The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Awesome Games Done Quick Roundup 3: Ocarina of Time & Those Turtle Games!

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by ZFG in 4:33:19 Embedded above, this run is a 100% of Ocarina of Time which means it's longer than a run where someone tries to race to the end of the game as quickly as possible using whatever glitches they can as part of an ANY%. Ocarina of time gets a ton of accolades for being one of the best games around and this run is proof why as it's a great thing to watch too.

Super Mario Sunshine by AverageTrey in 3:06:29 Did you play Super Mario Sunshine on GameCube? I didn't as I entirely missed the GameCube era of Nintendo games but if you're looking to see what Super Mario Sunshine is about this run is a good primer. Did you know... Read All

Is It Worth It To Update Your Nintendo 64 With HDMI For $400?

The illustrious Metal Jesus has a new video out where he shows off his Nintendo 64 hardware mod that adds HDMI. It's a pretty extensive mod that hacks into the graphic chip of the system and gives it a very clean HD output to modern televisions. Jesus does some side by sides with the composite video and the graphics output looks incredible. Much like many old system HDMI mods this seems to really crisp up those games but with a price tag of $400 I wonder if it's worth it the cost? If you love the Nintendo 64 and play yours a lot it's well worth considering but this price eclipses the cost of a modern console.

Automate Your Home With a Raspberry Pi And An Ocarina

Do you want to automate your home? Do you want to set all your home gadgets to start when you play your Ocarina? If you do then prepare to get inspired to live the dream as YouTuber Sufficiently Advanced wired his house to turn on the heater, turn on the lights, water his plants, turn on a smoke machine and more all though the mighty power of his Ocarina. Sufficiently Advanced seems to have built all this automation himself which makes this all the more impressive.

New World Record Speedrun For Ocarina of Time Set By skater82297 at 17:24!

Ocarina of Time is a classic Nintendo 64 game that is considered by some to be the best game of all time. Since Ocarina is such a popular game that over time it has become on of the most competitive games for speedrunning. I've tried to cover each new world record set for Ocarina and today the record has been beaten yet again by skater82297 at 17:24. A new time skip was found that involves collecting a bottle in the Deku tree that skips you directly to Gannons Castle. This was a fun run to watch and it's great to see people keep making Ocarina one of the best games to watch.

Is It Faster To Roll In Ocarina of Time?

I've always wondered this and each time I've played Ocarina of Time it sure seemed like it. Jack from Red Letter Media finally settles the question.

Ocarina Of Time Remade On The Unreal 4 Engine

CryZENx is a YouTuber that is reimagining classic games in the new Unreal 4 engine and the results are beautiful. The Unreal 4 engine is capable of producing incredible games and it's really fun to consider how amazing a PC Zelda game could be in with a modern graphical toolset behind it. CryZENx release a couple other Ocarina videos showcasing Zora's falls and the Temple of Time and you can watch them both below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owbnvee4JLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSeLdQASixE

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 04/21/2016 at 12:40am

Other than Link looking like one of the Chipmunks, this looks amazing! So cool.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/21/2016 at 12:46am

Haha, yeah. The big eyes and feet might be at play there.

Travis Admin wrote on 04/21/2016 at 02:35am

I thought this must be the same guy. And yup!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RXDqGdIxUk

He's gotten better at taking video. Truly amazing stuff.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 04/21/2016 at 02:34pm

Oh that looks awesome!

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/21/2016 at 07:28pm

Really cool! Why can't we have this? :(

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/22/2016 at 02:56am

Hahahaha, because Nintendo games are only made on Nintendo hardware. I bet Nintendo artists would love to do this if they could. We may see more like this on the new Zelda game for the Wii U / NX.

rettisawesome wrote on 04/22/2016 at 05:07pm

well except for the fact that link does the swan dive off that cliff in the original.... haha jk. great little snippet there. i love seeing these reimaginings int he unreal 4 engine.

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Lord Jabu-Jabu Why?

http://cdn.brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comics/2011-06-23-344-JabuJabu.jpg

Thought this was pretty funny and wanted to share it. Now pass me that boomerang.

http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/

Travis Admin wrote on 09/10/2015 at 02:16am

What am I missing?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/10/2015 at 02:46am

Did you play Ocarina of Time? I can explain but it's spoilery

Travis Admin wrote on 09/10/2015 at 02:55am

I did, but it's apparently been way too long! :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/10/2015 at 03:17am

So in the game you head to the Zoras Domain. As you arrive you find out Princess Ruto is inside Lord Jabu-jabu and you need to head inside his belly and help her out. Inside his belly is basically you find her and the boomerang as well as a map and compass like the usual Zelda dungeon. Which is odd considering you are literally walking inside him in those levels.

