The question was whether or not an actual human could improve on what is already an extremely optimized run that requires pixel-perfect control. At least, that’s what tool-assisted speedruns, which can be written frame by frame, tell the experts. You'll also get just a taste of commentary from Darbian - mostly he can't believe what he's just pulled off - at the end.įor some insights on Darbian's run, check out the Reddit thread in which he breaks down some of the techniques, strategies and glitches that helped make the speedrun possible.Theoretically, a faster time has always been possible. You'll see just how little wiggle room he has in setting the record and, thanks to a heart rate monitor, how his pulse jumps from the mid-70s to more than 150 bpm at the end. speedrun in a YouTube replay above, but the Twitch archive of that run is more interesting. You can watch Darbian's record-setting Super Mario Bros. But Darbian said in a post on Reddit that there's room to improve upon his speedrun, as his performance in World 8-4 came with a few "mistakes." He also takes advantage of a glitch in World 8-2 to save himself a little time.
Darbian's effort was done on a real NES - not an emulator - and he managed to shave a cool 66 milliseconds off the previous record, according to .ĭarbian's run was an "Any %" attempt, meaning he just had to make it to the ending, so warping straight to World 4-1 and World 8-1 was permitted. This weekend, speedrunner "Darbian" set a new record for NES platforming classic Super Mario Bros., sprinting from World 1-1 to rescuing the Princess from King Koopa in just four minutes and 57 seconds.
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