How to Get Permanently Stuck in the Water Temple

One of the oldest rumors in the history of gaming might just be true after all, but it's a lot harder than you'd think. Follow my twitch for OoT and MM streams: https://twitch.tv/vidya Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/Vidya_James Follow me on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vidyajames.bsky.social I received a lot of help making this video, in particular from: - The OoT Speedrun discord, who helped brainstorm the final approach in the video. - Script editing and review: https://twitter.com/Bagbot_ and https://twitter.com/amaya_sings - Thumbnail: https://twitter.com/Gallerhi - Additional help and advice: https://twitter.com/AtsukuNatsu and https://twitter.com/dark_decay Sources: - Spaceworld 95 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjgaRzI853o - Forum posts about people getting stuck in the water temple: https://zeldauniverse.net/forums/index.php?thread/102806-ok-im-stuck-bad-in-the-water-temple-hehe/ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197771-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time/50403048 https://www.neoseeker.com/forums/875/t1084739-absolutely-stuck-in-water-temple/ - Press A's video on the Water Temple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seRxiJj7Mp0 - Reddit thread on debunking the rumor: https://www.reddit.com/r/truezelda/comments/4skrxm/a_detailed_explanation_of_the_permanently_stuck/ - Old GameFAQs homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/19991013053531/http://gamefaqs.com/ - GameFAQs guide written by someone who translated Japanese MM (really cool read): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/n64/197770-the-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask/faqs/7621 - Unlock Toad in Melee (joke video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkWMoMRSU34 - MrCheeze's video on creating Mew under the truck (very good video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2x3pIvVnP4 - GameFAQs guide that claims you can get stuck in the water temple: https://www.neoseeker.com/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time/faqs/138934-zelda-64-ab.html - OoTR's Spirit Temple key logic file (maybe outdated): https://github.com/OoTRandomizer/OoT-Randomizer/blob/03b7479bdef0ae1f2dd3fc0a8f521712620de8d9/data/World/Spirit%20Temple.json - RBA Charts: https://imgur.com/a/rba-charts-LgJdU - Runnerguy's video on RBA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkcRyOzMMCI - dannyb's video on RBA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQlbnJzxUI - dannyb's video on BA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2rDwV9EwVo All Ocarina of Time gamplay clips were recorded by me, using the practice ROM (gz) https://www.practicerom.com/ and the debug ROM camera editor: https://tcrf.net/Proto:The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time_Master_Quest/Camera_Editor