Tool-assisted movies

The American version of this game is a lot more difficult than the Japanese one (Mad City), although this video makes it seem easy.

This is a 56 second improvement over the previous movie by Phil.

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Blue Shadow is one of the rare games in which constantly jumping and slashing is faster than regular running. The author makes sure to use this move extensively both to travel and to deal damage to enemies, and so it may seem that the ninja has a severe case of ADHD.

This game was released in the USA as Shadow of the Ninja.

This is a 22.5 second improvement over the author's previous version.
Note: this movie was played in NTSC mode, even though the game runs under PAL timing.

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Blue Shadow is one of the rare games in which constantly jumping and slashing is faster than regular running. The author makes sure to use this move extensively both to travel and to deal damage to enemies, and so it may seem that the ninja has a severe case of ADHD.

This game was released in the USA as Shadow of the Ninja.

Note: this movie was played in NTSC mode, even though the game runs under PAL timing. Therefore, the MKV plays 16.7% too fast.

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This movie probably qualifies for "Quickest Giant Robot Fights."

This movie is a 4.46 second improvement over the previous movie by AnS.

It features a hero named Victar, who can easily jump on a tall tree (and sometimes over it, since he can't jump much lower) and is willing to defeat the evil demon that conquered the world. The key to defeating him is Victar's sword, which is conveniently broken into pieces that must be collected over the span of the game.

So watch his sword getting bigger and more powerful every few minutes, until its wielder finally reaches maturity decides it's big enough to save the world.

This is a yet another large improvement for this game. This time 61 seconds were saved over the previous movie by Yunshui.

This is the author's 2nd version and is an improvement of about 25 seconds over his previous movie.

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All these actions resulted in an improvement of about 19 seconds.

G.I. Joe (1991) is a platformer difficult because of its intricate routes and bosses, but the author makes short work of both. In particular, this movie sports some of the shortest boss fights of any game. It also provides entertainment through varied character and vehicle use (thankfully, the game still manages not to lag immensely even with all the action thrown in).

This is an improvement of 107 seconds to the previous movie by Ferret Warlord.

This movie improves the previous movie by over 45 seconds. Most of it comes from using two destructojeeps instead of just one, which saves a lot of time on bosses.

This is nearly a minute and a half improvement over the previous movie.

Also, the author made a switch from the JPN version to the USA, which results in a 5 second slower intro screen.

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This run features no death and very accurate use of weapons. The trident in particular is very similar to Mega Man V.

Raphael is by far the fastest turtle, but he also has the weakest attack. He is used for the majority of the game, but in the boss-heavy final levels he is replaced with Michelangelo, who has a stronger special attack.
The special attacks consume health, but you can continue using them even with near-depleted life gauge.

This movie improves the previous one by over 3 minutes thanks to using two turtles and strategic approach to score and health management.