Zelda Challenge:Outlands
From Data Crystal
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| Game | Legend of Zelda |
| Genre | RPG/Adventure |
| Type of Hack | Complete rewrite |
| Size | N/A |
| Creator(s) | GameMakr24 |
| Latest Update | N/A |
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[edit] What is it?
ZC is a complete rewrite of the game Legend of Zelda. It has changed graphics, changed story, changed music and it even has its own manual. It is seen by many as if not the greatest, then at least one of the greatest Zelda-hacks that have been made.
[edit] Story
The Thunderbird, a horrible guardian encountered by Link in the Great Palace of Zelda 2, has somehow survived and is out for revenge. Having lost the Triforce of Courage at the hands of its adversary, it has stolen the Triforce of Power and flown to the vast neighbor of Hyrule, the Outlands. In a world similar to yet completely different from Zelda 1, Link must track down the captured Tetrarch Fairies and, with their help, break open Ganon's secret golden vault where the creature now resides.
Link will face dangers and traps unlike anything Ganon had ever devised. His adventure will span 18 new dungeons hidden within a completely unfamiliar terrain. Zelda herself will make appearances to help the hero, providing items and sage advice crucial to the new journey. Link has become very skilled in his familiar world of Hyrule, but skill alone is his only advantage -- the land of the Outlands is a beautiful yet deadly world bearing no resemblence to his own cherished kingdom.
(from here)
[edit] Download
The hack can be downloaded here, and it includes an .ips-patch, an .exe-file for autopatching of game, and the manual.
[edit] Screenshots
http://www.questforcalatia.net/ZeldaC/blocks34.gif http://www.questforcalatia.net/ZeldaC/watrfall.gif http://www.questforcalatia.net/ZeldaC/icymaze.gif
[edit] Miscellaneous
Another hack (made by the same person], but for Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is in the workings, and is similar to ZC in that it is a complete rewrite of the original game. It is called Zelda 3 Challenge: Quest for Calatia.
A playthrough of the first quest can be found here.
