The History of Contra World Records

[@chriro0960]

_* hears Matt Turk is involved *_ Oh so they're bringing back season one characters

[@PhoenixJG]

Hope they bring him back for the 3rd instalment.

[@Jacksonshroy]

More legends than just Matt Turk tho, such as Zalard

[@Pepper_Pip]

Matt Turk is honestly a legend

[@th1v5]

Matt Turk is pretty cool, I liked his punch out record breaking video

[@th1v5]

@@Jacksonshroy yea

[@--jefree--]

All he had to say was Matt Turk and everyone flipped their shit.

[@r2dezki]

I dunno, I flipped my shit when he mentioned TMR.

[@breakfasttime8301]

Yea mee I got chills😂

[@elpiedra1596]

Like fr I was thinking: 'Matt Turk, it has to be him'

[@mikhailvarkovsky4150]

My reaction literally was "Matto Taaku desu ka!?"

[@robert23456789]

if we put matt turk as the super bad ass in full metal alchemist brother hood there all like yes we win we did it and MATT TURK GOS AM BACK and there oh my god oh my god were going to get fucked up

[@willo90li]

I swear, hearing Matt Turks name had the same impact as a detective show revealing the main bad guy.

[@DrGandW]

Man’s name inspires Voldemort levels of awed dread

[@swimmingdrop9557]

Yo it did tho

[@AlexanderMartinez-kd7cz]

*detective conan theme plays*

[@ebolarat]

danganronpa: new world order plays

[@dbeast03]

Well, on this channel, he's got the same amount of street cred as AndrewG, I definitely get the connection

[@hoozoohleague8264]

Matt Turk out there, holding every record before the internet was of any help (forums, that's about it) and streaming full time wasn't even a job yet. What a legend

[@JK-gm6kk]

Seriously. Dude had to likely have a day job. Just doing it for fun

[@Zamu273]

The amazing part is the lack of help, he was playing on an entirely different playing field from anyone today

[@JK-gm6kk]

@@Zamu273 brings me back to looking for cheats in the back of game pro magazines

[@desmondgovender3142]

Yes but you also got to understand that the level of competiton improved with time..in todays competitive gaming..some of these legends might just be labelled ordinary.

[@hoozoohleague8264]

@@desmondgovender3142some of his records withheld the test of time for so long. That's what's crazy

[@Cybrtronlazr]

When my dad was a teen this game came out. He was really good at this game, probably his favorite, constantly beating the game in one sitting with his best bud at the arcade, including not just the first, but Contra 2 and 3 as well. He sat down and watched this video with me and it brought back so many memories and he was dumbfounded by all the strats and tactics and the amount of mechanical skill and execution required. Thanks for making this video.

[@lh9591]

Cybertronlaser I hope he gets the WR

[@dom85ross]

Love that

[@SwiddyDiddy]

And his name....is Matt Turk. Haha!

[@wannabecinnabon]

Contra 3 was never an arcade game tho

[@Cybrtronlazr]

@@wannabecinnabon idk his memories fuzzy, i had a famiclone when i was a kid and i think contra 3 ripoff was in there somewhere so he might have gotten confused.

[@DWViking4]

I find it hilarious that after getting the records the runners are like "Yes goodbye Contra I can stop playing this god damn game" lol

[@E.B711]

yeah, cuz who really enjoys playing contra?

[@modest1989]

I don't think I've beat super c to this day. I grew up playing it every time I went to my grandma's but far as I remember I got maybe 3-4 levels in max hah but I loved it back then. Falling out of that helicopter at the start was so sick to me as a kid

[@PhiAce_0]

“Goodbye contra i won’t play you again” _1 year later_ SIKE im back at it again

[@chiblast100x]

With certain games you kinda hit a point where fun falls off and pure obsession takes over. Contra and Ninja Gaiden were both series made of that type of game.

[@Tovvvija]

@@E.B711 Well... if you just play it, then you do. If you try to beat the fucking world record... that's a different kind of matter...

[@acrawford01]

Matt is literally the default mii who holds all the records before anyone else

[@Zxv975]

Looooooool

[@PhiAce_0]

Matt from wii sports irl

[@username.subject.to.change]

@Multi WOAH

[@obnoxas]

@Multi Wait, really?

[@thisisacallforhelp3484]

“And the runner... was Matt Turk.” *When the final boss kicks your ass during the first chapter.*

[@isthatzo7703]

My favorite summoning salt trope is Runner: "this run is probably going to stand for a while" *date very close to this run appears on screen*

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

make a drinking game outta this

[@Joris2627]

home- we're finally landing starts playing, and you know shit is about to go down

[@MC-zr7hl]

@@aloysiuskurnia7643 one shot per day the run stood? Lol

[@SpecialJess2]

This run is amazing and they didn't think they could get better Still 40 minutes left

[@efrainrodarte6395]

... And then...

[@Kyle_Schaff]

I like how Summoning Salt has developed a speedrunner’s character universe of names I just recognize like Matt Turk, Abney317, and AndrewG

[@georgelloydgonzalez]

Summoning Salt Cinematic Universe

[@Dan-ji4db]

And zallard1

[@pacey_808]

They developed it, he just tells the story.

[@drewshine627]

I was gonna say zallard too

[@Sl-by1ss]

Ye lol

[@Jgt612]

“And the runner... Was Matt Turk” I’d just like you to know that, out loud, I’ve just turned and gasped at my monitor. I didn’t even know who he was until yesterday and now he’s the boogeyman

[@Mothbean]

I legitimately let out a shocked "No..." when I heard his name

[@AhnafAbdullah]

Who is Matt Turk and why is everyone in the comments section making such a big deal out of him

[@MSword23TaKa]

@@AhnafAbdullah SummoningSalt says who he is in this same video. He was like, the ultimate Punch Out player, holding the record of every fighter during soooo long time that all Punch Out community (practically) needed to focus ALL their efforts to dethrone him (a feat that was like... 5 or more years -I can't recall it properly RN-)

[@joshiboy9157]

@@AhnafAbdullah watch his video, “the quest to beat Matt Turk”

[@TurkeyFry11]

@@AhnafAbdullah watch summoning salts video on the quest to beat Matt Turk and youll fully understand.

