Wow thanks for all the comments! It's nice to publish to YT again. Here's what is coming up in terms of speedrunning: Zelda II Super Mario Bros. 2 Marble Madness Little Nemo: The Dream Master Ninja Gaiden 2 Castlevania Mario Bros. Kid Icarus Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Blaster Master I may even do a YT livestream soon 👀
@@gamingwithahandicapreviews No it's the same game but they added a TON of content. There are several playthroughs of it here on YT or you can wait for Lacks but it's available for anyone to download it online so you can play it as well. If you're a fan of the original I think you'll really like it.
I cant comprehend how my 45yo brain wants to watch this so much. Its not even the one I preferred. But its the best thing to watch on a second monitor while coding. Thanks for making these great runs.
I grew up with this game so I've always enjoyed seeing runs on it. Some of these segments were insane. The management of the levels and XP, many clean boss fights, those blue dark nuts on horses that just seemed to get vaporized. That was a thing of beauty to see. I even learned something new for my next play through. Didn't know you could palace roll over to 9k then spread that out to the other stats. I'm definitely going to try to learn the XP timing, I remember as a kid just running around farming low level fights so I could get over leveled for the area. These techniques are so much better. Good luck on 115 if you haven't already made it.
This is bringing back so many memories. My grandpa of all people played this game back when it first came out. I can smell his White Owl cigars right now!
Whoa Lack! Been a long time man, I'm glad to see you're still doing stuff! I still watch speed runs and I was pleasantly surprised to see you again after like 3, 4 years? ❤️🇺🇲👍🏻
I enjoyed watching this, Lack. Thanks for the upload & congrats on the HUGE, phat, PB!! You were at 1:23:00 like 6 years ago. Definitely a monstrous improvement over time. Congratulations again! 🫡🙌
26:09 holding down does nothing. Casting fairy while in air makes iron knuckle walk backwards. You don't even need to jump, just cast fairy while walking off the edge of the step 👍
Didn't know you still ran this. We oughtta do a Florida State vs Clemson race of this before their game during football season next year or something. Like maybe before they play haha. I do PB attempts of this during fall. Just broke the 1:18:xx barrier but damn, looks like you've been puttin reps in on this. And damn do you use a lot of splits for this haha.
Yeah I like the splits because it helps identify specifically where time losses occur. Doesn't really give me accurate sum of best though lol Go Tigers
@@LackAttack As a 30yo boomer myself I would say ANY "old" Zelda games. But also looking forward to other franchises like FF, Castlevania, Dragon Warrior, ... If I'm thinking about my era (PS1), I would say Ninja - Shadow Of Darkness, got huge nostalgia for the game and it's underrated asf imo.. Ty for everything so far ;)
I love the challenge of this game, it was the first game I beat with an NES Advantage joystick. I thought of my aunt, who got it for my brother and I one christmas, every time I used that controller.
Link's Awakening has the side-scrolling bits as a gimmick. I wouldn't count it as wholly side-scrolling while a bigger majority of Link's Adventure is.
Hi Lack! I'm learning this run and at about 10:46 you realize you didn't have Magic or Life 2, lol. Where were you supposed to get it? Thanks in advance!
Sure, normally you get magic and life upgrades in death mountain on the way to the hammer. It is technically faster to skip all the levels except for attack. But normally I would do 4-2-2 levels at the Hammer
@LackAttack Elway was a special situation because he also had an offer to play pro baseball for the Yankees and thought the owner/management of the Baltimore Colts was bad (probably justifiably). There's a 30 For 30 special called Elway to Marino that talks about it. You also might be interested in it because it touches on why the Steelers didn't draft Dan Marino even though he was a hometown kid.
I didn't get that one. It's not required for 100%. There are 2 other dolls I didn't pick up. One in the south swamp near Kasuto and one in Great Palace
Sorry, no, MM's time system was just objectively bad game design. With tweaks it might've been ok, but at it was, it mandated repeatedly having to wait for schedules to lineup, and on a first playthrough resulted in constantly having to backtrack or outright lose up to hours of progress because of a missed window or having to redo tedious sequences over and over again. The limited save system was also archaic and clunky even for its time, and could cause intense frustration with lost progress due to something as simple as someone tripping over the power cord at a bad time. On top of all of this, it features some of the most tedious and unsatisfying boss battles, heart pieces and other side quests that require extensive setup and excessive repetition to collect.. honestly after OOT it was a huge letdown for me, despite its dark story being novel and refreshing for the series as a whole.
