Speed Demos Archive

Max Payne was released in 2001 and by many people it was declared game of the year. This third-person action adventure game has Max Payne going through the underground of New York City killing all in his wake for the murder of his wife and child. The game combines the stunts of action films with "bullet-time" and a deep noir story that makes a person remember what a great single player gaming experience can be and is.

Level #	Name	Time	Date	Player
1-Prologue	The American Dream Prologue	0:14	15.08.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
1-1	Roscoe Street Station	1:33	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
1-2	Live from the Crime Scene	1:43	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
1-3	Playing it Bogart	1:08	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
1-4	The Blood Veins of New York	1:01	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
1-5	Let the Gun do the Talking	1:03	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
1-6	Fear that Gives Men Wings	2:27	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
1-7	Police Brutality	1:46	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
1-8	Ragna Rock	2:07	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
1-9	An Empire of Evil	0:59	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
2-Prologue	Nightmare	0:51	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
2-1	The Baseball Bat	1:08	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
2-2	An Offer You Can't Refuse	2:09	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
2-3	With Rats and Oily Water	2:56	20.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
2-4	Put Out My Flames with Gasoline	1:10	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
2-5	Angel of Death	1:07	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
3-Prologue	The Drug Trip	0:48	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
3-1	Take Me to Cold Steel	1:11	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
3-2	Hidden Truths	1:45	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
3-3	The Deep Six	2:23	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
3-4	Backstabbing Bastard	1:53	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
3-5	In the Land of the Blind	1:17	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
3-6	Byzantine Power Game	1:10	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
3-7	Nothing to Lose	3:33	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee
3-8	Pain and Suffering	1:42	21.06.05	Daniel 'Shido' Lee

File details: 337 MB total size, requires DivX codec.
FTP link to all files: U.S., Europe (includes old times).

Note: Time is taken from the in-game timer, but it's a little hard to get without looking at the next level in sequence. Take the final displayed time and subtract eight seconds per kill, then subtract the result from one minute for the time.

My advice for the whole run:

Focus only on your objective, kill only the ones in your way, and don't get sidetracked on items unless it's necessary.
Exploit the occasional pauses in the time that occur after you kill a certain enemy because time stops while you don't.
Dodge rolling is the most important because the Max Payne enemies find it hard aim on a dodge rolling target, and it's faster than running.
Shootdodging is a bad idea because it takes a while to get back up so that you can continue running.

p1c9:
Quickly killing the mobsters who come out of the opposite side of the entrance should be the main priority before the Jack Lupino cutscene because there are more mobsters to kill.

p2c3:
Near the start, it took quite some practice to make that jump (not sure how to describe it) after you get up the ramp, which brings you to the door to the outside. I still can't make that jump 100% of the time. Also, after the mobster comes out that door, you have to wait for it to close before you go through it or else the platform won't be triggered.

p2c6:
Deplete as many painkillers and as much ammo as you want in this level because in the next, you'll be full of them.

p3c8:
I'm still not absolutely sure if it's shooting the rotor that causes the shutters to go down, but it seems like it.