Cash bounties for speedruns

[TheQuietMan]

That's right, folks, you can get paid for speedrunning games! Check out the list below to see which games we currently have bounties for.

Note that these bounties often have specific restrictions and rules and are offered by individual members of the forum, not by SDA officially. Be sure to contact the person who offered the bounty to see if it's still on offer. Of course, you have to rely on their word, we can't guarantee that there's not a black sheep here and there.

I updated all the bounties to include workable links, since they all became "board not found" errors when nate updated the forum. Let's just hope he doesn't do it again anytime soon.

When posting a bounty, please specify the following details:
1. Single segment, segmented, either one, or an individual level.
2. 100%, Any%, Low% if they apply exactly like that.
3. If it has a time limit (Sub x:xx:xx).
4. Which difficulty if there are multiple difficulty levels.
5. Game system if it has multiple or different ports.
6. Extra conditions such as no damage, no deaths, no out of bounds, etc...

Timeline:
You also must include a due date now. This is to prevent people from working hard on a bounty, only to not get their reward because the member who offered it is no longer here. Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't. When the due date is up, I'll PM the person who originally offered the bounty to see if it is still being offered. Remember, this doesn't mean you need to rush and produce a crappy speedrun, it just means that if you don't think you can do it by the time the offer expires, you should contact the person offering it and ask him if he can extend the deadline.

See what slowbro has to say about his bounties here.

Available Bounties:
Before you work on one of these, please check the page with the details.

