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Re: Weirdness: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is Beaten in Under 20 Minutes

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@Trippinator
There isn't any 'good' glitches that is exclusive to the iQue. All of the tricks you see on that video can be done on N64, GC and Wii VC. 3DS is completely different.

There is at least one bad glitch that occurs more often on iQue than any other version.
Hyrule Field glitch is one of them and it prevents Link from shooting any arrows from his bow despite having some spare arrows left.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6okVFR8i2I

Re: Super Mario 64 is a 5-Minute Adventure With the Right Tools

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Just glitching Golgo, cheating is when you use an AR or Gameshark which the run never uses

1upSuper, your comments are great.


Useful links for those not familar to TASes.

How Mario 64 TASes (like the video on here) are made
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdDA6dnhUiQ&feature=related

TASVideos - When human skills are just not enough! (Official promo vid to the site)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBSE2QkHMeU&feature=related

DS Brain Age Stupid Math TAS by Ryuto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p_UtfOmp9E

  • The S in TAS can also mean "Tool Assisted Superplay" where the run puts more focus on entertainment rather than just pure speed.

Re: Super Mario 64 is a 5-Minute Adventure With the Right Tools

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@zss_shadow
"It even lists the new tools used on the site..... less tools or a shorter time?"

Are you refering to new tricks like Pause BLJ or actual tools like Lua Scripts, input plugins, frame advance, save states?

"Arguably, this game could probably be done in four minutes or less if someone amped up the amount of tools used,"

The problem now is that they tried and failed to get into the Basement before Bowser in the Dark World, and glitching through the upper floor doesn't load up properly (you need a key and unlock it to load up the section properly). If you ignore Peach's cutscene at the start, the gameplay itself is under 5 minutes long.

It would be a milestone if sub 4 minutes is possible.

Edit: @ Link-Hero

"Have you ever seen any world records with people who used any of the methods above to reach that goal? No, you don't."

Ever bought the Guiness Book of World Records Gamer Edition? They mention some glitched runs like Diablo in 3 minutes and Final Fantasy Tactics.

Re: Super Mario 64 is a 5-Minute Adventure With the Right Tools

Greenalink

@ zss_shadow

That one is nearly 3 years old and is nearly 40 seconds slower than the current run.

For those people saying:
"Get a life"

“Why would you waste your time on a glitched speedrun/speedrunning in general?” –
Why would you waste your time on anything in your life? In many ways, speedrunning is similar to playing the piano: you keep practicing and practicing until you can finally produce something enjoyable (a quick video or music). With piano playing, however, it is very unlikely that you will ever be the best. But it is very possible, with enough practice and determination, to be the best at (tool assisted) speedrunning a certain game. Part of getting the fastest time is glitching, route planning and optimisation. Furthermore, judging by ratings, people who watch speedrun videos will on average prefer glitching to standard routes. Perhaps starting a charity to cure AIDS in Africa would be a more productive use of your time. But as far as personal hobbies go, (tool assisted) speedrunning is a great way to set goals and accomplish them and get a fair amount of Internet prominence for your activities. It is not for everyone, but it is not a waste of time any more than playing an instrument without extreme levels of talent.

Re: Volleyball

Greenalink

Woah, I'm not against the bad review but around 3 years ago when they Nintendo were celebrating 20 years of the NES console, Nintendo Official Magazine (old version, not the new style now a days) had given out free CDs to show the 50 Greatest NES games.

It had this (Volleyball) on the list and also Urban Champion, at least it didn't had Donkey Kong Jr. Math.
Again I've never played this game so it's hard for me to say (other than it doesn't have much value).

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