Can You Beat Ocarina of Time Without Pausing?

[@LunaticJ]

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[@blazerunner6954]

Question is it possible to use cartridge tilt to make this faster like somehow using it to get out differently maybe through goron area because doing it just right link being invisible and passing through solid objects couldn't you have abused that since your on n64 to save a lot of time to get a bottle instead of windy b I know you can't pause but the game I assume will set that bottle and use the properties it has to equip the bottle when becoming adult I assume unless it's not allowed to cartridge tilt in the speedrunning community

[@RenaldTremblay]

thats so insane. OOC is the golden standard of video games in itself, then you incredible people made it even crazier. thats almost unbelievable. imagine going to the past showing this to your young self how much you would go crazy

[@L.LoudisThemanwiththeplan]

Impossible.

[@Porkey_Minch]

@@blazerunner6954 How would cartidge tilting help for getting a bottle? At most I could see CT being used to get inside dodongo's cavern for a bomb bag, but you'd have to reach the 2nd floor which I don't think is possible.

[@blazerunner6954]

@jacksonpercy8044 well we know that the gate in kakariko blocks you from entering the goron area but being on the unintended side you could clip through never collecting the ocarina means that a slot would free up and being turned to adult would place the bottle for ocarina items and getting rid of the need for the other exploit and cartridge tilting just right allows you to be invisible which usually allows you to clip through things and getting to anju completing her mission with the cuccos gets you the bottle all you need to do is go to lost woods into the goron area do a perfect cartridge tilt to clip through go down to kakariko assuming you don't need another cartridge tilt get the bottle and eventually use it for the exploit to get to Ganon tower

[@itsNyroc]

Thank goodness I found this video. My N64 start button broke 20 years ago and I never finished OOT. Now is my chance

[@Sauraen]

@@KyleBGanger I think they were joking...

[@futur_sunds]

😂

[@kiwirocket64]

lol so true 😂

[@kiwirocket64]

My Xbox home button got so sticky from ice cream that it stopped working even when cleaning it the home button still doesn’t work

[@MumboJ]

@@kiwirocket64 "ice cream", sure...

[@onlyaquaa]

read the title and was like "yeah thats free" and then thought about it for like 10 more seconds and understood how painful this could be

[@cyanideOwO]

same

[@buildermonkey2229]

I instantly knew thta this would be near impossible even without playing the game, since I have seen the inventory before and knew it was in the pause menu.

[@andyghkfilm2287]

19:37 spin around-STOP! Double take three times: one! Two! Three! Aaaaand PELVIC THRUST WOOOOO--whoooOOooooo, STOP on your RIGHT FOOT DONT FORGET IT

[@l0rd0ct0d0rk]

Now it's time to bring it around town! Bring. It. Around. Town.

[@youtubeuser5524]

​@@l0rd0ct0d0rksword spin around town

[@therealtwizzytwon3427]

Do forget Bring it around town 😂😂😂😂

[@Heavymetalhunk]

LMFAO why am I getting cha cha slide vibes 😂

[@NeunEinser]

Oh, I saw the 0 pause lotad, didn't know a human actually completed it. Nicely done on number 2.

[@Owen221]

What does lotad stand for?

[@sanjum2475]

Low optimised tool assisted demonstration

[@grunkleg.2934]

​@@Owen221It's that Grass/Water lilypad Pokemon from Ruby and Sapphire

[@rafaelhines1178]

​@@grunkleg.2934 and emerald

[@hulabulia1329]

@@rafaelhines1178now this is just me being really annoying, but I’m p sure lotad is “from” ruby sapphire, as they were released before emerald

[@intrepid1160]

29:19 “and in case I die, I can’t refill my nuts easily”

[@simplesapian]

Nutting on phase one Ganon goes hard

[@SRJplayGAMES]

My humor just broke

[@tylermorath9098]

Heard that and immediately came to the comments😂😂

[@drivforc7867]

i got very tense

[@Zeru64_]

I watched this video without pausing.