[@honestinsincerity2270]

FYI Angrylanks did end up getting his sub 9:50 with the record currently sitting at 9:48 and change. That man is as dedicated to Contra as Summoning Salt is to making quality content.

[@brewchowski6445]

And now it’s 9:47 with a completely new player’s WR. Insane that they keep pushing it lower

[@stekenney]

Not me stupidly clicking the time stamp thinking it would lead to the WR video...

[@jacobnussbaum2309]

SS has such a great sense of narrative. He really sets up the rules of the world in the first act well and is constantly raising the stakes and subverting expectations. He clearly communicates what makes each moment special by explaining the mechanisms involved without getting bogged down by the details that alienate casual viewers. This slow methodically paced video nearly an hour-long outlining the history of a videogame has me constantly on the edge of my seat with anticipation about what's going to happen next. Incredible documentary work. This series should really get picked up by a network or stream platform.

[@andreleclerc7231]

Long time watcher have been trained to assume that if he says "Clearly getting a sub-10 wasn't realistic" that it's going to happen before video end. :P

[@MrXabungle]

He should submit these to Netflix. It would be a great companion to High Score.

[@smashinghappydays]

thats a truer and a half

[@wizardsmix7961]

The problem is that networks will often force a narrative. I think we should just sit back and enjoy the fact that someone like SS exists, pushing to have this infected by some shitty network feels like a step in the wrong direction

[@carlosserrano221]

I know right. This guy is amazing

[@DaBloons1]

Me at the beginning : why am I watching this I don’t even play contra Me at the end: HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY GET A 1 CYCLE KILL

[@abrahammatelich7807]

Literally what I did

[@Jredripper]

So fucking true man

[@jackkingsby116]

thats how I felt about his Ninja Gaiden video

[@FelCamisa10]

COME TO BRAZIL

[@michael2305]

exactly.

[@MalcBox]

I feel like Matt Turk isn't even a person, just a construct of speedrunning created to beat world records.

[@ivancillo8797]

He taps into the Speedforce

[@BaneKeldare]

He's the Alan Smithee of speedruns.

[@Icysnowman256]

Bro that’s like that TAS guy, has the WR in so many different games. Absolute legends, whoever those group of people are /s

[@kingofcrap4414]

@@Icysnowman256 Who's the better speedrunner, Matt Turk or TAS? Nobody knows...

[@GamingDreamer]

Matt Turk is Thanos

[@NateTheOhioan]

Matt Turk is just that one friend that comes over and casually beats all your records when you are just starting the game so you have to slowly beat them all yourself

[@jadenpadin4707]

Then come backs and does it again but with even better times

[@Phil.Anthropy]

​@@jadenpadin4707sandbags the first round to have fun with you later? Yeah... that's Abeny and MTurk all day long

[@bicepsexplosion7308]

bro I could not beleive matt turk made an appearance in the contra history Holy shit

[@wetl7763]

oh cool a summoning salt vid on contr- "That runner was matt turk" _W_ _H_ _A_ _T_

[@OldManHan]

I literally yelped out loud when I heard that, no joke.

[@macGabriel100]

@chubbyurma always has been

[@TheOmildlyOinformed]

@chubbyurma It always has been

[@Egg-kt3qf]

I pretty much screamed

[@PhiAce_0]

Matt Turk: now this looks like a job for me

[@anonnymousperson]

Summoning Salt: Posts this video. Angrylanks: Beats his own record two days later (9m 50s 516ms). Edit: Angrylanks: Beats his new own record a week later (9m 48s 650ms). Stop making me update this Angrylanks.

[@kyoopihd]

Came here to mention this!

[@PhoenixJG]

Hope someone can get a sub 50, a 49 would be amazing!

[@thedood7859]

Yes lmao

[@wateriswet0510]

Update from the future, Lanks got the sub 9:50, a 9:48, he's never seen a 49 and he never fucking will

[@PhiAce_0]

Water is wet 05 wait what? He is a fucking legend, skipped 49

[@Jthomo0097]

Salt: "A time less than 10 minutes was simply unrealistic" Me: *sees half a video remaining* 🤨🤨🤨

[@modest1989]

Yo I kept checking the video time because I was driving home from work listening and I kept tripping out how much time was left after checking a few times. Shits great

[@GSRDoug]

the bait and swiiiiiitch

[@Jthomo0097]

@@modest1989 hahaha I was getting ready for my morning shift and tryna squeeze a 50 minute video in

[@dazey856]

I really enjoy how long the videos are and how much effort is put it this some quality content that’s not just being rushed out... really represents the speed running community well

[@mystcat3]

He meant speedrun time stupid

[@normalperson4sure]

My absolute favourite thing is every speedrunner yelling “I can quit Contra now!” as soon as they get the WR

[@TorrentialStardust]

And then some just didn't!

[@sarcasmenul]

I said this when I encountered the bullshit this game shipped out with

[@amarissimus29]

That was every kid's shout back in the day. But it was as soon as they threw the controller at the screen for the tenth time and their mother yanked the NES off the TV and hid it for a week. That was the acceptable way to complete the game for a long, long time.

[@Wapfgaming]

My favorite thing is that they're always recording with a cactus instead of a mic lmao

[@Technodog]

Matt Turk when he picks up literally any game: *Why is this game so short...*

[@PhiAce_0]

Just like darbian

[@mapleham5633]

Technodog when he watches literally any video: Why is this video so short...

[@COAllAces]

It's short because it's really damn Hard

[@machomanalexyt5736]

@@COAllAces Back when there were only Arcades, games were made to be hard to suck out quarters. When games were brought to home, they were made to be hard because of hardware limitations not allowing massive amounts of content on one cartridge.

[@Exarian]

"this game is so short, also I've put more time into it than you put into high school."

[@cudgle1633]

"And the runner... ...was Matt Turk." *spits out drink*

[@sirsnausages2164]

Didnt expect to see you here.

[@D-DUBZTHE-BOSS-]

dont get turked lol

[@TheVolvo74091]

This comment is brilliant.

[@rambo6699]

I had a mouth full of raman noodles when he said his name and about did just that.

