I saw information that while researching the video, but everyone also said that "practically speaking" only 13 colors would be used at a time. I don't fully understand how it works.

​@@TheBreadPirateThe NES has eight palettes of four colors, but the first "color" in all of those palettes is invisible, hence why I said "visible colors." Four of these palettes are used exclusively for sprites, which are the objects that move around and do stuff, like Link, his sword, and the enemies. The other four palettes are used for the background tiles which make up the level scenery, like the cliffs, the trees, and the walls of the dungeons. You then need to add one extra color for the "background color" that fills in all the gaps the "invisible color" ends up making. Fun fact: this is how some games tricked extra detail in their sprites and backgrounds despite being limited to three colors. By cutting out tiny portions in their art assets and have the background color fill in the gaps, you can provide the illusion of extra color. Final Fantasy is a perfect example of this in action, as the battle sprites for both the player and enemies use the black background color to fake an extra color. The downside is that this only works if the background remains totally blank, so no fancy scrolling backgrounds like Ninja Gaiden. So the information stated in the video is only accurate as far as the sprite palettes are concerned, as you only have about 12 visible colors to work between them, or 13 if you wanna cheat like Final Fantasy. It just doesn't account for the 12 other colors than make up the background scenery. If the NES really was limited to its four sprite palettes, then I don't think it would be nearly as vibrant and charming as we know it. If for some reason you still doubt me, I checked on Wikipedia which states, "the console can display up to 25 colors simultaneously out of 54 usable colors." I also checked myself via an emulator with a PPU viewer, and sure enough, there were 8 palettes divided between sprites and backgrounds.

Ah! That makes more sense. So it's 13 colors for sprites and 12 for background stuff. Thanks for explaining that!@@FullHitPoints

@@TheBreadPirateWell, it'd be more accurate to say 12 colors for sprites and 13 for the backgrounds. Remember that the 1 extra filler color is also for the background. But anyway, glad I could be of help.

I had always believed that 8-bit meant 8 digits in binary, or 256 colors.

"What if I just take the overworld music and slow it way down?"

"It was just a happy little accident." - Bōb Kondō

Lol whip it up? Listen to the first 40 seconds of the song April, he stole it. They should sue Nintendo.

Heh, fortunately the copyright to Bolero expired in Japan a year after The Legend of Zelda was released.

Lol, if it’s such an obvious case of plagiarism, why haven’t they sued Nintendo then? Zelda is one of the most recognizable video game franchises and its music is played by orchestras all around the world, so why has deep purple not taken legal action? Their geriatric members would probably love an easy payday, so what are they waiting for?

Absolutely I just face palm so hard learning that. I’ve been playing this game since I was 5 now 38 and I never knew that

Whats the bubble hack?

I think I remember it, but if you think about it, it's more convenient to just wait

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Play the recorder to negate the sword-loss effect.

That's useful to know. I never could work out the teleporting process.

Additionally, each time you play the recorder, as long as you maintain facing the same direction, you will increment the warp counter by 1. For example, let’s assume you have visited dungeons 1-4. If you are at dungeon 1, facing right and playing the recorder 3 times in a row teleports you to dungeon 4. I think this is true for the OG gold cart and not just the randomized. I don’t have a cart to verify, but it’s something that I seem recall from my youth.

I was gonna say that, but thought I'd check comments first.

Holy Jebus, how have I never noticed that before!?

I never made it far enough to get the flute as a kid, but I kept thinking about super Mario bros 3 when I'd hear the opening of oot

I always knew about the flute sound being nearly identical in Zelda and Mario 3, but it wasn't until I saw in a different KZfaq video like last year that I realized that it was also the Ocarina of Time intro theme. I've heard that so many times, but I never put two and two together

I had no idea the flute music cures the curse from the Bubbles. That makes it so much more useful!

I wonder if that only works in quest 1. With quest 2 you've got the red ones and the blue ones the red ones take you away the blue ones give me your sword back so I wonder if the flute will do that and repair you

Same. No matter how advanced games have gotten, no game has ever captured my heart and imagination for as many years as the original Legend of Zelda. For that reason, it's my #1 game of all time (sorry, Skyrim).

@@Cedar_Wolf Were you expecting to find a hospital like in Kid Icarus after being turned into an egg plant? lol

@@JohnSmith-nj4zq A hospital? What? No, I just knew the Bubbles' curse lasted for a short time or until you entered another screen, so I'd just endure it. The flute was useful for warping, revealing a few places in the Overworld, and for damaging a few enemies in dungeons who are vulnerable to it. I had no idea it had healing properties.

My dad's friend drew a map for this game as well, it was dozens of pages, every dungeon, every square was a perfect replica of the game, it was the ultimate guide.

@@itsthedude6155 that would be amazing to have, I thought about something like that a couple of years ago. I am using The legend of Zelda as a reference for a D&D map.

You know I could remember doing the same thing and I actually did find a secret a 100 ruby secret That is actually somewhat hidden in plain sight

The manual that came with the game had a map in it that was about half filled in.

