[TAS] Donkey Kong 64 "101%" in

[@睷]

When the SM64 120 TAS came out in 2012 I thought to myself "I wonder what a DK64 101% TAS would look like" and after over a decade Ballaam has finished what I thought would never happen. Congrats and amazing job Ballaam!

[@szymon6207]

SUB 4 HOURS LOL

[@YelloDello]

I want to thank the TASer for his dedication to shooting Lanky every shooting gallery minigame. We all know he deserves it

[@Justyouraverageguy172]

#TeamChunky forever! Long live the Chunkster in our hearts 😉

[@ZachAdams926]

He has no style

[@ultraspinalki11]

​@@ZachAdams926he has no grace.

[@ZachAdams926]

@@ultraspinalki11 this king has a funny face

[@1Nostrand1]

Brain: Hey, you wanna watch a movie or that series everyones talking about Me: Nah. Brain: Alright, how about 4 hours of Donkey Kong Me: Now we're talkin.

[@AlvinEarthworm]

3:34:03 OOOHHHHH BANANA! OOOHHHHH BANANA! OOOHHHHH BANANA! OOOHHHHH BANANA! OOOHHHHH BANANA! OOOHHHHH BANANA! OOOHHHHH BANANA! OOOHHHHH BANANA!

[@metalex64]

A wise man once said: "Walls are just a suggestion."

[@GryphonBlazier]

It only takes 1:17 for walls to immediately be dismissed as legitimate barriers in this game

[@spyfoxguy]

Makes me wonder if the intangible walls on certain multiplayer maps are an in-joke from the developers.

[@cursedred_]

I sure hope they add walls as dlc

[@griled_chez647]

DK doesn’t understand physics, so he ignores them

[@thomasmurrell9832]

​@@griled_chez647 "According to all known laws of physics, there is no way a gorilla can simply run through a solid wall. It's body is too big to fit in cracks, and the walls also push back via coding. But, the gorilla still does so, because it does not care what the game devs believe to be possible or not."

[@dubblebrick]

inb4 Bismuth comes out with a 20+ hour explanation

[@VinsCool]

Not gonna lie I would watch that in absolute awe.

[@Iceyy64]

lol

[@fabuloussuperstar]

I would watch that in a heartbeat tbh

[@lovesgibson]

Gotta leach off this video so he can profit off others

[@dubblebrick]

@@lovesgibson You know that's 100% not his goal, right? He's not trying to profit off others' content, he's trying to help those videos reach a wider audience while clearing up misconceptions that would lead people to make ignorant comments like yours. Almost all of his videos are made in collaboration with the person who did the speedrun/TAS.

[@thomasmurrell9832]

1:11:43 Devs: "this is a challenging mini game, designed to test your swing timing and quickness." TAS: *"NO. JUMP GOOD."*

[@Ballaam]

EDIT: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5-vgGylhdOpotU A few people are asking about a commentary VOD, so i figure I'd pin this. We had some issues with the commentary stream, since we used Discord YT share activity and found out during the comms stream that it is pure trash and no-one should ever use it again. 2dos is currently in the process of fixing up the VOD so that its a better end product for KZbin. Should be live within the coming days and ill add it to the description when it is.

[@SuperTimmmi]

Enjoyed the he'll out of that stream! Thanks for your work

[@SprongBobbles]

i’ve been following 101% speed runs for a long time and have always wanted a TAS for it. thank you for your time and dedication to the game and the category. ❤

[@Yarharsuperpirate]

7:45 I can't even comprehend what just happened here. But that was awesome

[@kevinmcgiveney5128]

This game was created 25 years ago. I think it deserves a remake or a remaster.

[@Illumenoir]

Agreed

[@MrLACESAndre77i]

I'm agreed too

[@MAYOFORCE]

I like how the TAS version of Beaver Bother looks like how you think it would work if you watched it

[@RainbwSpctrm]

I had not expected to see a Beaver Bother comment and yet here I am, loving this exact comment

[@MAYOFORCE]

@@RainbwSpctrmThe minigame actually got me crying as a kid so it'll always stick out in my mind

[@RainbwSpctrm]

@@MAYOFORCE I really have to wonder, if DK64 is being decompiled without me knowing, what nightmares are taking place in Beaver Bother's code

[@Ballaam]

It is being decompiled

[@RainbwSpctrm]

@@Ballaam Any crimes documented for Beaver Bother specifically so far?

[@cursedred_]

I never thought I’d see another video of dk 64 101% tas again, yet here we are. Glad to see history being remade.

