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Tool-assisted game movies
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Total movies: 4


NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (USA) "glitched" in 06:16.93 by Gigafrost.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2005-06-01)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 17.16 MB, length: 08:39)
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Rating: 7.3 (34 votes)
View Publication		- Uses death to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Adventure

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Dark Link, the final boss, takes the same amount of damage no matter what level attack you have. This is especially convenient for Gigafrost because he reaches Dark Link without ever leveling, or, indeed, even killing another monster.

Most of this run features Link racing across Hyrule so fast that the screen can't keep up, inexplicably warping between places that shouldn't be connected, and collecting just three items, one spell, and one sword technique needed to beat the final palace.


☽Genesis Contra: Hard Corps (unknown) in 15:50.7 by Gigafrost.
Gens movie file (.gmv) (date: 2004-06-10)
MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 97.95 MB, length: 19:05)
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Submission #27 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.5 (24 votes)
View Publication		- One player in a multiplayer game
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Shooter

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Contra: Hard Corps is the only game of the Contra series released on the Genesis / Mega Drive console. In this game, you get to choose between four characters, each with different abilities and weapons.

This game has four completely different final stages, each with a different ending, depending on the choices you make earlier.

Browny (the robot) is used in this video because of his Yo-Yo weapon, which has huge damage but short range. For example, the first boss is killed so quickly with it, that he never enters his second attack mode.


SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) in 34:31.05 by Gigafrost.
snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2006-03-09)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 76.35 MB, length: 37:30)
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Submission #999 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.8 (28 votes)
View Publication		- Uses a suboptimal character
- Uses death to save time
- Takes damage to save time
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform

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Rockman & Forte, known as Megaman & Bass in the western world, is the last game chronologically released for the original Rockman/Megaman series.

This time around, Wily has his own creation turned against him, allowing you to play as Megaman or a bad guy!

This beautiful run by Gigafrost uses Forte/Bass to totally obliterate the game. Despite this being a tough game to master, Gigafrost slashes through as if there were almost no obstacles at all.

Over a year was spent making this run, resulting in a highly entertaining video using the weapons and special abilities to great effect (and when it looks just plain cool).


SNES Mega Man 7 (USA) in 39:55.0 by Gigafrost.
snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2004-10-31)
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View Publication		- Takes damage to save time
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- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform

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Here we see Mega Man destroy Dr. Wily's army yet again, only this time on the SNES. You would think poor old Wily would learn from his past 6 mistakes, however this isn't so. On the up-side, we get another superb time-attack of this famous series.
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Added ☆[1925] SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) "100 CDs" by sparky, parrot14green, woabclf in 38:07.68 (2011-11-23)
- obsoletes ☆ [1726] SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) "100 CDs" by parrot14green in 39:48.65 (2011-01-23)
- - obsoletes ☆ [1036] SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) "100 CDs" by parrot14green in 42:19.82 (2007-12-30)
- - - obsoletes [575] SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) "100 CDs" by vsmk3 in 48:26.92 (2006-08-06)
Added [1755] Genesis Contra: Hard Corps (JPN) "best ending" by Soig in 17:36.97 (2011-03-11)
Added ☽[1742] SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) "Forte" by sparky in 28:08.23 (2011-02-23)
- obsoletes [1132] SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) "Forte" by FractalFusion in 29:08.07 (2008-06-19)
- - obsoletes [496] SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) by Gigafrost in 34:31.05 (2006-03-09)
Added ☽[1739] SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) "Rockman" by sparky in 27:21.47 (2011-02-19)
- obsoletes ☽ [1691] SNES Mega Man & Bass (JPN) "Rockman" by sparky in 28:03.12 (2010-12-10)
Added [1731] Genesis Contra: Hard Corps (JPN) by Soig in 14:07.52 (2011-02-07)
- obsoletes [1098] Genesis Contra: Hard Corps (JPN) by adelikat in 14:11.9 (2008-04-14)
- - obsoletes ☽ [97] Genesis Contra: Hard Corps (unknown) by Gigafrost in 15:50.7 (2004-06-10)
Added [1550] SNES Mega Man 7 (USA) by sparky in 37:22.25 (2010-06-20)
- obsoletes [776] SNES Mega Man 7 (JPN) by Parrot14Green & vsmk3 in 37:14.38 (2007-01-16)
- - obsoletes [313] SNES Mega Man 7 (USA) by Tinister in 38:54.9 (2005-03-31)
- - - obsoletes [228] SNES Mega Man 7 (USA) by Gigafrost in 39:55.0 (2004-10-31)
Added [1537] SNES Mega Man 7 (JPN) "100%" by sparky in 41:44.5 (2010-05-25)
Added [1114] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (USA) by Rising Tempest & Inzult in 47:57.05 (2008-05-19)
- obsoletes [781] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (USA) by Rising Tempest & Inzult in 48:14.98 (2007-01-26)
- - obsoletes [687] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (USA) by Inzult in 49:00.25 (2006-09-21)
- - - obsoletes [540] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (USA) by Rising Tempest in 49:41.67 (2006-05-28)
- - - - obsoletes [185] FDS Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (FDS) by Arc in 53:58.62 (2004-09-03)
- - - - - obsoletes [65] FDS Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (FDS) by Boco in 59:23.4 (2004-04-12)
Added [1097] Genesis Contra: Hard Corps (JPN) "secret ending" by adelikat in 04:57.28 (2008-04-14)
- obsoletes [906] Genesis Contra: Hard Corps (JPN) "secret ending" by Ash_Williams in 04:59.47 (2007-07-01)
- - obsoletes [816] Genesis Contra: Hard Corps (JPN) "secret ending" by Ash_Williams in 05:01.7 (2007-03-08)
Added [1082] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (USA) "glitched" by Inzult in 05:43.47 (2008-03-24)
- obsoletes [824] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (USA) "glitched" by Inzult in 06:13.08 (2007-03-25)
- - obsoletes [352] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (USA) "glitched" by Gigafrost in 06:16.93 (2005-06-01)

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