[@carterdutko]

I used to watch your custom amiibo videos like a 2 years ago

[@pokewill3]

Matt Turk is like the mentor that eventually gets surpassed by the protagonist

[@Twistedsackboy]

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[@Just_normal_youtube_channel]

The Boss

[@Khalith]

“Soldier! You must go and stop this alien invasion!” “Alright give me like… 10 minutes.”

[@JK-gm6kk]

Instant e-9 promotion. I'd say commission but I'd imagine "he works for a gd living"

[@Lykoskia]

9 minutes and 48 seconds :P

[@TheRobD4200]

​​​@@JK-gm6kk All I can hear is Sgt Dornan from Fallout 2 "I AM NOT A 'SIR'! I WORK FOR A LIVING YOU *M O O O R O O O N* "

[@logspa]

this guy could literally talk about the history of paint drying and i would listen to every second of it

[@krispoelmans8879]

LMAO!! summoning salt is so good!!

[@opal6184]

The TAS of that would be a leaf blower

[@covereye5731]

For years, runners have been using the blackest paint as it was believed to dry the fastest. But in March of 2014, runner Bob, discovered he could shave just seconds of the record, by using a brown color with a higher manganese rate. Armed with this new tactic, all he needed was good weather rng and paint drying would be changed forever.

[@logspa]

XD

[@dakotaapplebee6503]

Speed running paint drying would be fucking HYPE and I'm not even being sarcastic.

[@christendombaffler]

"Ladies and gentlemen... Matt Turk was back." More horrifying words have never been spoken.

[@sx1]

I WAS GOING TO COMMENT THIS LOL

[@maxcrss2845]

*beautiful

[@DunkeyIsBlack]

what? This is such a stupid comment.

[@sx1]

Dunkey Is Black it’s 562 vs 1 LOL

[@DunkeyIsBlack]

@@sx1 There's a lot of stupid people, you're exhibit A

[@greglucas7735]

"You only have about a 5% chance to not die, but it saves 1 second vs the record" that's when you know the optimization is getting real

[@aaronoconnor4803]

A 5% chance of beating the record, and that's provided you dont mess up anywhere else. Goddamn.

[@Samuel-xs2yv]

Holy crap! When I was in the Army one of my NCOs got a nintendo with one game: Contra. We started playing to pass the time at lunch or on slow days. The competition started innocently enough, with who could beat the game first. Well eventually we both did. Then it became who could beat it with the most lives left. And eventually it became who could beat it the fastest. Well long story short, we were both crazy competitive and over the course of a year went from 30 minute speedruns to grinding down to the 11s or so. By the time we had to split up due to new assignments, we ended up both securing speedruns in the top 75 (at the time)! This video brought me right back to that point. Jeeze what a nostalgia trip. Thank you and great video! Btw Hangar killed SO many runs. Those damn random claws wrecked us constantly!

[@guiguipop3658]

Getting top 75 with what I assume is limited access to other speedrunner’s insight is very impressive!

[@setrisd9191]

When I heard Matt Turk I literally shot out of my chair, what hasn't this man done

[@hipote12]

6am ...just woke up...summoning salt notification...2.20 minutes later "and the runner was matt turk".

[@sonata7204]

Gone outside

[@setrisd9191]

@@sonata7204 lmaoo

[@nogoat]

I don't know why, but my gut feeling is that his return is near.

[@The8BitNerd]

He is a NES legend

[@Atticus113]

The brilliance of Summoning Salt is making you care about game specific mechanics that you didn't have a clue existed, but 30mins in and you're going "OMG HE ALSO GOT THE MIDDLE FLAME CYCLE"

[@DAwesomeness55]

Lol it’s like a tv show that you didn’t expect to be into, but after ten minutes you’re just so invested.

[@Bwhited2399]

I audibly gasped when he uttered the words "1 cycle kill" even though I haven't played Contra in well over fifteen years and have never followed speedrunning outside of these videos.

[@Val.Kyrie.]

Yes.

[@nunyadamnbidness2531]

i don't think i ever beat contra level 1. to be fair i was an infant when i played it but still.

[@davidthecommenter]

Before Summoning Salt Video: man what is going on After Summoning Salt Video: HE GOT ONLY ONE CYCLE??? HOW THE FUCK??,

[@televisedcomet]

Dude I just want a “history of Matt Turk” video now

[@Gorm70]

Just watch the history of Punch-Out!!

[@iceee420]

Matt turk is a monster

[@mariogamergod1750]

Well there is a quest to beat Matt Turk

[@televisedcomet]

@@mariogamergod1750 Ik. Good video with the amazing flex at the end by summoning salt. If salt ever ran out of topics he could just go through the history of Matt Turk and his accomplishments.

[@chunchunmaru5250]

Hello Aqua you are useless

[@chazzeo]

I'm nobody in the whole speedrun community, but DK's lvl 1 skip is believed to be a hardware issue that caused the skip, right? I'm sure DK makes hundreds of runs in a sitting, so I'm wondering if the NES overheating caused the skip? There's speedrunners running Dragon Quest 1 that use hotplates to maintain a precise temp that can consistently trigger glitches, so I kinda wonder if such method could ever be used to reproduce the Contra lvl 1 skip. What do you guys think? 🤔

[@drissdouiri7840]

Yeah I read that manipulating the température could help to control some precise subvalues ( it has something to with electricity and the hardware I don't Know much about it) so maybe it could help to get the glitch more frequently

[@chazzeo]

@@DaringDramis well, it would be controversial maybe using a hotplate(though they do use those in some DQ speedruns), but an NES console can in theory be played to a point it reaches hot temps naturally, so by controlling the temp of the console would be no different than playing in a heated or air conditioned room. Mario Kart 64 speedeunners regularly use worn down controllers to be able to perform the quick boosts you can trigger from inputting left and right directions simultaneously, so I wonder if such logic may allow temp glitches in the future. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DaringDramis]

@@chazzeo I want the material to be in perfect shape, as intended by makers, either from the computer and the controllers, in normal Earth temperature (15 degrees C). When I turn left, it turns left, and when I turn right, it turns right, and nothing more. I want from the material to respond for what I've asked for. So many NES games, only with a cross-shaped controller, fulfilled all of that. Turning left and right at the same time is maybe possible with worn electronic material, but with a trusty steering wheel, it's not possible at all. The analog joystick was designed to replicate the experience of driving, and should be observed... In my humble opinion. But I'm not against alternatives! But in a directed way that must be obvious to everybody, regardless the temperature.

