One of the hardest games I have ever played.

[TgDn32]

@JCuz

the only speed runs I may be able to come remotely close to is Mega Man X for snes, or Zelda : A Link to the Past

I wonder how many of these speed runs are done without any kind of “tricks”

Depends on who did it.

A lot of these people belong to sites which have certain rules for speed runs, such as no emulators, no cheats . . . and so on. Each site or person for that matter have their own guidelines.