@@chemicals8582 Pretty sure I still have mine where I drew in the rest in pen. I haven't turned my NES on in quite a few years but these videos always tempt me to to see if my Zelda save states from the 80s are still on there.

Wow! That explains so much. The flute in Zelda 1 is called a recorder in many sources, and now I know why.

Also in Mario 3 the warp whistle makes the same sound

I was just about to say, it's a recorder

a recorder is a flute though. you're thinking specifically of the western concert flute. The flute family includes everything from those to the pan flute to the ocarina to the blown jug.

Extra fun fact, the German name of the recorder translates to "block flute", named after the core in the mouth piece.

I love that fact so much. I'm glad I was able to show you something new!

If you use a walk-through-walls Game Genie code, you can explore where the different dungeons "piece together". However, the enemies may look odd in the other dungeons...

They did the same thing in ALttP. Some glitch category speedruns exploit this.

After becoming a computer programmer, it finally made sense why all the numbers in Zelda where divisible by 8: number of rubies, bombs; how life and spells (in Link) were divided… I didn’t know that about the level maps or Second Quest but it “fits”!

Wait until you see what the second quest dungeon map spells…

Can relate.

That works in The Oracle games I think.

@@Odrox yup it does

Some of us tried every tool in every room of the game just to see what may or may not happen.

And yet Digdogger was only able to beaten by using the Flute in his room. Confusing!

Me too

The moment I discovered my first false wall in the Second Quest is probably the most rewarding experience I have ever had in gaming. It felt monumental since the game barely telegraphs it at all, which means you have to think laterally to discover it. My refusal to use a guide was the best decision I made going into The Legend of Zelda. Phenomenal game.

@@MrPSaun I tried probably for days to solve what to do in that dungeon. ("A" was it?) I finally wrote Nintendo a letter asking and detailing what I'd done (bombing every appropriate wall, pushing every block after defeating every enemy, etc.). I'd love to know what bare telegraph made you think to push up against a non-descript wall for a second or more.

All of us who played the original cart when it came out finished it without a guide.

Ah, so then it wouldn’t work on the second quest version of the bubble, that doesn’t use a timer. Too bad, it would be awesome if it did.

I'd assume it's the same reason that aquamentus shoots more fireballs when you use the recorder. The timer between shots doesn't pause so it still runs down.

The time youre without your sword is much longer than the recorder tune it plays.

@@ChromeCobra420 The curse is longer, you are correct. By 8 frames. I don't think you'll even notice the .13th of a second that you still don't have your sword.

@@thomasmathew13 it's noticeable enough that I definitely knew it was faster, and 8 frames is a huge amount depending on what you're talking about. 8 frames is very significant in some instances, so don't be a fucking tool.

Allergic

Ha ha, thanks Swack! It was a lot of fun to find work-arounds for everything.

One of the map pieces looks pretty similar to the mustache man flag

YO! Have fun, and don't be afraid to use a guide.

It's... not a good game by todays standards, neither is it a long one. (2-4 hours maybe? Add up to 6 more ours if you don't look up dungeon locations, as you might have to search each screen multiple times in frustration) But it was really good back then, and if you can appreciate for what it is, it's still quite fun. I'd recommend looking at hints for your first playthrough, even if just for dungeon locations, and if you like it, do a blind playthrough of the second quest.

It's still fun to this day

@@tokeivothat would make it boring. Part of the fun is to discover all these locations. I still remember trying to burn every tree with a candle or bombing everywhere to find a secret.. Good old days.

we're "spoiled" as modern gamers. Minimaps, pins, quest trackers, more than two buttons... but when you can find and older game that gets you, it really is neat to see how much fun a thing can be regardless of how "sophiticated" the UI or play is.

Do it! The game is a lot of fun. Just make sure you have a guide.

its crap stick with zelda link to the past

@@ianswift3521 I both disagree with you and am correct. Ain't that neat?

Do it! You'll have a lot of fun.

Deep Purple is primarily known for their hard rock classic _Smoke on the Water,_ but it's fair to say they were a very different band during the time they did _April._ It's from their underappreciated first line-up that were a lot more progressive and psychedelic. Then Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath came along and Deep Purple decided that's the kind of music they wanted to play too, so they replaced some members and went on to become hard rock pioneers themselves... and then ventured into blues and funk territory. I'm a *huge* fan so I love all of it!

I had a similar feeling when someone pointed me to "Tarkus" from Emerson, Lake, and Palmer from "Dancing Mad" from Final Fantasy VI. I guess the moral of the story is that if you want to make great video game music, get into classic rock.

Let me recommend "Machine Head", "In Rock", and "Made in Japan" (live) as some great entry albums for Deep Purple. Enjoy, and rock on!

I thought the first half of the sample played in this video also sounded like opening up a chest in OOT.

@@MLennholm Any band that had both Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale was bound to sound diverse.

