I'm the developer of the game. It's an honor to have such a well researched and edited video documenting everything. I can attest that all the info is accurate. I am actually still doing game development, but it will be a few years before my next game is released due to having a job now and it being a really large project. My next game will be called Dungeon Dame and although it's mainly a platformer, there's an overworld which is very similar to world's hardest game, but with a bunch of differences and new features. So the WHG series will not officially be continued any further but Dungeon Dame's overworld will be very similar (and hopefully better). Thanks for watching guys.
Its actually insane how good Shiroma was back then. It legit took 7 years before someone could defeat him. If he had the level selector and 1 more year to practice back then, he would still have the world record to this day.
Thank you for introducing me in such a wonderful video. I don't understand English so I still only understand a small part of the video, but I am happy to know the progress of the records from the time I was playing to now. I would enjoy this video so much more if I understood English. At the time, I thought that I was the only one who would challenge the speedrun in this game and that no one would ever beat my record, but now there are many players and I am impressed when I see them beat my record.
Hey Shiroma, UA-cam app today can auto-translate subtitles to many languages including Japanese. Hope this helps! シロマさん、今日の UA-cam アプリは字幕を日本語を含む多くの言語に自動翻訳できます。 お役に立てれば！
I am super glad that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for providing your insight of how you got into speedrunning the game; it's really cool that you are still involved with the speedrunning community all these years later!
Incredible work Maximum. The amount of effort you put into this video is insane. Your presentation skills are top notch and the hour just flew by. This was a wonderful trip down memory lane, and a fantastic recount of the game's history. Thank you for shining the light on our strange desire to conquer this old flash game
Loved that all people featured in the video left a comment, Aaron, HsBlue and Shiroma. Speedrunning is indeed an group enterprise, everyone builds on top of previous effort and the community as a whole gets better. If everything in the world followed this mindset we would be in a very better place.
For me, Shiroma is probably the most important thing to happen to who speedrunning. The effects of his strategies were not only more than 7 years ahead of their time, but are still being used to this day.
The most important thing to happen to something that is utterly unimportant is like multiplying by zero. 1,000,000 units of effort x 0 = a lot of wasted time.
This hit me right in the nostalgia. I remember discovering this game in high school and don't even think I made it to double digit levels. Seeing the game just destroyed by so many people in such a short amount of time is flabbergasting. Thank you for this wonderful run down memory lane.
The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. [beep] A single lap should be completed each time you hear this sound. [ding] Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start. On your mark, get ready, start.
Huge respect to Shiroma and Pzula for their contributions to this speedrun’s evolution! (Based on the video at least) It seemed like Pzula was the only hope for toppling Shiroma’s record, not only in finding ways to optimize practicing (which is useful to the rest of the community), but to show others that it was indeed possible, which I think probably got more people to go for the record. He wasn’t trading records back and forth with others, he was just continually grinding his PB down until he got it. I don’t know exactly how to phrase it, but that kind of ‘trudging through it alone whilst making discoveries that will later benefit the community’ thing is very commendable And holy shit, respect to Shiroma for being a decade ahead of everyone else despite not even being able to practice individual levels. That’s fucking insane and it goes to show just how incredible of a player he is. I can only imagine what he could’ve pulled off nowadays with the tools at everyone’s disposal. I think we can all agree (as either viewers or players) that Shiroma is *the* chad of The World’s Hardest Game and laid the groundwork for any subsequent runners. And I feel like through Pzula’s dedication to match Shiroma, he made it seem more accessible/realistic for new runners to go for the record. I wonder how much longer it would’ve been before the record got beat if Pzula hadn’t decided slowly climb his way there alone Great video!
i guess it would be considered trailblazing, given that hiroma set the gold standard so high that pzula was the only one who was psychotic enough to take it on
I've never heard of this game before (guess I've been living under a rock), but the way you told its story made me stick through the whole 1 hour video with such interest that I even caught myself smiling several times as if I followed along its way in real time, specially when hsblue got his world record. What a fabulous job you did here!
@@davinchristino thats sad actually. that he cant afford to buy better computer but can afford to spend most of his time for a bad computer game made by 16 year old
We've officially progressed from Red Ball 🔴 to Red Square 🟥 Update (11/23/22) - After I put up a $500 bounty, Danicker has become the first to complete The World's Hardest Game 2 deathless! ua-cam.com/video/vp0sM8Baog4/v-deo.html
I really like how the competition for this game goes from “Can you beat this WITHOUT DYING” to deaths technically not really mattering (since it’d be slower anyways).
I don't know if I am more shocked that you could make an hour documentary out of this or that I watched it all through without losing interest. Great editing. Kudos to all.
He and Pzula were the GOATS for sure. Shiroma because he had it rougher than the other guys and had such a good time without clipping all other glitches the other guys used. Pzula found so many strats and improved the time quite a bit. Other guys used there tactics, practiced and found some minor things to improve there time. They all deserve credit but personally this 2 had the most impact.
For an hour, I got emotional by the achievements of people I didn't know existed about something I'd never think I would care about. This video is a masterpiece of narration.
