Last Ninja (C64) Speedrun in

Last Ninja is the first game I have a distinctive memory of seeing, and even now it is the only game across all platforms from then to now, I was scared to play. I remember times I wanted to play it but was too afraid of the dungeon level and its music, and chose some other game.
Eventually I decided to memorize the quickest path through the level so I wouldn't have to spend any extra time in that subterranean nightmare. But even then there was a kind of tense anticipation for the level and a sigh of relief when passing it.

This game is an absolute classic, and surprisingly tricky and unforgiving game to speedrun. Under 15 minutes was relatively easy, but under 14 minutes is a completely different ballpark.

Played on VICE 3.5 (easyflash version)