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GBA "100%" Metroid Fusion (USA) in 1:36:57.52 by Kirk L. (aka. BioSpark).
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Rating: 7.8 (26 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
After a major surgery, Samus's Power Suit has been reduced in appearance. To compensate, she decides to arm herself to the teeth with 250 missiles and more power bombs than she really needs. There's no such thing as overkill.

This run collects all 100 capacity increasing items for Samus's health, missiles and power bombs. The abilities recovered from the Core-X are not part of this number.

In-game completion time is 0:57.


GBA "100%" Metroid Zero Mission (USA) in 1:01:43.7 by Simon Lövgren (aka. Dragonfangs).
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Read author's comments in submission #1726
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Rating: 8.5 (30 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
Samus' first adventure is retold in Metroid Zero Mission with extra storyline, extra items and on a system with a better graphics processor. This run completes the game with 100% item collection. At least as far as the end-of-game display is concerned.

In-game completion time is 42:28.


GB "100%" Metroid II - Return of Samus (USA) in 49:22.82 by Cardboard (?).
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Obsoletes movie #865 (55:18.43)
Rating: 6.5 (13 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
This is Metroid II: Return of Samus completed with all the items collected. Being truthful to the original Metroid values, the game holds many items cleverly hidden, so finding all of them is not an easy task.

That being said, Metroid II doesn't keep track of the collected items' percentage. Moreover, the game has two excessive Energy tanks and an additional copy of each beam. It's been agreed that the author should take all the E-tanks, and at least one copy of each beam. However, due to the apparent linearity of this game, collecting so many additional items doesn't make the movie dramatically slower.

This movie is nearly 6 minutes faster than Alter's previous movie due to better precision, faster Metroid fights, and missile planning.

Note: This movie does not use secret worlds, also known as "select glitch".


NES "100%" Metroid (USA) in 41:43.33 by AP (aka. Zoizite).
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Read author's comments in submission #340
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Rating: 6.8 (22 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Takes damage to save time
- Does not use a restart sequence
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Adventure
- Genre: Platform
This is a full completion of Metroid, meaning that all items (100%) were collected. Unlike all the other Metroid movies on this site, this movie does NOT use the Up+A restart sequence.

Selected comments from author:
I used an original route, that saved quite a bit of time compared to the usual route. I found a nice shortcut in Norfair that saved 2 to 3 minutes. Ridley and Kraid battles are extremely short.

I abused a few glitches: the door trick, morph jumping, bomb boost jumping. I also use morph jumping to pass through blocks a few times, which I had never seen or heard of before.

I took hits whenever avoiding them was impossible or whenever it would slow me down more than a few frames. I also used them to my advantage in certain situations. I manipulated monster item drops quite a lot to get missiles.

I used a password to get suitless Samus. The password does nothing else.


Genesis "100%" Sonic 3 & Knuckles (World) in 45:28.6 by Jody Northup (aka. Upthorn).
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Download Gens movie file (.gmv) (date: 2007-01-26)
Read author's comments in submission #1378
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Rating: 7.8 (32 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Best ending
- Uses death as shortcut
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Platform
A Sonic video without Sonic! Instead, Knuckles takes the spotlight and collects all the Chaos (and Super) Emeralds.

Though, since the latter set of Emeralds isn't used for anything meaningful at all, the author has also provided a version that skips all the Super Emeralds and their respective bonus stages, which is about 9 minutes shorter. The movie files for this and other bonuses can be obtained from the author's comments.


SMS Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (USA/Europe v1.0) in 18:44.28 by Mike McKenzie (aka. mike89).
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Read author's comments in submission #1789
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Rating: 6.2 (20 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Takes damage to save time
- Ignores delays caused by bonus effects
- Manipulates luck
Sonic 2 for Sega Master System in 18:44.28 with all emeralds. Unlike many Sonic games, acquiring emeralds is done within normal rather than bonus levels, and getting all of them allows you to play the true final level.

Trivia: this game slightly predates the MegaDrive/Genesis version, so features the official first appearance of Sonic's flying mutant fox friend, Tails.


