| Released By | the_icepenguin |
|---|---|
| Category | Complete |
| Platform | NES |
| License | N/A |
| Patching Information | No Special Requirements |
| Genre | Role Playing > Action RPG |
| Mods | G,S,L,T,GP |
| Patch Version | 2.5 |
| Hack Release Date | 12 March 2011 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 12410 |
| Last Modified | 08 January 2014 |
Description:
A completely new Zelda II adventure!
Long ago, a curse was cast upon the land of Hyrule. This darkness gave rise to the minions of Ganon, allowing them to overrun Forests, Towns, and Meadows.
Deep within the forest lives our young hero, Link. Guide Link across the vast Kingdom of Hyrule, and defeat the ominous shadow!
What’s New?
- World Maps!
- Dungeons!
- GFX!
- Music!
- New Spell!
- Experience Curve!
- More areas to explore!
- More treasure!
- More Zelda!
Easy Version:
- Enemies deal 1x damage.
- Start with 6 lives.
- Link’s sword is stronger.
- Life spell costs 50% less magic at all levels.
- Beginning town has a magic refill lady.
Hard Version:
- Enemies deal 2x damage.
- Start with 4 lives.
- Link’s sword is weaker.
- Life spell costs 50% less magic at level 8.
While the majority of the hack was done by me, there are new surprises to find thanks to the efforts of others. Trax helped out a lot with programming and created a new spell! He also helped with improving enemies to make them more fierce! Beware of the bots. :P Enjoy the new Overworld Music thanks to optomon. He composed it perfectly and it really enhances the Zelda feel!
To everyone that helped, THANK YOU! Trax, JaSp, HylianFox, ocw, Dwedit, Ice Ranger, Jigglysaint, Googie, optomon.
This is the biggest Zelda II hack, yet! Enjoy! :D
ROM / ISO Information:
- Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (U) [!].nes - GOODNES 3.14
- CRC32: E3C788B0
- MD5: 764D36FA8A2450834DA5E8194281035A
- SHA-1: 353489A57F24A429572E76BD455BC51D821F7036
- SHA-256: AD8C0FBCF092BF84B48E69FD3964EEA4ED91BFE62ABC352943D537979782680C
Links:
Screenshots:
Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| the_icepenguin | Hacking | |
| JaSp | Graphics | Overworld animation |
| Trax | Hacking | Dash spell & enemy routines |
| Optomon | Music | Composed the new music for the Overworld |
The Pinnacle of Zelda II Hacking
Reviewed By: Drag0nwind on 26 Mar 2015Okay everyone, I’ve officially completed the final Hard Patch icepenguin hack! I also recently finished his Dawn of Souls HardType, which was pretty epic. I’ll save that for its own review.
Anyway, being a big Zelda II fan, icepenguin’s hacks have been pure bliss. I still personally consider Part 2 and 3 the best of the rest though, but the updated graphics and mechanics for Journey/Shadow are spectacular. Especially with Shadow of Night, the environments are amazing.. even the cave systems are pretty entertaining.
I did not find this Hard Patch to be too difficult. It’s easy to level up and it’s easy to recover your magic. So, it really comes down to the palaces. It did take me some time to explore everything, but once I found a few things, I could roll through fairly easily. The Great Palace took a bunch of tries, but that was my own fault, haha.
Ultimately, Shadow of Night is superb. If you’re a big fan of Zelda II, as I am, you surely won’t be disappointed.
Huge thanks to the_icepenguin for all the fun adventures!
Version 2.5 Recommended - Yes
| Headline | Author | Date | Version | Recommend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great potential but too much back tracking | reMACKARio | 25 Nov 2020 | 2.5 | No |
| Hard Version is Tedious | OVKASE | 13 Aug 2019 | 2.5 | No |
| doesnt get much better then this | Hynes Racing | 02 Apr 2019 | 2.5 | Yes |
| Very Challenging But Good & Fun | ultimaweapon | 10 Apr 2018 | 2.5 | Yes |
| Missing Key For Reflect Magic | Gotham | 27 Sep 2017 | 2.5 | No |
| Shadow of Torment | MAOT666 | 26 Dec 2015 | 2.5 | Yes |
| The Pinnacle of Zelda II Hacking | Drag0nwind | 26 Mar 2015 | 2.5 | Yes |
| Hard but rewarding | GTM604 | 28 Dec 2013 | N/A | Yes |
| Difficult but a lot of fun | njosro | 10 Aug 2013 | N/A | Yes |
| Warrants a Few changes immediately | KenjiMinato | 02 Apr 2013 | N/A | No |
| Ball Busting Difficulty | trapworth | 20 Jul 2012 | N/A | No |
| Lovely hacking skills, insane difficulty | Chris Miller | 15 Sep 2011 | N/A | No |