United StatesAre coming soon due to popular demand. In fact a complete overhaul of the leaderboard is coming soon, stay tuned.
Enjoy, should get a few new racers with this one, and it should also cut down on time in Veteran and Warrior and makes things much faster.
The mystery racer which can only be accessed by password will now be available as a separate category for speedruns, enjoy.
Runners or forum goers will decide, I vote to keep the category as it can help newbies to speedrunning the game practice.
I have been granted moderator powers for this game. Thus, I have added a bunch of new categories that people are currently running, and I wish to explain them all here. First of all, running this game is very different than running most any other game. Vastly different strategies are used for the categories. 100-500K, and possibly 600K can be achieved relatively quickly with the speedbuilding method that Mr.K and Karmamachine use in their runs. However, 700K and up require strategy which takes a much longer amount of time to build, and most certainly has to utilize the debug code.
100K-Maximum Population: All of these categories have specific rule sets and must be single segment runs.
500K/600K Glitchless: This will be the goal for a glitchless game, meaning no type of cheats or glitches are allowed, and it must be a single segment run. This will be a lengthy run should anyone attempt to tackle it as it will be a long time before enough money is made to reach 500K. As an added challenge, I have also added 600K, as it is possible to do, but will require optimized strategies and luck.
Maximum Population Frame Skip: The only rule for this category is no zone stacking. It does not have to be a single segment run either, as the current video cannot verify it was a single segment run. While the run has not been submitted, I have found a video which shows a total of 956,160 population, and clearly used the frame skip as the year is 2108 in game. There is no evidence of zone stacking. The video is linked here:
Maximum Population Zone Stacking: There are no rules for this category, anything goes. The highest total I could find in a video, that utilizes zone stacking is 1,102,240, and that video is linked here:
Desperately need a new mod for this game...
I have runs submitted, but weeks have passed now and no verification. I believe I have WRs in at least 4 current categories, including max population which is not a category yet.
We need an active moderator here, I mod several other games and check in each day. My latest run is here just in case anyone claims I am crying foul.
As a moderator here, I have had to implement several new categories due to console/handheld differences. The video seen here is an example of just how much of a difference this makes over longer periods of time. I feel this issue should be addressed more concerning speed running. Many mods here are inactive and lazy! Every second matters!
Anyone else feel me here?
I have confirmed GBP and SGB run at different frame rates. I have a Gameboy Player and will be running this game on it soon. A new category will have to be added for GBP. I was able to confirm this via this video here:
I see there is another thread here asking for extra categories for the difficulty. I have a difficult run id like to post as well. Seems this game needs a new mod here! I have moderator experience with other games, I will add the new categories ASAP if I am added as a moderator, I am active pretty much every day.
Any tips? I know the game well. My party will be 3 Fi/Rm or 2 Fi/Wm/Rm.
The Zelda Randomizer is growing in popularity among speedrunners. Should there be a new category added for first and second quest randomizer speedruns? I think we should, it will generate more activity for the game!
Please post if you run, have ran, or wish to run this game. Lets get some hype and competitive times!
A brief introduction, I am mostly a retro gamer with a few newer age game fancies. I speed run a few games, including Diablo 3, SimCity (SNES), and Final Fantasy Legend series (GB). Credentials, 1 current WR (SimCity, Population), possibly 2, (FFL2 no warp any %), are about as far as my current accomplishments go.
My twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/czardia/profile
