Tag: speedrun

SpeedDemosArchive’s charity speedrun marathon, Summer Games Done Quick, is coming up later this month, and Zelda fans are excited as ever to see the runners break their favorite series titles to the point of no return. Speedrunning is certainly a fascinating concept, but Zelda games display some of the most interesting ways of breaking a game and exploiting holes in their design, making Zelda games some of the most popular games to see speedruns of. What is your personal favorite?…

It seems that no matter how recently a game comes out, glitches will be found and hugely exploited for speedrun purposes. People started finding glitches in A Link Between Worlds almost right after it came out, and the resulting exploits were quite funny. YouTuber AurumDude has showcased many interesting glitches, mainly used for speedruns, and many of them are quite simple to reach with some practice. Check out the full video after the jump!

After hours of fierce competition, Zelda speedrunner Cosmo Wright took second place in the 2015 Nintendo World Championships. After his win, he and the new World Champion, John Numbers, each received a New 3DS XL, signed by Shigeru Miyamoto…

Yet another speedrunning record has been smashed, and this time it’s for the 100% Completion of Wind Waker (GCN). A 100% speedrun consists of doing everything possible in the game, such as mastering every minigame, collecting every item, gathering every heart piece, and – of course – finishing everything in the main quest…

Many Nintendo fans are building up excitement for the finals of the Nintendo World Championships 2015 on June 14th. Nintendo announced last week that The Legend of Zelda would be part of the final competition, and fans were left to speculate how finalists would compete within the game. Well today, Nintendo’s announced via Twitter that finalists will be competing in a speedrun of the NES classic’s first dungeon…

Recently, the any% speedrunning record for Majora’s Mask 3D was broken. Any% simply means that the speedrunner only has to beat the game, and does not have to collect every item. Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask are two of the most common games that Zelda speedrunners choose to master, so it’s no surprise that their remakes would be popular choices as well…

We’ve seen a lot of Any% speedrunning records lately, a category that has runners completing the game as quickly as possible with no additional restrictions. Well, Any% is not the only speedrunning category. This last week saw a battle for the world record in the “All Dungeons” category of Twilight Princess. Ultimately speedrunner Giradam set the new All Dungeons record yesterday, completing all the game’s dungeons and finishing the game in three hours, 54 minutes, and 37 seconds…

The following article is part of our archives and does not reflect current style guide standards. It is kept as is for posterity. It’s that time of year again! It’s sweltering hot, the sun is shining, and the outdoors is ready for playing in! Time to leave that until later, and sit inside to watch some awesome speed runs. Summer Games Done Quick, SpeedDemosArchive‘s week-long speedrun marathon, raising money for charity, is starting in July, and Zelda games are on…

Speedrunner ChaoticAce has made a very big achievement: Setting a new World Record for speedrunning The Wind Waker. Ace has been working to improve his completion time of the main quest of Wind Waker, finally reaching this new record of four hours, three minutes, and fifty-eight seconds. For those of you who don’t know what Any% is, it’s a type of Speedrun that only requires completion of the main quest through any means, which includes glitches. The goal is to get to the final cutscene/end credits from the very beginning as fast as possible. You can check out how much he beat…

As it would turn out, Majora’s Mask 3D is not alone in world record speedrunning news this week. Not too long after two MM3D records were set in a single day, speedrunner FullGrownGaming set a new Any% world record in the original Majora’s Mask. Besting the previous record by six seconds, this run saw Majora defeated in 1 hour, 27 minutes, and 3 seconds…