Game:

King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity (1998)

Duration: 1:07:57

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This is a speedrun for King's Quest: Mask of Eternity for the PC. This run is meant only as a "proof of concept", so it's not super optimized or anything. The run is also segmented, both because the game pretty much crashes on a whim, and for some reason, Fraps actually stops recording after the loading screens are finished, which means that this run is technically spliced together (actually true for a couple segments, but it shouldn't even be noticeable without close scrutiny). Due to these issues (as well as needing a microphone to get any audio recorded - apologies if it sounds bad), I have no plans to work on a more serious run of this game, but hopefully this serves as a good reference point for anyone that may be interested. Even though this is just a casual run, I did put a fair deal of effort into it, though there are tons of small errors, as well as a couple "big" ones (getting an extra rock, and taking a sub-optimal route through the Barren Region - I initially thought the Jewel of Flame would be necessary, but it's not).

There's too much stuff to individually explain here, but let's just say the Mask of Eternity isn't the only thing broken in this game... For more details, please refer to this topic:

https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/kings_quest_mask_of_eternity.html

The run was timed at first movement (after the raven lands on Sarah), and ends as soon as the Lucreto's defeat cutscene starts. Time spent in the main menu (saving and loading and such) was not accounted for. Due to the splicing problem mentioned above, I added 5 seconds to the overall time (to account for any missed frames due to not hitting "record" soon enough after a loading zone), plus another 15 for the missing movie when entering the Realm of the Sun (I can only record the audio of it via Fraps, not the video; same with the intro/ending movies). The time can probably be pushed under an hour, but by how much, I don't know.

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