[TAS] NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link by Arc & Inzult in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
TAS originally published on 2020-12-29
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is quite different from most of the early games in the Legend of Zelda series. It combines an overworld view with side-scrolling platform stages. In addition, the character can gain experience and levels, visit towns, and earn spells and items which are needed to proceed.
Arc ( tasvideos.org/... ) and Inzult ( tasvideos.org/... ) improve the previous movie ( tasvideos.org/... ) by 3 minutes and 39.71 seconds, thanks to a newly discovered glitch. Read the authors' comments ( tasvideos.org/... ) for details. For a "warpless" run, see here ( tasvideos.org/... ). For a run that abuses the warp glitch, see here ( tasvideos.org/... ).
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: Many moments in this game contain intense flashing lights, including during boss fights and whenever the player dies. This may cause epileptic seizures to those affected.
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You can watch the complete run being played back on a console ( • [TAS Verified] NES Zel... ).
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[@jack8407]

It's dangerous to read these comments alone! Take this! ▲ ▲ ▲

[@revelation45]

Glad to see I'm not the only person who jumps over all of the townspeople in order to stay out of their way.

[@samuraichilton]

Me and all of my brothers do too :)

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

Not even a minute in and there's already insanely weird stuff happening.

[@xyan07]

Thats what make this beautiful

[@rageman2247]

Oh nice! Zelda II TAS without Left+Right

[@sabalshrestha1097]

@Gaea11 Do you mind explaining me?

[@AxelGame]

@@sabalshrestha1097 basically, the game sin't programmed to iterpret left+right movement at once, so it gives you a massive speed boost and messes with the screen movement

[@GMWR_TES]

I never seen anyone making a tas like this with the speed glitch so I did it myself

[@williamzeo2493]

Damn this game looks really fine! I could sink some hours into it, why people love to badmouth this game?

[@MarioFan587YT]

People badmouth this game because it's different and also hard as shit.

[@CosmosProvider]

@@MarioFan587YT yeah TASers and speedrunners make it look very easy but it's really not.

[@one7decimal2eight]

Because it sucks. I bought the original zelda for the nes when it came out. Then they followed it up with this. Do not be fooled. There is a reason zelda 3 is regarded as one of the best video game of all time. Not only is it amazing but it allowed us to get over this horrible follow up to the first game.

[@TheGemini5]

Ok what am I missing? Why the repeat visits to dungeon 1?

[@InfoManiac742]

Link starts the game with six crystals, given to him by Impa. Each of the six palaces in the game contains a statue into which Link must place a crystal. After placing all six crystals into the six statues, the binding force around the Great Palace is removed so that Link can enter. Each crystal leaves Link’s inventory at the moment that he makes contact with the base of the statue. The previously overlooked aspect, however, is that there is a gap between the time that a crystal leaves Link’s possession and the time that the crystal is locked-in to the forehead of the statue. The player can use Up+A to restart the game after placing the crystal but before it reaches the statue’s forehead. Thus, the player can place multiple crystals into a single statue. The game only checks whether Link has no crystals left when determining whether to remove the barrier around the Great Palace, so using this glitch to lower our crystal count removes the need to beat all of the palaces.

[@user1982]

@@InfoManiac742 but you loose a shit ton of xp that way

[@TheGemini5]

@@InfoManiac742 Ah that's freakin awesome! Thanks for the info, Info...lol

[@InfoManiac742]

@@TheGemini5 I literally just copied it from the submission text lmao

[@TheGemini5]

@@InfoManiac742 That works too!

[@lpslpslpslpslpslps]

What was the purpose of going through palace 1 twice?

[@jeremyc6054]

I know this is an old comment, and I'm not 100% sure I understand exactly how this works, but the game makes sure that you placed six stones in each of the six palaces, in order to gain access to the final palace. There is a counter which records how many stones have been placed; if it's less than 6 the force field at the entrance to the final palace prevents you from getting in. However, in this TAS they took advantage of a glitch - by quickly doing an Up+A reset as soon as the stone is placed, the game records a stone as "placed" (and ticks the counter up by 1) but without turning the palace to stone or "setting" the stone on screen so that you can't do it again. Thus you can return to Palace 1 multiple times and each time it ticks the "stone" counter up by 1 (the game only keeps track of the total number of stones placed without ensuring that it was done in six unique palaces, although the game separately prevents you from placing the stone in the same palace twice, unless you use this glitch by resetting quickly enough to prevent that from occurring). They actually went to the first palace three times, which enabled them to avoid having to fight Carock and placing the stone in palace 4 (which requires getting the Reflect magic, which is a whole task in and of itself), and to avoid going to palace 6 altogether. You actually have to go to palaces 2, 3, and 5, because you need the items in those to complete the game (at least under the rules of this speedrun, you need the glove, the raft, and the whistle). And you need the boots from Palace 4, but getting the reflect spell to defeat Carock is quite a long task, to the point that it's actually quicker to reset out of Palace 4, and place the stone in Palace 1 again.

