Why Space Quest II Speedruns Make You CHEAT

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Why Space Quest II Speedruns Make You CHEAT

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00:01 Brandon Blume - Space Quest II Theme brandonblume.com/sq2remake.htm
01:49 Brandon Blume - Sweeping the Deck brandonblume.com/sq2remake.htm
03:33 Brandon Blume - Dark Lord of the Sloth (Vohaul's Theme) brandonblume.com/sq2remake.htm
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04:44 Space Quest Historian - Beatrice spacequesthistorian.bandcamp....
05:45 Space Quest Historian - Captain's Log spacequesthistorian.bandcamp....
06:17 Brandon Blume - Roger Shrunk brandonblume.com/sq2remake.htm
05:45 Space Quest Historian - Kiz Urazgubi spacequesthistorian.bandcamp....
08:22 Space Quest Historian - Battle Cruiser (Chillaxed Remix) spacequesthistorian.bandcamp....
10:36 Brandon Blume - Vohaul's Asteroid (Theme A) brandonblume.com/sq2remake.htm
11:57 OneShortEye - Ritual No. 1
13:04 OneShortEye - Tesseract Station
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@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Store: oneshorteye-shop.fourthwall.com/

@Katzii Жыл бұрын

“if you don’t type CHEAT you get the yeet” shirts when? 😂

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

@@Katzii oneshorteye-shop.fourthwall.com/products/if-you-dont-type-cheat-you-get-the-yeet

@Katzii Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Happy that budding RetroTKS cosplayers can get the full official experience.

@MDLuffy1234YT Жыл бұрын

@@OneShortEye when King's Quest 2 and 4 WR history vids. You have every other game in the series except for those 2, and funnily enough, your videos were my main source of knowledge on KQ in general.

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

@@MDLuffy1234YT Good question. The short answer is, there are other stories in adventure game speedrunning that I find more interesting for the moment, so I don't know when I'll get to those two. KQ2 has roughly the same story as KQ1. First, people ran it without zips, then ChuckGrody and Lumophile routed in zips. There's lots of RNG. Then SantaClaus (of KQ3 fame) came in, optimized the zips, executed better, and brought the time down a lot. That's basically it. KQ4 is a great game, and the top runners are very skilled. And there are a handful of neat optimizations, but not a lot. Most of the history would just be: "they did it again, but a little faster." I'm currently finishing up a Monkey Island 2 video. There's a ton of neat history, with many twists and turns. Next up after that is Gabriel Knight 20th Anniversary Edition, which uses one glitch with hilarious results.

@slightlysnaked3725 Жыл бұрын

Where do we go to hear the Space Quest Historian read the whole book in one sitting ?

@ian_does_things6586 Жыл бұрын

I want this now. I didn’t even know I wanted it, but I do.

@TehDanxorz Жыл бұрын

I am also interested.

@jockcampbell8676 Жыл бұрын

100% soon as i heard it, totally on-board for that

@pepperypeppers2755 Жыл бұрын

That would be an audiobook, so he'd be risking a copyright lawsuit. Maybe he can get the rights?

@wild1234 Жыл бұрын

I would rather hear it narrated by Dilandau3000. One of my favorite old KZfaq channels to turn on and just leave playing. Great let's plays of all the old Sierra games😊

@PedroMata Жыл бұрын

Can't believe all these great cheaters cheated. Completely deligtimizes the cheat run :(

@bigstupidgrin Жыл бұрын

@DarkestVampire92 Жыл бұрын

Hats off to you for not only making an April Fools video about cheating on speedruns, but also making a legit video out of it :P

@mrmo3379 6 ай бұрын

Looks like it was posted on 2nd April though

@sponge1234ify 6 ай бұрын

@@mrmo3379 🌈Timezones 🌈

@DVX_BELLORVM Жыл бұрын

A negative time speedrun has to be one of the greatest ideas for an April Fools' video ever.

@dungeonseeker3087 Жыл бұрын

I mean, its not that hard in theory, all you gotta do is find a game that uses a signed INT for the counter then use ACE to overflow it and bam, you gotta -2147483648 Game Unit speedrun.

@larkohiya Жыл бұрын

Ive already finished the Speedrun before it even started. So I win.

@hawkticus_history_corner Жыл бұрын

I love how TKS is just absolutely hamming it here. Also this is a great Speed Run cuz I never would have expected this was even possible

@AmbiguouslyAnonymous Жыл бұрын

Glad to see you're finally covering more complex speedruns! Can't imagine how long it took gathering and compiling all of this information and research, not to mention how much you had to have gone through to get all these interviews.

