Virtual Hydlide by gyre in

Runner introduction starts at 0:22.
Run starts at 1:31
JHobz interviews gyre and PJ at 52:53.
Couch commentary is provided by Mike Uyama and Puwexil.
LLK is the host.
This speedrun was recorded live at Awesome Games Done Quick 2019, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on AGDQ2019, find us at: gamesdonequick...
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Runner introduction starts at 0:22. Run starts at 1:31 JHobz interviews gyre and PJ at 52:53. Couch commentary is provided by Mike Uyama and Puwexil. LLK is the host.

[@Big_Man_Enjoyer]

This game looks like the fake games they use in movies

[@kakiboi8267]

lmao fr

[@doublestarships646]

Hahahahhaha

[@whitesonicex]

Yeah and they're all holding their controllers next to their cheek like they're putting so much energy into steering and getting excited over a health pickup

[@wariotremblay3306]

@@whitesonicex and they're two people playing a single player game, with 2 controlers

[@Brashnir]

If Gyre can somehow figure out to save a couple frames on this run, he'll have the world record by something like seven minutes.

[@isprobablyjobhunting]

Rolf.

[@bobborobertson5255]

Brashnir I don’t know why but this comment just knocked me hard in the lungs.

[@MissAshley42]

I love how this game lets every frame age like a fine wine before rendering them unto your eyes.

[@RoastCDuck]

I though it was a power point file.

[@MaximumTheMokona]

AND after!

[@Lifesizemortal]

it literally gave me motion sickness

[@longarmsshow]

"By the way, you can start the timer whenever you want, this is Virtual Hydlide. It doesn't care." God, what a good line.

[@Graknorke]

This is the first game I've seen where crossing a bridge takes frame perfect inputs.

[@Akumasama]

Thankfully, that's a lot of time.

[@Tafp.]

It isn't just the bridge it is just everything in the game requires frame perfect inputs.

[@IncertusetNescio]

Wow you weren't joking.

[@floven1]

SUB-frame perfect inputs

[@madsli]

Silky smooth 30 frames per minute.

[@septimus5202]

You mean 30 minutes per frame?

[@ozrithclay6921]

30 frames per hour

[@sentient5]

30 hours per frame

[@blobdobbler2929]

Very cinematic

[@SethJV]

"Frames?"

[@krippledxkrackt]

virtual hydlide: 100% hand-selected, small batch frames

[@BLARGHALT]

If any of you are wondering why this looks and plays so terribly, it might interest you to know that Virtual Hydlide literally runs on an engine originally used for golf games.

[@PlusInsta]

Source? I'm interested.

[@cormano64]

Sounds interesting, but that's no excuse.

[@GrumpyIan]

Just like how PayDay was made on an engine for racing games... and in PayDay 2 the driving is horrible. LOL

[@mspeter97]

What?

[@zacharyjohnson9562]

nice.

[@Chernobog2]

Finally a decent Breath of the Wild speedrun.

[@ajpiskel]

Important note, despite what Gyre says in this video, the original Hydlide predates every Zelda game. Though it was released in America later than Legend of Zelda, so I can definitely understand why some people might be confused.

[@everettvonscott]

+ikagura Hows that relevant to the comment as hand?

[@Wadosan]

Joshua Suh also in the original hydelide, they ripped the Indiana Jones theme so it’s not like they aren’t stealing.

[@lukemacinnes5124]

that may be true for the original game but items like the lens of truth and fake master sword in later games are definitely ripped off

[@DeskoDev]

@@Wadosan Only in the NES port. Most of the original home computer versions of Hydlide just used stock classical music. Same can't be said about the second game, though, which rips it off on the title screen.

[@joebot86]

​@@lukemacinnes5124a year late, but this game predates OOT by 3 years.

[@Zetimenvec]

I remember playing Oblivion on a computer without a video card. It was a similar experience visually, especially after I figured out you can turn off the grass and trees and drop the render distance to ten feet in front of you.

[@ninjacat230]

I'm surprised Oblivion will even let you run it without a video card

[@ar_xiv]

Not gonna lie I think this game is beautiful in a kind of decayed, pained way

[@devinspencer1678]

I can see it. Beautiful in the same way ruined and abandoned buildings can be.

[@sophiathompson9583]

That part

[@tojiroh]

"The Microsoft Encarta Library that wished on a star and magically became a real videogame..." X-D

[@Obiwan1994Kenobi-iv4jf]

I don't know why, but I keep watching this one. There's some unexplainable greatness to it. This is why I always love Awful Block.

