Zelda II Randomizer - Part 1 - Mike Matei Live Stream

[@robertjenkins6132]

I know you are having problems with jumping. I suggest trying the following while jumping: * making guttural noises - 25% increase in jumping success rate * stretching neck up like trying to look over something - 60% increase in success rate * yelling "GET UP THERE!!" - 200% increase in jumping success rate

[@ExaltedDuck]

Also jouncing the controller and squeezing the crap out of the button. It all counts

[@graciegj63]

Robert Jenkins I can't understand why this isn't top comment. It's too funny.

[@nandabun]

I feel like this is something James does, jokingly.

[@Utubesuxmycock]

hahahahahah

[@Andronicus87]

All of Mikes trouble at the beginning.... it's called grinding Mike why don't you try it.

[@MyComputerSucks2]

Mike has an interesting strategy of constantly running his body into enemies.

[@DS-er4ng]

Thats why it is "so tuff" and "the control are off".

[@sammyshehole]

John6yt Exactly. I hate seeing Mike’s comment sections always full of hate and complaints. Why do these people even continue to watch?

[@joemo1033]

It's a bold strategy cotton

[@t00nc3ss]

Oh hell yeah!! An already hard game coupled with a randomizer and Mike playing, gonna be good times :)

[@AllistarDreemurr]

As if this game isn't difficult enough? Now it has a randomizer too? That's my weekend fully booked :D

[@2001mark]

This video is the reason for everything Mike's ever done online - it all leads to Zelda II randomizer!

[@zombiecrusher1100]

I'm 42 Mike. For toys, I had star wars figures, muscle. I had so many figures. I also had the poster so I knew which figures I needed for the collection, he man, i had the whole set of Voltron, transformers, go bots, which I always called the poor man transformers lol.

[@emelielager5453]

Don’t we appreciate that the 90’s Star Trek series respected the original and tried to build on the same ideas but in new ways??

[@adrian29459]

Mike you gotta play The Battle of Olympus sometime. I promise you'll really enjoy it with its Greek mythology and it's incredibly similar gameplay to Zelda II

[@dekky3908]

I loved that game as a kid, I second Battle of Olympus.

[@pentelegomenon1175]

lol

[@Xanerithe]

Love these streams, excellent work Mike!

[@Ichigo1076]

I love how this becomes an arts and crafts project once he gets to death mountain.

[@kevo8137]

You went crazy with the map lmfaoo

[@tokyosnackdetective8362]

Mike, love the videos but please, put a volume peak cap on your vids. Every time you outburst, it blasts my speakers or headphones. Thanks.

[@Utubesuxmycock]

hahahaha

[@robertanderson2898]

LOL............. "FUCK!"

[@joemo1033]

I like when that happens. It's like Daddy Mike is touching my ear balls IRL.

[@mikeycage1587]

Wish I could have watched this live, this is absolutely crazy.

[@Kazeneko]

Props to you dude. This game is hard enough without the randomizer, but I'm here for the long haul. This should be interesting.

[@justiciar1964]

You know a video game's good when a stream of it has the player laughing nervously and pausing it halfway for an arts and crafts section to construct a crude map. You should play some mapless Legend Of Grimrock for some extra insanity-fueled graph-paper scribbling.

[@aldi404]

So, in 2018 Mike finally learns Diablo has randomly generated levels ^^

[@SeanBlazze]

never played this but Mike you make me love this game, will watch every stream you do for it

[@wheatleythebrick2276]

:D Im gonna watch this whole

[@macreuben]

I didnt know this existed this is beautiful now I gotta find out where to play this! If anyone knows off hand let me know, I would appreciate it. thanks for showing me that this is out there!

[@joshuamoran7122]

Just google Zelda II randomizer. All you need is it, a rom of Zelda II and an emulator to play it on.

[@macreuben]

Joshua Moran I was reading that as well thanks a lot!

[@xqzme7654]

You still did a better job with the death mountain map than I would have and now I have to go grab my graph paper and a pencil and play me some "Shining in the darkness"

[@bryanx0317]

Thumbs up for simply singing one line of "You're the Best"

[@RobinDeanWard]

How exciting, I love this game and have tried the randomizer myself.

[@heatcankill3170]

"What the fuck is this?" "This is kings tomb"

[@MogofWar]

Drawing maps by hand, when Nestopia has a screenshot function...

[@FangedBeauty]

4:51:10 Totally worth watching for teh self-drawn map

[@Nickrj3]

Where do you get these randomizers?

[@holekholek]

I just watched a stream of Mike Matei playing Zelda II and watching a stream of Mike Matei playing Zelda II

[@lifewithassburgers8000]

Best way to play on real systems is to buy a sd cart. Write randomized rom to sd, put it in the cart and voila, have to redo each time u want to randomize but since it can takes long times to complete the games, it's worth it. Eliminates all the lag

[@Criminal.Lawyer]

Is nobody going to point out how he could have gotten Life magic right at the start of the game? 4:47

[@pvanukoff]

The third boulder was in Death Mountain. It's on your map. Although it wasn't blocking a cave, so ...

