[TAS] NES The Legend of Zelda "Swordless Challenge" by Lord Tom in

[@lambda494]

Old Man: Let's play money making game. Link: Let's play RNG manipulation.

[@andre_601]

Old Man: Perhaps I should put the 50 rupies somewhere other than the middle? Nah. He sure won't pick that each time.

[@bjoern_eberhardt]

Thanks for the subtitles!!! They're excellent to understand what's going on here. Thank you!!!

[@tomfrost6049]

Thought this was a smart arse remark, but was pleasantly surprised when I turned them on and got actual explanations. Gg wp.

[@matthewstone2545]

I love how he tried to disguise the fact he had to use a sword for the Ganon fight by switching to the wand the next frame each time lol.

[@DigiEggz]

Great TAS! I really hope that someday we find a way to defeat Ganon without a sword. Then it can be a true swordless run!

[@MikeOShay]

What? Impossible, that'd be like getting into the SM64 basement without the first key!

[@GigaBowserNS]

Can't tell if sarcasm :P

[@princegoatcheese9379]

Getting into the basement in SM64 is possible.

[@Ofreshco]

@@MikeOShay it's actually possible

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

@@MikeOShay guess this comment after four years didn't age well... Ope

[@miguelsilveira6623]

*Goes get the sword after clearing 8 dungeons - Hey dude, take the sword, its dangerous otherwise... lol

[@asdfghyter]

I love how Link ends up with zero rupies, zero keys, and zero bombs at the end. Nothing unnecessary was picked up. Same with zero rupies after the last shop visit at 8:19.

[@klutterkicker]

Many people find the swordless game difficult. Some, however, would just be slowed down by a sword.

[@ToonLinkGaming]

lord tom, major props on the insane rng manipulation brother

[@ashmenser7959]

So happy to see a run that gets the magical rod. It has the same strength as the white sword and it’s so helpful in a casual run. Especially in those rooms that have a bunch of those red skull guys that take away your sword ability.

[@DatKooby]

This is just NES binding of isaac, without tears. Love it

[@Unit_00]

are you aware of the fact that tboi is literally, and I mean literally, inspired by zelda 1?

[@zekephoton599]

The CDI bombs guy must be so proud of Link.

[@gren4586]

Lamp oil. Rope. Bombs? You want it? It's yours, my friend, as long as you have enough rubees. By the way, his name is Morshu.

[@joeschmoe2843]

It's dangerous to go alone, take this with you. Nah, you need it more than I do.

[@bbloodjh]

At 6:08, can someone explain why Link goes out the castle and enters again?

[@uknownada]

In only the first dungeon, if you leave through the entrance, the top door will unlock.

[@LordTom77]

Entering the 1st dungeon a second time like that unlocks the door we have to go through, which saves 1 key. It's not done in the any % TAS b/c there are faster ways to get the # of keys needed

[@bbloodjh]

uknownada That's interesting. Thanks!!

[@bbloodjh]

Lord Tom Thank you for explanation. Great TAS! I really love it.

[@renakunisaki]

Lord Tom why does that happen?

[@atrain910]

Please please please at @21:09 explain to me how he just randomly walks through the blocked area into the staircase? Glitch move or what I'm on the original NES

[@Tsunami14]

Antone else getting anxiety from all the boss hearts which weren't picked up?

[@bonitabromeliads]

how'd you know how to win the money in the middle always?

[@woodfamily5229]

What is it called when someone beats this game without jumping screens and through blocks? I want to see a speed run like that. Thanks. -Clearly not a big gamer but lover of Zelda.

[@billyjoejimbob75]

Warpless, glitchless, no warp, no glitch(es). Here's one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqaWZnVvjNVrgrM

[@chriswinkler284]

Link...The new Bomberman :P

[@cb7622]

24:10: Ganon: What is that? What are you doing? Link: Attacking you. Durr. Ganon: But you don't have the sword Link: Sword? Ganon: Ugh, you know, guy in the cave, dangerous to go alone, the. The sword, damnit! Link: Oh, that thing, yeah, I just left it there. It seemed unnecesary. Ganon: You what? How did you? What? You went through all nine of my dungeons? Link: Yeah Ganon: Killed hundreds of my minions. Link: Yeah ha Ganon: All without a weapon? Link: I have my smashing board Ganon: That's a shield Link: Nope, smashing board. Ganon: A smashing board? ugh, it's a shield, a shield, it's for defense. (bludgeoned with smashing board)

[@bubbykins4864]

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[@cb7622]

@@bubbykins4864, mark it down to 26 and throw in the 2 year limited warranty and you got yourself a deal. As for shipping and handling, I'll pay for handling, but not the shipping. Just give me your word that you'll handle it.

[@lance64206]

21:17 bro just said "pardon me"

[@fernandomaldonado4519]

No sword, no hearts, no money, no clocks, no boomerangs...... AMAIZING!!!!!

[@-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-]

i never knew the wand was so powerful; i used it so little in the game.

[@goldwolf0606]

It’s the same strength as a white sword. This dude has some kind of cheat code on

[@zazelby]

@@goldwolf0606 No cheats. The captions explain what he's doing (If you hit with the wand and the wand beam at the same time, it ignores the enemy's invulnerable frames and deals double damage)

[@StarTropicsKing]

I guess it wasn’t dangerous to go alone.

[@darkotter109]

So, how does link glitch from one side of the screen to the other? Also, is it possible for a human to do it?