[@Killerstorm5280]

I’ve been waiting for this for a long while. I.. *looks over at Conner* you got some work to do 😂 Fav part is still at 2:54:53. The fact you gotta bring in a rock to get the banana quicker out of bounds was still amusing from your older video.

[@TwistedTammer]

GGs, crazy how optimal the LOTAD was even with the route changes, a lot of cinematics and loading in this game but 13 minutes is still crazy

[@angelredvivar]

7:42 I KNEW THE MUSIC STARTED AT THIS MOMENT A lot of clips or videos are quiet when the Diddy fight happens I’m glad that I wasn’t crazy lol

[@randnew1]

IT'S FINALLY OUT! Can't wait to watch some funky monkey tricks

[@SwitheKun]

1:51:40 What if you wanted to go to heaven but god said "WELCOME TO BONUS STAGE"

[@justcheesy900]

Imagine that if you fail the minigame you get sent straight to hell

[@PrettyKoolCrocodile]

3:28: Donkey Kong jumpscare

[@michaellittle2679]

I've been speedrunning the game since 2017-2018ish, pretty amazing how many discoveries have been made since then such as phasewalking, awesome run!

[@Noodle69420]

Not gonna lie that first jump off of donkey kongs shack made my eyes bulge out of my head

[@brandino6030]

Your work on this game is so inspiring and I’m very happy to see the evolution! Keep it up, you are an absolute legend!

[@KingMorgan6]

Great TAS video!

[@gloriousliar8747]

Congrats and well done!

[@RuneNell]

WOW it got done!! Would love to have full commentary with interesting tidbits!

[@Ballaam]

We had some minor technical issues during comms (never using discord YT sharing again). I'm sending stuff over to 2dos so we can fix that for the YT upload

[@Ballaam]

I'll also probably post a condensed version with the best bits on here once we sort stuff out

[@RuneNell]

@@Ballaam Amazing work mate, ill be waiting!

[@Ballaam]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5-vgGylhdOpotU

[@justcheesy900]

I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of this. I still can't believe you decided to improve the hundo lotad and I coulnd't be happier that you did!

[@blabtv2883]

DK64: What are walls? Edition. 😂 Seriously though, this was a phenomenal video. Never did I think I'd seen one of the most notable games of my childhood deconstructed like this. Job well done!

[@christianvega646]

GG on the TAS Ballaam! Very enjoyable and amazing

[@fatlahbazooka]

This is absolutely mental. Great job.

[@TheHaremReviewer]

this route is insane

[@gh0st_5]

Every time you're in Fungai and I look away for a second because you go through a loading zone or something, I look back and you're not in Fungai anymore.

[@justad00d76]

This sudden Chunky jumpscare made me laugh 36:31

[@Noah-vm7yl]

The glitch gremlin wanted me to tell you he really loves this TAS and that you’ve made him proud.

[@eddiehackim6534]

I don't even want to think about the amount of work you must have put into this Herculean task. I've always wanted to see a 101% TAS of this game. Thanks man

[@KingBueno619]

5:45 “screw this let’s show our moves”

[@Mem3r]

Pretty cool that you added that backflip at the end there. Awesome TAS!

[@GoGoSqueezeWorksToo]

1:39:55 don't know why this picture is taken in the speedrun (maybe to tank the frame rate?) But my first thought was that it was just to disrespect that rabbit which is way funnier to me

[@Ballaam]

It's taken for the purpose of swag. There's no way to speed up the timer, and there's nothing else that's beneficial to the end time of the run in terms of that room to do

[@GoGoSqueezeWorksToo]

@@Ballaam Thats what I was hoping for! Makes it all even better lmao

[@stickeyz01]

just a casual gamer watching this. its crazy how far an old game can be pushed. gg

[@Justyouraverageguy172]

Finding this just made me day and week now that I can watch it and learn so much more about the game. I can now think about how Rareware might have intentionally played us all leaving some or all these glitches for us to find one day to pass down not knowing the full extent speedrunners would develop and evolve DK64.

[@iveli_alpaca]

This is the one game I can watch get speedran over and over. It's so fascinating to watch just how much this game breaks from even a little nudge, and how that affects progression.

[@Lugmillord]

Wow. I can't decide whether the execution or the routing is more impressive. I have no clue what's going on half the time and I love it. :D

[@makusuwerusan7390]

Tiny's Rocket Barrell Boost 🤣🤣🤣 Awesome. Enjoyed this video very much! Great memories

[@travispercent]

WELL DONE!! True gaming accomplishment.

