Your profile picture fits well with this comment.

[@caitlin-from-pokemon]

I wonder how many re-recordings were had just fooling around on the auto-scrollers...

[@oliviapalmu5585]

chrf8t Sometimes the swag-strat doesn't quite work.

[@MrEvilbyte]

15/10 talking about Pizza during autoscroller. xD

[@TheWaffleLord6787]

31:42 For anyone curious

[@VICTORdoomm]

[@liongamers7776]

TheWaffleLord thank you.

[@i_have_no_idea_]

@@VICTORdoomm Peperoni pizza is american, not italian

[@xeroxcopy8183]

you are now cringing, fast forward 5 years to the future

[@levicusx]

I am extremely late, but gotta love the effort of subtitling a 230,000-ish frame movie file.

[@NickBlack]

your annotations are really enjoyable. i've never watched other people play video games before.

[@NickBlack]

"can you deliver it during the next auto-scroller?" lol

[@Micha-Hil]

"We don't want to get the leaf here." "Oops! We got it after all!" >tfw literally my entire life

[@sherpajones]

24:59 "So you say it burns when you pee?" "No fire shoot out of it!"

[@megadanielx188]

:v

[@b9318]

omg

[@PixalonGC]

I love your on-screen commentary, especially the auto-scrollers in World 5 31:41

[@320speed]

14:46 Just look at the cheek on this kill from TAS. 👌🏼😭

[@inwencja2009]

best commentary ever

[@unrealcactus8546]

Yeeeeeeees

[@1989Ezal]

Ale bardzo.

[@omfgbunder2008]

Those chirps, my poor ears...

[@EMTecKing]

31:50 Pizza Awsome Greetings From Germany. SMB3 is my absolutly favourite game I love your video so much. It's eintertainy

[@VICTORdoomm]

[@NoJokesInc]

VICTORdoomm Nope, go here in Italy and eat real Margherita

[@knox1392]

@@NoJokesInc no

[@robertodelgadillo7219]

@@VICTORdoomm un espanish

[@robertodelgadillo7219]

In ispanish

[@sherpajones]

Leaf + Shell + mad skills = infinite fly.

[@counterfeit1148]

sherpajones "skills"

[@slonkazoid]

@@counterfeit1148 *Tool Assisted "skills"*

[@nameisChannelID]

*happy fly noises*

[@bobbob465]

Paused at 2:19. Stared at screen for about a minute. Went into living room, picked up every gaming system I own, tossed them in trash. TFW you know you can never ever EVER be that good.

[@gamesandluigifan7152]

Well, it is a TAS after all so I doubt anyone could ever be that good

[@yarghhargh9345]

dumb comment

[@dmtm]

Some trix are rta possible. 😀

[@citroenboter]

I need more runs with annotations like this.

[@renakunisaki]

0/10 didn't farm 99 lives. Kappa

[@TheMarioPartyFan]

11/10 I don’t care if it didn’t farm 99 lives

[@cindydurand102]

Rena Kunisaki 11/10 I don't give a damn about your opinion

[@areaxisthegurkha]

9/11 people don't know what a joke is

[@braisfernandez5687]

7.8/10 Too much water

[@ShyDigi]

Brais Fernandez lmao, should have said 7/14 for the science jokez

[@ZyphLegend]

REAL! These moves can only be done by a human, and not a machine. Do a real TAS run

[@TompaA]

Zyph_Legend This one is an interesting comment... Loads of the "moves" we did in this TAS is a impossible for a human to master. You might have gotten the wrong idea on what a TAS is...

[@ZyphLegend]

No, it just a little joke. I see people in some speed runs saying that it was fake and was using TAS, so I made a joke in their expense by calling an actual TAS run real.

[@TompaA]

Zyph_Legend Ah, alright =). I was kinda confused :D.

[@inwencja2009]

It may have been a series of programmed inputs.

[@inwencja2009]

zzz

[@jdaster64]

Thumbs up for extended 1-up tune and "buzz saw" strats.

[@sdgdhpmbp]

Impressive run and enjoyable commentary. Good job

[@johnlemon8102]

by 1-4 i knew how i'd be spending my next hour

[@ninnetyer]

Lmao this was the very first video game i've ever played, watching you beating like this makes me feel sad :(, it is fun to watch how I spend countless hours beating this game as a kid and watch a TAS like this beat the game in one hour, damn!

[@Hamster07]

"ok, but you have to play all the levels to restore the peace" "ugh fine gimme an hour"

[@pukalo]

Can anyone explain the 1-up sound at 41:58? I've gotten it a few times before. Is it a glitch?

[@TompaA]

That happens if you use you tail shortly after grabbing a 1up. Yeah, it should be considered a glitch I suppose.

[@dracibatic2433]

Theres a video explaining it. Its basically the mushroom sound effect mixing with with the 1-up tune because memory glitches

[@japhyriddle]

I have to say, I actually like watching auto-scrollers when it's a TAS run. Plenty of time to squeeze in all sorts of tricks.

