100% A Link to the Past

2007-01-04 03:24:05 am

I'm addicted to games

"max level of equipment except the bomb and
arrow upgrades" includes the magic upgrade.

2007-01-05 12:52:15 am

The Magical Boomerang can be gotten in the village of outcasts if you don't have the Boomerang at all. If you have either Boomerang, it gives you 300 rupees instead.

Rodrigo

2007-01-05 03:09:15 pm

Videogame Master

Please, can confirm to me if Magic Upgrade is necessary or not?

Thanks

Tompa

2007-01-05 04:42:44 pm

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"max level of equipment except the bomb and
arrow upgrades" includes the magic upgrade.

Wasn't that post enough? Tongue

By the way, Rodrigo, have you ever thinking about speedrunning the Oracle Zelda games?

Rodrigo

2007-01-05 08:40:14 pm

Videogame Master

Thanks you Tompa!

I thought many times about trying my way in Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Sessions but I always have other games to play, now I made these 6 records for Master System:

Ultima IV : Quest of the Avatar - 02:43:18
Wonderboy in Monster Land - 00:16.44
Time Soldiers - 00:16.30
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World - 00:08.37
Alex Kidd High Tech World - 00:09.10
Aztec Adventure - 00:37.09

My recordes in Time Soldiers and Aztec Adventures can be improve but I don't will try again, now, I am playing Zelda Twilight Princess, probably will be my new run here, I am doing observations in this game, maybe , more months to do a good record here!

stanski

2007-01-06 01:38:33 am

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Thanks you Tompa!

I thought many times about trying my way in Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Sessions but I always have other games to play, now I made these 6 records for Master System:

Ultima IV : Quest of the Avatar - 02:43:18
Wonderboy in Monster Land - 00:16.44
Time Soldiers - 00:16.30
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World - 00:08.37
Alex Kidd High Tech World - 00:09.10
Aztec Adventure - 00:37.09

My recordes in Time Soldiers and Aztec Adventures can be improve but I don't will try again, now, I am playing Zelda Twilight Princess, probably will be my new run here, I am doing observations in this game, maybe , more months to do a good record here!

Wow, those times are impressive, are you submitting them here or just to twin galaxies? I really would like to see the wonderboy and alex kidd runs especially!

Rodrigo

2007-01-06 02:31:39 pm

Videogame Master

Hello Stanski

For now, just TG, but maybe I can send some scores here too. Wink

Tompa

2007-01-06 05:04:24 pm

Yeah, please share your movies, Rodrigo. Don't be lame and just show the time, because that's really boring :-/.

Chunky

2007-01-06 05:59:47 pm

I hope you start this run soon, Madzombie. This sounds awesome.

Wak

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Wak

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Wak: 2007-08-01 05:49:47 am

2007-08-01 05:45:22 am

This post is just to let everyone know that I just completed zelda ALTTP, 100% completion in 1:59:01 or something around that. I'm currently searching what's nate's adress so I will be able to send him my tape.

EDIT1: Oh, also, sorry guys... I used, again, the slow and incomprehensible french version of the game.

EDIT2: TSA, don't forget the reward... ^_^

VorpalEdge

2007-08-01 09:11:41 am

welcome to the machine

Very nice. I look forwards to seeing it.

Konnan

2007-08-01 04:35:02 pm

Boards of Canada!

nice job

Madzombie

2007-08-01 05:41:55 pm

pidgeons

Usually when I get excited about a new speedrun I'm just excited about the final time. But this is something I REALLY want to see. In case anyone didn't realise I unofficially gave up on this a while back as I got hyper pissed off with the randomness, so I'm glad someone's done it and, considering the time, done it well. Well done Phil!

Staralfur

2007-08-01 06:10:52 pm

hello there

Nicely done, Wak. I look forward to this run in anticipation.

zeldafreak249

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zeldafreak249: 2007-08-09 07:53:42 pm

2007-08-09 07:51:32 pm

zelda 4ever!

I really want to do a run on this game, but I don't know how. I just began practice runs 2 days ago, but I keep making major errors, (i.e. forgetting a heart piece, forgetting to use super bomb.) I'm hoping that with a lot more practice that these n00bish mistakes will disappear. Oh, and Wak, nicely done! 8)

LoF

2007-08-09 07:55:24 pm

Practice makes perfect. Keep at it and you will achieve your goal.

zeldafreak249

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zeldafreak249: 2007-08-09 08:29:36 pm

2007-08-09 08:26:53 pm

zelda 4ever!

