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The 48 Hour Challenge

Written by Jason

Saturday, 12 January 2008

These four college kids are attempting something you might have thought impossible: Finish four 3D Zelda games in 48 hours.

Beginning on Friday, four college students broke out their N64 and began working on a humongous task: Finish Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, The Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess, all in the short time span of forty-eight hours. They began on Friday, and thus are already on their second day - and smack in the middle of Majora's Mask.

You can watch their progress via one of the student's blogs. They even have a live video feed of them playing the game, so their progress is, in fact, live by the minute. Plus, they've got a few pictures of shoes thrown in the mix.

You can go here to view their blog once your mind has wrapped around the concept of four games in forty-eight hours. Wish them the best of luck on their second day!

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HyLo said:

Cool, however, the video lags and the chatboxes are full of spam. Plus, how are they gonna reach the deadline when they're only halfway MM?

January 12, 2008

Twilight_King11 said:

Good luck, their gonna need it.

January 12, 2008

SlimmyG said:

Lucky the main quest on MM isnt that long.
And if theyre good at getting the triforce pieces in WW, theyre sorted...
Good luck guys.

January 12, 2008

Drunkmonk said:

tp itself is 20hrs, oot was beaten as fast as 6 hours by some ppl, if they took about a day to do that, they screwed

January 12, 2008

jacamitanoz said:

That's pretty cool. Fun thing to do with 2 days and nothing to do (ok, ABSOLUTELY nothing to do). Wind Waker takes about 10, Twilight Princess about 14, Majora's Mask 7-10, Ocarina of Time 8-11. Yeah, it's do-able. Good luck to them.

January 12, 2008

Hugh O said:

Good luck to them. Maybe they'll set a record.

January 12, 2008

new guy14 said:

I wonder if they have cheat sheets or played them before? (either way thier not going to make it)

January 12, 2008

new guy14 said:

yeah, SlimmyG

January 12, 2008

new guy14 said:

I mean the second thing, SlimmyG

January 12, 2008

new guy14 said:

I did the math and they have about 12 hours to do each game and if 1 takes 1 day, you have like 6 hours to do each other one!!!
(sorry I talk so much!!)

January 12, 2008

Tonchiki said:

First thing I thought of is "yeah, they're each gonna do one at the same time, right?"

January 12, 2008

newguy14 said:

I don't think so,tonchiki

January 12, 2008

DEWAR said:

it reminds me of that majoras mask commarcial when that kid is playing the game and the moon is falling and he has to beat the game in 3 days

January 13, 2008

octorok8 said:

impressive... i'd be more impressed with EVERY game in 5 days.

January 13, 2008

jacamitanoz said:

OoT, MM, and WW in 24 hours would be cool, too.

January 13, 2008

Vawn08 said:

I know this has nothing to do with anything, and I'm sorry... But what happened to Bombers articles? we havn't seen one in a very long time!

January 13, 2008

Roylink said:

It sucks that they didn't reach their goal but it was nice to see the gaming community come together like that. Hopefuly they get to do something like that again.

January 13, 2008

Kokiri Mage7 said:

That's a great question, Vawn. I think they died out. :(
Well, onto the main topic, I hope they can get together and give it another whirl. I'd be overjoyed to assist, too, but I'm relatively slow except on TP and WW.
Oh, and when can we expect a new Poll? Just curious, not trying to put pressure on ya or anything.

Have a greatly heroic day!

January 13, 2008

Fi3rce Di3ty said:

they need to do it on the N64 and GC and Wii, they might have been able to do it if they had played OoT and MM if it hadnt kept freezing

January 13, 2008

Inanimate said:

At least they tried, you know?

January 14, 2008

LinkTetra said:

48 hours is no problem. With a lot of practice and large sequence breaks like BA and RBA 24 hours would not be impossible...

January 14, 2008

LinkTetra said:

I mean it would be possible. My bad.

January 14, 2008

link108 said:

wow that is amasing....
I mean if you memorize how to play the games it
could be done

January 14, 2008

scouserfuller9 said:

I just think the whole thing is sad and they need to get out more!

January 15, 2008

Cereal said:

WAAAAAAHHH! They Failed!

January 15, 2008

Cyberian said:

It might have been possible but somewhere in the blog I read out that they weren't really familiar with the games. This fact alone doomed their project.

January 16, 2008

Goronlove7 said:

If for some reason some one is reading this I found some thing crucial to the Zelda time line THEORY remember it could mean nothing.But by the same token it could be good.In the Ocarina of Time when you beat the forest temple and meeting the deku sprout he says(and don't quote me) links mother is escaping the great war before the king unified the land.In the beginning of the minish cap it told of an extremely similar story probably meaning if there is a time line ocarina would take place 10-17 years after the hero of men ultimately meaning ocarina comes first.please if some one reads this and has a comment tell/ask me.

January 16, 2008

exrogeneral said:

They failed. Utterly.

January 16, 2008

Ekul6 said:

if they were really good at each game they could definitely do it. Ive beaten Ocarina in 4 hours and thats my record havent beaten the other ones though.
this event is kind of like what me and my friend are doing... we are both playing Ocarina at the same time and racing for every item (skulltulas, heart pieces, dungeon maps/compasses, and quiver/bomb bag upgrades too) and then to beat the game.

January 17, 2008

Linkrules64 said:

To my knowledge, the fastest reccord for OoT is a little over five hours. (it's the story that slows you down really)

Although I realize they didn't "win", it is doable. It actually depends largely on how you handle your WW sailing. And if they are all pros, 4 TVs, and 4 games would get it done in a snap...

January 17, 2008