You'd think there'd be more Sonic speed runs

[Kishi]

The guy who runs Speed Demos Archive just <a href="http://speeddemosarchive.com/news.html">submitted</a> some runs for each level of Sonic 2. I tend to find runs where an entire game is polished off in one go much more impressive and entertaining than segmented plays, but in this case it's really not an issue. It was more than worth my time just to observe and realize that the way I play Sonic 2 is downright liesurely compared to this guy's tactics. Also, according to that news post, he and his cadre of especially agile gamers are already in the process of performing runs for the rest of the classic Sonic games.

[The T]

Except that his times are terrible compared to the top records.

http://www.soniccenter.org/

[Kishi]

In almost every case he only exceeds the times in the videos on the Sonic Center by a few seconds, and in some cases he even matches them. In any case, he's close enough for the movies to be entertaining to watch, which is the point.

Furthermore, speed runs on the SDA are revised all the time. The first-posted runs for a game are usually considered mere reference points for future runs, so I could see them closing in on the Center's records in due time.

[The T]

There are people at the Center who hang out on SDA's boards. I really wonder why many of them don't just submit their runs to SDA. I wonder if it's because of SDA's policies on emulators and the like, that with Sonic Center's liberal policies, make it seem SDA's are too strict.

Or, you know, something.

[Light Speed]

I must admit watching that Quake speed run was way cooler than watching a sidescrolling game based on speed. Cool nonetheless though.