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Classic Gaming with Zelda Homebrew

Posted by Zonk on from the i-am-a-prisoner-in-the-dungeon-of-the-castle dept.

Belgarath writes "Zelda Classic is a free homebrew clone of the original Legend of Zelda for the NES. Additionally, it allows people to create their own zelda quests and games using the handy editor (called z-quest) included in the software. Until now only windows versions have been available but there are beta test groups for the Linux and Apple platforms."

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  1. This is what I've been waiting for! by Emrikol · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've always wanted to re-play Zelda with new (more SNES-ish) graphics! The "Basic 1st" is what you're looking for.

    Oh...and apple? Why's this under apple?

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    You're all bastards!
  2. Already one out there by TupperTrenine · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is already a Zelda-clone MMORPG called Graal Online. It has a level editor and its own scripting language for in-game NPCs.

    Although I'm sure this is quite different... I am at school and cannot check it out :)

  3. Mac OS X beta tester sign-up by vonFinkelstien · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sign up for the OS X version in their forum. Click on ZC Discussions, then search for "mac" and your find it.

  4. Re:The interesting........ by jonwil · · Score: 2, Informative

    As someone who has not only been around before the first release of Hyrule Magic and knows the author but has even added code to it myself (at least I think they are still using my code) I must say that Hyrule Magic is one of the 2 best editors for any ROM that I have ever seen/used.
    The other one is Lunar Magic, an editor for the SNES classic Super Mario World.

    If you like zelda and editing, Hyrule Magic is a serious tool.
    And if you like zelda, play the excellent Zelda 3 Challenge hack when it is released.

    I wont link to the actual Hyrule MAgic site since it seems to be suffering bandwidth/hosting issues and the last thing that they need right now is a slashdotting :)