Game	Goal	Prize	Offer by	Details
Age of Empires 2 + Expansion Campaigns	Medium or Hard difficulty, Segmented	$50	gia	Here
Alex Kidd in Miracle World	Sega Master System, SS, sub 17:33 DUE: End of 2010	$50	Konnan	Here
Alien Hominid	SS hard mode, no deaths	$150	AeonCore	Here
Alien Hominid	SS hard mode, no deaths	$150	tri-hex	Here
Alien Hominid	SS hard mode, no deaths	$100	groobo	Here
Amped 2 (XBox)	100% Due: December 31st	$100	ktwo	Here
Blade Runner	Any one ending	$20	Mkt2015	Here
Blade Runner	All endings	$50	Mkt2015	Here
Blazing Angels	SS, all verifiers accept, no NG+ DUE: September 2010	$20	RattlingJoint	Here
Blue Dragon	any%, Segmented or SS	$50	Ascetic Swordsman	Here
Bomberman for Saturn	Preferably SS on hardest difficulty	£25	Wahoo	Here
Bomberman 64	Sub-0:59, SS, 120 card, Normal DUE: January 1st 2010	$5	JaggerG	Here
Bubsy (SNES)	Speedrun DUE: October 2010	$45	RattlingJoint	Here
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	Richter improvement DUE: February 2010	$20	ZenicReverie	Here
Daxter	any%, no waterslide on Lumbermill	$25	Dysitis	Here
Diablo II	Sub-one hour DUE: October 1st	$20	Freakzilla	Here
Dungeon Keeper 1	IL table, no Creature Transfer DUE: End of 2009	€40	Kabuto	Here
Earthworm Jim (Sega Genesis)	Speedrun DUE: End of 2009	$10	QuestionMark	Here
Eldar Scrolls IV: Oblivion	View details.	$175	Jiyuun	Here
Fire Emblem	Hector Hard Mode 100% all chapters all characters	$20	yoshmaster5	Here
Freespace 2	Speedrun	$25	Vorpal Edge	Here
Giants	Segmented any% DUE: End of 2009	€50	Kabuto	Here
Half Life	Sub-55min SS on Hard no scripts	$50	laughing_gas	Here
Homeworld (PC)	Any%, any difficulty, accepted to SDA Due: End of 2009	$25	OnyxShadow	Here
Ikari Warriors for NES	Speedrun (deaths are okay)	$50	vgmrsepitome	Here
King Kong	SS or segmented	$25	Mkt2015	Here
Magician Lord (Virtual Console)	Sub 25 minutes no deaths	$100	mikwuyma	Here
Magician Lord (Virtual Console)	Sub 25 minutes no deaths	$100	stanski	Here
Mark of Kri	SS or segmented	$25	Mkt2015	Here
Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries	Speedrun	$50-$75	tycho102	Here
Mega Man 7	A SS improvement	$20-30	TheQuietMan	Here
Metroid Prime	Under an hour, Segmented, no out-of-bounds, no secret worlds DUE: 2010	$400	AngerFist	Here
Metroid Prime	0:59 Segmented, no Out of Bounds DUE: 2010	His LIFE	AngerFist	Here
Metroid Prime	0:59 Segmented	$20	Arrow	Here
Mystic Defender	Segmented or SS, no deaths	$25 or $40	FiveMagics	Here
Pokemon FireRed/Leafgreen	SS, Elite 4 Round 2, Sub 5 hours	$17+	UltimateDarius	Here
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire	Single Segment	$25 to $75+	Ascetic Swordsman	Here
Radiata Stories	100% all characters	$300	Enhasa and slowbro	Here
Resident Evil (Gamecube)	New Game SS, sub-1:26:00 as Jill	$20 and his left egg	royalACE	Here
Resident Evil (Gamecube)	New Game SS, sub-1:26:00 as Jill	BOTH his eggs	Carcinogen	Here
Resident Evil 4	New Game SS, Pro.	$40	TehRandom	Here
Rise of the Kasai	SS or segmented	$25	Mkt2015	Here
Rygar (PAL)	Speedrun Due: December 31st	$100	ktwo	Here
Saga Frontier	Segmented, all 7 quests	$50	rashreflection	Here
Shatterhand for NES	Clean no-deaths speedrun	$25	Suzaku	Here
Solomon's Key	Best ending Due: December 31st	$100	ktwo	Here
Snake Rattle 'n Roll	Speedrun Due: December 31st	$100	ktwo	Here
Sonic 1	All Chaos Emeralds	$20	Gob_Bluth	Here
Sonic 2	All Chaos Emeralds	$20	Gob_Bluth	Here
Sonic 2	0:18 in Emerald Hill 1	$75	stanski	Here
Splinter Cell (Any game)	Speedun with 100% stealth rating	$50	aadhar	Here
Splinter Cell (Any game)	Speedun with 100% stealth rating	$50-$250	Prognosis_4	Here
Spyro the Dragon 2	100% SS	$50	Peppyman	Here
Star Fox 64 (NTSC)	Any% sub-0:25:30	$25	Psonar	Here
Star Fox 64 (NTSC)	100% sub-1:23:00	$50	Psonar	Here
Star Ocean 1 (JP)	Speedrun	$50	Enhasa	Here
Star Ocean 3	SS speedrun	$25	Enhasa	Here
Star Ocean 4	View details DUE: July 2010	$60-$200	Rask	Here
Super Mario 64	Proof of legit 1-star completion	$20	AKA	Here
Super Mario 64	One-star SS speedrun	$100	AKA	Here
Super Mario Galaxy	61-star Segmented speedrun	$25	Sorcerer88	Here
Super Mario Galaxy	61-star SS speedrun, one player	$50	TheQuietMan	Here
Super Mario Galaxy	61-star SS speedrun	$60	Sorcerer88	Here
Super Mario Galaxy	120-star SS speedrun, one player	$350	TheQuietMan	Here
Theme Hospital (PC)	Any%, any difficulty, accepted to SDA Due: End of 2009	$25	OnyxShadow	Here
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (Sega Genesis)	Speedrun DUE: End of 2009	$10	QuestionMark	Here
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Any% run	$25	Hexrapper	Here
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	Any%	$100	Hexrapper	Here
Tony Hawk's Underground	Any% on Sick difficulty	$100	Hexrapper	Here
Tony Hawk's Underground 2	Improvement over current run	$25	Hexrapper	Here
Tony Hawk's Underground 2	Classic goals 100% goals on Sick	$25	Hexrapper	Here
Trauma Center: Second Opinion	SS, XS on every mission, under 3 hours	$200	Prognosis_4	Here
Twisted Metal 2	Any verified run DUE: January 1st 2010	$50	Freakzilla	Here
Typing of the Dead	Any% SS	$30	Ewil	Here
Vagrant Story	Sub 2 hours (view details) DUE: Within 6 months or a year	$50-$200 (time based)	Zugzwang	Here
Valkyrie Profile 2	SS speedrun	$25	Enhasa	Here
Zelda: A Link To The Past	Low%, Sub 2 hours	$20	Baron Dante	Here
Zelda: Oracle of Seasons	Sub 2 hours	$20	Tompa	Here

All the links are to the old thread for confirmation, but you can't post there.


