Link's Awakening

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Timing starts at file select and ends when the screen fades to white, after Link touches the stairs that spawn at the end of the Dethyl fight.

No Wrong Warp. No Screen Warping. No Super Swim (no clip). Cannot screen transition from a solid object. Cannot transition between different cave systems or dungeon systems.

Here are the cave systems: cave

All versions (1.0/1.1) are allowed.

Allowed platforms:

-Game Boy
-Game Boy Color
-Game Boy Advance
-Super Game Boy 2
-Gamecube Game Boy Player
-Bizhawk -Gambatte revision 537 or higher
-BGB version 1.4.3 or higher

Banned platforms: -Super Gameboy
-All other emulators

For all categories, timing starts at file select and ends on the white screen fade after beating Nightmare and climbing the stairs.

U+D/L+R is banned in all categories.

Stealing items from the shop is allowed.

"Warpless" means that glitches that warp Link unnaturally are banned. These include the select warp glitch, the doghouse glitch, and any trick that causes Link to bypass normal screen transition boundaries.

Warpless

RankPlayerTimeVersionDateStatus
1Nitroz0:40:41JP Emulator10/11/2024✓ ▷
2Nitroz0:42:59JP Emulator02/01/2021✓ ▷
3SeYsEy0:43:09JP Emulator03/08/2020✓ ▷
4Zmaster910:44:01JP Game Boy05/14/2019✓ ▷
5aulos0:44:11JP Game Boy12/14/2017✓ ▷
6TGH0:46:05JP Game Boy10/22/2016✓ ▷
7GreenTunic0:47:52JP Emulator07/31/2017✓ ▷
8SerelepeMarsupial0:48:37JP Emulator06/25/2017✓ ▷
9BambooShadow0:54:19JP Emulator05/30/2017✓ ▷
10Darko0:58:06JP Emulator08/20/2015
11Hopeisnotlost1:06:26JP Emulator02/20/2016
12Flynn1:09:00JP Emulator01/30/2015✓ ▷
13dresdun1:09:49JP Emulator01/15/2015✓ ▷
14grayont1:13:25JP Emulator12/21/2014✓ ▷
15giuocob1:13:53JP Game Boy05/19/2013✓ ▷
16Exo1:15:00JP Emulator05/01/2012✓ ▷
17Andydude1:16:01USA Game Boy11/16/2013
18oSeabass1:22:29JP Emulator01/19/2015✓ ▷
19Deln1:28:08JP Emulator02/10/2015✓ ▷
20seriousLP1:33:03JP Game Boy05/29/2013
21MrRobotto1:47:44USA Game Boy05/24/2013
22paymentplan2:02:20USA Game Boy03/05/2013✓ ▷
23ChristosOwen2:16:25USA Game Boy05/11/2012
24Ghaturi2:18:21E Emulator02/13/2014✓ ▷