[@brettnelson7518]

1:47. MM2 player these days would be like. Pshh thats nothing. I can do that while juggling a p switch and POW block at the same time. Also, how are you going to bring up mario magically killing all bullet bills at same time then only tell us it's "magic".

[@gabrielravier8114]

19:34 He kills the hardest boss in the game in 10 seconds... 36:00 That guy is also SUPPOSED to be harsh 54:40 This one too...

[@ericforsyth]

More like 2-3 seconds :P

[@KD-bb1mt]

Gabriel Ravier i

[@Prothsma]

No hardest boss is Goomba:/

[@evanmorrison3232]

The sheer amount of 'swag' on 1-4 makes me happy every single time I watch it. It is exactly what tasing on an auto scrolling level should be

[@martijnvanzanen4075]

Finaly a video with text. Good job.

[@Supermario0727]

I know this is a TAS, but the third level was very entertaining.

[@ЯрославГордиенко-р3н]

It's amazing! Thank you for this video!

[@noside.foxhound]

1:20 My stress level sky rocked from here.

[@megadaddysean]

25:10 and 25:39 and 31:26 lol the TASers are having too much fun with this.

[@cvc1cvc1]

Haha !!body music!

[@abarahona35]

I watched this while eating a pizza. Delicious and entertaining thanks to your on-screen comments.

[@zacharycarter1084]

These guys go all out about saving frames

[@Jester-rk1xn]

Therapist: what gives you anxiety Me: super Mario bros 1-4 tas Therapist: ?

[@imbob99999]

Videogame tips be like: *"Falling through a block sonetimes saves a Frame."*

[@ZeroInsanityX]

I hope you literally ordered a Pizza during the auto scroller levels.

[@TompaA]

I actually didn't. Sorry :(.

[@VICTORdoomm]

[@Hamster07]

thank you for the annotations; I learned a lot about the game and will help me with my TASes

[@tonyzhang176]

Mario is the biggest simp for the princess

[@PurpleAppetizersH]

Wow you completed stages (not auto-scrolls) in less than 10 seconds

[@ThePhysicsGun]

Holy crap you made the world 8 autoscrollers actually FUN to watch. That's praiseworthy in and of itself.

[@sayr8843]

holy shit this is so fun to watch! SMB3 is definitely the most fun 2D mario game to watch at its peak, you even made auto levels fun to watch! the annotations where great too ;)

[@Sanncheztv]

I all the auto-scrollers had me like " what in the fuck "

[@forgotaboutbre]

25:40 LOL at those flame jumps and then shooting your fireballs to the tune of the music!

[@julianofs6041]

100% TAS videos is more interesting than fastest using short cuts like warp-zone ones.

[@firminy378]

super mario bros 3 is such a perfect, thank you to have shown the best of it.

[@ianpoe8704]

at 18:37, the pixels in the bottom left corner are NOT happy.

[@tun444]

41:57 1.1 UP!

[@MrGrey321]

This is the most informative TAS I've seen XD

[@33LB]

best captions

[@mariapreti8397]

😱😢 pena que eu só jogos a fase final e não consigo

[@mariapreti8397]

oi

[@Ultragay_bacon]

"You need slow motion to see it though" thank god youtube allows that now

[@RichConnerGMN]

nice pfp

[@Ultragay_bacon]

@@RichConnerGMN honestly i see this so much times i dont feel like responding anymore

[@arlobennett8504]

Way, WAY too many autoscrollers in this game.

[@NinjaxCad]

Cool run! Thanks for adding the commentary and explaining some things- love when runs do this.

[@XcZuNiTy]

Probably one of the best SMB3 runs I’ve ever seen, yours and MitchFlowerPowers runs are incredible! Love the annotations explaining all the wall glitches, slides, jumps, and strats too by the way. #Subscribed

[@cotcot8965]

this is a tas. not sure if you knew that, but that means that this run is done with tools. this is just a recording of specific movements to do at one time.

[@rafterscott]

3:54 Dude you fireballed the dog!

[@xeroxcopy8183]

I bet OP would cringe at the annotations 5 years later

[@encostodeduelo]

Amazing Video. I loved the comments so much

[@Xx1SailorScoutxX]

This is too funny! I was really entertained by this.

[@Mellowbaton]

swag swag swag

[@Garry_42069]

I love how you get so close to being dead but you don't die good job and good TAS

[@freshstat1csnow]

TAS is fun because you can do ridiculous stuff by playing the game frame by frame

[@AleksandrVolkov1805]

1:20 "this guy fucking sucks at mario"

[@モッツァレラチー助-o4r]

25:35〜のナメ具合すき

[@mr.noble9746]

Gee! This guy has some mad skills!

[@jongabonga636]

A TAS is a Tool Assisted Speedrun, meaning the player used slowdown, savestates, and frame advantage and used a TAS Imput to get specific frame by frame movements.

[@themanhands5599]

Classic TAS. I look forward to intelligent TAS's where the rom is analyzed and it discovers new tricks and fastest paths.

