Final Fantasy IX Speedrun Part 1

This is part 1 of 68 of a speedrun I did for Speed Demos Archive. I completed the entire game with a time of 8:32. Skipping FMVs was not allowed in this run.

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Start - Alexandria/Steeple
I wanted to steal the Mage Masher from Baku; not only does this save time by not having to pick it up in the Ice Cavern, but its higher damage speeds up the next few battles as well. The likelihood of stealing it quickly, however, is pretty small. After many tries, this was the quickest that I was able to steal it (took one extra turn). When you follow Puck into the steeple, if you're fast enough he won't actually tell you to keep up; usually I'm fast enough, but this time I wasn't.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• final
• fantasy
• ix
• nine
• ff9
• ffix
• speedrun
• speed
• run
• square
• enix
• video
• game
• essentia
• first
• opening
• alexandria
• baku
• zidane
• Excalibur
• II

[danbrown565]

is this a no level speed run?

[EssentiaFour]

@danbrown565 No, this is simply a speedrun. I don't go out of my way to avoid gaining levels, but I also don't need to go out of my way to gain levels. either.

[MMOnGameWalkthroughs]

first of all no one here is FROM KH2, this game was made long before kingdom hearts was people

second...what did u use to record this

?

[EssentiaFour]

I recorded this with a VCR onto VHS tapes. Then I mailed the tapes to someone at SDA, and they transferred it onto the computer and encoded it.

[nintedolee]

hey essentiafour rpgsquaredotde beat it in 7:06:21

[EssentiaFour]

No, he didn't beat the entire game, he just got the Excalibur II in that time. Plus he skipped FMVs, which I wasn't allowed to do in my run.

[scissors1989]

i swear this is the best game ever made...flawless...im a huge gamer and i think...even tho we are in next gen consoles...this game will always reign supreme in my mind...it is extremely good

[MonsterDany]

Best Final Fantasy game ever!!!!!!!!!!

[Cyaniq7575]

@Dragonslaying555666 Lies, there is such a thing as a halo fan.

[Schwartzdying]

8 hours with 32 minutes eh?, I'm seeing this right now! :D

[MSFRmike]

where is the sound????

[pyigyli]

/watch?v=oyJGNq4uXxQ

[Dragonslaying555666]

@scissors1989 Next generation games are over rated. It's rehash after rehash, and then all the other companies are just trying to make their games appeal to the Call of Duty fans, so we will never get games like this again.

[smoke4206969]

This game took my a whole month or even 2 to beat, not 8 and a half hours... Thats inhuman you heartless machine.. although im an emotionless ice cold deep hearted person as well.. I sold my soul to Banjo Kazooie, not this game unfortunately.. Since it is one of the best games of all time next to Zelda Ocarina of time and you are one of the first to raise the bar and touch distant lands with this speed run. Mad props and respect goes to you for this one

[smoke4206969]

@MrScissors89 thats because this game is a MASTERPIECE, mind the desperate rushed fill in story line at the end where you split into 4 parties of 2, but I liked the idea

[smoke4206969]

@scissors1989 Yea it was the last of the classic games created, with outstanding graphics for the time let me just say... simply mind blowing, not to mention the gameplay is out of this world,I mean theres just something about gaining abilities from your items in this game since that feature isn't in any other game that really just set it off. This game in my opinion is the best game ever made, especially in the year 2000, the only other game made that year that comes close is Zelda Majoras Mask