Ocarina of Time TAS by dwangoAC, TASBot, Savestate, Sauraen in 53:05 - Summer Games Done Quick 2022

they are most likely using a controller hooked up to a bot/laptop that exploits flaws in the code with inputs at high speed (much faster than a human could) that injects code into live games a good video that makes this tech more understandable (with explanations at the beginnimg and an amazing demo at the end) ▶ this video and some background link

I think if they're active in the speedrunning community, then they're already well aware of this! And for a fun additional example to add to this article, you can often find TAS'ers talking about arbitrary code execution. The legendary GDQ run of TASBot's alternate ending to OoT[0] utiziling an ACE exploit they found in that game absolutely blew me away. [0] ▶ this video

Some highlights/historically significant examples of this: Super Mario World (TAS, 2014): link Super Mario Bros. 3 (TAS, 2014): link - The same run performed RTA (i.e. by a human using a real controller) at AGDQ 2015: link Super Mario World (RTA, 2015): link Super Mario World "total control" (RTA, 2015): link Pokemon Yellow total control (TAS, 2017): link The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (RTA, 2019-ish?): link Ocarina of Time total control/"Triforce%" (TAS, 2022): ▶ this video (explanation: link )