Contents

I,     Emulation Info - Legal
II,    BS Zelda - Map 2 - Roms / Patches
III,   Utilities IPS / Hex Editor / Tile Ripper
IV,   Emulators
V,    Miscs




I, Emulation Info

 This rom's game only exsisted for four hours and it was only a available for a limited time. Thus Nintendo shouldn't be troubled nor make any losses if it is downloaded for free, because you can't buy neither the BS-X system nor the game anywhere and even if you were able to purchase the BS-X you the satellite wouldn't be transmitting the game anymore. This game is similar to the classic Zeldas which at before being re-released couldn't be bought, either. Conrad VanderWoude from the ZHQ had the classics for emulation on his page. Read more about the reasons in an article made by the ZHQ. The subject is similar to the condition of BS-Zelda games.



II, BS Zelda - Map 2

For a long time word circulated of a second map for the first BS Zelda game (the remake of the first NES game), but until recently it was believed that no dump of the game had ever been made. Fortunately this has now been proven wrong!
Althena77 gave us this rom after getting it from Makuchan, owner of a Japanese website with some info on it. We thank them for allowing us to return yet another lost game to the Zelda fans, the Fourth Quest of the original The Legend of Zelda, no less!
The game, as it is, runs as week 1 (and therefore only the first two dungeons are available by normal means) and has some minor glitches (with the music in particular, the ending fanfare playing all the time). However ways around these problems have been found and it is already possible to play the whole game as intended!

A, Patched Roms

1, The Map 2 Restoration rom: Included is
- Complete Map 2 patch (by Roto and Con)
- Upgrade Map 2 patch (by Dreamer_Nom and Con)
- Restoration Map 2 patch (by Con and Euclid)
- English Translation patch (by Duke Serkol and Bumpus)
- Magic Shield unused sprites patch (by Con)
- Textbox Translation patch (by Hiei-, DarthNemesis, Beno, Con)
This rom makes the game as original as currently possible. See below what the patches feature! The game begins each week at 07 and the week skip is time related at every 57 minutes.
Difficulty: Hard (time limit). If you don't finish the game in time, it is Game Over (time crack does not work - you get a bad end).

Download the Japanese Version here (without Translation patch)





2, The Legend of Zelda - Fourth Quest rom. Included are
- Complete Map 2 patch (by Roto and Con)
- Upgrade Map 2 patch (by Dreamer_Nom and Con)
- LOZ-FQ patch (by Con and others)
- English Translation patch (by Duke Serkol and Bumpus)
This rom makes BS Zelda to a "regular" Legend of Zelda - you play without a timer and with classic characters and triforce symbols
Read more about the Fourth Quest Project.
Difficulty: Easy (no timer at all). It is recommended to begin with this rom if you play BS Zelda the first time.







3, The Link Version Map 2 rom: Included is
- Complete Map 2 patch (by Roto and Con)
- Upgrade Map 2 patch (by Dreamer_Nom and Con)
- Decoration Map 2 patch (by Con and Mottzilla)
- English Translation patch (by Duke Serkol and Bumpus)
- Complete Link patch (decoration vers. 12/06/2008 by Duke Serkol)
- Soul Calibur II Magic Set (decoration vers. 12/06/2008 by Duke Serkol)
- Time Crack (by FloBBaSKo)
This allows you to play BS Zelda with Link and a sword and shield more up to date with Nintendo's latest reinterpretation of them.
Difficulty: Medium (Timer, but no limit. If you fail you'll loop back in the week you are). At the time, the restoration patch isn't applied and thus the week skip is Triforce related.






4, The Real Hardware Map 2 rom by MottZilla: It features
- an animated title screen and item list!!!!
- many aspects of Roto's and DN's patch (music, triforce related week skip, etc)
- many aspects of the Restoration patch (blue manhandla, complete triforce, etc)
- updated v.1.1 (ending screen, further fixes)
- English translation patch (by Duke Serkol)
This project is designed to play BS Zelda on real hardware and to avoid some emulation problems.
Download the BSZ-Map 2 Lite patch to apply on the original SWC rom. This patch is NOT compatible with Roto's, DN's upgrade, Restoration or time patch! The work of MottZilla is a complete alternative project. It is buggy on JP SFC, so use a US SNES!
Difficulty: Medium (Timer, but no limit). The week skip is Triforce related.




