Use the following resources if you would like to start speedrunning Pixel Quest or start going for any of these bounties: Game / Flash Player Download - www.speedrun.com/pq/resources *OR* BlueMaxima's Flashpoint (only the alternate Free Online Games version works) - bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/downloads/ Pixel Quest Speedrunning Discord - discord.gg/c9CVmjZvxU Recording Software (OBS Studio) - obsproject.com/ Timing Software (LiveSplit) - livesplit.org/downloads/ Current State of the Bounties: New 16 Levels Glitchless World Record ($100) - CLAIMED by IBedrockI on 2/28/22. WR Link - kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4CsqNexhMzWlqg.html New 16 Levels Glitched World Record ($25) - CLAIMED by Xdxboxjaja on 2/25/22. WR Link - kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6t4sNuPZLu2e6Q.html New Any% Clean File World Record ($25) - CLAIMED by QuackedUp on 3/11/22. PB Link - www.twitch.tv/videos/1422303640

@jammish9802

2 жыл бұрын

You should probably pin this

@jaerockets

2 жыл бұрын

is it ok to use the flash player located in the red ball resources section?

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaerockets yes

@jakethedog5667

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum love ur videos...can watch them whole without being bored...keep making good stuff

@jonash78

2 жыл бұрын

@@jammish9802 already pinned

This game feels like it was being held together by toothpicks gum and hope considering how many breaks appear in runs from random ass scenarios

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

After looking at it, I can confirm that the game is built on spaghetti code

@Xnoob545

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum wow I didn't even know I coded that game

@Xnoob545

2 жыл бұрын

@@metachirality do I know you?

@nothinginteresting7558

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the new Fnaf game

@rompevuevitos222

2 жыл бұрын

Seeing as it's a flash game, it's sturdiness is actually pretty impressive Flash was NOT meant to be used for games, the engine can even lock up if you press too many keys at once since the event system is purely scripts

I love the idea that someone is making sure to document the history of key gaming cultures, and I know that someday, far in the future, someone will be grateful for your efforts in preserving the history of this time. thanks for the continually impressive videos and hard work that you put in

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, there are still so many more topics to cover when it comes to flash games, and I am glad that I have the ability to bring these kinds of things into a new light

@telnobynoyator_6183

2 жыл бұрын

There will be a point in the future where historians will rewatch those same videos we currently watch for entertainment

@mack4691

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum how about plazma burst speedruns? Plazma burst 2 is one of the greatest 2d shooters ever. I remember finding a glitch to "prop fly" by standing on a levitating barrel with your force powers.

@Makowako_

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum this is one of the most underrated channels I’ve ever seen. You should be well over 500k rn.

@Makowako_

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum makes it even cooler you run a lot of the games you cover Well, some

i love the fact that simply pausing the game is the most broken feature in most flash games 😂

You're really right on flash games not having proper documentation. I feel like ninja kiwi could have hours of documentary on it, or just armor games as a whole. It was such a crazy time and it's still hard to believe so many games of incredible quality came out of it

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, one of the screenshots that I showed was from the Miniclip high score hunters forum. Those people were extremely talented, and some were years ahead of future speedrunners in terms of optimizing the games that they played

@Shifsabre

2 жыл бұрын

NK actually archived a decent portion of their library, although they did need to discontinue things like SAS4 Web because of technical limitations

@jamesbailey6257

Жыл бұрын

At the time everyone considered them throwaway games you played at school and no one ever thought flash was going anywhere, it's crazy how much content has just been completely lost or has zero surviving documentation

"however, i just realized while writing this script that there is a far easier and better method for this one really complicated glitch", he just casually drops into the conversation lmao

These walls surely can't turn into liquid! _walls turn into liquid_ *spits out cereal*

@Vexxter

2 жыл бұрын

Abcfed be like

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

expect the unexpected from Pixel Quest

@Rubienlily

2 жыл бұрын

but if cereal 1 was so good then where's cereal 2?

