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{{quote|"I beat Super [[Metroid]] in under an hour and it was [[Worth It]]."|[[Retsupurae|Diabetus]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}iiZxFYNtyh8 Super Metroid INCREDIBLE FUN]}}

There are two types of speedruns: "regular" and "tool-assisted".

* '''Tool-assisted''' - Use [[Emulation]] to play the game frame-by-frame to create the optimal time possible, often exploiting glitches and manipulating random events along the way.

There are also three subcategories: [[Hundred-Percent100% Completion|"100% run"]] (where the player tries to collect everything in the game as quickly as possible), "[[Minimalist Run|minimalist runs]]" (where the player skips all unnecessary items while still completing the game as quickly as possible), and the "pure speed run", also known as "any%" or "fastest time" (where the player skips as much of the game as is needed to achieve the best time).

Speedruns are usually created as an attempt to show off one's skills, while still providing an entertaining video. (Most speedrun compilation sites have a requirement that the run must be reasonably entertaining, and under a certain length [usually 7-87–8 hours, with many being just a few minutes], to be accepted.) They are ''not'' for people who want to enjoy the plot or explore the world. Due to the many methods used in speedruns, and overall design of different games, It is not a good judge of how long a game is for the average player at all; for instance, there could be [[Good Bad Bugs|exploitable bugs]] that are only possible to pull off in a Tool Assisted run, and others that can be done in realtime with only a great deal of dedication, skill, and luck. A specific example of this: some Tool Assisted runs use glitches that require hitting left and right at the same time, or up and down at the same time; those ones are basically impossible on any standard unmodified controller. The optimal path can be radically changed at every step based on whether or not these bugs are used.

* [[Luck Manipulation Mechanic]]: Speedrunners find everything they can, intentional or not ,<ref>though keep in mind that unintentional examples should not be added to that trope's article</ref>, as long as it ultimately saves time. TASers can make their own luck.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Characters going through a speedrun often gain a reputation of breaking the laws of physics, and sometimes, even the universe.

** Even better, a run a few years back smashing that to pieces with a Nightmare run in [httphttps://wwwweb.fileplanetarchive.comorg/dlweb/dl.asp?qdq20210327032659/qdqdivxhttps://www.avifileplanet.com/ 12:23]{{Dead link}}. The run is a segmented run, however, and while still talented, is far better than could be expected of a straight playthrough.

* ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' [[Hundred-Percent100% Completion]] in [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20031202174746/http://planetquake.com/sda/mp/ 1 hour, 37 minutes.] Has since been obsoleted, but this run (which was [http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/10/0655226&tid=213&tid=10 Slashdotted]) brought speedrunning into the mainstream.

** Biospark's 1% ''Metroid Fusion'' run in [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724093434/http://speeddemosarchive.com/fusion.html#SS1 49 minutes] with no saves. In 1% conditions, one hit is fatal for most of the game; doing this in a ''single-segment'' run is mind-bogglingly hard.

** [[Harder Than Hard|Bad Moon]] speedruns do put everybody on a pretty equal footing, by temporarily stripping you of those familiars and skills. There's a guide out there for reliably doing one in 12-1412–14 days. (To compare, a 1-day speedrun has been done in regular play, though luck was a significant factor, and there are people who consistently do 4-5 day runs in Hardcore.)

** [http://tasvideos.org/1759M.html This] ''[[Castlevania Aria of Sorrow|Aria of Sorrow]]'' run demonstrates the power of luck manipulation in tool-assisted speedrunning; by creating a speedrun frame-by-frame, it's possible to ensure that the [[Random Number God]] always gives you the correct number. As a result, this run completes the game while collecting ''all 120 of the souls'' -- normally—normally very rarely occuring random drops -- indrops—in 24:56!

* [http://speeddemosarchive.com/GhostsnGoblins.html Here's] both loops of the notorious [[Nintendo Hard]] game ''Ghosts N' Goblins'' being completed in just under 23 minutes. And [http://speeddemosarchive.com/SuperGhoulsNGhosts.html here's] its Super Nintendo sequel--againsequel—again, both loops--inloops—in just over 42 minutes ''on its hardest difficulty''.

*** The Mega Man X/X2 run has been obsoleted by [http://tasvideos.org/3277S.html this], a [[Hundred-Percent100% Completion]] of Mega Man X, X2, AND X3 using one controller's input.

* ''[[Ace Combat]]'' has various [[Scrappy Level|Scrappy Levels]]s where you have to take your plane through an enclosed area. So, naturally, people took the fastest plane available and went in with maximum power. Like taking "Greased Lightning" from ''2'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3NPNSsj52w in the X-29] or "Aces" from ''5'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssmDlA8AM0s in the MiG-31].

* Some TAS runs of [[Game Boy]] titles get a bit ridiculous thanks to the ability to manipulate the game's memory ''directly'' to take the player right to the ending. Demonstrated to great effect in the current standing runs of Pokémon Yellow version ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yXTpnUCh5Q 1:09.63]) and ''[[Super Mario Land 2: Six6 Golden Coins|Super Mario Land 2]]'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZqEcVg8Ei8 2:28.08]).

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