SNES Demon's Crest (USA) in 36:14.45 by M Sweeney (aka. ElectroSpecter).
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Download snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2008-08-11)
Read author's comments in submission #2017
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Rating: 5.9 (8 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Uses death as shortcut
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Platform
Demon's Crest is the third installment of the Gargoyle's Quest series. The player controls Firebrand, who is scouring the Demon Realm for elemental Crests, which preside over different elements (Fire, Earth, Air, Water, Time, and Heaven). When collected, these crests allow Firebrand to transform his shape at will and gain powerful new abilities and defenses.

Demon's Crest is notorious for some very difficult bosses. In this run, the author abuses boss weaknesses to the extreme by carefully switching Gargoyle forms as necessary. In addition, heavy luck manipulation was used during several encounters to make the otherwise troublesome boss fights look easier than a play through of Barney's Hide and Seek.


SNES "102%" Donkey Kong Country 2 (USA) in 1:28:24.03 by Joshua Nyer (aka. Comicalflop).
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Read author's comments in submission #1320
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Rating: 7.4 (34 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Best ending
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses warps
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Platform
Donkey Kong's been kidnapped and old Cranky Kong insists that Diddy collect a bunch of coins that say "DK" on them. These goals are sufficiently compatible that Diddy and Dixie decide to get a little bit sidetracked on their rescue plan.

This run abuses a lot of bugs with regard to motion and collision detection. Read the author's submission to learn more.

Note: this movie was recorded with a slightly modified snes9x. A soft reset feature was added to the movie file. A copy of this snes9x can be found in the author's submission, with source code patch.


SNES Mega Man X2 (USA) in 31:42.45 by Justin Chan (aka. FractalFusion) & Erik Fogelström (aka. Graveworm).
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Obsoletes movie #698 (31:50.58)
Rating: 8.4 (23 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Uses no passwords
- Genre: Platform
Mega Man X2 makes a particularly interesting run as there are many weapons that can be used to increase mobility. These include a grappling hook, a fast mid-air dash and a weapon that can transform enemies into platforms. The authors take special care to ensure that when there is a situation in which a weapon could help them progress quicker, they make use of it.

This run improves the previous version by about 23 seconds of game-time. The previous run used the Japanese ROM, and the shorter cutscenes in that version make the improvement less apparent.

This movie aims for the fastest time possible. However, because the shōryūken (flame uppercut) used towards the end of the movie saves so much time, and because to get it the authors must first collect 100% of items such as Heart Tanks, Sub Tanks, and Item Capsules, this movie could be seen as a 100% run. Zero Parts are not required for the shōryūken, and thus they are not collected.

The page Mega Man X Tricks explains some of the tricks that can be used in the X series games.


SNES "100 CDs" Rockman & Forte (JPN) in 42:19.82 by J. Shen (aka. parrot14green).
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Obsoletes movie #575 (48:26.92)
Rating: 8.0 (24 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Uses death as shortcut
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
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 run uses only Rockman, however, and collects all 100 CDs, which is not intended to be possible using only one character. Then again, many things happen that were not intended to be possible.

There is also another run by Gigafrost, which uses Forte and does not collect all the CDs.

The AVI was replaced on January 1st, 2008 to correct for some errors in the subtitles. There were 606 downloads at that time.


SNES "100%" Secret of Evermore (USA v1.0) in 2:04:06.12 by W.S. (aka. Saturn).
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Download snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2005-08-21)
Read author's comments in submission #783
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Rating: 6.2 (23 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Uses death as shortcut
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: RPG
Shapeshifting dogs. Evil robots. Alchemy. Cheesy B movie references. These are all par for the course in Secret of Evermore, a very loose "sequel" to Secret of Mana. The story follows a boy that is thrust into a virtual world and finds himself with no immediate means to escape. As the boy travels, the geography changes to reflect certain eras of real-life history, adding a unique aspect to the game.

The author has aimed for fastest time with 100% completion.

