Re:Diablo hackers uncovered a speedrun scandal
by tetha on Sunday February 16, 2025 @07:36AM
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> There's still rules in TASing, just a different set of rules! Specifically, you have to submit a file containing a sequence of controller inputs that completes the game when played back in an accurate emulator (or a replay device connected to the controller port of an original console running the original game).
It's a really cool project. In case "just" running a TAS on a real console through some wired up controller... Nintendo DS is also supported: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQCJX0RzS8
It's such a funny and rewarding escalation of the really impressive world of TAS.
Enter TASBot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rha61Y3_Voc
It's a really cool project. In case "just" running a TAS on a real console through some wired up controller... Nintendo DS is also supported: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQCJX0RzS8
It's such a funny and rewarding escalation of the really impressive world of TAS.