Inspired by some posts in
"The Mask" submission thread, and having thoughts on doing this for a while, I decided to make a thread dedicated to the different speeds of videogame characters! The purpose in this thread is to find the fastest videgame character for each console.
With "fastest character", I'm talking about who moves the most pixels per frame when he/she has reached top speed.
For example, for the SNES, The Mask is a good bet, because he moves as fast as 16 pixels per frame at times. Supposedly, Samus moves 15 pixels per frame in Super Metroid.
Fastest character for the NES is a tricky one... My first vote is on Tiny Toon, where you move 5 pixels per frame when holding down left+right.
So, what videogame character are you gonna vote on? I was thinking we could have a small competition for each console. I wonder who the fastest character for GBA is, Sonic in Sonic Advance 1,2 or 3? :P (I doubt there's anyone faster than Sonic, but I could be wrong)...
EDIT: It should be pointed out that zipping through walls does not count as "top speed" here, since that is not a "programmed" top speed. But we could have a small tournament there too, if there's any interest in it. :P (though Mega Man 1 will most likely win that fight.)