Contra Former World Record in

[@IkEisawesome7]

Of course you break the 9:50 after the summoning salt video. Congrats on this amazing run, this is legendary

[@IgnatzKolisch]

JESUS. You have pushed this game to an edge that will be close to impossible to surpass. Huge, huge congratulations, this is an EXTRAORDINARY run. Truly extraordinary.

[@shysoup5740]

not real

[@antiquefuturistic]

My cousins achieved this in under 8 minutes. Unknown champions

[@knightbewion]

Amazing stuff man. Think you just made WR in outdating a Summoning Salt video too!

[@Angrylanks]

I heard someone outdated the Sonic video in two hours. Haha. I think I get second place with the faster 9:50 in under 24 hours though.

[@nicklaskowalski]

But we need Home’s “We’re Finally Landing” 😂

[@TBONE_2004]

@@nicklaskowalski "...And that is where the world record stands today."

[@nicklaskowalski]

@@TBONE_2004 you got it 😃

[@sanjogita.]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@felixgonzalez6083]

I was precisely thinking of the current WR Speedrun of this game, and suddenly I realized it was done today!! Congrats!

[@mcgr0119]

Damn dude. This is epic. Konami should just give you keys to the place.

[@metalheadmaniac8686]

agreed

[@titani1k]

The fact that you just shaved nearly two whole seconds off the previous WR AND got a sub-9:50 is absolutely legendary. Holy shit dude, way to be.

[@ScoRPy22]

I just watched my whole childhood in 10 minutes

[@sugandhakohli]

Amazing stuff! Just subbed to you after Summoning Salt's video and you made 2 back to back WR. GG man. Keep it up!!

[@intranceitrust5165]

Joined the stream during this run, on base1 boss. Seeing low 4:24 sensor kill followed by the glitch kill, that was something. And that energy zone, that JJ kill! Closing this run out after seeing that juicy -3.3 split, very impressive, congrats!

[@bbdamur17]

Dude... You're the greatest!!! You did all that alone, i remember when I was a kid, even with my brother, it was crazy to finish the game... and here you didn't even give me time to enjoy the music..

[@elmichazo2137]

I looked for the speedrun just to see how fast a human can finished contra, your time and hability are unbelievable, congratulations

[@busymangaming1975]

Reminds me of my childhood. Often neglected, he was so pure and so involved with his games which accompanied his childhood. He was fulfilled. But the whole world had to tell you video gaming is wrong and instead give you 1 million things to achieve in life.

[@busymangaming1975]

@@SxGaming3390 yes cant argue eith that. the pressure to put food on the table... Lets pray for a future where basic needs are guaranteed for everyone and we are free to pursue our passion. Hoping Elon Musk is right about it.

[@UzzyT.]

Congratulations, I guess Summoning Salt released his video a few days to early!

[@forrestwright7378]

That was amazing. I have only managed to beat Contra once, and I died 100+ times doing so. You did an awesome job.

[@NOPerative]

Still awesome to witness; spent quite a few weekends in Contra Co-Op back in the 80s. Good stuff.

[@Shadowstar1311]

This was super impressive. I just recently discovered speedrunning, and this is one of the more impressive runs of any game I've seen.

[@theironfox2756]

This shows how well crafted this game is. There are no stage skips or similar exploits. Just high level strategies.

[@Chimpmanboom]

lol this popped up in my recommendations right after the summoning salt vid

[@hexzified]

wow, absolutely magnificient run

[@amentothatt]

I love the fact you name these stages with points to keep in mind

[@thezzach]

Wow. Great job! I've been playing Contra a lot lately. Trying new strats. Got my time down to 13:17. When I looked for the WR, I had no expectation of it being 3/5 minutes better ! I never knew about all of these briliant faster ways. Thanks for sharing!

[@uNcl55]

mad respect! 9:50 finally broken!

[@dreadmoc12]

I have been working so hard. Now i need a drink Im happy for you, man. King of Contra

[@acedemonic142]

Dude my school seniors built an arcade and it had Contra in it. I played 2 player with my friend and we can somewhat reliably pass stage 2 but keep dying at 3 so i came to watch a run. I'm impressed at how fast you can go through it and so effortlessly

[@Angrylanks]

@@acedemonic142 whoa, that’s awesome that they built that! I’ve played this game so much, it’s just mostly muscle memory and the right combination of patterns coming together. Like anything else, it’s just lots of time and effort poured into it. Hope you continue to enjoy the game.

