Tag

#speedrunning

29 words tagged “speedrunning”

luck manipulation
noun

Bending in-game RNG to your will through deliberate inputs.

#speedrunning#tas#rng
credits warp
noun

A glitch that fires the end credits early, skipping the game.

#speedrunning#glitch#ace
reverse bottle adventure
noun

OoT glitch that writes item values outside the inventory using a bottle on B.

#zelda#oot#speedrunning#glitch
100%
noun

Full completion run: grab everything before you finish.

#speedrunning#category#completion
frame advance
noun

Stepping a game forward one single frame at a time.

#speedrunning#tas#emulation#retro
splits
noun

Your time logged at each checkpoint of a run.

#speedrunning#timing#livesplit
A Button Challenge
noun

Beating SM64 while pressing the jump button as few times as possible.

#sm64#speedrunning#challenge run#abc
BLJ
noun

SM64 trick chaining backward long jumps to rack up insane speed.

#sm64#speedrunning#glitch#movement
half A press
noun

Counting a held-over A press as just 0.5 in SM64's A Button Challenge.

#sm64#speedrunning#abc#meme
1CC (one-credit clear)
noun

Clearing the whole game on a single credit, no continues.

#shmup#arcade#speedrunning#retro
routing
noun

Working out the fastest path through a game.

#speedrunning#strategy#planning
low%
noun

Beat the game collecting the bare minimum possible.

#speedrunning#category#challenge
sequence break
noun

Doing things out of the intended order to skip ahead.

#speedrunning#metroid#progression
arbitrary code execution
noun

Tricking a game into running your own injected code.

#speedrunning#glitch#exploit#memory
infinite sword glitch
noun

Keeps Link's sword hitbox live long after the swing ends.

#zelda#oot#speedrunning#glitch
glitchless
adjective

A run with zero glitches allowed.

#speedrunning#category#ruleset
out of bounds
noun

Slipping outside the level into space the game never meant you to reach.

#speedrunning#glitch#oob#clipping
kill screen
noun

The level where a game's code eats itself and dies.

#arcade#speedrunning#overflow#retro
parallel universe
noun

SM64's phantom map copies born from overflowing coordinates.

#sm64#speedrunning#abc#glitch
gold split
noun

Your fastest-ever time for a single segment.

#speedrunning#timing#personal-best
TAS
noun

A tool-assisted run built for frame-perfect, machine-level inputs.

#speedrunning#tool-assisted#emulator
RTA
noun

A human speedrun timed in real time, no tools.

#speedrunning#timing#live
any%
noun

Beat the game as fast as possible, no extra requirements.

#speedrunning#category#retro
IGT
noun

Run time read straight off the game's own clock.

#speedrunning#timing#in-game
save state
noun

A full snapshot of the game you can reload instantly.

#emulation#speedrunning#savescumming#retro
DDD skip
noun

SM64 trick using BLJ speed to skip the Dire Dire Docks requirement.

#sm64#speedrunning#glitch#skip
IL
noun

A speedrun of a single level instead of the whole game.

#speedrunning#category#single-level
no-miss
noun

Clearing a stage, boss or whole game without losing a single life.

#shmup#speedrunning#retro#scoring
TASBot
noun

A robot that feeds recorded TAS inputs into a real console.

#speedrunning#tas#agdq#hardware