Huge fan of the original Zelda. I wanted to love this game back when it came out but I found it annoying and just disjointed for lack of a better word. Overall for me this game was a huge let down.
Z2 and BOO aren't super similar, albeit both great games. I nostalgically play both on occasion. The casual run for BOO requires tons of olive 🫒 collecting which is probably what keeps it from being a 10/10
Nice Zelda 2 run here Lack! Btw, if you are interested you should check out my Zelda Classic Quest Temples of Turmoil! I'd love to see you knock that out. It would definitely challenge you!
![Zelda II Speedrun in 1:12:56 [World Record - 100% All Keys]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bhtFALr9vLE/mqdefault.jpg)
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Wow thanks for all the comments! It's nice to publish to YT again. Here's what is coming up in terms of speedrunning:
Zelda II
Super Mario Bros. 2
Marble Madness
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Ninja Gaiden 2
Castlevania
Mario Bros.
Kid Icarus
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Blaster Master
I may even do a YT livestream soon 👀
You should play through the new Zelda 2, I think you'd appreciate it with all the upgrades and changes.
@@MauriceMDavis I am planning on it! Will be a future video
@@MauriceMDavisis that the snes style remake?
@@LackAttack I'm looking forward to watching that video when you make it. Another great run here btw
@@gamingwithahandicapreviews No it's the same game but they added a TON of content. There are several playthroughs of it here on YT or you can wait for Lacks but it's available for anyone to download it online so you can play it as well. If you're a fan of the original I think you'll really like it.
I cant comprehend how my 45yo brain wants to watch this so much. Its not even the one I preferred. But its the best thing to watch on a second monitor while coding. Thanks for making these great runs.
You have Zelda 2 regret. You must have a speedrun or two still left in you ...get streaming
Thanks for watching!
As a 44-year-old brain myself I know what you're saying dog I know what you're saying
Arcus has some great runs of this for coding too, I hear ya man (43)
@@josepha3805imagine being ur age and calling someone “dog”
"Link, you must travel the world and conquer its challenges to save the princess!"
"No problem. Give me like an hour."
Noone asked link to travel the world. Hyrule is literally the size of like two football fields Bro
You are literally my favorite speed runner… been following you for a few months now and I always get excited to see your vids…
I've been periodically checking to see if you ever upload any new content to TH-cam. Glad to see you back even if it's only for a short time.
I do plan to do more uploads in the coming weeks!
I grew up with this game so I've always enjoyed seeing runs on it. Some of these segments were insane. The management of the levels and XP, many clean boss fights, those blue dark nuts on horses that just seemed to get vaporized. That was a thing of beauty to see. I even learned something new for my next play through. Didn't know you could palace roll over to 9k then spread that out to the other stats. I'm definitely going to try to learn the XP timing, I remember as a kid just running around farming low level fights so I could get over leveled for the area. These techniques are so much better. Good luck on 115 if you haven't already made it.
Absolutely incredible. Last palace was sick.
We missed you Lack! Hopefully we see more Zelda runs across the series! :)
This is bringing back so many memories. My grandpa of all people played this game back when it first came out. I can smell his White Owl cigars right now!
Your grandpa is 45 years old??
Welcome back Lack Attack! Can’t get enough Zelda 2 runs
This game is masterpiece
Agreed, wish the next Zelda was in this universe
Whoa Lack! Been a long time man, I'm glad to see you're still doing stuff! I still watch speed runs and I was pleasantly surprised to see you again after like 3, 4 years? ❤️🇺🇲👍🏻
Never stopped speedrunning, just took a break uploading to YT!
Happy to see you back. I always enjoy watching your speedruns since you're pretty laid back while doing them.
That is my MO
Welcome back Lack! GG and thanks for the upload.
Good to have lack back, One of my favorite runners.
Welcome back to YT!
Congrats and GG on your PB!