It is also Vow of Revenge from Ninja Gaiden

I definitely heard the original main title music in that song. Pretty cool stuff

You can beat Ganon with the wooden sword? I thought you had to have the magic sword to beat him. I think I even read that in Nintendo Power once.

Do you feel better now after bragging on yourself for things you never did? Lol

@@ChromeCobra420 Excuse me, my comment was me talking to my friend, Bread. You know little to nothing about me, but I have been playing these games before most people in this community were alive. I have no desire to continue talking to you and will not respond to anymore comments. Good Day.

@@58jharrisYou can defeat him with any Sword (and Bow & Silver Arrows). Everything else in the game can be dealt with without the sword

The Mario 3 whistle was a reference to the flute from Zelda 1! Good catch.

@@TheBreadPirate Mario 3 world 3 was also the roots to the fairy fountain music.

Deep Purple Mk 1 was a very different band from the hard rock pioneers they became and are recognized as. Much more progressive and psychedelic. There's some great stuff in there.

@@MLennholm The lyrics to this song are beautiful. It's reminiscent of Deserted Cities of the Heart.

Funny, I just went through Deep Purple’s discography. Even made a TikTok video about it. That part happened so fast I swore it sounded familiar, but didn’t place it at the time

Interesting, that explains why drinking Life Potions is also a viable solution

Agreed. The team was wicked talented.

Same here.

I similarly did something like that need to go back tho I got stuck on Zelda 2

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Everyone keeps thinking it’s some revelation, but the item list in game during the opening title sequence does clearly say this. I’m still trying to figure out where flute came from. Is it in the manual, or people just assuming from Z2 and Z3?

@@BlakeAustin2011Because everyone knows what a flute is and making the distinction between a recorder is the most pedantic thing ever.

It's a mistranslation, it's a flute.

​@@BlakeAustin2011I think it's as simple as a recorder being a type of flute, and "flute" being shorter. Though also people often associate "recorder" with the toy plastic ones they played in elementary school, and so may not associate it with an ancient instrument found by an adventurer. I note that the instrument is called a flute in the next two games. It becomes an ocarina in Link's Awakening, but people often still called that a flute until Nintendo used "ocarina" in the title of the next game.

WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO YOURSELF! XD

@@TheBreadPirate Because it's the weekend and I miss my friends lol

Wha!? Why is that?

I find it awesome that Koji Kondo and The Legend of Zelda have a connection to Deep Purple. I'll be listening for that sequence now in "April".

It's beautiful. Keep it for a few weeks at least.

Indeed.

That's very observant of you! The Mario 3 whistle is a reference to the whistle from Zelda 1. That's why it's used for teleporting between worlds in that game.

SMB3 also uses the fairy fountain melody for the World 3 music, though I think SMB3 did it first as I believe the fairy fountain theme didn't come about until A Link to the Past

​@@MLennholmThe warp zone uses the skyland tune.

I could easily talk about that for over an hour. There's a lot of reasons why.

No dlc, and I think TotK is harder to mod and with less glitches

Most Zelda KZfaqrs love Zelda for the lore, and Totk doesn't mesh with any other game lore wise, not even BOTW. Aparently, this really frustrates them, cause they can't really make lore videos about a game with no lore. Bandit Gaming did a vid on this

There was a lot of excitement around the fuse mechanic initially and people came up with all sorts of crazy and fun contraptions but then the hover bike 2.0 and 3.0 were discovered and it killed it completely. There's just no reason to ever build anything else... or travel on horseback... or climb... or use slip protection... or use the zora armor to travel up waterfalls in the sky... or use recall on the stone elevators... or make an effort to assault the yiga forts in the depths...

@@MLennholm completely agree

A very cool crossover flute

That's an interesting theory! Would make a lot of sense.

The funny thing i that "kill" command is used to send a signal to a process. If you want to terminate a process, you send a signal 9. So "kill -9" actually kills the program ;)

Agreed.

Yo, welcome to the early video gang!

Not quite, but similar.

Godspeed to you as well!

My pleasure! I enjoy hunting down the obscure facts most people don't know.

Your welcome! I'm glad I was able to teach something new today.

Same! But one thing about the dungeon music in Zelda 1: we know where the inspiration came from, but that's for dungeon 1-8. What about dungeon 9? Anyone knows?

Dude, you have no idea how close I was to adding that one into the video. But I struggled to get enough footage in time and had to cut it. 😅 I'll heart your comment so more people see the fact you're explaining.

@@TheBreadPirate Thanks! No worries your 15 were better; the one enemy trick is probably more well known anyway

@@jesse.scholer You can kill every enemy, they won't respawn unless you go far.

@@Mari_Izu yes, I want to say respawn rate was maybe 5-6 screens away and then back would respawn, but if you leave one enemy on an overworld screen you can walk from one end of the world to the other and there will still only be one enemy; the others won't respawn. However dungeons did reset spawning I believe. So, if you were running around the Overworld looking for secrets before the internet, then this was extremely helpful.

@@jesse.scholer Neat, thank you for the info.