Breath of Fire III

Breath of Fire III

Breath of Fire III is a role playing game made by Capcom which was released in 1998 for the Sony Playstation. It is the third game of five in Capcom’s Breath of Fire series. In 2005, it was ported to the Playstation Portable with a few minor changes.

Speed Runs

Serious discussion of speed runs and other challenge-type playthroughs takes place almost exclusively at the Breath of Fire III Message Board at GameFAQs. The first known speed run for BoF3 was done by a user named SharpPaper, however, serious speed running of the game was pioneered by David Kovaz (a.k.a. DavidK5), who has since completed four full segmented speed runs and one single-segment run.

Records

The best known in-game completion time is 8 hours 41 minutes, which was completed by David Kovaz on June 16, 2007. He also holds the record for the fastest single-segment (no save) game, with an in-game completion time of 11 hours 18 minutes.

General Rules

• At the end of the game you must choose to fight the final boss and make a Clear Game save after the ending credits to get your final time.
• Cheating devices, including but not limited to, Gameshark, turbo controllers, emulators, and hardware modifications may not be used.
• Only ‘’repeatable’’ in-game glitches (such as the item duplication glitch and Angel Tower warp) may be utilized.
• If playing on a Playstation 2, setting the disk speed to “fast” to reduce loading times is prohibited, as this cannot be repeated on a regular Playstation.

External Links

• David's BoF3 Speed Run (752MB)
• Breath of Fire III Message Board
• Breath of Fire III Speed Run FAQ (by Paltheos and DavidK5)