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Metroid Prime Done Even Quicker

Posted by simoniker on from the zoom-zoom-zoom dept.

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.

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  1. Super Metroid by magiluke · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I used to be able to finish super metroid in about that much time, but definately not 100% items... Crazy...

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  2. Re:Gamecube by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    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*.

  3. Re:Gamecube by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    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.

  4. Re:Oddly enough, by Radix37 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually he quit playing because he didn't own a GameCube... he was playing on his roommate's, who moved out. And I explained the 100% items or scans thing on the page... I guess even on the games section people dont RTFA?

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  5. Wow by aliens · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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.

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