New Personal Best! The Legend of Zelda (NES) - 100% No Up+A

I decided I wanted to play a different category in The Legend of Zelda - 100% No Up+A. The “No Up+A” means the same thing here as it does in its Any% counterpart (cannot press Up+A on the second controller to get to the CONTINUE / SAVE / RETRY menu, can’t death warp). The 100% part is what you’d assume: Collect everything! (Well, almost everything).

The last time we see the subscreen before the end of the game, showcasing all the items we collect

You do collect the item (the food/bait) that’s missing in this menu, but you use it during the run. And the SRC rules do not require you to re-collect it. You also don’t buy the Magical Shield, or any potions. Everything else you have to claim, though!

The run went rather well, for what was essentially a de-rust. I haven’t run this category too much, but it’s been a few years since I’ve attempted it… and I’ve gotten a lot better since then. It showed here! There’s plenty to improve on (as always), but I’m very happy with this run.

I improved my time by nearly two minutes, lowering it to 37:46.600! Visiting the SRC leaderboard, this will improve my ranking from 32nd place to 21st!

This run was streamed earlier today on my Twitch stream, and is available to watch on YouTube:

I want to run this category back (alongside doing more attempts at the main category), but I’ve been hankering for other games too. We’ll see where I go next!