So almost a year ago now, I hosted a TAS competition of this game. This competition was more successful than I could have ever hoped for. It ran for 10 rounds, and managed to amass 13 participants in a single task. Both of these are more than any previous zelda TAS competition has managed. Now I am considering starting up a new competition. I would love to know if anyone is interested in participating, and if there seems to be a fair amount of interest, I will start up a new competition.

So I decided to host another MM task competition since there haven't been any competitions for a while. Any skill level is welcome, and I encourage some people to try to pick up TASing with this. For these tasks, please use the U.S. version of Majora's Mask unless the task specifically states otherwise.

I've come up with a simple goal for task 1. And here is a bizhawk savestate for this task. Do not purify the swamp. For this specific task, timing starts on first frame of control and ends on the final frame of the white flash when you kill the enemy. This task will be due on January 15th, 2017. If you need more time, let me know and we will try to work something out.

It is highly encouraged to use bizhawk for this task (preferably bizhawk 1.11.0 or higher), although I do have mupen64 on my computer, so I can accept mupen submissions in case anyone really wants to use mupen for some reason. However savestates will only be provided for bizhawk and only for version 1.11.0 or higher.

When you have finished with the task, please send an email with the .bk2 file (or .m64 and .st files) to Eumeus14@gmail.com. Please make sure your file is named such that it contains your username and the task number (ex. Eumeus_task1.bk2).

For Bizhawk users: In order to play your movies, I will need to use the same settings as you. So under the N64 tab on bizhawk, please go to plugins and set core type to Pure Interpreter. Set Rsp plugin to Z64 Hle Video, and active video plugin to Jabo 1.6.1. It is also highly encouraged for your own sanity to go to Profiles under the Config tab, then set your profile to "Tool-assisted Speedruns".

For Mupen users: Your video plugin should be Jabo's Direct3D8 1.6, your Sound plugin should be Jabo's DirectSound 1.6, and your RSP plugin should be RSP emulation Plugin. If anyone has any questions, please let me know.

This is also on ZSR Forums.