72 Hour Zelda Marathon!

A group called The Speed Gamers will be doing a 72 Hour Zelda Marathon. They will try to complete all 13 Zelda games live on webcam.

List of Games:

* The Legend of Zelda
* Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
* A Link to the Past
* Link's Awakening
* The Ocarina of Time
* Majora's Mask
* Oracle of Ages
* Oracle of Seasons
* The Wind Waker
* The Minish Cap
* Twilight Princess
* Phantom Hourglass
* Four Swords Adventures

The marathon starts March 13 at 6:00 P.M. Central. You can watch the marathon on their site, and chat with the players and the community.

http://www.thespeedgamers.com/

They will be raising money for Ally's House, a group which helps with medical and other expenses of the families with children undergoing Cancer treatment. The Speed Gamers have raised OVER 15,000 in total. It's going to be an awesome marathon. :D

considering TP alone costs you about 30 hours... and WW costing a little less... good luck lolgarrett_duffman

considering TP alone costs you about 30 hours... and WW costing a little less... good luck lolgarrett_duffman

They've been preparing for this for a long time, they'll make it happen.zeriva

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]considering TP alone costs you about 30 hours... and WW costing a little less... good luck lolAlexSays

They'll probably use cheats, i saw TP done in 10 minutes.

[QUOTE="zeriva"]They've been preparing for this for a long time, they'll make it happen.AlexSays

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]considering TP alone costs you about 30 hours... and WW costing a little less... good luck lolAlexSays

They'll probably use cheats, i saw TP done in 10 minutes.

boxofwit

wow. this should be interesting.

They'll play through all of them. As I said, they've been preparing for this for a long time. They will also be giving away prizes during the marathon.zeriva

[QUOTE="zeriva"]They'll play through all of them. As I said, they've been preparing for this for a long time. They will also be giving away prizes during the marathon.AlexSays

Here's an example of how the stream will look.

considering TP alone costs you about 30 hours... and WW costing a little less... good luck lolgarrett_duffman

EDIT: It should also be noted that they are playing through Master Quest, not the regular OoT. Yes, they are THAT hardcore.

These are the same guys that beat 10 Mario games in under 24 hours.Rocky32189

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]considering TP alone costs you about 30 hours... and WW costing a little less... good luck lolRocky32189

EDIT: It should also be noted that they are playing through Master Quest, not the regular OoT. Yes, they are THAT hardcore.

[QUOTE="Rocky32189"]These are the same guys that beat 10 Mario games in under 24 hours.AlexSays

[QUOTE="Rocky32189"]

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]considering TP alone costs you about 30 hours... and WW costing a little less... good luck lolzeriva

EDIT: It should also be noted that they are playing through Master Quest, not the regular OoT. Yes, they are THAT hardcore.

[QUOTE="AlexSays"][QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]considering TP alone costs you about 30 hours... and WW costing a little less... good luck lolgarrett_duffman

[QUOTE="zeriva"]

[QUOTE="Rocky32189"] These guys are called the SpeedGamers for a reason. Twilight Princess can be beaten in ten hours and the same with Wind Waker. These are the same guys that beat 10 Mario games in under 24 hours.

EDIT: It should also be noted that they are playing through Master Quest, not the regular OoT. Yes, they are THAT hardcore.

Rocky32189

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="AlexSays"] Yeah the last people that tried this failed. So I look at this one of two ways.... 1.) They'll do something crazy for a good cause and it'll be fun to watch 2..) They'll make fools of themselves for a good cause and fail miserably, and it'lll be fun to watch Either way it's a win win. Plus I've played all these except Wind Waker, which I'm playing now, and parts of Twilight Princess, so it's entertaining so see people screw up on things I had trouble with.Pesantez

By "complete", I assume they mean speed through the game as fast as possible and beat the final boss. Have they played the games before? Will they be using guides? I think it would be more interesting if they have no idea what they are doing, even if that meant they got an extra day. Head_of_games

i can't wait! good luck guys!

Playing Zelda for 72 hours straight? Sounds like torture to me...

Oh, and guys, do you have an archive of your old marathons? I want to see you guys in action! And will we be able to rewind and pause the live video?Head_of_games

I am guessing they are playing multiple games at once because there is no way they can do it one after another.wooooode

These guys are called the SpeedGamers for a reason. Rocky32189

...I really can't agree with that.:? I've seen some of their work,and honestly,they have done a terrible job at living up to their name.I say this as a fan of speed run videos and as an amateur speed runner myself.Their attempted Pokemon run was especially abysmal.

[QUOTE="Rocky32189"]These guys are called the SpeedGamers for a reason. VGobbsesser

...I really can't agree with that.:? I've seen some of their work,and honestly,they have done a terrible job at living up to their name.I say this as a fan of speed run videos and as an amateur speed runner myself.Their attempted Pokemon run was especially abysmal.

They seem to be doing good so far. Check out the vid.Head_of_games

I'm talking more about pure speed.Their route optimization and planning is sub-par,there are too many time-wasting mistakes,and I have seen a number of potential sequence breaks and exploits that they have missed.No disrespect to the Speed Gamers; I understand they are doing this for a good cause,but analyzing this from a speed runner's point of view,I'm not impressed.

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]considering TP alone costs you about 30 hours... and WW costing a little less... good luck lolRocky32189

EDIT: It should also be noted that they are playing through Master Quest, not the regular OoT. Yes, they are THAT hardcore.

Thats not that hard to do, the first few Mario games can be blown through, especially if you can use shortcuts. The later ones like 64 and Galaxy well you don't need all 120 stars so they can be beat in like 4 hours each. I wish them good luck but unless they use they use a ton of shortcuts I dont see it happening. Sepewrath

Super Mario 64 can be beaten in less than 45 minutes with a moderate amount of skill and practice.

They just finished the first Zelda.

And the money is going to a good cause. Funding a cancer house. That's awesome.

I love these marothons

Should be interesting, although I highly doubt that there'll manage to do it. I can see them getting to TP, but not through it. Fairly length game in it's own right, OOT, MM, and WW will also take a nice amount of time. The rest of the games shouldn't pose a problem though... I can personally blow through LTTP on 100% in a matter of hours, but, I've beaten that game so many times I can pretty much tell you the location of every heart piece and item...and get through a lot of dungeons without needing to enter any room more than once or twice (basically, as few times as needed). So it'll be interesting to see how far they get.darkslider99

Im the same way about LTTP. Got it on SNES and GBA lol.

At least they are doing it for a good cause and not just publicity or a YouTube video.