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There are a number of people within the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' community known for their TAS exploits.  

TAS videos frequently feature particularly extreme use of advanced techniques or exploits in order to perform matches that would ordinarily be impossible without external assistance. Common TAS videos feature players playing through matches without taking any damage, forming long, extensive, and intricate combos, and playing long, drawn-out matches involving extensive use of glancing blows and/or extreme [[DI]], among others. Actual battles are not the only subjects of TAS videos; TAS has also been done on single-player modes such as the [[Home-Run Contest]] and [[Target Test]] games in order to achieve almost impossibly high distances or low times.

Antdgar is widely known for creating the first TAS video of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', a now outdated video in which he abused {{SSB|Fox}}'s shine cancels in order to flawlessly defeat two Level 9 Captain Falcons. [[Smasher:Jpleal10|Jpleal10]] became notable for his Target Test and [[Board the Platforms]] videos. Other people within the ''Smash 64'' community known for their TAS work are:

While the development of the [[Dolphin|Dolphin emulator]] was still in its early stages and unavailable for TAS purposes, some players made use of Melee's [[debug mode]] which features a frame-by-frame mode. Videos created in this mode came to be known as ''AR videos'' due to the mode being accessible through [[Action Replay]]. In theory, the player carefully crafts an input sequence through trial-and-error and on the final playthrough, saves a screenshot on each frame and splices them into a video afterwards. Notable examples of this are the [[Perfect Control]] series and other videos created by {{Sm|SuperDoodleMan}}, and the [[Target Test|Break The Targets]] record videos created by {{Sm|Ajp_anton}}.  

Later on, Dolphin became available for TASing, allowing players access to more tools such as savestates. JPleal10 created the first true TAS video, playing as C.Falcon against three CPU players without taking damage. [[Smasher:Wak|Wak]], [[Smasher:MUGG|MUGG]] and [[Smasher:SW-1988|SW-1988]] (amongst others) competed in beating each other's HRC and Event Match videos, slowly beating all of the existing AR videos. An up-to-date listing of TAS records can be found [http://tasvideos.org/Mugg/SSBM.html here].

Another notable example includes a series of videos known as ''Turbo TAS'' created mostly by [[Smasher:gamerfreak5665|gamerfreak5665]]. In addition to TAS gameplay, the player uses a hack or Action Replay to allow moves to be canceled into other moves, thus allowing for even faster gameplay.

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