Zelda II NES speedrun in

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[@iank3924]

My favorite speed runner by far. Definitely the Bob Ross of gaming.

[@Jaya365]

Right on.

[@MrRywee123]

@Yes Sir! Epstein?

[@RanXb]

Spot on

[@youvandal411vm]

Soon he will be the Bill Cosby of speed runs.

[@mr.niceguy6413]

yea .. arcus roxx =

[@ikagura]

I'm watching a guy with a cow-boy hat speedrunning Zelda II while being chill about it, 2020 got suddenly better now.

[@RanXb]

Lmao!

[@farerse]

I bet he speedruns Gunsmoke really fast

[@djremy3394]

From the clothing, his home decore and of course the games that he plays--it feels like I'm looking back into time! 2020 wasn't better. It just looks better with a coat of 1990 on it.

[@mailsprower9462]

I like his famous "and.... clock"

[@DemureDave]

@@mailsprower9462 I thought it was clock, too, but it's actually "clonk" because he said it's the sound his foot pedal makes. I've heard him explain that a couple of times before.

[@marcusking9689]

i much prefer streams like this over the gaming youtubers that have to yell and say outrageous shit while theyre playing. watching you is actually kinda calming. keep up the good work man

[@Dylan-hc2lu]

@Foxbody Boogie ya but young children like the zany, screaming, smash your head against the wall enthusiasm

[@dookiefarookie]

as much as I love a good speed run... (which is why im here).... his audio needs to be leveled properly, theres too much hiss on the outside game... the the game is too quiet

[@andrewbiviano9488]

his skill level speaks for itself

[@christopherpearson2330]

Oh my god I totally agree. My son is 7 and is super into roblox and every person that streams screams the whole time and calls people names among other things. It drives me crazy. I'm constantly having to turn it down or having to tell him to change it because of the language.

[@aztro.99]

avery swangoo of all people to hate u choose this cool dude? fucking loser rethink ur life.

[@soloban81]

“Cowboy boots two for one sale”

[@Brandywine53]

Thank you summoning salt for introducing me to this cowboy nerd. I have sincerely enjoyed all of his content thus far.

[@Ertain1]

I love the lyrics that Arcus sings when he receives an item.

[@benheck9514]

Hot dog flotation device.

[@Ertain1]

@@benheck9514 Still good.

[@valor992]

@@Ertain1 Cowboy boots two for one sale!

[@Ertain1]

@@valor992 Another good one.

[@privatepile762]

I found a doll of myself.

[@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS]

After rustling some cattle there’s nothing like a speed run of Zelda, great job!

[@pilarvelez9198]

40tena y jugando zelda.

[@007Jaredboy]

This made me LOL.

[@GrumpyBearRawr]

You really are the Bob Ross of speedrunning. It's so relaxing watching your videos. You're like the most chill dude ever.

[@Ricardosucio]

“That’s a good clunk” in the first 1:09 lol. Sub good sir

[@scipio8866]

LMAO singing, "found a small doll of myself." Hilarious.

[@maxboudrias]

I keep singing this since this morning

[@mjoto]

Hot dog flotation device.

[@AenimalCannibal985]

cowboy boots. 2 for 1 sale. i found a boy in a cave we got the plunger let's roll. these are cracking me up, yo

[@juliorivera5060]

What makes it fun to watch are those weird remarks you make. Good bleeps. Hot sauce on fire. Blip blip. Pure genius. Keep clunking!!!

[@knightrdrx]

an hour? took me 2 years and a game genie to beat it

[@projectmayhem6898]

very challenging game

[@Milamasylum83]

Kids 🤦

[@quikwidit6967]

At least u beat the damn thing

[@AniMalcolmTheLibetarianNerd]

Lol

[@ti-guylesbarniques556]

Come on...I finished the game I was 10 back in the days. There is some challenging part, but it's not THAT hard.

[@nameofthegame9664]

A lemonade drinking cowboy with an epic stach speed running Zelda. Nice

[@Jazzypants2007]

Arcus, brother, you are one of THE most calming presences on KZbin. This was a THOROUGHLY enjoyable speedrun, and I loved every one of your improved music cues.

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

All the jingles: 1:40 Shield 6:43 Candle 09:41 Trophy 13:34 Life spell 20:55 Potion 21:50 Good clunk 22:27 Downstab 23:11 Fairy 24:03 Heart container 28:11 Glove 35:11 Raft 41:06 Extra life 42:26 Up stab 47:06 Boots 55:55 No idea 1:07:22 Cross? 1:11:47 Thunder

[@FreneticZetetic]

A winner is you!

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

@@FreneticZetetic Thanks! Had been keeping an eye on my comment for months seeing it drop to the bottom, good to see it's getting some love now!

