First Time Ever: A link to the Past Finished in Under 2-Hours
Walter Day
Even though the gaming hobby has advanced onward to
first-person-shooters and sensational role-playing landscapes, gaming
accomplishments on old-fashioned titles can still make an ardent player sit
up and take
notice.
One such achievement has been recently verified: the eternally popular
1991 SNES game, "Legend of Zelda:A Link to the Past," has been finished
in under 2-hours for the first time in the title's history.
With a new record time of 1:57.15 scored on April 9, 2003, Michael
Damiani, of Texas, beat the previous world record 2:07.10, achieved by Mark
Waterfield of Ontario, Canada, on July 28th, 1999. "Anybody in
electronic gaming old enough to remember this game should be impressed with
this accomplishment," says Walter Day, Chief Scorekeeper at Twin
Galaxies, the industry statistician. "What's of special interest," notes
Day, "is that Zelda experts believed for years that a sub-2-hour game was
not
possible."
Twin Galaxies' Chief Referee, Robert Mruczek, has prepared a full
report which can be read at:
Screech
CieJe
"Walter Day" <wal...@twingalaxies.com> wrote in message
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> NEWS RELEASE
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>snip<
Does that include the 10min ending too?
CieJe
Pluto (M)
"CieJe" <ci...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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Nope. Gametime is counted from the moment you first hit Start at the
beginning to the moment your last silver arrow strikes down Ganondorf :)
Double G 4:20
you done?
</gareth>
if you don't get it, don't bother
--
Double G 4:20
"4:20, it's more than a number - it's an adventure!"
-GG
It's 4:20....do you know where YOUR lighter is?
"Screech" <pala...@grnet.com> wrote in message
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> What a loser
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