[@SimplyGun]

Don't worry about missing anything. You can take a nap and not miss a frame

[@sentient5]

Got a nice 9 hour sleep. I have to catch up on the last 5 frames.

[@felipesalas991]

i've just did

[@SH2K9]

"He is not the hero that we need, but he is the hero you all deserve," Whatever I did to deserve this, I am SO SORRY and I will NEVER do it again!

[@boihowdie]

getting the same feeling as the first time I saw The Room in a theatre full of fans.

[@MrJoeBarbour]

was the air conditioner on the fritz?

[@commanderori]

This is probably the first game i've ever seen that looks better with my glasses off than it does with them on.

[@tigertoxins584]

Announcer: Yeah, charity! Silence Gyre: gets jim into the minecart *Audience explodes with applause*

[@scottrauch1261]

It's all about timing.

[@Mr624tony]

I didn't know you could speedrun slideshows

[@BabySkinCondom]

SGDQ 2019 MICROSOFT POWERPOINT WR RUN

[@ShadowFlare7799]

eh i find the older hydlides games much better :)

[@randytaylor6931]

Lmao XD

[@dudumangs7140]

It doesn't matter how many likes this comment gets, it is underrated

[@MH-wz1rb]

There was a Myst speedrun

[@HunterJE]

I love almost-a-game done quick

[@Akumasama]

2 games have their world record measured by frames: Super Mario Bros 1 And Virtual Hydlide.

[@zrobeast]

Virtual Hydelide is the greatest example of “just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you SHOULD do it.” Also, GOTY 2019.

[@hinro]

I don't think this counts as doing it.

[@keiyakins]

"The good news is we don't have to walk out of the volcano." are probably the most beautiful words from the entire AGDQ.

[@Baro_Fjellheim]

His name is Jim... Jim the Knight. Real FANTASY RIGHT THERE!!!

[@DondarfSnowbonk]

This game gives new meaning to "Every frame a painting"

[@ARFoxReaver]

Jim the knight killed by bees

[@joolsstoo3085]

F&^% you nature

[@thegreatcaesar7433]

This tree is trying to kill me

[@calebschlesser948]

@@wooperupa but who cares

[@1982markjm]

Hydlide was originally released for the NEC PC-6001 and PC-8801 computers in 1984, yes it released BEFORE Zelda. And thus is hugely influential to the Zelda series and action role playing games in general. Despite the awful framerate in this version, it's essentially a Proto-Oblivion. An open world action rpg featuring a 3D world on the goddamn Saturn of all things.

[@1982markjm]

First sentence is stolen from Wiki, I knew it but the copy/paste was easier to word lol. Also, don't get it twisted, I don't think this game is good, just super ambitious for the time. :)

[@aidangarvey7049]

The original Hydlide may have influenced the original Zelda, but this game came out a year after Elder Scrolls Arena. If anything's a proto-Oblivion, it's the original Elder Scrolls game, not this thing

[@edherdman9973]

2 years before lands of lore II and a year before daggerfall!

[@GoldenKitSylveon]

The speed at X1.25 makes the game go from a Windows95 screensaver to a Windows98 screensaver

[@Superschokokeks]

kudos to Gyre for being frame perfect for the whole run

[@hamandcheese73]

I've had this game since '95, and I'm not ashamed to say I love it.

[@bobbillans6715]

The Vampire was saying "What is a man?"

[@captainbarbossa289]

A miserable little pile of frames.

[@CalebePriester]

@@captainbarbossa289 I don't know what a man is, but I do know what a man is not, God.

[@amethyst6965]

@@CalebePriester its a reference to castlevania

[@james2175]

@@captainbarbossa289, this made me laugh so hard! LOL!

[@timg2727]

If Gyre isn't a radio DJ, he's missed his calling. The commentary in this is just delightful.

[@thohangst]

His narration on Twitch is fabulous.

[@highestsettings]

I know this game is probably extremely awful to play, but I have to say, there's something charming about it's style. I quite like what they tried to do here. It's impressive even if it's aged like milk.

[@BlakouttheMM]

Definitely. Everyone immediately thinks of the pixelated sprites of Mortal Kombat when it comes to digitized graphics, but the higher quality digitization of games like this, and titles like The Need For Speed on the 3DO looks great, and makes me wish that more games used it. As for the gameplay of Virtual Hydlide... I find it enjoyable, but I have a strong stomach for older RPGs and PC games.

[@DarthSironos]

@@BlakouttheMM This game looked like shit when it came out too.

[@nackskott12]

There are games out there that do this style well. I'd argue Ultima Underworld is similar, and so are the Kings Field games. Kings Field 4 is about as well as I've seen this style done. Still clunky as, but honestly very good if you can get past that.

