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

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
    TAS originally published on 2016-12-24
    Of all the challenging ways to play Legend of Zelda that people have attempted on a NES console, one of the most famous is the "swordless" challenge. In this challenge, the player must beat all of the game, up until the final boss Ganon, without using a sword. It is not possible to damage Ganon without a sword however, so many swordless runs reach Ganon's room to die there.
    In order to actually complete the game, Lord Tom ( tasvideos.org/... ) does pick up a sword and kills Ganon. However, the sword is only obtained shortly before attempting the final level, and even then, the sword is not used until absolutely necessary. In the meantime, sit back and watch a run which relies heavily on luck manipulation and effective bomb usage to beat the game very quickly. For more details, see the author's comments ( tasvideos.org/... ).
    This is a 34-second improvement over the previous ( tasvideos.org/... ) movie by Baxter ( tasvideos.org/... ).
    View this movie played back on a real NES right here ( • [TAS Verified] NES The... ).
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    The official encodes feature commentary by the author as soft subtitles.

Комментарии • 96

  • @lambda494
    @lambda494 5 лет назад +78

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

    • @andre_601
      @andre_601 2 года назад +4

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

  • @ohmwithanomega
    @ohmwithanomega 7 лет назад +39

    Quite impressive, but I'm really disappointed Swordless Link didn't TAS this first

    • @LordTom77
      @LordTom77 7 лет назад +32

      Swordless Link tried a test-run, but as soon as he acquired the Wooden Sword he vanished in a puff of logic...

  • @bjoern_eberhardt
    @bjoern_eberhardt 7 лет назад +38

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

    • @tomfrost6049
      @tomfrost6049 3 года назад +3

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

  • @matthewstone2545
    @matthewstone2545 4 года назад +15

    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.

  • @miguelsilveira6623
    @miguelsilveira6623 6 лет назад +14

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

  • @klutterkicker
    @klutterkicker 7 лет назад +17

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

  • @DigiEggz
    @DigiEggz 7 лет назад +32

    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
      @MikeOShay 7 лет назад +15

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

    • @GigaBowserNS
      @GigaBowserNS 7 лет назад +2

      Can't tell if sarcasm :P

    • @princegoatcheese9379
      @princegoatcheese9379 7 лет назад +3

      Getting into the basement in SM64 is possible.

    • @Ofreshco
      @Ofreshco 3 года назад +1

      @@MikeOShay it's actually possible

    • @adventureoflinkmk2
      @adventureoflinkmk2 3 года назад

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

  • @asdfghyter
    @asdfghyter 6 лет назад +8

    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.

  • @zekephoton599
    @zekephoton599 7 лет назад +9

    The CDI bombs guy must be so proud of Link.

    • @gren4586
      @gren4586 6 лет назад +4

      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.

  • @woodfamily5229
    @woodfamily5229 3 года назад +2

    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
      @billyjoejimbob75 3 года назад +1

      Warpless, glitchless, no warp, no glitch(es). Here's one. ruclips.net/video/Hu35B9Wp8LQ/видео.html

  • @joeschmoe2843
    @joeschmoe2843 3 года назад +2

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

  • @MrMoonMath
    @MrMoonMath 2 года назад +1

    How does someone even figure this out? Crazy lol

  • @lance64206
    @lance64206 Год назад +1

    21:17 bro just said "pardon me"

  • @chriswinkler284
    @chriswinkler284 4 года назад +2

    Link...The new Bomberman :P

  • @DatKooby
    @DatKooby 3 года назад +2

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

    • @Unit_00
      @Unit_00 Год назад

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

  • @ToonLinkGaming
    @ToonLinkGaming 7 лет назад +3

    lord tom, major props on the insane rng manipulation brother

  • @bbloodjh
    @bbloodjh 7 лет назад +6

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

    • @uknownada
      @uknownada 7 лет назад +6

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

    • @LordTom77
      @LordTom77 7 лет назад +4

      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
      @bbloodjh 7 лет назад

      uknownada That's interesting. Thanks!!

    • @bbloodjh
      @bbloodjh 7 лет назад +3

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

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 7 лет назад

      Lord Tom why does that happen?

  • @meldreynolds
    @meldreynolds 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @prosto_a_user
    @prosto_a_user Месяц назад

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

  • @ashmenser7959
    @ashmenser7959 Месяц назад

    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.

