The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Part 1-1 (East Palace - SNES Swordless and Minimalist)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
East Palace Dungeon (Part 1)
Swordless and Minimalist Run

Full Playlist Located @ http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C2C702DF06FB40FD

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My first playthru of a video game console. I decide to challenge myself by doing embarking on the quest to defeat Ganon without a sword and as little equipment as possible to complete the game. Wish me luck!

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Inspirations
Firechan - http://www.youtube.com/user/firechan
My Roommate, and getting the game on the Wii VC, making me want to play it again.

Gamefaqs - http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588436-the-legend-of-zelda-a-link-to-the-past/faqs Looking up some info for Firechan, I saw a few guides, including one for a Swordless by LinkTheValiant and Minimalist by Javeman. These two guides inspired me to try to take up the challenge of completing A Link to the Past with those limitations.

PinkKittyRose - http://www.youtube.com/user/PinkKittyRose
qzecwx - http://www.youtube.com/user/qzecwx
AzureBlade - http://www.youtube.com/user/azureblade49
All people I enjoy watching video game playthrus, and inspired me to try to make my own recording of it.

Swordless Run by ChrisLQ - http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisLQ
Part #1 located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8AEm3CP3kI, made me want to see if I could replicate the experience.

Glitching "A Link to the Past" by Zanapher - http://zanapher.free.fr/zelda/faq.html
Pretty much everything you'll ever need to know about glitching the game to your advantage.

Category:

Gaming

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• Legend
• of
• Zelda
• Link
• to
• the
• Past
• LoZ
• ALttP
• SNES
• Glitch
• Swordless
• Minimalist
• East
• Palace
• Part1

[Kynitt]

For the big key room: if you walk out and back in, any skeletons or one-eyed monsters that you killed will still be gone, but the pots will respawn. You don't have to take any damage at all :)

[SuzakuBlitz]

@Kynitt

Yep, I found this out belatedly after watching another LP of a swordless run. Works a lot better then running head first into the pots all the time. That tactic is better for speedrunners. Glad you're enjoying it though ^_^

[Kynitt]

Cool! Taking a look at trying this myself.

[SSBMaster11]

@SuzakuBlitz lol, true.

[SuzakuBlitz]

@SSBMaster11

As long as the A Button and the D Pad still works, that's all you need, right?

[SSBMaster11]

@SuzakuBlitz Thanks!

They're actually not that much on ebay, probably not a good sign in terms of quality...

[SuzakuBlitz]

@SSBMaster11

EBay? Probably expensive as all heck though >.>

Good luck in your endeavors though!

[SSBMaster11]

@SuzakuBlitz I thought it was 60 fps, not 30. either way, thats still a long time.

I was actually planning on modding my snes controller to allow for up+down+left+right, so this is just more incentive to do so. Now there's just the issue of getting a turbo controller...

[SuzakuBlitz]

@SSBMaster11

I think it took me about an hour to do on SNES 9.x with a 600frame/s skip on it. Assuming a standard 30frame/s during regular the play, the math will be:

1hr * 600frame/s = X * 30frame/s

X = (1hr * 600frame/s) / (30frame/s) = 20hr

Twenty hours o-o If you do attempt this, you'll need a turbo figure controller so you can hold down A and than another controller with it's cover off so you can enact the exploration glitches, but I think it is doable.

Good luck if you try!

[SSBMaster11]

So, if i have a ton of time to waste, is this possible on an actual console? And how long would it take? This would be a really fun project to try!