TASBot

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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.

TASBots in the Discord Server

There are currently four TASBots in the SM64 TASing and ABC server.

Those members are:

Uses of TASBots

Console Verification

TASBots are used for a phenomenon called console verification. The N64 has 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 0.5x A presses[1] and the 1 Key TAS[2].

Wii (U) VC

There are no known TASBots for the Wii or Wii U. Thus, TASes made using Dolphin or a hacked version of Mupen cannot be console verified at this point.

Other consoles

Although Super Mario 64 also can be played on the iQue and 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.

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