![]() ![]() I accomplished my main goals, which was beating Draygon without the cheap trick, and getting 100%. I didn't see that much room for improvement, other than the 2 times I described. I would have needed to improve by 45 minutes, don't think I could have done that in this run. It took me a few resets on that one to get it on the first try, AND make my way back out of the room without falling through the pit blocks too. Plus, one of the missile powerups was annoying, because if I mess up, I fall through pit blocks and I have to loop back. I didn't want to reset because I had already collected 3 powerups since my last save, and I already knew at this point I was going to break 3 hours, so it wouldn't make that much of a difference. Most of that energy had been lost in that spike room with the energy tank. Then it took another 5-7 minutes to re-fill on energy right before Ridley's door. I did lose 6 - 7 minutes because I got stuck in the energy tank room in Ridley's hideout, and I had accidentally destroyed all of the firefleas, so it was hard to make my way back out of the room in the dark, especially with spikes below me. ![]() So I ended up at 3:30 entering the first save point of Tourian. But that's now I ended up at 1:29 from 51 minutes. I didn't think I'd be spending 38 minutes heading to the Wrecked Ship and getting the x-ray scope 4x power bombs 3 energy tanks, a reserve tank, and other items. I thought I was doing ok, 51 minutes which included an initial run through Norfair beating Crocomire and some item pickups. I know it's not necessary, but if I start over, I want to do it again, but am dreading re-doing it because it's hard. I spent hours of real time (~ 5 minutes of game time, which includes the item pickups) before finally being able to execute it. However, during this run, I had read about the mockball trick, so I wanted to do it. In general, I don't mind starting games over. However, I still want to get the best ending. ![]() It felt too cheap, and I wish I had done it a more fair way back then. My main reason for playing the game again is to avoid using the electrocute trick on Draygon. This time, in 2020, I have 7 plus 2 reserves, so I feel better. I believe I'd only have 4 or 5 at that time. When I played the game in 1999, I felt I wasn't taking the best routes, and I felt I was always low on energy tanks when facing the boss in the Wrecked Ship. So to me, it seems pretty good, and an improvement over my own method back in 1999. It wasn't designed with speed running in mind, but it mentions how to get items in the same area, or "early" ways to get some items. I've been following a guide to help me get the most items without backtracking. ![]()
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