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Nov 29, 2003, 12:45 AM
 
I don't remember it being this easy when I played it.

mario3.wmv right click and "save as." (17.6MB)


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Nov 29, 2003, 12:58 AM
 
Gah. HE didn't need them.
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Nov 29, 2003, 01:42 AM
 
I saw that the other day... That man is a Mario Ninja. He rocked my world.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 02:12 AM
 
Wow. Impressive!
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Nov 29, 2003, 02:14 AM
 
Morimoto is the god of geeks!
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 02:14 AM
 
wtf he beat bowser so easily.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 02:46 AM
 
This has to be some guy doing sweet during a bunch of different games and then editing them together. It's not possible. But, if it really is someone doing that, WTF?! Who actually has enough time to get that amazing at Mario 3?
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Nov 29, 2003, 02:47 AM
 
Originally posted by fireside:
wtf he beat bowser so easily.
What do you mean? I think the response we were all looking for was: wtf, he beat the game so easily.
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Nov 29, 2003, 04:40 AM
 
Originally posted by faragbre967:
Who actually has enough time to get that amazing at Mario 3?
I don't know, maybe someone like this guy.

Lighting Fast Tetris (12.8 megs)

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Nov 29, 2003, 07:03 AM
 


Impressive.

BTW: this one also rocks, http://www.planetquake.com/qdq/qdqr.html

Looks best in native Quake thought.

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Nov 29, 2003, 12:56 PM
 
Holy ****, he's on speed.
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Nov 29, 2003, 01:14 PM
 


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Nov 29, 2003, 01:26 PM
 
that tetris player is insane too. i can't even see the pieces falling down.
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Nov 29, 2003, 01:30 PM
 
Originally posted by ae77:
that tetris player is insane too. i can't even see the pieces falling down.
And if you can't see them...neither could the player...hmmmm....

     
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Nov 29, 2003, 02:30 PM
 
these guys are mad i was laughing in amazement the whole time, i'm sure their girlfriends are impressed

Anyways, mario3 took me back... I didn't know you could get free lives by step on enimeies in sequence. Not like it would have mattered for me.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 03:37 PM
 
Originally posted by Aiglos:
Anyways, mario3 took me back... I didn't know you could get free lives by step on enimeies in sequence. Not like it would have mattered for me.
You could do it in the first SMB too.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 03:44 PM
 
Originally posted by hayesk:
You could do it in the first SMB too.
Yeah! Do you remember that cheat where you could get as many lives as you want by getting a turtle shell near the end steps and bouncing up and down on it in an endless loop? It was funny when the game started displaying weird characters. I think that the most you could have before you crashed the game was a double crown.

There's a similar thing in Super Mario World, too, but I didn't know that there were any places in SMB3 where it was possible to bounce on that many enemies without stopping. Also note that he would often wag his tail and get a double whack (two 1-ups).

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Nov 29, 2003, 03:52 PM
 
jeebus christ superstore�

that was amazing! i was the type to go to my fav worlds as opposed to going straight for the win.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 04:06 PM
 
Two stars then a mushroom? What an amateur.

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Nov 29, 2003, 06:42 PM
 
Morimoto is a genius. I'm affraid yet I can't look away.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 06:51 PM
 
Originally posted by Eug:
Morimoto is the god of geeks!
Which gets him how many chicks?

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Nov 29, 2003, 06:54 PM
 
Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
Which gets him how many chicks?
wut

     
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Nov 29, 2003, 06:54 PM
 
Originally posted by Ghoser777:
Two stars then a mushroom? What an amateur.

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Hahaha, I noticed that too.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 07:03 PM
 
Originally posted by Stogieman:
I don't know, maybe someone like this guy.

Lighting Fast Tetris (12.8 megs)
Good God.

Watching that guy play is like watching an algorithm play tetris.

Amazing.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 07:08 PM
 
My question is: how many times did he have to try before the hands let him through (10 points to everyone who knows what I'm talking about)?

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Nov 29, 2003, 07:11 PM
 
You gotta be wicked fast on the pad. I could never get it. Always got cought in the second last one.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 07:14 PM
 
Originally posted by Cubeoid:
You gotta be wicked fast on the pad. I could never get it. Always got cought in the second last one.
I always thought it was random.

Just watched tetris guy. That's not human!

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Nov 29, 2003, 07:56 PM
 
Originally posted by gorickey:
And if you can't see them...neither could the player...hmmmm....

My guess is that he looks a the bit at the top which shows the next piece, so he doesn't need to see the piece before he drops it.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 09:50 PM
 
Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
Which gets him how many chicks?
more than you get.
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 10:23 PM
 
i will NEVER EVER again brag about my tetris skills. ever. holy
     
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Nov 29, 2003, 11:25 PM
 
look at the hands to the right of the picture.... they are moving so damn fast... thats not natural.... it is fake

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Nov 30, 2003, 12:39 AM
 
Originally posted by fireside:
more than you get.
Get plenty, don't want any.

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Nov 30, 2003, 12:48 AM
 
Have you seen the one for the original super mario bros? I saw one a few months back that exploited some well known glitches in smb, it was pretty impressive too, sadly I don't have a link to it.

Originally posted by Stogieman:
I don't remember it being this easy when I played it.

mario3.wmv right click and "save as." (17.6MB)


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Nov 30, 2003, 04:17 AM
 
Originally posted by Ghoser777:
Two stars then a mushroom? What an amateur.

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He did it on purpose. Three stars in a row would have triggered the extra lives reward ceremony, making his time llonger.

