New Fallout Speed Run Record

Post by **King of Creation** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:20 pm

[Game -> Update]

There's a new speed run out for the original Fallout. This one was done by Devin 'Mimir' Herron and can be found <a href="http://www.planetquake.com/sda/other/Fa ... quote>I based my run on WhiteChocobo666's speed guide from gameFAQs, but his guide was nearly impossible to use for a single segment run, so I played around with it and found one exploit that really makes this run possible.
 
 If you enter combat manually, use all but one AP to move, then end combat and immediately begin combat again, the enemy does not have a chance to respond. This allowed me to escape from the military base.
 
 The hardest part of this run is simply getting to the military base and getting out of the area without encountering a super mutant patrol for a random encounter.
 
 There are a few glitches in this run. First, sometimes the stairs did not work properly and I had to use a different area, which wasted a little bit of time. Second, the Vault Overseer did not appear at the end of the game, which seems to just be another strange glitch in the Fallout engine.</blockquote>
 Thanks to Hory for informing us.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:02 pm

What was the previous record? I know they covered it at NMA, and I posted about it here a few times..But I'm just incredibly lazy.

EDIT: Nevermind..The one I'm thinking about was for FO2. 17 minutes, 51 seconds. http://www.planetquake.com/sda/other/fallout2.html

Mimir · Post by **Mimir** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:15 pm

Hello, I'm the person who made that run. If anyone has any questions about what I did, I'd be happy to answer them.

Post by **King of Creation** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:17 pm

Nice work!

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:19 pm

You kick ass, Mimir. Give this man a hosted site.

Bridgeburner · Post by **Bridgeburner** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:30 pm

goddamn thats fast
my fastest run was 0:28:10
but that was a long time ago

nice work

Mimir · Post by **Mimir** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:34 pm

Some people at NMA have suggested some improvements. I will try the run again when I can get the equipment. Hopefully I can break 10 minutes.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:39 pm

Eh, what's the point anyway? I can understand for Mario, but Fallout?

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:13 pm

You'll become an internet celebrity if you get a speed run record for a game. or something