I don't think I've been more emotionally invested in someone's success than each time you showed all the cool stuff that someone had done, then said "all he has to do is...". This is a masterfully researched, narrated, and edited essay.
I hope this could be useful :) 0:00 - Introduction 2:22 - Early Years and First Completion 5:03 - The Cheating Dark Years 6:23 - HatredCopt3r's Foundation 7:41 - Hachimen's First Perfection 10:15 - Shiroma's Old Era 19:56 - Pzula's Revolution 34:19 - A New Challenger Has Appeared 36:20 - Hsblue's Dream 41:56 - Aaron's Unbeatable Mastery 48:50 - Conclusion
I remember playing this game on flash. Then, I kept looking at others play them and I was amazed. Throughout the 2010s, I observed everyones speedruns. It is honestly so impressive seeing them conquer this.
Still blown away by this speedrunning history. Everybody putting hours and hours perfecting every little detail, saving miniscule things like the level 1 frame skip. Meanwhile there's me, still not being able to win the game once.
The amount of research and preparation to narrate this smoothly is incredible. And the editing is also great. This is among the smoothest, natural feeling documentary youtube videos Ive seen. Amazing job
And it's not going like "as expected", but actually going insane with every chapter and each chapter was unique as a whole and feels like a finished piece of art, but then the picture gets wider and wider, making an old scratch of a game to a complete masterpiece of the storytelling, once again proved that reality is the best storyteller. It's not just the game in the first place, but the history of beating it. Isn't it the real definition of any masterpiece? Being once again perfected to a whole 'nother level each time record is beaten is such a great thing to see and hear nowadays. Did you enjoys as much as i did? It's like a neverending story of becoming better and better, which could be a core plot similar to gaining power in munchkin, influence in romance taking place in kingdoms and even managing to survive some deadly hopeless environments. It requires mc to do something incredible, which are core plot for any incredible story after all
I'm not convinced that my english is good enough, that you don't need to call for a doctor in order to heal your eyes from my bull s*#t, but thanks anyway for your attention, like, i think i'm bad at english
@@bettergang2004 There isn't really much wrong with your english, but the comment could really use some formating. If anything just press enter every now and then, makes it much more enjoyable to read.
I'm pretty sure that's just every speedrun progression video, or summoning salt is just really good at implementing that mechanic to where I think it's the standard
Still crazy that nobody has beaten World’s Hardest Game 2 in 0 deaths, let alone less than 10. That game is an actual contender for the world’s hardest game, some of the levels are insane Edit: Well, now we wait for Danicker to beat WHG3 deathless, lol.
wasn't even aware this game existed an hour ago after watching a red cube glide around for over 50 mins I can safely say this is one of the most commendable and dedicated speedrun communities to observe. Who knew you could make a gripping documentary on a barebones flash game barely older than myself, you (and of course the runners who set the bar) really have a skill for content creation.
great video! and Wow -- i was not expecting to hear some of my own music in it, hah! glad you liked pacesetter's lobby theme and hope you're hyped for 1.3!! 🎉🎉
I'm very surprised but then happy to see that every wonderful runner who was mentioned in this video are thanking you or your great job in the comments ! Very happy to see that stuff people like you take time to make these video. I hop people will remember this game and, btw, awesome video !!
5:20 wow this is insane. So, i know this is random, but thank you for including this image. I've been looking for the game titled "choose your weapon" for so long because I remember playing it when i was young and i remember a vivid image of the game however I did not know what it was called or where to really begin when searching for it. So... thank you.
I’m proud that I was one of the first people who did this in 0 deaths 10 years back. I made a vid of it but I had it set to private so i missed out on being in the video :( prob wouldnt have anyway since it was slower than hachimen’s and not as old
Although I'm not a speedrunner, this video was higher entertaining to watch as I still check out stuff in the speedrun community. The editing and storytelling is perfectly paced, and this video is a Mastercraft. Thanks for introducing me to such a nice game and history.
19:52 I happen to be "Chief Dim Sum" 😄 Used to play this after school all the time, and when I submitted my entry it was actually 4th place at the time, now that more experienced gamers have made their way over it's like 60th or something 😁 It's odd to think that I was speedrunning this game before it became a popular thing to do. Honoured to be a minor feature on this section of the video 👍🏼
Update, Aaron's run was beaten by hsblue again last year and just 9 months ago, a player called raflikk beat the game in 5 minutes and 9 seconds, earning him the latest WR. Aaron's 5:14 sits at #6.
Maximum, your videos are amazing, you are the one who made me start playing red ball and fancy pants. Also, I'm probably entering the rb speedrunning discord and I'll start my speedruning! Thanks for making my days better, keep up the great content
I remember being 14-15 in my coding class in high school and my buddy tell me to check out this game. It was crazy hard, and I never completed it. Good times
It's amazing how people went from barely beating it to barely being able to optimize something any further. Truly astonishing what people can achieve, when they are passionate about something
God the quality of your videos is so high! I’m so impressed that you do such high-effort, longform content like this. Im always so excited to see one of your videos cause I know you’re gonna give the topic the time it deserves, and stay interesting the whole time!
