{"id":796,"date":"2015-02-04T12:24:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T12:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/?p=796"},"modified":"2015-02-04T12:27:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T12:27:07","slug":"dude-wins-mike-tysons-punch-out-blindfolded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/dude-wins-mike-tysons-punch-out-blindfolded","title":{"rendered":"Dude Wins Mike Tyson&#8217;s Punch Out Blindfolded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a thirty one year old gamer who grew up with the NES and the ridiculously difficult Mike Tyson&#8217;s Punch Out, this speed run video was absofriggenlutely captivating. \u00a0For those of you have never played this game, you don&#8217;t quite realize just how brutal the ring got once you got towards the end of the game &#8211; so for speedrunner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCvhEhMrpTZ6ho4U7pp0BYfA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Wedge<\/a> to pull this off blindfolded is pretty much mind-boggling.<\/p>\n<p>I will say that this whole speedrunning phenomenon is pretty cool, especially when it comes to retro gaming titles from the NES, SNES and N64 era simply because those system&#8217;s games were more platform heavy and thus simply relied more on timing than anything else. \u00a0While I think we&#8217;ve all tried to speed run Super Mario Bros before, the only other game I got into from a speedrunning perspective was Goldeneye 64, which is easily in my Top 5 Video Games of All Time. (Capitalized for emphasis.) \u00a0In fact, I&#8217;ll even post my own Goldeneye speedrunning record on the Aztec level, which I pulled off on 00 Agent:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/aztec00challenge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/aztec00challenge.jpg\" alt=\"Goldeneye 64 Aztec 00 Agent Speedrunning Record - Raffman\" width=\"604\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/aztec00challenge.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/aztec00challenge-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know you&#8217;re impressed. \u00a0In all seriousness, it&#8217;s videos like the one above that should really rejuvenate us as gamers &#8211; if you haven&#8217;t pulled out your Super Nintendo in a few years, dust that bad boy off, throw it on your floor, and start smashing some records. 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