This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/1348M
TAS originally published on 2009-08-31
This movie plays Excitebike really fast with an improvement of over a second compared to the previous movie ( https://tasvideos.org/1070M ) by JXQ.
Times for each track are:
0 = 36.19 (0.35 improved)
1 = 37.84 (0.40 -"-)
2 = 38.67 (0.19 -"-)
3 = 41.96 (0.02 -"-)
4 = 41.00 (0.02 -"-)
5 = 31.34 (0.40 -"-)
Cumulative in-game savings: 1.38s
Main improvements come from taking ramps faster and a unique trick in which the author goes slower to get a better time. Look for further info in the author's comments ( https://tasvideos.org/2383S ).
The encode for this movie features commentary in the form of soft subtitles.
This movie also has two Atlas Map encodes, one of Track 1 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZQi25Vi5nE ), and one of Track 2 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQeFmnLgD-0 ), which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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Watch a resync ( https://github.com/alyosha-tas/NES_replay_files/blob/main/bk2_files/lordtom-excitebike.fm2.bk2 ) of this run being played back on a real console ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBPp6R2mZQU ).