#10603: dillthepill08's NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) "game end glitch" in 00:11.612

TASVideos Submissions · Jul 19, 2026

This TAS completes Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) in less than twelve seconds by executing arbitrary code and jumping to the credits. This is performed via an exploit in the game's controller reading routine that allows you to stay in an infinite loop for as long as you want. This is the same exploit that lets Super Mario Bros 3. be completed in a quarter of a second. This run beats my cancelled submission by 15.2 seconds and Maru and total's TAS by 24.1 seconds. Many parts of this write-up were copied from my cancelled run, which I improved the day after I submitted it. For some context, I…