Four minutes and 55 seconds: for two years this was the fastest time anyone could beat the original Super mario bros. for the NES. It’s such a precise world record that There have been debates since 2018 about whether or not it could ever fall. That is bare within the community idea of a 4:54 run became legendary.
Many have tried. Actually, at this point in time, the Super mario bros. Speedrun leaderboard has over 10 records in the 4:55 range, reducing the difference between them to milliseconds. And it’s no joke to get there – as YouTuber Bismuth explains in the documentary below, thousands of runs in front of the flagpole end on the first level.
In theory, a faster time was always possible. At least this is what the experts say about the tool-supported speed runs that can be written frame by frame. The question was whether it was real or not human could improve the already extremely optimized run that requires pixel-perfect control. Already is a 4:55 time almost flawless compared to what a computer can do (4: 54.26 for those who keep track of things).
And now, in 2021, someone has. The new record, which the community calls historic, was hit by Jerking streamer Niftski. At 4:54:97 a.m., it’s now the fastest anyone has ever beaten Super mario bros.
“This is crazy,” said Niftski during the stream. “It hit me, but it didn’t hit me all the way.”
After accomplishing the seemingly impossible, the streamer ended its broadcast by announcing that it was moving forward new 2021 goals For the game.
