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NES "any%" Metroid (USA) in 13:31.1 by Jeff C (aka. Arc).
Download Famtasia movie (.fmv) (date: 2004-07-17)
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Read author's comments in submission #102
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Obsoletes movie #18 (14:14.4)
Not rated
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Does not use a restart sequence
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform

This movie has been obsoleted!

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Metroid is a game that is very hard to play perfectly fast because the jumping is so slow.

This movie is 43.3 seconds faster than the previous version.

Selected comments from the author:
Main improvements in this version:

  • Almost every room played more precisely
  • The first vertical shaft is many seconds faster
  • Missiles are used more aggressively early
  • Vertical shaft from Hell (Kraid's Lair) improved again
  • Sped up clearing the blocks in the small vertical shaft leading to Kraid's Lair
  • Shortcut into Tourian is the most improved section timewise
  • The 5 Zeebetites were destroyed quicker
  • New strategy against Mother Brain

Most Metroid speedruns used to be about 30-40 minutes long.

We recommend reading the author's comments of this movie.

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