A couple of people are asking me for a video of 1:40.
I don't have it. It was done about a year ago. I'll tell you what I remember, though.
The player is Nic O'Connor. He was from Twin Galaxies, but he's also posted to N64HS forums ("NicJonGamer"). We haven't talked on AIM much, and I don't think I've seen him around recently. He sent me his vid privately, so it might not be hosted anywhere. His contact email was skaterflip2006@aol a few years ago. If it's not the same now, you may ask the webmaster of N64HS (Nick Harvey) for whatever address Nic emails him from. I just checked N64HS, and Nic has sent in a 1:38 in April.
But here is what I can tell you about getting a 1:40 - run past Bottles (L+R+B on the text you can skip, and just hold down A through the text you can't skip). If you pause as you walk across Bottles's mound, the time should be 17/18, but no worse. Go up along the right-hand wall, and do a backflip to land on the upper tier (small gap near the fence). This jump is hard/lucky to do consistently. If you make it, hop over the tiny fence and kill the cauliflower. This is the second piece of annoyance/luck in the level... the collywobble can be in many places in the garden; if you're lucky, he should be quite close to you.
Unfortunately I don't remember now if the strategy was to turn around and go left (stumps and tree honeycombs) or go right (water and rocks honeycombs). But you guys who have the level fresher in your mind can figure it out. Off memory, the route was collywobble, rocks, water, tree, stumps, waterfall. But I may be mixing something up, since I've tried various things there and never really played one route for too many repetitive attempts that it would be imprinted in my mind.
In any case, the 6th honeycomb was the one behind the waterfall. Pause after you collect it and observe the time. Should be 1'42 or less.
Some other small tips:
- when you bust the boulders with kazooie's beak, you will either do a short slide, or a long slide. Definitely do the long slide, since it covers more ground. IIRC, the difference is what buttons you're holding down when do the beak charge.
- when you cross the little bridge and actually step onto the spiral mountain, go left instead of right, and backflip onto the next tier.
Hehe we was right ;)
