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+--Written by Brandon Evans
+
+--You can change the position of the text here.
+local x = 0
+local y = 36
+
+local holds = 0
+local pressed = {}
+local presses = 0
+local states = {}
+
+function table.copy(t)
+	local t2 = {}
+	for k, v in pairs(t) do
+		t2[k] = v
+	end
+	return t2
+end
+
+function counts()
+	--Display the counts of the holds and the presses.
+	gui.text(x, y, 'Holds: ' .. holds)
+	gui.text(x, y + 14, 'Presses: ' .. presses)
+end
+
+function load(slot)
+	--As Lua starts counting from 1, and there may be a slot 0, increment.
+	slot = slot + 1
+	if not states[slot] or not states[slot].holds then
+		gui.text(x, y + 28, 'No data loaded from slot ' .. tostring(slot - 1))
+		counts()
+		return
+	end
+	--Load the data if there is any available for this slot.
+	holds = states[slot].holds
+	pressed = table.copy(states[slot].pressed)
+	presses = states[slot].presses
+	gui.text(x, y + 28, 'Data loaded from slot ' .. tostring(slot - 1))
+	counts()
+end
+
+function parse()
+	--If there is an open, read-only TAS file, parse it for the initial data.
+	if not movie.isloaded() then
+		return false
+	end
+	local fh = io.open(movie.filename())
+	if not fh or movie.mode() == 'record' or movie.filename():match(
+	'.%.(%w+)$'
+	) ~= 'tas' then
+		return false
+	end
+	local frame = -1
+	local last = {}
+	local match = {
+		'Up', 'Down', 'Left', 'Right', 'Start', 'Select', 'B', 'A'
+	}
+	--Parse up until two frames before the current one.
+	while frame ~= emu.framecount() - 2 do
+		line = fh:read()
+		if not line then
+			break
+		end
+		--This is only a frame if it starts with a vertical bar.
+		if string.sub(line, 0, 1) == '|' then
+			frame = frame + 1
+			local player = -1
+			--Split up the sections by a vertical bar.
+			for section in string.gmatch(line, '[^|]+') do
+				player = player + 1
+				--Only deal with actual players.
+				if player ~= 0 then
+					local button = 0
+					--Run through all the buttons.
+					for text in string.gmatch(section, '.') do
+						button = button + 1
+						local name = 'P' .. player .. ' ' .. match[button]
+						local pressed = false
+						--Check if this button is pressed.
+						if text ~= ' ' and text ~= '.' then
+							holds = holds + 1
+							--If the button was not previously pressed,
+							--increment.
+							if not last[name] then
+								presses = presses + 1
+							end
+							pressed = true
+						end
+						----Mark this button as pressed or not pressed.
+						last[name] = pressed
+					end
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	return true
+end
+
+function save(slot)
+	--As Lua starts counting from 1, and there may be a slot 0, increment.
+	slot = slot + 1
+	while table.maxn(states) < slot do
+		table.insert(states, {})
+	end
+	--Mark the current data as the data for this slot.
+	states[slot].holds = holds
+	states[slot].buttons = table.copy(buttons)
+	states[slot].presses = presses
+	gui.text(x, y + 28, 'Data saved to slot ' .. tostring(slot - 1))
+	counts()
+end
+
+if parse() then
+	gui.text(x, y + 28, 'Movie parsed for data')
+else
+	gui.text(x, y + 28, 'No movie parsed for data')
+end
+if savestate.registerload then
+	savestate.registerload(load)
+	savestate.registersave(save)
+end
+
+while true do
+	--If this is the first frame, reset the data.
+	if emu.framecount() == 0 then
+		holds = 0
+		pressed = {}
+		presses = 0
+	end
+	local buttons = joypad.get()
+	--Run through all of the pressed buttons.
+	for button, value in pairs(buttons) do
+		if value then
+			holds = holds + 1
+			--If in the previous frame the button was not pressed, increment.
+			if not pressed[button] then
+				presses = presses + 1
+			end
+		end
+		--Mark this button as pressed or not pressed.
+		pressed[button] = value
+	end
+	counts()
+	emu.frameadvance()
+end
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