I was initially just going to put this on as background while playing a game and checking the video out here or there. The way this was presented, and how well the research and pacing of the documentary was, actually made me drop everything else I was doing and sit here watching the whole thing. Didn't even realize how long the video was until it was over. Amazing work! It's crazy how much this game had going on. I remember playing it (probably on Newgrounds) and could never even get close to beating the game. I didn't even know there were leaderboards! Brought back a lot of forgotten nostalgia. Thank you for this awesome piece of art!
God videos like this give me life. Nothing I love more than some random guy giving the history of speedrunning a game I haven’t heard of in years for over an hour. Makes me feel so fucking alive. I have literally no interest in speedrunning outside these videos but they’re so important to me
If anything, this just highlight even more of what an accomplishment Shiroma time was. If he had access to all of these things that the modern speed runners have, just imagine all the things he could have discovered and optimized.
Just found your channel, one thing I really liked your speed running video that sets it apart from others like summoning salt is the running counter of all the top runners as a background. Shows how close everyone is together and new people joining the scene. As a lover of speedrunning docs, this one is excellent and i'm def subbing for more!
All of the world record holders introduced something new to the game. They're all incredible in their own rights, but I would LOVE to have seen what the early record holders could have done with the level selector when they were still actively speedrunning the game.
What a nostalgia trip. TWHG speedruns were indeed an inspiration, and I remember spending a lot of time running the Shift series after watching them. Thanks for making this beautiful documentary on the history of the records with so much detail, it's always fascinating to watch videos like these as an outsider of the community.
I love speedrun history videos due to the fact most of them have encouraging stories of each top player and their runs and how the community pushes each other to break and move the record lower and lower
I have tears after watching this. Truly incredible passion and dedication by speedrunners. Great info gathering+writing+editing by author. Thank you for this.
Amazing documentary. Pacing, editing, narration all top notch. I also love the fact that many of the mentioned record holders you mentioned can be seen in the comment section. All of them have had their fair share in speedrunning the game but I must say I'm most impressed by Shiroma, especially due to the fact that he got his records without level selection.
This video brought all these people together. The amazing game dev, the incredible pzula, the legendary shiroma, and even the godly hsblue. Truly an amazing video indeed.
I’m impressed really, but what shocked me most is how you managed to keep me exited for 54 minutes in a topic that doesn’t have much to be talked about and is new to me! You are a natural presenter
@@pikapikachu4665 And btw, I don't see it as "complaining". I did not suggest that they must spend all this time on real-world problems, but more like "I implore you to think what could be achieved IF they spend all this time on real-world problems". I'm sorry if you can't find the distinction.
this is one of the best youtube videos so far on the internet man i really loved your video andit was just i just dont have any words for it it was , Perfect
Keep the good work, these videos are gold! Bringing back nostalgic flash games from a forgotten era to analyse every single detail about the speedrunners, and with a very good video editting abilities. Just wholesome to watch!
Man, this is an amazing video-- and I also have to compliment your music choices. Really was a trip hearing Pokémon XD and Toontown: Corporate Clash music in the background
It's beautiful in a way that all of these people striving so hard to achieve single level records are actually in a way working together so that one person can have the ultimate full game speed run
I just want to say man, your editing is so on point, so key on that it is an incredible pleasure to watch this video. I stumbled upon this channel from speed running and you have gained a new sub if this is the quality you put out. I know how much time this all takes so I want it to be known that it is appreciated by at least me and I am sure many, many other people here. Great job my friend, incredible homage to speed running and the small niche things that we all deal with when it comes to our passion, either it be this game or many others. I look forward to more of your videos, keep up this excellence.
i remember playing this game in college.. i cannot recall if i managed with 0 deaths in the end, but i completed it with 2-3 deaths A LOT of times. Great fun, so thank you for a beautiful game :)
I'm not even into watching speedrunning videos and I've never even heard of this game, but still I found myself watching through the whole 54 minutes of this video. Captivating. Very well put together and everything was explained so even someone like me (I'm not even a gamer to be honest) could understand and enjoy it. Great work! It's mindblowing how much patience these speedrunners must have. Thank you UA-cam for suggesting this, to me, seemingly random video.
Only watching the first halve of the video you can see how much time and effort there was into the making of it. Just impresive. I love your videos Maximum, also your scripting skills are above a loooot of other youtubers. I hope you reach a higher sub count more in line with what you should have!
Amazing video my friend, you captivated my attention despite the fact I haven't even played this game more than a few times in my life, I always hated this game for how popular it was on games sites :D mainly because it was like the title says, a very hard game, but I can see now that despite the game lacking "fun" elements or good graphics and so on, there is still a lot of meaning to be gain from playing it and beating it, the accomplishment of conquering something difficult is everything! Keep up the great work!
THIS VIDEO WAS AN HOUR LONG??!! Man that’s some good content I don’t think I’ve ever watched a UA-cam video for this long and been this engaged with it completely losing track of the time going by.
