[TAS] N64 Donkey Kong 64 by RingRush in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/4192M
TAS originally published on 2020-05-26
Donkey Kong 64 is similar to Rareware's other Nintendo 64 platformer series, Banjo-Kazooie ( tasvideos.org/GameGroups/Banj... ), but stars Donkey Kong and his friends from the Donkey Kong Country games. Several new features have been added to the game, like 3D graphics and the ability to change between different characters with different weapons and abilities.
In this run, RingRush ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/R... ) uses glitches to skip a vast majority of the game and beat K. Rool in record time.
Due to differences between versions of the game, different timing methods, and the fact that RTA runs start with some features already unlocked, this run is slower than the RTA equivalent.
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This run is a 00:50.77 second improvement over RingRush's previous movie ( tasvideos.org/3411M ).

[@aquabat7777]

Gotta love that even a TAS takes about eleven minutes to get through this final boss, cutscenes included.

[@GLYCEMusic]

If anybody is confused as to what is going on at all, Bismuth made a very good video that covers everything. I really recommend it to everybody.

[@jaderedacted9379]

you're doing gods work with this comment

[@jizzaymz]

Good thing you can walk through most of the walls in this game

[@neoqwerty]

Walls are just suggestions in DK Isle

[@ScrubRekker666]

14:08: (Homing shots) “was included in this TAS to make my task a little harder.”
-Bismuth

[@MrLachapell]

What was it ? I do t remember but I remember him talking about pressing the d-pad I this particular level would make some sfx go off

[@fireball54110]

@@MrLachapell pressing all 4 directions at once in lobby

[@DougSalad]

Turns out it's a cheat code. If you press them in a certain order, B. locker charges you less golden bananas to enter levels.
For Hideout Helm, you need to be Chunky, do the cheat code, AND punch him in the face.

[@Thomfamily5]

@@DougSalad not that lol
its the sound effect after leaving the b. locker is pressing udlr on the d pad

[@Cookieofdoom]

4:16: Snap pic, SAVE.............. *OHKAY* .......

[@brunticusguyman7258]

This Kong just jams himself inside wherever he wants to go.

[@barbarictearemedy]

This run would have made zero sense to me if I hadn’t watched Bismuth’s DK64 speedrun explanation video.

[@ahumanperson3649]

Bismuth gang.

[@melomelo5887]

@@ahumanperson3649 th-cam.com/video/-7Wfj6V73wE/w-d-xo.html

[@suporspeed]

it makes NO sense to me, i don't even know why this game is here

[@milesbyt]

9:19 When Satan interrupts your workout music:

[@masonhhoffman]

It's amazing to see how effectively people have torn this game to shreds

[@AkanoWire]

this happens when he fires in spurts

[@tehberral]

None of this makes sense, yet somehow it does.

[@Cookieofdoom]

The Forward Kick Fly maneuver... Looks fabulous. So free and grand.

[@thatone_churro]

DK decides that walls are optional

[@alhuno1]

I knew someone will post this comment.

[@agrestam]

Donkey Kong, with all his grunting and groaning, leaps and tumbles his way beyond the feeble limits of time and space to a pummeling King K. Rool KO. "OK!"

[@molter2404]

1:32 Donkey Kong jumpscare

[@ericmarlow381]

Every sound Donkey Kong makes sounds like he's getting his fudge packed

[@easiestcc6451]

*MMMPHs through the wall*

[@iDarthDub]

People used to think rolling in Ocarina of Time made you go faster, but it's actually this game where it does.

[@taechuK]

But rolling is faster in OoT

[@djkk666]

Jesus lol, this would have blown my mind 20 years ago

[@melomelo5887]

th-cam.com/video/-7Wfj6V73wE/w-d-xo.html 😘

[@DigiEggz]

I don't even know what I would have thought of this back then. Probably just utter confusion

[@melomelo5887]

@@DigiEggz th-cam.com/video/-7Wfj6V73wE/w-d-xo.html 💞

[@Blernster]

This would have blown my 3 inch shaft 20 years ago

[@SPFLDAngler]

It doesn't now?.. what is the difference then and now that makes this unimpressive?..