[@lpslpslpslpslpslps]

@@jeremyc6054 appreciate the explanation, thanks!

[@gabrio-7b488]

Oh, look! Every enemy dies in about 1 second! Surely, this means that this game is easy, right?

[@shukterhousejive]

You know a TAS is good when reading the submission notes takes longer than watching the movie

[@doescolder24]

I love how he uses a unique different style each time he goes out of the castle xD

[@Lusolveinians]

Wait... How the FUCK do you fall up!?

[@vidman5000]

King of Hyrule: Guess I won't see him for a long time. *37 Minutes Later* :spits out lunch: By Hylia!

[@Metroyeti17]

The only Zelda game Ive never been able to beat...this was satisfying to watch

[@clintoncronin2504]

Watch videos like this and Metal Smasher Gaming and you'll be able to beat it in no time ! There are so many rom hacks that are super fun too... As is the Zelda 2 randomizer

[@Linkenfant]

Congrats on that new TAS! I'm wondering if the first part of Rebonack fight can be somehow improved though? From what I managed to get in NES Remix II in my video, which looks a bit faster (I could be wrong though): watch?v=XHoppFYIzL0 at 2:38 :) I'm not sure if that's accurate to what can be done in the full game (even with RNG manipulation), but I'm just curious.

[@Linkenfant]

Oh I didn't take the Attack level into account, my bad.

[@aaronolivarez2328]

15:32 that sequence was beautiful

[@MukeshRamdoolar]

I’m confused as to why he would return to castle 1 after completing and just run through just to restart.???? Can anyone explain this to me please..!!?????

[@riverradaok2347]

epico speed run zelda

[@daniellithven]

i must admit zelda is brilliant. i don't care what anyone does to this game oh the memories. i didn't exactly have zelda but i no a few friends who had it, and some people wouldn't talk to me for they were hooked on zelda lol

[@enkerzan3755]

That was probably the craziest run of Zelda 2 I've seen yet, great work!

[@勉久保田]

人を大切しろ!愛新持栄隊総館超久保田勉ゲーム新大臣!規制緩和大臣!地方活性化大臣!会社改革大臣!安全・自殺対策大臣!仕事対策大臣

[@allenshafer1768]

Forest in Zelda II - * exists * Link at 4:22 - GTFO

[@pinkpotion_ofdoom3041]

At 9:09 I literally sneezed and missed the entire fight

[@CosmosProvider]

The random overworld monsters are next level manipulated

[@cjflash4002]

Powerful Boss: "Hah! None can defeat me!" TAS Link: "I'm about to downthrust spam this man's whole career" Unrelated, but Porky for Smash.

[@wilson0617]

My favorite NES game ever. Great

[@ecernosoft3096]

Horsehead: I shal destroy you link with thy mace! Link: U R DED

[@CidZero]

