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Blind Man Terry Garrett Is Conquering Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Posted on Monday, September 26 @ 08:32:59 Eastern by

We've covered the extraordinary talents and resilience of blind man Terry Garrett before with his awesome run of bit.Trip Runner. Of course, that game has linear 2D levels and sound effects that make it easier for players to memorize it. Zelda: Ocarina of Time is hardly as forgiving. But Terry Garrett is beating the odds, with the use of an N64 emulator with multiple save states. But would you really hold that against him? Don't you see?

Here's a clip of how he gets the Hookshot... with that annoying gravedigger who throws fire:



Terry also conquers the Forest Temple, so he's well on his way to completing what is a momentous and truly epic task. You can find the rest of his videos on YouTube here.



  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009
    I'd like to think that if I became so impaired I'd go to these lengths too. This is such a battle by inches though. Pretty goddam remarkable.
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    Posted: Sep 26th, 2011 at 8:40 am
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous - Joined: Jul 14, 2011
    I heard about a bunch of gamers helping a blind man play this game, is this him or are there more than one?
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    Posted: Sep 26th, 2011 at 9:18 am
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester - Joined: Jun 5, 2006
    I think it's a different person. I remember GR made a manifesto entry about someone helping a blind man beat the game. From what I remember, the person with vision would give him all the controls.
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    Posted: Sep 26th, 2011 at 6:01 pm
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting - Joined: Nov 11, 2006
    If I went lost my sight, I'd spend every last day of my life practicing to become a blind ninja master.
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    Posted: Sep 26th, 2011 at 9:53 am
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting - Joined: Nov 11, 2006
    went and*
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    Posted: Sep 26th, 2011 at 9:53 am
  • dennis1237
    dennis1237 - Joined: Jun 18, 2006
    This is nothing short of amazing. The amount of patience and determination this man has is astounding. It definitely makes me proud to be apart of game audio and sound design. Audio is just as important as everything else in my opinion when it comes video games and film.
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    Posted: Sep 26th, 2011 at 10:12 am
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg - Joined: Jun 22, 2011
    You might say audio is the most over looked part of a video game (get it, over looked… Audio, that’s a joke son).
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    Posted: Sep 26th, 2011 at 7:11 pm
  • Masterwabbit
    Masterwabbit - Joined: Mar 15, 2009
    Ladies and gentlemen, the only person in the world who can legitimately say "Navi, SHUT UP, you're throwing me off!"

    All jokes aside, this is seriously inspirational stuff.
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    Posted: Sep 26th, 2011 at 10:59 am
  • xxlordskullxx
    xxlordskullxx - Joined: Nov 27, 2007
    theres another video of him playing where he apologizes for using the Master Sword as walking stick.
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    Posted: Sep 27th, 2011 at 9:16 pm

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