ROM Hack - The Legend of Zelda - Modern Classic Edition

The Legend of Zelda - Modern Classic Edition

Original game : The Legend of Zelda

Platform : NES

Author : Fantendo

Release date : 21 April 2013

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : G, T

Downloads : 8195

ROM Information

Requires Legend of Zelda, The (U) (PRG 0)

Hack description

This hack updates the entire The Legend of Zelda game to match the look of more (relatively) modern Zelda games, particularly the Oracle series. With the exception of a few background tiles in dungeons, every tile has been updated including enemies, items and bosses. However, nothing has been moved or had its behavior changed, and all of the graphic changes are simply updates (as opposed to replacements).

A few text changes have been made to the title to make the items match most Zelda continuity (for example: Red Ring is now Red Tunic, Magical Sword is now Master Sword, etc.) No in-game text has been changed.

Many the dungeons have been re-colored so that each has its own color scheme (rather than have 2 gold dungeons, 2 grey ones, etc.). For example: Level 8 (The Forest Dungeon) is now green while Level 5 (The Mountain Dungeon) is brown. Level 2 (The Moon Dungeon) is purple(?).

The Automap Plus from snarfblam has been thrown in. This is the only functional change (improvement) to the game.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
snarfblam	Hacking	Auto map feature
Fantendo	Graphics	Graphic and color updates

Reviews

A Mixed Bag	PowerPanda	2019-10-20	Version 1.0
I am reviewing 3 hacks that update the Zelda 1 Graphics: Cute Zelda Modern Classic Edition (this one) DX Relocalized Version This hack ranks #2 of 3. Parts of this hack are great. The new enemy sprites, taken from later Zelda games, look awesome. The updates to rupees, hearts, and items is also a great idea. There are some very questionable choices though. The use of dithering for shading the rock walls clashes with the rest of the art, and the borders for the A/B item slots are atrocious. The backgrounds in the dungeons are also very loud compared to the original. So you get some good, some bad.

Great improvement	Bregalad	2017-04-01	Version 1.0
This hack only changes the graphics, however they are majorly improved. The original Zelda had, let's admit it, quite bland graphics even compared to other NES games of the era (since developers weren't yet used to make graphics in top-down style). This hack completely fixes that problem and make the original Zelda very nice to look at, without changing the gameplay experience. Thanks and congratulations!

Great refresh	CountBuggula	2016-03-28	Version 1.0
After trying a number of different graphics hacks for Zelda, I finally settled on this as the most complete and pleasing overall makeover. Really made playing through this classic a fresh and fun experience, and the separate palettes for each level is something Nintendo should have done in the first place! The overland automap patch built-in is a nice touch as well. The whole game felt very polished and I enjoyed every level.

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