Video games speed runs
A video game can be played in different ways in today’s gameplay system. On the earlier years of video games, they are always linear, going from point A to point B. It’s that simple. By playing a game over and over again, one can master the moves, locations, and difficulties provided by the game itself. One such achievement in overcoming this difficulty are speed runs.
Speed runs are record breaking playing time of a video game. Remember Super Mario? You can actually finish it in 5 minutes. That is of course if you are in a speed run. Not collecting any items, just passing through every level quickly and defeating the final boss. But if you are one of the average players like us, chances are you aren’t going to believe what I say until you see it yourself.
That is where Speed Demos Archive comes in. It is a website that contains video clips of speed runs done by games to beat the fastest possible time out of a video game. The site offers the videos from low to high quality download, then you can play it locally in your media player (most videos requires DivX codec). Also, they have rules on which speed runs are accepted in their archive, so no cheating and emulators.
These are some of the games included in the archive. Searched all consoles and arranged by time finished.
# Dark Castle for Genesis (0:01:19)
# Marble Madness for NES (0:03:13)
# Jurassic Park for Genesis (0:03:33)
# Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade for NES (0:03:35)
# Jaws for NES (0:03:58)
# Excitebike for NES (0:04:11)
# Super Mario Bros. for NES (0:05:00)
# Pitfall II: Lost Caverns for Game Boy Advance (0:05:02)
# Mega Man: The Power Battle for GCN/PS2/Xbox (0:05:08)
# Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom for NES (0:05:13)
# Contra: Hard Corps for Genesis (0:05:40)
# Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for NES (0:06:05)
# Diablo for PC (0:06:07)
# Tetris Attack for Super Nintendo (0:06:19)
# Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine for NES (0:06:23)
# Solstice for NES (0:06:23)
# Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 for Xbox/N64/PS2/GCN/PC (0:06:23)
# Aliens vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt for PC (0:06:25)
# Alien vs. Predator for Jaguar (0:06:34)
# Little Mermaid, The for NES (0:07:26)
I still can’t believe Diablo was done in 6 minutes and 7 seconds. Better not blink while watching or you might miss the speed run.
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phpcurious
I am just curious if you they got the best endings in all of the games?
Ryman
@phpcurious
I’m not sure what you mean by best endings. But I’ve only watched a couple of their videos and it seems a pretty good run for me.