The Legend of Zelda (Swordless) by jkoper in

[@teemuhaapala7623]

If he had picked the hearth @ 45:38, he could have taken 1 more hit at the end and complete the game.

[@blacksabbath1022]

Even though he doesn't hold the WR, JKoper I find to be the best player. What bit him in the ass this run is skipping that one heart container he was right next to and decided he didn't need it. He had 4 hearts left the first time Gannon killed him. That extra woulda came in handy, especially when he already hit him that many times.

[@MyChannel-z2v]

Swordless in any time is nuts lol

[@ChicagoRetroGamer]

I almost can't even comprehend how difficult this is to try this.

[@robertanderson2898]

it's Dark nuts !

[@KillamanCarney]

the first door in dungeon 1 opens after entering the dungeon for a second time because it was designed with the thought that "if someone can't find the key, we don't want them to stop playing, so if they leave and come back the door will be open"

[@brasshatsinc2528]

its a bug from entering and exiting in cerrtain directions. it can be reproduced in multiple other areas in the game

[@flaplaya]

Set a bomb one square away and it blows a door three away, Physics. The game that started it all (in my humble opinion) Great effort. Anyone leaving the first room without a sword won in my book.

[@shady4091]

"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." "LOL noob"

[@thakingis]

Best comment 😁👌

[@edwinharbauer2260]

“Danger it is”

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

“I just wanted to tel you both, good luck. We’re all counting on you.” XD

[@acorn1014]

A sword use is a sword use. You can't just say it's only half.

[@user-ok1zy2gl6u]

A Corn well, actually if you HOLD the A button when you get the sword, it will count as HALF a sword use and we need A LOT OF SPEED.

[@noahfischer1312]

Charlucar Gaming But we Need to know Links defacto Speed as well as his sinking speed

[@smdvj]

Well, """""""""""""""""" TJ YOSHI"""""""""""""""""""

[@SuperVALERock]

TJ """"""""""""""""""""""""""HENRY"""""""""""""""""""""""""" YOSHI

[@numinous4789]

This is an asinine comment. In this game, you HAVE to use the sword on Ganon. There is no such thing as a 100% swordless run, only ~99.9%. In other words, this is as swordless as it gets, and those who know the game know what a "swordless" Zelda run means. Use some common sense, bud. Do you think you're dropping some major revelation on us, particularly those who know the game backwards and forwards? SMH...

[@brandtmiles2373]

Getting to Ganon without the sword was the hard part...Should've just finished it.

[@EchoJerichoX]

+Brandt Miles Not when the GDQ has to run on a schedule.

[@jasonprice9187]

The game is unbeatable without a sword

[@cjeelde]

Yeah you need a sword to beat Ganon. The better sword, the less hits are needed. So swordless speedruns always stops the timer at Ganon's room. Ganon's room is the final goal.

[@dragoneye6229]

There is more than a counter for bombs and faeries. You can predict the entire drop series of items in this game. In fact I did it once just to pretend I was psychic and freak out a friend. It was hilarious. You can find the algorithm online.

[@tonybrandt8850]

If only I could get a hold of the original 6502 code in order to substantiate the theories on the LVL1 re-enter unlock. I have always suspected it involved limited persistent storage.

[@johnsimon8457]

Tony Brandt FCEUX has all the tools you could ever ask for.

[@Ultimatenightmarezer0]

Truly amazing. The best I've ever done is with the wooden sword. Alot of the tricks he used I knew but I did learn some new stuff.

[@JakeHennett]

Was kinda hoping for a better description of the mechanics behind the screen clipping strat.

[@thekiss2083]

We got a lot of "in case you didn't know, rupees are arrows in this game" but not much explanation of the glitches :-p

[@JakeHennett]

+TheKiss exactly. As someone who has played the original Zelda, I knew that. These glitches, I had no idea about.

[@septclues]

Google it

[@ScTiger1311]

Jake Hennett 5 pixels between your shield and the edge of the screen, press down for 1 frame, link should turn 180 degrees without moving in any direction, walk off the edge of the screen.

[@raaspider]

i thought the only way to kill the final boss was with the blue arrow, i thought the sword just made him pop up so you can see him

[@MysticMike]

I count 13 hits on that one Ganon fight

[@bitgoblin8497]

The intro game music brings cheer to my heart :)

[@Evanelite84]

From my experience there is a much easier way to kill Gannon if you go to the far right side and then just go constantly up and down I always seemed to kill him very quickly. Also makes it easier to avoid getting shot by the statues also.

[@ryanem969]

7:46 A candle is a pretty versatile piece of equipment.

[@Alex101277]

So much effort to get a couple of fairies and yet so careless in not getting hit.

[@lisawarner4858]

Nice vid, mate! :D

[@vidarthorsby2052]

The person explaining the screen glitch is doing a very bad introduction of it.

[@septclues]

If the crowd had given him serious time and stayed quiet he would've easily killed Ganon

[@septclues]

B3770rd why was laak was trying to quiet them down?

[@leomdk939]

I think the strategy he was using to strike Ganon repeatedly like that was timed based on sound.

[@Prodmullefc]

Man even non speed runners like me can get good tips based on game mechanics out of these though. What's this about drop counters based on defeated enemies? That's very useful info!

[@crazylegs1823]

The other way to kill the wizards is the magic shield and reflect their own attacks against them.

