| 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 | 12395 |
| 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 |
Lovely hacking skills, insane difficulty
Reviewed By: Chris Miller on 15 Sep 2011First of all, I feel that the sheer effort put into the graphics and sound is nothing short of painstaking. You did a wonderful job on the game engine, especially with the new items like the Golden Leaves. However…. In my opinion, this does not quite follow in the footsteps of the original Adventure of Link in one way: difficulty. I’ve been playing video games for almost thirty years now, and have been playing hacks since there have been hacks. Any rom hack worth its salt should be a game that is beatable on the original system. When you need savestates to beat Horsehead, then you’re getting into the realm of “Stupidly Hard”. Two-player Battletoads wasn’t as hard as this rom hack is. Also, enemies ought to drop more points. This isn’t an RPG, and hours of grinding just to be able to have a prayer of survival should not be required.
Recommended - No
| 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 |