[@dlamic]

The input lag that you are experiencing might be the 8bitdo controller you are using. Are you using it in Bluetooth mode? I found that when I play games myself that I experience significantly more input lag the further I get away from the receiver... to the point where it actually can make an action game almost unplayable when I'm trying to play it on a tv in the other room.

[@evanmackey190]

I forgot where but he said he uses corded controllers as much as he can. Not confirmation hes not on bluetooth but it might be something different.

[@oldmandandan]

Anyone know if Mike was using the Everdrive regularly yet when this was made? Seems silly to be emulating Z2 randomizer when he could've just slapped the modified rom onto his Everdrive and played on original hw.

[@chadgordon9690]

I'm 42 too. grew up on nes

[@Patralgan]

I'm stoked! I requested this but I never thought you would do this. Thank you!

[@mikerotch4875]

Daniel can't even do the double kick. He's still got a ways to go.

[@JIMBO8472]

Mike if you like Jayce and the Wheeled warriors you can watch the whole series on youtube on a single playlist.

[@Kurachi84]

when mike said "i should draw a map" i thought "seeing as he can draw well, he could draw in detail XD" and yes mike, usb controllers have, as far as i experienced a lot of late reactions i doubt its the randomizer, as that only changes the game's stuff like levels, maps etc. you could try playing the non-randomized ROM to check

[@scottied2003]

The upload stutters for some reason on my Pixel 2 XL. All other videos I watched preload segments but this one always stays on a red bar with no white loaded ahead and stutters ever couple of frames... Odd

[@fabioalvesshow]

5 Hours Straight

[@jhonarivers7947]

You mentioned cobra kai, im actually thinking about going back to practice karate because of it, when I was little it was just like too much work probably, but now I miss all of it

[@blahuhm6782]

I didn't REALLY like Karate Kid growing up, but the series is fantastic and I think newcomer to the franchise might even like it without seeing the original movies.

[@dboygreenz]

Love ur streams Mike, I'm pretty sure the jumping is your controller. I'm using a Xbox 1 pc controller, and it works great.

[@joemo1033]

You and Christopher Odd both drink McCafes while streaming... We know they got to you Mike. We know.

[@roieclair4120]

i'd rather drink the water of my toilets bowl than this piss

[@imwastedenough]

I thought that was Wawa coffee...

[@Chrispypullen]

Wawa betrayed!!

[@graciegj63]

Roi Eclair If I knew what toilet water tasted like, I could compare it to the mccafe and starbucks combined.

[@skijumpnose]

"I am error"

[@graciegj63]

It certainly looks like the jump button is on turbo.

[@Starcrow999]

Loved your Doom playthroughs, awesome stuff. Please play Unreal from 1998 when you have time. It's one of the best adventure/action FPS's of all time.

[@ExaltedDuck]

Guythreep Brushwood It also had incredible software 3d rendering that looked better than the early hardware 3d cards of the day.

[@justanaverageperson544]

Got some Mikeception there lol 1:38:00

[@calumryan6328]

Olly Hopnoodle's Haven Of Bliss was the sequel to A Christmas Story, they're all based on books Im pretty sure. It was about summer vacation. Also would playing this on an everdrive get rid of any delay

[@Kiernan5]

Olly Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss is just one sequel to A Christmas Story that takes place when Ralphie is 14. There was another sequel, It Runs in the Family (1994) that took place the summer after the original movie, and there was also A Christmas Story 2 (2012) that takes place when Ralphie is 16.

[@vashstarwind36]

I am one year younger than you. I am your peer. I have been a big fan of yours (seriously) for over 10 years. 👊 (because of @ min 46, . you asked... lol. ...). .. "We Don't Die!!!"

[@ourevilone]

Zelda 2 randomizer sounds like hell. I beat Zelda one a few years ago thankfully saw an AVGN that showed me how to kill dark link lmao

[@dowingba]

Dark Link isn't in Zelda 1.

[@michaeladams9807]

Zelda my favorite game

[@stalley316]

i didn't get to see this live, however I am 42

[@brasmussen81]

It looks like you have turbo on the jump button. That's why you are having trouble with jumping

[@Buoysel]

It's exactly that, no doubt about it. And it's so painful to watch...

[@rigormortiz5357]

@@Buoysel lol

[@FBender]

Why he didn't use printscreen and some paint application?

[@anickner1178]

You should try The Binding of Issac : Rebirth.

[@swy334]

Sound up!

[@joemo1033]

Why does the sword on the cover look so different from the sword on the tile screen?

