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Metroid Prime Done Quick

Posted by simoniker on from the power-beam-jump dept.

Xs writes "A story over at Gamerfeed.com states that a gamer from Berkeley, California, Henru Wang, has completed Metroid Prime in 1 hour and 46 minutes! Here's the interview with Mr. Wang from Twin Galaxies." Speed records are a slightly bizarre but rather cool corner of gaming nowadays, it seems.

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  1. and by toddhunter · · Score: 3, Funny

    that included the time it took to eat the pizza

  2. you know, he could just not save at every corner.. by cybergeak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    he could have played a section once, reloaded his saved game from before that section and play it much quicker the second, or third or how every many times over. having played the game myself and having a displayed finish time of just over 4 hours i could see how to easily cut that time down...

  3. Quake done Quick? by Hadlock · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What was the ultimate record for Quake done Quick (qDq)? Somthing on the order of 8 minutes, 30 seconds, where you had to get 100% of the items and secret areas on one life.... the original speed gamer's challenge. Also a collosal waste of time, IMO.

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    1. Re:Quake done Quick? by JohnFluxx · · Score: 2, Informative

      I saw the .avi of a Quake Done Quick which was 12 mins 27 secs. I was told verbally that this hadn't been beaten.
      Are you mistaken, or has it been done faster?

    2. Re:Quake done Quick? by Icculus · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Also a collosal waste of time, IMO.
      8:30 is a colossal waste of time? Hell, I spend longer than that in the bathroom...

    3. Re:Quake done Quick? by imperator_mundi · · Score: 2, Informative

      Just give a look here

  4. Re:speed games are way cool by kryten_nz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Something similar happened with Deus Ex as well - the designers never thought that anyone would be inventive enough to come up with the idea of attaching limpet mines to vertical walls in order to climb them.

  5. Wonder how many people will spot this... by Xenex · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...as a Red Dwarf quote?

  6. Re:you know, he could just not save at every corne by PurpleFloyd · · Score: 3, Insightful
    From what I got from the article and interview, the 1:46 is the time spent in front of the Gamecube, not the time as recorded by the little time-record thingy on the "load a saved game" screen. After all, you could just redo sections over and over until they were perfect; if you screw up or die, there's the reset button right there. Also, twiddling bits in the save cart probably wouldn't be that hard; give the player a 1:00 time in the Impact Crater save point (the last one in the game for those who haven't played MP), then beat MP and get a new "world record."

    Another thing to consider is that game speedruns tend to increase in difficulty exponentially; to cut a 4 hour run down to 3 hours is much easier than cutting a 1:40 run down to 1:20, as you will have already used up your tricks just getting to the 1:40 mark. Either you have to come up with a new trick or just get the timing on your old ones simply impeccable.

    Finally, I'm curious as to how the heck you got a 4 hour finish time on your first run through. Mine was more like 12 hours (admittedly, I did chase down a lot more missile/energy expansions than were necessary, but a 4 hour first run seems damned quick).

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  7. Expensive by EarwigTC · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's $0.47 a minute. He'd actually have saved money playing it in a wallet-gouging arcade. Adventure games are over too fast as it is...

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