TheNitromeFanFinally got a run with a fast dead are restless level. At this point, the only improvements I can see are from altar permaghosting or more than one dead are restless level.
Spelunky HD - Paranormal Investigator% - 37:30.703TheNitromeFan2019-05-07 | Finally got a run with a fast dead are restless level. At this point, the only improvements I can see are from altar permaghosting or more than one dead are restless level.
Optimizations may also help.UFO 50 - Waldorfs Journey - Cherry - 2:51.933TheNitromeFan2026-04-17 | Got this within 15 minutes of attemptsUFO 50 - Star Waspir - Gold/Cherry (Red Ship) - 7:23.367TheNitromeFan2026-03-23 | First clear. My fingers are crying for helpUFO 50 - The Big Bell Race - Gold/Cherry - 8:40.733TheNitromeFan2026-03-01 | 3 deaths but this'll do for nowUFO 50 - Mortol II - GameOver% - 4:05.200TheNitromeFan2026-02-28 | I could definitely push this down, but I can't be bothered atm.UFO 50 - Campanella 2 - Cherry (8 Upgrades) - 22:01.400TheNitromeFan2026-02-28 | Fun category, second clear of this game. Moire Woods is way better than Rink, but alas.UFO 50 - Overbold - Cherry (All Upgrades) - 10:32.433TheNitromeFan2026-02-21 | This took a long grind, but I got it within 15 minutes today.UFO 50 - Overbold - Gold (Dashless) - 6:18.567TheNitromeFan2026-02-21 | Improvable, but not bad.UFO 50 - Overbold - Cherry (Dashless) - 7:55.000TheNitromeFan2026-02-14 | ...UFO 50 - Overbold - Gold (All Upgrades) - 10:00.667TheNitromeFan2026-02-14 | Had $400 left over at the end, oopsUFO 50 - Devilition - Gold/Cherry - 11:48.866TheNitromeFan2026-01-17 | Inching my way towards a sub 10UFO 50 - Bug Hunter - Cherry - 24:47.133TheNitromeFan2026-01-06 | ...UFO 50 - Bug Hunter - Gold - 10:21.467TheNitromeFan2026-01-06 | Cherry attempt that died on Job 6.UFO 50 - Devilition - FULL-RAND - 9:46.800TheNitromeFan2025-12-21 | Had some time to kill so I did this for the kicks. Not bad.UFO 50 - Onion Delivery - Cherry - 13:57.333TheNitromeFan2025-12-16 | Counting is hard. Got an extra onion.UFO 50 - Onion Delivery - Gold - 9:18.500TheNitromeFan2025-11-29 | First deathless clear.UFO 50 - Magic Garden - Cherry - 4:53.367TheNitromeFan2025-11-29 | Got this within an hour of attempts.UFO 50 - Magic Garden - Gold - 4:43.000TheNitromeFan2025-11-29 | Previous run was a gold attempt that did not beat my cherry.UFO 50 - Planet Zoldath - Gold/Cherry - 11:15.600TheNitromeFan2025-11-24 | My first "casual" Cherry clear had a surprisingly good time (sub 11 minutes) so it took a little bit more grinding than expected to best it. Still not a fantastic time but it's a recorded PB.UFO 50 - Devilition - Gold/Cherry - 12:22.233TheNitromeFan2025-11-22 | Got this within ~2 hours of attempts. Not bad.Crypt of the NecroDancer - 9-Character Low% (Lowest of the Low) - 2:06:11.89TheNitromeFan2025-04-19 | This is a recorded playback of a run I completed on September 14, 2024.
I wanted to revisit this challenge with both the Amplified and Synchrony DLCs since there were new leaderboards created after the Synchrony update. After some de-rusting I managed to get it fairly quickly, even beating my old non-Synchrony time by 15 minutes, even though I was not going for speed. I was also the first person to get a run on said leaderboard, and as of the upload date of this video my time is still the fastest of all runs on the board.
Very little of the gameplay is changed from the inclusion of the Synchrony DLC, although the following are some of the more significant differences that I noticed:
- All characters except Dove generate spiked walls, making terrain navigation slightly more difficult; - Monk gets three hearts of health and inherent peace, making his run much more lenient; - The pixie-riding glitch is no longer existent, making health regeneration more strict (in particular on Bolt).
This run is far from perfect as I was still not fully de-rusted and made lots of suboptimal movement on all characters. That said, I'm not unhappy with this clear, and instead of improving upon this run I currently have my goals set elsewhere (in particular, filling out the deathless leaderboards and planning out a 13-char low% run which is now recognized by in-game leaderboards).
Timestamps for the individual characters and their in-game times:
0:00 Bolt (8:32.87) 8:52 Monk (17:45.60) 26:45 Dove (6:16.98) 33:08 Aria (17:56.32) 51:18 Melody (13:27.28) 1:04:52 Cadence (18:12.23) 1:23:10 Dorian (12:39.24) 1:35:57 Eli (16:55.09) 1:53:00 Bard (14:26.28)Spelunky HD - All Death Messages - 3:59:44.56 (3:55:16.54 LL)TheNitromeFan2024-08-04 | Redid this run because of the "Unknown" death message being proven to be possible by going to Player Stats after an End Adventure. Bad bookskip fails all around, including a run where I forgot to die on Yama....
