Time Crisis: Special Mission - AAA Route - 08'18"40

https://www.speedrun.com/timecrisis/run/zq30v71y

Another one credit playthrough, this time of the Special Mission included on the PlayStation port of Time Crisis. This time was achieved with the NTSC-U version of the game.

I don't think this mode is particularly difficult, but doing it efficiently is a different story. I can't count the number of times a particular enemy would take two seconds slower to appear for no real reason. The next worst thing was getting a good Web Spinner. I remember when I was younger and playing the PAL version, I was able to shoot at him whenever he spawned. Unfortunately, he's too fast in NTSC for me to manage that consistently. There *is* a pattern to his spawns, but it seems that on certain phases he just picks whatever side of the screen he wants. That aside, I really enjoy the Special Mission - the different routes, the music, the atmosphere... it's all lovely.

However, I'd like to rant about something: what's the deal with the calibration in this game? In Project Titan, I am able to shoot accurately throughout the entirety of the game, but there's just something *off* here. Anything you shoot near the middle you'll generally hit, but I've found that I'll often miss targets to the left and right sides. This got me suspicious and I checked out the calibration screen, and the cursor always, without fail, drifts away from where it should be when pointed closer to the edge. I'd love TC1 a lot more if this weren't a thing.