I really don't know how many times I've watched this video, but I keep coming back for more everytime, Link to the Past is one of my all time favourite games, and even with the new AAA titles like GTA V, there isn't any way they can take my love from this game. Kudos to Andy, Solidus and many other speed runners on doing this run and keeping my love for this game alive
Solidus was actually quite better, at the last boss before Ganon's tower he held back on the second head. And in the Ganon's tower, the Swamp etc he steam rolled over Andy, pretty sure he was holding back.
It looked like he was holding back on Trinexx (last boss before GT) because he did not switch to the Fire Rod before killing the fire head. While the death animation of one of the heads goes off, you can't open your item menu. Andy switched to the Fire Rod right before killing the fire head, so he was immediately able to go to work on the ice head. I guess it is possible that not switching items was on purpose in the first place though.
OMGs lookit young Andy! No idea of the glorious future to come of being tormented by Crowd Control Randomizers, LOL. Thank you UA for making & keeping these videos available for all to enjoy, you're the hero of SDA.
Amazing race, very enthralling till the end. It was very close and most of the time head to head, I like those exciting runs. Congratulations to Solidus for the win and to both for the great performance.
I spent half an hour doing the bomb jump to the magic hammer and only managed it three times. If you weren't impressed I suggest you guys try it for yourself, its quite challenging.
Dunno bout the rest of the people here but uploading this series in the same order they were played (i.e. Jak and Daxter followed by game #2, then #3 etc.) would make more structural sense?
Yea, that would make more sense, but you have to realize they have to upload ALL of AGDQ 14. So that's hundreds of hours they need to upload, separating the games and releasing them would be more work. They should have just ordered them at the event.
Shouldn't they have the same character length for the names they choose, since it'll take less time for a shorter name to be written in the dialogue parts?
During this marathon events, filenames are usually donation goals. The name (names in this case) that get the most donations will be the filename. But yes, shorter name does save a little bit of time.
SPOILERS: Dude fucking dies, and still wins a come-from-behind victory. My effing hero. I was rooting for him too, the whole time, and didn't think he'd pull it out, but he did.
Okay seriously, I have to ask this question. Are there two ALTTP speed runners with the name of "Andy"? I'm asking because I've taken a look at the other AGDQ speed runs with "Andy," and it doesn't look like, nor sound like the same guy.
This run was insane. There may have been an overall winner but imo it was roughly a draw. They were both in alignment so much it was kind of fucked up to witness. Good for them honestly.
To be honest, I never saw the area at the thirteen minute mark of the video. I aways do the save and quit ob in this game. I find it to be realy fun, just from watching this I have learned a few tricks to get some extra time taken out of my run, which is slow for how I do it.
as far as i can tell, you do a little bit of damage when you hit him, and they spin right when he starts to teleport so he doesnt stay there stunned, and they can set up the next spin
This is really cool. Back in the day I used to use a ton of these tricks. I never knew anything about speed runs then. That being said, I've not seen many many things they're doing here. Lol
God that would be awesome. Finished the whole game no cheat 100 % and boy did I take my time, can't imagine someone speed running it and not giving a fuck about the damn mazes and the overall difficulty.
yes, but my english is too bad i guess. and because it's spoken i can't translate it. for me it sounds like, they disappear cuz i go up.... O.o or something nonsence like that
So apparently during AGDQ 2013, some people who had been watching/donating since the start of the stream were visiting the donation page so much it caused a 502 ERROR, which in turn caused them to be known as the 502 crew. (I think anyway).
This was a "No Save and Quit", as explained at 9:15. So they could not have done that after picking up the Master Sword as that would be violating that rule.
Danny Mauk Easy to do. They quickly brushed through the "No Save and Quit, No Out-of-Bounds" rule that I had to go back to and double-check for myself.
Random Number Generator: i.e. stuff that happens randomly, outside of the speedrunner's control. Sometimes they'll refer to RNG manipulation, which is doing weird stuff to set up the Random Number Generator so that it'll do what they want it to.
It does make sense. Before hand the dwarf smiths says that his partner has been gone for a long time. And then when he comes back from the dark world. they both say he will give link a discount. So Link just got a huge discount. Also the pair of flippers are magical. As not only does it allow him to swim, it also allows him to use the whirlpool teleporters.
![Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Speed Run in 1:27:29 by Jadin *#SGDQ 2013* [SNES]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mhDHmnyqic8/mqdefault.jpg)
![Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Speed Run in 1:27:29 by Jadin *#SGDQ 2013* [SNES]](/img/tr.png)
![[FULL] RETROSPECTIVE : Final Fantasy Tactics](/img/n.gif)
The similarity between the two runs is a testament to how precise their skills and strategies are.
***** agree
Well put
+Inkshooter I no rite. Can't beleive they were so close
That on top of being several seconds behind Andy and the beating him for several seconds afterwards.
It's amazing how close these guys were the *entire game*.
yeah that was amazing. just shows how perfect these guys are at the game.
unnamednewbie13 more amazing when you remember that Solidus died at one of the bosses.
***** I never said which, so you're still on pins and needles
I really don't know how many times I've watched this video, but I keep coming back for more everytime, Link to the Past is one of my all time favourite games, and even with the new AAA titles like GTA V, there isn't any way they can take my love from this game. Kudos to Andy, Solidus and many other speed runners on doing this run and keeping my love for this game alive
probably the most amzing thing about this is just how they were tied damn near to the pixel the hole time. amazing race.
Solidus was actually quite better, at the last boss before Ganon's tower he held back on the second head.
And in the Ganon's tower, the Swamp etc he steam rolled over Andy, pretty sure he was holding back.
It looked like he was holding back on Trinexx (last boss before GT) because he did not switch to the Fire Rod before killing the fire head. While the death animation of one of the heads goes off, you can't open your item menu. Andy switched to the Fire Rod right before killing the fire head, so he was immediately able to go to work on the ice head. I guess it is possible that not switching items was on purpose in the first place though.
the best race of all SDA races, they were neck and neck the whole time.
***** I'd say the Metroid run was better. They finished 1/2 a second apart and 3rd place came in under 5 seconds after that. Very neck and neck race.
My vote is for Chelney and Almonds MM4 race.
Race starts at 6:32
Chris Fish thanks
Thanks bro
I like how they've always got one guy on the couch trying to explain things without a microphone.
Holy Crap!! I am so inspired by the way these guys were so close! This is one of the craziest video game moment's I have ever seen.
Morpheus: What if I told you... you can open wall cracks by dashing into them?
Mind = Blown
Not every cracked wall though. There are 2 different kinds. :)
I never knew this as a kid, even though i was a die-hard ALttP nerd.
Ethan Jones Neither did I. and I thought I knew everything about this game lol
When I saw that, I was like, "Hold up!" 😂
Who doesn't know that 😂
This is one of my all time favourite games, and both these guys are absolute pros at it. A joy to watch.
great video, great run, great game!
my favorite console game ever! I'm so proud that I finished this game :)
Solidus's channel: www.twitch.tv/sol1dus
TY!
That went back and forth like crazy. I never thought there would be that many lead changes.
That was a great race, back and forth till the end. :)
This, the Super Metroid race and the Goldeneye co-op run were my favourites of AGDQ 2014.
OMGs lookit young Andy! No idea of the glorious future to come of being tormented by Crowd Control Randomizers, LOL. Thank you UA for making & keeping these videos available for all to enjoy, you're the hero of SDA.
Solidus got one death and still won while Andy had deathless. What a run.
If King Zora is willing to discuss selling flippers why doesn't he tell the other Zoras to stop shooting fireballs at you???
Amazing race, very enthralling till the end. It was very close and most of the time head to head, I like those exciting runs. Congratulations to Solidus for the win and to both for the great performance.
59:29 "Ice Palace is one of the shortest dungeons in the game..."
SHORTEST!? _Ffffffffff_
SchwaWarrior It's short because of the bomb jump skip...
SchwaWarrior "...compared to casually, where it's probably one of the longest..."
Oh boy, I can't wait for the Super Metroid race.. it was sick live.
I is so trippy watching both screens at the same time
Andy is using S-Video or a component modded SNES - Solidus is obviously using Composite.
Or it is just the video output settings on the two capture cards they use.
I wish i could've been part of this when it happened i couldve done great I've been playing zelda 1 2 and alttp plus a lot more since I was 3 or 4
STARTS AT 6:35!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No one else posted the comment. You're welcome.
Check the description!!!!!!!1!
its in the annotations
Awesome race, with suspense too.
Thanks AGDQ!
