Speed run of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with 100% in 64 segments, completed on July 4 2007. Uses save warping to save time. Available in four versions: low/normal quality DivX, and normal/low quality H.264 MPEG-4.

Author's comments:
Before I start, let me thank the following people who have aided me in running this game:

* Amazing Ampharos. He was the one who helped me construct the main route through the game, without him, I wouldn't have gotten far.
* Captain Compost
* FIERCELINKMASTER
* Kazooie
* AKA
* Fluffy Kitten
* DJS
* Manocheese
* Petrie911
* Mad Andy
* TSA
* Peppyman
* Laughing_gas
* Psonar
* Soulrivers
* mwl

The SDA team:

* Radix
* Nate
* Mike Uyama
* DJGrenola

If I forgot someone, I'm very sorry.

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When I started planning this speedrun in the summer of 2006, I had little clue of what I was doing or what I was getting myself into. Over a year later, I am sitting here, writing these comments, and my knowledge of OoT have never been greater (not trying to say I know everything about the game, I'm still very far from that level). This speedrun was probably one of the biggest challenges I have ever overcome, and if I knew how long it would take, I probably wouldn't have even considered doing it in the first place. It is complete now though, and thank god for that. I fully admit that this run is far from perfect, but I hope that people can still enjoy it or at least view it as a good start for 100% OoT runs, because as far as I know, this run is the first of it's kind.

I will post a description of every segment below, along with my own comments for each segment.


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Segment 1 - Introduction

Items Collected:
-None

I bet some of you are wondering why the intro has its own segment, I can tell you that it's simply to make things easier (not having to sit through the entire intro every time I want to attempt segment 2).
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Segment 2 - Sword and Shield

Items Collected:
-Kokiri Sword
-Deku Shield
-Deku Stick

In this segment you will see what is probably one of the most heavily competed parts of OoT speedrunning, the so called "Rupee-Run". Timing for the Rupee-Run starts when you gain control of Link inside his hut, and ends when you have collected 40 rupees and are holding the Deku Shield above you head after buying it inside the Kokiri Shop. This segment has a 2:06 rupee run. There are a few minor mistakes that cost me a couple of seconds, but I'd still say that it's a solid effort considering my lack of experience at this point.
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Segment 3 - The Deku Tree, Part 1

Items Collected:
-Fairy Slingshot

Note that the side-hop I do before opening the first door isn't just for show, it also allows me to skip the textbox that normally pops up when you approach the door. This segment was pretty much flawless.
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Segment 4 - The Deku Tree, Part 2

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Deku Nut

The save here may seem odd, but it is here because of a hard trick in the beginning of the next segment. Another flawless segment.
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Segment 5 - The Deku Tree, Part 3

Items Collected:
-Heart Container
-Kokiri's Emerald

Cool segment, skulltula hover wasn't perfect, but I took the chance to do the torch trick without lining up, which paid off. Deku Scrub room was great.
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Segment 6 - Going to Hyrule Castle

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Fairy Ocarina
-Zelda's Lullaby
-Empty Bottle
-Sun's Song

This is the longest segment in the entire run besides the very last one, mostly because of very long cutscenes/dialogue.

I made a very ugly mistake after lining up the backwalk to the castle, but I let it slide becuase it doesn't matter time wise, since I still have to wait for sunrise before I can wake up Talon at Hyrule Castle. The strategy I use to get past the last set of guards in the castle courtyard is very very risky, I have no idea why I tried it, but who cares since it worked. The reason why I showed the guard Zelda's Letter was to activate the mask trading sequence. The mask shop doesn't open until you've showed that guard the letter. A few mistakes here and there, but that's what you can expect in a segment this long. :P
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Segment 7 - Let's go fishing

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Piece of Heart x2
-Golden Scale
-Empty Bottle (with letter)

Because of a glitch that allows me to win the Golden Scale as a kid, I only have to enter the Fishing Pond once in the entire run, which is very nice. It also means that I can complete Jabu-Jabu's belly before Dodongo's Cavern, which in turn means early boomerang access, which is very useful (not to mention required) when hunting down golden skulltulas.

Fishing was extraordinarily good, since the medium sized fish was the first one to bite. Usually, a smaller fish bites first which I have to dispose of. This saved about 20-25 second and makes up for all the other mistakes. I got the "Jabu-jumpslash" on my second try, it's a pretty hard trick.
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Segment 8 - Jabu-Jabu's Belly, Part 1

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Boomerang

Jabu-Jabu's Belly is the only child dungeon that you don't need to re-enter in order to get everything, which is nice because it's the dungeon I like the least. Saving after killing the green tongue is faster than doing the whole dungeon in one segment, mainly because I don't need to kill all the jellyfish in the green tongue room.