[@chazzeo]

@@DaringDramis many feel that same way, and that's why the glitchless categories exist seperate of glitch/exploit runs. Spread speed-rhythm strats and base level boss vulnerability strats both lean pretty heavily into being exploits. Contra has a long way to go if some glitches are ever found, and the lvl 1 skip is a very promising prospect for runners who decide to start attempting glitch runs.

[@TheSpicyLeg]

@@chazzeo As I understand it, glitches from mistakes by the programmers (such as Mario 64 star doors) are acceptable in speed runs, but not glitches from an external source. This makes for an interesting problem: is a hardware glitch a violation? NES is notoriously susceptible to heat-related issues. Obviously, a hot plate could be construed as an external source of a glitch, but a player could theoretically just increase the ambient temperature in the room until the glitch becomes reliably exploitable. Quite a conundrum.

[@aceyspud551]

“And the runner... was Matt Turk” “Warning - The Slayer has entered the facility”

[@charteon9092]

Or do you mean Buffy the vampire slayer??? (I know you don’t, but that would be great.

[@earthclad6833]

@@charteon9092 doom eternal

[@davidthecommenter]

somadman JOHN CENA

[@TheTauntalus]

Matt Turk is like the Sasquatch of Speedrunning, he shows up, blows everybody's minds, and disappears back into the ether.

[@thiccycheeser5866]

no

[@L0calLEGEND]

@@thiccycheeser5866 But actually yes.

[@leggomyeggo5773]

scp foundation: we dont speak of him

[@joshuasalem5022]

And we still don’t even know things like: What does he look like? How old is he? Where is he from? He’s like this wise guru who sits upon a mountaintop that few people dare to visit

[@nmphotog]

Literally every Summoning Salt video: The Matt Turk Story.

[@koopling2762]

*Hears the word Matt Turk* “Wait why do I hear boss music?”

[@taptiotrevizo9415]

That reveal shook me with goosebumps

[@dbeast03]

Trust me, we know why Turk gets boss music, he deserves it

[@MolecularMachine]

And the boss music is chill electro beats.

[@Polarfaust]

Because he's already at the final boss

[@bigsaft8100]

Me in my mid twenties having never heard of contra and the console being released 15 years before I was born ‘there’s no fucking way that guy bled 4 seconds on the no leap of faith jump, unbelievable’

[@FacialVomitTurtleFights]

Relatable xD

[@ajpadgett8825]

I ain’t even a gamer. I’ve never played a second of contra, but this guy makes it interesting to me. This might be the best channel on KZbin.

[@danielduhrito1068]

Might?

[@koopakape]

As someone who grew up with this game and almost every other one this channel has covered, it brings joy to me to know they're helping them reach an audience that otherwise would've never found them. It's weirdly gratifying to increase the number of people I can say "hey, look at this cool stuff I grew up with" to.

[@tadhg3]

Word

[@Gorgon2390]

then subscribe to this guy only 200 thousand till one million

[@ajpadgett8825]

Ink Sans don’t sweat it bro, the button has been pressed

[@d0mino773]

Summoning Salt: “And the runner... was Matt Turk.” _”Somehow Palpatine has returned.”_

[@lukasnoecker9873]

【d0mino】 I lost my shit when he showed uo

[@goldenwolf2462]

I just heard him say his name I’m shocked

[@kame2276]

The had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@melskunk]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@widegap2630]

I honestly thought the same thing

[@imatrainperson1195]

“And the runner, was Matt Turk.” The Return of the King.

[@imatrainperson1195]

Oh yeah true

[@mystcat3]

Meh

[@mykal2803]

Matt Turk has been cemented in my mind as a legend, all because of the videos covering him. I wonder if he know his accomplishments would actually mean so much to so many but years later.

[@TheVolvo74091]

I feel the same Myk Al. Loving this comment

[@PhiAce_0]

“The runner was Matt Turk” Excuse me what the-

[@iLoveSilkroad]

I gasped when he said his name. What a legend.

[@DrakeyC]

I love how often history repeats in world records. "It's too risky to be reliable" - someone will lower the record to a point you have no choice "It's pretty much random" - someone will figure out it isn't "This record will stand forever" - no it won't "This is theoretically possible but very difficult" - someone will find a way

[@fluxfist6920]

Every... dam... time

[@jjbarajas5341]

I love when a risky method is avoided in favor of a safer setup until pretty much everything after the risky part has been optimized and the only real way is to go back to risky run-ending method.

[@masterman1001]

Speedruns.. uh.. find a way.

[@paulj6805]

@@masterman1001"Speedruns... find a way" -Jeff Goldblum

[@lucasjohnstone6419]

Hahahaha

[@mattson4552]

speedrunning old games: exists matt turk: *i am speed*

[@Beastly477]

Underrated comment

[@excalibur2038]

"What games do you speedrun?" Matt turk: "yes"

[@alexkroeger1]

I swear, Summoning Salt is going to reveal one day that Matt Turk is his father or something

[@takigan]

Right? It feels like there's this weird connection between them that just can't quite be explained.

[@doublejesusful]

@@takigan I mean SS was/is a mike tysons punch out runner and Matt Turk was one of the few people in gaming history I've ever seen just have his word taken about his speedrun times by just explaining what he did in text. The dude made himself the speedrun endboss for every fight in a game with mostly just text. He was definitely ahead of his time and I wouldn't be surprised if SS looks up to him or saw him as an inspiration or something to that tune. I think there's a touch reverence when SS talks about Matt Turk and because he's such a wonderful storyteller he passes on those feelings to us.

[@chrism45]

Matt Turk was playing in mid to late 2000s it's not that long ago he's in his 30s probably.

[@chawneecoleman310]

Maybe they are the same person?! Has anyone seen them in the same room together? o_O

[@Human-gu2cx]

Chawnee Coleman has anyone actually seen Turk, maybe he’s an ai

[@thizlam4810]

When summoning salt uploads, you stop whatever you’re doing.