[@FreneticZetetic]

@@LettersAndNumbers300 I ALWAYS appreciate time stamps, my friend! Thank you for your work! :)

[@Jagar_Tharn]

55:55 "We got the plunger; let's roll!"

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

@@Jagar_Tharn sure, but what is it? An arrow?

[@chadster123]

That was INSANE. Really enjoyed watching that. That takes some serious dedication man!!!

[@robertlevy4465]

Is it weird that I watch this before bed to try to quite my ever growing anxiety? Keep up the streaming Arcus!

[@UNIRockLIVE]

Not at all i do that too

[@matthewalderette3984]

Dude love the way you're chill while playing and clunk is cracking me up new subscriber

[@chaleowin7732]

Zelda II us easily in my top 3 list of all time favorite NES games. "we lit the hot sauce on fire" I will never be able to not say that when hearing that jingle. Thanks Arcus.

[@gregoryeverson741]

i love this game, cuz my older brother couldnt beat it, i never would show him how to do the last level

[@TagumTrailRider]

the way this dude says "... aaaand clunk" "mash-mash-mash" is ASMR.

[@juliofioretto]

Yeah! For me too😂

[@juliofioretto]

Blain! Good blain. 🥴

[@dylanstamat973]

You just ran through the best years of my life. This games soundtrack in absolutely unreal. Great run!

[@sdsdsdsdsd260]

keep doing this my man you got a fan

[@soloban81]

“Hot dog floatation device” lol

[@trentonhuggins465]

Think I just found my new fav streamer. Love how he refers to it as 'we'. 'We' did it. Cares about his viewers.

[@luicecifer]

Right, although this is quite common among speedrunners, because they know that everyone is standing on the shoulders of each other. No speedrun record was done without the work of someone else, so the speedrunner refers also to his community. But he cares about his viewers also, so it's okay.

[@jamesmiller5331]

Oh wow he said WE. It's like I helped him! 🤪

[@luicecifer]

@@jamesmiller5331 Well, by viewing his video and raise his click counter and, by that, awareness for him - in a way, you did.

[@jamesmiller5331]

@@luicecifer Good. I like the streamer. It's the original commenter that I am mocking. If he is 15 or younger, I'm sorry 😅

[@enumaelish11]

Arcus is the perfect blend of skill and chill. I can hear this while I work and it´s calming, and I can also look at it to be amazed at the skill.

[@jaakkopontinen]

This game :) this game. Man. Me and my big sis both got memories to last a lifetime. Nostalgy is at full force, not momentary, not fleeting. It's in every note of ingame music, every thrust of the sword, every enemy conquered and level gained. It is reliving childhood, when you understood so little but instead would let impressions sink into your heart and mind.

[@jaakkopontinen]

Nowadays it's like: "Oh ok, that didn't work, so it's propably this because of the way the game seems to be built. Propably so this and that first to advance later on, as X and Y are almost sure to follow". As a kid it's like "what is happening, what am I doing, where do I go, I can't understand" and so, you had to just... Go!

[@Dylan-hc2lu]

This game kicked my ass as a kid i only ever got to the second dungeon

[@rashodhustle9718]

@@Dylan-hc2lu facts never made it past the 3rd when I was a kid I think I'm going to give it another go this time around

[@HUGGYDRABITS]

I was never able to beat this game.

[@twatstabber]

One of the best Zelda games that has a bad reputation because it's fucking hard, this link to the past and ocarina of Time are the best.

[@themoderndayamericanjohnle5999]

We set the hot sauce on fire.

[@EnergonCubed]

Great run and really love the commentary man. If you aren't selling t-shirts with your addictive catch phrases then you need to get on that, lol.

[@IgnatzKolisch]

I missed this one live by just a few minutes, thanks for uploading it!!

[@suwaside1]

Thank you I felt like I beat the game. Growing up in the 80s and 90s I never beat this one

[@HappyMealBieber]

we lit the hotsauce on fire lmao

[@TheFriedSurprise]

found you accidentally, but man, i love watching your runs. something about your innocence.. sort of calming

[@gp123lIlI]

Great job. This was a lot of fun to watch. Your commentary and singing is really funny

[@kevinmshields]

The catchphrases are gold. Subscribed

[@juliofioretto]

High-level memory, coordination, reflex and dexterity. The synchrony of these skills should provide an intense feeling of pleasure and well-being. When I need to relax and calm down I watched the videos of this cowboy 🤠! Congratulations on your work and skills. Thank you for adding to my quality of life! Love this game. Pure nostalgia🥴

[@kutulukutu]

"Good scold" makes this the greatest run, ever.

