Categories

These are the categories commonly run for A Link to the Past. They are broken up into 2 major sections, categories that allow the use of Major Glitches and those that do not.

No Major Glitches Categories

Full Game

Any% (NMG, No S+Q): The most commonly run category, the goal is to complete all of the intended content.

100% (NMG, No S+Q): Collects all menu items - only the max upgraded items and all heart containers are required.

Low% (NMG, No S+Q): Complete all of the intended content with the minimum amount of items/upgrades.

Partial Game

Master Sword (NMG): A short goal to race for beginners.

Cane of Byrna (NMG, No S+Q): A goal in which you get the Cane of Byrna as soon as possible.

Mirror Shield (NMG, No S+Q): A fun race category that involves item collection and low health.

Major Glitches Categories

RBO (Reverse Boss Order): Beating all the bosses in reverse order, starting with Ganon and ending with Armos+Triforce. All glitches are allowed.

All Dungeons (No EG): Beating all the dungeons while still using OoB.

Any%: Beating the game the fastest way possible, uses EG to beat the game in about 2 minutes.

Any% (No EG): Beating the game with the only restriction is not entering the EG layer.

Any% (No OoB): Allows for some forms of YBA, which skips some dungeons and Overworld content.

Defeat Ganon: Uses EG to defeat Ganon quickly.

Definitions

S+Q = Save & Quit: in categories where it is not allowed, beneficial (Overworld) deathwarping is also banned.

OoB = Out of Bounds: passing through game designed boundaries and walls

EG = Exploration Glitch: walking on the wrong layer through anything

YBA = Yuzuhara's Bottle Adventure: using a potion on a screen transition, which can have a number of different effects

Semi-EG: a form of EG that includes wrongwarps, door rewriting, YBA/Mirror/Somaria Block screen scrolling, pulling statues through doors

Major Glitches includes OoB, YBA, EG and Semi-EG, which are all glitches that allow you to skip a large chunk of the game's content.