[@TompaA]

The game has been analyzed and has been heavily destroyed: tasvideos.org/6466S.html

[@freshstat1csnow]

popular NES games have been searched for pretty much everything at this point, finding a new useful glitch in SMB3 would be a miracle event

[@lenlimbo]

Title misleading! It says SMB3 and this is clearly Sonic! Jokes aside, an spectacular run! Kudos!

[@HisPanicRoom]

The thumbnail told the whole story.

[@MazrimCage]

"That was a most delicious pizza at least!"

[@合合合合合合合合合合]

i searched for this for an hour just because i had a vague memory of a long smb3 tas with on screen annotations

[@合合合合合合合合合合]

OK THE PIZZA BIT LMAO i really thought i dreamed that bit

[@合合合合合合合合合合]

i was obsessed with this video 6 years ago

[@TompaA]

@@合合合合合合合合合合 Glad you could find it again :D About the pizza part: I just got hungry when watching the autoscrollers, so I just wrote it into the comments. Thought it was a bit funny :)

[@post_hit_invincibility9940]

The hardcoded comments are really a treat, very nice. Thanks for Your effort and this brilliant TAS Video.

[@calebh3803]

Woah! Why haven't I found this TAS earlier? This definitely has some of the most informative/entertaining commentary of any speedrun ever! I've played this game many times but still learned quite a few new things. For example: I've been incorrectly calling the "P-wing" a "Pee-wee" for well over ten years now. That's kinda embarrassing.

[@pauljohnkr8]

Best part 25:36 and 25:10

[@jordan45126]

1:30 anxiety

[@MegaFakku]

first time seeing this since i played it in the 90's. This is really Super. Like Unreal. Imagine the time spent just perfecting this. Kudos to all that made this happen. Really Enjoyed it. Thanks

[@GrahamJyc1]

1:51 MAXIMUM SWAG achieved! xD

[@thiagoguedesdemoura1889]

I think is the best thing. Watch TAS with comments :3

[@michaelflores6711]

Love Mario Bros 3❤❤

[@misceryyt2897]

7:58 true words my friend true words

[@MetropolisMegadrive]

1:20 pure anxiety lol

[@alanhuerta9455]

Omg level 4 world was ez for that bot also that turtle shell trick is op

[@alanhuerta9455]

Soooooo accurate with fireballs and shrlls

[@TompaA]

It's not a bot, every input press was done by Lord Tom and I.

[@두리현서]

going through the wall is not the proper way to play

[@TompaA]

May not, but it is the proper way to TAS/Speedrun the game =)

[@theenglishman]

An ungoing project? Seriously though I can't wait to watch this.

[@Ali-kb8gr]

Love how the bot is literally showing off at 1:20

[@TompaA]

I am not a bot and neither is Lord Tom. There was no bot involved in the making of this TAS.

[@NotSoGoodGamer18]

Probably the quickest it took to complete a level is 5 sec

[@TompaA]

Here's a way to watch all of the levels at once: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jquyq4WVaa1-m5o Will be easier to tell which one the fastest is :).

[@diegoslopez1]

15:28 - When John Wick plays Super Mario Bros 3

[@jackmoseley4959]

I keep coming back to this every few months. Still just as good.

[@Geoff69420]

You cheater. You used some sort of tool to assist you in this speedrun.

[@TompaA]

These comments feel so pointless... Can't even be an attempt to troll. Not sure what it is?

[@Geoff69420]

@@TompaA That's the joke :)

[@xRGTMx]

Lemme have a slice of that pizza, please.

[@jfrost385]

dis TAS just be styling!

[@yepyep5247]

At 23:55, what do you mean by “not done because world 5 RNG ate the savings”?

[@TompaA]

The game's Random Number Generator changes every frame, the only way to change it is to either save or lose frames. We found the faster strategy in that Forrt after already working on World 5. But because we saved time in the fort, this also means we got a nother RNG pattern for the Hammer Brothers, which meant we had to delay frames after finishing the levels in W5 to get a good movement pattern. The amount of frames we had to lose evened out the frames we saved in 4-F2, so in the end we didn't care to redo.

[@wizard1370]

My old account ^

[@Sqidzies]

I love the pizza arc in World 5 lmao

[@TompaA]

Haha, I was watching through the run, adding comments explaining stuff, realized I got bored during the autoscrollers :D.

[@robert_douglas]

I saw this video years back, thought it was taken down; glad it wasn't!

[@TompaA]

I have no reason to ever take this down afterall =). Videos like these are also easily found through the TASVideos website: tasvideos.org/2835M.html

[@jasonrapose1516]

Desert 1-1 Ocean 1-6 Level 2-4 Do 1-2 Desert 1-2 Sun 1-1 Desert 1-3 Do 1-3 Desert 1-4 Fire 1-1-2 Desert 1-5 Real 1-2

[@dessinator_]

I watch this video whenever i need to kill an hour of time lmao Love it