Hello there! My name is Brandon Evans. I'm a long time programmer currently working as a Software Engineer. I previously performed various roles on TASVideos.org: I became an editor on February 19, 2011, an encoder on February 21, 2011, a coder on February 22, 2011, and a publisher on March 11, 2011. After the new roles were created on July 18, 2011, my publisher role obsoleted the encoder one, and my coder role became "Site code developer." I also began console verifying on April 24, 2011. Finally and most importantly, I became a TASer on May 31, 2011.
My YouTube channel hosts many of the videos used here, although many of them have since been moved to the TASVideos Channel. It also contains several console verification movies. You can find my personal website here, and my TASing repository here. Thanks for visiting!
Published on 3/26/2023
Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3, initially released in Japan as Soreyuke!! Kid: Go! Go! Kid (それゆけ!! キッド Go! Go! Kid), is the sequel to The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 and one of many games in Kemco's Crazy Castle series. As with the other games in the series, the goal of game is complete each level by collecting all the keys necessary to progress to the next level. Enemies in the form of clones of various Looney Tunes characters threaten Bugs Bunny and require special items to combat them or other ways of getting around them.
Alyosha and Brandon both collaborate to complete every level of the game and reward Bugs with Lola Bunny from Space Jam in record time. We also have a run of the first Bugs Bunny game in the series.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
Game:
Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Game Version:
Bugs Bunny - Crazy Castle 3 (U) [C][!].gbc
Bugs Bunny - Crazy Castle 3 (U) [C][!].gbc
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8
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Published on 11/22/2012
Pro Wrestling is a wrestling game in which players can utilize many unique skills and moves to pin their opponent.
However, instead of fighting your opponent, it is much faster to cause a ring-out and let the referee do the work for you. It doesn't even matter who gets thrown out; if you leave the ring, your opponent follows you. If he remains outside of the ring after the 20th count is made, and you don't, you win.
Here, goofydylan8 does this for 6 rounds to become the Video Wrestling Association (VWA) Champion and continues the strategy for 10 title defenses to become the Video Wrestling Federation (VWF) Champion as well. Each time, he uses different fighting styles on his opponents as the timer counts down. Then, Brandon takes over for the Great Puma bout, cutting off the input as quickly as possible by getting back into the ring while giving his opponent the most amount of time to try to do the same.
The result is a run with an in-game time of 5:52, the absolute minimum possible, and a real-time length of 09:46.10. And with that, "A WINNER IS YOU".
Game:
Pro Wrestling
Genres:
Fighting
Pro Wrestling
Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
Pro Wrestling (USA).nes
Pro Wrestling (USA).nes
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
High Quality MKV
High Quality MKV
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.5
Published on 5/31/2011
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle is a frustrating action puzzler. In it, you take control of Bugs as he collects carrots while avoiding enemies such as Sylvester the Cat, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Wile E. Coyote. Equipped with nothing but an occasional boxing glove which he can throw and some invincibility potions, Bugs must eat his way through 60 levels without getting trapped by a mob of Looney Tunes.
In this run, the author, Brandon, exploits the game's AI, which is anything but intelligent. Only one of these enemies follows actual movement, while the others will track your input, even if the input changes nothing. As such, the author is able to often render the enemies useless, allowing him to take the most optimal path. When he can't do this, he tries to find the best possible workaround, often pausing for the exact amount of time to make it past a baddie. As a secondary goal, Brandon also attempts to maximize the score without losing time. For more details, as always, please see the author's notes, and also make sure to watch the captions provided in the encodes.
The author has also created a run of this game's "Special Levels".
This run has two YouTube streams. The first contains no input display while the second one does. This was included as the luck manipulation is heavily based on input and it's hard to follow the run otherwise.
All encodes also have the author's commentary in the form of subtitles.
Game:
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Game Version:
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Compatibility MP4
Compatibility MP4
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.4a
Published on 7/21/2011
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle is a frustrating action puzzler. In it, you take control of Bugs as he collects carrots while avoiding enemies such as Sylvester the Cat, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Wile E. Coyote.
This game features 4 "Special Levels" which can be accessed either by the "No Carrot Signs" found in several levels or by a password. In this run, the author, Brandon, completes these difficult levels with absolutely no help from the boxing gloves and potions featured in the main game. All he has to work with is precise movement and luck manipulation, and although this, coupled with the numerous enemies, make these levels far less trivial than the main ones, the completion time is still relatively small. Much of the length of this movie is a result of the unavoidable and abnormally long tube scenes in S4 and S1. For more details, as always, please see the author's notes, and also make sure to watch the captions provided in the encodes.
The author has also created a run of the main game.
This run has two YouTube streams. The first contains no input display while the second one does. This was included as the luck manipulation is heavily based on input and it's hard to follow the run otherwise.
All encodes also have the author's commentary in the form of subtitles.
Watch this run being played back on a real console.
Game:
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Genres:
Action
Puzzle
Game Version:
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses a level password
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Heavy luck manipulation
Uses a level password
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Compatibility MP4
Compatibility MP4
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEUX 2.1.5
Published on 2/11/2012
Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge is an action platformer starring the iconic Marvel characters Spider-Man, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, and Gambit. After the X-Men get kidnapped by Arcade, Spider-Man must deactivate bombs, infiltrate the abandoned building where they were taken, and confront Arcade. From there, Arcade puts each hero to the test as they navigate through his bizarre "Murderworld" until Spider-Man can finally confront the madman head-on.
