Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Karl Jobst's GoldenEye World Record of Dam Agent 0'52 was once considered the very best world record ever achieved in GoldenEye 007 speedrunning. However, after seven long years, father time comes for us all, and a new strategy was discovered making this record incredibly easy to obtain. In this video, we will discuss the gaming analysis, speedrun history and techniques used by speedrunners and gamers, who finally broke the Dam floodgates, discovered a new strategy, and permanently altered the legend of Karl Jobst's Dam Agent 0'52.

Runs, clips and links referenced in this video;

The Dam World Rankings: rankings.the-elite.net/goldeneye/stage/dam
Onslatt's Dam Infodump: forums.the-elite.net/index.php?topic=18518.msg487380#msg487380
iiFever's Dam 51 on Xbox speedrun.com/goldeneye_007_xbox_and_nso/runs/mkqwnr1m
Karl's Dam 52 WR post forums.the-elite.net/index.php?msg=449882

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