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NES Nightshade (USA) in 08:53.12 by Alex Bevilacqua (aka. Maximus).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 15 MB, length: 11:41)
Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2006-03-20)
Read author's comments in submission #843
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Rating: 5.1 (9 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Fighting

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Welcome to Metro City, the intro of this game promptly starts with the murder of Metro City's hero Vortex. The need has arose for a new hero; Nightshade - a guy in a trench coat!

In this game, guide Nightshade through Metro City to build popularity, fight rats, gentleman, and female ninjas, and most importantly museum statues.

This run by Maximus speeds through the game as fast as Nightshade is able to, ignoring lesser goals such as the museum items, saving a kitty, or checking out the women's dressing room.

Unfortunately the only escape from a deathtrap seen in this run is the deathtrap Nightshade finds himself in at the beginning; however one of the highlights of this game which can also be enjoyed in this run is the hilarious dialog, such as being threatened by the legalization of wooden nickels.


NES Nightshade (USA) in 08:27.67 by Alex Bevilacqua (aka. Maximus).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 13 MB, length: 09:45)
Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2006-12-18)
Read author's comments in submission #1165
Discuss this movie
Obsoletes movie #509 (08:53.12)
Rating: 5.5 (12 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Fighting
Welcome to Metro City, the intro of this game promptly starts with the murder of Metro City's hero Vortex. The need has arose for a new hero; Nightshade - a guy in a trench coat!

In this game, guide Nightshade through Metro City to build popularity, fight rats, gentleman, and female ninjas, and most importantly museum statues.

This run by Maximus speeds through the game as fast as Nightshade is able to, ignoring lesser goals such as the museum items, saving a kitty, or checking out the women's dressing room. It is 25 seconds faster than the previous version by the same author.

Unfortunately the only escape from a deathtrap seen in this run is the deathtrap Nightshade finds himself in at the beginning; however one of the highlights of this game which can also be enjoyed in this run is the hilarious dialog, such as being threatened by the legalization of wooden nickels.


NES Strider (USA) in 05:29.63 by Alex Bevilacqua (aka. Maximus).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 11 MB, length: 08:28)
Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2007-02-25)
Read author's comments in submission #1440
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Rating: 6.9 (16 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Uses death as shortcut
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Genre: Platform
NES Strider completed fast while taking only one disk and one key.

Hiryu shows off some acrobatic tricks in this run, but the main highlight is the abuse of glitches that allows this game to be finished in under 6 minutes. The glitches are, not surprisingly, wall zipping and passing through locked doors.

Apart from the name, this game has virtually nothing to do with the arcade and Genesis versions of Strider.

Be forewarned, as this game contains many seizure-inducing moments.