

This particular feature was first picked up by Christina "Strunoph" Norman in January 1994 when she launched the LMP Hall of Fame website.

Among some of its major features, like its then-exceptional graphics, LAN and Internet-based multiplayer support, and user modification possibilities, it also gave the players the ability to record demo files of their playthrough. The earliest documented speedruns were performed in the 1993 first-person shooter Doom. ( January 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. A perfect run is certainly possible, and you can follow all his subsequent speedrunning efforts on Twitch.This section needs additional citations for verification. was four minutes and 55.23 seconds, which was set by Miniland in February.Ĭongratulations to Niftski, who plans to continue chasing Super Mario Bros. The previous “Any Percentage” record for Super Mario Bros. The speedrunning community as a whole considers that a legal option, but many individual speedrunners prefer to stick with original hardware. Instead of using an NES console and controller, he set the record using a keyboard attached to a PC running an emulated version of the game. While Niftski is now the owner of the fastest time for Super Mario Bros., his achievement does come with an asterisk. Kyle Orland compared this feat to the four-minute mile on Ars Technica in a great primer on the various tricks and glitches the speedrunner exploited to secure the record. in a blistering four minutes and 54.948 seconds. Normally, human players can’t get compete with the times posted by a TAS, but the speedrunning community is doing their best to match the machines.Ĭase in point, Niftski just broke the 4:55 barrier for an “Any Percentage” run by completing Super Mario Bros. This is known as a “Tool Assisted Speedrun” (TAS), which breaks the gameplay down into individual frames and reassembles them to determine exactly what a perfect run looks like. can be completed in just four minutes and 54.032 seconds. Thanks to the wonders of emulation software, speedrunners have discovered that the optimal path through Super Mario Bros.
