Hello! I'm Charlie Creston, professional indecisive human. I make electronic music as a hobby and develop video games on my own when I can, and I've got that little bit of 'special' salt to tie it all together. I'm really interested in getting into speedrunning, though I have very little intention of aiming for any records. I'm mostly hoping to increase my patience and get better at games as a whole. I'm focusing on Super Mario Bros. for the NES, but I'm looking for suggestions on what would really appeal to newer people. Personally, I favor older games, ones that could be emulated without hassle. As a side note, I can't think of any full games I have actually beaten, aside from Mario Kart for the Wii, even though I grew up with an NES, all three american Mario games, and plenty of other major titles. I am sincerely that bad.
Hey Charlie!
As a new runner, my main advice for choosing a game is picking a game you're already familiar with, even if it isn't perfect as a speedgame.
As far as getting better, my only advice would be to just submit a time, even if it isn't great, so that you have something to aim for!
80's arcade games emulate well on older hardware also. MAME is a good emulator. I am new also. Everyone starts somewhere. Just make sure to submit times that way it is easier to see improvement. Good luck and have fun.
I'd love to hear some of those dope beat you dropping man! Mario kart 64 is a great place to start if your into that. Has some very simple tricks you can learn and start with.Weather you are good or not really doesn't matter. All are welcome here. Long as you have a passion for something, there is a role to play. It's a matter of having fun round here and doing what you love. Good luck!
Thank you guys for the advice, and I do have a goal of submitting the first time I get, the problem is I need to complete a game in order to submit a time. Super Mario Bros. for example, I always die within 8-2 or 8-3, so my current battle is just getting good enough at those levels to reliably complete them. Once I've beaten the game at least once, I'll submit whatever time I have and then work on improving that.
There are many ways to prevent it. I'd look into it if you ever wanna try. There's even a way to stop it from happening whilst its happening.
I'm quite happy to say I've found a game that I very well can complete: Tetris. Hopefully I'll be able to get a video recording of my best time. in the meantime, I ran through Mario Kart Wii for a no skips, no items 32-track game and got an okay time, so I'll submit that too.