[@ura4321]

I needed to use glitches 😂😂

[@PLUV1]

I paused 300 times

[@lasagna_lxiv]

Insane

[@didyouseethat710]

I wish I could say this lol at work rn but I got paid to watch this 🤘

[@damswag4270]

Internet Connection ruined it for me

[@Rslb7.]

Boy, in a game where you can program the game itself while playing it, even throwing a rock is complicated.

[@ghgvxcb8105]

Erm, what the sigma?

[@Rslb7.]

@@ghgvxcb8105 I sincerely hope you're being ironic.

[@kittenwizard4703]

​@@Rslb7.Erm, what the sigma?

[@thisisachannel.780]

@@kittenwizard4703I sincerely hope you’re being ironic.

[@Rslb7.]

​@@thisisachannel.780Lol. A shame KZbin didn't notify me of this reply.

[@kingxbuu]

This is incredible. The collective efforts of everyone who has ever found a glitch, trick or exploit in this game coming together to make something INSANE happen is why we love this amazing hobby.

[@Handington]

All this to avoid using the Iron Boots. Speedrunners for OoT satisfy a special part of my soul and I love videos like this. Congratulations!

[@RabblesTheBinx]

This actually made me chuckle out loud. Have a like.

[@Handington]

@@RabblesTheBinx ^-^ Thank ya kindly

[@Sauraen]

It's amazing how, even leaving aside ACE, the rules in this game are only suggestions. Object blocking your path? Just unload it! Need to reach a high place? Just hover up! Need fire? Edit your sword to have fire properties!

[@dazcarrr]

OoT is like a villain of the week cartoon. any obstacle has a highly convenient glitch that you can just pull out of hammer space (or in this case, use to avoid pulling things out of hammer space) and instantly solve

[@maliciousbugman]

>SM64 Mario has unlimited speed buildup and parallel universe travel >OoT Link has Deus Ex Machina asspulls and wrong warping Unstoppable Force vs. Immovable Object.

[@thedoomnegotiator9693]

@@maliciousbugmanDoes that mean they both canonically can move at faster-than-light speeds?

[@SpectreXS]

Some of these tricks are so precise, wouldn't it help if you pause-buffered them? Oh, wait...

[@saraross8396]

Sometimes I wonder how people found these: "Hey, guys! I found this cool glitch! It only takes 1,347 precise button presses combined with pinpoint positioning to do!" A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but not much of one when looking at the laundry list of steps for the first glitch. Naturally the simple answer is no, it cannot be done without pausing when playing the game normally. It's like trying to beat it without collecting a single rupee. It can't be done without using glitches because there are no free shields available in the village or Lost Woods. There is at least one free backup in the Deku Tree, but that doesn't help seeing as how you need one to get in.

[@alanhersch4617]

A lot of tricks are discovered by accident, and then in investigating it people figure out the precise setups and optimizations. A lot of the times people just need to know that "it is possible" for it to be worth their time exploring setups etc.

[@inthefade]

Just keep trying it while logging your position and button inputs. Or get a script to brute force it.

[@liamrwilkins]

I love that you cite all the skips and glitches!! Great video 😁

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

seriously, it's legitimately refreshing to see. and also awesome to learn just how many shoulders the tricks to accomplish this challenge stood on. props!

[@Kyoko_]

This guy did such a professional job with this vid.

[@compedsushi9030]

Thank all the speed runners and glitch hunters amen.

[@Boco_Corwin]

... and all the ships at sea...

[@Chris-gx1ei]

I love the irony that they all are treated like gods capable of ripping reality appart - because That's what they technically do 😅

[@andrewsnarr6474]

Amen

[@compedsushi9030]

@@Chris-gx1ei more like a patient monk, grinding away at the n64 truth....

[@EmeralBookwise]

Wow, I was taken completely off guard by the door of time still being there as an adult. I would have thought it just wouldn't exist at all in the future, since there isn't supposed to be a way to get here without opening it as a kid.