[@haydena5567]

facts

[@jonnypapaw7875]

Lol see the notification and I’m done with what I’m doing it’s summoning salt time

[@thereallegendarytrip7888]

I can agree

[@mage4242]

Literally just called my break at work early to watch, so it checks out

[@pimper7000]

Deadass just stopped another video to watch this.

[@user-ls4mi1ib7s]

50 minute video and u think I’m going to watch it??? Absolutely right

[@th1v5]

Like the quest to beat Matt turk

[@rrrigbyyy]

I didn’t even realise it was 50 minutes

[@dbeast03]

TMR is still one of the best in the business, damn impressive he's one of only a handful of speedrunners that manages to stick around, well, around 10 years at absolute top level in at least one game at any time

[@gamingdragon2361]

“And that runner, was Matt Turk” Top 10 anime plot twists

[@PeterTeal77]

All top 10 anime plot twists are name reveals in summoning salt videos. Still recovering from the Punch Out kaiser souze moment.

[@webbowser8834]

Of course it's Matt Turk, it's always Matt Turk! I literally said those exact words

[@videouploadbot6641]

69. Niceachu 21. Black Boi 7. Slot Machine 1. The Z7

[@xMogek]

“Ah, a summoning salt vid to fall asleep to, ive never really cared about Contra” Salt: “Matt Turk” Me: “I’m listening”

[@crocodiledowny2191]

Can’t fall asleep to this because of the Mexican guy screaming

[@brodericksiz625]

I actually don't care about any game that summoning salt covers, but somehow he always finds a way to entrance me

[@kirbzcitkatz6741]

Salt: "Matt Turk" Me: "You had my interest, but now you have my attention."

[@aidenzorn8322]

Contra: i sleep Matt Turk: real shit

[@GodZefir]

I fell asleep watching KZbin the other night and actually woke up when the Punch Out video started playing. You cannot ignore Matt Turk.

[@TheMine2001]

Episode 32: Contra Tracklist: 1. 0:00 HOME: We’re Finally Landing 2. 2:21 Patricia Taxxon: Retrograde 3. 5:00 TheOfficialLobst: Interdimensional 4. 7:02 HOME: Carrier Wave 5. 8:09 Prism Age: Plural 6. 10:04 HOME: Flood 7. 12:29 Nicholas Webster Simoneaux: Snacker’s Anthem (Remix) 8. 14:32 TheOfficialLobst: Cosmos 9. 15:58 Henrik Jonsson: Intergalactic Voyage 10. 18:49 Mini: Night Cruise 11. 21:24 C418: Beton 12. 23:10 Luminist: Plastic Sea 13. 24:47 Henrik Jonsson - December Daze 14. 26:58 HOME: Receiver 15. 28:39 HOME: 4 16. 31:08 Patricia Taxxon: Wavetable 17. 34:21 Patricia Taxxon: Cicada 2 18. 35:19 TheOfficialLobst: Cosmos 19. 37:39 TheOfficialLobst: Flare 20. 38:48 HOME: Headcase 21. 39:27 Patricia Taxxon: Soaring 22. 40:58 Patricia Taxxon: Cicada 2 23. 42:07 Henrik Jonsson: December Daze 24. 43:25 Henrik Jonsson: Mystical Digital 25. 45:59 HOME: 17 26. 47:49 Patricia Taxxon: Soaring 27. 49:41 HOME: We’re Finally Landing

[@davidthecommenter]

thanks for the music list bro

[@flamesabre07]

He is the Messiah.

[@want-diversecontent3887]

Home has 2 songs whose titles are just numbers?

[@fritz0vall425]

Yoo thanks

[@TheMine2001]

@@davidthecommenter no problem dude

[@endymallorn]

While I know it's out of context, this statement as quoted is powerful, and explains why I care about speedrunning. "This run will stand forever, unless you decide to beat it." It doesn't matter who it was addressed to. There is always more skill. There is always more talent. Every run ever stands forever - unless **you** decide to beat it. Speedrunning allows us to all stand up and refuse to go gently into that good night. We will not go out with a whimper, but with the loudest bang ever made.

[@TiredHighProductions]

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not

[@Zoruachi]

I think we all collectively said “oh shit no way” the moment Matt Turks name was mentioned

[@silentlamb21]

"thats not true!!!??? THATS IMPOSSIBLE!!!"

[@rogehmarbi]

I had to triple check twice when he said that, I couldn't believe my eyes and ears

[@BeowulfNorther]

haha i just love the mexican dude screaming out 'fuck your mother' every time he wins hahaha but yeah turk seems to just be ubiquitous with speed runs id just feel like youd be kind of pessimistic in this scene since people spend months getting a time only for it to be beaten 5 minutes later, but this one seems to be an exception

[@seanmurry6903]

I find myself kinda expecting him to pop up in the history of certain titles. NES -SNES records specifically, I almost figure he'll be on the record track at some point between 2002 and now for virtually every game. Kinda like OatsnGoats too for Metroid, etc.

[@poker454]

Billy Mitchell: "I had to lie and cheat to be considered good at a single arcade game." Matt Turk: "I held the speed running record for basically the entire NES."

[@The_Mad_Regent]

The Virgin Billy Mitchell vs. The Chad Matt Turk

[@demkikun7783]

oh damn did he really?

[@demkikun7783]

@Fen Vulpeus I already watched it like months ago now hahaha I'm genuinely curious what other games he speedran!

[@wateriswet0510]

@@demkikun7783 Aside from Punch-Out and Contra, as Salt has discussed, Matt Turk also held the tied smb1 record back in the Twin Galaxies days with a 5:07, that's about it for his speedrunning accomplishments

[@lolashelby]

P7pp6pu6pp7ipp7pp6p67p6p7upuppp5p7up77p6ppu7ppppupp6ppuuuppu6pui7ppp77p7p7pipo7p77732372222223

[@carsausage]

SummoningSalt: *releases a 50-minute video on Contra* Me, who has never played a minute of Contra: oh hell yeah put this shit in my veins

[@jacobhouser7672]

Time to learn how to obliterate a game I will never play and give summoningsalt all my ad revenue

[@genericandre9159]

His old smb video is what put me on speed running and now I watch a lot of streamers on KZbin and shit... just crazy. I’m 30 years old and SummoningSalt is such a huge reason my interests are what they are.