Wow! So cool too see Snubby, hsbule, Shiroma and Pzula all in one comment section. Makes me wonder what Hachimen and HatredCopter are doing today... I have been playing that game since 2012 and I still never completed it. The fact that Aaron was able to bit it in 5:14 amazes me. :P
I think it's crazy I found you before summoning salt. You were my true introduction into all these speed run history videos on YT. Keep up the good work
Being able to even just make it to double digits in this game made you the coolest person in elementary school. Incredible seeing what other people have been able to do with it. I meant to just watch a couple minutes and go do something else, but I ended up staying for the full thing. Amazing job on this video 👏
I'm the developer of the game. It's an honor to have such a well researched and edited video documenting everything. I can attest that all the info is accurate. I am actually still doing game development, but it will be a few years before my next game is released due to having a job now and it being a really large project. My next game will be called Dungeon Dame and although it's mainly a platformer, there's an overworld which is very similar to world's hardest game, but with a bunch of differences and new features. So the WHG series will not officially be continued any further but Dungeon Dame's overworld will be very similar (and hopefully better).
Thanks for watching guys.
👑
rip worlds hardest game, but dungeon dame sounds like it has potential
first also hi
I noticed a few years ago that the Snubby Land site had been taken down. I wonder why you decided to take it down then.
hi chain
I love the fact that it took 7 years and a level selector for someone to beat Shiroma's record by 3 seconds. Shiroma is a legend.
He's the real winner tbh. Had he been performing with a level selector back then, he would still be undefeated
I like dogs
He was appearently got skill huge skill
dont forget that pzula also died once in that run
@@Aazel yeah
Its actually insane how good Shiroma was back then. It legit took 7 years before someone could defeat him. If he had the level selector and 1 more year to practice back then, he would still have the world record to this day.
probably not even a year, just a couple months
Adjusting for era, he is undoubtedly the greatest player in the history of this game.
@ImNeoFr how did you somehow manage to connect Lebron James with The Impossible Game 💀
The meatriding is crazy
@ImNeoFrain’t no way bro thinks mj played against normal 40 yr olds💀💀💀
@ImNeoFr how does lebron's dck feel bro?
Thank you for introducing me in such a wonderful video.
I don't understand English so I still only understand a small part of the video, but I am happy to know the progress of the records from the time I was playing to now.
I would enjoy this video so much more if I understood English.
At the time, I thought that I was the only one who would challenge the speedrun in this game and that no one would ever beat my record, but now there are many players and I am impressed when I see them beat my record.
Hehe, snowman guy
Hey Shiroma, UA-cam app today can auto-translate subtitles to many languages including Japanese. Hope this helps!
シロマさん、今日の UA-cam アプリは字幕を日本語を含む多くの言語に自動翻訳できます。 お役に立てれば！
@@van_Zju Subtitles translated into Japanese could be displayed.
Thank you!😊
I am super glad that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for providing your insight of how you got into speedrunning the game; it's really cool that you are still involved with the speedrunning community all these years later!
nice profile picture
Honestly, Shiroma, in my heart, is the real champion for figuring out so many cool tricks without level selection.
Yeah
YES
yeah
100%
He speedran so they could … also speedrun
Props to the hacker for at least making his hacked version immediately recognizable.
Yup. I mean might as well have some fun with the visuals while hacking.
This video is a work of art, The wording, the flow, pace and the big moments for everyone perfectly narrated! Nostalgic and emotional.
youre really inspiring for dedication man
4 years doing this... thats the dedication
Thanks so much hsblue. Best of luck on your future whg streams and pb/wr attempts!
oh hey
I defiantly teared up while watching this video, especially at your big moment of getting world record!
didn't even notice who wrote this comment until i finished the video.
Incredible work Maximum. The amount of effort you put into this video is insane. Your presentation skills are top notch and the hour just flew by. This was a wonderful trip down memory lane, and a fantastic recount of the game's history. Thank you for shining the light on our strange desire to conquer this old flash game
Thanks for all of the help on this project Pzula! I'm hopeful that WHG will be getting some new runners in the coming weeks 🙂
1st underneath maxinum
@@Balls199 what about maximum?
Pazul?????
Fun fact: Pzula started timing runs with a real life stop watch
Loved that all people featured in the video left a comment, Aaron, HsBlue and Shiroma. Speedrunning is indeed an group enterprise, everyone builds on top of previous effort and the community as a whole gets better. If everything in the world followed this mindset we would be in a very better place.
And snubby the games creator
Pzula did too lol
19:06 "Your name: Chuck Norris"
By 2013 standards, that's a hell of a compliment
For me, Shiroma is probably the most important thing to happen to who speedrunning. The effects of his strategies were not only more than 7 years ahead of their time, but are still being used to this day.
I'm proud that Aaron is from Canada, but My, My My Shiroma. ua-cam.com/video/uRLuIm2Bjgk/v-deo.html
same
The human brain and body are the best machine there is (even if it is flawed).
The most important thing to happen to something that is utterly unimportant is like multiplying by zero.
1,000,000 units of effort x 0 = a lot of wasted time.
@@bryanbryan6108 mf when someone has fun (but it has to contribute to something bigger!!)
This hit me right in the nostalgia. I remember discovering this game in high school and don't even think I made it to double digit levels. Seeing the game just destroyed by so many people in such a short amount of time is flabbergasting. Thank you for this wonderful run down memory lane.
