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Link to the Past in 3:48

While tool-assisted demos are a hideous abomination to the speed runner's code of ethics, part of the steadfast moral weave that make this nation great, we couldn't resist posting this time attack of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past that exploits a programming error to make a run through the game in three minutes and forty-eight seconds. Or as the speed runner describes his film: "SNES Zelda completed in a very quick manner by traveling in an alternate dimension through the walls."

SNES Zelda: A Link to the Past in 3:48 [Google Video]

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