[@redpanada7211]

@@jacobhouser7672 pretty much but I remember contra from xbl and beat it on one credit so I understand how hard this is.

[@chickin7461]

Lol this is so accurate XD

[@MeesterTweester]

He could make a video on any game and I'd watch it

[@jaeusa160]

"And the runner..." "...was Matt Turk." [cue epic anime music with ominous latin chanting]

[@Zyborggian]

DORIME

[@legoupil1819]

One winged angel n

[@alstoyle]

*Akatsuki theme*

[@gigi-bl5yu]

*CANTATA ORBIS*

[@quiet451]

Every Summoning Salt video: "It was considered the greatest speedrun of all time. It was considered impossible to beat"

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

Underrated comment

[@MikeyD8716]

He is speaking truth though.

[@whoknows8264]

I read that in the voice of the French narrator from SpongeBob

[@frankreyes6784]

And everytime I'm like "What! Insane. Amazing."

[@MichaelHeller]

It gets me every time. SS: "10 minutes was impossible." Me: *checking the timecode to see there's still 45 minutes left in the video* Then comes the string of: "That was a record that seemed like it would stand for years.... 4 months later...."

[@gregergreg]

"I like to play video games." -Matt Turk, probably

[@augusthofherr8990]

He doesn’t “play” he wins

[@roccopecori8446]

He probably doesn't so when he play he try to make it fast

[@spencerrogers1103]

“I HAVE to play video games”

[@kirbzcitkatz6741]

"I like to play video games." -The Mexican Runner probably

[@samshapira8295]

"I don't like losing."

[@Ivoravoid]

"... and that runner's name was..." 'Oh, it's probably gonna be Scott Kessler or Tom Vadava or somethi-' "Matt Turk." 'w h a t'

[@jpetras16]

literally who

[@DanielGonzalezL]

Ikr? I was like HOLY SHIT WHAT A CROSSOVER

[@davidvelazquez5460]

🤯

[@daxmoney5011]

IcedVenom Nightcore Scott Kessler was a guy who did SMB1 speedruns in 2004

[@wateriswet0510]

@@daxmoney5011 Also held more than 10 world records in various other games lol

[@peterbruno657]

I remember when it was widely believed that beating contra without doing the 30 lives code was impossible.

[@trinitysun9856]

Yeah, contra really needed 30 lives to be a blast. But... now that I think about it, speedruns are 30 live codes, if inputted correctly. Gets you through it all looking like a breeze.

[@woody9278]

SummoningSalt: *says Matt Turk’s name* Everyone: “the king has returned”

[@caritahearts2405]

In fact, he was there all along, from the very beginning

[@shukwan9592]

Spooked

[@ericdanielsbenavidez5867]

Lol SAME here i was like no not him any one but him..no no not cool..lol he's too good.

[@atreestump]

Me:"oh this just got interesting"

[@DanielSilva-to8fo]

Dude.... Matt Turk is like the OG gamer/speedruner that you would believe back on the 2000's was so good, he was able to unlock Luigi on SM64 or beat up the Light Temple on OoT xD

[@papersonic9941]

he and Scott Kessler

[@wateriswet0510]

Yeah, Turk was also tied for 2nd place on the Twin Galaxies Super Mario Bros. leaderboard as well, he was way more than just a punch-out runner

[@basicallyme8205]

Paper Sonic And Hotarubi

[@hemangchauhan2864]

"we are finally landing" just sets the stage for me.

[@firetruck23cole61]

Oh it really does

[@Maaar10Avali]

That, as well as 4

[@readmore8974]

Yup! Somehow it feels nostalgic even though I haven't watched Salt's videos for all that long. Something about the song just does that

[@onceacarnowaking539]

Not early but not too late

[@Gotonis]

These days whenever I rewatch Summoning Salt stuff I can never tell whether "and his name was Matt Turk" is serious.

[@DanielUnlimited7958]

YES THE INTRO IS BACK

[@Senpaiaproves]

The intro...

[@thefrogchamp600]

Do you know the name of that music

[@Senpaiaproves]

It's absolutely necessary

[@piboi]

@@thefrogchamp600 We're Finally Landing - Home

[@elijahnoid]

We’re Finally Landing - Home

[@waveyTV]

Summoning Salt is Home, we're finally landing on 2020...

[@jorgef005]

This is the turning point for 2020

[@patronsaintnosebleed]

Nice references

[@Detectiveshonks]

This takes my evening

[@drewsmith3673]

That's a reference I can relate to.

[@nameforcomments4092]

When he says "Matt Turk" 1/5th of the way into the video, you know the rest is mostly going to be people contending for frames.

[@detrilogue3174]

It's an NES game, they're almost always contending for frames.

[@nameforcomments4092]

@@detrilogue3174 Yeah I guess so on anything with decent popularity. I wonder what ratio of modern games will ever get to that point.

[@zibberebbiz]

I was waiting for "unknown to everyone, Hotarubi had actually gotten a 9:42 in 2004"

[@MC360s]

Never thought I would hear “Matt Turk” again

[@bebeoiseau2471]

Absolute god

[@indigo_wyvern]

"And the player was... Matt Turk" Woah, this is starting to feel like an anime. Gotta stay tuned for the next episode!

[@thevideogamemadman5047]

... Of DRAGON BALL Z

[@kaoko111]

26:01 for those who doesn't speak spanish, TMR is saying "nothing is wrong, this is completly ok, i'll do better, that boss was nice"

[@CorporalAdrianShephard]

The funniest part was SS saying “Which made TMR a LITTLE ANGRY” then I heard TMR and proceeded to rofl

[@Conkreet908]

@@CorporalAdrianShephard I was like "This is me when I drop my lunch" lmao

[@tinycervid7679]

I'm a spanish speaker and can confirm, it was a very calm and polite remark, it's just his accent made it sound aggressive

[@kaoko111]

@@CorporalAdrianShephard Actually that was accurate. Here in Mexico, thats a LITTLE angry

[@alansmithee419]

@@kaoko111 do buildings crumble when you rage?

