It took 4 years and 40,000 attempts to shave 1 second off this Mike Tyson's Punch-Out speedrun, and "it could be many years" before the record is broken again
Jun. 4, 2024Even the Fresh Prince could never dream so big
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37 years after the release of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, one speedrunner has finally managed to beat the game’s titular final boss in two minutes flat, and it could be ages before we see another run like this.
There’s still room to improve, too, as Summoning Salt says “this fight was only 3 frames away from being a 1:59. A sub 2 Tyson fight would be the most legendary achievement in Punch-Out history by far. You’d need to match this execution while getting roughly ~1/12,000 luck. I don’t know if I’ll ever get it, but I’m going to try.” Despite just a three frame difference, he thinks “it could be many years before that time is a reality.”
Thebest NES gameshost some of the greatest speedrunning scenes, too -Super Mario Bros speedrunners are just 12 frames away from literal perfection.
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