Hello fellow gamers:
The latest world record attempt on the classic Gameboy title "Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening" has been verified. Ryan Williamson, who hails from Canada, achieved a new personal best thus beating his previous world record run. In his quest to come close to the 2 hour mark, he improved his final run to 2:07:49 (2 hours, 7 minutes, 49 seconds).
Perhaps the finest adventure title ever released for the Gameboy (along with "Metroid 2: Return of Samus"), this has been my 3rd time enjoying watching Ryan's ever-faster performances on this title. Below is a brief recap of his latest and greatest run...and as usual, I cannot divulge the precise sequence of certain decisions he made, so will list the
order of dungeons completed as "1st dungeon completed", regardless of which it is, and so forth, until the 9th and final dungeon is reached, as all players must follow the same path at that point in the game.
THE PATH TO VICTORY
0:10:59 - completes 1st dungeon
0:19:34 - 2nd dungeon
0:35:55 - 3rd dungeon
0:55:24 - 4th dungeon
1:09:42 - 5th dungeon
1:26:45 - 6th dungeon
1:45:41 - 7th dungeon
2:00:37 - 8th dungeon
2:02:57 - enters "Wind Fish" egg
2:04:09 - defeats 1st boss
2:05:14 - defeats 2nd boss
2:05:50 - defeats 3rd boss
2:06:36 - defeats 4th boss
2:07:49 - delivers final blow to 5th boss, thus completing the game under Twin Galaxies rules governing this title
Ryan actually accomplished this on August 2nd, 2003, yet I was unable to write the article until now, so my apologies to Ryan for the delay. And congratulations, Ryan, on an impressive new world record on this title !!
Robert