Link wastes no time 😂

[@midou3299]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4PTl5qlYpaehLM Link! You're on the alert again So put on your skirt again! Get ready to fight till it hurts Have a nap, take a squirt, Begin! Another adventure through the countryside! Kicking some ass! Kicking some ass, Kicking some ass! The baddies are on the rise since Ganon died Stay off the grass! Stay on the road, get off the grass! The yellow road is your priority, you're sorta like Dorothy... MAN UP! You'll have to fight your shadow hand to hand (Again, just like Peter Pan) There will be rats (radical rats!) with boomerangs Link, is that your wang? Hyrule is strange, every new game it changes, the map rearranges and I don't know where to go Zelda is comatose, maybe she overdosed, by the way what happened to your bow? Here we go now Link you are patrolling, sidescrolling, and Ganon's trolling Sure, this title's clunky and funky, but look, a monkey! You must gain XP (In P bags) Like an RPG (Yes, P bags) Still though, run away (la la la) From the KKK, what the fff- Link! Go stab a statue so that you can heal your ass dude Don't whine that it's harder, you martyr, now go walk on water! Learn to thrust up and down, visit a tiny town, This lady gives you care, what does she do in there? You get an extra life from Zelda merchandise, now go forth, your adventure is nigh! You shall go to Death Mountain, fly fly! It's called Death Mountain 'cause you will DIE. Why is this part so hard, Jesus WHY? But not halfway as hard as the end Just expect to get buttraped my friend 'Cause your shadow is set to attack He knows all of your moves, plus he's black! He might be Ganon's ghost but you have to persevere (Believe me) Or just use this here (Game Genie) Link you must prevail (For Zelda) Link you must not fail, now go! [SPOKEN EPILOGUE] So once again you've saved your countrymen from certain death Your sleeping beauty is awake but watch out, morning breath You will have more daring escapades, Challenges along the way Maybe you will learn to play the flute some other day But for now Look buddy you saved the world Yeah buddy you got the girl You did really great! Celebrate, have a date, procreate, Link you win! YEAAH!!!

[@l3igl2eaper]

Hey! This game copied the music from Super Smash Bros!

[@ahasli62]

Zelda II was released long before Super Smash Bros. :/

[@marcoshv2686]

3:37 pero que sincronizacion 😎

[@NixNix-ch7ow]

Revalation45, you do know that you can walk right past people in villages without restrictions right? Because only if you have the A button on rapid fire, you won't really talk to anyone. I also like how this TAS guy played though the whole game with only two spells, if your taking requests TAS, try a let's go playthrough for Switch and catch nothing but shiny Pokemon for a challenge. (Ps, to get shiny Pokemon in those games, you need combos of over at least 20 or more of the same type to get a shiny FYI, in otherwords catch the same Pokemon over and over again untill a shiny appears then catch it when it shows up. Try it for a real challenge!!) I love your videos by the way.😎♥️✌️

[@TheMechanicalKoopa]

great TAS!

[@TheRealXyvar]

Ahh yes, the customary elevator tomfoolery :p

[@stevenmcelroy2646]

I always like the Zelda II submissions. Thanks for another great run!

[@michaelsalmon3450]

What the funk just happened to my childhood

[@akiraman26]

End of the fallen hero timeline game

[@musaran2]

29:00 Why did that knight give no xp ?

[@mncdssctn9110]

It gave a red jar. Link just picked it up so fast that you pretty much can’t see it. But you know it because the magic bar refills after casting fairy. Also if you slow the speed of the video down to 0.25x you can see it.

[@musaran2]

@@mncdssctn9110 Duh, I should have seen that.

[@samuraichilton]

What is up w the fairy passing through the door?

[@FinalManaTrigger]

You can always pass through locked doors with fairies. I'd always do it instead of hunting down all of the keys.

[@samuraichilton]

@@FinalManaTrigger thank you finalfantasysecretofmanachronotrigger. I see you are a man of quality taste too.

[@Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny]

It's a game genie code. He cheated

[@superbaas8822]

@@Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny imagine knowing what you are talking about instead of making yourself look stupid

[@seven8time]

Omg what?!

[@tomypower4898]

Yes needed for most devices

[@alimohamedalioak]

PLS i want to know how to open a GMV file using Gens Sonic 3 and Knuckes

[@久保田勉-f5x]

愛新持栄隊総館超久保田勉安全自殺対策大臣!仕事対策大臣!地方活性化大臣!ゲーム新大臣!

[@namekoshimeji]

ボルバ？知らんなぁｗ

[@guest3988]

gay

[@omniscientomnipresent5500]

It's very deceptive to hear the same song intro but with a different following. The game also is not that great, even the first is better but it is still nice seeing a TAS.

[@Ziroidex]

@ZCS I personally don’t think the game is really that hard. People seem over exaggerate its difficulty. Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely hard, but Ninja Gaiden makes this game look easy.

[@CosmosProvider]

@Trainer Rosa why would you compare the two anyway, gameplay is not the same at all so there's litterlay no point

[@Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny]

Cool run. Now do it again without the game genie codes and it'll be a valid run :)

[@superbaas8822]

You're welcome to explain any used, rather than just looking stupid fishing for attention.