Best Speedrunning, glitches & game hacking videos, as recommended on Hacker News

38 videos about speedrunning, glitches & game hacking that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2011 and 2026. Mostly demo, explainer, talk. Channels that come up most: SethBling, TASVideosChannel, Summoning Salt, Games Done Quick. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses (Commentated) [OUTDATED]: Held up as a legendary deep dive into game internals, explained lucidly and with humor, and a gateway to the channel.

explainerSM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses (Commentated) [OUTDATED]pannenkoek2012 · 13 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
talkReverse emulating the NES to give it SUPER POWERS!suckerpinch · 12 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
demoMarI/O - Machine Learning for Video GamesSethBling · 10 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
demoSNES Code Injection -- Flappy Bird in SMWSethBling · 9 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
explainerFIXING the ENTIRE SM64 Source Code (INSANE N64 performance)Kaze Emanuar · 7 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
documentaryMyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying ModPower Pak · 4 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
explainerHow lucky is too lucky?: The Minecraft Speedrunning Dream Controversy ExplainedStand-up Maths · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
demo[TAS] Pokémon Yellow - Arbitrary Code ExecutionMrWint · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
demoTasBlock at AGDQ 2017: TASBotTASVideosChannel · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
commentaryDid Nintendo really forget to Optimize Super Mario 64 ? | MVGModern Vintage Gamer · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
explainerWalls, Floors, & CeilingsUncommentatedPannen · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
documentary[Epilepsy Warning] Choco Mountain: The History of Mario Kart 64's Most Infamous TrackSummoning Salt · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2018
documentarySega Saturn CD - Cracked after 20 yearsdebuglive · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
demo"Devs Play" S1E06 - Psychonauts "The SMK Speedrun" [1/1]Double Fine · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
demoSuper Mario World -- Credits Warp in 5:59.6 (First Time Ever on Console)SethBling · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
explainerHow We Solved the Worst Minigame in Zelda's HistoryLinkus7 · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
talkConsole Hacking 2016 (33c3)media.ccc.de · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
documentaryThe Complete History of the A Button ChallengeBismuth · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
demoThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Speedrun in 22:38, live at AGDQ2013CosmoSpeedruns · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2015
talkHow I Fixed a 10 Year Old Guitar Hero Bug Without the Source CodeExileLord · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
demoOcarina of Time TAS by dwangoAC, TASBot, Savestate, Sauraen in 53:05 - Summer Games Done Quick 2022Games Done Quick · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
talkRustConf 2020 - Closing Keynote by Siân GriffinRust Programming Language · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
talk27c3: Console Hacking 2010 (en)Christiaan008 · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
explainerHow a Laser-Shot Disk Defeats Hackers & Pirates (Coding Secrets)GameHut · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
explainerWhy does PUNCHING Sonic 3D trigger a Secret Level Select?Coding Secrets · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
commentaryThe Fall of Minecraft's 2b2tFitMC · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
documentaryThe History of Tetris World RecordsSummoning Salt · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
explainerSuper Mario World Credits Warp ExplainedFrieze · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
demo[TAS] [Obsoleted] GBC Pokémon: Yellow Version "arbitrary code execution" by Fracta[...] in 03:14.15TASVideosChannel · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2013
explainerHow the Minecraft Title Screen Seed was FoundSalC1 · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
talkDCEmu Reviews - 27C3 - Chaos Communication Congress 2010 - fail0verflow - FULL VIDEO1KIND Reviews · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2015
demoRaycasting engine in Factorio (vanilla 0.17) - Facto-RayO v1.0arrow in my gluteus maximus · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2021
explainerVACNET Anti-cheat3kliksphilip · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
demoQuake done Quick - Quake done QuickestQuake done Quick · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2014
demoArmok InvadersBaronWable · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2025
demoTASBot plays Brain Age by micro500, xy2_ in 20:06 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 - Part 154Games Done Quick · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2022
explainerNew NES Tetris Technique: Faster Than Hypertapping!aGameScout · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2024
demoFirst NetHack bot ascensionJan K · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2022