So, you're telling me all those insanely high skill runs which clip into enemies in level 7 are NOT cheated? My mind is blown
So, you're telling me all those insanely high skill runs (of red ball) which clip into the spikes in level 7 are NOT cheated? My mind is blown
So, you’re telling me that all those insanely high skill Pixel Quest runs which clip into walls are NOT cheated? My mind is blown
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@@kimmstiny. lmao
So, you're telling me all those insanely high skill portal runs which yeet out of the map are NOT cheated? My mind is blown
this just makes me respect Shiroma as an absolute beast, it's insane how high he set the bar up for future speedrunners. Dude was the Pelé of TWHG
Exactly. And to think he did it in the time where there was no level selection
The cookiezi of osu
@@sailadun6603 the jakad of osu!mania
@@nikolas4347atleast they have a good and long life😊
I am happy I understood every reference made in this reply section
Huge respect to Shiroma and Pzula for their contributions to this speedrun’s evolution!
(Based on the video at least) It seemed like Pzula was the only hope for toppling Shiroma’s record, not only in finding ways to optimize practicing (which is useful to the rest of the community), but to show others that it was indeed possible, which I think probably got more people to go for the record. He wasn’t trading records back and forth with others, he was just continually grinding his PB down until he got it. I don’t know exactly how to phrase it, but that kind of ‘trudging through it alone whilst making discoveries that will later benefit the community’ thing is very commendable
And holy shit, respect to Shiroma for being a decade ahead of everyone else despite not even being able to practice individual levels. That’s fucking insane and it goes to show just how incredible of a player he is. I can only imagine what he could’ve pulled off nowadays with the tools at everyone’s disposal.
I think we can all agree (as either viewers or players) that Shiroma is *the* chad of The World’s Hardest Game and laid the groundwork for any subsequent runners. And I feel like through Pzula’s dedication to match Shiroma, he made it seem more accessible/realistic for new runners to go for the record. I wonder how much longer it would’ve been before the record got beat if Pzula hadn’t decided slowly climb his way there alone
Great video!
i guess it would be considered trailblazing, given that hiroma set the gold standard so high that pzula was the only one who was psychotic enough to take it on
You know you're doing well if you're getting called "Chuck Norris" in the 2010s
Chuck Norris was called that in his childhood xd
@@i30 lmaooo
Exactly❤
Those Chuck Norris memes started going full main stream in 2010-2011 and were around before then.
Flash games, Chuck Norris jokes, Internet Explorer... so much nostalgia!
Honestly one of the best Speedrun documenters out there
Bismuth is amazing too
Definitely one of the speedrun documenters of all time
@@ABeardedLizard Loved the part when he said "It's Red Ball time!" and red balled all over the runners.
Summoning Salt is amazing as well
One of the best out of the total like 5 lmao
I've never heard of this game before (guess I've been living under a rock), but the way you told its story made me stick through the whole 1 hour video with such interest that I even caught myself smiling several times as if I followed along its way in real time, specially when hsblue got his world record. What a fabulous job you did here!
Same
@@mrtech2259if you dont know about lego you probably are
I think that the funniest part is Aaron not being able to find the right window size.
And him using IE too lol
@@davinchristino thats sad actually. that he cant afford to buy better computer but can afford to spend most of his time for a bad computer game made by 16 year old
he should just have used linux
@@808partkit2we all have spare time, we don't all have spare money.
i dunno that seems real frustrating
We've officially progressed from Red Ball 🔴 to Red Square 🟥
Update (11/23/22) - After I put up a $500 bounty, Danicker has become the first to complete The World's Hardest Game 2 deathless! ua-cam.com/video/vp0sM8Baog4/v-deo.html
Omg so true
Bro we went to the past lets go
Ball
When red 📐
red
Didn't expect a relatively straightforward flash game to have so many techniques. Amazing analysis and incredible skill by all the runners.
I really like how the competition for this game goes from “Can you beat this WITHOUT DYING” to deaths technically not really mattering (since it’d be slower anyways).
I love how you broke down the jankinest of Flash hitbox detection for viewers, that was VERY informative.
Sad that people accused Pzula of cheating over that
I learned about the hitbox jank early on and felt very proud of it
I don't know if I am more shocked that you could make an hour documentary out of this or that I watched it all through without losing interest. Great editing. Kudos to all.
Shiroma is still the most impressive. Playing through all the levels all over again. I would die.
He and Pzula were the GOATS for sure. Shiroma because he had it rougher than the other guys and had such a good time without clipping all other glitches the other guys used. Pzula found so many strats and improved the time quite a bit. Other guys used there tactics, practiced and found some minor things to improve there time. They all deserve credit but personally this 2 had the most impact.
Wasn't Hachiman the OG speedrunner?
@@nicodiangelo2040 HatredCopter technically was the first person to record attempts
but u get repawn with death counter
And the fact that he stayed on top for seven years. You seldom ever see any such accomplishments in speedrunning.
You know you're in for a mind blowing time when you're 1/3 into the video and "it can't possibly be beaten"
For an hour, I got emotional by the achievements of people I didn't know existed about something I'd never think I would care about.
This video is a masterpiece of narration.
