In the Japanese and European versions of A Link to the Past, the player can skip the animation of the spinning triforce and sword at the title screen by pressing buttons any time after the “Nintendo Presents” screen. For whatever reason, this feature has been removed in the American version, which means that you must watch the animation in full every time before you can go to the file select screen.
This patch simply modifies one byte in the ROM to restore said functionality to the game.
Hashes:
Database match: Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File/ROM SHA-1: 6D4F10A8B10E10DBE624CB23CF03B88BB8252973
File/ROM CRC32: 777AAC2F
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File/ROM SHA-1: 6D4F10A8B10E10DBE624CB23CF03B88BB8252973
File/ROM CRC32: 777AAC2F
Staff/Credits:
Simone D. Alemanno: hacking, hex editing
File download:
Help about patching:
Most of the files you're about to download need to be applied to your game. Here is a list of utilities that allow you to do this:
- Online Patcher: Marc Roblero's online patcher. Works with many different file types.
- Floating IPS: NWell-known patcher for applying IPS and BPS files.
- Delta Patcher: Used to apply xDelta files.
- More Patchers
On most files, you can also press “Patch It”, to apply the patch without downloading the file.
I made this hack back in 2022
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6486/
I know that, but this patch here was made on my own. I just confronted two different versions of the game and edited bytes in an hex editor.