A note about the ending: normally the full ending would take almost 40 minutes to watch, but 29 minutes worth of waiting have been edited out of the AVI. There is no sound during this segment and the image does not change. A message will appear briefly to indicate when this happens.


SNES "all items" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) in 1:10:45.02 by JXQ (?).
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Read author's comments in submission #1483
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Obsoletes movie #528 (1:13:10.22)
Rating: 9.1 (57 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Items: 100%
- Takes damage to save time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Platform
In accordance with standard procedure, Samus discarded all of the items she collected on previous adventures before embarking on this one. This run aims for 100% item collection in the fastest time.

Super Metroid has a wide variety of time-saving glitches to exploit, many of which are explained on the SuperMetroidTricks page.

The in-game completion time of this run is 00:37:54, but since game timers have never really been good at rounding things up, it is shown as 00:37 after the game has been completed.

If you prefer to watch the fastest completion without getting all the items, check out Super Metroid in 39:32 by hero of the day.

NEW: Added a second AVI file that shows the gamepad input on top of the game video. The author has hidden some secret messages in it that might be interesting to see!

Added [1175] GB "any%, glitched" Metroid II - Return of Samus (USA) by FerretWarlord in 23:40.92 (2008-08-13)
Added [1166] SNES Demon's Crest (USA) by ElectroSpecter in 36:14.45 (2008-08-11)
Added [1144] NES "any%" Metroid (USA PRG0) by Lord Tom in 08:19.32 (2008-07-20)
- obsoletes [844] NES "any%" Metroid (USA) by hero of the day in 08:52.18 (2007-05-02)
- - obsoletes [326] NES "any%" Metroid (USA) by Zoizite in 09:26.42 (2005-04-29)
Added [1139] SNES "any%, glitched" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Cpadolf & hero of the day in 22:01.18 (2008-06-29)
- obsoletes [260] SNES "minimalist" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Terimakasih in 51:05.75 (2004-12-12)
Added [1132] SNES Rockman & Forte (JPN) by FractalFusion in 29:08.07 (2008-06-19)
- obsoletes [496] SNES Rockman & Forte (JPN) by Gigafrost in 34:31.05 (2006-03-09)
Added [1112] Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by Nitsuja & Upthorn in 33:05.78 (2008-05-19)
- obsoletes [826] Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by Nitsuja in 34:22.02 (2007-04-08)
- - obsoletes [712] Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by Nitsuja in 35:19.62 (2006-11-03)
- - - obsoletes [331] Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by SprintGod in 45:55.82 (2005-05-05)
- - - - obsoletes [156] Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles (any) by SprintGod in 49:31.67 (2004-08-09)
Added [1108] GBA Metroid Zero Mission (USA) by Dragonfangs in 32:33.43 (2008-05-13)
- obsoletes [885] GBA Metroid Zero Mission (USA) by Dragonfangs in 33:07.53 (2007-06-08)
- - obsoletes [319] GBA Metroid Zero Mission (USA) by BoltR in 35:56.1 (2005-04-12)
Added [1075] SNES "any%, in-game" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Cpadolf in 41:02.4 (2008-03-02)
- obsoletes [1074] SNES "any%, in-game" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Cpadolf in 41:22.47 (2008-03-02)
Added [1073] SNES "any%, real" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by hero of the day in 39:32.8 (2008-03-02)
- obsoletes [793] SNES "any%, real" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by hero of the day in 40:57.85 (2007-02-09)
