A group of Japanese speedrunners found the key to getting faster times in the classic RPG of all time Dragon Quest III it’s literally controlling the temperature of your Famicom systems with hot plates and ice packs.
Dragon Quest III, like many role-playing games, is over. Playing the game regularly can take dozens of hours, and even the fastest speedruns usually took more than an hour before a big bug was found in August 2020. Following a series of steps that include saving the game and quickly toggling the Famicom’s power button while holding the reset button, the game will restart in a faulted state that, if exploited correctly, will maximize group statistics.
Since the discovery of the flaw, Dragon Quest III speedrunners used it to complete the long game faster than ever. Japanese player Hitshee posted a time of 22:48 in November before reducing his time to 22:22 earlier this month. Your secret? Increase the temperature of the Famicom, usually in the range of 50 ° C (or 122 ° F), but sometimes as high as 80 ° C (or 176 ° F), to improve your chances of making the fault work properly.
According to a recent Denfa Minico Gamer, players found that starting the Dragon Quest III failure can be handled by a number of external factors, including which model of the Famicom they are using and the temperature of the console, which can make internal memory more volatile. Where speedrunners like Hitshee and Pirohiko using heat-generating devices like hot plates, for example, another player named baku_zero used ice packs to cool his Famicom.
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Over the weekend, Hitshee, Pirohiko, baku_zero and a fourth player named lime participated in a Dragon Quest III breed during a fast running event. They all used the on / off bug and, as far as I can tell, at least Hitshee and Pirohiko used hot dishes, with the latter setting a new world record of 22:07. It is not clear whether the Famicom’s temperature was crucial to achieving this feat.but i’m not about discuss with the extensive experimentation some of those players put in the strategy.
“Do not worry,” Hitshee wrote on Twitter in response to concerned commentators. “I’m playing with a security check. I’ve never broken an NES console and it’s not as dangerous as you might think. If the unit breaks down, I’m quick to fix it. Even if you don’t think it’s worth it, it’s an important research and presentation for us. ”