@hiimpercy Жыл бұрын

'no vid no did' is my favourite new thing

@retrotks Жыл бұрын

it do be like that

@zac-oros Жыл бұрын

I love how bob says “I think” as if this knowledge isn’t ingrained in the very fiber of his being.

@JoeSmoPedro Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see an any% no cheat vid at some point in the future! I don't even play these old adventure games but the way you cover their Speedrun history is great!

@nekromorg Жыл бұрын

I want to see RetroTKS every April Fools' Day on this Channel now.

@retrotks Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I want to see Nekromorg in the April Fools' Day comments from now on!

@johnwisdomtv Жыл бұрын

@@retrotks and a ritual is born

@nekromorg Жыл бұрын

@@retrotks Deal.

@bucketofwetsocks5262 Жыл бұрын

Your videos have quickly become the those I am most excited to watch when they're out. Keep these up!!! Also TKS is hilarious. :D

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@Alsritt Жыл бұрын

This is the greatest speedruning video ever produced, but I can't wait to see the next History of The World Record For Talking About World Records

@ShamanJeeves Жыл бұрын

The image of a floppy disc being crammed into a compact disc drive was the most delightfully absurd thing I've seen in a good long while.

@timothymclean Ай бұрын

I hope the disc drive was okay. Also the floppy disc, but the delicate parts of that are inside the case.

@HallowedBeThyGame Жыл бұрын

10/10 and major props for lovecraftian apocalypse unleashed!

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Only the best Lovecraftian apocalypses for you.

@D44RK_Iced_Yogs Жыл бұрын

Man, as someone who missed out on these games because I was born wayyyyy too late- I love seeing these get more love in our current era. These games defined a genre and made PC gaming a thing and it sucks that not many know that.

@swempytimes Жыл бұрын

This was hilarious! Thank you. Both perfectly exemplifying the ridiculousness and camp of space quest and the ridiculousness of speedrunning. Thank you

@selfdestructivecat4922 Жыл бұрын

Went to check out the list of records for myself, and I saw that a new Any% record was posted today! Your video was so powerful that it inspired more people to cheat!

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

lol, that's great. well, if you have the game already, it's not like it takes that long to learn.

@MrVoltySquirrel Жыл бұрын

lol

@shinyagumon7015 Жыл бұрын

This is the *perfect* April Fools Prank video, it perfectly emulates your style while also being funny. Thank you for not just making one of these effortless "I'm quiting KZfaq, ha just a prank!" videos that plague this platform today. Also you want to hear about my Space Quest II Speedrun? I actually beat the game in negaive time by travelling back in time before it was even programmed yet!

@NormalPersonCommenting Жыл бұрын

Now that's some fine wibbly-wobbly, if I've ever seen it

@ultimapower6950 Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in my Space Quest 2 Speedrunning Attempt it took 15 minutes because I had to dodge a lot of bullets while trying to spell the word cheat, it became it even harder when “follow me unafraid” showed up and I had to bomb a lot. Let’s just say I’m not getting on the leaderboard anytime soon.

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I'm happy you liked it. I tried really hard to make it more than "haha I lied to you."

@eien86 Жыл бұрын

I want a TAS of this category!

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Not this category, but there is a TAS for Any% No Cheat: tasvideos.org/5722S

@jxh708hlyhd Жыл бұрын

As i spoke the incantation, the room around me grew darker, the shadows twisting and turning like living things. That's a great line, is that a quote from somewhere?

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

There's a bit of meta-cheating going on there. Everything from 10:50 onward was generated by ChatGPT, with some editing. I told it the story I wanted to tell, and to do it in the style of H.P. Lovecraft.

@falconeshield 5 ай бұрын

You can use your imagination a bit you know that right

@typhra Жыл бұрын

You have no idea how happy I am to see any video posted here. There's a group of us that share the video to each other as soon as it drops ❤ once again gotta thank everyone involved, from the creators to the community

@typhra Жыл бұрын

Forgot to mention: really messed how they all cheated :/

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for the kind words, and I'm glad you look forward to my work!

@NoxofGrey Жыл бұрын

I can't tell you how much joy this video brought me. But also seriously is the Space Quest Historian doing readings on the book oooor...?

@spacequesthistorian Жыл бұрын

I was going to do the whole book on my stream last year but I only got halfway through the 2nd chapter. Here's the first chapter if you're interested: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pb1irMR7urvHhHU.html

@nilus2k Жыл бұрын

I got a -59:59 speed run in this. Just took some practice, timing and booking a flight going east :)

@Dark_Jaguar Жыл бұрын

The effort that went into this was just... alright how do I buy that cheating hat? Only three people on Earth will get the reference so I must have to have it. It'll be like when I dressed as that kid from the edutainment game Midnight Rescue for a convention... on forklifts.

