TASVideos

Tool-assisted game movies
When human skills are just not enough

Tool-assisted movies





Misc:
Recommended/Notable:
Obsolete:
Display options:
No screenshots
No tier icons
No flag icons
Sort by:



GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) in 03:49.12 by bobmario511.
VBA movie (.vbm) (date: 2012-02-07)
MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 8.05 MB, length: 08:15)
MKV file via BitTorrent (Modern HQ) (size: 9.32 MB, length: 08:15)
Mirror www.archive.org
Mirror www.archive.org (MKV Modern HQ)
Watch on (www.youtube.com)
Submission #3453 — Author's comments
Discuss this movie
Obsoletes movie #1122 (03:49.28)
Rating: 8.0 (4 votes)
   
- Takes damage to save time
- Uses a game restart sequence
- Heavy glitch abuse
- Genre: Action
- Genre: Adventure

This movie has been obsoleted!

Click here to see the movie that obsoleted it.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a classic Game Boy Zelda adventure. Link must travel across the dream world of Koholint Island, collecting the 8 Instruments to wake the Wind Fish and go home after a terrible shipwreck.

bobmario511 (the author), however, decided collecting instruments for a one-man band was a waste of time, so he skipped all of that and went straight to the Wind Fish (with a pesky boss battle in the middle).

The author improved the run by 0.16 seconds merely by delaying the third screen warp by one frame. Doing this causes the object on the screen to disappear, reducing the lag by 15 frames. After encountering 5 frames of seemingly unavoidable additional lag, the author produced a run with a net improvement of 10 frames. See the author's notes for more details.

If you liked this, be sure to also check out the Game Boy Color version (DX), which completes all the dungeons.

Please read the welcome page if you haven't already done so. It explains the rules and methods that apply to all of these movies, particularly the use of savestates and frame advance. Also refer to our Glossary to understand terms we use, such as TAS or other unfamiliar terms.

Added [Fastest Completion]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (JPN v1.0) "game end glitch" by CasualPokePlayer in 01:02.42 (2020-10-26)
Added [Tier: Moons]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) by bobmario511 in 03:48.55 (2012-07-14)
- obsoletes GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) by bobmario511 in 03:49.12 (2012-02-07)
- - obsoletes GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) by Swordless Link in 03:49.28 (2008-06-11)
- - - obsoletes GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA/Europe v1.0) by Soulrivers in 04:00.5 (2007-03-25)
- - - - obsoletes GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA/Europe v1.0) by DonamerDragon in 04:22.22 (2006-01-29)
- - - - - obsoletes GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA/Europe v1.0) by DonamerDragon in 04:27.68 (2005-07-31)
Added [Tier: Stars]GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (USA v1.0) "playaround" by bobmario511 in 40:22.78 (2012-04-29)

Similar movies by name and category traits (warning: can be quite random sometimes):

More movies:


Webmasters, please don't link directly to the files. Link to this page or the front page instead.
Republication of movies from this site is only allowed under the following conditions:
  1. Video and audio content must not be changed (including the pointers to this site).
  2. The movies must be prominently labeled as tool-assisted speedruns.
  3. The actual player(s) (always shown at this site) must be properly credited.
Do not label them with speculations. If unsure, ask the site staff for details.