# Holy crap! A guy finishes Super Mario Brothers 3 in under 11 minutes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704 "2003-11-28T08:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/21 "2003-11-28T23:47:27Z")
The video is not about the time in which the game’s complete, it’s showing off different ways enemies and objects can be exploited that makes it seem more like dancing. I’m pretty impressed, but I wouldn’t let whoever did this baby-sit my kid. (If it wasn’t a manipulated rom game) ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/22 "2003-11-29T00:23:13Z")
Link’s not working… Would anyone know of an alternate location or be willing to put it up somewhere (if it’s not too big)? I really wanted to see this ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/23 "2003-11-29T00:45:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > **I think the thing that made it all possible was the “play at 1/16th speed” feature.** Ah yes! I can’t believe I forgot about that feature. I used to use NESticle and crank the speed up for the Megaman games. Do you know of any emulators with that feature that run on Windows XP? I can’t get NESticle to work anymore, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/24 "2003-11-29T02:37:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Windwalker \* > \*\*Link’s not working… Would anyone know of an alternate location or be willing to put it up somewhere (if it’s not too big)? I really wanted to see this ☹ \*\* [http://ebaumsworld.com/smb3beat.html](http://ebaumsworld.com/smb3beat.html) [http://digitalinkart.rmrlabz.com/attachments/1069801732-moSMB3.wmv](http://digitalinkart.rmrlabz.com/attachments/1069801732-moSMB3.wmv) Unfortunately, I recommend broadband in any of those links. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/25 "2003-11-29T02:41:43Z")
There’s a bunch of mirrors listed here, just scroll down (one of them worked for me. I can’t remember which.) [http://keithdevens.com/weblog](http://keithdevens.com/weblog) BTW, the video _is_ totally nuts. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/26 "2003-11-29T02:53:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Ah yes! I can’t believe I forgot about that feature. I used to use NESticle and crank the speed up for the Megaman games. Do you know of any emulators with that feature that run on Windows XP? I can’t get NESticle to work anymore, sadly. FCE Ultra ([http://xodnizel.net/fceultra/](http://xodnizel.net/fceultra/)) works on my XP system. It does have a speed increase feature, although you have to hold down the ~ button to make it work. ---
**Author:** ![Jplacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jplacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jplacer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/27 "2003-11-29T05:03:38Z")
It’s not like the guy is just running through the levels, he is killing most things he sees. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/28 "2003-11-29T05:26:54Z")
I once saw a guy finish SMB1 in 5 minutes, which was pretty damn cool. I mentioned that to some college buddies, and by gum, we had a competition going. I never got quite past 6:40, but I did manage to finish with only 5800 points (or 5400–you’re required to get that many). ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/29 "2003-11-29T05:33:58Z")
One of the guys I was going up against was also able to finish Zelda in 90 minutes, which was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Epistaxis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Epistaxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epistaxis)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/30 "2003-11-29T05:55:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jplacer \* > \*\*It’s not like the guy is just running through the levels, he is killing most things he sees. \*\* My favorite part is the round 8 level when you’re jumping on airships, and a few times he goes backwards in a seemingly suicidial move just to kill something and get a few hundred points. What a sicko 🙂 That, and how he purposely avoids getting a third star (to save time). I thought he had messed up his ‘perfect game’ for a while. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/31 "2003-11-29T06:11:48Z")
I’ve never played Mario but [this review](http://www.wiskate.com/reviews/display_video_review_pg.php?review_id=153) of the guy’s accomplisment was pretty amusing. > [@](#): > > Hopefully all of you turds out there clicked your little mousey on the link for this insanity. If you haven’t, go do it now then come back here and read this crap when you’re done watching it. > > Now, let me start off by saying that Super Mario 3 is possibly one of the best games ever created by Nintendo. It was difficult, creative and extremely addictive. Sometimes, I would be so into beating this game, I would skip bathroom breaks and just pee my pants. But I digress. This review isn’t about me peeing. It’s about an extremely lonely man who had nothing but his Nintendo, a 2 liter, and a desire to be the best at his craft. And I think he may have achieved that goal. > > Upon watching this video, I realized that anything is possible. With a little determination and love (and absolutely no desire to ever leave his home prefacture), this wacky asian man was able to conquer Super Mario 3 in 11 minutes and some odd seconds. Amazing. On top of that, there was not a flaw to be found. > > Now some people have claimed this video to be better than the Habitat video and I tend to agree. What took Habitat almost 2 years to do only took this desperately lonely man 11 minutes. > > My favorite part in the video had to be 8-1. He bounced from cannonball to cannonball racking up free lives like he didn’t even care. His use of Mario’s tail was phenominal. I was in awe of the way he made mincemeat of all the wrench throwing raccoons and trotted right through all of level 8 just to walk right through Bowser. Easy peezy Japaneezy. > > I applaude this unknown Nintendo soldier. He may not have much of a life, but he made a commitment and saw it through. Kudos to you, buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/32 "2003-11-29T06:17:49Z")