[@fragilefilter]

@@nackskott12 Ultima Underworld was amazing and playing it was just of things to come.

[@hyperfine3633]

48:51 - Perfect length for a handshake, someone inform businessmen everywhere.

[@XSniper74184]

Thank you for pointing that out, would have missed it otherwise.

[@fredrikschubert2692]

This is the longest flip book I've ever seen!

[@cuppacoffee1572]

The difficulty in these souls games are getting ridiculous

[@MinoruLeo]

I saw this guy running this same game on RPG Limit Break and oh my good Lord, he makes this train wreck of a game look fun.

[@butternuts3656]

Minoru Leonardo the things people brag about these days...

[@trascendentalsunset]

I unironically think that this game looks beautiful, i love the aesthetic

[@lankymaccrazyhair264]

Amazing. A 1 frame speedrun. Truly incredible.

[@johnsimon8457]

“This a remake of the NES game Hydlide and you’re expected to have played that game to know what’s going on.” Hydlide is a port of an inscrutable PC-88 game. So all the crap usability of an early PC title but on a next gen console. Great.

[@Zsaver3]

It's in the Awful block for a reason 😅

[@ZombieBatmanJesus]

The frame rate isn't THAT bad... oh, I'm watching at 1.5x speed... OH, OH GOD

[@jayqueue6784]

That's not how fps works

[@charlesvitanza8867]

@@jayqueue6784SPF for this game

[@calebschlesser948]

@@jayqueue6784 I actually tried it and it kinda is

[@Kay_Sea251]

Wow, I just put it on 1.5x and it almost runs smoothly!

[@ryansizemore5064]

These graphics are actually pretty damn good. Not quite Resident Evil, but convincing for what is here.

[@vaylonkenadell]

"That was a load-bearing eel." Wahahaha.

[@tojiroh]

Kudos to gyre for giving us such an entertaining speedrun of such a dismal game!

[@mrman6035]

I can't believe you can frame perfect death.

[@BlazeDragonEternal]

I opened this video and it was so choppy I thought KZbin wasn't loading. But no, it was just Virtual Hydlide.

[@kazehana7143]

Sad part is, in 1995 I would have loved to play this lol.

[@housebrosgaming]

This is so worth the strain; both of the eyes and the brain

[@Nagantios]

I'm so entertained by this run. Gyre and the couch are just 10/10 entertainers.

[@Nargaroth]

Came for the game, stayed for the contagious laughter!

[@boomerlabs]

*Denzel Crocker voice* “FAIRIES*

[@abonnybunny6647]

I get so much nostalgia over this game weirdly enough, the saturn was one of the first consoles I had. Oh it's a hunk of crap don't get me wrong but I love it. Also, the music is actually really good.

[@Ebeeto]

The minecart sequences actually look pretty cool visually. I like them.

[@mattbriddell9246]

RIP Jim the Knight- killed by bees at 53 seconds. Might as well just turn the game off after that point ☺️

[@chrisgould101]

He tried to fight the bees off with a knife but was swarmed

[@doodoobrn]

This game is so special to me, it has the most beautiful graphics of any blocky texture mapped wreck. Classic

[@IncoherentMoron]

the "Microsoft Encarta library" line destroyed me during the livestream so i'm glad i get to see the intro again

[@VittamarFasuthAkbin]

I understand all the jokes about the frames. But for it's time, it looks really good. And even today this graphic is comfortable to watch, it has a cozy feel.

[@danielziltener7195]

"But for it's time, it looks really good." not really... Look at decent Saturn titles like Panzer Dragoon.

[@IschmarVI]

This is how skyrim feels like on my laptop

[@chrisgould101]

This game is a potato

[@pakiaki9775]

from watching reviews of this game, you never get HOW BAD these graphics are until u watch the full game for 44 miniutes

[@chrisgould101]

This graphics are amazing looks like gta but a bit less detailed

[@phatbman]

Ubisoft is probably SO jealous of how Cinematic this game is!

[@-42-47]

Wow, that was a great slideshow, almost looked like a game.

[@molIymawk]

god i love gyre runs, his commentary is so good

[@xYamakaze]

This runner is the hero we need but don't deserve. You absolute legend, doing what no other man could bear to stand.

[@JasonMeeks79]

I dont feel so bad for playing this the other day. Still an interesting game for it's time

[@VGPorage]

I wonder if anyone has been able to calculate how long this speedrun would have been if the game ran properly

[@shadowbubbleMC]

7 seconds

[@hypsin0]

Shadowbubble No, it’s 7.0069 seconds

[@billvolk4236]

There's an in-game timer, so we actually know that this speedrun would have taken about half as much time without lag. And this speedrun does everything possible to reduce lag, so a normal playthrough of Virtual Hydlide is probably slowed down by three times or more.

