[Old Run] Return to Zork (Any%) in

READ THIS TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE TIME SAVE IS SO BIG -
Up until this run, all Return to Zork speedruns were done on version 1.2 of the CD-ROM version using the Sound Blaster drivers. At that point, the floppy version was considered slower because the joke book glitch didn't work.

Enter the floppy disk patches. Previously unbeknownst to myself and others, there were patches released for the floppy version as well as the CD-ROM version. Up until very recently, I thought only the CD-ROM version (between the two) got patched. Finding this out, I checked them out and both the 1.1 and the 1.2 patch break the joke book the same way it is in CD-ROM 1.2.

Using the 1.2 patched floppy version, we skip some cutscenes and get some shorter dialogue. These combined with many minuscule timesaves from switching to the Gravis Ultrasound drivers (because the GUS offloaded audio processing from the CPU) made this run a VERY easy WR.

After a couple more hours of runs, though, I'm certain sub-15 is a very reasonable goal now. This will be revisited soon enough.

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