[@Alexs23743]

DK apparently believes that walls are just a social construct.

[@kittykat5090]

i know very little about this game, but by the looks of this TAS, i have the feeling the game would break if i looked at it funny

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Thats actually partially correct, you can clip through walls by manuplating the angle DK is facing aswell as the camera to reverse the collison detection of wall, making any wall (no kidding) clippable

[@auxillify]

wait till terminalmontage gets his hands on this

[@eleronpfoutz7823]

OKAY

[@retrojonkie]

waiting for it

[@alhuno1]

You know an any% category of a game, TAS or RTA, is broken when the final boss is half of the run.

[@TheUnknownsShow]

K Rool is such a long boss fight, he's half the run even in casual playthroughs.

[@ProtoMario]

I don't even know what's going on, wow.

[@Blernster]

Nobody does 🤯🤯

[@fabbluray]

13:05 What Donald Duck is doing in this game? LOL 😂

[@djbossxd3389]

Am I the only one who finds Donkey Kong’s grunting noises to be amusing

[@neoqwerty]

Fun fact: Grant Kirkhope (who provides said grunts) is very amused by the grunting noises. Do you know why? It's because he was meant to be the placeholder. And then the rest of the team refused to change it despite his request to get the final voice clips in.

[@Blernster]

I jerk off to those grunts

[@mkinitcpio]

is there a single solid wall in this game

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Mostly, just coded poorly because manuplating DK’s angle and the camera you can clip through any wall

[@CannonBallBluey]

this is just beautiful

[@russell7790]

Chunky kong giving the absolute hands in that boxing match

[@13vatra]

Hey, at least one of the five did something akin to boxing.

[@MidnightWonko]

As Jontron would say, "I have several questions."

[@DougSalad]

There's an hour long explanation video

[@barbarictearemedy]

Me: sees this video in suggested feed and says *O K A Y* in my head as I decide to watch
Video: 0:06
Me: *:)*

[@judah1276]

The audio to this speedrun is fucking absurd.

[@orngng]

Amazing optimisation

[@knightofthenorth926]

I really need bismuth to tell me what makes this run 50 seconds shorter than his explained run

[@CherubiJubell]

Tiny had the hardest part of the fight.

[@dreadrock0000]

I was waiting this video

[@GROOOOOS]

Bigger, FASTER, and stronger too!

[@MrEvilGrin]

I'm glad I watched Swordless Link's playthrough of this game explaining the glitches otherwise I would have no idea what is going on.

[@pokeguydj6923]

Miss that guy

[@x8k800]

TAS is the best

[@lordchickenclaw]

Title should be "donkey Kong tries to take a dump while flying through the air, walking through walls and snapping pics of flying bananas for 15 minutes, and then the Kongs beat up k. Rool."

[@vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv]

inb4 "why is this TAS guy so good" comments

[@barbarictearemedy]

_ inb4 Candy Kong to DK “my parents aren’t home” dialogue comments. Inb4 “parent says you have 30 minutes to play N64” comments.

[@iP0STcomments]

inb4 “damn this is really cool” comments

[@SpunkyDunk]

*Donkey Kong nut sounds*

[@stephenmahilum4770]

This is insane than Mario 64 speedrun

[@BlueAizu_]

I watched Bismuth's video about this TAS multiple times, yet I still barely understand what's happening

[@slightlydamp3338]

MMMMMmmmm *grunt* hm hm MMMMMMMm MMMMMMMMmmm *grunt* HUH *grunt* HUH MMMMMMMmmmmm

[@NelsonWin]

Same here mate.. forward rolls and grunts
😂😂

[@AwesomeHairo]

Was looking for this. Bless ye heart

[@marcosjulian4709]

Spain flag 33:20

[@maverickhunterstupidiocy7779]

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[@ultsppi9262]

19:14 he groovin

[@geotale95]

14:55 Oh banana

[@Vee_H.]

