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The '''RTABC''' ('''Real Time A Button Challenge''') is a variation on the popular [[A Button Challenge]], where all gameplay must be done in real-time.
The '''RTABC''' ('''Real Time A Button Challenge''') is a variation on the popular [[A Button Challenge]], where all gameplay must be done in real-time.
== Completed Runs ==
== Completed Runs ==
The current RTABC 70 Star world record, achieved by Marbler, finishes with a total of 2 A Presses and with a time of approximately 28 hours, 18 minutes, and 22 seconds.<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1909169099 <nowiki>"Super Mario 64 RTABC 2xA " by Marbler</nowiki>]</ref> The current RTABC 120 Star world record, achieved by BillyWAR1, finishes with a total of 216 A presses and with a time of 8 hours, 36 minutes, and 6 seconds.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1QWSGqGbgA <nowiki>"[RTABC WR] SM64 120 Star in 216 A Presses - 8:38:06" by BillyWAR</nowiki>]</ref> The current RTABC "Max Stars 0xA" world record, achieved by Zyon, finishes with a total of 37 stars and with a time of 4 hours, 41 minutes, and 36 seconds.<ref>[https://youtu.be/XBCE4RS1-EI " SM64 RTABC - Max Stars 0xA - 37 Stars in 4:41:36 " by Zyon]</ref>
The current RTABC 70 Star world record, achieved by Marbler, finishes with a total of 2 A Presses and with a time of approximately 28 hours, 18 minutes, and 22 seconds.<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1909169099 "Super Mario 64 RTABC 2xA " by Marbler]</ref> The current RTABC 120 Star world record, achieved by BillyWAR1, finishes with a total of 216 A presses and with a time of 8 hours, 36 minutes, and 6 seconds.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1QWSGqGbgA <nowiki>"[RTABC WR] SM64 120 Star in 216 A Presses - 8:38:06" by BillyWAR</nowiki>]</ref> The current RTABC "Max Stars 0xA" world record, achieved by Zyon, finishes with a total of 37 stars and with a time of 4 hours, 41 minutes, and 36 seconds.<ref>[https://youtu.be/XBCE4RS1-EI " SM64 RTABC - Max Stars 0xA - 37 Stars in 4:41:36 " by Zyon]</ref>


[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MDgm0yj5IJeqYMJlOdbKyIz66aX1Y3dYm79_wIePxY0/ The RTABC spreadsheet] contains leaderboards for individual stars, stages and full game categories; optimal routes for 70 Star, 120 Star, and Max Stars 0xA; conjectured improvements, and many other useful references.
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MDgm0yj5IJeqYMJlOdbKyIz66aX1Y3dYm79_wIePxY0/ The RTABC spreadsheet] contains leaderboards for individual stars, stages and full game categories; optimal routes for 70 Star, 120 Star, and Max Stars 0xA; conjectured improvements, and many other useful references.
==A Presses Left==
==A Presses Left==
A '''unique A press''' refers to a single circumstance under which the A button must be pressed during a run. This circumstance may occur multiple times, leading to multiple A presses; if a workaround is found for the unique A press, all of those individual A presses may be saved.
A '''unique A press''' refers to a single circumstance under which the A button must be pressed during a run. This circumstance may occur multiple times, leading to multiple A presses; if a workaround is found for the unique A press, all of those individual A presses may be saved.


Currently, a theoretical 120 star run would take 69 A presses, a theoretical 70 star run would take 2 A presses on N64 (1 in BitFS and 1 in BitS), and 53 stars are possible without pressing A.
Currently, a theoretical 120 star run would take 68 A presses, a theoretical 70 star run would take 2 A presses on N64 (1 in BitFS and 1 in BitS), and 53 stars are possible without pressing A.
Out of the 69 A presses left in the 120 star run, 48 of them (give or take) are unique. Below is a table listing all of them:
Out of the 69 A presses left in the 120 star run, 47 of them (give or take) are unique. Below is a table listing all of them:
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|#10
|#10
|1
|SSL
|To get onto the entrance to the eyerok battle
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|#11
|2
|2
|SSL
|SSL
|To get out of the pyramid elevator (TAS)
|To get out of the pyramid elevator (TAS)
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|-
|#12
|#11
|1
|1
|DDD
|DDD
|To jump off of a cloned pole
|To jump off of a cloned pole
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|-
|#13
|#12
|1
|1
|DDD
|DDD
|To jump off the back pole for 2 red coins
|To jump off the back pole for 2 red coins
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|-
|#14
|#13
|1
|1
|SL
|SL
|To shoot from the cannon
|To shoot from the cannon
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|-
|#15
|#14
|1
|1
|THI
|THI
|To double jump to a higher platform and collect red coins (TAS)
|To double jump to a higher platform and collect red coins (TAS)
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|-
|#16
|#15
|1
|1
|THI
|THI
|To dive to the upper platform and grab the high red coin (TAS)
|To dive to the upper platform and grab the high red coin (TAS)
|-
|-
|#17
|#16
|1
|1
|TTC
|TTC
|To jump up the cogs for bob-omb glide
|To jump up the cogs for bob-omb glide
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|-
|#18
|#17
|3
|3
|TTC
|TTC
|To double jump off the lower hand
|To double jump off the lower hand
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|-
|#19
|#18
|3
|3
|TTC
|TTC
|To wall kick to a higher platform
|To wall kick to a higher platform
|-
|-
|#20
|#19
|3
|3
|TTC
|TTC
|To get off the elevator by the pole
|To get off the elevator by the pole
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|-
|#21
|#20
|1
|1
|TTC
|TTC
|To jump past the moving bars
|To jump past the moving bars
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|-
|#22
|#21