[@syrelian]

All Song of Time Blocks have synced existence between Adult and Child, some of them exist only in one period at a time, others are either on or off for both periods at the same time

[@FantasticAshFoxthe2nd]

this is taking the old "trying to tell your mom you can't pause the game" to a different level lol

[@Warri0rLink]

11:17 Link: **dies** Sheik: Pathetic

[@thedoomnegotiator9693]

So glad that stuck with someone else lol

[@at.lumina]

The fact that people can find those glitches despite having such incredibly specific steps in order to execute them is beyond me

[@watercrystals9744]

to be fair a lot of it is done through the use of lua scripts nowadays, which basically just re-run the same game state over and over but alter something by a single value like the angle you're facing or how fast you're moving or whatever else, until something happens

[@Whocares158]

Too much time in their hands

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

It can be a hobby, haha! Once you have an idea of how a game works, you can figure out how it breaks, and from there you can try to break it in different spots using different methods. I'm personally amazed at people memorizing and perfecting the setups for these glitches, but then again I've memorized equally weird if different things, too.

[@UselessGoddess378]

I've found a fairly specific glitch in Hollow Knight by accident. I assume many glitches are found in similar ways... By accident, while just screwing around.

[@syrelian]

@@UselessGoddess378 Or by a related glitch being discovered by accident, someone going "Wait does this occur how I think it does?" and extrapolating a hypothesis and testing it from there to innovate it into usable or more versatile forms

[@SeedyZ]

I love seeing challenges like this being done RTA. Congrats on finishing!

[@cringey4236]

For those who don’t understand the glitches he explained in his run I’ll give you a brief rundown you take the gooboo snoot and flinkle bink with the goopy snoot and bomp dingle and from there it’s just a matter of using the Binkle thornk with your dooty nop at the same frame you tooty donk and you win

[@simonhart7553]

Content of such purity expertise and wonder is rare. So rare that when you stumble across it you have no choice but to stop, pay heed and marvel at all you have before you. Not just in what it is nor what you have accomplished but moreover the credence you have given to those who have paved the path before you.

[@kallebanan1924]

I felt a smile spreading across my face straight away after he said "Welcome to Ocarina of Time", it was one of those smiles where you almost feel your cheeks push up against your damn eyeballs. I can't believe it was 11 years ago I last heard that phrase, because as soon as you said it I went straight back to that place when I first heard Cosmo shout it under my blanket on that cosy Christmas break night back in elementary school, with the glow of my laptop screen lighting up my face like you just did. Funny how it's always those little things that seem to stick with you, and to see how far the OOT community has come since then... we all stand on the shoulders of giants.

[@zekay_]

Cosmo 😢

[@TSRStormed]

It was awesome to see you do this live! Great video. (btw I checked my JP cart, I have a 1.0 copy!)

[@darkperson3200]

I'm still curious how the Deku Tree closes his mouth when you're an adult when it's dead when you're a child

[@ripscort1896]

Probably the relaxation of whatever biological mechanism the Deku Tree used to open its mouth on the first place due to weathering, coupled by gravity made it close it's mouth

[@nicklascau3862]

He's like. . . petrified though.

[@naomi9606]

i’m new to the oot speed run community and i appreciate how you explain each glitch, how it works, and who discovered it when. your videos are very thoughtful! i’m subbing for more!

[@Ronald_Ruck]

11:17 Shiek watching as Link dies is so funny.

[@ripscort1896]

I read Shrek

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

Ikr 😭

[@LUvvUcy]

11:02 "However! There is still a way to save the game without pausing....DEATH"

[@LunaticJ]

I cooked

[@daniels4540]

Awesome video! I was on the edge of my seat seeing you perform these glitches.

[@ReptillianStrike]

Very well constructed video. I love all of the credit you give for each individual trick. Telling us when they were discovered, and by who.

[@Nysvarth]

Every one of your OOT/MM challenges are insanely creative and I cannot fault the effort you put into these videos showing exactly how you pulled it off! Great job dude!

