Categories
From ALttP Speedrunning Wiki
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.
Contents
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 and very popular 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
Full Game
- Reverse Boss Order (RBO): 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.
Partial Game
- 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.
Rules and Definitions
- 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.
- S+Q (Save & Quit): In categories where it is not allowed, beneficial (Overworld) deathwarping is also banned.
- EG (Exploration Glitch): Walking on the wrong layer through walls.
- YBA (Yuzuhara's Bottle Adventure): Using a potion during a screen transition, which can have a number of different effects.
- OoB (Out of Bounds): Passing through game designed boundaries and walls.
- Semi-EG: A form of EG that includes wrong warps, door rewriting, YBA/Mirror/Somaria Block screen scrolling, pulling statues through doors.
See Speedrunning ALttP for information about timing and which emulators are allowed and not.
