Zelda 1 (NES) Speedrun TDO Glitchless

Whoa! A massive 2 minute and 25 second PB since my last posting for my first ever sub 40:30 in TDO Glitchless! I also had a PB of 41 flat and 40:54 previously.
Had a solid Level 1, but Level 2 could have been better because the last Goriya was slippery and kept missing him. Pay attention to that last sentence as this became a theme in my run! Thankfully, a perfect Dodongo meant I was saving time from my PB.
Peahats and Tektites on the way to the 100 Rupee secret were being mean, too! Gold split on Level 3 in spite of a so-so Manhandla fight and not a gold split on Level 4 in spite of a great Breakfast room and having beam sword for Gleeok! How do you explain that one?
Level 5 was pretty solid, but more jukes from a Gibdo made my health situation a bit iffy, but I had no trouble surviving. And the enemies were still not done with the jukes! Peahats got to me twice after I bought the expensive bait at "the forgotten spot.
Level 6 was good except for a relatively slow Magical Breakfast room because of those Effin' Bubbles!
This run nearly died on the way to Level 7, but a generous bomb drop from the Blue Moblins saved it, but not before Blue Octoroks did even more juking from my beam sword during the grind! Because of that, I lost time in Level 7, but that was to be expected since I'm running up against a gold split.
Again, got saved with bomb luck by a Blue Octorok prior to entering Level 8. That level was decent, but the last two Blue Darknuts in Blue Lagoon 2 were being slippery, which again, was the theme of tonight's run!
Level 9 was extremely good, except for Patra 1 because I didn't have the bombs to skip him and I ended up hitting the eye which kept him in the expanded state. However, Patra 2 was quite good and it's always nice when the Bubbles stay away from you in Reverse C. The best part about Level 9, though, was that Patra 3 fight. It was about as textbook as they come! I topped off this fantastic run with a perfect Ganon fight and that secured the sub 40:30!
I was so pleased about this PB considering how poorly I played last Sunday! My next and possibly final goal in this category will be sub 40.
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[@aarondooley6543]

2 incredible things happened today. First, we had a total eclipse of the sun. And, finally somebody got the potion instead of the heart container. I waited almost 30 years for this!

[@MarMaxGaming]

Nice run! Crazy to see how people motor through this seemingly endless game

[@stickerupthe14743]

i was looking for 1 run like this thanks for none glitchless!!

[@Charly9631e]

You mean by "I don't always get the clock..." sentence becoming the theme for your run? j/k Great run as always :D

[@ZeroFanfare]

What does TDO mean?

[@asdfasdf4924]

Kids need to play these classic NES games so they know that games didn't always suck

[@asdfasdf4924]

@@Bundor8D Name some good games that came out recently. I dare you

[@asdfasdf4924]

@@Bundor8D I'm currently playing Tears of the Kingdom. Maybe the masses of gamer sheep like the game, but I don't. I keep getting side quests without any kind of direction other than "at the bottom of the hill" or many times no direction at all for many of the side quests. I keep falling down to the underworld, which there isn't a lot to find or do down there, but it's a huge time sink. I could go on but Tears of the Kingdom is not a good game. Many of the other games you mentioned are just obviously crap games so I guess I'm not talking to the right person

[@asdfasdf4924]

@@Bundor8D Tears of the Kingdom not good in my opinion. There's just too many little things wrong with it. I did like BotW though so that is one you could arguably say was good.

[@ZeroFanfare]

I haven't been hyped for a modern game in a long time. Been replaying a lot of NES games from my childhood, and they're just...great games. They're very hard to top.

[@ChromeCobra420]

Did an Up & A. Had me till that.

[@lozcardsfan2223]

Up & A is allowed in TDO Glitchless. It's obviously not allowed in the popular Any % No Up & A category.

[@ChromeCobra420]

@@lozcardsfan2223 I know it is allowed. Good run though, for sure.

[@ZeroFanfare]

@@ChromeCobra420 If you know it's allowed, why comment lmfao. People XD

[@ChromeCobra420]

@@ZeroFanfare throwing stones in a glass house I see, lmao. I had hoped he would do better, that's why I commented.

[@ZeroFanfare]

@@ChromeCobra420 It’s just a video, for entertainment purposes.