I've been playing this hack, and I do like some of the level designs and overworld. I beat the 1st 8 levels, but I have yet to find the Magical Shield or any clues to tell you how to get through the Lost Woods or Death Mountain. Going through all these stages w/o the magical Shield has been a bit not fun to say the least.
-still waiting for dungeons 7, 8 & 9 of the 1st quest to be remade for a future version of this game
A new release (https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5028/) is out. Here's the changelog:
2.3
- Change LEVEL to DUNGEON, thanks to abw and ShadowOne333 (see discussion (https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=31443) if interested)
- Shuffle items in Q2 levels 4 + 5, thanks to younes
- Fixed artifacting in level 4, thanks to blipform (https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=30626.msg400213#msg400213)
- Subtle improvement to clues for lost hills and lost woods (they're still difficult), thanks to ultimaweapon
No new levels yet but I'd still like to get to that. I've been working on another Zelda related project (https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=31524).
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I did finish Quest 1 and I did find the Magical Shield. I like the design of the 1st 6 dungeons... I was overall pleased with the overworld. You never really feel stuck in one area.
Thanks! I'd like to get back to the other dungeons too.
Even when I couldn't get through the Lost Woods, I took the long way around and was fine. I would have had an even better experience knowing early on how to navigate the Lost Mountains. I don't believe the directions for the Lost Mountains work for the Lost Woods since South exits out the Woods. You should definitely improve the clue for the Lost Mountains as well as include one for the Lost Woods.
The clue for the lost woods is found in the screen to the north of the lost woods. The clues for both paths are still cryptic but the old lady now tells you to pay close attention to the next clue since it reveals the path. That was a surprisingly large amount of code to change so I hope it helps!
(https://i.imgur.com/YEWGOTs.png)
Like Likes eating rupies instead of shields was a much needed improvement. The shield becomes much more valuable. I hope other hackers include that feature in their Zelda 1 hacks. You should share with others on how to do that.
This is a simple 2 byte change:
-011d40 c9 60 90 0a a9 00 8d 76 06 a9 c0 9d 2c 04 20 93
+011d40 c9 60 90 0a a9 01 8d 7e 06 a9 c0 9d 2c 04 20 93
The clue for the lost woods is found in the screen to the north of the lost woods. The clues for both paths are still cryptic but the old lady now tells you to pay close attention to the next clue since it reveals the path. That was a surprisingly large amount of code to change so I hope it helps!
(https://i.imgur.com/YEWGOTs.png)
This is a simple 2 byte change:
-011d40 c9 60 90 0a a9 00 8d 76 06 a9 c0 9d 2c 04 20 93
+011d40 c9 60 90 0a a9 01 8d 7e 06 a9 c0 9d 2c 04 20 93
I totally missed that location for that clue. I haven't gotten around to playing Quest 2 yet, but I will start it tonight after I get the new update.
I was beta testing a hack for someone that had 1 shield for you to buy and no shops, so there was no way of replacing it if a Like Like gets to you. With your change, that would have made getting 1 shield just fine.
Even without changing the level designs of 7, 8, and 9, if you would have created new paths for traveling through each of those dungeons, that would work as well. But we definitely would love to see your creativity, because you have created something good.
Can't find dungeon 9 tho. I figured it's in the top left corner as something seems weird up there.
yes, level 9 of the 1st quest is on the top left hand corner of the overworld - to reach it, see the spoiler below
and speaking of dungeon 9, it would be great if this particular dungeon had completely different background music and not the "original" music from the original zelda 1 game nor the music used in dungeons 1 thru 8.
btw, v2.8 came out several days ago
Here are some teasers for work in progress.
(https://i.imgur.com/njBCVzV.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/aWgLSty.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/AfduJEs.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/MJaTqYU.png)
Here are some teasers for work in progress.
(https://i.imgur.com/njBCVzV.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/aWgLSty.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/AfduJEs.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/MJaTqYU.png)
This looks like great progress! Are you doing a whole new project or is this going to be an update to the existing patch?
(https://i.imgur.com/Cxqj7ex.jpg) (https://imgur.com/a/6bbFqBB)
I finally had a chance to test the hack on real hardware today!
That's an SNROM cartridge of Spot (https://nescartdb.com/profile/view/711/spot) with the battery and related components added, along with an adapter board from MouseBiteLabs (https://www.etsy.com/listing/826068839/nes-rom-extended-adapter-board) which replaces the PRG-ROM with flashable memory. The tiny black and white television is an old karaoke machine found at a thrift shop.