The Legend of Zelda: The Legend of Zelda - Relocalized

This is an English "relocalization/restoration" patch for the original North American NES version of The Legend of Zelda.
The aim is to provide an English localization that is more faithful to the Japanese version. There isn’t much text in this game, but what is there have been cleaned up and revised for an improved presentation.


The Legend of Zelda - Relocalized v1.0
by KillerBob

This is an English "relocalization/restoration" patch for the original North
American NES version of The Legend of Zelda.
The aim is to provide an English localization that is more faithful to the
Japanese version. There isn't much text in this game, but what is there have
been cleaned up and revised for an improved presentation.

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Cosmetic Changes:

* The title logo was slightly tweaked in order to clean up a somewhat poorly
drawn Triforce. (Mainly inside the letter 'D' in ZELDA)
* The title logo sword has been repositioned. Its original placement is reasonable
in the original Japanese game but it looks a bit off in the English game.
* Restored two special tiles in the wreath next to the title in the story
section, which were removed (most likely due to an oversight) during the
original localization.
* The paper Link holds up at the end of the treasure listing is now closer
to its appearance in the original Japanese game.
* The question mark was made thicker to better match the rest of the font used
in the game.
* A new multiplication sign has been added. The original game simply used the
letter 'X'.
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Instructions:

Use a "Legend of Zelda, The (USA).nes" ROM. There are two versions out there,
so make sure you obtain the correct one - the USA PRG0 version.
Use a patching program to apply the ips patches included.
I recommend Lunar IPS. Where to find the ROM...? It's a secret to everybody.

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Contents:

FDS or NES Zora Sprite?

Red color tends to smear pretty badly over RF and composite video, so for
the NES version of the game, the Zora sprite was redrawn with black outlines
in order to make them more visible against the blue water.
You have the option to select which one you prefer.


Relocalized.ips: Main patch without additional changes.


- Additional Patches -

Link Palette Fix.ips:

Changes Link's color palette in Level 3 (1st Quest) and Level 2 (2nd Quest)
to make it consistent with how he looks in the rest of the game. A possible
oversight by the developers which also affects the color palette of certain
items and Pols Voices in aforementioned dungeons.

It is worth noting that pale Link doesn't blend in with the sand-filled boss
room like the darker Link does. However, if that was their reason, it didn't
stop them in the other dungeons with sand-filled rooms.


Staircases Removal.ips:

Removes the secret staircases found outside Level 5 and 6 (1st Quest) and
outside a 30 rupees location (2nd Quest). Perhaps early entrances the
developers forgot to remove. The limitation of only one entrance per screen
forces them to be just secondary entrances to the labyrinths no matter what,
and if you exit the labyrinth when you have entered it from the secondary
entrance, the walking on stairs animation is absent.


All.ips: All-in-one patch.


IMPORTANT: The patches are compatible with a "USA PRG0 version" ROM only.

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There's always room for improvements so if you spot any issues, have any
nitpicks, questions or suggestions, please let me know over at
http://www.romhacking.net

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Special thanks to:

Tomato for his fantastic Legends of Localization work, whose article is the
basis for this patch. Without him this project wouldn't exist.
Make sure to visit his site: http://legendsoflocalization.com

Thanks to:

Trax, KingMike, Jeville, and w1ck3d for advice and support.

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Disclaimer:

The Legend of Zelda is a trademarked and copyrighted property of Nintendo of
America Inc. I claim no ownership of, endorsement by, or affiliation with
The Legend of Zelda or Nintendo.

Legend of Zelda (U) (PRG0)
No-Intro: Legend of Zelda, The (USA)
CRC32: 3FE272FB
MD5: 337BD6F1A1163DF31BF2633665589AB0
File SHA-1: DAB79C84934F9AA5DB4E7DAD390E5D0C12443FA2
ROM SHA-1: A12D74C73A0481599A5D832361D168F4737BBCF6