Okay, so it isn’t Virtual Boy-related, but I’m sure there are many of you out there who know and love Mario 64, so you can appreciate this. Have you ever watched the world record speed run champion play through this game? It is very entertaining to watch! Some of the amazing things that he can do will certainly impress those who know how hard it is to perform such maneuvers through experience.

This world record speed run begins at around the 3-hour mark of the video:

http://www.twitch.tv/siglemic/b/327554933

Here is his current world record for the 70-Star run, an amazing 49 minutes and 34 seconds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU8C4px6zXc

Siglemic becomes the first person to get under 1:45 in the speed run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXk8eR4FoQw

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
Siglemic becomes the first person to get under 1:45 in the speed run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXk8eR4FoQw

Thats a cool thing, I just skipped through and saw some amazing stuff, some incredible leaps and all that but….

In another speed run it says a time of 1:46:35 and that is the time Mario touches the last big star from Bowser, but the 1:44:52 he actually touches the big star at 1:45:00.
I guess it all depends when its classed as finishing, is it the moment the text finishes or the moment the star is touched, IMO its when the star is touched.
Not that I am ragging on the fella, an amazing effort and total dedication, but IMO the time is slightly out.
In the usual internet way I have not investigated beyond this and have only compared a couple of speed runs so I am fully up for being shot down in flames into a cauldron of Bowsers boiling blood for not knowing anything about speedruns, but its just something I noticed.

They actually have an “official” time clock for each run and official start and end times that each competitor abides by, but this YouTube video doesn’t show the official clock. Thus, the YouTube’s timer on the video doesn’t accurately reflect the total play time. The official time begins at the moment the player starts up the game, but you’ll see in this video that he reset the game at the beginning and, thus, the game doesn’t start up until the 8-second mark on the YouTube video timer. That’s why there is the difference of 8 seconds. The official time really does end when he touches the last big star from the final Bowser.

Thanks for clearing that up Ben, I hadn’t noticed the reset at the beginning. It would be nice for these to have the official clock time showing, just for comparison purposes as when watching there are times you see a slightly missed jump where another runner could gain a vital second or 2.
Its still a really cool watch, I keep going back and randomly playing a section, just so many time saving things done, OCD type dedication.

[Benjamin Stevens]

Oh man… Siglemic got a new world record for the 70 star run just about 13 hours ago. 49:09. The run starts at around the 32.5 minute mark:

http://www.twitch.tv/siglemic/b/341571393

• This reply was modified 12 years ago by Benjamin Stevens.

I’m completely amazed already at the 20 minute mark! I thought I was good!

Now that is some skill, that’s what I call dedication.

He actually gets paid to play Mario 64 everyday, by means of the advertisements that appear on his videos and the money received from people who subscribe to his channel. If I could get paid to play Virtual Boy all day everyday, I’d probably be fine with that! 🙂

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
If I could get paid to play Virtual Boy all day everyday, I’d probably be fine with that! 🙂

Now this sounds good to me! Where do i sign up! Lol!

It’s been a while since I’ve checked up on the Mario 64 speed runners. It looks like there are a lot more people trying to do it and that there is a new leader. If you’ve never seen any of these runners before, check out this video. Mario 64 is truly a game that was built for speed running, even if Nintendo didn’t originally intend it to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6qNm6OVy0o