[@DisappointedDog]

2:18 "And the runner was Matt Turk" I think every speedrun video should include this line. Lol

[@jcabben]

*Sees Matt Turk as a contributor for the video* Me: Aww, that's so nice! He's helping SS with videos from other games. *Fast-forward to **2:26* WAIT WHAT Edit: It gets better

[@gamerkaue88]

"I wonder what will be the longest standing record in this one" >first WR is Matt Turk "ohno"

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

The speedrunning mercenary legend himself!

[@VivaFrei]

What’s amazing is that I watched this full documentary, and I instantaneously got twice as good a Contra, and finished it on the original three lives in 15 minutes and 44 seconds.

[@flycrack7686]

great to see you here mr. Freiheit :)

[@zitools]

i never knew there was an end to contra. can i sue them?

[@seananderson5334]

I love your videos, brother! Didn't expect to see you here. I take the bar exam in a couple of weeks!

[@cornpop5898]

Frei watches Summoning Salt?!?! it makes sense. Frei has good taste.

[@Caidren]

@@seananderson5334 how did your bar exam go?

[@solomon_seraphim]

Please never stop making these. Also you are a LITERAL GOD for listing the songs you use in your videos. The music selection is absolute chef's kiss.

[@LAR768]

I'd love a documentary on Matt Turk. he's such an enigma, he fascinates me!

[@CptJumper]

100%

[@clockworkconcatenation375]

I can support this

[@JJCG4MES]

Yes we need this, we also need one for Tom votova and AndrewG

[@somethingfunnylolyt3241]

There is

[@LAR768]

@@somethingfunnylolyt3241 oh legendary, who by?

[@orangejoe2147]

When you see that seven seconds were taken off a near perfect time, but you’re only 15 minutes into the video

[@alexzheng4352]

"But his mashing speed wasn't as good as Heidrage's.... it was even better." C H I L L S

[@jeremiahj4497]

I KNOWWWW

[@deathmeowtal1503]

This blew me away hahahah he has such good video making skills

[@GDCytosine]

That part of the video hit me like a truck

[@TheZackofSpades]

S H O O K.

[@defunkd90]

First time I’ve laughed for a while. God bless you

[@ImDemonAlchemist]

Even after 8 years, there are still only two people who've beaten DK28's last run. Angrylanks, who got the sub 9:50 just nine days after this video came out, and K1ngK0opa, who is the current record holder. He got the record on January 4th, 2023, with a 9:47.8. On the run description, he thanked SummoningSalt for this video and cited it as a huge motivation for him. He lowered it again on September 19th, 2023, which is where it sits right now: a 9:47.55.

[@Lucifer-fj7mg]

We need DK smashing speed and rhythm

[@koopakape]

Man, this series is really getting its own lore. Like it feels like some kind of sentai show, like you've got all these waves of pro runners from different eras that form like a power rangers type team but then you've always got Matt Turk, the OG "Hidden 6th Ranger" who's been there in the shadows from the very beginning and always pops back up when the world needs him most, like Tommy always does in random seasons of Power Rangers

[@roygoodhand1301]

Tommy Oliver is likeable. Matt Turk isn't. Find a different analogy.

[@Rocky712_]

Yep, people like Matt Turk, Tom Votava, Scott Kessler, AndrewG always return. It's crazy.

[@pirajacinto4]

​@@roygoodhand1301 It sure is interesting when you find someone outside of the Power Rangers community.

[@orangutan-halibut-walrus]

Roy Goodhand bruh look up tommy Oliver IRL. Guy is a class A douche. Bullied the blue ranger for being gay.

[@ntsakomathebula4840]

Matt Turk. Mythical, almost like a bedtime story told by generations.

[@stevesmith5883]

Funnily enough Summoning Salt vids basically are bedtime stories as I generally save them for just before I go to sleep.

[@modest1989]

98% of all the views are me turning one of these on to go to sleep. Here I am now at 1:45am to get some sleep hah

[@Noahtheorigianl]

@@stevesmith5883 dude sameeeee

[@modest1989]

@Asserting Word don't worry you aren't alone. Every single night it's a routine of mine for the past bunch of months hah

[@lucasbenamor9608]

Some say Heidrage is still looking for someone to join his Skype call

[@Sl-by1ss]

Lol

[@heidmand]

... Still waiting...

[@AuraSight]

There's so much satisfaction in Heidrage confirming his 10:11 run and exclaiming "Yes! I'm fucking done with this game!" I'm not a speedrunner, I just find the scene fascinating, and it never fails to strike me how runners will seem to push themselves to the point of misery, and the sheer sense of RELIEF in their voice when they finally take a Record I might not fully understand the mentality of someone who would willingly subject themselves to hours upon hours of tedium and stress as a hobby, but I can respect the dedication and perseverance I do fear that after grinding away for so long, that runners might come to hate the game that they clearly cared enough about to start speedrunning it in the first place

[@randoprior4130]

I like to think of it the same way I look at competitive games. When you lose a game of baseball you don't hate the game. You hate that you lost. When I play shooter games, so often I shout about how I hate this stupid game. But I don't hate it. I just hate that in my mind I'm better at it than reality. I see the frustration as less directed towards the game, but frustration with the mentality of competition and the certainty that the player is capable of more than they can perform. The pure catharsis in achieving a record often comes off as relief as they can stop playing. But I interpret it as more like they can stop competing for the record. The competition is over. That's why so many people take breaks after achieving a record but return when it is broken. They don't hate the game, but it's inarguably stressful to compete in a game, especially one where RNG is your biggest roadblock. If I have hatred for games like these, it's hatred for the things beyond my control like RNG or glitches. I'm sure to some extent the act of running a game does mean it becomes less fun. But there are tons of moments in competition that aren't fun. But competing itself surely is. I love speedrunning content even though I've only dabled in it with Minecraft and Mario Kart double Dash. Summoning salt is by far the best presenter and researcher I've found in the speedrunning community. Without these videos I would never find the love I have for it.