[@scribblenaut19]

Matt j basically you have to be extremely close but not too close to the edge of the screen, turn around in one frame, then go across the screen. This is actually very precise, so it's usually only used in TAS runs, but it's possible for a non TAS to do it, just hard.

[@LordTom77]

The best human players are good enough at it that they use it routinely in their runs. To wrap around the left side of the screen: face, left, and walk over to be 5 pixels from the left side of the screen. Press up or down briefly; if you're at the correct spot, you'll turn around to face RIGHT. Now just press and hold left and you'll walk over to the other side of the screen. Same technique works left/right/top/bottom; just press perpendicular to how you're facing.

[@AlcyonEldara]

Sure, check the swordless run at SGDQ 2015.

[@holden5507]

Finally an easy way to beat this game

[@braddockakalatis2]

Can anyone explain to me what TAS means.? thanks.

[@adamb89]

Tool Assisted Speedrun. It's where they play the game using an emulator that has features which allow you to do things a normal human couldn't do, such as pixel-perfect lineups with 100% accuracy, save-state reloading if you make a mistake, seeing how memory values change so you can manipulate the random number generator, etc. It's technically not the same as cheating, because it doesn't let you do anything the game normally wouldn't let you do.

[@prosto_a_user]

That's not Link, that's Tavish Degroot with Chargin Targe and Loose Cannon, without Cannon and some Halloween spells i guess

[@jongyon7192p]

Sub 25 hype!!!

[@MrMoonMath]

How does someone even figure this out? Crazy lol

[@arfansthename]

I'm making the same TAS, same inputs, the difference being the TAS made on an FDS rom (V1.0).

[@retrogameroom9019]

Why sword if no sword

[@MichaelFazio]

It's like Link becomes Neo.

[@hax4dayz1]

hey link ur low on health! BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!

[@glarynth]

What do you know, it *was* dangerous to go alone.

[@daisybuckmartinez3821]

You got a sword

[@broznar1019]

bomber man

[@markrich7693]

The rules dose employ as using a sword when I play the game for myself

[@derekwaller8237]

We can. We will

[@TheMISTIK2000]

Who needs a sword anyway ? Sword is for casuals.

[@truepixelgamer8779]

+themistik Everyone, to beat Ganon.

[@chaoskiller6084]

@@truepixelgamer8779 Just skip to the end with a credits warp

[@stefan5035]

Swordless until Ganon

[@Chris-tk9hy]

You forgot to take the sword...

[@mokey4218]

Why is he not grabbing hearts

[@airtioteclint]

Because if he waste even one second grabbing a heart somebody else will beat his time by not grabbing it. Duh

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Its just a waste of time and not needed

[@matthewstone2545]

And also because "he" is a frickin' robot for crying out loud, it could sweep through the whole game and not get hurt while still going really fast.

[@xxEzraBxxx]

@@matthewstone2545 TAS isnt a robot. the only TAS robot is TASBot, which just plays input files (like this) on a real console.

[@JSYMUSIC]

I'm ashamed this took me 3 days..

[@zokizoki9042]

HOLY SHIT

[@azsquare]

Super Bomberman

[@Dekaide44]

I like how he avoids the heart containers at the end of the dungeon

[@foxsky4336]

Legend of Zelda 1 Legend of Zelda 1 Legend of Zelda 1

[@goldwolf0606]

How’s this dude just walking through blocks and statues? And through mountains? And the bombs don’t even need to touch the walls to break the doors? And how is every middle choice 50 rubies when gambling?

[@jamescox2894]

The fact that no one replies to you....means...you're the only one who doesn't know how. In short..glitch, glitch, glitch, and rng manip.

[@asdfghyter]

20:00 !!!

[@mariaalmeida7105]

Who took the sword back?

[@somerandomidiot1864]

*Beeps intensify*

[@meldreynolds]

Not super impressed. We used to beat this without a sword, just to get an interview for Nintendo of Americas help line job. In other words, ad nauseam.

[@AxelGame]

Because only noobs take swords.

[@l-i-a-m9232]

''Swordless challenge'' well, its not really a challenge. TAS can do this eyes closed one - handed. If it was human, anyway...

[@Enniix81]

sonicpro1991 You don't know what TAS mean

[@l-i-a-m9232]

I actually do know what TAS means, thank you. It means Tool-Assisted Speedrun. Thats why I put ''If it was HUMAN, anyway''. So please, shut up. It was a joke. Jeez, can't people get a joke anymore?

[@gren4586]

lmao gottem

[@victoraparicio205]

Fake!!!!

[@chaoskiller6084]

It's not. You see this is called a TAS (Tool Assisted Speedrun). Basically, somebody goes into an emulator and tells it what to press at every frame (1/60 of a second) to pull of inhuman inputs. This is why you can see it teleport on screens in the overworld and other tricks. Now for manipulation; many older games track inputs from the moment you start to set values for random things to happen (like enemy movement), item drops aren't random, every enemy is set in a certain group and depending on the order of killing enemies, you get drops or nothing.

[@njtbfl03]

Totally cheating by not waking correctly

[@Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny]

Click bait. Doesn't count, you can clearly see he uses the sword against Ganon. Why lie? Yes I'm aware beating Ganon without the sword isn't possible...thus a sword-less challenge isn't possible. This category literally and thus this video clearly cannot exist, because it's absolutely not possible. Thus there's no point in posting this video or claiming it's a sword-less challenge, because it's clearly not.

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Well TASVideos.org requires you beat the game, so he didn’t pickup the sword till absolutely necessary.