Board 8 > ITT: Games that are fun to speed run

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Games that typically give incentives for completing a stage fast are good too.

I'm not talking about world record runs or anything, but games that are just designed to where you can complete them fast and efficiently. Not something that takes a ton of skill, but would require some to go through.

Mighty Switch Force
Mischief Makers
Mega Man franchise
Mario
Sonic
Metroidvanias
Portal

Any other recommendations?

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I try to beat my records on Spyro 1, Crash 2 and Jak and daxter a lot.

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The only game I know how to speed run is Ocarina of Time. It's a decent one.

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Metal Gear 2 onwards all reward tight play

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Super Meat Boy.

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Resident Evil

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You listed the three that immediately came to mind: Mario, Mega Man, Metroids

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The only game I can really do a speed run on is Portal. My record is right around 35 minutes.

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From: Sirusavath | #009
The only game I can really do a speed run on is Portal. My record is right around 35 minutes.

I think my record's about 45 minutes. I know there's tons of places where I can cut time, but I haven't felt like making a perfect run of it.

Sidenote:
http://www.cyberscore.me.uk

I registered to there. Anyone else on that site? Any other speed running scoreboard sites? Does speedrunarchives have one >_>

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MGS3.

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I haven't really played SotC more than 1 1/2 times, but I think there's a "speed run" mode in that game.

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Outland

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Pokemon
Zelda
Final Fantasy

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I can't remember the last time I tried to actually speed run something. I used to do it to old computer games like Duke Nukem and Commander Keen. I think SM64 may be the last game I legitimately played that way.

Then again, I've level rushed World of Warcraft, so I imagine that counts. My best time to 70 (BC era) without any outside assistance of any kind was about 4 1/2 days.

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The only serious speed run I've ever done is when I completed Super Paper Mario in under 7 hours.

Skipping so many things was physically painful - turns out I'm the type of person who simply can't resist the urge to explore every single inch of the world, collect every single shiny trinket, and read every single word of available dialogue.

Zelda and Mario apparently since that's all people seem to ever speedrun.

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The only serious speed run I've ever done is when I completed Super Paper Mario in under 7 hours.

Skipping so many things was physically painful - turns out I'm the type of person who simply can't resist the urge to explore every single inch of the world, collect every single shiny trinket, and read every single word of available dialogue.

You could do a 100% speed run.

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I enjoyed trying to speedrun KH2

Demon's Souls also has a ridiculously amazing speedrun that I can't ever imagine doing. Just wow at that one.

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Basically any Valve FPS is fun to speed run.

L4D2 solo speed run is fun.

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http://speedrunslive.com/

Join the IRC and race people. It's fun and the community is good.

That being said, I have a soft spot for Kirby 64, even if it's mostly nostalgia. Dark Souls is really good.

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Before I start racing people I'd want to become more familiar with games I'd be playing.

I think the only games I could even make an attempt at speed running at my current state are Portal, SotN, and 2D Mario/Sonic.

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Metroid: Zero Mission (considering it was literally made with speed runs in mind... plus you can get a run down in less than an hour pretty easily)
Metroid Prime/Metroid Prime 2 if you're comfortable with glitches

Starcraft + Brood War (seriously, try executing some of the speed run strategies, they're hilarious)

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