Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore Community Speedrun Contest Starts Today!

June 19 2024

Speedrunners, your hour has arrived! Win Cash and Prizes Playing Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore!

To celebrate our appearance in this year’s Games Done Quick, Limited Run Games is hosting our first ever Arzette speedrun competition, and you are invited to compete! From now through July 9 at 11:59 PM EST, submit your best runs of Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore for a shot at the people’s ovation and fame forever. And prizes.

The first place winner will receive a signed Arzette Collector’s Edition, a CD-i-inspired Arzette controller, and $500 USD! The second place winner gets a signed Arzette Collector’s Edition. The third place winner carries home a standard edition signed by Arzette’s creator!

We’ll be updating this blog with Top 5 leaderboards every week to give you an idea of the times you’ll need to beat to succeed.

So what are the rules? In brief:

  • Any % and any difficulty
  • The run starts when the game starts (right after you select your difficulty)
  • The run ends when you defeat the final boss
  • To enter the contest, record gameplay of your run and submit the unedited footage
  • Use this link to submit your time and upload your footage. Please only use 720p or 1080p resolution, not 4K!
  • Participants can only enter one run at a time, but may update their entry and submit a new time/video if their current completion time is outdated
  • Run may be completed on any game platform as long as the gameplay is recorded

Full rules, terms, and conditions are available here.

Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is a loving homage to early adventure platformers, capturing the gorgeous aesthetic of the era while improving on the controls, level design, and overall fun of its inspirations. It includes a number of lovingly-rendered animated cutscenes strongly influenced by certain famous/infamous video game cartoon sequences, and even welcomes some of the same voice actors. It’s a colorful, magical, and surprising 2D odyssey that won the hearts of critics and players alike.

Don’t yet have Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore? You can pick it up on Steam, PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox. Limited Run Games is also re-listing their highly collectible CD-i style controllers to experience new game thrills with old school control. These optional special controllers are compatible with PC and Switch and are being sold with a Steam code for Arzette included. They make Arzette harder, but that’s kind of the point.

During the contest, feel free to post about your time, gameplay clips, and entries on social and tag @limitedrungames. And don’t forget to check out Arzette this week at GDQ!