There's some mistakes here (or you might just call it bad luck), but it's a still a good segment. I didn't get hit by any bubbles while I was carrying Ruto, which is very unusual. :)
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Segment 9 - Jabu-Jabu's Belly, Part 2

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x6
-Piece of Heart x3
-Heart Container
-Zora's Sapphire
-Magic Beans

Barinade battle was not perfect, but still good. It is definately the hardest battle in the young Link section. There was a few minor mistakes throughout the segment, still nothing major, so it's another solid segment. I also plant a bean in Zora's River, it saves a lot of time when I get there as an adult.
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Segment 10 - Off to the Gerudo's Fortress

Items Collected:
-None

I wish that I had spent a little more time on this... still it's not THAT bad. Took me 3 tries before I got the infamous "cucco-jump", and I could've saved in a different entreance to the fortress, but I didn't redo it because when I found this out, I had completed many more segments.
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Segment 11 - Navigating the Haunted Wasteland

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Requiem of Spirit

The first part of the wasteland was so-so, I wish I had known about the backwalking/side-hopping strategy when I made this segment. I also made a pretty ugly mistake when I was about to jump down into the rock structure-thingy, but it's really the only mistake here. Many people will ask how to make it through the second part of the wasteland without the Lens of Truth and the only tip I can give is to watch all the videos on youtube and then try to imitate that. Once you make it through once, you wont ever fail again, at least I didn't. :)
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Segment 12 - The Spirit Temple, young Link section

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x3
-Bombchus
-Silver Gauntlets

It's a pretty intense segment, and the are tons of places where you can get your shield torched, which I obviously didn't want. The only thing that feels bad about this segment is my aiming with the slingshot, and of course getting hit by a beamos when I was climbing a ledge, sending me flying. :(
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Segment 13 - Collecting stuff on my way to Death Mountain

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x3
-Keaton Mask

Flawless segment, there wasn't much I could screw up on.
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Segment 14 - I can't wait to bomb some Dodongos

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Bomb Bag
-Heart Container
-Goron's Ruby

This segment could've been about a minute (rough estimation) faster if I had mastered a certain "bomb hover" trick. I wasn't able to do it at the time (and I'm still not, though I haven't tried it anymore since then), so I decided not to use it. Even without said bomb hover, this segment proved to be one of the hardest segments in the young link section. Mistake-wise, it is a very good segment, with the usual small screw-ups that will always be there. Any odd maneuvers in the latter half are there to avoid fire keese's though. This is crucial, since my shield would burn even if they just touched me, and no shield means no crouch stabs.
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Segment 15 - Collection time

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Piece of Heart x2
-Big Bomb Bag
-Spin Attack
-Skull Mask
-Deku Seeds Bullet Bag
-Din's Fire

The wait for the rolling goron may seem unnecessary, but I assure you, if I had bomb him one inch beyond that spot, he wouldn't have given me the Bomb Bag Upgrade. I got the spinning jar Heart Piece on my first throw, which is very rare. Great segment overall.
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Segment 16 - Back to the roots

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1

Not much to say about it, flawless.
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Segment 17 - The Deku Tree revisited

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x3

Same as the previous segment, flawless.
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Segment 18 - Shortest of them all

Items Collected:
-None

All I do in this segment is exit the Deku Tree and save. I recommend you to skip it. :P
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Segment 19 - Raiding the Lost Woods, Part 1

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Piece of Heart x1
-Bullet Bag Upg.
-Deku Stick Upg.
-Deku Nut Upg.
-Saria's Song

The reason I use a ground jump in the Lost Woods is to skip the owl text, which can't trigger while you have a ground jump stored. This segment was very good, not a single mistake. :)
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Segment 20 - Raiding the Lost Woods, Part 2

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Piece of Heart x1
-Deku Stick Upg.

Short, flawless segment.
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Segment 21 - Down the Well

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Spooky Mask

Another rather short, pretty much flawless segment. I use a "Cucco-Dive" to get into the Bottom of the Well early.
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Segment 22 - The Bottom of the Well

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x3
-Hylian Shield
-Lens of Truth

A more interesting segment, this one. A lot of invisible things makes things harder, but it's not really a problem once you learn where everything is. A few mistakes here and there, a somewhat lousy Dead Hand fight, but nothing unacceptable.
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Segment 23 - Getting tons of stuff

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x11
-Piece of Heart x4
-Stone of Agony
-Adult's Wallet
-Giant's Wallet
-Ocarina of Time
-Song of Time
-Bunny Hood
-Epona's Song
-Empty Bottle (with Lon Lon Milk)
-Mask of Truth

A long, pretty hard segment. If you're wondering (and you probably am) why the heck I exited Kakariko Village just to play the Sun's Song, I can tell you that it's because Dampe's Gravedigging Tour is over once the game clock reaches 00:00 (midnight). When you play the Sun's Song in an area where time doesn't pass, the game will forward the time to 00:00 in the night. So, I have to play it in Hyrule Field, where time does pass, in order to enter Kakariko before midnight. Dampe's Gravedigging Tour was really getting on my nerves, the chances that the Heart Piece will be in the first (or second) patch is very slim, so the majority of the failed segments ended just there. Both the Gravedigging and the Cucco minigame went as expected, and there were to real mistakes here, so I'm very satisifed with this segment.
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Segment 24 - Going Deku Nuts

Items Collected:
-Deku Nut Upg.

