GameTech: Legend of the speed runners

Can you spare ten minutes? If so, that’s enough time to complete The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. That’s right — a game that should take 30 or 40 hours can now be completed in less time than it takes to monetise a YouTube video.

How is that possible? Despite being 25 years old, Ocarina of Time is a darling of the speed-running community — a group of dedicated players who discover the quickest way to finish a game. Over the years, this community have found increasingly bizarre ways to reach the end credits, culminating in some very strange activity in recent weeks.