B, Original Rom

Download the BS-Zelda - Map2 as it was dumped in week1, and found. The (as far as we know) only patch applied is to prevent the 7 minutes waiting time at the beginning (and a header by Eddzzz has been added to facilitate patching). For some purpose (e.g. real hardware) it is necessary to have this map2 rom in swc format




C, Important Patch Files

I, With this fantastic BsZelda Map 2 complete beta patch by Roto (transcribed for Map 2 by Con) you'll have the
- chance to play the game from beginning to end the way it was meant to be (with all scheduled events)
- a save ram feature
- music
- title screen
- the choice between the mascot and the girl
- no breaks or waiting time






II, The Map 2 Upgrade patch by Dreamer Nom (transcribed for Map 2 by Con). The patch
- prevents the game from crashing when creating a new game
- saves and loads the Magic Shield, Sword and the Bomb Bags correctly
- makes the correct week objectives show up
- fixes the messed up bosses
- adds a name entry feature
- generally improves the code
In short, this patch will fix most of the problems persisting after Roto released his patch.





III, As soon you have applied the above patches (I and II) you can choose one of the following styles that you want to play.
In every of the files are following patches included:
- make the mascotts skriek in his/her voice by Mottzilla/Con
- fix the music in the final area by Mottzilla/Con
- ring in the menu by Con
- Save Subscreen Dungeon Maps by Con
- Week 3 objective fix patch by Con

Do NOT apply one of the following three patches with one other!

III a, Here is the Restoration Map2 patch which purpose is to restore the original BS-X Gameplay of the game. Included are:
- make the game start at 07 minutes as it originally was in the broadcast by Con
- week change time related after 57 minutes by Euclid/Con
- insert the original intro and end sequence as seen in the video by DaMarsman/Con
- restore the red spots marking dungeons in previous weeks by Con
- make the heart red in the continue screen by Con
- fade to white and result screen at each end by Con/Mottzilla
- quick save feature by pressing select in the select screen by Con
- quick save feature by pressing select in the select screen by Con
- enables magic shield animation frames
- item restore by sword pick-up
- Optionally, apply Tre's version patch if you want to have a one full hour play time!

This patch makes the game closer to the original broadcast.
Mainly, this patch turns the week skip time related (not triforce related as in Roto's patch). Check the subfolder in the patch file for single patches!
Apply this patch AFTER Roto's Complete and DN's Upgrade patch! Do NOT use this patch together with the loz or decoration patch below!



III b, Download the LOZ - Fourth Quest patch, which purpose is to transform BS Zelda into an old fashion Legend of Zelda game. Included are:
- disable the timer and hide it by Dreamer_Nom/Con
- advance the game triforce related by Roto/Dreamer_Nom
- Classic characters tile set by TeRRaBiTe88/Vel/Con
- Triforce tile set by Con
- Magic Key & Red Ocarina patch by Con
- Zelda-style title screen and item screens by DaMarsMan/Con
- End Screen with Death Counter by Mottzilla/Con
- Quick Save with Red Heart by Con
- enable Magic Shield unused frames by Con
- Optionally, you can apply Red Heart patch to turn the heart in the game over screen from white to red as well (not only in the Quick Save).

Most of the ingame time related events are stabled, so you can play the game like a regular Legend of Zelda! Check the subfolder in the patch file for single patches!
Apply this patch AFTER Roto's Complete and DN's Upgrade patch! Do NOT use this patch with the restoration patch above or the decoration patch below!



III c, Download the Decoration Map 2 patch, which purpose is to make an Update of Roto's and DN's patch and keep aspects of the gameplay when we started to patch BS-Zelda. Included are:
- Zelda-style title screen by Duke Serkol/DaMarsMan/Con
- Scrolling Item List by Mottzilla
- End Screen with Death Counter by Mottzilla/Con
- Quick Save with Red Heart by Con
- Begin at time 07 by Con
- enable Magic Shield unused frames by Con
- Here is the patch made by FloBBaSKo to stop the crash occurring after every 57 minutes
- Optionally, you can apply Red Heart patch to turn the heart in the game over screen from white to red as well (not only in the Quick Save), as in the original LoZ.
- It is not recommended, but apply this patch if you like to begin this game at time 00 . You'll have 7 minutes more time each week, but the time sheme is not that proper.


Check the subfolder in the patch file for single patches!
Apply this patch AFTER Roto's Complete and DN's Upgrade patch! Do NOT use this patch with the restoration patch or the decoration patch above!







