The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Retro Playthrough - February 2015

[Disposed Hero]

mmhm, turns out that in the Pal-Version the Chris Houlihan’s Top Secret Room is just named "the secret room" ... should Chris sue the Nintendo Power that he wasn't made famous worldwide and am i dismissed for the achievement?

If it's the same room, then sure, it counts.

Well, this is the last day of February and we still have quite a few participants who haven't completed the game yet.  Feel free to keep posting in this thread if you get stuck, need some advice, or just want to discuss the game.  Myself and other members will be around to help you along.

[singlebanana]

Yep. And starting tomorrow, join us in playing "MediEvil," a very Zelda-like adventure game.

[GrayGhost81]

A round of applause for Disposed Hero! Well done, your first playthrough as host kicked ass my friend.

[Disposed Hero]

Haha, thanks man.  It gives me something to do at work.  You know, instead of actually working. 

[MetalFRO]

Haha, thanks man.  It gives me something to do at work.  You know, instead of actually working. 

Hope your employer doesn't read this site

[singlebanana]

Agreed, nice work sir!

[douglie007]

I played 999 to much lol i only am at the 1st crystal

[MetalFRO]

Maybe it's because I've been super busy and haven't had much time to play it, or maybe it's because I'm not in the right mindset, but I've become quite frustrated by this game the last couple weeks.  Everything seems very cryptic, and the clues you get from the old guy aren't always very helpful.  I have no idea how to get into the 2nd Dark World dungeon.  The clue says something about the light world and dark world sharing similar locations, but I don't relish the idea of spending hours going dark to light, dark to light, to try and find the one area I need to go to in the light world and transport back, or vice versa, just to enter one dungeon.  Maybe I've been spoiled by modern games too much of late, but holy cow, I've made absolutely zero progress in the game in the 3 or 4 times I've been able to sit and play it in the last couple weeks.  I don't really want to use a walkthrough if I don't have to, and when I have used one (zeldadungeon.net), some of the instructions are a bit unclear, so I end up wandering around even more without a clear idea of what I'm supposed to do.  I realize the crux of the design is the adventure aspect, and figuring out what you're supposed to do is a big draw of the game, but maybe this kind of thing isn't my speed.  Maybe I'm not searching enough for clues, maybe I'm misinterpreting the clues I do find, or maybe I'm just not patient enough. 

[russlyman]

If I remember correctly go to the dungeon in the light world and pull the lever inside releasing the water than warp back into the dark world and you can enter the dungeon


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[MetalFRO]

Yeah, I saw that, but I can't get to the lever in the light world dungeon, because it's the one with the 3 blocks and the treasure chest.  All I'm able to do is push blocks out of the way enough to get to the chest, which I did before coming to the Dark World in the first place.  I'm probably missing something obvious, but I can't figure it out.  Sigh.

[Disposed Hero]

You can push the blocks in a way that will allow you to get past the chest.  Keep trying.

[JerryGreenwood]

Off the top of my head, you should be able to push the blocks out of the way.

EDIT - Disposed beat me

[singlebanana]

I think it's the typical 3 block puzzle of push the 2 outer blocks forward, and middle one sideways. I can't quite recall, but I think that's right.

[Disposed Hero]

I think it's the typical 3 block puzzle of push the 2 outer blocks forward, and middle one sideways. I can't quite recall, but I think that's right.

I was trying to recall exactly what the puzzle looks like so I could be a bit more helpful than 'Keep trying', but I can't really remember either.  Thinking about it, I think if you push the 2 outer blocks forward and the middle one sideways, the chest would still be in the way. 

Screw it, I just looked it up: 

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 You have to push the middle block forward and one of the outer blocks to the side.

[singlebanana]

Ha! Oh yeah, I had it backwards. Thanks Steven.