Thanks for the encouragement. I have to ask Wak if I can use his route though. I've been searching for a better route and the only improvement I found was
GBA-exclusive in the respect that the GBA version has nine flute warps instead of eight. It is located where you would transition from the light world to the dark on top of Turtle Rock, possibly shaving off another minute and a half off of the current route.

Ryan987

2007-08-09 11:32:02 pm

GBA LTTP constitutes a different game because of changes like that. It's mostly the text speed though.

Wak

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Wak

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Wak: 2007-08-11 12:01:24 am

2007-08-10 10:57:24 pm

Today I compared the french text to the english text. Only with zelda texts, link's father's texts (I said it, it's his uncle...), priest's text, sahasrahla's texts and 7 cristals's texts, The french version is 17 secs slower. (6 mins 11 for french text, 5 mins 54 for the english one) and out of the 14 texts I took, only two of them was longer in english... and both times it was a difference of about 10 frames.

With the fat fairy's conversations, it would have been 18 seconds because the french's text is 1 line longer, which takes about half a second. Twice, to take the golden sword and the silver arrows, it slows me of a second. The total difference between texts would be according to me 20 secs.

Plus, this 20 seconds slower is only from texts not appearing in 100% runs. I'm pretty sure the texts to get bottles and other stuff are also longer. At all, I wouldn't know how much time I loose only with french texts in a 100% run. Surely between 25 and 30 secs. (Worth it when you know you would have done a 1:58 run)

Today I compared the french text to the english text. Only with zelda texts, link's father's texts (I said it, it's his uncle...), priest's text, sahasrahla's texts and 7 cristals's texts, The french version is 17 secs slower. (6 mins 11 for french text, 5 mins 54 for the english one) and out of the 14 texts I took, only two of them was longer in english... and both times it was a difference of about 10 frames.

With the fat fairy's conversations, it would have been 18 seconds because the french's text is 1 line longer, which takes about half a second. Twice, to take the golden sword and the silver arrows,  it slows me of a second. The total difference between texts would be according to me 20 secs.

Plus, this 20 seconds slower is only from texts not appearing in 100% runs. I'm pretty sure the texts to get bottles and other stuff are also longer. At all, I wouldn't know how much time I loose only with french texts in a 100% run. Surely between 25 and 30 secs. (Worth it when you know you would have done a 1:58 run)

snorlax

2007-08-10 11:51:24 pm

zzzzzzzzzz

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link's father

Really?

Seriously, though, it's a good thing you're only obsoleting a run already done on the French version. Maybe it would either have to be a new category or take the differences in text length into account if a run on another version were done.

Erodyne

2007-08-12 03:31:51 am

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Heart 8 and 12 are frustrating because they are about half way through the run and they are very random. I've had numerous practise runs fail because of them.

I think I will skip the Castle boomerang and get the red one for the village of outcasts. There's a few areas where the boomerang saves a second or 2 earlier on, like for grabbing keys and the like, but it's almost certainly worth it for the 20+ second saving.

I'm not sure if your new Magic Powder route is faster, it depends on whether calling the flute bird again is faster than warping to the dark world and back again. Bear in mind that I need to equip the mirror again shortly after that point, so it's not adding an extra menu switch.

I'm not sure what you mean by an error around my Swamp Palace route, unless its because I didn't mention that I had to return to the Light World to pull the switch.

thats gonna take patience

Wak

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2007-08-12 07:49:07 pm

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thats gonna take patience

I tried it and it's not a 20 secs of time saving at all. I'd say it saves something like 5-8 secs, which is not worth it when you know you save as much time with the blue one anyway.

zeldafreak249

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zeldafreak249: 2007-08-13 06:12:52 am

2007-08-13 06:12:30 am

zelda 4ever!

When I tried to leave the blue boomerang and just get the red, when I opened the treasure chest that supposedly holds the red boomerang, I got 300 rupees instead! Angry

I was also playing on the Wii VC, so that might be a factor.

Wak

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2007-08-13 04:36:53 pm

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When I tried to leave the blue boomerang and just get the red, when I opened the treasure chest that supposedly holds the red boomerang, I got 300 rupees instead! Angry

The chest you need to open is the one at the bottom of the village, in the small house that you need a bomb to enter in it.

zeldafreak249

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zeldafreak249: 2007-08-14 09:49:48 pm

2007-08-14 09:48:57 pm

zelda 4ever!

Oh, I thought it was in the house under the shop that you need the Magic Hammer to enter.

Thank you, Wak!