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Nov 30, 2003, 12:54 PM
 
Originally posted by Stogieman:
right click and "save as." (17.6MB)
I tried that yesterday and today using Safari and the message in the download window said the file doesn't exist. Tried just left clicking it, and voila! It started downloading.
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 01:04 PM
 
Originally posted by Stogieman:
I don't remember it being this easy when I played it.

mario3.wmv right click and "save as." (17.6MB)


Who knew you could rack up so many men on the scrolling ship levels?
the link had a SPACE in it,

mario3.wmv right click and "save as." (17.6MB)
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 01:29 PM
 
Originally posted by Stogieman:
I don't know, maybe someone like this guy.

Lighting Fast Tetris (12.8 megs)
Something's not right there. I've never seen a tetris game that lets you move the pieces sideways that fast.
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 01:31 PM
 
Originally posted by darkcore:
Have you seen the one for the original super mario bros? I saw one a few months back that exploited some well known glitches in smb, it was pretty impressive too, sadly I don't have a link to it.
I remember finding it when I was a kid. I forget what stage it is on - but basically you can get a turtle stuck between two bricks and keep bouncing on it all day, getting a 1up each time.
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 01:46 PM
 
It is impressive, though worth noting that the guy is using a Game Genie (if you look at one of the first levels, you'll see that he does a jump in mid-air without having the leaf power-up).

Not that it matters - it would've taken him 10:58 without it instead of 10:56.
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Nov 30, 2003, 01:48 PM
 
Originally posted by hayesk:
I remember finding it when I was a kid. I forget what stage it is on - but basically you can get a turtle stuck between two bricks and keep bouncing on it all day, getting a 1up each time.
well. its at the end of 3-1, and i think theres a point in world 7 where you can do it too.

on the original SMB for nes, you can bounce to get like 5 or 13 extra guys, then it stops.

on hte super mario all stars version, you can bounce all damned day.
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 01:54 PM
 
I remember being in a Super Mario 3 contest when I was a kid, and thinking that the judging was going to be by something other than the score. Naturally, it wasn't, and some loser won by taking advantage of that place in the second or third level where you can just jump on enemies when they come out of the pipe and rack up huge points.

Sorry, but that ain't skill. I was, at the time, able to get mid-way through World 8 in the 10 minutes we were alotted, and thought that showed a heck of a lot more skill than being able to jump repetitively.

Alas, the guy holding down "A" for 10 minutes won because his score was higher. Dumbass contest.




...But I'm not bitter, or anything...
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Nov 30, 2003, 01:58 PM
 
Originally posted by Oneota:
I remember being in a Super Mario 3 contest when I was a kid, and thinking that the judging was going to be by something other than the score. Naturally, it wasn't, and some loser won by taking advantage of that place in the second or third level where you can just jump on enemies when they come out of the pipe and rack up huge points.

Sorry, but that ain't skill. I was, at the time, able to get mid-way through World 8 in the 10 minutes we were alotted, and thought that showed a heck of a lot more skill than being able to jump repetitively.

Alas, the guy holding down "A" for 10 minutes won because his score was higher. Dumbass contest.




...But I'm not bitter, or anything...
was that some college contest? i remember they had one of those with SMB3, and dr mario, and something else at the college i went to. and ya. the guy did the bounce on the goombas thing in htat one stage.
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 02:18 PM
 
Originally posted by scaught:
was that some college contest? i remember they had one of those with SMB3, and dr mario, and something else at the college i went to. and ya. the guy did the bounce on the goombas thing in htat one stage.
No, I was in 6th grade at the time. The contest was just one activity at this weekend keep-your-kids-occupied lock-in thingy.
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Nov 30, 2003, 03:06 PM
 
Originally posted by Oneota:
It is impressive, though worth noting that the guy is using a Game Genie (if you look at one of the first levels, you'll see that he does a jump in mid-air without having the leaf power-up).

Not that it matters - it would've taken him 10:58 without it instead of 10:56.
No he just has godlike reflexes
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 03:46 PM
 
Originally posted by Aiglos:
Hahaha, I noticed that too.
He did that to save time from the Star 5-up fireworks animation.
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 03:47 PM
 
Originally posted by Oneota:
It is impressive, though worth noting that the guy is using a Game Genie (if you look at one of the first levels, you'll see that he does a jump in mid-air without having the leaf power-up).

Not that it matters - it would've taken him 10:58 without it instead of 10:56.
If you're talking about the first level -- I thought the same thing, but if you look closely, he jumps off the turtle, and then off the cloud. I thought that was a hack at first too.
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 06:53 PM
 
From the page with the Tetris video: And you thought you were hardcore. I don't know what game it is, but it rules
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 09:52 PM
 
Originally posted by entrox:
From the page with the Tetris video: And you thought you were hardcore. I don't know what game it is, but it rules
     
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Nov 30, 2003, 10:43 PM
 
Originally posted by entrox:
From the page with the Tetris video: And you thought you were hardcore. I don't know what game it is, but it rules
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Dec 1, 2003, 09:29 AM
 
Originally posted by entrox:
From the page with the Tetris video: And you thought you were hardcore. I don't know what game it is, but it rules
It doesn't seem too hard, at least not for anyone with any musical background (a good pianist would probably find the game too elementary).

It's basically a sight-reading game, but instead of musical notes you've got falling blocks, and instead of using your fingers on a piano keyboard you use your palms on big buttons. No accidentals, no need to worry about rests (since you don't hit a button unless the corresponding colored block is at the bottom)...not too hard. But very impressive-looking.
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