The History of GoldenEye's Hardest Mode: DLTK SpeedLore Episode 1

The deep and remarkable history of GoldenEye's hardest mode, MAXED SETTINGS, or what's been come to be known as "DLTK". What began as a challenge from legendary GoldenEye speedrunner Ilari "Illu" Pekkala, has since turned into the most nerve-wracking, suspenseful, and epic mode of competitive gameplay in all of GoldenEye 007 speedrunning. Enjoy this deep dive into the early origins of GoldenEye's DLTK mode, analysis of completed runs, and discussion on the game and speedruns that tied it all together.
The original DLTK thread: forums.the-eli...
WR videos shown in this episode can be found here:
Wouter Jansen - Facility DLTK 300 • Wouter Jansen - Facili...
Wouter Jansen - Surface 2 DLTK 202 • Wouter Jansen - Surfac...
Wouter Jansen - Bunker 1 DLTK 812 • Wouter Jansen - Bunker...
Wouter Jansen - Archives DLTK 122 • Wouter Jansen - Archiv...
Ilari Pekkala - Facility DLTK 251 • Ilari Pekkala - Facili...
Ilari Pekkala - Frigate DLTK 252 • Ilari Pekkala - Frigat...
Wouter Jansen - Dam DLTK 2155 • Wouter Jansen - Dam DL...
Brandon Sanford - Runway DLTK 046 • Brandon Sanford - Runw...
Wouter Jansen - Statue DLTK 239 • Wouter Jansen - Statue...
Ilari Pekkala - Surface 1 DLTK 644 • Ilari Pekkala - Surfac...
Thanks to SpeedLore co-researcher Joris Quevedo! / @alephn0l375
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