NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner [Hack] New Zelda ROM hack in progress. (Update 7/2018) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2018-07-09T09:20:29 -05.00 EoTN 25 Originally posted by: Final Theory

Did you know that you can take out the hard drive and plug it into another computer and get your files?

Even if your hard drive with your files on it is not compatible with any of your other computers there are adapters you can buy that you can plug that hard drive into to then connect to another computer.
Yes. A few things to remember:

- static is not a friend of electronics
- taking out a drive on desktops is generally easier than on laptops
- always make sure that the computer is unplugged and on laptops that the battery is unplugged too
- grounding yourself is a good idea when removing any computer parts

I've put internal hard drives from older desktops inside external enclosures that tun them into external hard drives. The key is to get hard drive connectors that match your drive. You can look up online to see what kind of drive your laptop uses. Again, if you want to go that route, let me know and we can look at some of those options on your computer. Adapters and enclosures generally run $10-15 online.

Keep in mind tht some newer low-end laptops use small, flash-based hard drives that are built-into the main computer board, so backing up your files is crucial on those; a few of these are pretty much touch screen tablets with detachable keyboards. ]]> [Hack] New Zelda ROM hack in progress. (Update 7/2018) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2018-07-09T01:46:23 -05.00 EoTN 25
Even if your hard drive with your files on it is not compatible with any of your other computers there are adapters you can buy that you can plug that hard drive into to then connect to another computer. ]]> [Hack] New Zelda ROM hack in progress. (Update 7/2018) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2018-07-08T22:12:54 -05.00 EoTN 25 Originally posted by: guillavoie

I want to play both of your hacks, so you better straighten up your things and deliver sooner than later   Amen Brother...LOL...that was really good, Guillavoie!

@EoTN: I hear you. I've learnt to email myself anything remotely important to two separate email accounts. Gmail's also great at uploading my photos using their unlimited storage...God knows they have all of my life in their hands right there.  

I use a Chromebook to keep things simple. My pal who's made a couple of Zelda hacks programs on his own Chromebook..I know, we're both nuts, but you know, if it keeps all the web bugs away, which it does 101 percent, it's all good. He backs-up his hacks like crazy, also learning from his own hard knocks of losing part of a hack or a whole one.

I recently played a half-baked hack uploaded to romhacking.net, but the part that was done was thoroughly enjoyable, so I'm definitely going to encourage him to iron out the kinks so the game can be played beginning to end. It's just that these little games are so addictive!

Now not for the timid, I've carefully removed a (modern) hard drive and connected it to a different desktop to pull files out (I always have several half or non-working units, so that's how I've quickly pulled out important files). Nowadays, I have usb externals and flash drives now to save copies of my files, mostly older docs and images, but my word docs are mostly all on Google.

My Chomebook also has an Android Mac emulator to run really old apps like Photoshop, Word and a bunch of old games. If I want to send someone a document from my old Mac, I just make a PDF of it and off it goes. I play my NES games on a free Android emulator, so my setup is really Retro, but still sweet..I even have a slow little NES emulator on my virtual Mac!

But I'm rambling..whenever you set your precious little Zelda hack free, we'll be right here ready to test it brother, no worries! And if you want to try to dig that hack out, I'll be happy to help out with some how-tos if you're comfortable working on the hardware..that's if both computers are desktops. If it's a laptop, then your best bet is to wait 'til you can fix it, no hurry.
 
]]> [Hack] New Zelda ROM hack in progress. (Update 7/2018) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2018-07-08T00:51:22 -05.00 EoTN 25   ]]> [Hack] New Zelda ROM hack (Still) in Progress http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2018-07-08T00:12:29 -05.00 EoTN 25 Originally posted by: Ck


@eotn: Hey!   never, ever consider all of your efforts in vain. Zelda has such a special place in all of our hearts that however you recreate it, it will be very well received by everyone following your hack's progress. I haven't said anything for a while (well, to be honest, I hadn't even registered all this time..even though I should have), but on behalf of your fellow Zeldians and Linkers, or whatever we want to be called, be encouraged by the game that unites us all. You're among fellow gamers that love this game enough to care about any and every newly conceived installation.

Whenever you're ready to release a beta, and those 80 and 90 percent done ones will do, trust me, we'll be around to beta-test them for you! We're just happy you've built these hacks at all! Thank you for all of your efforts to give us something new to play! We will always appreciate something like this, it's special and if more folks wouldactually know such little zelda hacks exist, they'd be so excited about it, I know we all are!