8:59 going to the beat of the song.

[@hjkljhhkl]

I have no idea what I just watched

[@FreeAimDog]

even though i dint use tas i watched this while i was beating the boss to learn tips from it especially the last part where he turns invisible.

[@stitta9814]

"Mmmmmmghhhhh.... ooookayyy"

[@user-uv8sw8fm6n]

素晴らしいアクション😊

[@itachixmaster]

finally official version :D

[@kevinfrazier1692]

Can we get an input viewer?

[@VegetaFH1]

The fact that ur able to play this mess in any capacity means ur automaticly better then 95% of people on the N64... fuck this game, good tas though

[@Tyree42069]

I'm scared

[@MoundN]

What happens with the music whenever he transitions to a room or level with different music? The old music still gets played and then suddenly cuts to the music of the current room/level. Weird.
This happened alot in the first few minutes until minute 8 I think.

[@AlliroG98]

Maybe he bypasses the point that tells the music to change

[@Ballaam]

Side-effect of Intro Story Glitch.
Intro Story tells music to persist through transitions, whereas most places in the game cut it off

[@MoundN]

@@Ballaam I understand ty very much for explaining!

[@juicyroachpussy9645]

My brain hurts

[@doublepickaxeyt3400]

nice

[@mist379]

Is no one else concerned about the excessive amount of gas leaving the parrots at 33:00?

[@koshaz3x]

I will never understand how the fuck they pull this off.

[@cbjammin13]

Needs online coop and randomizer for sure...

[@joshuaspangenberg7465]

Don’t watch this while being high.

[@MastaFrank01]

3:36 Pelvic thrust woooooo!!!!!!!

[@WheresPoochie]

What was the point of the fairy photos at the beginning?

[@The-Real-Scratcher-1]

To unlock the intro rewatch and another important mini game.

[@sagacious03]

So, what would it take for TAS to outspeed RTA? Just better emulation for the N64 version? Or do things being already unlocked make that big of a difference?

[@Ballaam]

It's mostly the pre-unlocked menu items that save the time for RTA. See here for a full explanation: th-cam.com/video/QKsRNoLyXO8/w-d-xo.htmlm30s

[@sagacious03]

@@Ballaam Thanks!

[@megamegaO]

Me: ...
Video: ...
Me: ...
Video: Donkey Kong -* HMMMM!!! *

[@prodxeviant]

This is a strange fucking game

[@MastaFrank01]

This is some of the most broken and random shit I've ever seen in a tas speedrun.

[@anyapeanutlover]

*Suggestive grunting intensifies*

[@pixelator5312]

i legit screamed when the dk rap got skipped

[@xxEzraBxxx]

8:09

[@waretyu]

このゲームってこんなゲームだったかな。(白目)いろいろとおかしい(　ﾟдﾟ)

[@spicybreadproductions1972]

Maybe I shouldn't have watched the explanation video first...

[@williamsmith666]

Donko Kongzooie*.

[@TranceXZero]

Ok!

[@AyaneOfDeath]

What happened?

[@Alexs23743]

A gorilla decided walls are just a social construct in his bid to imitate the Italian plumber his grandfather once tried to kill.

[@thearrowgamer1241]

Yes

[@retrojonkie]

Glitch assisted superplay

[@xxEzraBxxx]

and?

[@NHarmonik]

Can somebody please make a one-hundred-and-something-percent TAS?

[@AwesomeHairo]

Grunts more than my sex life

[@umageddon]

You say youve never heard a videogame ape take a shit every 5 seconds?

[@nathaniel7210]

second

[@NelsonWin]

Nnnggnn.. Ngggnn... Nggnn.. 😂😂😂

[@MajorasWrath1]

Was this pile of broken shit programmed by literal gorillas or chimps lmao, Jesus Christ it's so glitchy. The game, not the tas

[@brandongallant1790]

This would be cool of it was actually player done not tas

[@Blernster]

It's still cool

[@genericname4168]

Out of context this is probably the most wild speedrun ever. In context it’s still the most wild speedrun ever