Welcome back to another Speedrun Weekly, where we dive into the wildest skips, most dedicated runners, and record-shattering feats lighting up the leaderboard this past week on r/speedrun. Let’s get into the highlights:
🧠 Portal Mastery: Sidious Holds All 5 WRs
Speedrunner Sidious has achieved what many thought impossible—simultaneously holding all five main Portal world records. With this latest WR grab, Sidious becomes a true Portal god, cementing a legacy in the game’s history. Fans are calling it “the Portal Infinity Gauntlet.” If you haven’t seen it yet, the run is already making waves on YouTube, showcasing absolute precision and glitch wizardry.
🧟 Resident Evil Analyzed: A 38-Minute Breakdown
User Marvel2002 dropped an impressive French-language video dissecting the latest WR for the original Resident Evil, clocking in at just 38 minutes. The analysis goes deep into movement, menuing, and iconic skips, making it a must-watch for both survival horror enthusiasts and speedrun students alike. Don’t speak French? Auto-translate might still make it worth the ride.
🌌 New WRs This Week: A Glitchfest of Greatness
It’s been a record-heavy week with fresh times dropping across genres:
- 🧙♂️ Zheal takes FF7 All Bosses No Slots to 8:36:35
- 🐉 Schwartz_RTA sets a new SMW Lunar Dragon No Cape WR: 1:34:22
- 🥋 Dark_Tenka crushes with Mortal Kombat Trilogy (PC) – Sindel in 6:20
- 🧊 Another MK classic! Mortal Kombat II (Arcade) WR: 1:38:23
- 🎮 Raph finishes “A Few Screws Loose – Gnarly” in 3:14
- 🏃 GokuHunterVgan lands a Long Jump WR in Mario & Sonic at 11.87m
- 🦇 whistlerite claims a WR in Arkham Shadow
- 🎬 And even Rocky (2002) Movie Mode gets a WR at 42:21
Props to all runners—some of these categories are niche, but the grind is real.
🔍 Meta Talk: Emulators, Tech Discovery, and Wall Clips
There’s been strong discussion this week around the integrity and tactics of speedrunning:
- Original Hardware vs Emulator: JackLiberty0‘s post on cheating risks reignited debate around emulator legitimacy. Many runners echoed a sentiment: practice on emu, perform on console.
- Finding Tech in Modern Games: Z0NEWASHERE, WR holder for The Walking Dead Destinies, is hunting for skips to push his time below an hour. He asked for help diving into memory/code analysis—several users shared tools and tips.
- Wall Clipping Curiosity: Haunted_Pixel wants to find a wall clip in Touhou Fumo Racing, prompting discussion on how wall clips work across engines and how they’re usually discovered—spoiler: mostly brute force, weird geometry, and a bit of luck.
🎥 Video Corner: Production & Passion Projects
A few creators brought their passion to YouTube this week:
- travage123 released a video on Crash Twinsanity speedrunning
- Vindsay compiled some of the most mind-blowing tricks in recent speedruns
- I_Like_Quiet is teaching their kid programming through NES games via BizHawk, asking for input on what counts as “creative content” when uploading playthroughs—wholesome and relevant.
💬 Community Pulse
- zenchess started a thoughtful discussion on games with subtle or inertial movement, with Celeste and Titanfall 2 getting mentions.
- A few newcomers like Initial_Anteater_583 and EstablishmentGlum648 are diving into credits warps and PS2 TASing, showing there’s still so much to discover—even in retro titles.
That’s all for this week! Whether you’re routing your next run, grinding PBs, or just watching in awe, keep sharing your passion, pushing limits, and respecting the grind.
See you next week—frame-perfect or not.
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