I don't think I've been more emotionally invested in someone's success than each time you showed all the cool stuff that someone had done, then said "all he has to do is...". This is a masterfully researched, narrated, and edited essay.
Being someone who just beat the World's Hardest Game 2, this is nothing short of incredible.
My mind is blown.
thanks for the shoutout, October 18th 2008 day i was born they mustve known they had to do something big for my bday
I hope this could be useful :)
0:00 - Introduction
2:22 - Early Years and First Completion
5:03 - The Cheating Dark Years
6:23 - HatredCopt3r's Foundation
7:41 - Hachimen's First Perfection
10:15 - Shiroma's Old Era
19:56 - Pzula's Revolution
34:19 - A New Challenger Has Appeared
36:20 - Hsblue's Dream
41:56 - Aaron's Unbeatable Mastery
48:50 - Conclusion
This should be pinned
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@@zthedragonqueen Keep in mind that the pinned comment is fron the game creator himself. I think he deserves recognition :)
@@maximofernandez196 maybe copy and paste it on the description?
Thanks
Awesome video Maximum! Whg1 truly has some insanely dedicated players!
I hear WHG2 has some pretty dedicated runners as well!
@@Maximum yeah and WHG3
@@klimtkiller yeah and WHG4
@@fmfkdlxmdmalznfb also WHG5
@@klimtkiller :(
I remember playing this game on flash. Then, I kept looking at others play them and I was amazed. Throughout the 2010s, I observed everyones speedruns. It is honestly so impressive seeing them conquer this.
Still blown away by this speedrunning history. Everybody putting hours and hours perfecting every little detail, saving miniscule things like the level 1 frame skip. Meanwhile there's me, still not being able to win the game once.
I cant even beat level 1
same i can't beat the game and only made it to level 2
Your storytelling skills are improving every video mate, I'm loving it
You sound real gay right now, man. Gotta stop that.
The amount of research and preparation to narrate this smoothly is incredible. And the editing is also great. This is among the smoothest, natural feeling documentary youtube videos Ive seen. Amazing job
I love how everytime it's like "This run is the perfect one, they can't do better than that. But they did better."
And it's not going like "as expected", but actually going insane with every chapter and each chapter was unique as a whole and feels like a finished piece of art, but then the picture gets wider and wider, making an old scratch of a game to a complete masterpiece of the storytelling, once again proved that reality is the best storyteller. It's not just the game in the first place, but the history of beating it. Isn't it the real definition of any masterpiece? Being once again perfected to a whole 'nother level each time record is beaten is such a great thing to see and hear nowadays. Did you enjoys as much as i did? It's like a neverending story of becoming better and better, which could be a core plot similar to gaining power in munchkin, influence in romance taking place in kingdoms and even managing to survive some deadly hopeless environments. It requires mc to do something incredible, which are core plot for any incredible story after all
I'm not convinced that my english is good enough, that you don't need to call for a doctor in order to heal your eyes from my bull s*#t, but thanks anyway for your attention, like, i think i'm bad at english
@@bettergang2004 There isn't really much wrong with your english, but the comment could really use some formating.
If anything just press enter every now and then, makes it much more enjoyable to read.
I'm pretty sure that's just every speedrun progression video, or summoning salt is just really good at implementing that mechanic to where I think it's the standard
Still crazy that nobody has beaten World’s Hardest Game 2 in 0 deaths, let alone less than 10. That game is an actual contender for the world’s hardest game, some of the levels are insane
Edit: Well, now we wait for Danicker to beat WHG3 deathless, lol.
This game makes Superman 64 feel like playing madden on rookie difficulty
The current wr of WHG2 has only 1 death, maximum put a $500 bounty for the first person to beat WHG2 deathless while beating the 11:57 by danicker
guess what ;) danicker finally did it
@@movedchannel4944 Have you got a link? Actually, it's OK. I just seen a link in the comments.
@@movedchannel4944let’s gooooo
wasn't even aware this game existed an hour ago
after watching a red cube glide around for over 50 mins I can safely say this is one of the most commendable and dedicated speedrun communities to observe.
Who knew you could make a gripping documentary on a barebones flash game barely older than myself, you (and of course the runners who set the bar) really have a skill for content creation.
great video! and Wow -- i was not expecting to hear some of my own music in it, hah! glad you liked pacesetter's lobby theme and hope you're hyped for 1.3!! 🎉🎉
Thanks for making such a banger track🔥Can't wait to hear more in 1.3!
Oooo... I remember World's Hardest Game. It was really tough. Big respect to the speedrunners, I would never think of even beating the game.
I'm very surprised but then happy to see that every wonderful runner who was mentioned in this video are thanking you or your great job in the comments ! Very happy to see that stuff people like you take time to make these video.
I hop people will remember this game and, btw, awesome video !!
"He was able to cut his amount of deaths in half from 15 to 12"
Seems legit
Yeah its obviously cut in half: one half is 3 and the other half is 12.
logic
Hatred copter got 24 deaths, which he cut in half to get 12.
Absolutely incredible video documenting one of my favorite flash games from childhood. Well done =) I really enjoyed it.
