Those of you who had an NES probably played the Legend of Zelda. The game was an adventure game in which you wander through Hyrule slaying monsters, collecting items, and saving a Princess. It was definitely a challenging game, and I remember people bragging about how they could beat the game in under an hour. At the time, that was quite the accomplishment. However, that time was shattered completely recently.

On March 16, Mike Damiani recorded a run of the Legend of Zelda, in which it took him only 33 minutes and 34 seconds to beat the game. This run features an insane amount of luck (needed to collect bombs, stave off death from Darknuts and other creatures), and took about 3 months for him to finally complete. The run skips several items that are normally used, including the boomerang, magic key (which unlocks any door), and the blue and red rings (leaving Link in that oh-s0-cute Green palate).

If you'd like to find out more about the run, you can go to http://speeddemosarchive.com/Zelda1.html for the runner's commentary, or you can just go here to download the file in any quality format that you choose.