[@MrBeegs88]

Insane run! Idk why you're wearing a mask but still awesome.

[@legado6963]

Im 17 years old, i started play Contra, beacuse i love retro games, you make it look so easy, and i have die a lot of times in this game, my respect gentleman

[@MetralletaLuis]

One of the things i like the most after watching a Summoning Salt video is looking at how history progressed afterwards

[@magicalace27]

congrats man its because of you i still play contra, shout out to you, matt, mr k, tmr and the rest of the contra speed runners and community

[@jimmybrown2243]

😮😮😮 historic!! legendary!! congratulations!!!

[@killwillv2610]

Mind blowing honestly. I remember having to use the Konami code to beat this when I was a kid. You destroyed it

[@redpillanonymous]

Dude is wearing a mask... inside.... by himself...

[@AlphaQHard]

Yeah this dude and other like him are the reason we’re in this socioeconomic mess

[@aaronoskian9995]

Dude you know the game more than it knows itself

[@Thepluginguy]

Those 90s graphics are so beautiful❤

[@SSJBELI]

My dad loves this Contra and he acts like this is how he used to play😂 props to you and awesome speedrunA

[@matheusassumpcao5052]

2 records in a week you're on a roll man awesome work !!

[@jimmycoco6506]

I played this game so much that I got to this level of perfection. Well Done my friend

[@tj8816]

I never played Contra before until I watched your video. My BF plugged up his old rusty NES for me to try and I was infuriated lol. Thanks for introducing me to this fun game. One day Ill get a sub 60 mins record in hopefully lol.

[@blket404]

Just watched Summoning Salt's Contra video. Incredible work dude! Keep going!

[@luken4331]

2020 was a crazy time. this man wearing a mask in the safety of his own home

[@forgiveman]

It's awesome to watch how your efforts pay after all the grinding.

[@trinichinee6426]

i watch this alot when i having a quick bite what a run !

[@trinichinee6426]

I'm still here .. just killing boredom on work

[@ishangupta9021]

Omg amazing speedrun and that cycle kill was 👌. Congratulations man!

[@placeholdermcgavinport5343]

I can only imagine how our boy feels hearing that credits music, getting those feels.

[@ChoosenOneStudios]

Awesome video! Congrats on achieving the dream! :) I hope you hold the record long enough to feel super satisfied with it :)

[@Dan280974]

This is amazing! congradulations

[@cloud9mitchellj509]

Crazy amazing. Grats again man! It got hot fast

[@nathanong87]

came here from summoning salt! amazing speed run

[@mattdavis4056]

Damn dude... congrats!!!!

[@phantorv1210]

absolutely insane

[@rudyburnias3915]

Man playing this game of my youth on switch and kicking my ass.

[@robbyjasper771]

Even my brother and I can't go that fast 2 player. Congratulations man!

[@Misiek131a]

super happy about time! congratz, lets hope we will see a 9:45:xx time in few years beating TAS :D

[@MikeyStreet314]

brother this is legendary stuff !! i know i’m late to the party but sincerely !! GG’s WP!!

[@TupieSan]

GG that run was insane. Middle flame and no jump, wow!

[@СЕРГЕЙ_МАРКОВ_26]

i'm here to say that it was awesome!!!! one of favorite games from my childhood

[@PlanetoftheTapes]

This videos deserves more views, outstanding run man! Keep it up!!

[@princesspumpkinpanty]

why is he wearing a mask?

[@ChucklesMcGee780]

holy shit dude, incredible run, well done

[@diegoespera]

Buenisimo! Felicitaciones.. se sintieron los nervios!

[@meucanaldeshorts7686]

The man is good in contra!! Haha speedrun top!!

[@xaph1]

Offtopic: Can I ask, how do you setup your gear at home to stream your old NES games? Ive been trying to find some answers on Google, but without luck. Maybe do a video on that too? ;) What equipment is needed etc. Ontopic: Really nice WR! Good luck on your further journey

[@Angrylanks]

Yeah no problem. I just use a device called a gv-usb2. It has composite inputs on one end and just plugs into a USB port on my computer. I use a few sets of composite cables and splitters to get the Nes, and crt to run into the gv-usb2. This is also a very affordable capture device, generally at about $30. You could spring for nicer ones if you like, but it serves me well. It’s also in a different language than English, (Korean I believe) but there is a tutorial online for what to click and get it running. Super easy to follow.