[@MT_Fiolet]

オススメに出てきたんだけど101％のTAS作られてたのか　これは楽しみすぎる

[@veloxplayer098yeeeah7]

Congrats. Huge props

[@johnschmitt5942]

Can someone explain every detail that happened between 0:00 and 3:58:46?

[@cassidyfox7316]

It's complete destruction of a video game.

[@VinsCool]

Now this is going to be a Saturday evening well spent, 4 hours of Donkey Kong 64 destruction!

[@ArthurMorgan123-r6y]

YOU;RE BACK!!! OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

[@myuiPryu]

11:45 20:19 25:23 27:01 27:36 35:02 39:10 46:38 1:03:00 1:11:36 1:16:10 1:25:35 1:44:00 1:51:36 2:03:13 2:23:20 2:46:35 2:54:40 3:04:29 3:26:41

[@codymyrecompositionandengr9106]

25:35 Nice touch shooting Listerine

[@RainbwSpctrm]

In the amount of time it once took for people to clear Any% in a speedrun... we're now seeing times faster that that in 100%. Absolutely bonkers, honestly.

[@電波利子]

2:56:15スイッチ3つ同時打ちすげえぜ一度はやって見たかった・・・２つがいっぱいムービーが挟む為ホーミングで出来るかも知れないな・・・。

[@Tornado9797]

I thought a TAS would be too much after seeing the LOTAD, incredible stuff! A shame about the resync situation, but either way a work of art!

[@shreklifeforever]

This was the first game I owned when I was a child. I distinctly remember getting nauseated from the camera. Maybe that subconsciously formed my dislike of Donkey Kong as an adult lol

[@WilfredCthulu]

It's nice to see you upload again. Been loving the randomizer too. (Psst... do a video on my iceberg ;)) lol.

[@codyrunions8435]

Watching him do the kamikaze kremlins it's like the tas bot treats it like a round of smash bros 😂

[@tuxedothemagnificent6738]

Cant wait to watch

[@andrewsanders17]

I wonder if the any% glitch that gives all power ups would speed it up at all? There was a glitch found that would give a slew of upgrades along with all weapon upgrades by using the cutscene menu and that is the glitch I am referencing.

[@Ballaam]

MMM, the glitch you are referring to, is banned in 101%. This is because the game doesn't save Colored Banana or coin flags during MMM, so means that duplication is possible and far too easy to do. Additionally, it was banned as getting all the moves from the mystery bosses goes against the spirit of 101%

[@andrewsanders17]

@@Ballaam thank you for the clarification.

[@00Krohnos]

I never realized how many damn bonus stages there are in this game until I watched this

[@jrocker152]

42:15 "What, thou hast anticipated Tiny Kong? Dost thou not know? I am not Ass Kong, forsooth I am Druid Kong. I am DK, not AK. Thou shalt feel my wrath."

[@warionino2]

It's finally here! "Oh! Banana!" 201 times but in the fastest way possible.

[@Teryaki11]

That spider at 1:02:40 always scared me as a kid xD

[@maxwell9664]

i want a tas animatic of how it appears like really. right at the start AH what a beautiful day to defy physics!

[@22Vnnami]

1:09:55 Chunky: Fastest gun in the jungle.

[@protolight1654]

"What do you mean walls are fake as the floors are in banjo... OH GOD"

[@jrocker152]

2:31:00 what is up with the tilted walking stuff? This happens a few times in this TAS...

[@Ballaam]

That's Skew, which allows us to walk through any wall of any angle with ease cause collision doesn't properly function at the base of the kong

[@jrocker152]

Thank you! Skew, that's actually a pretty good name for the effect 😂

[@Hanjo8787]

Are you going to be TASing Fungi Forest or Gloomy Galleon first? “Yes”

[@sticocat]

1:57:34 what was that noise?

[@Ballaam]

It's the sound of DK being burnt every frame

[@marioman3322]

What’s happening in the TBS cam? How does it work?

[@Ballaam]

@marioman3322 So during TBS, you're usually moving with a locked camera perspective and a black screen, which doesn't make for great viewing. As such, in those moments where something significant is happening, TBS cam shows up which is me redoing that movement, but with an unlocked camera and the black void removed. It's not 1-to-1 with the TAS because the inputs are slightly different and the game lags more with the void removed, but it's only intended to provide context so its fine

[@Naomi_Zone]

this is the craziest thing i have ever seen

[@Nahoc]

how many rerecords? edit: just saw the doc, says 329k

[@OblivionWalkerVerified]

329K wow

[@allovas]

I know it's a little bit early, but do you have any plans on doing an All Collectibles run?