Pause balls, by going upstairs
Pause balls, by going downstairs
That's the best strategy in the game!
Gonna go up stairs and pause balls~ ♥
YES! This is exactly what I wanted to see! Thanks!
Where can i find a schedule for Twitch weekends / evnings / runs? I may not be a rich viewer but i sure do enjoy watching!
best sound track ever!
what a game.
you didn´t let us see the messages "TOTAL GAMES PLAYED: 000(ZERO)"
Pretty close for such a long game, fun to watch.
its kinda crazy how close they were over an hour and a half!
Very close race!
I saw these guys racing with Pcull44444 on a stream a while back, they're really good.
His twitch name is sol1dus!
www.twitch.tv/sol1dus
Sephiko what are you doing here
Jolpengammler
I was just going to ask the same thing about you Jolpe... all this thread needs is Iso >_
I spent half an hour doing the bomb jump to the magic hammer and only managed it three times. If you weren't impressed I suggest you guys try it for yourself, its quite challenging.
I was gonna say where is the other guy but he's on the right edge of the screen.. Great run
Dunno bout the rest of the people here but uploading this series in the same order they were played (i.e. Jak and Daxter followed by game #2, then #3 etc.) would make more structural sense?
Yea, that would make more sense, but you have to realize they have to upload ALL of AGDQ 14. So that's hundreds of hours they need to upload, separating the games and releasing them would be more work. They should have just ordered them at the event.
Shouldn't they have the same character length for the names they choose, since it'll take less time for a shorter name to be written in the dialogue parts?
During this marathon events, filenames are usually donation goals. The name (names in this case) that get the most donations will be the filename.
But yes, shorter name does save a little bit of time.
Gotcha - thanks for the info!
SPOILERS:
Dude fucking dies, and still wins a come-from-behind victory. My effing hero. I was rooting for him too, the whole time, and didn't think he'd pull it out, but he did.
50:51
"Believe in yourself"
~blackdog420
I have no idea why I found this hilarious, lol
Okay seriously, I have to ask this question. Are there two ALTTP speed runners with the name of "Andy"?
I'm asking because I've taken a look at the other AGDQ speed runs with "Andy," and it doesn't look like, nor sound like the same guy.
44:40
Gotta go fast.
This run was insane. There may have been an overall winner but imo it was roughly a draw. They were both in alignment so much it was kind of fucked up to witness. Good for them honestly.
Still my favorite Zelda game of all time. Once I finish A LInk Between Worlds I am going to have to fire up the SNES and play this one again.
love that games music....damn
nice run
I loved that game !!! But if i was a kid, i needed about weeks to play it till the end :D
The sync is strong with this run :P
To be honest, I never saw the area at the thirteen minute mark of the video. I aways do the save and quit ob in this game. I find it to be realy fun, just from watching this I have learned a few tricks to get some extra time taken out of my run, which is slow for how I do it.
Was hoping they had this
Crazy how in lock-step they are.
YAY a race =D
at 1:08:00 why do they take the time to switch from the hookshot before the boss' final stage? i know its on purpose so how does it save time?
how do you do the trick where you dash through a locked door without bouncing off it.
Man... this is puuure FUN!
A Link to the Past, posiblemente el mejor Zelda.
5- TWW
4- OoT
3- TP
2-SS
1- ALttP
For a reason I don't know, I always one the one on the right to win. So was abit touch and go for a while but he pulled through
this want me to play my childhood
did you know guys before you go to final boss you can upgrade your sword to yellow (strongest)
yeah but thats slower
it is slower to do that, but yes you can
Never played on SNES, only GBA and emulators. However; I can see how the SNES version would make the bastard Ice Palace so much simpler
took me 8 years and a youtube video to learn there were apples in a link to the past....
I didn't even know unlit I played ALBW, Two years ago.
1:22:13 Wow, a donation comment inside joke I actually got :'D
Can we see Cyghfer vs Jadin? I'll donate to that!
1:06:50 RNGesus, why
I'm seeing double!
49:55 Pcull's donation.
you probably can't see me in the back.... so blurry...
Badass 2 cycle at 24:00 !
holy shit. it tooks me hours when i was a really young child...
