Super Mario Bros. TAS vs. RTA World Record (4:56.528 by darbian)

Comparison video of the current world records of SMB.
TAS (Tool-Assisted Speedrun, human speedrunning with emulator assistance, not in real time) WR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdMHO...
RTA (Real Time Attack, human speedrunning in real time) WR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf9zP...

The timing difference makes RTA record seem shorter than TAS record, but still, it's close enough.

TAS saves time in 1-2, 4-2, 8-1, 8-2 & 8-4, using faster acceleration, going through the wall, flagpole glitch, etc. Darbian ties with TAS in 1-1, 4-1 & 8-3 using flagpole glitch.

TAS is NOT programming. It's human creating exciting movies using emulators.

None of the two runs uses "cheats" of any kind. For any questions, check out darbian's tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PInZ2...