A speedrunner has obtained the new world record for beating the classic Super Mario Bros game as fast as possible. He goes by the name of Darbian and went through the game in an outstanding 4:57.627, beating the previous record by mere microseconds.
"1) The biggest remaining time save is to add in the faster method of doing level 4-2. This method of doing 4-2 saves 21 frames (0.35s), but is extremely difficult. andrewg [another speedrunner] is the best person at getting this. There is no other time save that a human has ever done (even in practice) prior to 8-4.
2) In 8-4, my notable mistakes include scrolling the screen a pixel too far in the “turnaround” room. I also had poor movement here, as ideally you’ll go down the pipe to the water with a 357 on the in game timer.
3) The exit to the water section was bad. Ideally you want to swim into the pipe, or at least touch the ground closer to the pipe than I did. Mario loses speed when walking on the ground in water. Blubbler [another speedrunner] discovered that the rate at which Mario loses his speed on the ground in water is lower if you do NOT press right. I used this advice, and it’s likely that this is the reason this run turned out to be the record."
Darbian even included a heart-rate monitor in his Twitch run that showed how he was feeling throughout. He noted that he is thrilled to have beaten the record and will try his best to beat it again.
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Source: Kotaku
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