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

The preview image TKS sent me in a DM has "LogoSportswear" watermark, but I can't find the hat anywhere on the site. So I made my own shop with a look-a-like: oneshorteye-shop.fourthwall.com/

@devmech Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when you asked if the record could go below zero seconds. Truly epic question 🤣

@wisnoskij Жыл бұрын

"If you dont type cheat you get the yeet"

@jahdieljulien Жыл бұрын

If your idea of an April fools joke is to drop the funniest OSE I've seen yet then congratulations you win

@superscatboy Жыл бұрын

"Do you think the speedrun could possibly be done in under zero seconds?" 😂

@pepperypeppers2755 Жыл бұрын

The TAS potential of this run is absurd

@Just.Kidding 10 ай бұрын

I mean it would max out at what, 8 frames? Consecutive frames of an identical input will register as a held key unless broken up by a different or blank input. So, 1. ESC, 2. Enter, 3. Nothing, 4. Enter, 5. Nothing, 6. Enter, 7. F3, 8. Enter would be the minimum possible number of frames unless new discoveries are made.

@BanksZero Жыл бұрын

Space Quest!? The first adventure game I ever played. This is so awesome.

@aschtheconjurer Жыл бұрын

I think this video takes the award, for my favourite April Fools video this year from a channel I'm subscribed to. EDIT: The cosmic horror ending was perfect, 11/10.

@TheJCHarkins2 Жыл бұрын

I love these old adventure games, and seeing history of speed runs and the depth you give them, with community input, is amazing. Looking forward to the next one, and thank you to not only your efforts but the communities you connect with as well

@Xbob42 Жыл бұрын

RetroTKS just letting em swing and dangle in the breeze he's so good.

@danmanx2 Жыл бұрын

I might actually run this category. The stress seen in this category is high though. Kudos to the runners for this outstanding achievement! And OneShortEye, congrats for the run. You ran a negative run, but it was a positive for the community.

@DangerNoodleReads 10 ай бұрын

The question is, are you a cheat typing naturalist or one of the phony new-aged f3-ers?

@slightlysnaked3725 Жыл бұрын

Wow two videos in 13 days? You are too good to us Shorty

@mori8330 Жыл бұрын

Hands down the funniest speedrunning video ever made

@robmcleod2876 Жыл бұрын

Best OSE video ever. 15 minutes of pure class and indepth knowledge. You sir, have changed my life

@neolynxer Жыл бұрын

I new this video is coming and it was so undersold to me it's insane. I really expected an hour video, where we would have the "cheat" thing in the first minute and then just never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down... for an hour

@nofme 5 ай бұрын

I had to pause 5 seconds into this to call my dad and have him hear the best opening line in scifi history. "space- it's.. *out there*"

@NatsukiNoTenshi Жыл бұрын

Yes, finally a new game and funny as well! I still keep rewatching every video of yours that I should be able to cite them from memory by now, but they are just such a treat. Awesome work :)

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

That's very high praise. I'm glad you like them!

@Slattstudio Жыл бұрын

-.42 seconds? Not bad for a beginner!

@jacksonreynolds7433 Жыл бұрын

Was just watching some of your backlog last night because your videos rule. Glad to have some new stuff to watch

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@safebox36 Жыл бұрын

11:52 It took my common cold riddled brain till this time to figure out this was an April Fools vid.

@empollak Жыл бұрын

This is fantastic. I wish I comprehend getting a 100% on breathing for even a moment

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

It's 1% more than 99% breathing. Hope that clears it up.

@holisticreviews Жыл бұрын

Just remember it’s not about the destination (lungs) but about the journey (trachea).

@amandap7733 Жыл бұрын

I love finding April Fool's Day videos over a month after the April 1st because you honestly had me in the first half

@AliceLoverdrive Жыл бұрын

I can't stop giggling, this is awesome!

@the5thbreaker Жыл бұрын

The best part of this is I didn't know upright mini freezers were a thing until this video and now I need to buy one!

