This was accomplished using a macro script that fed simulated inputs to my computer, allowing for near frame-perfect accuracy. I recorded with my phone because a bigger load on the CPU meant worse macro performance.

I'm very excited about the potential future of TASing this game, I think it will give runners times to strive for and more incentive to discover more strats. Just as it does in all other communities, it will help push this game to its limits.

Btw, there's nothing in the rules saying macros aren't allowed, so this is technically a legitimate run, as of right now. I feel like it goes without saying that this is against the rules, but ncb or Msbm should probably clarify that just in case.

All in all I'm very happy I've found a way to TAS this game, as it's something I've been thinking about for ages. I'm sure more like this will come in the future.

That would be sick, your runs that I've watched are pretty nuts. I've got a couple pending runs in the Any% With Powerups catagory right now, I've been playing SSG3 for a bit now and never knew there was a speedrunning community, so this is pretty cool for me

This is a spliced run performed with 10 powerups total in 1:45.840.

I honestly don't know if this game is dead or not, but I made this primarily to show off the ridiculously tight shots in Holes 2 and 8. There's still plenty of optimizations and time to be saved throughout this run. Let me know if this should be posted somewhere other than the forum.