[@laserfloyd]

Admittedly disappointed that he didn't actually beat Gannon thought the game is hard enough with the sword. I bought a cartridge a while back that had a save on it where they had nearly all items and nearly all the hearts. I won't let my kids play that character. I tell them they gotta learn the hard way like I did, lol. ;)

[@catchifyoucan232]

I wonder how many total hours of gameplay this guy has done in his entire life!

[@OzymandiasWasRight]

Oh sweet! A video to help me through Zelda. Buy the medicine and leave the heart? Huh. Thanks for the tip!

[@AndyHoward]

How many Zelda speedrunners does it take to count to 10: 2 apparently

[@halfacubey389]

Swordless link should have done this

[@ladysnake8449]

17:52 Breakfast room? Moving pancakes? The like likes looks like a stack of moving steaks to me.

[@CMF412]

Right about 19 minutes in he made an 8bit theatre reference. Awesome

[@Absenteeee]

sword-chucks, yo!

[@ChosenOne41]

Legend of Zelda swordless is amazingly fun

[@Tomix4k]

He hit Ganon 13 times with the wooden sword, 3 hits away wasn't it? D: (magic sword takes 4 hits and does 4x more damage than the wooden sword)

[@pablomadrid6962]

+Tomix That would make it 12 hits, so Ganon should've been dead according to your data.

[@Tomix4k]

I meant it takes 4 hits to make Ganon red. Fixing it*

[@Tomix4k]

Someone in the couch actually said it takes 16 hits with the wooden sword.

[@XainArchives]

I originally didn't see this as swordless in the search, so I was going to berate it for being so slow. XD

[@KnuxMaster368]

Swordless = A Button Challenge

[@Desi365]

Wonder what the speedrun record is with wooden sword

[@thomasrevere1728]

If made it to ganon with no sword, but it took me about 7 hours.

[@Herv3]

Is it not worth it to get the red ring?

[@Tommeroth]

I forget, what does the red ring do?

[@Herv3]

Starshade quarters enemy damage

[@leomdk939]

He died at Gannon. Hardy pointless ... don't get me wrong - he's amazing, but it's hard to call it pointless when it would have made all the difference.

[@HaydenBlackhawk]

I'm confused on why they got the wooden sword. if you enter ganon's room without a sword the game just gives you the magic sword..

[@johnnywebb8696]

LMAO!!!!! There really is no "trick" to fighting Ganon, but... Somehow I managed ta hit him over and over in 1 spot till he croaked...

[@jamiemoll2484]

What are they raising for charity? What's the cause? Wild deal! Never saw anyone do this before.

[@winterhaydn9917]

No sword.... but what about a fork? For the breakfast room.

[@arthurl8385]

15:19 Deletes that boss in 0.5 seconds

[@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677]

Why is he killing Ganon if in swordless they don't kill Ganon?

[@bajorekjon]

You can't beat the game without using the sword. And no one there wanted to see him get to the final boss and quit

[@mrmuahaha]

song at the very beginning??

[@mattd5216]

should've just gotten the magic sword for Ganon then you would've killed him. If it's a sword less run anyways and you just want the crowd and viewers to see Ganon die get the best one.

[@LaggyMcDougal]

so you cant use the magic sword in a swordless run?

[@seth2111]

Are they using tools to pull off the tricks they do?

[@GCLU]

+seth2111 No tools, just with hands. Only TAS runs done here are with TASbot

[@seth2111]

I managed the Block Scroll, but still cannot pull off the screen scroll ^_^

[@Dennzyl]

+seth2111 well some tricks are pixel perfect and you cant just get into the game and become a speedrunner in a week or so :P ^^

[@timothyskalland5001]

+seth2111 I had trouble with the screen scroll for a while as well. Different TVs/screens are different in how many pixels are away form the edge in your view. You have to play with it on your screen to see how to get to the 5th pixel from the edge (for example, the left side of my TV is similar to the spacing seen in this run, but the right side of my TV I have to get almost to the edge of the screen because of my TV settings). It just takes practice but you can do it.

[@kryaellp9301]

some SWORD of equipment......... Dx

[@benjaminbouley721]

+Kryael LP :-)

[@branndonmoen78]

Great Run!

[@matthewsantos8525]

should of went for the red ring, you would of been fine

[@agiuggio1]

kid in the blue needs some water

[@bossboy191919]

1:02:00 sounds like metroid 2

[@vinnymac7565]

Not as cool being able to just skip screens.

[@vinnymac7565]

I wrote this when I first learned of speed running. Skipping screens is cooler.

[@rkctkc3158]

ahhhhh my leg

[@linkrules32]

beat ocarina of time swordless. lol

[@linkrules32]

is that possible? ganon reguires a sword

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

+Brandon Clowers nope, you can totally beat him without one.

[@hitmangfx7162]

Gannon wins! Gannon wins!

[@seth2111]

Fun Fact had you made it to gannon without a sword, the game automatically gives you the magical sword.

[@seth2111]

Ill chalk it up to a glitch then on hte persons game i saw it happen on either that or very smooth video editing XD

[@23mrbee]

+seth2111 You talking about NCS? Yeah he just edited that.

[@seth2111]

ohh

[@rezcalm3633]

games didn't hold your hand back then so I knew this was BS

[@coreblaster6809]

Rez Calm I think he was impying it was a glitch, not that it did it for you

[@linkrules32]

is this the speed record

[@mastergamerinfinity4862]

54:53 OOOOOOOOOh Nice Try

[@JackassBauer1]

Peterson would tell you: "Get a sword, stop being harmless, clean your room!"

[@Valacc]

Swordless means very little use of the sword. it does not say no sword as you can never beat the game.