[@nater2408]

Bro thanks to you and your awesome game play I lost a whole dam afternoon watching a lot of your speed runs! Keep grinding bro dig the stache, cowboy hat and bolo.

[@boldly2000]

10:10 "That's a good clunk."

[@jdspencer60]

Man you have the patience of Job. I enjoy your videos because (at least what you show) is always calm, collected, and methodical

[@PetterNe]

This is one of the best games in existence; I admire your dedication to it!

[@chrisoneal2718]

Nice run!! I’m learning to run Zelda 2 and your video gave me a lot of pointers!

[@Canadas_Very_Own]

I love all the little sound effects and stuff you do.

[@MJ08802]

"We got the red Perrier!"

[@Dial999]

Dont know how, but in glad I found this channel. All my childhood favorites, beaten like they weren't the bane of my existence.

[@southpaw578]

So many childhood memories coming back. Nice run my guy.

[@nightbreed141]

This was really good ! I actually enjoyed your video !!!

[@RIFCHE23]

ARCUS is crazy how you can beat hardest nes games... Greetings from France man!!! You really the Nintendo entertainment system cow boy!!! Respect

[@sporedoutofmymind]

"I got the pee bag, let's roll"

[@joltman81]

After watching for over 40 min, I gotta say the little songs you sing when you get an Item are a highlight for me.

[@rustopholis]

The nostalgia and music takes me wayyy back to a time I hardly remember. If you think about how ahead of its time this game was it's pretty Incredible to have helicopter view and side scroll. Like the first skyrim mentality when creating this.

[@Expatriate1977]

I love these videos because I love seeing someone kicking ass in these games in ways i could not in some cases as a kid. I took my time maybe too much time and there were games that i hated

[@mr.niceguy6413]

its so relaxing to watch him .. keep on mate =)

[@bwaldsch23]

A great run-through of Zelda II! Arcus certainly made it look easy.

[@peebeeanjay8499]

This might be the dorkiest thing I’ve ever seen. And I just sat through all 1hr and 22mins of it, utterly transfixed.

[@eckitronix]

People are still coming to old VODs of runs like these and I like seeing all these people equally as interested as I am. Even now, you're playing with power.

[@heaintloveu]

Same!

[@sunekoo]

This game doesn’t get nearly enough love. Also I can’t explain why these speedruns are so interesting to watch. I tried to explain to a friend once and the words coming out of my mouth just sounded so stupid

[@dreamsessionsphotography2728]

Dorky? This gentleman is one of the most balanced people Ive ever watched. Im extremely impressed by him.

[@Meatman8089]

You effortlessly strolled through the bane of my childhood

[@roozsay7783]

Best game ever! Bought the nes for this and I remember playing this game every day after school... love the music sooo nostalgic!! Love it

[@Raddland]

Dude, you have fantastic execution. A lot of these attacks are darn near robotic. Fun to watch :)

[@marvinmobley6294]

This an skyward sword are the only two Zelda's games I've ever beat and I beat this one when I was ten .just revisit this and God I can't believe I did it when I was a younging this is one of the hardest games ever .hats off to you brother

[@atticus13fault]

Man! When I was a kid in the early 90s I could never find bagu so it kinda died for me there, then when I was in grade 12 in 04, with the power of the internet I printed off a walk through, I got right to the final palace but I just always took too much damage on my way there and I couldn’t beat it… I saw this a few days ago and it’s been calling to me ever since… I just beat this game for the first time tonight and I owe it to this post!!! Thank you so much 😄🍻👍

[@hicknopunk]

I have not played this game since I was a kid. I somehow remembered the shadow battle before the boss. Great run!

[@vanrayandy]

love the style very refreshing no screaming/gold like buttons etc

[@MusicThatSuitesMe]

Nice to see a gamer that isn't spewing trash out of their mouth constantly.

[@specificgravity-thedancing9700]

Arcus, you give me peaceful and fun times! My childhood here!

[@GuillaumeAstuces]

singing "We got the kid in the cave !!" XD ! Thanks, very funny good run !

[@MaddawgMar]

Great Job Arcus!!!

[@tomfrost6049]

Whenever I play this game, anytime I hit a town, I hear the "that's a good clonk" to the town music... it makes every play through feel so wholesome, like watching a Bob Ross painting episode.

[@kewltony]

57:32 "Why did I even stab that, I don't even know."

[@leotheblackm3568]

I felt like a kid watching PBS .. this Channel is awesome

[@digitor24]

Watching you play is like watching a artist paint or i dont have the right words but your really like a prodigy or something just really fun to watch.

[@benheck9514]

I just keep watching this over and over

[@everwake2689]

I was whistling to the music with you lol

[@emgee8483]

Ahhhhhhh! Childhood memories! I loved this NES game.