This infamous game was made by LJN, and although it might be better than many others from that label, it still has serious gameplay flaws that make it frustrating, let alone incredibly difficult. However, it works great for a TAS. Using careful precision and many exploits, the team of jaysmad and Brandon make it through this "Juggernaut" in less than 24 minutes. Please see the authors' notes for a detailed breakdown of the levels, a couple of glitches that were unused in the run, and a video of a camera hack for the Black Queen fight that mostly happened off-screen.
Please also check out the run for Wolverine, which is a NES game, also made by LJN, where most of Wolverine's gameplay came from.
YouTube stream and downloadable encodes have subtitles.
Game:
Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (U) [!].smc
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
High Quality MKV
High Quality MKV
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
Snes9x 1.51 v7 svn147
- None currently.
- First Editions
- Pokemon Puzzle League "3D mode fast 99999"
- NES Open Tournament
- Obsoletions
- #3534: Brandon's NES Super Mario Bros. "minimum presses" in 05:46.33 - Obsoleted by #3556: Brandon's NES Super Mario Bros. "minimum presses" in 05:48.04
- #3556: Brandon's NES Super Mario Bros. "minimum presses" in 05:48.04 - Rejected by DarkKobold
- #3586: Brandon's NES Super Mario Bros. 3 "minimum buttons pressed (235)" in 12:42.13 - Rejected by DarkKobold
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Obsoleting Movie
Published on 11/19/2004
This movie aims for the fastest possible time to get a score of 999999 in the Nintendo Tetris. It warps directly to the 19th level and fills half of the field quickly to be able to operate short distances in the top part of the field. From there on, it only gets tetrises (4-line clearings) until the score is maxed out.
The occasional blinks in the movie are caused by rapid pausing to manipulate luck.
Game Version:
Tetris (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Best ending
Uses hardest difficulty
Tetris (U) [!].nes
Tags:
Aims for maximum score
Best ending
Uses hardest difficulty
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.12
This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 1/22/2005
The valiant knight Kuros, who has now grown eyeballs on the outside of his helmet, must again fight off the evil wizard Malkil. This task is accomplished mainly by finding an artifact in every level, giving it to a corresponding oversized animal to get into the level boss' lair, and promptly beating him up.
Game:
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
IronSword - Wizards & Warriors II (USA).nes
IronSword - Wizards & Warriors II (USA).nes
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.12
This movie has been obsoleted!
Obsoleting Movie
Obsoleting Movie
Published on 6/9/2007
An extremely short game based on the Karate Kid movie. The author explains that some movements might not seem optimal, which is because the player has to avoid both entering bonus stages hidden everywhere around the levels and kicking bosses offscreen. If a boss goes offscreen, it regains all of its health, which of course isn't a good thing.
Had the kid been this strong in the movie, it would certainly have been… interesting.
This movie is a about a 3 second improvement over the previous run.
The author of this TAS has been known to make statements and/or take actions that do not reflect the values of TASVideos as a community.
TASVideos does not in any way condone the statements and/or actions made by this author.
This video is presented not to support or glorify this author, but to archive and showcase this tool-assisted superplay.
TASVideos does not in any way condone the statements and/or actions made by this author.
This video is presented not to support or glorify this author, but to archive and showcase this tool-assisted superplay.
Game:
The Karate Kid
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer
The Karate Kid
Genres:
Fighting
Platformer
Game Version:
Karate Kid, The (U) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Karate Kid, The (U) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.12
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Published on 10/6/2007
This is an improvement of 00:13.67 seconds over laughing_gas's princess-only run of Super Mario Bros. 2 (aka Super Mario USA).
The concept for this run originated long ago because Princess was the only character not used in the normal run aiming for fastest overall time. Since then, improvements have removed Mario from that run as well. (In fact, Princess is the only character not used in the fastest warpless run either.)
Game:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (U)
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Super Mario Bros. 2 (U)
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) (PRG0) [!]
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) (PRG0) [!]
Tags:
Uses a suboptimal character
Takes intentional damage
Uses warps
Heavy glitch abuse
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
High Quality MKV
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.12
This movie has been obsoleted!
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Published on 12/5/2007
A fast-paced action platformer from Sunsoft with similarities to both Mega Man and Blaster Master. What could go wrong with a mix like that!
This is a ~40-second improvement to the previous author's movie, due to a discovery of a faster way to move.
This movie has an Atlas Map encode of Stage 1, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
Game:
Journey to Silius
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Journey to Silius
Genres:
Action
Platformer
Game Version:
Journey to Silius (U) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Journey to Silius (U) [!]
Tags:
Takes intentional damage
Video Downloads:
AVI
AVI
Emulator Replay:
FCEU 0.98.12
- Not Processed in HD
- To be Verified
- An HD for all YouTube streams that aren't HD.
- Archive.org Tasks
- Create a derived 512kb file for all collections in the archive that have none.
- Original 512kb encodes for all collections that have derived ones.
If you have anything that you'd like me to do, just add your item below, sign it, and change the name of this tab to "* Requests".
I know that a lot of people have Special Thanks sections, but odds are, if you're a part of this community at any level, I have something to thank you for. =D