[@American_Heart]

The first glitch with the guard chasing you down is priceless 😂

[@MrWicked17]

29:07 “10 nuts is enough to end phase one.” That’s what she said

[@markh4545454]

My palm started burning when you showed that 64 controller

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

My thumb is so raw

[@kitkatboard]

Still can't comprehend how an entire board of people thought this controller was a good idea

[@l0rd0ct0d0rk]

*mario party providing Vietnam War styled flashbacks*

[@CoralCopperHead]

@@kitkatboard The only problem with it is the uncovered joystick. The real idiots were the people who made Mario Party and said "rotating the control stick with your palm is obviously a good idea." Still don't understand why people are so butthurt about the third handle, it made Turok playable.

[@JustLikeYou.]

@@CoralCopperHeadif we had 3 hands it would have been the perfect controller

[@cky0444]

I love all the sources you credit. Sharing the love. Amazing video

[@inthefade]

I've always wondered how Nintendo knew what to patch back in the 90s. Was it just based on the playtesting that they commissioned? I'd love to see those internal discussions and documents.

[@Thebestfamilycool]

Probably thru playtestimg and editing hexcode.

[@Patashu]

I love how well documented this is. Nice work

[@pokeli2728]

This video in a nutshell: A WHOLE LOT OF OCARINA OF TIME SHENANIGANS I CANT UNDERSTAND!!!!

[@davidward9550]

You should've named him pausa for the memes lol

[@zekay_]

Wrong game

[@JoltJin]

18:25 I remember being able to just clip into the waterfall by using a cucco and flying from the highest point of the ledge to slide behind the hitbox of it, though I'm not sure if that was on the remake or the original I would imagine that would be a lot easier than climbing it blind.

[@ripscort1896]

Except that Cuccos aren't there as an adult

[@JoltJin]

@@ripscort1896 ah true, for some reason I thought the cucco by the fairy fountain stayed there as an adult.

[@simon62821]

0:46 did he just sync up the voiceover with him saying Title Screen on stream?? LOL

[@joemalpass6370]

I would not have the patience for attempting frame perfect glitches even when a reliable setup is available. Doing them with no setup seems like torture. 😭

[@Supersayainpikmin]

"Sonic High School: Chapter 1"

[@LunaticJ]

Sonic woke up and looked at the clock. "7:00," it said, and Sonic screamed. "I am late for school! I have to get to school now!" said Sonic, jumping out of bed. Sonic put his clothes on really fast and ran out of his room because he is fast. "No time for breakfast!" said Sonic as he ran past Sonic's Mom.

[@s0mniosidae]

Remember 3 Pause? I love Zelda. Mmmm.

[@theendofmyropemydude]

"in case i die, i cant refill my nuts easily" Same bro, same

[@PhantomCooper]

You can also exit the kokiri woods by slightly lifting up the left side of the physical cartridge while walking towards the exit, and then seating it back into place once you've gotten passed the gatekeeper. But the game could get glitched out with that method, one time I tried it and all my item slots were filled with fairy ocarinas

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

Not allowed in speedrun of course

[@Swimwizrad]

That’s a good idea, but I thought I saw a rule that said “no cartridge wiggling” might have seen it wrong though

[@zekay_]

That's against the rules

[@lemonbeef1302]

I thought this was gonna be like an online game type pauseless. Whenever you pause to change ur equipment the outside game doesn’t stop, so having to change equipment in a fight becomes dangerous and tense. This is also interesting, what the video actually is, but now I’m wondering if a mod exists for the thing i’ve described.

[@MaxonerousX]

If the mod doesn't exist, you could just play Dark Souls

[@cuttleb0nes]

skyward sword’s menu is like this and I remember being so frustrated by it

[@zekay_]

Water temple would've sucked if that was the case

[@qsxsqsxs]

24:05 LMAO your reaction to this is so funny

[@AzureFlame4]

You can 100% it with only 2 pauses.

