Two Days Away: One Man Mini-Marathon

A reminder that the One Man Mini-Marathon is set to begin on Saturday at 6am US Central Time. We will be raising money for the Galloping Ghost Arcade with a goal of reaching the $2500 donation mark. Throughout the event, I will be playing through the entirety of the Legend of Zelda, the Adventure of Link, A Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, and Ocarina of Time. One man – five Zelda games – in 24-hours.

To be completely honest, I’m not sure I’m going to be able to do it. Part of the thrill of this event is to see whether I can actually make it through to the end. Even more important to me is raising money for the expansion of the Galloping Ghost Arcade. I will need your help in accomplishing my goal. If you missed the earlier post, check out the initial announcement for information on the marathon. To find out how you can help, make the jump.

Starting on Friday evening, I will have the donation widget setup that will allow users to donate to the mini-marathon. Then, bright and early at 6am, the marathon will begin with the original Legend of Zelda. I will play through the Legend of Zelda, which I am estimating will take me roughly an hour to complete. However, this could theoretically be end of the mini-marathon. In order for me to continue onward to the next Zelda games, I will need your help via donations. A total of $100 must be donated before I will begin my journey through the Adventure of Link.

Once I begin to play the Adventure of Link, there will be over 30 benchmarks that we will have to be met in order for me to keep playing. The benchmarks can be seen below and they are designed to be a form of pacing to assure that we can hopefully reach our goal of $2500.

• START: The Legend of Zelda – 6am (US Central Time)
• $100 – The Adventure of Link – 7am (estimated)
• $200 – East Hyrule
• $300 – Great Palace
• $400 – A Link to the Past – 10am (estimated)
• $415 – Eastern Palace
• $430 – Desert Palace
• $445 – Tower of Hera
• $480 – Dark Palace
• $500 – Swamp Palace
• $520 – Thieve’s Hideout
• $540 – Skull Woods
• $560 – Misery Mire
• $580 – Ice Palace
• $600 – Turtle Rock
• $650 – Ganon’s Tower
• $700 – Link’s Awakening – 1pm – (estimated)
• $750 – Bottle Grotto
• $800 – Key Cavern
• $850 – Angler’s Tunnel
• $900 – Catfish’s Maw
• $975 – Face Shrine
• $1,050 – Eagle’s Tower
• $1,125 – Turtle Rock
• $1,175 – Wind Fish
• $1,200 – Ocarina of Time – 5pm (estimated)
• $1,350 – Dodongo’s Cavern
• $1,500 – Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
• $1,600 – Adult Link
• $1,700 – Forest Temple
• $1,850 – Fire Temple
• $2,000 – Water Temple
• $2,150 – Shadow Temple
• $2,300 – Spirit Temple
• $2,400 – Ganon’s Castle
• $2,500 – Ganon