[@CountLG]

sick run! you’re amazing at what you do

[@elcolombian2139]

Dude I played this game like crazy and could beat in a single run, My respects on Level 5 6 7 Cannot run through those like that just yet your a freaking Beast.

[@p4piswat833]

My man that's crazy, congrats:3

[@africabytoto4681]

This might be my 5th or 6th time watching this to get the new waterfall skips (I watched *aiqiyou's* tutorial, and the 2nd skip especially is being a pain in the ass to get, I dunno what I'm doing wrong, the skip seem to only work 50% of the time) and I can't help but be amazed by your consistency every single time I watch this. You'll forever be a legend among the speedrun community. Also, thank you for everything you do for the community. From modding the Contra page at speedrun.com to making a full tutorial for speedrunning Contra (for the NES-cathlon way back, remember?). That tutorial was pretty much the sole responsible for me to try speedrunning this game, and I had no idea it could be this fun. Congrats for the 9:48 Lanks. You deserve it. Rooting for you to hit 9:47 someday!

[@Angrylanks]

Africa By Toto Thank you! Very kind of you to say all of that. So that second skip is easy to miss because of the vertical jump where you have to also shoot at the guy in the water. The reason it’s messing up the skip sequence is because the jump to that ledge above is quite a bit higher than most of them. Due to this factor it’s very easy to move to the right too early because you want to shoot that asshole in the water. So what happens is the screen isn’t finished scrolling, and then your movement happens while the screen is just finishing scrolling, rather than after. I’d recommend paying extra close attention to that area, and make sure you don’t move right and shoot, until bill has starting his descent from that jump. The next two jump vertical jumps you’ll also want to keep this in mind, but since the ledges you’re jumping too aren’t as high up, you have a large window on the descent. I hope that can help your consistency in the second skip.

[@africabytoto4681]

​@@Angrylanks Ooohhh, that was it, I just tried it a few times with savestates, and I was moving right too early while the screen was still scrolling up, just like you said! I had a feeling it had something to do with the way I was dealing with the guy in the water, but since it was difficult to shoot him I decided to not shoot him, and instead jump before his bullets and their explosions could hit me. I also tried triggering him then waiting for the bullets to fall beneath the platform I was going to jump to, to avoid getting killed by the explosions, but it loses too much time too early in the run to not try the other methods. And even when I tried not to shoot him, I was still moving right too soon, which messed up the values for the skips. But now I just tried waiting for the right moment after the beginning of the descent of the jump, like you said, and now I'm even able to kill the guy in the water consistently, since waiting that long also helps with my timing on the next jump, which triggers him. Imma practice it a bit more then I'll try to lower my time again. Also, just fiy, the times I killed him and got the skip were the times when I could tell my jump height would be perfectly aligned with the bullets if he had shot them, but most of the times I managed to jump *beneath* his bullets I didn't get the skip, and the screen appeared to have scrolled less than it did at that same jump during the times I got the skip. It seems to be nearly impossible to jump beneath the bullets AND still get the skip, since the main reason I managed to jump beneath the bullets seemed to be because the screen didn't scroll enough. Therefore, if the jump beneath the bullets was easy then the values for the screen to scroll enough for a skip to be made were already messed up. Don't know if this is useful info or even how accurate my perception of this is, just thought it wouldn't hurt to let you know about my experiene with this method. You rock man, thanks for the explanation! Turns out even today I'm still being helped by your tutorials, haha! :)

[@Angrylanks]

Africa By Toto yeah I also noticed some work arounds a with missing the shot. I experimented with those ideas of jumping in certain places instead to try and create a consistent way to take that damn shot out, but in the end it proved too inconsistent as a whole, and I decided the shot should be manageable. Once I understood the positioning, and later movement it wasn’t much of a problem. But there is a ledge if you wait and jump instead that will always cause the three way shot to spilt and explode at a lower point on the screen. So if you wanted to you could stay in that ledge without worrying about the shot, and lose (I’m guesstimating) about a half second. So it would still be faster than the old 2 skip routes. I’d honestly just go with the shot though. It gets more consistent. Which it seems like you’re already saying at this point for yourself.

