Tuen's Impossible Boy Run

This is an uncut run of Super Meat Boy's "Impossible Boy" achievement. Nothing is altered, though there is some music played with it.

For those who don't know, this achievement requires the player to complete the 20 "dark world" levels in the most difficult chapter of Super Meat Boy. They may be completed in any order. Technically, a level can be reset and tried again, so long as the character didn't die first. I do this twice.

7-7X: I used the tap right and jump technique here. Credit to Zip_00 for that.

7-8X: It's just a matter of good timing.

7-9X: I used a mark just below the top of the salt mound to show me when to hold away from the conveyor belt. I would look at the salt mound, trace the line to the conveyor belt's arrows and pick one as a reference. When I got off of the belt, I was NOT holding the run button. That would help keep me from going out of control.

7-1X: This is here because I'm bad at the saw jumps near the middle of the stage :-/.

7-19X: Walk, don't run. It makes this so much easier!

7-20X: So long as I made the mini-saw jumps I was home free on this one :-D.

7-13X: The more I did this level, the worse I got at it, LoL. It used to be the last level in the run, but I had to bump it up so that I didn't mess it up while nervous.

7-16X: My first reset is here. I didn't time the first jump right. But outside that, my consistency for this level is definitely accredited to bullexcrements. Thanks a bunch!

7-5X: This was once the third to last level. Until I lost while doing it. So now it's here so that the end feels more "home free". Just like the purple blob level in the Cotton Alley Light World, I just had a hard time doing this one under pressure. It's not inherently hard.

7-6X: Extend the first wall slide as much as possible for great victory!

7-10X: Used to be near the end of the run too... but I lost a run here as well. So I bumped it up. Not that hard once you get the pattern down.

7-14X: If you stop on the platform before the key, then running through the key is OK. Otherwise slipping off the key platform is likely. I tried the walking method, but I would jump off the key platform and slide up the wall that housed the middle laser... and die. After the key I jumped into the platform on the corner because I found if you stand on the platform just before that, the lasers sometimes clip you. If you go to the corner, there's zero chance of them doing that.

7-15X: Not too hard, but the jumps to get to the waiting area have to be very very crisp, otherwise you won't make it in time. I tried to do the multiple wall jump method (instead of sliding up like I did) and I just couldn't get that timing to work as consistently.

7-17X: That's the pattern I used, it's not too hard to pull off. :-D

7-18X: I reset here. It's the last time I reset too. I didn't get the wall jump to work. Anyways, the key here is to get them circling you. If you can get the pattern working on small groups at a time (instead of herding them all at once), it's easier. The run seems to get crazy at the end, but I had full control. Weird, right?

7-2X: The transition is somewhat difficult at first. But outside that, it's patience and good timing.

7-3X: I pretty much know I'm home free at this point.

7-4X: I like this pattern, the jumping rhythm is pretty consistent.

7-11X: Easier than my first pass of this. I was worried about this at first, but once I got it down, my consistency reached better than 95%.

7-12X: To me, this felt like the victory lap. This level is very easy. I passed it the first time I ever tried the Cotton Alley Dark World, and I do not believe I have ever died here. It was all about keeping calm and getting my achievement!

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Song 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dJA_Y...
Origin - Touhou 12.8 Extra Stage Boss Theme (Original)

Song 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppMU9O...
Origin - Touhou 8 Stage 3 Boss Theme (Dark Phoenix Remix)

Song 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYFjTm...
Origin - Touhou 12.3 Final Spell Card Theme

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[Tuen9]

Wow. I had about 20 views before posting this on Reddit. Jeez. Thanks for watching everyone!

[TyakaB]

I'm glad i stopped playing the game (not my kind of game anyway, bought it just because i could not not support so much love put into the game). I mean, i don't have nightmares about sawblades, my hands do not hurt... -_-

great job, i really don't want to know how much time you had spent practicing:)

[Tuen9]

96 total hours were put into the game. About 50 went into beating and perfecting the game (106%, technically) and the rest went into the achievements. Somewhere around the vicinity of 11,700 deaths were expended.

[Managore]

Well done. I'm slowly working through the hardcore runs.

[Tuen9]

I may re-do and upload my other runs. Unlike most of the Super Meat Boy community, however, I di them using Meat Boy only. Still, they could be interesting. I just have to be un-lazy. Ha ha

[BetaSolution]

.... This CAN'T be real. You're using a Tool Assist, aren't you?

[Tuen9]

Nope. You can even tell when I go for 7-16X and 7-18X. I reset the level because I get too nervous and mis-time something horribly.

[recoil669]

Jesus titty fucking christ.

Grats x1000²

[Eelco Tahapary]

You are PRO. O_o

[systemzajety]

grats for 7.16X i tried 200-300 times before i've beated it, for me: pure luck

[rfadream]

was this done with a keyboard or gamepad?

[InvisibleGunslinger1]

There is no such thing as impossible, not when you have the talent, the heart and the raw skill. Every hat I own comes off to you sir. and thank you for showing me that these don't have to be completed in order <3

[unclenihao]

Jager.

[Andy Brown]

dear gods. I've got 13943 deaths and 82 hours played and I still haven't beaten all of the cotton alley levels. (technically 2 left in dark world and A+ing level 20) thanks for all the tips though, they will help me a lot if I ever decided to attempt this.

[Alteff0r]

When I first saw this achievement I actually wasn't sure anyone would ever achieve it. Amazing job.

[Mry39]

lol you've made in 10 min what I needed a whole month to do :P