Short, flawless.
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Segment 25 - Gerudo's Fortress again

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2

Tricky segment. Getting both the cucco jump and the Training Grounds early tricks in one segment was quite hard, but I managed. Few mistakes, so it's a solid segment.
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Segment 26 - I passed the Trials

Items Collected:
-Ice Arrow

Another one of those short flawless segments... The bombchu boost through the wall looks cool though. :)
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Segment 27 - The Valley and the Lake

Items Collected:
Golden Skulltula x4
Piece of Heart x2

And another collection segment, clearing out Gerudo Valley and Lake Hylia this time. Few small mistakes, nothing that matters.
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Segment 28 - Let's go shopping

Items Collected:
-Piece of Heart x3
-Biggest Bomb Bag
-Master Sword

Clearing out the Market before finally grabbing the Master Sword. Bombchu Bowling could've been better, but it's a very hard and random minigame, so all in all I'm satisfied. Everything else went well.
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Segment 29 - Shadow Early

Items Collected:
-Piece of Heart x1
-Cojiro
-Hookshot

Another one of those segments I wish I had spent more time on... at the time I guess I was very eager to get on with the run, thus I didn't improve this. The Dampe Race was so-so, though it wasn't really my fault that I got hit by the flames. Shadow early was just bad. Well, I guess it gets the job done, after all. Just don't think that all the adult segments will look like this. :P
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Segment 30 - Hover Power

Items Collected:
-Hover Boots

Much better than the last segment, flawless in fact, but also a lot shorter.
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Segment 31 - Out of the shadows, into the cold

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x3
-Piece of Heart x1
-Farore's Wind

Pretty much flawless. I misplayed the Sun's Song and I struggled a little to get onto an ice block, but otherwise perfect.
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Segment 32 - The Ice Cavern

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x3
-Piece of Heart x1
-Iron Boots
-Serenade of Water

I'd say this segment is below average, because I simply do not like the Ice Cavern. There are a few ugly mistakes, such as getting hit by a ice bat and I screwed up on the Wolfos fight. Does it's job though.
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Segment 33 - Tunics and Odd stuff

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Piece of Heart x1
-Zora Tunic
-Odd Mushroom
-Goron Tunic
-Odd Potion

Only one small mistake in this segment, in other words it's very good. :)
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Segment 34 - A walk in the Forest

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Poacher's Saw
-Minuet of Forest

Very good segment. The bomb hover in Lon Lon Ranch is pretty tricky until you get the timing down, it's one of the coolest tricks in the run though. One small mistake, but whatever. :P
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Segment 35 - The Forest Temple, Part 1

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x3
-Fairy Bow

An average segment. Some mistakes, some bad luck, but it's an intense and pretty long segment, thus I let it slide.
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Segment 36 - The Forest Temple, Part 2

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1

Very short segment, thus it's flawless. :D
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Segment 37 - The Forest Temple, Part 3

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Heart Container
-Forest Medallion

Very nice segment, no real mistakes, and Phantom Ganon went down easily (not that he's exactly hard with the infinite sword glitch :P).
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Segment 38 - The Water Temple, Part 1

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1

Great segment, almost flawless, there was just one clam that refused to die.
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Segment 39 - The Water Temple, Part 2

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Longshot

Again, great segment. Dark Link battle was very good, thanks to FIERCELINKMASTER for the great strategy.
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Segment 40 - The Water Temple, Part 3

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2

Pretty much flawless.
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Segment 41 - The Water Temple, Part 4

Items Collected:
-Heart Container
-Water Medallion

Saving after beating the Water Tenple was a though choice to make, since I have to play the Serenade in the next segment to get back to Lake Hylia. The next segment was to hard to be included in this one though. The segment itself was good, Morpha went down easily.
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Segment 42 - The poe hunt begins

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x3
-Piece of Heart x2
-Fire Arrow
-Broken Goron's Sword

This segment went very well, the 2 poes I kill are the two hardest in the game. The only bad thing was the Gerudo fight, but those are pretty hard.
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Segment 43 - Storming the Gerudo's Fortress

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Piece of Heart x1
-Gerudo's Membership Card

