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Zelda II Has Been Ported To The SNES | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
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Zelda II is now on the SNES!

A talented developer named Infidelity has ported Zelda II: The Adventure of Link from its original version to Nintendo's 16-bit platform.

Port status: Infidelity invites players to try out this adaptation, emphasizing that it is fully playable from start to end. He also advises them to review the included README file which details all known issues needing further refinement.

Are you a fan of the original Zelda II?

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[–] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago (5 children)

The port is currently only available to Infidelity's Patreon subscribers

Why hasn’t Nintendo done anything yet? It’s weird.

[–] rImITywR@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It would require Nintendo to acknowledge the existence of Zelda II.

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

God. I hated it lol

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing because he's not selling the ROM, the Patreon only gave you early access. It seems to have now been made available to the public for free.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

On archive.org, where it's been removed

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Why hasn’t Nintendo done anything yet? It’s weird.

Nintendo are weird. Sometimes they don't do anything for years and then suddenly lawsuit over 10 gazillion in damages. When doing anything unlicensed with Nintendo properties, the rules of thumb are: Keep it low key, don't monetize it. Both common sense rules Infidelity didn't care to follow.

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

It was on archive org and it was already taken down. Only a matter of time for Patreon as well.

Edit, the link changed. Here's his Archive page with all the his work: https://archive.org/details/@infidelity

[–] Redkey@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

It looks like they took it down themselves and uploaded a revised version. It's there on their user page.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's there, I just downloaded it.

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Maybe a new upload then. The one in their tweet was taken down

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Where did you get it? The internet archive link from the article said "item not available".

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Dunno if I'm allowed to post links to it or not, but search on there for infidelity zelda ii and you should be able to find it.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There are Zelda I, Metroid, and Kid Icarus SNES ports as well that have been around a while.