Huh, you can kill Ganon without the silver arrows? What's the trick there? I thought he would turn icy-coloured if you hit him..
as far as i can tell, you do a little bit of damage when you hit him, and they spin right when he starts to teleport so he doesnt stay there stunned, and they can set up the next spin
you can finish the game under 5 minutes with the glitch you can do in hyrule castle
Yes, but that is a different kind of run. They showed that off in 2012 agdq or sgdq, one of those.
This is really cool. Back in the day I used to use a ton of these tricks. I never knew anything about speed runs then. That being said, I've not seen many many things they're doing here. Lol
1:35:00 - [Claps Loudly] VERY GOOD!
Death Mountain really killed Andy's focus. You know where.
***** i have been wondering for a while of watching... what does rng mean?
RNG
Random Number Generator
ok thanks
amazing run(s)
Is it just me, or is the right screen ever so slightly darker than the left?
1 week and i am the first to make a comment: who cares?
Lukers Silverhaze Just pointing it out, bruv.
It didn't bother me till I read your comment.... Now I see it :(
Left Screen: 1CHIP SNES
Right Screen: 2PPU SNES
Voultar do you have any real basis to state this? O merely speculation based on the textures and colors?
You know, I used to be worried for Andy. Then, Lanomas happened.
I know i'm late but._..this. is. awesome.
Please do a run of the romhack parallel worlds.
God that would be awesome. Finished the whole game no cheat 100 % and boy did I take my time, can't imagine someone speed running it and not giving a fuck about the damn mazes and the overall difficulty.
Not going to happen. They tried a romhack last sgdq it did not do to well, so probably no more rom hacks.
That was incredible...
Nice job guys
DO A 4 RUN FOR THE ADVENTURE IF LINK PLEASE
I've completed this by using the save + quit wall glitch.
Yes, but that is a different kind of run. They showed that off in 2012 agdq or sgdq, one of those.
what does RNG mean?
Stands for Random Number Generator, luckbased stuff.
1:04:04
how the block disapears? by standing beside it while pushing??? wtf?
and why they dont get damage/got hit so many times. e.g. 1:14:00
yes, but my english is too bad i guess.
and because it's spoken i can't translate it.
for me it sounds like, they disappear cuz i go up.... O.o or something nonsence like that
thanks Glen, know i am smarter :D
Okay, I don't understand.
What the hell is this 502 Crew I keep hearing about?
So apparently during AGDQ 2013, some people who had been watching/donating since the start of the stream were visiting the donation page so much it caused a 502 ERROR, which in turn caused them to be known as the 502 crew. (I think anyway).
Bradley Mellor
Oh okay. Thank you!!
You should speed run megaman 1 again.
id love to be able to donate one day.
So we just gon ignore the donation of $12,345. Holy fucking shit
Maybe it was $123.45? Otherwise they should have made more of a fuss over that for sure.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
After getting the master sword why not save and quit then start at links house
This was a "No Save and Quit", as explained at 9:15. So they could not have done that after picking up the Master Sword as that would be violating that rule.
Must have missed it thanks
Danny Mauk Easy to do. They quickly brushed through the "No Save and Quit, No Out-of-Bounds" rule that I had to go back to and double-check for myself.
59:02 Must resist urge to make joke!
1:06:00 RNG GOD!
i will always root for Andy
Andy would've won if he kicked Solid's console. Just sayin'. Worked in 2016.
Whaat? Which run?
Andy vs Superskuj at the most recent GDQ.
And it worked for GrandPooBear in SGDQ 2018.
i love the bomb glitch x)
What's RNG?
Random Number Generator: i.e. stuff that happens randomly, outside of the speedrunner's control. Sometimes they'll refer to RNG manipulation, which is doing weird stuff to set up the Random Number Generator so that it'll do what they want it to.
i always say this on lltp runs.. but 10 rupees to temper a sword.. and 500 for a pair of flippers! Makes no sense.
It does make sense. Before hand the dwarf smiths says that his partner has been gone for a long time. And then when he comes back from the dark world. they both say he will give link a discount. So Link just got a huge discount. Also the pair of flippers are magical. As not only does it allow him to swim, it also allows him to use the whirlpool teleporters.
i suppose so.
thats a pretty big discount though.
Simon0
Well, would your life not be worth such a big discount?
I'll give you that one!
53 seconds slower than winner:)
Why the Japanese version?
+Igirisu Shinshi Faster text usually
Faster text, and the japanese 1.0 original version has specific glitches/bugs that are often used for speedrunning
love it