Sometimes, all factors need to really line up to glean that additional and sometimes miraculous split second to make a speedrun ascend to greatness. Obviously, this includes the incredibly skilled speedrunning preparation, practice, and precise play from Niftski. While anything is possible, this new run is being called perfect (or close to it) by others in the speedrunning community, as apparently everything lined up immaculately on every end of things. In speedruns for many classic games, seconds are all that separate the record from other competitors. When breaking the record back in April he claimed: “I have reached my potential in this category – I’m done! My quest is over.THE 55 BARRIER IS FINALLY BROKEN! This is the single greatest accomplishment out of anything I've ever done with this game! Huge thanks to everyone who supported me on this grind!! <3 If you’re wondering how Darbian did it (and don’t want to watch the video), he managed to warp to different worlds, meaning he only needed to complete a total of 8 levels to oust King Koopa and rescue The Princess.ĭarbian’s return to the game wasn’t scheduled. You can see his efforts, posted to YouTube yesterday in the clip below Related: Nintendo NES Classic – How to order In a discipline where competitors are usually separated by F1-like margins, a third of a second is a huge. The master at this sort of malarkey is a fella by the name of Darbian, who has once again captured the record after losing it to a plucky upstart earlier this week.ĭarbian knocked more than 0.3 seconds off the existing mark by completing the game in just 4 minutes 56.878 seconds and pulled a muscle during the celebrations. Have you guys seen the documentary King of Kong about the acrimonious back and forth battle for the world record on the original Donkey Kong arcade machine? If not, we can’t recommend it high enough.Īnyway, we’re currently wondering whether a sequel might be in the offing based on the interminable struggle to knock fractions of time off any% speedrun record for the original Super Mario Bros.
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