All the fights went very well, and that is almost reason enough to keep the segment. Rest is fine too, though. ;)
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Segment 44 - Archery

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Piece of Heart x1
-Big Quiver

This segment was almost perfect. Getting 1500 points in the archery game with the strategy I used is very hard, so I'm glad I managed to catch it on tape. :)
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Segment 45 - Hunting poes, collecting stuff

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Piece of Heart x2
-Prescription
-Bolero of Fire

Nice segment. Poe hunting was incredibly good. The rest was fine too, not really any mistakes.
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Segment 46 - My blade is bigger than yours

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Eyeball Frog
-Eye Drops
-Claim Check
-Biggoron's Sword

This segment was so-so. I had a very ugly mistake in Zora's Domain, but it looks worse than it is, I assure you. I tried for a long time to improve this segment, but I couldn't so I had to keep it this way. In my eyes it's okay though.
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Segment 47 - The Fire Temple, Part 1

Items Collected:
-None

Short, flawless.
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Segment 48 - The Fire Temple, Part 2

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1

Same here, short and flawless.
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Segment 49 - The Fire Temple, Part 3

Items Collected:
-None

Short again, flawless again.
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Segment 50 - The Fire Temple, Part 4

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x3
-Megaton Hammer

Pretty long segment with a lot of hard tricks. That said, I did really well, few mistakes and overall smooth gameplay.
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Segment 51 - The Fire Temple, Part 5

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Piece of Heart x1
-Heart Container
-Fire Medallion
-Magic Meter Upg.

Very good segment if you ask me. Only one slight screwup in the second half. The fights were spectacular, especially the one against Volvagia.
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Segment 52 - Dodongo's Cavern revisited

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2

I feel as if I've said this before, but this is a short and thus flawless segment.
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Segment 53 - Yet more of Dodongo's Cavern

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2

Flawless segment, hookshoting that skulltula through the web looks nice, and saves quite a few seconds.
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Segment 54 - Kakariko cleanout

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Piece of Heart x3
-Nocturne of Shadow
-Song of Storms
-Biggest Quiver

Superb segment, one of the best in the entire run, despite it's length. The Dampe race went as well and you could expect, a 0:47. That's the best I've ever got with the rolling strategy.
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Segment 55 - The last of the poes

Items Collected:
-Piece of Heart x1

Sigh. Short, flawless, yeah.
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Segment 56 - Young Link again

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Prelude of Light

That is definately the most far-flung skulltula in the game, I have to get it, nevertheless. Nice segment, few mistakes.
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Segment 57 - Ocarina havoc

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Piece of Heart x2

Very good segment, lots of ocarina playing, which all went well.
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Segment 58 - The last Heart Piece

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Piece of Heart x1
-Empty Bottle
-Nayru's Love

Nice segment, the Piece of Heart collected here is the very last one. Getting that first skulltula from the ground can be tricky because of all the leevers, but it saves a lot of time in the end.
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Segment 59 - The Spirit Temple, adult Link section

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x2
-Mirror Shield
-Heart Container
-Spirit Medallion

Below average if I have to say so myself. First part may be good, but there is a lot of silly things in the second half. Twinrova battle was nice though.
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Segment 60 - The Shadow Temple

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x5
-Heart Container
-Shadow Medallion

And now, one of the coolest segments in the run. Lots of hover boots action, small tricks here and there, and the Bongo Bongo fight was the best I've ever had. Definately watch this one. ;)
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Segment 61 - Going over to Ganon's

Items Collected:
-Golden Skulltula x1
-Light Arrow
-Double Hearts Upg.

80% of this segment is cutscenes, so you know. The playing part was pretty much flawless though. Btw, that skulltula was my 100th and the very last one. Phew.
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Segment 62 - Item collection completed

Items Collected:
-Golden Gauntlets

That's the last item I collect. Short and flawless. :P
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Segment 63 - Past the barrier

Items Collected:
-None

Last segment where the description short and flawless fits. I used Acryte's version of the barrier skip, because Acryte owns. :)
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Segment 64 - The Grand Finale

Items Collected:
-None

At last, the big finish. 90% of this segment was perfect, the other 10% being the second part of the Ganon battle. I always had problems with this battle and don't tell me to roll under him and jumpslash, I've tried it and it misses so much it's not funny. He went down though, and the first part of the segment was so good, I wouldn't be able to do it again. Thus I kept it.
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That's it! I hope you enjoy my run, I certainly enjoyed making it. From time to time anyway.

If you have any questions, you can ask them in the Ocarina of Time 100% topic in the Older Consoles section of the forum. If you want, you could also send me a PM on the forum, or try to contact me on AIM, where my screenname is YautjaElderSDA. I'm not online very often though. :P

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