Speed Run: Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden on the NES was an extremely difficult game. It was hard. If I recall, I never actually completed it, perilously dying on the final two levels each time.

Damn birds.

Youtube user UltraLuigi managed to do a fantastic no death speed run of the game in about 20 minutes. These are pretty much the best 20 minutes of your life, featuring all of the flying hawks and blinking green ninjas that you can handle and culminating in an ending that makes you want to slap your face.

Just…. watch.  Part one above, part two after the break.

[Thanks, tigerspy!]