“Ocarina of Time” in a Day?

Posted by Michael Gaines
May 28, 2009

 

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One of my favorite videogames of all time is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I was very skeptical about it when it came out because I wasn’t sure if it would work in the 3D world of the Nintendo 64. I reserved a copy anyway and picked up the gold cartridge on launch day. I still have that gold cart; I’ll probably never get rid of it.

Since it came out in 1997, I’ve played it several times to the end. I never finished the Master Quest version, though. I thought the whole game was different only to find that it was just the dungeons that were and I was playing at a time when I had higher priorities so I put it down.

In the last twelve years, I found that every time I pick it up, I get better at it. I remember more off the top of my head and find that I can get farther in the game faster each time. So I got to wonder whether or not I could finish the game in a day. Start at 6am and play on until I finish. It’s supposed to take 12-15 hours to finish depending on how deep into the game you go which would put my finish at 6-8pm the same day.

Why do this? Curiosity, mostly. I don’t need to do this in a day, this isn’t a dream I’ve had, I just wondered if I could. I wouldn’t necessarily have to get every skulltula or do the minigames, just beat Ganon.

And then I got the idea of livestreaming it on ustream. Would anyone watch? Would anyone care? I know there are a lot of OoT fans out there that would be curious at best.

So tell me what you think. Am I crazy, or is this something people would be interested in?

Video Games, Zelda

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  • Too much time on your hands?
  • It sounds like a great idea, I'd definately keep a window open behind my WoW to drop into and watch you. Always loved Zelda and OoT was one of the great incarnations. I say pick up your sword, put on your green hood and go at it!
  • Jon: Nah. Believe me, I have very little time nowadays. But when things calm down, I thought I'd give this a try.
  • one day?

    I'm afraid, you'll have to be better than this:

    The world record is at 2:26:56 or 6:35 for the 100% run.

    http://speeddemosarchive.com/ZeldaOcarinaOfTime...

    Admittedly, those were done in segments though and probably took much longer.
  • That world record appears to be with glitches. I'm not looking to go that route.
  • ElJeppy
    You would be surprised what people will sit and watch. Over on the WoWcast BINDpoint channel streaming is the in thing and we are entertained by it all...
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