Description
Zelda II – Amida’s Curse is a brand new Zelda II adventure. The game has been build up from the ground. With a new world, new graphics and an original soundtrack by bentglasstube. The focus of Amida’s Curse lies on exploration above combat. Gameplay has been altered to make this, above all, a fun gaming experience. So, difficulty is lower than the original Zelda II, there are no cheap deaths and grinding isn’t necessary.
This has been a passion project spanning over 18 months of development time. A huge thanks to all people involved in making Zelda II – Amida’s Curse truly shine! You will find much more info in the ReadMe!
Now, go explore! A whole new world is waiting for you!
Features:
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9 new temples to explore (vs 7 in vanilla Zelda II).
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11 new towns to visit (vs 8 in vanilla Zelda II).
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New soundtrack.
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Brand new overworld.
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New story.
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New graphics.
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Animated tiles on the overworld.
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Balanced difficulty, no cheap deaths.
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No random encounters on the overworld.
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Loads of gameplay tweaks (building on Zelda II Redux).
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Lives you find are permanent.
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No grinding necessary.
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Enemy rebalancing, no more huge HP pools.
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Press A as a Fairy to instantly return to your normal form.
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Temple stones give fixed EXP.
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Fairy can’t fly through doors.
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Save anywhere by pressing up and A on the start menu. Be aware though, that you’ll be warped back to the starting point of the game. So, only use this option when you want to stop playing.
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And so much more…
Watch the release trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCqrJi8xbZgFind the original soundtrack here: https://eatabrick.bandcamp.com/album/amidas-curse
Or listen on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/5XA6eVX9jtkxEe8XbiXBu9?si=e8e72cb58044450a
Download the NES Box and Cart art here: https://www.okimpala.net/_downloads/af5c832ab99ba056a153a9913498cfe3
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Staff Credits
- Ok Impala! (Production, Design, Graphics, Story, Hacking and everything else).: Trax (ASM, beta test and graphics) bentglasstube (Music and Beta test) GTM604 (Graphics and Beta test) Njosro (Creator of Zelda 2 editors) Shadowone333 (Creator of Zelda 2 Redux) Revility (Graphics) Falchion22 (Graphics) dartvaderx (Graphics) Tony Hedstrom (GG code to remove random encounters) Cfrantz (Creator of Z2Edit) Melchior "McMelchior" Philips (Text editing) Googie (Concept art) Ice Penguin (Title screen font and gameplay changes) Daan (Logo graphics) Fox Cunning (Beta test) Random Hero (Trailer Music) Jeremiah Sun (Trailer Music) Fishwerks (NES Box art) Heaven Piercing Man (NES Cart art)
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This is one of the best hacks I’ve ever played. You’ll see the differences right from the start with the new graphics for the opening story scroll and when you load it up. The new graphics for Link look great and look a lot cleaner than that for Zelda 2 itself, and the new and old enemies you’ll fight got a makeover as well. Animations in the overworld like moving grass and water were restored from the FDS Zelda 2 as well. graphics for the towns and temples look wonderful and the textures do look different than that from vanilla Zelda 2 which is a nice touch. The new overworld looks great as you’ll progress from one area to another by walking, caves, or by water.
Dialog from townspeople is actually useful in this unlike most of Zelda 2! Some clues can be a bit ambiguous but you can figure them out with some exploration and trying new things. Each town also has someone to heal your magic and health! Explore everywhere in each are aof the overworld. You never know where a spot may open up to a side-view scene and you can get extra xp, a heart container, magic jar or a 1up. Unlike Zelda 2, 1ups save when you save your game either through a quick save or a game over, so next game you’ll start with more lives!
The gameplay is much more refined and easier in this hack too, and quality of life stuff will make you wish Zelda 2 was more like it. Enemies aren’t as hard as they are in Zelda 2, though the Ironknuckles are still annoying as hell and the tougher enemies where jump thrusts are their weakness still abound. The bosses have about the same weaknesses as they do in vanilla Zelda 2 also. You don’t need to grind for your stat boosts in this, but it does help especially once you find spots in the overworld where enemies will respawn when you leave and return.
The 9 palaces are all a wonder to explore and have their own secrets, and you’ll find some enemies in the palaces easier than they were in vanilla Zelda 2, like the floating skulls! Each palace has new equipment and a boss somewhere in it, once you find your way through and locate the keys. Mapping does help. Exploring everywhere helps since you can find yourself where you need to go, if you just fall into a bottomless pit sometimes…
In conclusion, this is one the best hacks i’ve played and a wonderful hack of Zelda 2!
I GIVE AMIDA’S CURSE 4.5 OUT OF 5 HEART CONTAINERS!!