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Published on 10/26/2023
Cosmic Combat is a shoot 'em up for the Commodore 64 that was first published in the December 1984 issue of the Compute's! Gazette. The Zirconians are invading Earth to take it in place of their dying planet, and it's up to you and your nuclear-powered space cruiser to take down their ships before they can. Their ships don't have any guns, but they all can conduct kamikaze attacks and explode once their reach your area.
For this run, nymx decides to take a more pacifistic approach and not do anything with the space cruiser. Instead, witness as the Zirconians all crash into each other and portray themselves as the stupidest species in the galaxy, all thanks to some hefty RNG manipulation.

Published on 2/9/2024
Pegs is a board video game for the Commodore 64 that was published in the December 1986 issue of the Compute's! Gazette. It is based on the board game "peg solitaire", where the objective is to eliminate pegs by choosing a peg and hopping over another one with it. The game ends when there's only one peg left on the board or the final board layout is such that no more peg-eliminating moves can be done.
For this run, DrD2k9 opts to complete the fastest game of Pegs possible by making sure the game goes through the least amount of moves to get the a board layout endpoint. This in turn also makes this a lowest score run.
Game:
Pegs

Genres:
Strategy
Board
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 4/3/2012
Metroid: Zero Mission is a retelling of Metroid with new plot twists and updated gameplay.
This run aims to complete the game as quickly as possible while collecting as few items as possible. This changes the gameplay, requiring more careful ammo management and new solutions to complete certain areas without powerups. Reading the author's comments is recommended.
The in-game clear time is 0:23:48. The item collection rate is 9%.

Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.

Published on 2/8/2018
In the direct sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Link is back to being a lone boy without a fairy. One day, he is attacked by Skull Kid and his two fairies, Tatl and Tael, and they steal his ocarina. After pursuing Skull Kid, he is transformed into a Deku Scrub. Link continues pursuing Skull Kid all the way to the Clock Town (now with the help of Tatl the fairy, a more 'in yo face' version of Navi).
The authors beat the game collecting as few items as possible, showcasing a variety of different tricks unique to this run (which can be found in the submission notes, along with other details).
If you want to see the game beaten as fast as possible, you can do so here.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolution in the discussion thread.

Published on 1/19/2010
Metroid completed using just one item: the morphing ball.
Uses a game restart sequence (Up+A on second controller) to save time in backtracking.
This is an improvement of 36.7 seconds over the previously published run, thanks to a new route and general optimization.

This movie features commentary by the author, which has been added to the encode in the form of soft subtitles. They can be seen when watching the embedded stream via Archive.org.

Watch a resync of this run being played back on a real console.

Published on 7/28/2010
Rygar is an action game involving a hero with a shield as a weapon. Normally, the hero must obtain items, such as a grappling hook, to be able to explore the world of Garloz, and he must also defeat five bosses to gain access to the final area. However, these requirements can be circumvented with glitches. Indeed, this run kills no bosses except the final boss and does very little leveling.
In contrast to the any% run and the warpless run, which use the European version of Rygar, this movie uses the American version. The two ROM versions have some different glitches. For more details about the ROM choice, as well as some background explaining what in the world is going on here, see the movie comments as well as our Rygar tricks page.

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Published on 7/19/2023
Astra and the New Constellation is a fast-paced platformer for the PICO-8 fantasy console developed by rarelikeaunicorn. It follows the journey of Astra, tired of being picked on for being the smallest star in Constellation Station, and as such, she goes on an adventure in order to build her own constellation. The game also features a collectable in the form of stardust, which are spread across the 15 stages of the game.
rythin completes all 15 stages whilst avoiding as much stardust as possible.
Game Version:
AATNC
Tags:
Low% completion
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.4

Published on 6/25/2022
Mega Man X4 is the 4th game in the Mega Man X series, a spinoff of the Mega Man series. Throughout the series, Zero continues to tell X that one day, X will be just as strong as him. However, X wants to show that he doesn't need the strength of Zero to defeat the Repliforce. In fact, he goes as far as to not collect any items on his quest to defeat the army, just to flex on Zero.
This TAS by HappyLee shows exactly what happens when X does not collect any items.
If you wish to watch a run where X does collect items, there is this movie that does exactly that.
Game:
Mega Man X4

Genres:
Action
Platformer
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 12/2/2016
At the end of Metroid II: Return of Samus, there is but one Metroid left in the universe. Bad things happen, and Samus Aran must once again head for Planet Zebes to battle Mother Brain, Ridley, and the Space Pirates. (And a few other bosses too.)
This movie improves on both prior low% runs (one that collects the Ice Beam and one that collects the Speed Booster) by collecting the Speed Booster and using various Shinespark-related glitches to render the Gravity Suit unnecessary, pushing the total required number of items from 14 down to 13. The author's comments are very detailed, and well worth a read if you're curious about just how everything was done.
There are a number of other routes that can be taken while still getting 13 items, but all of those routes require a specific glitch when fighting Draygon which gives you a non-infinite but arbitrarily large amount of ammunition; the item route in this movie does not permit the use of this glitch. If you would like to see this glitch, it is featured in the following (now-obsoleted) iteration of the any% run.


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