|1
|1
|TTC
|TTC
|To wall kick to the moving bars star
|To wall kick to the moving bars star
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|-
|#23
|#22
|1
|1
|TTC
|TTC
|To get on to the first rotating block
|To get on to the first rotating block
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|-
|#24
|#23
|1
|1
|TTC
|TTC
|To double jump off the second rotating block
|To double jump off the second rotating block
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|-
|#25
|#24
|1
|1
|TTC
|TTC
|To triple jump off the platform above the rotating blocks
|To triple jump off the platform above the rotating blocks
|-
|-
|#26
|#25
|1
|1
|TTC
|TTC
|To wall kick up to a higher platform
|To wall kick up to a higher platform
|-
|-
|#27
|#26
|1
|1
|TTC
|TTC
|To get on the whomp
|To get on the whomp
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|-
|#28
|#27
|2
|2
|RR
|RR
|To get on the ship
|To get on the ship
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|-
|#29
|#28
|2
|2
|RR
|RR
|To get past the first tall blue block
|To get past the first tall blue block
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|-
|#30
|#29
|1
|1
|RR
|RR
|To get past the second wide blue block
|To get past the second wide blue block
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|-
|#31
|#30
|1
|1
|RR
|RR
|To collect the Swingin' in the Breeze star
|To collect the Swingin' in the Breeze star
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|-
|#32
|#31
|1
|1
|RR
|RR
|To jump on a fly guy and fall slower
|To jump on a fly guy and fall slower
|-
|-
|#33
|#32
|1
|1
|RR
|RR
|To shoot from the cannon
|To shoot from the cannon
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|-
|#34
|#33
|1
|1
|PSS
|PSS
|To collect the box star (TAS)
|To collect the box star (TAS)
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|-
|#35
|#34
|1
|1
|WMotR
|WMotR
|To shoot from the first cannon (TAS)
|To shoot from the first cannon (TAS)
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|-
|#36
|#35
|1
|1
|WMotR
|WMotR
|To shoot from the second cannon (TAS)
|To shoot from the second cannon (TAS)
|-
|-
|#37
|#36
|1
|1
|BitFS
|BitFS
|To get past the pole (TAS)
|To get past the pole (TAS)
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|-
|#38
|#37
|1
|1
|BitS
|BitS
|To jump up the first platform (reds only)
|To jump up the first platform (reds only)
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|-
|#39
|#38
|1
|1
|BitS
|BitS
|To jump up the second platform
|To jump up the second platform
|-
|-
|#40
|#39
|1
|1
|BitS
|BitS
|To grab the red coin on the sloped platform
|To grab the red coin on the sloped platform
|-
|-
|#41
|#40
|1
|1
|BitS
|BitS
|To get past the pole (reds only)
|To get past the pole (reds only)
|-
|-
|#42
|#41
|1
|1
|BitS
|BitS
|To get past the pole with the red coin (reds only)
|To get past the pole with the red coin (reds only)
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|-
|#43
|#42
|1
|1
|BitS
|BitS
|To jump from the last red coin's platform
|To jump from the last red coin's platform
|-
|-
|#44
|#43
|6
|6
|Castle
|Castle
|To enter THI
|To enter THI
|-
|-
|#45
|#44
|6
|6
|Castle
|Castle
|To enter TTC (TAS)
|To enter TTC (TAS)
|-
|-
|#46
|#45
|1
|1
|Castle
|Castle
|To go to RR (TAS)
|To go to RR (TAS)
|-
|-
|#47
|#46
|1
|1
|Castle
|Castle
|To enter SA
|To enter SA
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|-
|#48
|#47
|1
|1
|Castle
|Castle
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=== Jolly Roger Bay ===
=== Jolly Roger Bay ===
It may be possible to get speed from the pillar and reactivate it some other place to ground pound the blue coin switch 0x for 100 coins, and would save A press #3. Ivan178 has shown that it is possible to get speed from the pillar to get Blast to the Stone Pillar 0x.<ref>[https://youtu.be/s8_xIqAbTO0 " SM64 RTABC Blast to the Stone Pillar 0xA 8:54 "]</ref>
It may be possible to get speed from the pillar and reactivate it some other place to ground pound the blue coin switch 0x for 100 coins, and would save A press #3. Ivan178 has shown that it is possible to get speed from the pillar to get Blast to the Stone Pillar 0x.<ref>[https://youtu.be/s8_xIqAbTO0 " SM64 RTABC Blast to the Stone Pillar 0xA 8:54 "]</ref>
=== Shifting Sand Land ===
A while after Zyon showed a potential A press save in Whomp's Fortress, Ivan posted another clip<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/483523417442746368/743910895486238840/1099405588825374840 " SSL Goomba Bounce SDC " ]</ref> of him killing a goomba<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/483523417442746368/743910895486238840/1099416260388847676 " SSL Goomba Bounce SDC 2 " ]</ref>, then bouncing on another goomba and collecting the other goomba's coin with good RNG, spawning a 100 coin star that allowed him to get past the pole with a precise Star Dance Clip, and would save A press #10.
=== Dire Dire Docks ===
=== Dire Dire Docks ===
Ivan178 posted two videos of him getting 3 of the glitchy ledge grabs to get up the corkboxes up the ship all first try, and another video of him diving onto the nearby pole allowing him to get up to the red coin platform 0x.<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/483523417442746368/743910895486238840/1120093736412663849 " DDD Red Coin Platform 0xA " ]</ref> This showed potential for Collect the Caps 0x.
Ivan178 posted two videos of him getting 3 of the glitchy ledge grabs to get up the corkboxes up the ship all first try, and another video of him diving onto the nearby pole allowing him to get up to the red coin platform 0x.<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/483523417442746368/743910895486238840/1120093736412663849 " DDD Red Coin Platform 0xA " ]</ref> This showed potential for Collect the Caps 0x.
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