  • @hax4dayz1
    @hax4dayz1 7 лет назад +1

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

  • @jongyon7192p
    @jongyon7192p 7 лет назад +3

    Sub 25 hype!!!

  • @broznar1019
    @broznar1019 7 лет назад +2

    bomber man

  • @TheMISTIK2000
    @TheMISTIK2000 7 лет назад +3

    Who needs a sword anyway ? Sword is for casuals.

    • @truepixelgamer8779
      @truepixelgamer8779 6 лет назад +2

      +themistik Everyone, to beat Ganon.

    • @chaoskiller6084
      @chaoskiller6084 4 года назад

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

  • @StarTropicsKing
    @StarTropicsKing 2 года назад +1

    I guess it wasn’t dangerous to go alone.

  • @-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
    @-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- 4 года назад +2

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

    • @goldwolf0606
      @goldwolf0606 2 года назад

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

    • @zazelby
      @zazelby Месяц назад

      @@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)

  • @cb7622
    @cb7622 2 года назад +3

    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)

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      @bubbykins4864 2 года назад +1

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      @cb7622 2 года назад

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  • @markrich7693
    @markrich7693 Год назад

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

  • @holden5507
    @holden5507 4 года назад +1

    Finally an easy way to beat this game

  • @JSYMUSIC
    @JSYMUSIC 5 лет назад

    I'm ashamed this took me 3 days..

  • @atrain910
    @atrain910 5 лет назад

    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

  • @arfansthename
    @arfansthename 5 лет назад

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

  • @foxsky4336
    @foxsky4336 4 года назад

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

  • @fernandomaldonado4519
    @fernandomaldonado4519 4 года назад

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

  • @daisybuckmartinez3821
    @daisybuckmartinez3821 2 года назад

    You got a sword

  • @zokizoki9042
    @zokizoki9042 7 лет назад

    HOLY SHIT

  • @goldwolf0606
    @goldwolf0606 2 года назад

    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
      @jamescox2894 2 года назад

      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.

  • @retrogameroom9019
    @retrogameroom9019 4 года назад

    Why sword if no sword

  • @AxelGame
    @AxelGame 7 лет назад

    Because only noobs take swords.

  • @azsquare
    @azsquare 4 года назад

    Super Bomberman

  • @glarynth
    @glarynth 3 года назад

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

  • @stefan5035
    @stefan5035 7 лет назад

    Swordless until Ganon

  • @Chris-tk9hy
    @Chris-tk9hy 7 лет назад

    You forgot to take the sword...

  • @braddockakalatis2
    @braddockakalatis2 6 лет назад

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

    • @adamb89
      @adamb89 6 лет назад

      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.

  • @MichaelFazio
    @MichaelFazio 3 года назад

    It's like Link becomes Neo.

  • @somerandomidiot1864
    @somerandomidiot1864 6 лет назад

    *Beeps intensify*

  • @mokey4218
    @mokey4218 4 года назад

    Why is he not grabbing hearts

    • @airtioteclint
      @airtioteclint 4 года назад

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

    • @xxEzraBxxx
      @xxEzraBxxx 4 года назад

      Its just a waste of time and not needed

    • @matthewstone2545
      @matthewstone2545 4 года назад

      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
      @xxEzraBxxx 4 года назад +1

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

  • @darkotter109
    @darkotter109 7 лет назад

    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
      @scribblenaut19 7 лет назад

      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
      @LordTom77 7 лет назад +1

      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
      @AlcyonEldara 7 лет назад

      Sure, check the swordless run at SGDQ 2015.

  • @derekwaller8237
    @derekwaller8237 3 года назад

    We can. We will

  • @asdfghyter
    @asdfghyter 6 лет назад

    20:00 !!!

  • @l-i-a-m9232
    @l-i-a-m9232 7 лет назад

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

    • @Enniix81
      @Enniix81 7 лет назад

      sonicpro1991 You don't know what TAS mean

    • @l-i-a-m9232
      @l-i-a-m9232 7 лет назад +1

      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
      @gren4586 6 лет назад

      lmao gottem

  • @Dekaide44
    @Dekaide44 Год назад

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

  • @victoraparicio205
    @victoraparicio205 6 лет назад

    Fake!!!!

    • @chaoskiller6084
      @chaoskiller6084 4 года назад +1

      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
    @njtbfl03 Год назад

    Totally cheating by not waking correctly

  • @Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny
    @Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny 5 лет назад

    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
      @xxEzraBxxx 4 года назад +1

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