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Metroid Prime Done Even Quicker
Thanks to the Gaming-Age forum regulars for pointing to news of a new world speed record at Metroid Prime for GameCube. The record-breaker, Radix, was originally inspired by an earlier Slashdot article about CALFoolio's non-item-based speed record, and "decided... to focus on a 100% speed run: one that gets all 100 items in the game." This run comes with a complete video record of the amazingly swift 1 hour, 37 minute play-through.
wow did he get a trophy?
I think the poster forgot the "Stuff that matters" part.
"I am a kernel in the linux army"
Was Samus wearing no clothing at the end for such a fast time?
Record breaker Radix was informed today that he will never know the tender caress of a woman.
'nuff said.
However, I will have patience and download it from those asshats. I just hope that it's more exciting than Matrix: Revolutions.
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... in a time honored Metroid fashion, if you finish the game THAT fast, does she take off more than ther suit during the end credits? ;)
I used to be able to finish super metroid in about that much time, but definately not 100% items... Crazy...
-Magiluke
Earl Grey, Hot.
Keep quantity to the other consoles. Nintendo is about quality.
I'd like to see you doing that with a PS game which is maybe "cool" but certainly not *FUN*.
Hehehe...maybe you should spend some 1:37h quality time to learn for the first time in your life what quality and *FUN* in video gaming are all about.
Lemme guess, you're a PS2 or XBox owner and still desperate to justify your purchase, right?
Get a life.
"CalFoolio" doesn't even play Metroid Prime anymore. (Probably got sick of it after countless speed runs.)
And there are not 100 items in the game. A 100% score indicates that you've been everywhere and scanned everything.
Everyone still in a desperate need to justify his PS2 or XBox purchase may mod this down... NOW!
So what dirty things does Samus do if you manage to get a 1:37 completion?
May we never see th
I'd like to see you doing that with a PS game which is maybe "cool" but certainly not *FUN*.
Man, I can't tell you how many times I played through SSX and SSX:Tricky just to shave seconds off my time or get more points. That was fun as hell. I spent even more time levelling up items alone in Disgaea. That was great fun as well.
There ARE plenty of quality games on EACH console, it's just that the PS2 and XBox have a lot of crappy titles in addition to the good ones.
I don't see why XBOX owners think they have a better machine... They get computer ports well after the PC release and any good games release for PC anyway... Thanks for making a horrible purchasing decision....
Yea, it's pretty cool to beat it that fast but I'm sure there's other stuff that you could do that would be better with all that time working towards the speed goal. I'm not bashing the accomplishment but I think all that work would take fun out of the game.
Hey, we all can't be winners. - a worldly truth from someone who knows best
Why didn't I finish more commentary before I made it public?
Speed Demos Archive - Lots of speed runs!
There are some great Quake Done Quick demos and videos out there for the original Quake 1 game. They are just amazing to watch. Everything just timed perfectly with endless motion, action, awesome nade/rocket jumping, etc.
That's insane, of course I'm just on my first run through, but I've only gotten 26% in like 5 hours.
Of course I'm actually spending a good deal of time running around enjoying exploring the world for the first time.
I think the 1% challange for Metroid Fusion on GBA is harder.
Great game btw, worth it for anyone who enjoys video games. Nintendo might take a long time to finish games, but they certainly do them right.
-- taking over the world, we are.
To paraphrase David Cross, "If someone doesn't finish Metroid Prime in under two hours, then the terrorists have won."
indeed..
Sesshoumaru is doing a recorded 1% Metroid Fusion run at http://metroid.retrofaction.com/games/mf/onepercen t.shtml
He makes it look easy =) Too bad he's not done with it yet.
Actually I got my xbox for less than a video card upgrade so I came out on top. I'll be able to keep my xbox for a few more years + I get a DVD player and a karoke machine for the girlfriend.
I have a PS2 and an GC and I adore them both. I'm playing out Disgaea for the PS2, but I know Mario Kart is going to make me leave the GC connected to my TV for a while.
Heck, even the XBOX has a few decent games. Not enough to make me want to purchase the enormous thing, but it has a few ones. All three consoles have some great games (and I can say that as a huge Nintendo fanboy).
Anyone who says otherwise is just being stuck up.
"There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter," Jeeves, (Jeeves and the Impending Doom)
When you compare this to the sub-$200 price point of the Xbox, it's not a bad decision at all. Especially when you also consider that Xbox games (and for that matter all console games) have incentive to "work" from the get go. No installation sequence, worrying about system requirements, crashes, or odd bugs exclusive to your rig.
I don't own an Xbox myself - opting for a PS2 and GameCube instead. I can appreciate the sentiment of the console gamers.
That was a stunning thing to watch, if only for the strangeness of deciding to finish a game in the shortest possible time.
The best bit had to be finishing the castle level in a matter of seconds by rocket jumping straight from the front door to the level exit.
has anyone watched this vid? the guys freakin amazing. i've never seen anything like it...