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Total movies: 4


NES Contra (JPN) "pacifist" in 09:29.08 by Soig & zyr2288.
FCEUX movie (.fm2) (date: 2011-11-27)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 16.11 MB, length: 12:22)
MP4 file via BitTorrent (size: 15.36 MB, length: 12:22)
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Submission #3372 — Author's comments
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Obsoletes movie #1883 (09:35.93)
Rating: 7.3 (7 votes)
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- Pacifist version
- One player in a multiplayer game
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Shooter
Contra completed fast, with an additional goal: do not kill enemies directly unless absolutely necessary to complete the game.

The hero shows the ultimate display of pacifism by sacrificing his own life in order to not destroy the Level 5 tanks.

This movie improves upon the previous movie by 6.85 seconds.


Note: This game was released under different names, such as 魂斗羅 (kontora) in Japan, and Probotector in Europe. GryZor is also used in Europe on some other systems.

In addition to the standard downloadable encode, there is a second experimental downloadable encode produced in 10-bit YUV444 h.264. You will need a very recent codec / media player (such as LAV Filters, recent builds of FFDShow-tryouts, or mplayer2) to be able to play this experimental encode back.


NES Yo! Noid (USA) in 19:29.27 by foda.
FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2009-07-05)
MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 34.41 MB, length: 20:52)
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Submission #1409 — Author's comments
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Rating: 6.0 (18 votes)
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- Pacifist version
- Uses warps
- Genre: Platform
Yo! Noid is a game centered around a short man in a rabbit suit making his way through New York City to defeat an identical man in a different color rabbit suit for a pizza reward. The game was conceived as part of a 1980s advertising campaign for Domino's Pizza. As anyone who has played the game knows, the game is quite difficult, since the controls are sluggish, one hit kills you, and the pizza bonus games at the end can be difficult to win if you don't pick up enough useful powerups.

With some movement glitches, warps, and luck manipulation, FODA beats this game very quickly. Not only that, to make the run even harder and more impressive, he doesn't kill any enemies.


SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars (USA) "pacifist" in 14:25.25 by Ash_Williams.
snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2006-12-19)
AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 47.50 MB, length: 17:46)
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Submission #1095 — Author's comments
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Rating: 7.0 (30 votes)
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- Pacifist version
- One player in a multiplayer game
- Genre: Platform
- Genre: Shooter
Due to budget cutbacks, the guy who destroys the world bare-chested has been ordered to conserve his ammo. This run completes Contra 3 without shooting anything that isn't mandatory for winning the game. This includes enemies' projectiles.

SNES Ultima: The False Prophet (USA) in 07:56.07 by ketomei.
snes9x movie file (.smv) (date: 2009-09-24)
MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 11.77 MB, length: 08:43)
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Submission #2350 — Author's comments
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Rating: 5.4 (10.5 votes)
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- Pacifist version
- Takes damage to save time
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: RPG
The sixth installment of the Ultima series, the game involes tracking down runes, navigating huge dungeons, combat, locating pirate treasure and a quest to restore peace between humans and gargoyles.

However, due to an inventory corruption glitch, the author decides to take the quick route and skip over almost the entire game. See the author's comments for more information.

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Added [1926] NES Contra (JPN) "pacifist" by Soig & zyr2288 in 09:29.08 (2011-11-27)
- obsoletes [1883] NES Contra (JPN) "pacifist" by Soig in 09:35.93 (2011-09-29)
- - obsoletes [1345] NES Contra (JPN) "pacifist" by adelikat in 09:41.36 (2009-08-22)
- - - obsoletes [756] NES Contra (JPN) "pacifist" by adelikat in 09:46.38 (2007-01-01)
- - - - obsoletes [151] NES Contra (USA) "pacifist" by krieg747 in 10:33.33 (2004-08-05)
Added [1783] NES Contra (JPN) by zyr2288 in 08:51.73 (2011-04-19)
- obsoletes [797] NES Contra (JPN) by adelikat in 08:57.98 (2007-02-16)
- - obsoletes [114] NES Contra (USA) by Genisto in 09:34.12 (2004-07-09)
- - - obsoletes [16] NES Contra (USA) by qcommand in 10:06.73 (2004-06-06)
- - - - obsoletes [643] NES Contra (USA) by Genisto in 10:15.1 (2004-03-14)
- - - - - obsoletes [675] NES Contra (USA) by Mathieu P in 11:38.2 (2004-01-19)
Added [1355] SNES Ultima: The False Prophet (USA) by ketomei in 07:56.07 (2009-09-24)
Added [1321] NES Yo! Noid (USA) by foda in 19:29.27 (2009-07-05)
Added [1299] SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars (USA) "glitched" by Cpadolf in 03:20.38 (2009-06-14)
- obsoletes [1217] SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars (USA) "glitched" by Cpadolf in 03:23.27 (2008-11-04)
- - obsoletes [1055] SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars (USA) "glitched" by Dark Cloud in 03:32.13 (2008-02-18)
Added [787] SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars (USA) "2 players" by hero of the day in 13:03.32 (2007-02-04)
- obsoletes [586] SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars (USA) by Ash_Williams in 13:14.7 (2006-08-20)
- - obsoletes ☽ [98] SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars (USA) by Phil & Genisto in 13:39.83 (2004-06-02)
Added [745] SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars (USA) "pacifist" by Ash_Williams in 14:25.25 (2006-12-19)


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