- - obsoletes [311] SNES "any%" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Terimakasih in 46:37.08 (2005-03-28)
- - - obsoletes [265] SNES "any%" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Terimakasih in 47:07.23 (2004-12-18)
- - - - obsoletes [249] SNES "any%" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Terimakasih in 48:09.9 (2004-11-30)
- - - - - obsoletes [245] SNES "any%" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Terimakasih in 47:50.93 (2004-11-27)
- - - - - - obsoletes [165] SNES "any%" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Frenom in 51:52.3 (2004-08-16)
- - - - - - - obsoletes [146] SNES "any%" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Frenom in 53:09.78 (2004-07-28)
- - - - - - - - obsoletes [136] SNES "any%" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by Frenom in 53:40.07 (2004-07-21)
Added [1036] SNES "100 CDs" Rockman & Forte (JPN) by parrot14green in 42:19.82 (2007-12-30)
- obsoletes [575] SNES "100 CDs" Rockman & Forte (JPN) by vsmk3 in 48:26.92 (2006-08-06)
Added [1019] SMS Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (USA/Europe v1.0) by Mike McKenzie in 18:44.28 (2007-12-08)
Added [981] GBA "100%" Metroid Zero Mission (USA) by Dragonfangs in 1:01:43.7 (2007-10-10)
Added [979] GB "100%" Metroid II - Return of Samus (USA) by Cardboard in 49:22.82 (2007-10-08)
- obsoletes [865] GB "100%" Metroid II - Return of Samus (USA/Europe) by Alter in 55:18.43 (2007-05-20)
Added [949] GB "any%" Metroid II - Return Of Samus (USA) by Cardboard in 45:08.42 (2007-08-20)
- obsoletes [866] GB "any%" Metroid II - Return of Samus (USA/Europe) by Cardboard in 46:17.4 (2007-05-20)
Added [898] SNES "any%" Donkey Kong Country 2 (USA v1.0) by Arnethegreat in 41:49.02 (2007-06-25)
- obsoletes [478] SNES Donkey Kong Country 2 (USA) by Sami O. in 46:55.35 (2006-02-19)
Added [836] GBA "0%" Metroid Fusion (USA) by Dragonfangs in 1:13:26.73 (2007-04-19)
- obsoletes [497] GBA "0%" Metroid Fusion (USA) by Megafrost in 1:16:14.23 (2006-03-12)
Added [817] SNES "all items" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by JXQ in 1:10:45.02 (2007-03-19)
- obsoletes [528] SNES "all items" Super Metroid (JPN/USA) by JXQ in 1:13:10.22 (2006-04-20)
Added [815] GBA "100%" Metroid Fusion (USA) by BioSpark in 1:36:57.52 (2007-03-06)
Added [809] SNES Mega Man X2 (USA) by FractalFusion & Graveworm in 31:42.45 (2007-03-02)
- obsoletes [698] SNES Mega Man X2 (JPN) by parrot14green in 31:50.58 (2006-10-15)
- - obsoletes [417] SNES Mega Man X2 (USA) by FractalFusion in 32:22.57 (2005-10-01)
- - - obsoletes [160] SNES Mega Man X2 (USA) by Blechy in 34:16.97 (2004-08-13)
Added [779] Genesis "100%" Sonic 3 & Knuckles (World) by Upthorn in 45:28.6 (2007-01-26)
Added [705] SNES "102%" Donkey Kong Country 2 (USA) by Comicalflop in 1:28:24.03 (2006-10-28)
Added [396] SNES "100%" Secret of Evermore (USA v1.0) by Saturn in 2:04:06.12 (2005-08-21)
Added [278] NES "no minibosses" Metroid (USA) by Arc in 11:45.42 (2005-01-02)
- obsoletes [125] NES "any%" Metroid (USA) by Arc in 13:31.1 (2004-07-16)
- - obsoletes [18] NES "any%" Metroid (USA) by Arc in 14:14.4 (2004-06-05)
- - - obsoletes [625] NES "any%" Metroid (USA) by Arc in 14:53.6 (2004-04-17)
- - - - obsoletes [646] NES "any%" Metroid (USA) by Arc in 16:11.35 (2004-03-14)
- - - - - obsoletes [655] NES "any%" Metroid (USA) by Arc in 17:17.5 (2004-02-22)
- - - - - - obsoletes [656] NES "any%" Metroid (USA) by Arc in 19:13.15 (2004-02-15)
Added [237] NES "1-item" Metroid (USA) by Zoizite in 11:51.08 (2004-11-14)
Added [202] NES "100%" Metroid (USA) by Zoizite in 41:43.33 (2004-09-28)