NESBot: Tool Assisted Speedrun On Real Hardware

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 12, 2011 @10:43AM from the take-that-game-genie dept.

Xistic writes "For many years tool assisted speedruns were purely theoretical and the domain of emulators. No longer! Using an Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller to drive an actual Nintendo console, pjgat09 plays back prerecorded input to beat Super Mario Bros. in record time. The selection of possible games is limited: 'If the game relies on any uninitialized memory for randomness, or if it is heavily based on console timing, it may not work. In the case of Super Mario Bros however, as long as the button presses start play back at the right time, the movie will play back correctly.' The author includes complete instructions on how to setup the device."

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Welcome Slashdotters by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-12 10:53 · Score: 5, Informative

Welcome Slashdotters.
An introduction might be in order. Please note we have many other movies for other consoles. We also have a list of recommended movies for first-time viewers.
Please don't beat up our poor server too badly.
Re:Holy bug exploitation by Soilworker · 2011-02-12 11:18 · Score: 5, Informative

http://themushroomkingdom.net/bugs/smb
everything is there.