IV, Translation patches

- The English Translation for the game by Duke Serkol (5/26/00).
- The French Translation by BessaB Traductions
- The Spanish Translation by Dervour
- The German Translation by Svambo (currently it works on rh version only!)
You can apply the patches to any roms.












D, Interesting Patch Files
1, This voice acting set by Con based upon the patch byFrank Pero.
- activate and translate the wait signs
- turn the overworld and dungeon music off
- disable the screen when you die and quicksave
 This set becomes handy when we get a life voice acting of BS Zelda.












2, The BsZelda Complete Link Patch by Duke Serkol. It
- changes the mascot to Link, also in the menu of Roto's BsZelda Complete.
It's furthermore different from Damodred's as this merely changes the graphics without cracking the timer and Link's sprites are slightly different. Will work also with an unpatched rom. This is an updated version (12/05/2008). Check the subfolder for the old file. If you play with the decoration patch, please apply bslink_deco.ips to change Link as well in the beginning/ending screen and to display the correct ring in the menu.







3, With this Soul Calibur II Magic Set patch by Duke Serkol and Dracul, BsZelda will
- feature the Magic items as they appear in Namco's game and the original LoZ's manual
Refer to the readme file to make the best of it. The new version (06/12/2008) features compatibility with the shield patch and the decoration patch.













4, The Classic Sprite Patch by Con, based on patches by TeRRaBiT88 and Vel. It
- changes the mascot to newLink
- changes the girl mascot to Zelda (and rescue Zelda to slave Zelda)
Check the subfolders if you want only one mascot changed.








4, With this Triforce Tile Set patch by Con, it turns
- the Large Shield into the Hylian Shield
- the Book of Magic in the Book of Mudora
- the Magic Sword into the Master Sword
- and Triforce Symbols on the Gravestones
So all crosses get triforces. Use triforce_time.ips if you have applied the time patch, otherwise use the triforce_normal.ips. Oh, and the place of the book is of course faked.








5, This is a Goriya patch I received from Obreck987@aol.com that
- makes the girl from the unpatched file a Goriya











E, Old Patch Files


1, With the Music patch made by Real_Hotdog
- you have ingame music
This patch is based upon Roto's first Sound Patch To hear music, load a savestate from above or play with SNESGT!

2, The Waitsigns off patch by Con. With this patch you
- get rid of those nasty waiting signs

3, The Gender patch by Real_Hotdog. With this patch you have the possibility to
- change the mascots' gender

4, The Link patch by Damodred to
- play as Link
- crack the timer
(don`t use this and FloBBaSKo's patch together).


5, This updated Zelda patch by VEL allows you to
- play as Zelda and rescue Link
- play as Zelda and rescue Link and fight a different boss in the seventh dungeon
This is the Version 1 Zelda patch by VEL to
- play as Zelda and rescue Link.
The Zelda tyle is part of the character patch by Con, so apply this patch only if you want to fight a differnt monster in D7 or want to rescue Link (character patch uses a "slave Zelda")





III, Video

 Week 1
Here you may download a two parts video taken during the original broadcast of BS Zelda, the first part features the introduction of the game that was seen while it was loaded into the BS-X, and the second part shows the actual gameplay.

Beno also made a translation (with pictures) of the video.

We hope to get more in the future.



III, Utilities

 1, You will need an ips exe to patch the rom.
2, Or if ips exe gives you problems you may use Snestools.
3, Or if DOS gives you problems you may use IPS Win.
4, Click here for a Hex-editor (AXE v2.0), if you need it (see walkthrough of Map1)

5, Download here an Editor that Roto made for the game. You may ask Bumpus if you have any questions on its usage.
6, BS-Zelda Tile Ripper Copyright © 1998-2000 Armageddon Games





IV, Emulators

 1, Zsnes1.14 Dos and Windows the best emulator when using patches and save states.
2, SnesGT v0.205e is proved to emulate this game most correctly without patches and save states.
3, Snes9x v1.41, will work properly only if you patch the rom.
4, Nlke v0.03b.



V, Misc

 A, Text Dump
Here you can download a txt file with all the text from the translated game.

B, Midi File
If you finished the game, get this nifty midi of the game's final (obvious spoiler) made by MottZilla. It is the only music NOT remixed from the original Zelda1 (thus made specifically for this game).

C, Fonts
Here you may download all fonts used on this site. Copy them to /Windows/Fonts:
Genoa, Amazone BT, (my) Con's Handwriting, Lucida Handwriting, Old English and Comic Sans MS!

Which person or sword do you want to play with?

 
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