Congratulations to MarthSR for improving his world record via his latest speedrun submission to the Aflame leaderboard.
With this improvement, MarthSR also earns the title of Category Leader for Vanilla Chaos based on his former world record.
The Category Leader title for Vanilla Order was formerly held by clymax via his mod showcase run here, which has a time of 2:22:52 in the category of Vanilla Any% Order.
MarthSR’s speedrun submission is here, or see the video embed below.
Aflame Vanilla Any% Order in 1:06:44
Date: August 13, 2026
Team: FF4 Ultima
It is rumored that a fanfare skip has recently been under development. Does this mean that a sub-hour run is no longer TAS-only?
Mod and Event Info
The romhack is the Aflame respinner for Dragon Quest VI on the Super Famicom here.
The run was submitted as part of the Whirlwind Four-Job Fiesta event here.
So, what do you think? Is DQVI: Aflame a mod you’d consider picking up for speedrunning? If so, what are you waiting for?
We at FFV Central are pleased to congratulate MarthSR for earning the title of Aflame Record Holder, Vanilla via his speedrun submission to the Aflame leaderboard.
This title was formerly held by clymax via his mod showcase run here, which has a time of 2:22:52 in the category of Vanilla Any% Order.
MarthSR’s speedrun submission is here, or see the video embed below.
Aflame Vanilla Any% Chaos in 1:19:24
Date: August 9, 2026
Seed: SPEEDRUN
Team: FF4 Ultima
Despite running on chaotic settings, MarthSR manages to achieve a significant improvement of more than an hour over the previous record.
Mod and Event Info
The romhack is the Aflame respinner for Dragon Quest VI on the Super Famicom here.
The run was submitted as part of the Whirlwind Four-Job Fiesta event here.
So, what do you think? Is DQVI: Aflame a mod you’d consider picking up for speedrunning? If so, what are you waiting for?
Starting this year, playing in Fiesta mode is required for the event. This means Division III is not available this season except for players who wish to do more than a first run.
This year, invited communities get three prequalification slots each. Two mystery guests have been invited. In addition, there are two slots for “last-chance qualified” communities to appear as mystery guests. The mystery guests also get three prequalification slots each.
As with last year, a minimum of eight signups can be required for the event awards to be awardable.
Starting this year, of the bonus divisions, only Division IV-A is available, and only to members with the Crystal Warrior role.
Dragon Quest League
This season, a new league based on the Dragon Quest VI: Aflame respinner is eligible to be opened based on player interest.
Currently, eligible players can redeem just one mod per season, so choose between Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.
Playing in Fiesta mode is required for the event. Additional runs can be played in other modes.
Due to the difficult nature of the challenge, players are required to have completed vanilla Dragon Quest VI (SFC or DS version).
A minimum of eight signups can be required for this league to be opened or, alternatively, for the league of a new mod to be added next season.
As for the new mod eligible to be added, see the event roadmap near the end of this post for more details.
For more on the Aflame mod, see the related post below.
Aside from the badge/role awards, the Fiesta Champion of each season will be able to redeem the dev build of any mod from the Game Jolt collection, including all future updates. For more on the mods, click here.
Or, a three-time champion can redeem a commissioned respinner of a game of the champion’s choosing, where the game is of a supported system (NES, SNES, PCE, GB, GBC).
So, what are you waiting for? Come by our Discord, and we hope to see you in the game!
For the Aflame series of mods, click here. For clymax’s projects, click here. You can also follow him on YouTube.
NeoKakarot is a fanatic of JRPGs, anime, and DOTA with an especially soft spot for games by Nihon Falcom. You can follow Neo’s work via YouTube or Patreon.
Writes Neo fresh off of clearing Dragon Quest I on stream (playlist here):
Time to play the legendary JRPG that started it all!
The first Dragon Quest game, this will be a playthrough stream of the SNES version of the game!
However this time it’s randomized by my fellow friend, youtuber and Rom hacker @cIymax!
This Rom hack is called Dragon Quest: Ablaze and I will be doing a blind speed run of it!
The finale of the stream will be a giveaway of @cIymax’s version of this hack for the NES version of Dragon Quest I, the amount of copies given will be determined by how many likes this stream gets!