Those few mistakes really F'd up your goal, but it's nice to see a PB at least!
I enjoyed watching this, Lack. Thanks for the upload & congrats on the HUGE, phat, PB!! You were at 1:23:00 like 6 years ago. Definitely a monstrous improvement over time. Congratulations again! 🫡🙌
Lack, nice to see you again. Love this category.
Appreciate the love for Link!
Nice PB Lack
Lookn pretty clean like a smooth operator 😎
Awesome PB lack I enjoyed watching the run
Was not well equipped to play this when it came out. So good to see you beat the crap out of this one with the micro-second reaction times~
What a run. GG
Congrats for your new PB.
2024 Zelda 2 Lackattack speed run?!? I'm here for that
Welcome back :)
Never cease to amaze Lack
Hands down best intro I've ever heard
Excited to see the new runs for Goals 4.0
LACK IS BACK!!!
Good seeing my you back!!!
Yessssss!!! Welcome back, great choice of game as well. I see zelda 2, i hit like.
Long time, no see. I will "never" forget the time you ran The Legend of Zelda, _blindfolded!_
Definitely one of my more popular runs. It was really fun to do!
What up lack!?!?!?!? Been way too long man....glad to see you posting new runs....
Been too long my dude. Congratulations!
YES! Thanks for posting this.
The Eco Key boost at 50:00 was really impressive. First time I'd ever seen that. Makes me wonder who discovered that, ya know?
I think it was trial and error, I'm not sure who discovered it though
26:09 holding down does nothing. Casting fairy while in air makes iron knuckle walk backwards. You don't even need to jump, just cast fairy while walking off the edge of the step 👍
Thanks for using your skills to play this cool game.
missed you!!!! Welcome back!!!!
Links awaking has some side scrolling. The Japanese version you can level up whatever you want to it not limited to one class
Congrats lack
Didn't know you still ran this. We oughtta do a Florida State vs Clemson race of this before their game during football season next year or something. Like maybe before they play haha. I do PB attempts of this during fall. Just broke the 1:18:xx barrier but damn, looks like you've been puttin reps in on this.
And damn do you use a lot of splits for this haha.
Yeah I like the splits because it helps identify specifically where time losses occur. Doesn't really give me accurate sum of best though lol
Go Tigers
that was excellent
Zelda II secrets and oddities coming up
Glad your back, please do more Zelda content !
Which games?
@@LackAttack As a 30yo boomer myself I would say ANY "old" Zelda games. But also looking forward to other franchises like FF, Castlevania, Dragon Warrior, ...
If I'm thinking about my era (PS1), I would say Ninja - Shadow Of Darkness, got huge nostalgia for the game and it's underrated asf imo..
Ty for everything so far ;)
Welcome back!
My favorite game of all time!!
Lmao I thought you said your favorite SMELL was fire 😂.
I was like "huh, yeah I guess"
LackAttack is back!
Yay! New content!
THE LACK ATTACK IS BACK!
as someone who wants to run oot 100% no srm oot is such an amazing game
I love the challenge of this game, it was the first game I beat with an NES Advantage joystick. I thought of my aunt, who got it for my brother and I one christmas, every time I used that controller.
That is impressive
Link's Awakening has the side-scrolling bits as a gimmick. I wouldn't count it as wholly side-scrolling while a bigger majority of Link's Adventure is.
Yeah this is truly one of a kind
How does the exp counter vary? I’ve never seen that before. Going up and down like that from 2000 down to 100 etc..
Not sure I understand. Do you mean when I level up sometimes it goes down?
Lack is back snd you don't want that. Looking good you clemson speedrunning god you
Go Tigers
Loving this. Hoping that you'll do hollow knight sometime.
Hi Lack! I'm learning this run and at about 10:46 you realize you didn't have Magic or Life 2, lol. Where were you supposed to get it? Thanks in advance!
Sure, normally you get magic and life upgrades in death mountain on the way to the hammer. It is technically faster to skip all the levels except for attack. But normally I would do 4-2-2 levels at the Hammer
Leaving palace 1 with a lvl 4 sword is nice
A really good speedrun, glitchless. I did not like others where players go trought locked door with fairy without key
I'm not convinced that is a "glitch", as fairies are small and the keyhole is pretty large. Regardless, I'm glad you enjoyed the run!
what does the 1cc stand for in the category name
One credit clear, a nod to arcade games, which means no game overs.
