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Link's Pink Be Gone

Original game : The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Platform : SNES

Author : Vacent

Release date : 14 August 2012

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : G

Downloads : 4151

ROM Information

Legend of Zelda, The - A link to the past [U] [!]
CRC32: 777AAC2F
MD5: 608C22B8FF930C62DC2DE54BCD6EBA72
SHA-1: 6D4F10A8B10E10DBE624CB23CF03B88BB8252973
SHA-256: 66871D66BE19AD2C34C927D6B14CD8EB6FC3181965B6E517CB361F7316009CFB

Hack description

Replaces Link's Pink hair with Dark Brown. The Main patch is labeled "Recolor". The "Blonde" "Brunette" and "Ginger" files simply change the hair, not the armor. As of 1.0 the only edited armor is the first green suit.

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Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
VacentHacking

Reviews

How It Should've Always BeenMajorTom 24172021-10-20Version 1.0

I never understood why Link had pink hair in this game. It was one of those things that made absolutely zero sense, and could've been rectified in maybe two seconds...thankfully, now, it doesn't have to be a glaring distraction! The fact that you can even choose between three different hair colors is awesome.

Thanks for the improvement!Scottdj232018-02-02Version 1.0

I like this hack. The pink has always bothered me! It is like the green eyebrows of the original Link! Now my right eye twitch at seeing the pink hair is gone! Thanks for the improvement.

I also recommended this to my friends. We are not good with programming software, so it is always appreciated when someone posts something like this.

A one minute hackpuzzledude2014-02-24-

Despite the fact that Link looks better than in the original game, this mod can be done by everyone in matter of seconds; so it really doesn't qualify as "improvement".

This is not a hack at all, it is not even a feature like gfx change or ASM hack. It is not even a sprite hack. It only changes Link's hair and tunic colour. All together no more than 3 bytes are changed in the game, which is certainly not enough to make a submission.

Reminds me of the Samus hack (only Link's head is changed into Samus' head). Such minor differences do not qualify as independent Alttp hacks.

Link as he should be.darkanx2012-08-17-

A very simple patch that, at least with the Blonde version, makes Link look as he should. I am rather surprised this hack didn't come along sooner. The pink hair never really bothered me before, but it is not in keeping with the traditional character design we have all come to know.

Perhaps future versions will provide more tweaks for the jerkin/hat colors?