boing boing mentioned this a while back… and it would seem that
‘This is a tool-assisted speedrun of the probably most famous Super Mario Bros Hack.’ Tool-assisted means that the player didn’t play the game normally; the most common tool-assist slows the game down to a fraction of normal game speed, allowing for perfect jumps and a much more deliberate play than the intended ‘jumpduckjumpjumprunjumpjump-ohno-ohno!’ This is more like having a really powerful cheat code running while you play.”
boing boing mentioned this a while back… and it would seem that
‘This is a tool-assisted speedrun of the probably most famous Super Mario Bros Hack.’ Tool-assisted means that the player didn’t play the game normally; the most common tool-assist slows the game down to a fraction of normal game speed, allowing for perfect jumps and a much more deliberate play than the intended ‘jumpduckjumpjumprunjumpjump-ohno-ohno!’ This is more like having a really powerful cheat code running while you play.”