Paid Bounties:
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - $5 paid to Lord_VG

Chrono Cross - $50 paid to Molotov

Clue - $5 paid to Molotov

Diablo 2 - $150 paid to Siyko

Dungeon Keeper - 40€ paid to zoonel

Home Alone [SNES] - $5 paid to UCPro

Jagged Alliance 2 - $50 paid to Pendrokar

Mechwarrior 3 - $50 paid to Pendrokar

Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries - $100 paid to Pendrokar

Mega Man 3 - $500 (Combined) paid to Tiki

Mega Man 6 (Obsoleted runs) - $100 paid to vgmrsepitome

Mega Man 6 - $360 (Combined) paid to Tiki

Mega Man 9 (Individual Level Table of World Records) - $270 paid to MegaDestructor9

Metroid Prime: Hunters - $5 paid to DSGamer3002

Okami race videos - $50 paid to groobo
Race with Kai in 2:12
Inner Yoshpet Forest in 2:15

Phantasy Star Online - $60 paid to dexter

Pokemon FireRed - $100 paid to Ultimate Darius

Pokemon FireRed (Elite Four Round 2 SS) - $100 paid to Ultimate Darius

Pokemon Red Single Segment - $100 paid to Jacob91

Prince of Persia: The Two Thones (Single Segment) - $200 paid to Ucpro

Star Ocean 2 - $50 paid to MGSB

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (Deathless run) - $75 paid to rdrunner

Valkyrie Profile (Hard Mode 100% all dungeons (not all characters)) - $100 paid to Moka

Werewolf: The Last Warrior - $100 paid to andrewg

Zelda: The Twilight Princess (Cave of Ordeals Run) - $50 paid to SoulCalibrII

Let me know if I've missed anything anywhere.

Special thanks to Sorcerer88 who let me start this thread and wrote the intro.

[TheQuietMan]

Second post reserved in case I need it.

[Guardian Garr]

I think that the RE1 should be specified as to what system. It's on 3 I believe. N64, PS1 and GCN also just read SAT and PC. Also, is it Directors cut or original?

[MortyreR45]

I think that the RE1 should be specified as to what system. It's on 3 I believe. N64, PS1 and GCN also just read SAT and PC. Also, is it Directors cut or original?

N64 is wrong !

[AngerFist]

My offer is for a segmented run.

[TheQuietMan]

I contacted the poster who put up the Resident Evil bounty and the details have been updated. I also updated the Metroid Prime bounties.

[Carcinogen]

I think that the RE1 should be specified as to what system. It's on 3 I believe. N64, PS1 and GCN also just read SAT and PC. Also, is it Directors cut or original?

He's talking about the GameCube version, and Trevor Seguin already completed that a LONG time ago.

[Poesta]

Mkt2015 offered $100 for the PoP:TTT run, not $200. That's  quite a difference. Great idea to make a new thread.

[TheQuietMan]

I think that the RE1 should be specified as to what system. It's on 3 I believe. N64, PS1 and GCN also just read SAT and PC. Also, is it Directors cut or original?

He's talking about the GameCube version, and Trevor Seguin already completed that a LONG time ago.

Trevor Seguin hasn't submitted it to SDA. More to the point, if he's done it, so can anyone really.

Mkt2015 offered $100 for the PoP:TTT run, not $200. That's  quite a difference. Great idea to make a new thread.

Oops, I forgot to update the link. It is indeed $200. And like he admits, an easy $200, if I do say so myself.

[Poesta]

I might actually do this if I can find the time.

[Tekken]

Hello, I am a new user at the forum. I have been reading since the beginning of 2007 but just recently found out about the bounties on some runs. I did a search on the forum and didn't find any feasible plans about running The King of Ironfist Tournament 5 (Tekken 5).

I want to see great Tekken videos. But, as this game is a bit off the scope to be run as a normal speed run, I suggest that I make a bounty with my own terms.

-First of all, the game mode will be Arcade Mode, running from Beginner status to Tekken Lord in a single segment. (I only have Tekken 5 on PS 2 so I don't know about the stati in Tekken 5 DR as they grow even after TLord).

-The difficulty setting can be normal. This challenge will be hard enough with normal. Also the game timer shall be set to 60. Rounds per fight shall be one.

-No one wants to see a run where the cheesiest move of a single character is spammed over and over again, so, to prevent this, the challenge will be run with the changeling of the game: Mokujin!

