the timed challenges.

[Icedfate]

I know that I've watched speedrunners on youtube and apparently, speedrunning is not just about knowing how to get through the game, but they also need to be fully versed in every obscure game exploitation glitch that exists in the game. like something that lets you glitch ythrough a wall to bypass 90% of a level or something.

I have no problem with a timed challenge mode but when they based the gold medal requirements on a player needing to use these exploitation glitches just to get the medal, that's just silly.

its like with the yellow devil on megaman 1, the only way to get the gold is to know the select button elec beam exploit.

that doesn't seem very fair IMO. . .

[Knight]

It is possible to get the gold medal in MM1's Yellow Devil without that exploit (just hit it's eye with Thunder Beam every time it appears). Now MM3's Yellow Devil MK-2... THAT is an unfair time limit without exploits.

[Icedfate]

well, I was partly just venting because I'm frustrated that I can't do the megaman 1 magnet beam "zip" exploit.
and all the mega man 1 challenges, when I watch the people get through them, they always use the magnet beam exploit to bypass half the stage.

I dunno, something about me, I can beat just baout any game I the normal way they intended but I can never seem to get the hang of these glitch exploits.

I could never pull off that hopping on the koopa shell as the koopa is walking down the steps a hundred times to get 100 extra lives trick on super mario 1 either and everyone else seems to think that's the easiest thing to do.
I just have to settle for being able to beat the game on 1 life. but I digressed. . .

[Retro Hacker Developer]

I got gold on every challenge and never used one glitch even once.
By the way you can beat Yellow Devil MK2 in 45 sec for gold by using shadow blade. Spam it when he open his eye to take half his life then the same again when he opens it a second time.