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GBA Sonic Advance (USA) in 11:17.47 by JSP (aka. Nitsuja).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 48 MB, length: 14:58)
Download VBA movie file (.vbm) (date: 2006-07-30)
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 77 MB, length: 12:28)
Watch online (video.google.com)
Download from mirror site (www.archive.org)
Read author's comments in submission #1099
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Rating: 7.7 (39 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
This Sonic Advance movie is unique as a speedrun in one aspect: the hero (Sonic) moves so fast that the "camera" of the game cannot even follow him. Therefore, Sonic is rarely seen in the movie.

On the rare occasions we get to watch Sonic, we get to enjoy seeing him moving through walls, charging up for another dash, or making short work of bosses.

Besides the super fast speed itself, the speed also provides Sonic an ability (glitch) to pass through platforms and walls under certain conditions.

Note: this run has two AVIs available for download. The first one is normal, ~48 MB in size and shows the movie including the credits and all. The second one is ~77 MB in size and it shows two screens side by side — the one on the left is identical to the normal version; the one on the right is made with a special emulator, hacked to force the game's camera to focus on Sonic, making it much easier to follow what nitsuja is doing with him. Unlike the first video, this version doesn't show the credits and anything following them.