Zelda things.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/10/2015 at 03:18am

http://zeldawiki.org/Lord_Jabu-Jabu

Travis Admin wrote on 09/10/2015 at 04:11am

OK, that makes perfect sense, yeah. It was always odd that the map to Zelda dungeons was inside the dungeon. It makes sense gameplay-wise, but in-world it seems a strange place to put it.

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The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 2D Is An Amazingly Ambitious Fan Project

"OoT 2D is a 2D remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that is styled like ALttP. It has been attempted many times and by many different authors, the first attempt of which was over a decade ago!

This embodiment of OoT 2D will use no already-existing engine and no utilities such as Game Maker. While building it from scratch is slow and old-fashioned, this method of programming will grant full control over everything, resulting in a high-quality product! We hope you all like it!"

Ocarina of Time 2D is a really interesting fan project that seems to be well into development. I tried to download it to run it through some paces but it was taken down on MediaFire due... Read All

Have Enough New Games To Last Years? Why Not Play An Old One Instead.

Most of us have games to last us for years. If I just played games to completion on Steam I have yet to start, i'd be playing for the next 10 bazillion years. It's a great time to be a gamer but so many choices can be a bit overwhelming. Recently i've been enjoying the Cheerful Ghost Borderlands 2 event. We get together every Monday and play through the game a couple hours at a time. If you pay any attention to the site here you also know my current standby is Hearthstone. Currently I am saving up gold for the new Grand Tournament expansion, so when it drops I can buy as many packs as I can. Currently I have enough gold saved for 20 packs and I hope to get more gold... Read All Most of us have games to last us for years. If I just played games to completion on Steam I have yet to start, i'd be playing for the next 10 bazillion years. It's a great time to be a gamer but so many choices can be a bit overwhelming. Recently i've been enjoying the Cheerful Ghost Borderlands 2 event. We get together every Monday and play through the game a couple hours at a time. If you pay any attention to the site here you also know my current standby is Hearthstone. Currently I am saving up gold for the new Grand Tournament expansion, so when it drops I can buy as many packs as I can. Currently I have enough gold saved for 20 packs and I hope to get more gold to bump that ever upward. We have the current Cheerful Ghost Terraria server going strong and I wish I could play it more. Terraria requires a huge time commitment, something I can't do right now due to juggling a plethora of life things. That said, earlier this year I completed the original Legend of Zelda and that experience left me wanting more Zelda so a few days afterward I started up The Ocarina of Time. I've played this game before always getting near the end before, for whatever reason, I don't complete it. This time may be different but it's fun to just play it again for however long that lasts.

When I come back to an old classic like the original Legend of Zelda or Ocarina of Time I try and ask myself if the game still holds up? In the case of Ocarina of Time the game holds up as well as it did in 1998 with a few exceptions. As gaming has advanced since then I noticed the frameyness and the control scheme isn't quite as polished as a modern Zelda. With that what Nintendo pulled off on the Nintendo 64 is admirable and once I started the game it's graphical low resolution and occasional play control jitters didn't bother me at all.

I am not going to get into a full review of Ocarina of Time as it's been discussed elsewhere in better detail. I will say that as to my last session I just opened up Jabu Jabu and have yet to complete that level. I am not very far into the game as I can only sit down to play it about one session per week but every time I do the games adventure brings me right back to "dat 90's magic." I have a Nintendo 64 and the Ocarina of Time cart but for this playthrough I have opted to play it over Mupen 64 on my Nexus Player. Mupens upscaled graphics and the ability to map controls to a XBox 360 controller are nice but about every hour and a half the game crashes due to what I consider to be some kind of memory leak. I save often and it's not hard to get back to where I was, but emulation is still not as good as just playing on the original hardware itself as far as stability goes for the 64. If you are looking to head back to an old classic you couldn't do much better than Ocarina of Time and if you wanted to break lots of pottery, there isn't a better way I know of to live that experience.

New OoT Speedrun record, and it's not Cosmo.

Someone other than Cosmo currently holds the OoT record. Shocking, I know. Same run path as Cosmo, but 3 seconds faster. Pretty crazy.