[@KynG5]

It's wild that two button presses can affect a run that drastically 😅

[@TheSyconerd]

Now he needs to beat the Wii smash bros ocarina of time

[@pharthuro]

​@@TheSyconerdkzbin.info/www/bejne/oKbWmHR7jJmmpdEsi=ztro3Vf9SLKOh-iP

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

Fascinating walkthrough! Congrats on your success, and massive respect to the OOT community who find, optimize, and execute these strats!

[@devinrobertson5251]

Just found your channel! This is fun! Subscribed!!

[@AskMoonBurst]

it's easier to bypass the zora waterfall by grabbing a chicken and flying in from the left side. There's a small gap there.

[@LunaticJ]

Adult Link: WHERE ARE THE CHICKENS????

[@jacklansdale77]

​@@LunaticJ I think adult link just has the jumping distance to make it

[@zekay_]

​@@jacklansdale77Nope, you can only reach there with bombs/bombchus, hover boots, zelda's lullaby or unloading the waterfall as adult.

[@stephenmoran5855]

Fantastic explanation!! I've been watching speed runs for years but very rarely have seen such an approachable, concise explanation of some of this nonsense!

[@TurkTurkenson]

I tried Itemless escape a few years ago and I could never do the last step unbuffered, even with savestates. This is impressive.

[@vexion42]

LunaticJ, this is the most insane speedrun video you've ever made.

[@gregpl9363]

*reads title.......gets water temple ptsd...*

[@emolovetree]

How hard would it be to route bombs into the run? If you had them you could do the super slide into ganon and keep the mastersword the whole time

[@ToonyLinkSR]

I love how his hairstyle changes every video

[@jkivil3587]

I love the "look, I'm not pressing start" at 11:34.

[@TheOfficalAndI]

Is quick putaway necessary to get to Gohma in Deku? I thought the net takes some time to load, so you can do a recoil jumpslash onto the higher platform and just clip through it. Or does that only work as child?

[@davidward9550]

I guess it really shouldnt be a surprise that link was the glitchiest character in melee too. Oot link is the definition of built different

[@staudinga]

"In case I die I can't refill my nuts easily" Well, I guess that is *one* concern about death.

[@glitchy000]

"Ocarina of time is a very broken game." "This first glitch requires a 1/1000th value of a precision to do."

[@KnightlyRogue]

So basically in summary of the video.... All of these trick are simple for you and I have no chance in hell in doing this. Got it. 👍😂

[@LunaticJ]

No these tricks were not simple, but anyone willing to put in a dozen hours to learn can do this

[@LqudmjrPly]

29:44 Mario Party 3: The Castle Square (Castle Grounds) HD

[@johnbolieau7639]

He didn't equip anything manually, only mechanically 😂

[@HESOMADBRO]

Theres another way of breaking the second web in Deku Tree not involving pauses or burning it. After the first web is broken, you can climb up all they way and jump down again, only this time you jumpslash a wall precisely as youre falling, which can push you all the way on top of the second web in order to break it using your momentum (like the first one).

[@chillfrost3170]

2:27 you could also do that one glitch where you read the sign right after getting out of the tunnel, you can control Link and exit Kokiri Forest. No pause is required

[@zekay_]

That's not true since walking while talking requires deku nuts.

[@gooseandcompany]

What is the background song at 11:00 ?

[@lacto-meda]

Bomberman Hero: Redial HD OST

[@iPig]

The ever expanding world of oot glitches and their discoveries will always fascinate me. As a casual gamer it really seems like sorcery.

[@DaveyDDial1]

But can you beat OOT or MM without using the analogue stick?

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

You can beat Minecraft without the arrow keys.

[@_Nintendonerd_]

Wow! Just learned I have a version 1.0 cartridge! Thanks mate! Interesting watch, very clever

[@dungeonpastor]

Runs like this are so cool! Congratulations on completing! 🎉❤

[@BlackHoleForge]

The moment you said you couldn't hit the start button, I was like... all right, but how are you going to start the game? It literally says press start.😂

[@phyllojoe5346]

Bro that is the prettiest n64 controller ever, had no idea that existed!