This is the kind of thing that has me wondering if Donkey Kong is sitting at home in his shorts, swigging beer, sinking into depression, telling anyone who’ll listen: “I _made_ that little bastard and now he won’t return my calls!” Of course Donkey Kong jr. shows up occasionally to round up all the empties. “You’re still tops, Dad!” “Shaddup, you little creep! What the _hell_ do you know about this business, anyway, ya damn snapjaw-dodger? I used to be _big_ in this town!” Seriously, this is exactly how I picture it. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/33 "2003-11-29T06:21:24Z")
The sound sounds alright, so I don’t think it was sped up. The colour’s off, though, so I’m not sure if it might be a hacked ROM - or else the TV’s colour’s going. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/34 "2003-11-29T06:25:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Epistaxis \* > \*\*My favorite part is the round 8 level when you’re jumping on airships, and a few times he goes backwards in a seemingly suicidial move just to kill something and get a few hundred points. What a sicko 🙂 > > That, and how he purposely avoids getting a third star (to save time). I thought he had messed up his ‘perfect game’ for a while. \*\* See, that’s what got me too. It’s not so much the speed, it’s the frickin’ elegance. When he’s hopping from cannonball to cannonball, racking up 99 free lives even though he’s not going to use them. Or making the suicidal jump for 200 more points. That’s class. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/35 "2003-11-29T07:55:15Z")
Wait, how did he get up to the cloud platforms with the coins in World 1-1 while still small Mario? And is it just me, or did a wrench go right through him in the first tank in World 9 (around 2:43)? If my impression is right, this is a total hack, which is disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/36 "2003-11-29T08:02:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Leaper \* > \*\*Wait, how did he get up to the cloud platforms with the coins in World 1-1 while still small Mario? And is it just me, or did a wrench go right through him in the first tank in World 9 (around 2:43)? > > If my impression is right, this is a total hack, which is disappointing. \*\* Part A: He bounces off the flying turtle and gets propelled up into the clouds. Watch closely – you’ll see the turtle lose its wings and Mario get credited with 100 points. This part is no big deal; I’ve done it before as well. Part B: No, he finagles around the wrench. It’s a rather elegant move. The website escapes me, but one of these had a frame-by-frame analysis of this particular move and the conclusion was that nothing odd happened. I personally don’t think it’s a hack. At the very worst, it might have been played at a slowed-down speed. (Even then, it still would take a hell of a lot of talent to pull everything off even at 1/16 of the pace.) They seem to have these “time attack” contests pretty regular out there in Asia, so it’s not surprising something remarkable like this might come out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/37 "2003-11-29T08:28:26Z")
Its certainly impressive, but I’d need to see more proof that there’s no editing or emulator tricks. Its not so much the skill as all the overly close calls he has with cannonballs and the way he often barely gets on top of things. Seems a little too borderline for him to never get dinged. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/38 "2003-11-29T08:31:08Z")
Here’s another site with all 8 levels done as small Super Mario: [http://www.lyska.vaasa.fi/~valtteri/](http://www.lyska.vaasa.fi/~valtteri/) What I think might be happening is that with these emulators you are able to save states (the ability to save the game at _any_point.) Perhaps these guys are saving their games at the beginning of each level and playing the hell out of it until they get it absolutely perfect. I believe the levels are actually played through and no trickery is involved there; perhaps they are not played once-through, though. ---
**Author:** ![sajwalke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@sajwalke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sajwalke)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/39 "2003-11-29T13:47:34Z")
Some people have too little time on their hands. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704/40 "2003-11-29T14:53:38Z")
That was one of the most beautiful things I have seen in my entire life. He not only finished it, he killed 95% of EVERYTHING that can be killed along the way. I think his score was well over 300,000 and he ended with 99 lives, which is amazing considering he took the shortest route. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704.md?page=3)