@sonetagu1337

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rubienlily SOON

@turretboi

2 жыл бұрын

Walls are just a suggestion

I can't wait until PixelPerfectRuns gives this game a go!

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

his name is PixelPerfectRuns because he plays every game with "Pixel" in the title right

@20TrillionTrees

2 жыл бұрын

Xdxboxjaja? more like, umm... Xbox

@lslees_6192

2 жыл бұрын

@@20TrillionTrees gottem

@jonash78

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum Join My Tournament by Typing Me!

@smoceany9478

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum yup thats why i think

"So, Mr. General Baller, what inspired you to join this community?" "Money"

Flash -is- was* a perfectly balanced engine with no exploits whatsoever * I miss flash. :(

@generallyunimportant

2 жыл бұрын

flash is an engine for animations and people made games with it. so the only exploits in flash were the exploits in physics\collision stuff that people made themselves

@UnderTheRated

2 жыл бұрын

So do I, I remember sometime this month or maybe last month that I got a notification saying Adobe flash player is shutting down and I should uninstall it, meaning that when I originally got that popup I just clicked remind me later and it reminded me like 2 years later, wonder when I'm gonna be reminded next, whenever that happens, I'll remember some better times

@dennisbuchanan1529

Жыл бұрын

me too man

This is actually pretty interesting. Yet another instance where a simple sub second pause completely breaks the game.

"By mashing the shit out of the pause button he survived" is an amazing line

maximum, looking at this game: "hmm there is a very small community around this, but I want new strats/cool optimizations..." maximum: "oh yeah I have a youtube channel"

I fell like this game is gonna blow up now

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

that's the idea

@meltrix4319

2 жыл бұрын

U had the same comment idea as me

It's really cool getting to see the speedrunning history of a flash game like this get documented especially coming from someone who was actively a part of the scene.

I accidentally found this glitch while playing games back in elementary school lol, although I didn’t really think about any practical uses for it

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’d assume that, like the level dupe, it is somewhat easy to preform it on accident

Amazing video and awesome music selection! Also jesus christ this game is broken

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ricky! It is honestly even more broken then what the video portrays; I had to constantly close and reopen the game while I was recording footage for the video and testing out different mechanics because I kept accidentally level duping...

I find your channel by typing "red ball guy"

@ricogoins

3 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

I remember playing this game all the time and finding out many of these glitches on my own midway through completing it. I had a lot of fun messing around with the wall clipping on as many levels as I could use it. It’s always nice to see a video on something you used to enjoy a lot, so thanks for the great video!

So funny story, dveon is my brother and he discovered the wall clipping glitch one day while he was goofing off on the computer in middle school, he came home that day excited and showed the the glitch and talked about speedrunning it using the glitch. It blows my mind that I'd be hearing about this run again so many years from then, I sent him this video and his mind was blown too. I'd never thought I'd see my brother get so much recognition thank you for making this video

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

dude, that's crazy! I'm really glad that y'all were able to find the video 🙂

YOOOO!!! I used to briefly run this game back in 2016/2017!! So happy to see it in a professional Video

@TheGaming100

2 жыл бұрын

it was mostly The Lost Gifts and not this, but still epic nonetheless

I like how this video plays like a memoir rather than a normal documentary, as you yourself played such a large part in making this game worth remembering/speedrunning. Keep up the good work!

One day you should do documentaries about Flipline Studios since you know one of there games

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know much about their games currently; I only looked into Cactus McCoy since Bret cited it as being an inspiration for Pixel Quest.

@CalldeMolly

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum Also when might you do another video about Red Ball? it's been a while

these videos are like the best resource ever to learn about speedrunning and the history behind it! i never even knew speedrunning was a thing and now im hanging on to every word

As a celeste fan, thank you I was actually wondering if the dash mechanic was as good lol

Cactus McCoy 1 and 2 are my favorite flash games of all time, I wonder if there's speedrun category for it, if yes I'd love to see a video on it

I’m so glad you blew up. I remember watching like your third video or so when it dropped.