@PainFireFist Жыл бұрын

And for all these years of not being able to complete the game, this is what I could have done? I never knew about this special command, amazing what you find out 35 years after the release of a game. :)

@MagusMarquillin Жыл бұрын

This went from an exciting new OneShortEye documentary into an thought provoking debate on the ethics of cheating and when it consumes the whole purpose of the speedrunning sport. Then the feeling creeps up that - after 35 years - this is the exciting return of _"CURRENT INSIDE COPY"_ with a new Space Quest expose, but that delight rapidly descends to a *bleeding HP Lovecraft psychological breakdown ambush from the space/time between 8 Bit!* That's an impressive 14 minutes my good man, And you know the perfect Sierra music and clips to build whatever mood you want. Props to RetroTKS also. This channel is a unique delight!

@theyobby Жыл бұрын

your videos are wonderful, thank you for all the time you put into them

@chadwolf3840 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE that MT-32 soundtrack you had going on in the background. Absolutely gorgeous music.

@summerh3694 Жыл бұрын

Its amazing what the human body can accomplish when one puts their mind to it. The precision and speed of the movements for this speedrun is simply unthinkable

@Misfitschibis2 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible this was very informative on this very legendary run

@captainstarlight3780 Жыл бұрын

It's funny because I watched retroTKS Any% no cheat as my first exposure to Space Quest II.

@PigeonPlucker Жыл бұрын

Keep making content like you have and you'll be on 100K subs before the end of the year.

@Joe-po8rx Жыл бұрын

Best damn April fools video

@simonbuchholz6247 Жыл бұрын

Oh Boi the quality of this one! Can't belive every speed runner was chating all along

@jayst Жыл бұрын

This made me laugh so much 😂 great video man. Also your poor W500 ThinkPad. I have a T400 that has been a great machine

@FriesOfTheDead 22 күн бұрын

+10 points for "raises the question" instead of "begs the question"

@shona-sof Жыл бұрын

This as the fist 'complex' videogame I ever played! I had it on my first computer that had no hard drive and an amber-monochrome monitor.

@HammerspaceCreature Жыл бұрын

For a moment there I nearly thought we were actually getting a Space Quest lore video and clicked out of the tab. You're playing with fire on April Fools ShortEye.

@bobdedbuilder463 Жыл бұрын

And it was delicious in the oneshorteye foolery as well 😂

@markcritic2409 6 ай бұрын

1:40 HILARIOUS response from the SQ Historian! LOVE IT!

@barry-allenthe-flash8396 Жыл бұрын

I *_wish_* I lived a life where I was so good at cheating and so proud of how good I was at cheating that I just went around wearing a hat that says, ">Cheat" on it to announce it to everyone. Man, I wish I could do 100% breathing like RetroTKS too! He's my hero! 😄 Anyway, congrats on your -0.42s speedrun, OneShortEye! I guess you're cool too, even if you don't have a sweet hat that says, ">Cheat" 😉 (Awesome April Fools video dude, seriously!)

@Denny-Thray 6 ай бұрын

This entire video is done in the spirit of the humor of Space Quest. It's so wonderful.

@Zyrdalf Жыл бұрын

I got 5 minutes in before I realized. Damn even his “short” videos are amazing.

@Zyrdalf 3 ай бұрын

Hey I also got 5 minutes in. It was probably TKS that gave it away

@mangs856 Жыл бұрын

That ">cheat_" hat is actually pretty cool, tbh.

@ohhadivist Жыл бұрын

Years ago I learned how to use Adventure Game Studio from Space Quest Historian and that sort of set me on my little game-making hobby so I am always delighted and a little nostalgic to see him in these videos.

@ohhadivist Жыл бұрын

Also I like to see actually funny and entertaining april 1st videos

@spacequesthistorian Жыл бұрын

Aw, thanks, dude! I don't normally like April Fools' jokes but this one was so good, and OneShortEye is an amazing creator, so I couldn't resist partaking in this one. Fun fact: the "finding the box in the freezer" and "putting the floppy disk in the CD-ROM drive" bits were also me. :)

@ohhadivist Жыл бұрын

@@spacequesthistorian Aha those were my favorite gags! I can see you doing gaming-themed comedy as a /thing/ tbh

@spacequesthistorian Жыл бұрын

@@ohhadivist Credit goes to OneShortEye for thinking of those. I just happened to have the box and the diskette. :)

@H45556 Жыл бұрын

Lmao I love RetroTKS and his appearances on this channel, he seems like such a nice, funny dude - I should totally start watching his streams

@retrotks Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the compliments! Haven't had much time to stream this year sad to say but I'll be around more on Twitch over the summer (teacher life lol)

@morphine0000 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure that this has been mentioned before, but the Space Quest Historian looks like either a younger Christopher Lloyd, or maybe Devin Townsend's cousin.

@EmeraldLavigne Жыл бұрын

Lol, RetroTKS looks like Patton Oswald in that interview. Love the out of focus camera!

