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** [http://tasvideos.org/1759M.html This] ''[[Castlevania Aria of Sorrow|Aria of Sorrow]]'' run demonstrates the power of luck manipulation in tool-assisted speedrunning; by creating a speedrun frame-by-frame, it's possible to ensure that the [[Random Number God]] always gives you the correct number. As a result, this run completes the game while collecting ''all 120 of the souls'' -- normally very rarely occuring random drops -- in 24:56!
* [http://speeddemosarchive.com/GhostsnGoblins.html Here's] both loops of the notorious [[Nintendo Hard]] game ''Ghosts N' Goblins'' being completed in just under 23 minutes. And [http://speeddemosarchive.com/SuperGhoulsNGhosts.html here's] its Super Nintendo sequel--again, both loops--in just over 42 minutes ''on its hardest difficulty''.
* ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' actually rewarded the player for doing a speedrun. Getting to a certain area in the final dungeon in less than 12 hours will net you an [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword]].
* The ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]]'' series is also notable for speedrunning. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lnogpRPvY4& As seen here], assisting with tools can make ''1'' unrecognizable from its former self.
** There seems to be a small trend where people try to see how fast they can beat more than one game at the same time using the same controller. [http://tasvideos.org/380M.html Here's a TAS] that features a guy beating ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]] 1'' and ''X2'' in about 40 minutes and [http://tasvideos.org/871M.html another] where two guys beat ''''[[Mega Man 3 (Video Game)|Mega Man 3]] through 6'' in about the same amount of time.