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tasbot

What does tasbot mean?

A device that replays a tool-assisted run's exact button presses on genuine console hardware, frame by frame. It's how a TAS made on an emulator gets proven on the real thing.

"TASBot hijacked the SNES live on stage and started running custom code mid-game."

Origin

Built by the TAS community; famous for live AGDQ showcases playing perfect runs and console-arbitrary-code-execution demos on real hardware.

Frequently asked questions

Is TASBot a single robot?
It's more a project and a family of replay devices than one fixed machine, but people talk about 'TASBot' as if it's a character, usually pictured with red goggles.
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