[@paulhudalla9527]

There're a lot of different N64 controllers, I think the one he has is from the funtasic series of consoles, which has even more clear colors like his controller.

[@merryn1922]

My N64 console and controller are both this color 😁 it’s a really nice color, love them.

[@selay333]

I remember correctly I was able to clip past the npc at the start by lifting the left side (could be right it’s been years) of the cartridge up slightly. It caused link to act funny and get past certain things. Probably shouldn’t do that though as it could damage something.

[@Kite403]

I love how Ocarina of Time's game world is basically just a suggestion of play area lol

[@sternosaur]

Can I beat ocarina of time without pausing? No, hell no. The effort involved to do this is ridiculous. It's neat seeing how creative you have to get to do this, but this is insane.

[@Light-is-off]

For the Ganon VS Deku Nut, you don't have to stun him on second phase. You can just hit him with the Nut, roll between his legs to be in front of him and immediately reroll to get in his back. Hitbox will be available, so you can use hit a Nut again. I always hit him like that, I found it so fun that the flash-bang nut do damages...

[@LunaticJ]

I know. I was just really terrified of dying

[@Light-is-off]

@@LunaticJ Understandable. Having to redo all this... Yeah, no.

[@andreworders7305]

2:05 funny how they chase and try to stop you

[@minirop]

they are programmed to go in a circle, if it wasn't for the slope of the passageway, allowing you to go under him, you would be softlocked.

[@tuew4158]

That cartridge should be put in a museum

[@AyoGobi]

Will this challenge be easier on twilight princess? Since the items are on the D-Pad? But also not able to change gear for Zoraida temple

[@PizzaDerp]

Link: "Reality can be whatever I want it to be"

[@DerpleDude]

As soon as I seen the title I knew I was about to witness somebody lose their mind or see somebody who already has

[@bsschuett]

I love the Music from Bomberman Hero while you told not to pause :D nostalgia

[@Kaitri]

KZbin recommended me several of your vids now and i enjoyed them all. Time to sub :)

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome Video Bro.

[@dcflake5645]

Navigating the unloaded areas is like trying to enter a cheat code of Goldeneye

[@endergeek236]

I was legitimately wondering about this a couple days ago!

[@goofball236]

The Water Temple would be insane if you tried doing this challenge without glitches

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

It's impossible without glitches. Best you could do is a minimum pause run.

[@thekiss2083]

Should be titled "How long does it take to to the ACE speedrun without pause buffering; can you even do it without TAS?"

[@Chillgolfer9664]

This is such an accomplishment for this type of challenge. Well done.

[@TwinBlasters]

In the Deku Tree, does the Gold Skulltula on the vine clip work as Adult Link? Where you fall onto it from 15 paces up?

[@snarevox]

i paid to preorder the oot gold cartridge from gs back in 98 and when they called me to pick it up they said i couldnt have a gold one because they only got 8 copies of it in gold.. but i knew for a fact my name was 4th on that preorder list.. it became clear the employees were trying to keep the gold ones for themselves and their buddies. after we got off the phone i figured since they were playing dirty i would fight fire with fire.. so i called back and fed them a totally made up story about my uncle being a lawyer and advising me to pursue the matter. the kid called me right back about 10 minutes later to let me know they just so happened to find another gold one in the back somewhere. i got my damn gold cartridge.

[@jonathancangelosi2439]

The funniest thing about this run is that you can’t pause buffer.

[@stacie8134]

0:23 cue the vsauce music

[@iPig]

Read my mind.

[@Jason-jk3tn]

Wake up fellas, new Lunatic OOT vid just dropped

[@PhazeParsnip]

speedruning tricks and glitches have the best naming comventions. Windy B sounds like 90's rapper or something haha

[@Joe_334]

Ad free gaming depicted here. Having to pause multiple times felt like triggering an ad multiple times in the Water Temple...

[@FrenchOnionSoupMan]

Man oot is soooo nostalgic to me

[@CaptainJLinebeck]

The fact that this is actually RTA viable is insane to me.