Gamers today don't know the struggle of The Second Quest

>>716386101 (OP)
Fake walls are bullshit to be fair.

>>716386101 (OP)
>Don't have 50 rupees
>Have to relinquish a heart container in order to finish dungeon

>>716386365
>Stab the old man with no witnesses
>"Omae wa mou, shinteru"
>He calls upon unholy magics to will life into the fire that lights his abode to attack you
>Game over and can leave to grind money

>>716386365
>There are 3 of these in the game
>You start with 3 hearts
I wonder what happens if you don't get any heart containers before that? Like, does the game just prevent you from giving the last one?

>>716386449
Most of my rupee farming was to afford the apparently required bomb upgrades to get past 6 dodongos in one dungeon. I couldn't be bothered to save up for a blue ring or a big shield after that.

>>716386660
I had to learn the quick strats for the drongos because I was going to be unable to do it without.

>>716386628
There's a gamefaqs thread on that but I can't attest to its accuracy.

>If you pay a heart container while you only have three hearts, you won't lose any. Instead, all your hearts will turn white, as if unfilled, and one hit from anything will instantly kill you.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/563433-the-legend-of-zelda/50546860

>>716386886
Hmm. Might be masochistic enough to try one day

>>716386101 (OP)
I do. I know you can get royally screwed if one of those enemies that stops you from using your sword touches you.

I remember playing this on the NES decades ago, and entered one of the rooms in a dungeon where you have to kill all the enemies in the room for the door to open. But it had those floating sun looking enemies that disables the sword. So I ended up soft-locked and could only turn the game off.

Great game design Nintendo!

>>716387197
I didn't even know that's what was happening at first. I thought the game was just dropping my inputs lmao. If you have the rod it's easy to cope with, but that's an early trip to Level 8.

>>716387458
>an early trip to Level 8.
Ah, there inlies the problem. To get to level 8, you need the stepladder. To get that, it's in level 6, and you can only get into level 6 with the whistle from level 2. You need to do a lot of work for that, and have the skills and health to survive the ordeal. That's not exactly an easy ask for most

>>716386886
Holy shit. Miyamoto gave no fucks back then.

>>716386184
I remember I got Ricky the first time I played and then never again. All I ever got was Moosh after that.

YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE

>>716386101 (OP)
I would have never finished Ganon without a guide, not even making my own map as the manual suggests would suffice. Never bothered with the second quest.

>>716386101 (OP)
How come Ganon lets Zelda have 3 dresses all the time?

>>716387806
If you buy or win the flute, you can't get Ricky.

>>716386101 (OP)
I completely forgot you enter the room from the left in Second Quest. Shit was weird.

Reminder that Zelda 1 Link FUCKS

>>716386101 (OP)
It's what NG+ should be.
I understand the appeal of "the same game, but you get to keep all the items and enemy numbers go up to compensate"

but a remix of the game that's crueller, pulls no punches, and doesn't let you rely on memory of layouts? That's the good shit. Even just things like how dark souls 2 fucked with enemy placements specifically to mess with you on NG+ is better than the standard "Numbers go up! keep sword!" stuff, but more second/master quests in games would be great.

>>716386101 (OP)
I'm still too scared to even attempt it

>>716386101 (OP)
Castlevania III has a great 'Second Quest'

I never did 2nd quest I’d always get tired of Zelda 1 after beating it and then when I replayed it I’d just do quest 1 again.
Can’t be harder than Zelda 2, right?