@Stratelier Жыл бұрын

I remember one time back in the day I was at a friend's house and got a 3.5" floppy disk stuck in the drive. (The metal shutter had bent slightly loose, catching on the insides of the drive when trying to eject the disk.)

@RiiViiMedia2424 Жыл бұрын

1:28 When a historian explaining lore gets denied.

@camwyn256 Жыл бұрын

I still have my original 3.5” floppies of SQ2. They’ve long since lost their magnetism and don’t work, but I have them

@SomeIdiota Жыл бұрын

That RetroTKS, a true humble legend. How did you find the money to land this man?

@retrotks Жыл бұрын

Shorty promised me 1.67% of all royalties and/or a second cheap pair of sunglasses, you tell me what I chose.

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

It set me back quite a bit. Shilling my patreon at the end is no coincidence.

@sheltongolden4394 Жыл бұрын

I heard Billy Mitchell claims he beat this game in -500ms. Apparently, it's in the Guinness Book of World Records.

@retrotks Жыл бұрын

cArEfUl hE mIgHt SuE yOu 😂

@bassguitarbill Жыл бұрын

RetroTKS' "Hah!" is giving me life

@CloudConnection Жыл бұрын

Gonna type *cheat* in the comments section to speedrun getting this video into the algorithm

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Congratulations!!! You're the most bitchen commenter on this channel! No, make that the entire Universe!!! While all those other silly commenters struggle and toil through meme after meme, you have found a way to cheat yourself to the end. Is America great, or what?!

@ultimapower6950 Жыл бұрын

@@OneShortEyeSorry to cut your celebration short but you used a continue on stage 5 after you died to Cedric the Owl with Zero Lives Remaining because he somehow was able fire out curvy lasers. Meaning you failed to 1cc Ergo you failed to solve the incident (it was probably a Mordak Conspiracy or something). Guess you gotta start over again.

@Ziraya0 Ай бұрын

Where do you get a minifridge that is entirely drawers?

@thecaveofthedead Жыл бұрын

I generally hate content posted on this date. But you're such a great story teller that I watched and enjoyed anyway.

@SeppelSquirrel Жыл бұрын

14:32 had me in stitches. 🤣

@kuroineko6440 Жыл бұрын

Another video of OneShortEye means that this will be a fantastic day! Love you content, thanks for making the videos. Love from Germany

@mochapoke3100 Жыл бұрын

oh god damnit i forgot the date again i was so confused

@yomimono_ Жыл бұрын

I was astonished that your Secret of Monkey Island vid didn't mention Ctrl-W. Maybe that's next year's April 1.

@yawg691 7 ай бұрын

His HA! after you said 11 seconds SLAYED me

@TheOriginalElkstone Жыл бұрын

"Check my pulse during the run" Bruh why you gotta do Santa dirty like that for his KQ3 comments

@rphntw1n Жыл бұрын

Imagine being rejected in this catagory because you didn’t cheat.

@rebelyell1983x Жыл бұрын

Does Freddy Pharkas have a speedrun?!?! It needs a video OneShortEye! :)

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

It does! Not sure how much there is to talk about, though. www.speedrun.com/freddy_pharkas_frontier_pharmacist?h=Any&x=z2711vg2

@retrotks Жыл бұрын

WELL WELL WELL LOOK WHO’S GOT THE HIGHLY COVETED FREDDY PHARKAS RECORD 😂

@Robeebert Жыл бұрын

No timer no laundry! Sing it from the mountain tops!

@piroshi3rd Жыл бұрын

The end song was absolutely beautiful, is there anywhere I can buy it or listen to it outside this video?

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Sorry it took a few days. I made a Bandcamp account and uploaded it there. You can click on "Buy Digital Track" and put in $0 to download it. oneshorteye.bandcamp.com/track/tesseract-station

@alexdalex Жыл бұрын

Bro your videos are the best in the speedruning esse style videos. You're the only youtuber whose videos i like before watching, keep up the good work.

@OneShortEye Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you like them.

@devonodevon Жыл бұрын

For real though, speedruns are all about getting a low time, these might just be some of the greatest speedrunners the world has ever seen.

@krehera Жыл бұрын

great video, this was a lot of fun to watch

@SamuelStokesMusic Жыл бұрын

Great video, but an unfortunate dearth of owls...

@Ledore464 Жыл бұрын

Excited!

@Nemo2342 Жыл бұрын

I've definitely watched too many of these videos now. I've never played any of these games, but as soon as I saw how the WR was achieved I thought "why aren't they using F3"?