Now, if I'm understanding your development progress correctly, there are both a very difficult version that's 80 percent complete and a much easier version that's well over 90 percent done, both sound very good and exciting indeed.. I'd honestly suggest you consider beta-releasing both! This will help folks see what you mean as to how hard and how easy you actually mean. I don't mind dying at the hands of cruelly-hard Zelda hack, but newer and younger gamers usually prefer to play simplified, easier to beat gameplay, so both could be perfect for two completely different audiences. I'm in the middle, so I'd surely enjoy both of them, lol!  

Okay my friend, hack-on, don't forget to drop an update or a beta version (or two if you incude the hard one, so please do..lol!) over our way, and pm me any any of the gang here on your thread if you really want it kept from the public eye. But one thing's for sure, we're all ready for it! For all the years working on your labor of love, you're already a champ in my book, just don't forget to share the love with the rest of us your pals!  

Oh, one more thing: you got some votes, including mine, on which way to go on your hacks, but trust me on this: if you end up doing both the workarounds and leaving them where they are and reworking the overworld or not, both will be appreciated. The second one would save you a whole lot of work, but it would sacrifice the originality of the new zelda game, which I know is huge plus for most players. But for the hacks with a familiar overworld, what I most often have seen is a 'tweaked' version of the original overworld where the dungeons have been moved around and the roads have been rerouted to make our hero go in different directions from the orginal, and those hacks, while being minor, are also enjoyable. ...How on earth did you stumble onto this thread? This should have been buried dozens of pages deep in the brewery, wha? (JK, I'm gonna guess you searched Zelda Hacks or something based on your only other post.)

I appreciate the kind words, enough that I'm here right now talking to you. Prior to tonight, my last login was in November of 2015, I know because I got called out in another thread with an unfinished rom hack i started... *blushes*

Long story short, the game sits near complete. I recently found some guides about specific ASM hacks for certain aspects I needed to edit, which will be added to the final version god willing I can figure that out. The current state of the game is in limbo however, as the only copy of it sits on a computer that won't power on, and will cost $150 to fix. That's been the case for over a month, as I type i am using my sister's computer which she graciously lent to me, and until I can set aside that money, game's effectively in limbo. 

That aside, I truly appreciate your apparent passion for zelda, and zelda hacks. In times i got burnt out on working on the zelda masterquest this thread is about, I actually have two seperate zelda hacks I started working on. In fact, I nearly finished one of them. One is an entirely new game based around interesting quirks of the zelda engine to make more interesting dungeons and feature a unique overworld hopefully on par with the original in terms or exploration. The other is based on Breath of the Wild, and my silly atempt to make it into an NES game. Similar to the Master quest however, the only copies sit on my brick of a pc right now. The only thing NOT on that pc is one single image, the overworld of the BoTW hack: https://imgur.com/FW0jpL7

So, rest assured that I will eventually make these hacks happen, it will just take a bit of time and money to get my PC functioning to save them from the void. ]]> [Hack] New Zelda ROM hack (Still) in Progress http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2018-07-03T10:57:06 -05.00 EoTN 25 @eotn: Hey!   never, ever consider all of your efforts in vain. Zelda has such a special place in all of our hearts that however you recreate it, it will be very well received by everyone following your hack's progress. I haven't said anything for a while (well, to be honest, I hadn't even registered all this time..even though I should have), but on behalf of your fellow Zeldians and Linkers, or whatever we want to be called, be encouraged by the game that unites us all. You're among fellow gamers that love this game enough to care about any and every newly conceived installation.

Whenever you're ready to release a beta, and those 80 and 90 percent done ones will do, trust me, we'll be around to beta-test them for you! We're just happy you've built these hacks at all! Thank you for all of your efforts to give us something new to play! We will always appreciate something like this, it's special and if more folks wouldactually know such little zelda hacks exist, they'd be so excited about it, I know we all are!

Now, if I'm understanding your development progress correctly, there are both a very difficult version that's 80 percent complete and a much easier version that's well over 90 percent done, both sound very good and exciting indeed.. I'd honestly suggest you consider beta-releasing both! This will help folks see what you mean as to how hard and how easy you actually mean. I don't mind dying at the hands of cruelly-hard Zelda hack, but newer and younger gamers usually prefer to play simplified, easier to beat gameplay, so both could be perfect for two completely different audiences. I'm in the middle, so I'd surely enjoy both of them, lol!  

Okay my friend, hack-on, don't forget to drop an update or a beta version (or two if you incude the hard one, so please do..lol!) over our way, and pm me any any of the gang here on your thread if you really want it kept from the public eye. But one thing's for sure, we're all ready for it! For all the years working on your labor of love, you're already a champ in my book, just don't forget to share the love with the rest of us your pals!  