Good runcrocTheNitromeFan2024-07-11 | Excerpt from a failed All Achievements run (guess how that one died!)Spelunky HD - All Death Messages - 3:21:22.17 (3:17:25.37 LL)TheNitromeFan2024-06-23 | Interesting routing decisions but I need to learn 1-block bookskip before taking this seriously.Spelunky Classic - Tunnel Man Temple Shortcut Low% - 1:06TheNitromeFan2024-06-12 | 41.97 Olmec segment (thank you LiveSplit)Roguelike Biathlon Easy - 13:28.333TheNitromeFan2024-03-25 | Huge fumbles at the end of the NecroDancer run, overall a sloppy mess all around. But hey, a PB with the new DLC.Spelunky Classic - Low% Stars Room Unlock - 16:31TheNitromeFan2024-03-11 | Olmec animal farm simulatorSpelunky Classic - Low% Changing Room Unlock - 7:07TheNitromeFan2024-03-03 | aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaSpelunky Classic - Low% Petrock - 6:34TheNitromeFan2024-02-16 | Fun category. Terrifying Olmec.Spelunky Classic - Tunnel Man Low% Changing Room Unlock - 5:37TheNitromeFan2024-01-09 | ...Spelunky Classic - Tunnel Man Low% Sun Room Unlock - 6:07TheNitromeFan2024-01-08 | Fun category!Spelunky Classic - Tunnel Man Tutorial% - 4.14TheNitromeFan2023-12-20 | It feels so right to be here with youSpelunky HD - Tutorial% (Loadless) - 1:14.48TheNitromeFan2023-11-19 | All achievements excerpt.Spelunky HD - All Achievements% - 2:25:49.92 (RTA) / 2:18:59.01 (LL)TheNitromeFan2023-11-05 | First run with the damsel dupe! So much else went wrong in this run though... which goes to show how much time the new tech saves. Might go for another run soon, now that I'm seeing the potential of this category.
Fast Mines resets at the end secured the RTA WR on top of the LL WR. -- Watch live at twitch.tv/nitrome__Spelunky HD - Daily Challenge 2023-11-02 - $1,256,275TheNitromeFan2023-11-03 | Run starts at 2:48.
First place on the leaderboards. Died in the City of Gold to skill issue.
Pot alien at 1:20:24.Spelunky Classic - Tunnel Man Temple Shortcut Low% - 1:10TheNitromeFan2023-10-14 | Better, but still vastly improvable.Spelunky Classic - Tunnel Man Changing Room Unlock - 5:09TheNitromeFan2023-10-14 | Tried for ARU but ditched it once I realized the pace was not good enough. I did still visit the CoG however.Spelunky Classic - City of Gold% - 4:19TheNitromeFan2023-07-22 | ...Spelunky Classic - Low% - 3:41TheNitromeFan2023-07-21 | Finally improved my second oldest PB in this game, though not by much.Spelunky 2 - No Jetpack Cosmic Ocean% - 7-7 (27:03.500)TheNitromeFan2023-07-18 | ...Spelunky 2 - Low% Brainfreeze - 6:49.283TheNitromeFan2023-07-18 | ...Spelunky 2 - Crushabti% - 11:38.000TheNitromeFan2023-07-17 | Shield funnySpelunker (1985) - Any% First Loop - 10:41.633TheNitromeFan2023-07-14 | First clear. Might improve in the future.Spelunky 2 - No Teleporter Eggplant% (Seeded) - 11:31.816TheNitromeFan2023-07-06 | Seed: BADBEEF2Spelunky 2 - No Teleporter Chain Tiamat% - 14:59.150TheNitromeFan2023-07-06 | There was some contention about my last run not being legal because Tiamat took extra damage from a corpse, so I did another run (faster too!).Spelunky 2 - No Teleporter Chain Tiamat% - 15:31.600TheNitromeFan2023-07-05 | ...Spelunky 2 - No Teleporter Duat% - 17:25.733TheNitromeFan2023-07-05 | Finally got a run of this. Going for a Low% run, a Chain Eggplant run, and a No Jetpack Cosmic Ocean run after this.Portal - Glitchless - 21:57.34TheNitromeFan2023-06-26 | Very much improvable, as it's only my second run after not playing for many many years. I may need to update some strats...Word Cave - Any% - 2:28.709TheNitromeFan2023-06-12 | A speedrun challenge within the Spelunky community. Game developed by garebear.
Game download: gareb3ar.itch.io/word-caveSpelunky Classic - Tunnel Man Low% - 3:32TheNitromeFan2023-06-03 | This improvement was a long time coming. I can still do much better.