Davideo7 : Yeah, I read your last post, and ai'my sorry about the difficulties you have keeping this site up. I hope you generate enough traffic to help it survive!

Davideo7 : If only if some of the other competitors actually had their average time be adequate...oh well, I thought they were fun to compete! I'll send a PM with my information.

18mlivingston : Because Mega Man X games are faster, my friend. If you beat enough games, then maybe someday I'll challenge you. It wouldn't be fair if I started beating your time now.

superkirby34 : Very good, but for your Donkey Kong (NES) run, you have to beat my time, not just meet it. Because I uploaded that 1:25 video first, my submission counts.

By the way...

Super Mario Land 2 (GB) | 28:42
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xabnpFctZV0

superkirby34 : Bam!

Super Mario World (SNES) | 11:43

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3DAthMevQ




Oh, and here's a bit of a peeing contest for you:

Donkey Kong (NES) | 01:25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5EVtkP9gjk



Ha HAAAA! Now I'm the jerk!!!

superkirby34 : That's cool, but isn't it underhanded of you to take down a smaller competitor like Julia me when you should really be clawing at the likes of me? You can start with my Super Mario runs, and you'll look less of a jerk that way!

rcarter2 : It's not a bad idea.

superkirby34 : Yes, you can do that, Kirby/Mario!

rcarter2: Okay, now I beat your time!

Donkey Kong Country (SNES): 45:39

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EHEwJlQ1A8

rcarter2 :

EDIT: Oh, I just checked, and you beat me!

.........But I shall triumph!

ORIGINAL:

Prepare yourself--I beat your Donkey Kong Country time by.....dare I say..........a country mile!!!



I beat mine in 51 minutes and 37 seconds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bCHNocIIbw

rcarter2 : You're on a roll, dude!

Davideo7 : Yes, the only game I tested is Crash Bandicoot. You may not have this issue when enabling Rewind States, but I would very much appreciate it if you do! Thanks!

Davideo7 : I only get this error when playing on the PlayStation emulator. It seems to work fine on SNES, so I'll just play those games, instead, for the competition this month. Is there anything I can do to at least limit this error on this PlayStation emulator, or do I have to get a better computer. The way I understand it, this is a RAM issue.

Davideo7 :

Mega Man X (SNES) : 50:31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHS8Al66cZw



Those first 9 seconds are me trying to start the emulated movie after I finished recording, so wait a little while, and then the actual speedrun will start.


Mega Man X2 (SNES): 1:03:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkfol1jGn2Q



Similar to my first submission, please skip the first 11 seconds.


Mega Man X3 (SNES): 52:45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8No7dJ26ziM




Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) | 12:03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_tf9tqTPM




UPDATED | Donkey Kong Country (SNES) | 45:39
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EHEwJlQ1A8




UPDATED | Super Mario World (SNES) | 11:43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3DAthMevQ

Donkey Kong (NES) | 01:25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5EVtkP9gjk




Super Mario Land (GB) | 28:42
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xabnpFctZV0



Average Time: 36 minutes and 32 seconds (not including Super Mario World)

Davideo7 : How come I always get a State Rewind error? It prevents me from fixing my own mistakes as I should be able to do in a speedrun! This is so annoying!

Elrinn: They made Final Fantasies on Nintendo consoles even after the Super Nintendo, but they are never main games in the series. Honestly, if this game doesn't come to the NX soon after the PS4 version, it will be too late. It needs to be released no later than 6 months after the PS4 release so that even Nintendo fans can jump into it without ponying up for Sony's phony (IMO) device. Other than that, Sony is grabbing us by the balls now.

Elrinn: Yeah, but I just found out that Sony is actually going to give more money after the Kickstarter is over. Seems pretty underhanded--forcing Shenmue players to support Sony whether they like it or not--but I'm still glad that this game will happen, at least by a realistic release year of 2017!

DARKANINE :
rebelyell :

Thanks for the responses! Putting it on PlayStation 4 is a smart move...but having it be only a timed exclusive? I imagine only fans of the original getting a PS4 just for Final Fantasy VII Remake, while everybody else waits for the PC and Xbox One games, assuming that it'll be released on those systems. As for Nintendo, they will at least have NX announced by 2016 that may handle the likes of that game. In either case, I believe they'll announce a release date by 2016 and it will be ready by 2017 the latest.

After countless demands for Square Enix to do so, there will finally be a Final Fantasy VII next-generation remake coming to the PlayStation 4 as a timed exclusive, though it is uncertain as to when and what other systems this game will be released. As expected from the 2007 E3 demo of Final Fantasy VII, the game will sport the look of the film Advent Children: Final Fantasy VII and as a result, features high quality graphics that rival that of the upcoming Final Fantasy XV!

Those were the only details shown at Sony's E3 2015 Conference, however. Keep in mind that this does not replace the re-release of the original version of Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 4, which should keep new players up to speed with the story of the game in the meantime. Final Fantasy VII was easily the most popular video game on the original PlayStation, and it's about time fans enjoy this game again the way it's meant to be. Here is hoping that it is released by 2016, though realistically it may take until early 2017.

UPDATE (10:09 P.M. 06/15/2015): I have made a small error regarding the stretch goals: it turns out that this Kickstarter has the following stretch goals in addition to the required $2 million:

$2.5 million for the ability to see recaps of Shenmue and Shenmue II in Shenmue III
$2.6 million for French subtitles
$2.7 million for French subtitles
$2.8 million for Spanish subtitles
$2.9 million for Italian subtitles
$3.2 million for the "Rapport" System--possibly an AI partner system used for the fighting system
$3.5 million for the "Skill Tree" System
$4 million for the completion and expansion of the "Baisha Village" area

There are also unknown figures for the expansion of two other areas: Bailu Village and another area.


According to the Sony E3 Conference, former SEGA programmer Yu Suzuki is finally attempting to bring Shenmue III to reality in the form of Kickstarter. He is currently raising $2,000,000 in order to begin developing the long-awaited finale to the Shenmue trilogy that started on the SEGA Dreamcast and ended, as of now, on the Microsoft Xbox. Strangely enough, the game will not be available on the Xbox One, which would coincide with Shenmue II's release on the original Xbox, but it will be available on the PC and Sony PlayStation 4 once it is released.

You can support the development of Shenmue III by going to this link below:
http://bit.ly/saveshenmue

The Shenmue series was a developed as a swan song to the SEGA Dreamcast and SEGA's home console business in general, and it pushed the limits of what the SEGA Dreamcast was capable of way back in 1998 for Japanese audiences and 1999 for international audiences. However, the games did not sell enough copies for SEGA to continue supporting the series, as it has the most mixed reception by players out of any video game franchise in history--some praised it for its strides toward realism and believability while offering an epic tale of discovery and revenge, while others bashed it for most of the same reasons! In either case, it is time to wonder whether Shenmue can be saved by fans alone.

Shenmue III currently has 31 days as of June 15, 2015 to raise $2,000,000, with no specific stretch goals as of yet  The donation pool seems to be skyrocketing at this point, naturally!

Guy A. Person : The Commodore 64 counts as an 8-bit system, at least according to Wikipedia. I haven't checked the same for the 5200, but you should easily pick some Commodore 64 songs if you can get those emulators to work!