[@Ballaam]

Given this took 2 years, and AC would be longer, almost certainly no. AC also kinda removes a lot of the nice timesavers, like rabbit Race Skip and Caves blast Skip. Small banana routing would also be a bit less entertaining as there's no decision about what 25 per kong to skip, or whether it's best to trade some bananas from another kong. I'm happy to help route it, likely not TAS it

[@KaguyaH]

God damn, this TAS is just pure insanity and in the best possible way.

[@arios6443]

*Enters Hideout Helm early.* "Oh, that's interesting. I beat leaving the level cancels the timer." *Timer Persists.* "Oh noooo..."

[@justindeclair346]

this is a fever dream

[@katieyuill2291]

Now I'm curious how much of a run a good TASer could do while inside the tag Barrel glitch🤔

[@lkjkhfggd]

The amount of tag barrel glitching is intense

[@Finiarel]

And when the world needed him most he vanished... ayo Bismuth, we need a play by play on how this happened...

[@ezequielchehda5092]

Are you using N64 hardware or an Emulator? I have been watching this video for a while now and turn my old love for DK 64

[@MarioMastar]

36:32 Chunky asserting MAXIMUM Dominance

[@swagdoll420]

I can't wait to see 4 hours of broken physics and OHHHH BANANA!

[@Fracturite]

There appears to be times where the TBS cam doesn’t show up despite it seeming like TBS was being used. Is that deliberate? I’m currently at the factory section of the video and I have noticed it a couple of times.

[@Ballaam]

I didn't do TBS cam for the sections which are less significant

[@AlsoMeowskivich]

I'm completely unused to melons having normal colors

[@bunstie5208]

2:23:39 by the time i beat this as a kid my controller was so sweaty and i had shifted around every part of my couch trying to focus ahhahah

[@LetsplayAori]

Will you upload the tas with commentary?

[@Ballaam]

We had some technical issues with the comms stream (We're never using discord yt share again). 2dos is currently fixing the comms video so that it's better for YT

[@LetsplayAori]

@@Ballaam awesome, I'll wait till that version then.

[@Ballaam]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5-vgGylhdOpotU

[@LetsplayAori]

@@Ballaam thanks

[@awhitmore7317]

Mornin GG

[@GMKGoji01]

If TerminalMontage makes Something About Donkey Kong 64…SHOW HIM THIS SPEEDRUN!😁

[@metalsnake27]

Wait I could of sworn 101% allowed ISG. I musg be thinking of NLE. Anyways what a great accomplishment!!! Truly insane stuff watching this

[@Ballaam]

101% has never allowed ISG

[@metalsnake27]

@Ballaam OK I'm just making stuff up then lol. Good to know.

[@PrimevalDemon]

This speedrun is so good maybe it'll kill the category...or genre...

[@MonJilley]

what did you do to this poor game? I've never seen a game get so thoroughly broken before.

[@lisamariefan]

So do you still have the save state from the first run and the second and do you think that someone could ever do the work to get it to sync properly? Also, is the issue related to a subframe problem and how controller inputs impact processing time for when the game actually calls the RNG seed function? Like, I kinda think I get why there was the desync with a new computer but also don't.

[@Ballaam]

1) I think I do on my old SSD but it doesn't matter 2) It is possible to resync this, but it's a lot of work and I don't expect anyone to do that work. 3) Yes

[@Yandere2048]

1:20:56 blink and the minigame is over

[@Alexs23743]

No intro story glitch? (said at 30 minutes in) Well, all this video shows to me is how spoiled those of us who use the DK64 Randomizer on a regular basis have become. ^^; My only criticism is that the "TBS Cam" is too small.

[@Ballaam]

ISG is banned for 101% speedruns

[@Gruntilda-Winkybunion]

wow this is insane

[@sethdon1100]

Hey ballaam will you make a reverse key TAS?

[@matthewcurtis7316]

Incredible

[@ratchetanon1074]

Walls? What're those?

[@skytwirl9685]

Wow, this has to be the most messed up speedrun I've ever seen

[@Teryaki11]

It’s insane how laggy the castle level is without even trying to make lake lol

[@AustinIsaacsDIMS12]

lol DK jumping at you at 3:29