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A TASBot is a replay device, which can play back the common .m64 files that the Mupen64 emulator creates, when making a TAS, on a physical Nintendo 64.
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A '''TASBot''' is a replay device that can play back the common *.m64 ([[TAS]]) files that [[Mupen64]] creates on a physical [[Nintendo 64]] (N64). TASbots work by imitating the inputs of a real controller, but they are not identical to normal N64 controllers.
At the time of the writing of this article, there are four TASBots in the SM64 TASing and ABC server.
=TASBots in the Discord Server=
There are currently four TASBots in the SM64 TASing and ABC server.


Those members are:
Those members are:
 
*[[User:Barry|Barry]]
Barry
*[[User:dwangoAC|dwangoAC]]
 
*[[User:Ethan White|Ethan White]]
dwangoAC
*[[User:rcombs|rcombs]]
 
=Uses of TASBots=
Ethan White
==Console Verification==
 
TASBots are used for a phenomenon called console verification. The N64 has [[Super Mario 64#Wii VC|some properties]] that make it crash more often than emulators like Mupen. This means that a TAS that plays back fine on Mupen may actually crash on console. This is not desired, and so many important TASes, especially those utilizing [[PU]] movement, have been console verified, such as [[Watch for Rolling Rocks#A Button Challenge|Watch for Rolling Rocks 0.5x A presses]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI8iC_WL-Bw</ref> and the [[1 Key]] TAS<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rTBD3eTK8s</ref>.
rcombs
===Wii (U) VC===
 
There are no known TASBots for the Wii or Wii U. Thus, TASes made using Dolphin or a [[Mupen64#Mupen64-WiiVC-RTZ|hacked version of Mupen]] cannot be console verified at this point.
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===Other consoles===
Although Super Mario 64 also can be played on the [[Super Mario 64#iQue (Chinese)|iQue]] and [[Super Mario 64 Disk Drive Version|Disk Drive]] consoles, no TASing software exists for these consoles, let alone TASBots. Thus, it is impossible and unnecessary to console verify TASes for these consoles, as none exist anyway.
=References=
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