This is currently the fastest completion of Contra III (done on an actual SNES console) on YouTube, Speed Demos Archive and Twin Galaxies.<br /><br />More info here </br><br />Verified and accepted by Speed Demos Archive (www.speeddemosarchive.com).<br />It will be up on the site sometime in the months to come.<br /><br />So this is a speed run of Contra III: The Alien Wars for SNES.<br />I aim to complete the game as fast as possible, using all weapons available.<br />Done on hard difficulty, without dying.<br /><br />Timing starts when I gain control of the character, which is fade in on stage 1.<br />Timing stops when I lose control of the character, which is when the character moves to the left on the helicopter after killing the last boss.<br /><br />History of SDA speedruns for Contra III:<br />17:00 - Mike Uyama, 2005.<br />16:07 - Josh Styger, 2007.<br />14:59 - Mike Uyama, 2009.<br />14:42 - Jonas Martinsson, 2011.