[@themilkman6969]

usually with other games its stuff like “oh shit i beat it” or “aw that was a terrible run”, but with contra its “FINALLY i can quit” i think its more of a thing with contra being ridiculously soul rending than speedrunning it

[@gabrote42]

Every time this happens, I think "I thought this day would never come". Just as I start forgetting you or be overwhelmed by work, you upload. Regardless of wether I know the game or not, these amazingly paced and perfectly explained videos get the point across beautifully. And even though we miss a little of the emotional impact each of these records had, you can still feel kinship with those who put forth the effort. You truly have one of the best channels of all youtube. I pray you will get more attention.

[@randanman]

Waiting for the Summoning Salt reveal to be Matt Turk or his son all along, reclaiming their lost glory.

[@johnnycoolguy9554]

When he said "and the runner... was Matt Turk." Legit got chills. This dude is like Yoda.

[@bedewebster5302]

On man why is the one comment that shows always a spoiler.

[@the1whoplayz]

@@bedewebster5302 I recommended ignoring the comment section when watching a video you haven't watched before

[@bedewebster5302]

@@the1whoplayz Yeah, but you know how one comment appears in the box without clicking on the comment section, but anyway got to agree with him on the Matt Turk thing.

[@skylerhornaday7795]

Dude same. It was like vader appearing from the shadows

[@Undead25_]

Matt turk needs a God choir to play every time he's mentioned

[@nickpini7998]

The string of Spanish cuss words that TMR lets out at 25:58 is just absolutely magnificent

[@icarusmarioFAN]

It's a work of art

[@waltoopoyndeaux4199]

I believe - and maybe someone can verify - that anyone who's ever experienced a super-frustrating moment in gaming doesn't even need to understand Spanish to understand exactly what he said. In those moments raw emotion transcends language.

[@piyo744]

@@waltoopoyndeaux4199 can totally verify

[@Tuvok_Shakur]

he even threw an F bomb (in english) for good measure

[@remarkable4]

😂😂😂 this got me dead bruh

[@sirlouie]

39:36 - "There was no way this could last. Something HAD to go wrong. But as Energy Zone started, he got the middle flame pattern, the perfect global timer. This was it. This was actually happening. DK was on his way to smash his own world rec-" "NOOOOOO!" I *felt* this moment deep in my soul.

[@ra_0374]

"And the runner..." *why do I hear boss fight music* "Was Matt Turk." *sweats nervously*

[@qxp2k]

*Matt Turk is like the living legend that everyone speaks of, but no one truly knows about. This video started playing randomly and right before I switched, I heard "Matt Turk" and started to actually watch.*

[@ShutItKyle]

Speedrunner: "No one will ever beat this." Other Speedrunner: *beats it* Every. Freaking. Time.

[@davidolinger3948]

The funniest part is that even TAS speedruns seem impossible to beat, but after a few years they almost always get topped by even stupid milliseconds like reducing lag in certain areas. Tldr, records are meant to be broken

[@iriswav7379]

@@davidolinger3948 wait hold up, is there speedruners that can clap the heck out of the TAS?

[@davidolinger3948]

@@iriswav7379 not real people, I just mean Tas'ers making a better TAS then others. Although I do think it's happened sometimes that a speedrun will beat the current TAS for a game, like if there were a tas for DK64 before the revolution that probably would have happened

[@stoutlager6325]

Yep. This fallacy has broken some speedrunners. Get record, declare it will never be beaten, gets beat sometimes in less than a year, guy the loses it.

[@PilotStudent24]

@@davidolinger3948 Sponge BoB BFBB TAS also was beaten by Shift

[@WiseSquash]

the WR had not been broken in more than a year, and 1 day after releasing this video Angrylanks got 9:50:516. love those coincidences

[@dicemaster6518]

Same happened with SMB1 WR.

[@CarlosHernandez-el4oc]

@@dicemaster6518 And the Matt Turk video where Salt got the Piston Honda 2 record

[@yawg691]

Also, funnily enough, not long after your comment about it, he did it AGAIN and got a 9:48 finally. Coincidences abound!!

[@fgometaanalyst1426]

I'm only past half the video, but dang, spoiled myself lol

[@edgelord8337]

Matt Turk is the real mvp of these speedruns. He's a god among gamers.

[@azadanzans5359]

Was... ;)

[@BasedDocumentarian]

@@azadanzans5359 Is he dead? If so, how do you know?

[@azadanzans5359]

Saad Mirza Yes, he accidentally dies in contra You die in the game you die in reallife

[@anonanon4877]

@@azadanzans5359 lmao

[@keiharris332]

@@azadanzans5359 is. He definitely moved people to break barriers thought once impossible

[@HoduAphrodite]

Matt Turk's return might have become one of the best moments I've had with your channel

[@swissboy362]

its beyond infuriating that the "hardware glitch" hasnt been figured out.

[@laz7354]

THIS

[@jaxentrap7773]

what are u talking about?

[@ShinTh0r]

Jaxen Trap Finish the video

[@jaxentrap7773]

nvm

[@yellows8013]

@@jaxentrap7773 35:15 - 37:19

[@Mswordx23]

"The runner... was Matt Turk." I almost shat bricks.

[@AdamFerrari64]

“The Summoning Salt Effect” : a video comes out and then the WR is broken a day later and then again after that! Wow!

[@kaspervletter290]

Wait really?

[@Alex-xo3ur]

@@kaspervletter290 9:48!

[@kaspervletter290]

@@Alex-xo3ur that’s amazing

[@bluekirbyrocks]

@@Alex-xo3ur “awesome”

[@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind]

25:56 As someone who's a Spanish native speaker (Chile), I understood each and every word of his lol So hilarious 😂

[@piyo744]

What does he say?

[@D-Fens_1632]

​@@piyo744all I could make out was a shitload of curse words.

[@NockDog.]

​@@piyo744 he said "You son of a b****, of course you f**king f**ker, go f**k yourself, b****" haha

​@@piyo744a mexican here. I wrote a long and explicit explanation, but I think it didn't pass YT security guard. So yes, it was an exquisite mix of spicy mexican chilango slang and some english words, so nasty and rude. No doubt he is a mexican.