Wow - Mario racing, without the karts

Sharpshooter · Post by **Sharpshooter** » 2006-03-08 03:24am

Shamelessly nicked from the front page of VGCats for those who don't follow the site, I bring you this.

I'm actually getting giddy as I watch this. The knowledge you'd have to have about the level layout, enemy and power-up placement, plus combined with the split-second reactions you'd need to take those narrow ledges at full sprint is simply amazing.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-03-08 06:25am

Maker above; that's damn impressive. I've never seen a speed run before now, but that was awesome.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2006-03-08 06:29am

Have you seen the Super mario 64 in less than 21 minutes run?
Also impressive.

Maker above; that's damn impressive. I've never seen a speed run before now, but that was awesome.

http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/307.html
Quite simply, 1337

Zadius · Post by **Zadius** » 2006-03-08 08:01am

I've seen video of world record mario kart races too. Quite impressive stuff.

Zadius · Post by **Zadius** » 2006-03-08 08:12am

Zadius wrote:I've seen video of world record mario kart races too. Quite impressive stuff.

Here they are. Click on the race time for the videos.

Link 1
Link 2

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2006-03-08 11:40am

DEATH wrote:Have you seen the Super mario 64 in less than 21 minutes run?
Also impressive.
Maker above; that's damn impressive. I've never seen a speed run before now, but that was awesome.
http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/307.html
Quite simply, 1337

I've seen the Mario 64 in under 16 minutes, it's even more impressive. But that one was done with savestates.

I've also seen Mario 3 in under 5 minutes, that one is ridiculous.

http://speeddemosarchive.com/gamelist/FullList.html

A couple hundred speed runs there. Even Final Fantasy games. And the one that scared me. Metroid Prime in an hour.

felineki · Post by **felineki** » 2006-03-08 04:54pm

Dang, that was sweet. Nice competition, too... the first player managed to catch up after being behind for most of the beginning. And both finished within a split second of each other. Good to see that old-school gaming still gets the respect it desreves.

"HIGHWAY TO THE WARP ZONE..."

Zadius · Post by **Zadius** » 2006-03-08 05:26pm

I'm downloading "Super Mario World 100% completion in 1:31:30" right now. I'm feeling nostalgic I guess.

Gigaliel · Post by **Gigaliel** » 2006-03-08 05:51pm

Aw, I was expecting something more serious than that. I mean come on, you could have avoided those fireworks Player One. Anyway, in terms of sweetness nothing really beats the Metroid Prime speed run. Poor game developers never intended for you to jump on that little nick in the wall and get the space jump in the first thirty minutes of the game.

Also,

DEATH wrote:Have you seen the Super mario 64 in less than 21 minutes run?

Breaking through the eternal staircase is cheating!