@LackAttack Elway was a special situation because he also had an offer to play pro baseball for the Yankees and thought the owner/management of the Baltimore Colts was bad (probably justifiably). There's a 30 For 30 special called Elway to Marino that talks about it. You also might be interested in it because it touches on why the Steelers didn't draft Dan Marino even though he was a hometown kid.
I'll have to check that out. Love 30 for 30
I cant get past the Hanger on the first Doom.
I never played this game but it looks fun, is this a game you can just pick up and play without knowing anything?
I was beginning to think youd never come back. Wish i could catch you live. TH-cam is the next best thing 😅
My goal this summer is to post more videos!
Happy tenth year streaming. When's the next upload
It's actually 11 years! Hopefully sooner than 10 months
Could you imagine taking a child, and somehow carry it in your tjnkc with all the other shit.
Not sure what would be more cumbersome, the child, the raft, or an always-lit candle
This dude sounds exactly like John Flaherty . Ex Yankee Cather/Announcer
Did you miss the 1 up doll in the graveyard with Kings Tomb or did i just miss you picking it up?
I didn't get that one. It's not required for 100%. There are 2 other dolls I didn't pick up. One in the south swamp near Kasuto and one in Great Palace
::train whistle::
43:44 I thought this was deathless? 🔥
death-full
1:15 or bust
I literally clapped IRL after parts of this lol
I don't remember seeing you get the life that's to the left of the graveyard
nevermind, forgot to check the scope of the run
Yeah the extra life dolls aren't required
yeah he starts with a club
❤
@LackAttack Have you played the Hoverbat extened version?
not yet but soon
@@LackAttackyou’re hella missing out. Dude put alot of love into that project and it shows
TP stream would be great
Haven't played Twilight Princess in probably a decade
Saw your video, decided to dust off Zelda 2.
Finished in just over 7 hours! lol
Bro makes this game look easy. It's not easy LOL
👍
Is it just me or did NES Rambo just completely Rip this game off.
and you have to farm olives
I’m your 250th like lol 😆
Insane for one of my PB videos!
it's the one. An Accident u lost ur in denial
Did you dye your hair
Never have never will
Are you or Jay cee better gamer 🤔
Jaycee is a legend
@@LackAttack yes. You didn't answer the question?
Sorry, no, MM's time system was just objectively bad game design. With tweaks it might've been ok, but at it was, it mandated repeatedly having to wait for schedules to lineup, and on a first playthrough resulted in constantly having to backtrack or outright lose up to hours of progress because of a missed window or having to redo tedious sequences over and over again. The limited save system was also archaic and clunky even for its time, and could cause intense frustration with lost progress due to something as simple as someone tripping over the power cord at a bad time.
On top of all of this, it features some of the most tedious and unsatisfying boss battles, heart pieces and other side quests that require extensive setup and excessive repetition to collect.. honestly after OOT it was a huge letdown for me, despite its dark story being novel and refreshing for the series as a whole.
That's just like, your opinion, man
Huge fan of the original Zelda. I wanted to love this game back when it came out but I found it annoying and just disjointed for lack of a better word. Overall for me this game was a huge let down.
Definitely way different. I enjoyed both games as a kid, unique challenge for both
unwatchable because of the sniffles!
I'll make sure to not have seasonal allergies next time!
You must have had headphones on or something. I didn't notice it at all until your comment scrolled by. 🙃
fuk this turd. keep going homie.
Good to see you back. I follow jay_cee and you and both are doing the same game.
Z2 is quite hot right now
You're a riot
Z2 and BOO aren't super similar, albeit both great games. I nostalgically play both on occasion. The casual run for BOO requires tons of olive 🫒 collecting which is probably what keeps it from being a 10/10
yeah probably a poor-man's comparison. Haven't played Battle of Olympus yet myself
Nice Zelda 2 run here Lack! Btw, if you are interested you should check out my Zelda Classic Quest Temples of Turmoil! I'd love to see you knock that out. It would definitely challenge you!