Oh, one more thing: you got some votes, including mine, on which way to go on your hacks, but trust me on this: if you end up doing both the workarounds and leaving them where they are and reworking the overworld or not, both will be appreciated. The second one would save you a whole lot of work, but it would sacrifice the originality of the new zelda game, which I know is huge plus for most players. But for the hacks with a familiar overworld, what I most often have seen is a 'tweaked' version of the original overworld where the dungeons have been moved around and the roads have been rerouted to make our hero go in different directions from the orginal, and those hacks, while being minor, are also enjoyable. ]]> [Hack] New Zelda ROM hack (Still) in Progress http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2015-10-03T01:15:51 -05.00 EoTN 25 )

Anyways, got a few questions in the OP, got a few new polls active, and I would LOVE some community input before I wrap up development and enter beta testing.

Fun fact: I've been off and on making this for over two years now XD At least it's nearing fruition, unlike my poor poor Megaman saves Christmas hack, may it rest in peace. (It died along with my previous laptop. I forgot to save it before jumping ship...) If anyone ever tells you that rom hacking is fast and easy, they're selling something. Or they just worked on it more consistently than I did... ]]> New Zelda ROM hack in Progress http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2014-05-24T23:19:43 -05.00 EoTN 25 Originally posted by: Baksteen666

I was just browsing the forum to answer my question if there were any good new hacks around and found this thread.
I must say that the ideas that Arch 8ngel pitched are very interesting and would definitely want to see it happen. I understand you are relatively new to the hacking, I don't know anything about it, but would it be wise to ask someone to help you out in this project. I understand if you want to do it completely on your own, but as Arch 8ngel also said, the bar should be high to make it worthwhile.
I don't think difficulty should be drastically increased for a hack, first of all it should be very interesting and fun to play the game. There is always a second quest where you could go nuts. I found Zelda Outlands very cool and while I died quite frequently on my first run through, I did so much better the second time. What I try to say here is that some hacks are just ridiculously hard that it is sometimes impossible to not take damage. I think the hack would be more successful if the difficulty is more in line with the original, say second quest in LoZ, much like Zelda outlands.
Well, I'm between a rock and a hard place with this one. Here's the dilemma: I have already fabricated the entire game (almost 80% of it as of now) with the original rules of the game in place, ie: you get a sword at some point, arrows cost rupees, boomerang stuns etc. If I were to take the time to rebalance the game physics, all of the actual gameplay would have to be rebalanced as well, and I'm not exactly willing to do that. (It would be the fourth time actually, I made most of the game, then accidentaly corrupted the save file, restarted, lost interest and then chose to restart it.) After reading the nput on here about how difficult the game can be and still be enjoyable, I actually toned down the first quest a good deal. (The second quest will be merciless though.) The first quest is actually complete, and I playtested it a bit, it's challenging but nowhere near as impossible as my first draft. (If you got unlucky with bomb and rupee drops for the first 3 levels, you had to reset.) In the long run, I feel that this game will be an acceptable, albeit difficult, tribute to the Original, using the same rules as thr Original. Now, I've been toying with the idea of doing a second hack once I am through with this one. (Actually, I've been toying with the idea of de-making Wind Waker into an 8 cartridge epic adventure as well, but that's still in the theorycrafting stage.) Nothing is set in stone yet since I refuse to start planning until I have finished this one completely, but know that I have taken Arch 8ngel's advice into careful consideration, and if I ever get around to it, you will end up seeing some of his ideas in the final game. ]]> New Zelda ROM hack in Progress http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2014-05-23T03:49:00 -05.00 EoTN 25 I must say that the ideas that Arch 8ngel pitched are very interesting and would definitely want to see it happen. I understand you are relatively new to the hacking, I don't know anything about it, but would it be wise to ask someone to help you out in this project. I understand if you want to do it completely on your own, but as Arch 8ngel also said, the bar should be high to make it worthwhile.
I don't think difficulty should be drastically increased for a hack, first of all it should be very interesting and fun to play the game. There is always a second quest where you could go nuts. I found Zelda Outlands very cool and while I died quite frequently on my first run through, I did so much better the second time. What I try to say here is that some hacks are just ridiculously hard that it is sometimes impossible to not take damage. I think the hack would be more successful if the difficulty is more in line with the original, say second quest in LoZ, much like Zelda outlands. ]]> New Zelda ROM hack in Progress http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=127075 2014-05-21T17:26:34 -05.00 EoTN 25 Originally posted by: AlveinHero

I can't wait to play the hard version of the original Legend of Zelda.

If you want the hard version of the original, beat it with 3 hearts. ]]>