[@joemo1033]

Axel Janes I don't accept that. There was enough detail in the one from the title screen that they could have copied at least the shape of the cover sword.

[@joemo1033]

Axel Janes That makes sense. I didn't think of that.

[@nl817]

John de Lancie's Q is incomparable to Trelane

[@kaseyone100]

your nuts playing this game like this its hard enough on nes but I guess if you know what you are doing it would help lol

[@kevo8137]

Bart Simpson randomizer lol.

[@taz0k2]

Did anyone find out what was wrong with the low jumps in this hack?

[@i-evi-l]

Its not the hack, its the input. I tried my hand at this and the controls are vanilla even with my wireless keyboard.

[@wesleyfarrell9110]

hey mike what is your favorite legend of Zelda game my is adventure of link

[@justinfaulcon9498]

There was an episode in the nerd . . .

[@EarlDogg]

All i know is i started the classic toys part of the chat

[@ezeakiodarmey9448]

Wonder if he played the GBA port.

[@PureWhiteWolf]

I am still waiting for fallout

[@joemo1033]

This seems like the LAST game you'd want to play with fucky controls...

[@bananagun1807]

Oh no this game too hard

[@taisiis]

only 5 hours :D

[@Wheels8504]

Only play legitimate video games and retro. Nothing is better

[@bigdave95]

Playing this again?

[@mikeycage1587]

I know I'm late to the game but no in Zelda 2 continue won't start you at a palace

[@KoachKrab127]

Michael Holzer - In the randomizer, there is an option you can select to start at the palace where you died after a game over. If you die in the overworld, though, you always start at the beginnin.

[@mikeycage1587]

KoachKrab127 I know this but Mike was referring to the original nes game

[@KoachKrab127]

Yeah, you are right to say regular Zelda 2 does not start you at the palace.

[@seaderforge]

Wouldn't an easier way to make a map is to do screen grabs and then just put them together like a puzzle? I mean, you are playing on a computer

[@dowingba]

I don't think Zelda 2 lends itself to randomizers as well as Zelda 1 or Lttp.

[@robertjenkins6132]

But the randomizing of the tiles on the world map is really cool. I wonder what algorithm they use to prevent it from being excessively homogenized.

[@dowingba]

What.

[@JMFSpike]

@downgba It looks like he responded to the wrong post. It makes him look quite insane, and I must say that I find it pretty damn amusing. The icing on the cake is his screen name. Comedy gold.

[@MrTripcore]

Make your map more detailed and you'll figure it out.

[@MtendoTheSkunk]

The jumping seems different. Can you not jump as high as you can on the NES version?

[@Kiernan5]

Randomizer did not change your jump, the only jump option is to always jump, but does not affect height.

[@MrZax94]

Thank you for not uploading joypad setup for this game hahahahhahahahahahahah

[@MrZax94]

btw. Twitch is awsome!

[@giovannimontagna4311]

The only thing they randomized was the overworld, not the items or inside places

[@c-rose666]

fight me mr kohe

[@NoremacDlawso]

42

[@kevo8137]

Just shutup about movues and focus lol. Sorry just frustrating

[@pvanukoff]

The fact that Mike rambles about stuff aside from the game he's playing is part of the reason many enjoy his streams.

[@ExaltedDuck]

Yeah too much movues.

[@kevo8137]

Paul Vanukoff I know just frustrating a lil lol

[@magicuser590]

Too much taking not enough playing imho

[@rigormortiz5357]

lol

[@91h8rs]

This video is on KZbin and I have the internet.

[@fortnut4699]

7th

[@nathanscott3701]

Dun h inok.l

[@YouB3anz]

joe biden brought me here

[@VincentHoliday]

faxanadu >zelda 2

[@PlayStationPaul]

The constant bitching about input lag was off-putting and a classic case of lag placebo. More likely you weren't on point because of the constant focus on chat, it happens all the time on streams. There are many, many emulated playthroughs of Zelda 2 out there where the players excel at the game. it's very easy to blame lag on poor performance and seems to be a trend at the moment but input lag on a good emulator should be negligible and barely perceptible unless you have the timing sensitivity of an insect or just plain suck at games. The main thing that proves this though is you cite the NES classic as one of the benchmarks for non laggy play. Plug n plays, even the Nintendo ones have far worse lag than a good PC emulator, there are videos out there showing that, look them up. I'd recommend Retro Arch as an emulator with minimal lag if you're interested.

[@PlayStationPaul]

No one asked for yours either. You clearly don't understand the concept of a comments section.

[@JMFSpike]

@John6yt Did you even read his whole post? It was pretty rude, but it gave some good info. It is overall a great post in my book.

[@Ragesauce]

It's against twitch TOS to ask viewer age, if they are underage they can be targeted by other viewers. Never ask for age, address, phone numbers, etc.

[@robertjenkins6132]

It was just an informal poll. Also, stitches for snitches :P