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Ocarina of Time TAS by dwangoAC, TASBot, Savestate, Sauraen in 53:05 - Summer Games Done Quick 2022

Games Done Quick · demo · Watch on YouTube

Speedrunning, glitches & game hackingGame history & retro gaming

What it is

A tool-assisted speedrun of Ocarina of Time at Summer Games Done Quick 2022, using TASBot and arbitrary code execution to reach an alternate ending in about 53 minutes. The run is introduced by its creators and followed by an interview.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a stunning demonstration of arbitrary code execution in a console game and of what speedrunners effectively do as vulnerability researchers.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “absolutely blew me away”

    TASBot's arbitrary code execution alternate ending in Ocarina of Time.

    prophesi, 2025-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Speedrunners are vulnerability researchers, they just don't know it yet”

  2. “a good video that makes this tech more understandable”

    Explains the tech with an amazing demo at the end.

    andrekandre, 2025-09 · Recommendation · in “Bad Apple but it's played inside Super Mario Bros”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: tasbot, ocarina of time, arbitrary code execution, gdq, speedrun

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