Post your time, percent, and difficulty here!

2004-02-07 01:17:44 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Quote from Weasel:

You can skip the wave beam, power grip (wait, I knew about this, hahah!), and screw attack? o_O

Who said anything about skipping power grip? Currently we haven't found a way around that impenitrable plant barrier in Norfair without grip. It remains unskipped.

Light of Day

2004-02-07 02:09:57 pm

I finally got my ROM today. Around 7 hours later, I've finished it for the first time. I did it on normal, and I'm pretty happy with my time, especially considering how long it took me to find the power bombs.

Grinck

2004-02-07 03:11:44 pm

1:52:13
68%
Hard
pic taken via gallery and then put together
http://hem.bredband.net/b112897/onepagestuff/mzm.html

Faust

2004-02-08 05:04:11 am

First run:

5:28:18
71%
Normal

I probably could have cut at least 28 minutes off if I hadn't saved the early item trial-and-error attempts, most notably the Varia Suit. That bomb jumping sequence really sucked. I think it took me about 15-20 minutes to finally get it.

LLCoolDave

2004-02-08 06:54:06 am

Easy, 39:29 32%

Smokey

2004-02-08 11:31:55 am

hmm... this game is insanely short. First try (no save states), difficulty: Normal 8)

http://www.geocities.com/smokeysmr/smokeyzm.jpg

luciverse

2004-02-08 08:53:00 pm

Normal

I am going to try for 100%, with no guide.

Red Scarlet

2004-02-09 01:32:49 am

I('d) like to watch (some MP3 runs)

First time on Hard mode:

2:25:51
100%

fun!

Chozo-Ghost

2004-02-09 07:50:41 am

First run on normal:

Finally found this nasty power bomb :D ! I think I could have been faster by an hour or so... lol

Seiken Enhasa

2004-02-09 08:06:09 pm

I don't remember the exact numbers, but it was around 65% with 3 hours and 20-something minutes. I think. Dammit, can't remember...

Red Scarlet

2004-02-09 11:45:47 pm

I('d) like to watch (some MP3 runs)

1:40:29 100% on Easy

Now that all 3 modes are beaten, I can go back to just trying a Hard 100% in less than 2 hours.

Faust

2004-02-09 11:56:55 pm

Quote from Chozo-Ghost:

First run on normal:

Finally found this nasty power bomb :D ! I think I could have been faster by an hour or so... lol

I feel like I'm a slow old man. 5:28 is horrible.

Sp3eD

2004-02-10 12:44:30 pm

Here are my 4 runs through the game

First time on NORMAL, bad time because I was searching for 100%

http://home.comcast.net/~chriscdc/metroidend100normal.JPG

2nd time on HARD I knew where I was going a bit more, still went for 100%

http://home.comcast.net/~chriscdc/metroidend100hard.JPG

3rd time on EASY, I planned my route a bit to get 100% plus a decent time.

http://home.comcast.net/~chriscdc/metroidend100easy.JPG

4th was my planned speed run, though I think I got way to many items. I was worried about how many missles I would have when I fought Mother Brain so I collected some that I shouldn't have. It turned out I could have got by with 4 less upgrades.....oh well....I have no doubt that I can get that time under :40 which I might try today if I feel like it :D

I also used the bomb to varia suit sequance break so I would never have to come back to that section again......

http://home.comcast.net/~chriscdc/metroidendfasteasy.JPG

4 wins in 4 days. Bring on Metroid Prime 2 :D

Here are my 4 runs through the game

First time on NORMAL, bad time because I was searching for 100%

http://home.comcast.net/~chriscdc/metroidend100normal.JPG

2nd time on HARD I knew where I was going a bit more, still went for 100%

http://home.comcast.net/~chriscdc/metroidend100hard.JPG

3rd time on EASY, I planned my route a bit to get 100% plus a decent time.

http://home.comcast.net/~chriscdc/metroidend100easy.JPG

4th was my planned speed run, though I think I got way to many items.  I was worried about how many missles I would have when I fought Mother Brain so I collected some that I shouldn't have.  It turned out I could have got by with 4 less upgrades.....oh well....I have no doubt that I can get that time under :40 which I might try today if I feel like it :D

I also used the bomb to varia suit sequance break so I would never have to come back to that section again......

http://home.comcast.net/~chriscdc/metroidendfasteasy.JPG

4 wins in 4 days.  Bring on Metroid Prime 2 :D

Chozo-Ghost

2004-02-10 01:18:22 pm

Have you found all items on your own, or have you used a guide?

Sp3eD

2004-02-10 02:19:57 pm

My 7+ hour first run was finding them all by myself.

Then I mapped them out on paper and started from there.

So technically I made my own guide.

DJSonic

2004-02-10 02:27:22 pm

Difficulty: Normal

I studied LLCoolDave's 39:29 movie so I could get this time, but not on VBA, but on my EZ Flash Advance cart. I dont have a camera of my own, so I had to transfer my savefile to the computer and then take a snapshot with VBA. This isnt my real time though, my real time is 53:09 on my GBA SP. ^_^;

On my next run, I WILL beat my current record on the same difficulty and (hopefully) unlock Time Attack Mode as well.

ryu

2004-02-10 06:09:31 pm

I forgot to make a screenshot...

time: 3:18:46
items: 48%
difficulty: normal

Red Scarlet

2004-02-10 10:52:03 pm

I('d) like to watch (some MP3 runs)

R0x!

Go Hard.

Wonder if that's movieable.

trh

2004-02-11 07:25:05 am

uhm..

I need to get a new avatar..

Gevexx

2004-02-11 03:32:42 pm

1:14:41
52%
Hard

Without Sequence Breaking. Not bad for my first Speedrun ever ^^

Yoshi348

2004-02-11 08:53:37 pm

PAGE BREAKER

Ready and willing.

I'm suprised I got the highest intial % out of anybody. It makes me feel like I could play with the big boys yet...

Normal
3:44:26
78%

nate

2004-02-11 10:48:12 pm

and my comment about your intelligence didn't?

Dark_T_Zeratul

2004-02-11 11:16:40 pm

First time through, 5:28:16 and 77%.

LLCoolDave

2004-02-12 12:21:41 am

go TRH, go!

I did a 100% route test and ended up with 1:23. I used some savestates, though, so well, this doesn't really count :P

Light of Day

2004-02-12 12:23:09 am

Second time, on hard:

So close to a better ending, dammit. This was kind of a half-hearted speed-run (as in I only messed around a little), but I feel kinda bad because of how much I abused save states in this.