Thank you for showing me this game. I'm having a lot of fun with it, and the speedrunning community is amazing!

Love how competitive the any% category is!

The reason I love Maximum's videos is that instead of some outsider in the game's speedrunning community, he is always one of the best runners so he knows exactly what he is talking about. And you can definitely feel his passion for some of these games since he has poured so much time into each one, both running and documenting each game. Plus its cool to hear about speedrunning history from flash games lol. Keep up the great work Maximum!!!!!

amazing quality as always, you got me addicted to the games I used to play in middle school again lmao

The fact that he brought back the community as much as he did is insane keep it up

funnily enough, i was looking into learning the red ball speedrun today. now i have a backup!

Back in 2019 I found this exact same glitch in class but I did it by just immediately facing opposite the wall instead of jumping first. Now I want to go back and try out speedrunning this game...

Oh my god, I forgot about Cactus McCoy. Thank you for unlocking my childhood memories

0:20, i played that game years back, and i was never able to find it again,but i instantly recognized it when you showed this, and it brings to much nostaliga, i just wanna thank you for including this

thanks for the entertainment, never stop making these friend

It's a good day when Maximum uploads

I remember playing this game so much in middle/high school, and even to this day. I discovered this glitch for myself and was so excited, and seeing this video makes me so happy that this game doesn't go unrecognized.

Your videos really are the best, they always portray these as addictive adventures and journeys with multiple legendary contributors along the way. ❤

Great video as always from a fantastic game journalist!

Fantastic Vid! I could definitely see you hitting 100K subs this year! Always love your vids, so much passion!

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you! I’m hoping to hit 100k this year for sure, but whether than happens or not will come down to the algorithm.

I have one thing to say...I love the fact that you are also part of the speedrunning community sharing your views and documenting the era of flash games and how they have been turned into speedrunning monsters. The way you have explained and documented make me feel that you are a underrated youtuber. Thank you for your view on speedrunning. (not really one thing is it)

Haven't seen this game in a long time, and I thought I was some sort of genius when I pulled off the wall clipping trick by accident back then but turns out people already knew that lol. Fun to know :D Great vid m8 ^-^

Guess I gotta give this game a look, since you've got me intrigued

I'd forgotten about this game. This brings back a ton of memories

i remember finding a speedrun of this on youtube in elementary school and showing the glitches to my friends, surprised to see this again and still having a community

Very nice. I also like the use of Mystic Quest music!

I need to say your videos are incredible

Great video!😃

This seem interesting, I'll do some speedrun. Thanks for telling me about the Pixel Quest speedrun.

In the immortal words of a sentient container of sodium chloride: "Walls are just a suggestion"

tribe members: oh no we lost these idols can you get them back in 1 month this guy: make it 3 minutes

This reminds me a rather lot of the hit indie video game Celeste released in 2018

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

interesting comparison. I wonder what made you think of that one

@detroityeet7048

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum It was the gems. They are pointy (like the dash refills

I remember playing this game! I'd been trying to find it again but I wasn't able to until this video!

You know a youtubers content is good whenever you can re-watch a video and it's still entertaining.

At 20:00, when flashing those times on screen montage style, please leave them up for a full second or two or something. It's impossible to follow what's going on.

...Huh. ...You know what? Why not. I *HAVE* been looking for an excuse to download FlashPoint on my new computer...

this is actually one of my favorite flash games, i remember playing it in middle school and completed half the game without even knowing about dashing

Saw this and was like "hey i used to run this game, i wonder if im in this"... yup

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

Sup man. It’s funny how the people that I mention in my vids stumble across them very often!

Bro the USUM Ultra Necrozma theme while @Maximum improved the record was hilarous. And the Wally theme? This man likes his pokemon music.