[@Kree8ingMusic2]

this game...my god....me typing this is me resting my eyes for a minute

Squint wins the internet for a god damn 13 year old reference 25:30 Broken Pixels ep 15.

[@georgesiv2082]

Fun fact: When this was released this game got good reviews, better than Magic Knight Rayheart

[@dudinacas]

This really shows off what the mighty Sega Saturn can do ;)

[@avideogamemaster]

Nights Into Dreams is for little kids :P

[@panzersnapdragon3087]

This particular performance of this run is so perfect. I've seen Gyre run it elsewhere, and he's always charming, talented and hilarious, but the combination of him doing the run, puwexil mike uyama and dragondarch's jokes and commentary, and the crowd's energy and reactions... it's just magical. This was agdq 2019 was my very favorite awful block, the event as a whole had some of my favorite all-time runs, but the awful block last year was so special.

[@NootbutCooler]

You know, this game doesnt even seem too bad to me. The bosses were actually pretty sick. If there could be a rebooted version of this game, I'd buy.

[@Bobdd0]

You made this game look honestly kinda fun, that's increadible. My vote for the mage actions are naruto ninjutsu hand movements Also, gyre and Lindsey have very good anouncer voices

[@DisgustedCheese]

This is sucha good game, i cannot believe how amazing it is...

[@Livestreamlurker]

I feel like this game would actually be decent or at least mediocre if it just ran well. That I think is by far the biggest issue.

[@cptcolgenltmajor9246]

FusRohDah we theres that and the fact that killing monsters is pointless especially when everything costs so much. The game runs on tank controls which is easily the stiffest kind of controls mitigated by shuffling. No actual direction or idea of what’s happening (softlocks when you don’t get the fairies when you beat the eel) But the framerate is easily the most glaring problem

[@alexlegard6245]

This must be like six frames per second.

[@steeledminer616]

six seconds per frame*

[@Awesoman9001]

And that's being generous

[@marakarthegreat]

10, close enough

[@termitreter6545]

I've tried to count with a clock ticking in the background, and I think some areas are even less, more like 3 fps.

[@JcGross93]

These are the best of GDQ. I love watching speedruns of bad games. But to be fair, I'm quite impressed by this game. It shouldn't even exist.

[@Supercoolfast]

Had this on the Sega Saturn as a kid. used to love playing this, i didn't have many games so had no choice.

[@sheenthisma7103]

It was nice to see one of those donations make reference to the old 1UP Broken Pixels play through of this game.

[@BandanaDrummer95]

"You've got three frames to do it, so it's completely free."

[@Trashloot]

The runner and the couch is just so entertaining. I love it.

[@alexhardline2208]

Such a masterpiece.

[@ndr2q]

This is beautiful.

[@fishyjustice1423]

Today, today I witnessed GLORY.

[@gilgammesh1]

This game has a really gloomy atmosphere. I love it. Bet it would look pretty good in 30 or even 60 fps if that's even possible.

[@mericalgirl1234]

For a really bad game, the soundtrack is actually pretty good.

[@broceratops1337]

Man this is an OG couch. Cool to see them every year as the event gets bigger

[@karnovrpg]

"HYDLIDE! Just saying the name gives you a gag reflex like you're about to puke!"

[@foxmanplays8700]

Avgn~

[@Heathenfidel]

You gotta appreciate how they gave Jim's walking animation a whopping 4 frames. This is in stark contrast to the 2-frame walking animation that he has in Hydlide on the NES.

[@LeodSMW]

41:50 "First frame after death." So... like a 2 second time window.

[@Deltron37]

I swear I used to love this damn game. To this day, I have only see one sole copy.

[@serioushex3893]

when do we get virtual virtual hydlide? i want to play this on a vr headset

[@sentient5]

You could just slap on a vr headset and play the game normally. It’s virtually virtual virtual hydlide.

[@andrearosario8512]

the mine part is unironically the best in gaming.

[@wolfgangervin2582]

Of all the Saturn games to run...

[@saarimarshad9515]

i dropped the resolution to 144p and i couldn't tell the difference

[@Axelman1234]

I literally got a headache watching this . . . Epic

[@whitesonicex]

Producer: OK that was a nice PowerPoint, now let's see how the game runs! Dev team: ...what powerpoint?

[@nervatraianus]

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 by gyre - AGDQ 2019

[@justjohnny420]

I wanna play this game 3.5 billion times