[@mjsantia4]

Congrats! Nice run!

[@RetroGamerBLR]

Великолепно!

[@sathisingh3378]

I am playing this game too now this guy gave me existential crisis

[@invisiblehand13]

Outstanding! What a RUN! Congrats!

[@oscarcaballeromiranda4585]

Thath boss kill at Energy Zone... superb bro!

[@EL--ShubhamKumar]

You are god of contra! Really op gameplay

[@Daniel_WR_Hart]

7:22 That hitbox

[@KK0opa]

Woah GG man, this is a very good run

[@Crycalo]

I don't know how many times I've come back to this video but it has greatly improved my Contra gameplay. I'm still not that good at spread rhythm but I know I'll get there eventually. Thank you.😀

[@Angrylanks]

Happy to hear it’s helpful to others who want to run the game!

[@AnacondaHL]

What a run! Incredible!

[@axelalex4980]

Wow..almost a full 2 sec. save...amazing..gg amazing Angrylanks!!

[@serioushex3893]

wowee. thats absolutely mental, what a run!

[@Oakshield2]

Your splits have the best names. GG

[@blues05]

Congretusational. You're Winner!

[@mikeytappe]

Congrats!!! 🍾

[@eamonia]

Whoa... I can beat it with the Konami code in about 20 minutes. I thought that was pretty cool. I only lost about 20 or 30 lives too.

[@pimas11]

Wow this is just insane, came here from the summoning salt video

[@Devdevbruh]

The mask makes this run obsolete.

[@aleisterfinch8330]

Confused by the mask in your own home, but hella impressive run

[@Angrylanks]

It was just for advocacy last year when folks were protesting masks.

[@michaeldromes3948]

Just finished watching Summoning Salt only to find out you already broke the 9:50 haha, awesome run, big (late) congratz

[@carloslaroque]

Omg Man, you make this game looks so easy, great run

[@celticstephenhill]

Well done.. I'm still working on finishing the game on one man. I'm pretty sure once I get it, I'll be within a minute of this time though cuz finish every level but the waterfall and energy zone pretty much the same way (minor hesitations). Do you know if the game randomizes enemies?? I swear I can recreate the first few levels identically but get a different shit thrown at me.

[@Angrylanks]

That’s awesome! Stoked to see what your first deathless run will look like. So yeah it’s random in a sense. The best way I can explain it is that all of the inputs you do along the way have an influence on what enemies will appear or how they will behave. Since we’re only human, our movement through any stage (including shooting and jumping) will never be identical on any given playthrough of any stage. So these minor differences actually greatly influence enemy spawns and boss patterns. If you could play like a robot frame perfectly on every input then the patterns would always be the same.

[@celticstephenhill]

​@@Angrylanks I'm now at 4 deathless runs and starting to get my stages 1, 5, 6, 7, & 8 within a few seconds of a legit speed run. I'm positive I'd be like 80-90% success rate on my deathless runs if I wasn't going for speed, but once I accomplished that goal, time is all I cared about. Best guess, I'd be able to run sub 12 if I played another month as much as I just did, but I'm all contra'd out.

[@Angrylanks]

@@celticstephenhill awesome!! It’s so rewarding taking it down deathless. No harm in taking breaks either. You can always come back later on if you get the urge.

[@solaire_of_the_east]

Probably the only guy who can beat this game with three lives.

[@mehmettipir]

Nice speedrun,keep it up bro :)

[@someguyik]

How fast are you pressing the fire button? I tried following your strat for the first level and I can't seem to get close to killing the boss at the end of the stage.

[@Angrylanks]

I press the button at around 12 presses per second on average.

[@noahthefence4047]

Holy shit ggs well done man :)

[@FORTYFPS]

fantastic, congrats

[@nomechanics7776]

that was a very fast one cycle kill at the base, well done bro all respect ✊

[@gabsanacu4669]

I love this game, nice play

[@bwilder46]

Best player I've ever seen at contra and you're wearing a mask while you play...

[@MartinozYT]

Congratulations :)

[@JFKHaircut]

3:50 "yo whats good chupacabra"

[@Angrylanks]

The beauty of no context username call outs

[@Zanacy]

Amazing! Congrats! :)

[@ХалилАхматов-м2м]

Шикарный спидран!

[@sherriffgamer1754]

Damn this man replies on every comment💀