Thanks Kroma! 😄
5:20 wow this is insane. So, i know this is random, but thank you for including this image. I've been looking for the game titled "choose your weapon" for so long because I remember playing it when i was young and i remember a vivid image of the game however I did not know what it was called or where to really begin when searching for it. So... thank you.
I’m proud that I was one of the first people who did this in 0 deaths 10 years back. I made a vid of it but I had it set to private so i missed out on being in the video :( prob wouldnt have anyway since it was slower than hachimen’s and not as old
Oh snap, make the vid public if you can
@@Maximum just did :) it’s slow af as I came up with my own strats which were super safe.
Good stuff, definitely submit it to the speedrun.com board: www.speedrun.com/whg1
@@Maximum thanks. I did that but it got rejected because of suspected splicing
@@klimtkiller I don’t know if it was every rejected or not, but I talked to them about it and it looks like it’s on the boards now!
Although I'm not a speedrunner, this video was higher entertaining to watch as I still check out stuff in the speedrun community. The editing and storytelling is perfectly paced, and this video is a Mastercraft. Thanks for introducing me to such a nice game and history.
Thanks for providing the music and timestamps. Nice music.
What a high quality video documentary, your channel is criminally underrated.
It was so cool to hear and recognize Corporate Clash music! Love to see support for that amazing game! Can’t wait for the 1.3 update any day now!
I'm super pumped as well! Hoping to max my toon before the update (currently at 133 laff)
19:52 I happen to be "Chief Dim Sum" 😄 Used to play this after school all the time, and when I submitted my entry it was actually 4th place at the time, now that more experienced gamers have made their way over it's like 60th or something 😁 It's odd to think that I was speedrunning this game before it became a popular thing to do. Honoured to be a minor feature on this section of the video 👍🏼
GG!
Sure. And then everybody clapped
@@lotharschramm5000 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Good one! You must feel proud!
This game was a large part of my childhood and it’s honestly amazing to see how far people have come with it.
I remember about a decade ago I was able to finish the game with only 10 deaths and I felt so much accomplishment for it. The music is nostalgic af
Update, Aaron's run was beaten by hsblue again last year and just 9 months ago, a player called raflikk beat the game in 5 minutes and 9 seconds, earning him the latest WR. Aaron's 5:14 sits at #6.
Maximum, your videos are amazing, you are the one who made me start playing red ball and fancy pants. Also, I'm probably entering the rb speedrunning discord and I'll start my speedruning! Thanks for making my days better, keep up the great content
I remember being 14-15 in my coding class in high school and my buddy tell me to check out this game. It was crazy hard, and I never completed it. Good times
It's amazing how people went from barely beating it to barely being able to optimize something any further. Truly astonishing what people can achieve, when they are passionate about something
God the quality of your videos is so high! I’m so impressed that you do such high-effort, longform content like this.
Im always so excited to see one of your videos cause I know you’re gonna give the topic the time it deserves, and stay interesting the whole time!
I was initially just going to put this on as background while playing a game and checking the video out here or there.
The way this was presented, and how well the research and pacing of the documentary was, actually made me drop everything else I was doing and sit here watching the whole thing. Didn't even realize how long the video was until it was over. Amazing work!
It's crazy how much this game had going on. I remember playing it (probably on Newgrounds) and could never even get close to beating the game. I didn't even know there were leaderboards! Brought back a lot of forgotten nostalgia. Thank you for this awesome piece of art!
God videos like this give me life. Nothing I love more than some random guy giving the history of speedrunning a game I haven’t heard of in years for over an hour. Makes me feel so fucking alive. I have literally no interest in speedrunning outside these videos but they’re so important to me
If anything, this just highlight even more of what an accomplishment Shiroma time was.
If he had access to all of these things that the modern speed runners have, just imagine all the things he could have discovered and optimized.
Just found your channel, one thing I really liked your speed running video that sets it apart from others like summoning salt is the running counter of all the top runners as a background. Shows how close everyone is together and new people joining the scene. As a lover of speedrunning docs, this one is excellent and i'm def subbing for more!
All of the world record holders introduced something new to the game. They're all incredible in their own rights, but I would LOVE to have seen what the early record holders could have done with the level selector when they were still actively speedrunning the game.
What a nostalgia trip. TWHG speedruns were indeed an inspiration, and I remember spending a lot of time running the Shift series after watching them.
Thanks for making this beautiful documentary on the history of the records with so much detail, it's always fascinating to watch videos like these as an outsider of the community.
I love speedrun history videos due to the fact most of them have encouraging stories of each top player and their runs and how the community pushes each other to break and move the record lower and lower
I have tears after watching this. Truly incredible passion and dedication by speedrunners. Great info gathering+writing+editing by author. Thank you for this.
It's great seeing how some flash speedrunners run games for nostalgia, and some run it just because it's the only games their system can handle
Amazing documentary. Pacing, editing, narration all top notch.
I also love the fact that many of the mentioned record holders you mentioned can be seen in the comment section.
All of them have had their fair share in speedrunning the game but I must say I'm most impressed by Shiroma, especially due to the fact that
he got his records without level selection.
Man's got the record on my birthday I didn't even know. Great video
This video brought all these people together. The amazing game dev, the incredible pzula, the legendary shiroma, and even the godly hsblue. Truly an amazing video indeed.
