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Mine and the game's first tool-assisted speedrun! This is a TAS of the 1999 release of Space Invaders for the N64. I chose single-player Earth% normal since it is the main speedrun category for the game.
Overall, this is a good first TAS but there is room for improvement. This is mostly due to 2 factors: special routing and RNG manipulation. In a TAS, there are tons of options on each stage for special routing since we can hit aliens above other aliens to chain colors for specials, as well as using specials in unconventional ways such as using a horizontal special to clear a diagonal on a screen where the aliens descend from the top at the start. Sometimes it is worth it to lose time on a level in order to get a certain special for the next level, and there are a lot of options for this. RNG manipulation in this TAS was done by wiggling left and right. This approach was a bit limited, so if a different method can be found it would likely save time, especially for the mothership stages.

Space Invaders (1999) RTA leaderboards: https://www.speedrun.com/si1999

Space Invaders (1999) discord: https://discord.gg/tw4vFGv