Zfg is an American speedrunner and streamer known for his The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time gameplay.
14 Facts About Zfg
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In 2012, Zfg was the first to use the "Ganondoor" exploit to set a world record in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time under any completion percent.
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Zfg's record was timed at 34:59, cutting almost 12 minutes off from the previous record.
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In 2017, Zfg was one of the first players to record a successful attempt at a glitch in Ocarina of Time that would allow players to equip items they normally could not use.
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In 2018, Zfg helped construct a list of lesser-known secrets in Ocarina of Time for IGN.
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Zfg has run Ocarina of Time at Awesome Games Done Quick several times.
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Zfg was able to lower the time to under four hours with newly discovered glitches and shortcuts discovered within a month of the record.
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In total, Zfg stated that the discovered glitches and exploits lowered five minutes off of the run.
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Zfg posted a video on YouTube explaining the discovered breakthroughs in further detail.
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Zfg went on further to explain that the optimal route is continually changing.
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In January 2020, Zfg showcased an example of arbitrary code execution in Ocarina of Time by spawning in Arwings from Star Fox 64 into the game.
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Zfg spawned in the Arwings without the use of mods or cheating devices; he used an unedited ROM cartridge of the game, playing on a standard Nintendo 64 console.
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Zfg explained that by performing ACE three times, each with different specific filenames, runners can remove the character limit of the file name.
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Zfg used it to turn all doors in Kakariko Village into Arwings, which swarm and attack the player.