Thank you very much fella. A brilliant video. I was nearly crying at one point. It is amazing what people can do. x
I’m impressed really, but what shocked me most is how you managed to keep me exited for 54 minutes in a topic that doesn’t have much to be talked about and is new to me! You are a natural presenter
we've finally moved on from red ball to red square, well done!
🔴?
we finally moved from red square to red triangle virus
man worked 4 years to hold the record in a flash game. That is some serious dedication
But misplaced. Imagine dedication at this level to solve real-world problems. 😔
@@zypA13510alright maybe instead of complaining about speed runners on social media and go cure cancer or something
@@pikapikachu4665 How do you know that I'm not? And what is it that YOU have done to contribute?
@@pikapikachu4665 And btw, I don't see it as "complaining". I did not suggest that they must spend all this time on real-world problems, but more like "I implore you to think what could be achieved IF they spend all this time on real-world problems". I'm sorry if you can't find the distinction.
@zypA13510 do you have autism? Read the room
this is one of the best youtube videos so far on the internet man i really loved your video andit was just i just dont have any words for it it was , Perfect
Keep the good work, these videos are gold! Bringing back nostalgic flash games from a forgotten era to analyse every single detail about the speedrunners, and with a very good video editting abilities. Just wholesome to watch!
wall clips depending on window size is the most flash thing ever
This was a REALLY fun video to watch. I hope you have fun making them too!!
Thanks, I do!
Man, this is an amazing video-- and I also have to compliment your music choices. Really was a trip hearing Pokémon XD and Toontown: Corporate Clash music in the background
It's beautiful in a way that all of these people striving so hard to achieve single level records are actually in a way working together so that one person can have the ultimate full game speed run
A vid about a game on flash made by a 16 year old has no business in becoming such a monument. But here we are. And it's so inspiring.
This was ridiculously well done. Instantly earned a subscriber
I just want to say man, your editing is so on point, so key on that it is an incredible pleasure to watch this video. I stumbled upon this channel from speed running and you have gained a new sub if this is the quality you put out. I know how much time this all takes so I want it to be known that it is appreciated by at least me and I am sure many, many other people here. Great job my friend, incredible homage to speed running and the small niche things that we all deal with when it comes to our passion, either it be this game or many others.
I look forward to more of your videos, keep up this excellence.
i remember playing this game in college.. i cannot recall if i managed with 0 deaths in the end, but i completed it with 2-3 deaths A LOT of times. Great fun, so thank you for a beautiful game :)
I'm not even into watching speedrunning videos and I've never even heard of this game, but still I found myself watching through the whole 54 minutes of this video. Captivating. Very well put together and everything was explained so even someone like me (I'm not even a gamer to be honest) could understand and enjoy it. Great work! It's mindblowing how much patience these speedrunners must have. Thank you UA-cam for suggesting this, to me, seemingly random video.
When Shiroma completes a level it feels like the smack-text is him talking to the game.
This guy is underrated, this document was very fun to watch and now I think that this game isn't so annoying after all
Only watching the first halve of the video you can see how much time and effort there was into the making of it. Just impresive. I love your videos Maximum, also your scripting skills are above a loooot of other youtubers. I hope you reach a higher sub count more in line with what you should have!
2:18 Right after this was said I got an ad saying “It’s Krash Bandikoot!”
These speedrun stories of different games are a beautiful mark of human endeavour !
Amazing video my friend, you captivated my attention despite the fact I haven't even played this game more than a few times in my life, I always hated this game for how popular it was on games sites :D mainly because it was like the title says, a very hard game, but I can see now that despite the game lacking "fun" elements or good graphics and so on, there is still a lot of meaning to be gain from playing it and beating it, the accomplishment of conquering something difficult is everything!
Keep up the great work!
THIS VIDEO WAS AN HOUR LONG??!!
Man that’s some good content I don’t think I’ve ever watched a UA-cam video for this long and been this engaged with it completely losing track of the time going by.
Wow! So cool too see Snubby, hsbule, Shiroma and Pzula all in one comment section. Makes me wonder what Hachimen and HatredCopter are doing today... I have been playing that game since 2012 and I still never completed it. The fact that Aaron was able to bit it in 5:14 amazes me. :P
I think it's crazy I found you before summoning salt. You were my true introduction into all these speed run history videos on YT. Keep up the good work
I still can't believe I just watched 54 minutes of this with so much interest. This is great storytelling.
I love these types of videos!
So much effort must go into them. Thank you!
You need more subs for sure.
Keep up the great work.
7:50 Using this OST is among the best advertisements you could've made for Toontown: Corporate Clash lol, this is a jam
Being able to even just make it to double digits in this game made you the coolest person in elementary school. Incredible seeing what other people have been able to do with it. I meant to just watch a couple minutes and go do something else, but I ended up staying for the full thing. Amazing job on this video 👏
'This mistake probably didn't matter that much'
Now in the industry, that's what we call foreshadowing.
Great work maximum!
Shoutouts to my boy hsblue.
Thanks Ricky! Hsblue is a real one indeed 💪