2nd May 2023, 6:35 AM
It's a ROM hack of Link's Awakening, converting the base concepts of the worst of the three CD-I Zelda games (the one with the live action cutscenes and rotoscoped sprites) into what appears to be a competent Gameboy game. The modder promises it's designed with original hardware in mind rather than emulators, which means it should run well on both. I think some Zelda II rom hacks of the other two CD-i games may be in order next, if this one turns out to actually be fun.
Historically, the CD-i was the first time Zelda was playable in a Zelda game (Hyrule Warriors is the first time Nintendo made her playable), but not the first time a female PC was put in a Zelda game. That honor goes to the Satellaview BS Zelda games on Super Famicom. Instead of Link, the player used their own Satellaview town avatar to play the game, which could be male or female. It was sort of a predecessor to later "Miis" come to think of it, and also allowed voice acting via radio broadcasts. The games also have the benefit of actually being good and have themselves since been translated and modded to no longer require radio broadcast. I intend to play them on original hardware soon as I get a FX Pak Pro.
So here it is:
https://john-lay.itch.io/zeldas-adventure
Historically, the CD-i was the first time Zelda was playable in a Zelda game (Hyrule Warriors is the first time Nintendo made her playable), but not the first time a female PC was put in a Zelda game. That honor goes to the Satellaview BS Zelda games on Super Famicom. Instead of Link, the player used their own Satellaview town avatar to play the game, which could be male or female. It was sort of a predecessor to later "Miis" come to think of it, and also allowed voice acting via radio broadcasts. The games also have the benefit of actually being good and have themselves since been translated and modded to no longer require radio broadcast. I intend to play them on original hardware soon as I get a FX Pak Pro.
So here it is:
https://john-lay.itch.io/zeldas-adventure
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)