Speedrunning in the 90s | Zophar's Retro Rewind E2 **REUPLOADED WITH ORIGINAL OST**

Enter the world of speedrunning in the late 90s, when NESticle reigned supreme as the Nintendo emulator of choice, and the most common way to record gameplay was with the NSM (NES Movie) controller input recording format. In the second episode of Zophar's Retro Rewind, we discuss the dawn of speedrunning and feature five speedrun contests ran and sponsored by Zophar’s Domain beginning in 1999 - 15 years before speedrun.com was founded - and the early beginnings of TAS files (Tool Assisted Speedruns). Today, retrogaming is everywhere and millions of people are experiencing the classics from Sega, Nintendo, Atari and many others for the first time - but back in the ’90s, the concept of video game nostalgia was in its infancy. Whether you were there as it unfolded, or are now experiencing it for the first time, you just might learn something you didn’t know before - like getting to the final boss of The Legend of Zelda (NES) without a sword! Enjoy this walk down memory lane and continue to leave your comments below. It helps me to shape future episodes into the content you want to see most! **Note - this episode features the original InversePhase soundtrack. For the edited version with 3 different, licensed tracks, check out:    • Speedrunning in the 90s | Zophar's Retro R...   🎵 Featuring Music by InversePhase 🎵 ► https://inversephase.bandcamp.com 👾 Zophar's Retro Rewind 👾 ► [E1]    • The First Emulation Streams | Zophar's Ret...   ► [E2]    • Speedrunning in the 90s | Zophar's Retro R...   📱 Social Media 📱 ► X:   / therealzophar   ► Twitch:   / zophar1   ► Reddit:   / zophar1   ► Instagram:   / thezophar   ► BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/zophar.bsky.... ► Discord: https://discord.zophar.tv 👾 Featured Retro Sites 👾 ► Zophar's Domain (Founded 1996 / Emulation Archive): https://zophar.net ► Zophar's Domain (Founded 2023 / Stream Team): https://zophar.tv ► Speed Demos Archive: https://speeddemosarchive.com ► LunarNET: https://www.lunar-net.com ► RPGFan: https://www.rpgfan.com ► Kleemens / “Creating a TAS”: https://www.kleemans.ch/creating-a-ga... 👾 Zophar's other NSM Speedrun Contests & Related 👾 ► [Contest 1]    • Metroid (NES) speedrun from 1999 in 42:50!   ► [Contest 2]    • Castlevania II (NES) speedrun from 1999 in...   ► [Contest 3]    • Ghosts 'n Goblins (NES) deathless in 17:42!   ► [Contest 4]    • Faxanadu (NES) Speedrun recorded in 1990s   ► [Contest 5]    • Solstice (NES) speedrun contest in 9:49 - ...   ► [Zelda Swordless]    • Zelda (NES) Swordless Speedrun recorded in...   00:00 Introduction 01:08 Working Designs’ 1996 Shining Wisdom Contest 03:36 LunarNET & RPGFan’s connection to speedrunning 04:42 Zophar’s Virtual Hydlide Speedrunning endeavors 05:42 The NSM Recording format 07:08 Speed Demos Archive & Quake speedruns 08:18 The “Zophar’s Domain Speedrunning Contest” 10:40 VanderWoude’s NES Zelda “No Sword” speedrun 13:55 Recording formats and game ideas 15:14 Contest #1: Metroid 15:58 Contest #2: Castlevania 2 16:45 Contest #3: Contest #3: Ghosts ’n Goblins (1 loop) 18:17 Contest #4: Faxanadu 18:48 Contest #5: Solstice and reflection 20:21 The NSM Legacy 21:21 IRC log hints at TAS 23:49 SNSS - the “lost” format 25:54 Zophar’s retirement from speedrunning? 26:52 Next time on Retro Rewind… 27:38 End Credits