Tool-assisted movies (2)

Legend of Zelda II glitched heavily.

Most of this run features Link racing across Hyrule so fast that the screen can't keep up, inexplicably warping between places that shouldn't be connected, and collecting just three items, one spell, and one sword technique needed to beat the final palace.

Dark Link, the final boss, takes the same amount of damage no matter what level attack you have. This is especially convenient for the author because he reaches Dark Link without ever leveling, or, indeed, even killing another monster.

This is a 29-second improvement to the author's previous movie due to a different route choice and better manipulation optimization. See the author's comments for details.

There is also additional audio commentary by the author available here.

PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Many moments in this game contain intense flashing lights, such as during the final boss fight and whenever the player dies. This may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.

A non-glitched run of the black sheep in the Zelda series, shortened by about 18 seconds.

The major change in this submission is the leveling of magic over attack in the first part of the game. Other time saved was due to various scattered improvements.

This movie avoids pressing Left and Right at the same time which causes an acceleration bug that can massively glitch the game.

This movie has an Atlas Map encode of the Great Palace, which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.

PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Many moments in this game contain intense flashing lights, such as during boss fights and whenever the player dies. This may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.