Lord, the video is 13 hours old and someone broke your record 0_o

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

He started playing the game a few days ago when I mentioned that I was working on a video about, but he had no idea about the bounties beforehand. The other records will take a decent bit longer to take.

I REMEMBER THIS GAME SO MUCH DUDE

Man, i was beginning this looking for some cool history Then suddenly, it wasn't all just the past. It turned into a revival as well.

You being the only person to have completed a full run has big martincitopants JC3 energy

I used to run this game in the computer lab

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be making these videos today if it weren't for "speedrunning" flash games at school!

Just janked together Wineskin, Flash player, and Pixel Quest, love the game! I'll try submitting a speedrun soon :3

I used to play this back in elementary school. good times

I really like the video, but i just love how you wrote "Roblox for scale"

great video, i used to love this game

wonderful video

omg my forgot that cactus maccoy existed. i don't remember any specific time i played it or have any knowledge about the game or even the name but the second i say that god damn cactus cowboy on the screen my flash games childhood rushed through my body. i know that game. i played it. thanks for digging up this memory of mine i forgot existed.

Fastone world record progression when?

ya know what, through these videos i remember loving playing many of these flash games, cactus mccoy was actually one of my favorites, i wonder if it has a category.

brett has a straight up karl marx look

Super Mario 63 also has a dash mechanic. Id say its rather early since 2009 release

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

I mean Celeste did it first tho

@TheGaming100

2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximum that could not have been further from the truth. Both flash games came out in the late 2000s wheras Celeste came out in 2017

@zynstein8059

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGaming100 its a JOKE

@TheGaming100

2 жыл бұрын

@@zynstein8059 Mr.Doesn'tGetJokes100 moment

i remember raging so hard at this game in the computer lab in third grade, good times. it sucks how pixel jones fizzled out, but maybe itll get picked up again - hopefully

new maximum we gaming

holy hell this brings out some nostalgia

Nick Robinson has got to make a documentary of this game

I had strep through November 9th 2011. I don't remember that day, but I was sick with strep on my birthday every year for 6 years.

You know it's gonna be sick when he pulls out Ultra Necrozma's theme.

Used to play this game on my chromebook at school. Pretty fun game

Ah yes, my favorite documentary about speedrunners

would you ever consider doing a video on one of the papas pizzeria games? i know theyre probably not too interesting to speedrun but ive always loved them a lot

Hi Maximum, can you do a video on Exit Path speedrunning? It’s a flash game from 2010 that had it’s WR beaten _ten years_ after the previous one! Exit Path was a game by jmbt02 that was designed for players to complete it quickly. While it gives the achievement “Perfect” at 6:XX, the speedrun times are at 2:XX! This is due to a lot of glitches such as double-jump dashing and dash-wall jumps.

@Maximum

2 жыл бұрын

I am aware of that record getting broken :o

"somehow, by mashing the shit out of the pause button..." seems to describe this entire game. Fascinating.

It's amazing how broken the pause button can be in some games. Also I might consider doing 100%il runs sometime.

There are a couple places in both pixel quest games where there is no barrier preventing you from exiting the level and so you can go through walls without needing to perform a dash cancel

"I somehow managed to do this in under 3 hours" final time: 2:59 that adds up.

good video max

LETS GOOO!!! Let’s play the guessing game to see if the documentarian is actually the one speed running the game!!!

This game was the best thing to play in middleschool. It was so much fun and so amazingly hard.

I remember playing this in flash at school in 2015

man I know this is a dumb comment to make but as someone who spent years on kongregate its crazy to hear it mentioned in a video

And that's why we would create a function to reset the dash instead of repeating these statements and function calls over and over. Where did clean code go boys 😔 Love your videos btw and this one is no exception!! Keep up the good work maximum!! 💪💪

Maximum is literally looking at dead games and going "yep let's revive this"

In pixel quest speedruns: *Walls are merely a suggestion.*

This feels like you're the new Matt Turk lol

21:30 ah so that's where my birthday luck was going Wondered why I was so normally-lucked that time.