-At least on normal difficulty the game's characters are dumbfounded by the simple u/f + 4 kick on most characters, at least Jinpachi can be beat with that move only, so even Mokujin can't possibly exclude this "cheese move". This is to say, don't over-do one single move over and over again. Using a cheesyish move from time to time is ok, but if the whole video will be 50% some combo etc. it will not be the way this challenge was supposed to be done --> no bounty will be given.

-No round may be won by "time out". Doing so in a 60 second round would be absurd in terms of "speed running".

-Only promotions, no demotions. If a single demotion fight is lost, the challenge is instantly failed. Being in risk of demotion is ok however, as the game sometimes acts weird in the rankings (ie. I have been in a demotion risk after losing a single round after 5 consecutive wins, bug or something?).

-Losing a fight is ok, but only less than 3 times. That is to say, you have "3 lives" and you can lose 2 times but no more. Losing in a promotion fight is allowed but seeing how that gives very much additional time to the run, that would be pointless in the "speed running ethics". However, that is allowed, as sometimes the game holds two promotion fights in a row (I think this has something to do with your score that is measured in the game in some mystical formula).

-Please use the Mokujin's "male" appearance, as the female one is very ugly in my opinion. Or, alternatively, switch the costume every time you lose a fight during the challenge, as to keep track of the number of "lives left".

I think that covers it all. Today I tried running this challenge with Mokujin after like a year's break from the game. I got to Tekken Lord status from Beginner with 15 losses and 180 wins (I fumbled two promotion matches and had 3 miss clicks on selecting the optimal fight). By those parameters the in-game time was something like 65 minutes. So I think this challenge is doable with about 60 minutes in-game time. However, the time doesn't matter. As long as the game isn't stalled in a ridiculous manner.

Also, please note that I don't recommend trying this run if you don't truly master the game. I also urge you not to try the challenge if you don't know how to level up quickly in the Arcade Mode! The process will be very tedious even for the great players. However, after seeing the Japanese and Koreans master the game, I am very sure that this is a completely possible run. I offer a bounty of $50 upon completing the challenge. This may sound little, but it's just to give incentive to the people who truly love the game and need this "little something" to get going and try to beat the challenge. Within a month's training I think the challenge would be doable by myself too but I have college to attend to.

The payment will be made using PayPal, which I will start using when someone contacts me and tells that they will start to make the run. If I am the first one to post the video of this challenge, no bounties will be given, at least not before I rethink the situation.

Well, as Craig Marduk would put it: "Put your cameras ready folks, it ain't gonna take long."

Edit. I changed the lives to "3" as I saw the video on Youtube of this guy doing 131 fights in a row with Doctor B. However, Dr. B. a bit overpowered and the guy is doing the stupid thing and spamming the same moves over and over... On the other hand, the survival mode is a bit harder on the energy as you don't get the bar full in the beginning of each match. If 3 lives is too difficult, I will have to rethink the challenge a bit. Try the game a bit and tell me what you think.

[Carcinogen]

Post it in the bounty thread please. *points to stickies*

How much are you offering?

[Carcinogen]

I think that the RE1 should be specified as to what system. It's on 3 I believe. N64, PS1 and GCN also just read SAT and PC. Also, is it Directors cut or original?

He's talking about the GameCube version, and Trevor Seguin already completed that a LONG time ago.

Trevor Seguin hasn't submitted it to SDA. More to the point, if he's done it, so can anyone really.

It's on Shin's site. Davis didn't state that it had to be submitted to SDA.

Either way, Trevor did it with the Japanese version, with saves, and stamped out his Rocket Launcher run to boot.

You want to try beating Trevor's record? It's like watching a TAS. As far as New Game goes, it's pretty much as perfect as it's gonna get, barring if someone were to beat it in an SS. If Trevor's run was beaten in an SS, I'd mail both my eggs. =p

[MatrixTN]

I wouldn't see arcade mode as a speedable category, but "The Devil Within" I think would be a possibility.

[Guardian Garr]

I think that the RE1 should be specified as to what system. It's on 3 I believe. N64, PS1 and GCN also just read SAT and PC. Also, is it Directors cut or original?

N64 is wrong !

Don't get to excited that you were right and I am wrong. I assumed it would be on the 64, also I thought I remembered it being on it, as for the fact that 0 and 2 is on the N64, so it naturally makes sense don't you think?