'Legend of Zelda' (SNES) Beat In 2-Hours
by Rainier on April 16, 2003 @ 3:07 p.m. PDT
Even though the gaming hobby has advanced onward to first-person-shooters and sensational role-playing landscapes, gaming accomplishments on old-fashioned titles can still make an ardent player sit up and take notice. One such achievement has been recently verified: the eternally popular 1991 SNES game, "Legend of Zelda:A Link to the Past," has been finished in under 2-hours for the first time in the title's history. Read more for details ...
With a new record time of 1:57.15 scored on April 9, 2003, Michael Damiani, of Texas, beat the previous world record 2:07.10, achieved by Mark Waterfield of Ontario, Canada, on July 28th, 1999.
"Anybody in electronic gaming old enough to remember this game should be impressed with this accomplishment," says Walter Day, Chief Scorekeeper at Twin Galaxies, the industry statistician. "What's of special interest," notes Day, "is that Zelda experts believed for years that a sub-2-hour game was not possible."
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