Bogle beat my Faxanadu WR already! Grats to him!

What's next?! I've started learning Zelda 1, which seems to be a lot of fun. I have wanted to speedrun it for a while, but I'm still not 100% sure it's my next grind. Castlevania 1 has been suggested, and I have to say I'm pretty tempted with how short it is. Any suggestions are welcome!

Faxanadu Speedrun Any% [World Record] - 26:00.817 YouTube video by OrkleDorkle

I got the world record in my second NES game on Friday. This one was a lot of fun. I had never played this game growing up, but I know I would have loved it if I did.

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I've been off socials for a while now. It's been nice. I think Bluesky is ok, though.

It has arrived! I'm really enjoying this speedrun so far, so I had to get the cart. Those are the rules (except for Little Samson)

Saw Bob Dylan yesterday. I wish I had better seats, but it was still very good. That'd an artist I never thought I'd get to see live.

#music #bobdylan #willienelson

To the surprise of nobody

Wow 3.5 hours deep

Yeah it's pretty wild to see. Almost doesn't feel real.

Yep, awesome show. I've been patiently waiting for season 2 for too long!

I wouldn't even want to play a game made entirely from "AI"

I won the Zelda II 100% NMG tournament! That was a really fun one. I had never tried this category before the tournament started, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. GG's to everyone involved!

Is today your bday? Happy bday dude!

We'd all be rich lol

Did it? I go through phases of bad sleep as well. It sucks

I don't know why it took me so long to get the cart, but now that I'm running the game, it's only right.

The SMB1 challenge seems to be going well. I'm almost halfway into the 25 hours I have to learn the speedrun and I'm almost done with the practice/learning part. Can I get a sub-5? I think so, but there are a few problem areas. We'll see!

I was also gen II, but I was always behind on consoles growing up, not that I really noticed.

Yeah.. I could understand if they were decent seats, but that's $200 to barely be able to see anything. Bummer

It's so bad!

So cool

I have to deal with them as well. I wish they'd give a heads up for the maintenance like a day in advance. They are literally the only option where I live.

The first week is hard as hell. Good job!

Would

After not much consideration at all, I've decided to join @junkyarddave.bsky.social and a handful of people in his "get a < 5 min run in SMB1 in 25 hours" challenge. This includes all learning, no off-stream practice. I'll start after I finish the Z2 remake.

I've been playing Hoverbat's Zelda II PC Remake the last couple streams, and it is incredible. I have only heard good things for the past year or so and it definitely lives up to the hype. It's kind of in between a remaster and a sequel. So many new things!

They're trying to trick you into picking the wrong image

Good stuff!

Zelda 2 Speedrun - 100% NMG [WORLD RECORD] - 1:00:52.152 YouTube video by OrkleDorkle

Short-ish but sweet stream today! I got the 100% NMG world record in Zelda II, then beat that the next run for two WR's in a row!
#speedrun #retrogaming #zeldaii

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I was big into the Commander Keen games growing up