[@dnorpchen]

"Cowboy boots - two for one sale" is the kind thing that breaks my focus while playing this as background noise. Love it :)

[@MagesGuild]

You have a new subscriber. -Lead developer (Zelda Classic, ZQuest Game Engine)

[@travisguay7061]

Congrats! Well deserved

[@davedupre2600]

🎶 We got the plunger, let’s roll 🎶

[@tplink]

this man is the nes master! ninja gaiden, castlevania, zelda 2? what a repertoire.

[@miamimagicians]

You know for 1988 or whatever this it was an amazing game

[@nickfanzo]

miamimagicians magician miami still is

[@tykimikk8048]

My favorite game when I was 8

[@richardgurney1844]

Way ahead of it's time really! Shame it hasn't aged well - but I love it :)

[@HallyVee]

Fashion and fruit age. Games dont.

[@iiWNMii]

Righteous stuff. Keep beating those personal bests!

[@thegingergrasshopper3908]

This was by far my favorite game when I was real young.

[@LitGaming999]

Great video. Never seen this game beaten. Thanks.

[@pisscookiex1060]

I wish I could go back in time and show these speed runs to kids from the 80's and 90's....it would blow their minds.

[@grantmourning189]

Freemasons worship Satan. Look it up. 98% of freemasons don't understand what is beyond a 32 or whatever degree. I believe a 33 degree you go to the building a mile north of the state capital. You are following a life of sin. Do your research! I've done mine and I'm anti freemason. Please.

[@pisscookiex1060]

@@grantmourning189 I guess I could look it up...but I'll trust my own eyes and experiences. 9 years a Mason, 2X Past Master of my Lodge, 32 Degree Scottish Rite. Masonry is open to all men who believe in a higher power. What religion you believe in is up to you. We never discuss religion or politics in Lodge. We offer no salvation nor religious dogma...we just try to improve ourselves as men, make our community better, and do good deeds during the short time we walk this planet. This is the best way to glorify God. We ARE guilty of: Spreading religious and political freedom around the world over the last 300 years, supporting public education from it's inception, and building free hospitals for sick kids. A lot of us also like to drink a cold beer every now and then. You seem resolute in your religious beliefs, and I would never try to argue or insult your views. We all walk a spiritual path...and I wish you all the best on your journey. At least we both can agree that Zelda 2 is a great game :)

[@Dylan-hc2lu]

What did i stumble onto?

[@heaintloveu]

I remember renting this game way back in the day as a kid and being mesmerized by the music

[@fista1331]

I instantly subbed when you sang “who let the hot sauce on fire?”

[@domminicgifford2475]

This is my go to video when I just wanna chill and have something on the side.

[@EddieCatGaming]

Congrats, Arcus!

[@LinkBlade24]

I grew up with the n64 zelda's but I just wanna say I love Zelda 2 more now . Nice run 🤙

[@athavulf]

So many great Arcus-isms in this video.

[@oleschoolgamers]

Great run! Whats the program / and how does the clock stop on each milestone, I've always wondered that.

[@robertlatham8657]

60 hours a week of streaming joy for our guilty pleasure. Ty

[@damir-im3ey]

The best ASMR video for sleep EVER!!!!)))

[@Daemon5258]

That mustache alone deserves a sub, I'm always eating mine or cutting it too short. If I could sub twice, I would.

[@333espn]

I thought I was the only one who bit off the long mustache hairs. Good to know

[@hellbentcentaur]

Man I spent years getting this game soundtrack outta me and BAM it’s back in there now.

[@nickfanzo]

Best speed runner videos on KZbin.

[@deceiver444]

100% agree

[@markrickert6592]

Is it weird that I listen to this like every night and it instantly puts me to sleep? I don't mean this in a negative way. I love this video LOL

[@jyakulis1]

awesome run, i always wanted to beat this game :)

[@nucflashevent]

I have a crazy question...does anyone else get creeped out by Z II, lol? I'm not joking, I find a lot of the older NES games give me the creeps...both when I was younger, and now (I'm 38.) I didn't find that with any of the later systems (SNES, Genesis, etc.)

[@dingdongism]

I agree, but for me it's a draw. It's the backgrounds, the sprites, the music, the whole package exudes the weirdness of mid- to late-80s NES games. I love it.

[@mattgrundy27]

Impressive run sir. Bravo

[@weltgeist013thomas6]

You're "the man" - this brought back high school memories 😎 old nes (that's a good klunk).

[@olimpicus]

The good clunk song was hilarious

[@killboi207]

Makes it look ez, and does it in a cowboy hat to boot. Color me impressed.