Yesterday, on a whim, I decided to play, and beat Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) in 1 sitting. I’d done it before (though when I look back at it, it’s not such a feat as it doesn’t take that long). I didn’t have time yesterday so I dedicated part/most of today to it.

This time around, I timed myself…
I started precisely at 1:00pm today
I played straight until 7:13pm

So it took about 6 hours and 13 minutes. I’m sure I could cut down another 30m-1 hour if I played again right now. I haven’t played this game in at least 6 years but this being one of my childhood games, I know it very well…but not perfectly. I lost some knowledge here and there along the way. I couldn’t remember where 3 heart containers were…3 of 24. I spent quite a bit of time looking for those/trying to remember where those were.

Anyways, I had a lot of fun. Good to know I still got it…never will I know any game as well as my SNES games from my elementary school/teen years. That’s when I had the most time and when I knew my games inside out. At least I was still able to beat this game, in one sitting, without any real problems :) Next on to Zelda: Ocarina of Time!

/strange sense of accomplisment