Fun Stuff in Link's Awakening

[loki212]

There is a screen jump glitch in the no dx version were if you push select right before you change screens ull be in the same spot but on the other screen. Its a great way of traveling if you wanna get stuff early.

So go if you have both bombs and the bow equiped just oush both buttons at the same time for... Bomb Arrows!!! And as we can see TP had bomb arrows are an arrow upgrade, so its a nood to the old glitch.

There are a few game enders if you dont give the chain chomp back to the lady, alougth I've never tried any of them.

You can kill Nightmare in its final form with the boomarang in one hit. When you get the rooster if you throw the boomarang first then pick up the rooster the boomer will fly underneath you until you let go of him.

Just thought I'd share some of the stuff I found out about when I played LA, when it came out all those years ago.

[chrisbg99]

I used to be very dependent on the screen glitch in LA to make my way through the game, until I realized I really couldn't say I beat the game until I finished it for real.

[Alder Dragon]

I didn't know about the chain chomp ending thing.. I'll have to try that sometime - do you know what is different about the ending? I didn't know about the final boss boomerang thing either. I did however know about the screen jumping, I did that and found a way to do it on my DX version and ended up completely destroying the game. It's glitched to oblivion now. My file on there has 0 hearts and 999 rupees, and every item was turned into a rocs feather. Also my player is invisible, you can only see his shadow when you jump.

[loki212]

wow thats bad. But the chain chomp thing i mentioned was a glitch were you couldnt continue the game anymore. Like i said though i dont remember where or how, althought i think you have to do the screen jump somewere.

[Claire]

Yes, I am entirely aware of the glitching in Link's Awakening, although I do not care for it. Glitching can be entertaining to watch, except every now and again (sometimes way too often), you glitch yourself up a screen and realize you have to restart the game because you are now stuck. It is neat though, Tom has been able to get to the Nightmare without ever getting the sword in the beginning by glitching.

Personally, I think that is a neat thing, such as a 3 heart challenge. Although, I think there is too much work and hassle involved in glitching. Although, finding and using glitches are quite neat every now and then.

[Chrono]

Start the game with the name as "Zelda" and there will be different overworld music.

[linkman8]

Start the game with the name as "Zelda" and there will be different overworld music.
Yeah, I loved that music, but I think it only lasts until you get the sword.

I loved doing the screen-jumping glitch, because it was so fun to see just what you'd find if you screen-jumped into the middle of a cave or something. Like other people, I actually cheated un LA a couple of times using the glitch, but I would encourage anyone else NOT to do it, unless you are absolutely sure you're safe. I was doing a second playthrough, and did the screen-jump glitch while Marin was with me, and I ended up stuck on top of a well. Forever.

[Mike Pothier]

One of my favorite things to do in LA is to steal the bow and be renamed THIEF.

[MrMosley]

I used to use the Screen Jump glitch quite often back in the day. The koolest thing I ever done with it was keep Marin with me the entire game, as screen jumping past the walrus dosen't mess anything up at all.

I also used to screen jump inside of any cave, which takes you to a box where you get the L-2 Power Bracelet without having to wait until it's dungeon.

[Midna666]

One of my favorite things to do in LA is to steal the bow and be renamed THIEF.

That's my favorite thing to do to,and it's fun to steal all the items.

[lonely_moon]

I never got to try the Screen Warp glitch (I only have the DX version), but I do know of another glitch that works in both versions: the Glitch World!

First, go and kill some enemies (different amounts produce different glitch worlds, killing no enemies lands you in Goponga Swamp), then go to Madam MeowMeow's house and wedge yourself in the top-right area of the house, where the house meets Bow Wow's (I think that's her name) kennel. Push yourself up against the wall and gradually inch to the right, until you appear stuck in the right wall. After that, just keep going down (whilst remaining stuck in the wall) until you enter the door. You'll get some weird as places.

Of course, another fun (and easier, providing you have the right items) thing to do is go and burn chickens. :devil:

[MrMosley]

I never got to try the Screen Warp glitch (I only have the DX version), but I do know of another glitch that works in both versions: the Glitch World!

First, go and kill some enemies (different amounts produce different glitch worlds, killing no enemies lands you in Goponga Swamp), then go to Madam MeowMeow's house and wedge yourself in the top-right area of the house, where the house meets Bow Wow's (I think that's her name) kennel. Push yourself up against the wall and gradually inch to the right, until you appear stuck in the right wall. After that, just keep going down (whilst remaining stuck in the wall) until you enter the door. You'll get some weird as places.

Of course, another fun (and easier, providing you have the right items) thing to do is go and burn chickens. :devil:

I tried this in the DX version, and I couldn't get it to work for me. I have yet to try in the original, but you did mention that it works in both, so I don't know what I am doing wrong.:hmm:

[Skull_Kid]

I never got to try the Screen Warp glitch (I only have the DX version), but I do know of another glitch that works in both versions: the Glitch World!

First, go and kill some enemies (different amounts produce different glitch worlds, killing no enemies lands you in Goponga Swamp), then go to Madam MeowMeow's house and wedge yourself in the top-right area of the house, where the house meets Bow Wow's (I think that's her name) kennel. Push yourself up against the wall and gradually inch to the right, until you appear stuck in the right wall. After that, just keep going down (whilst remaining stuck in the wall) until you enter the door. You'll get some weird as places.

Of course, another fun (and easier, providing you have the right items) thing to do is go and burn chickens. :devil:


I've never heard of this, are you sure it isn't fake???
It sounds very suspicious


edit: while searching found these:

Wierd Dungeons
This odd secret allows you to get to an alternate version of the dungeons, complete with walls you can swim through, invisible walls, strange looking enemies, and other oddities. You can even swim off the sides of dungeons into different ones.

You can actually do this as soon as you finish the first dungeon, but you really need the flippers, as you have to swim all over the place.

Go the the boss room of the first dungeon, equip Roc's Feather, and fall down one of the holes in the side. As soon as the screen switches to the side-on view, hold up on the D-Pad and jump using Roc's Feather. If you did this fast enough (and held up... it's necessary for some reason), you'll jump up off the screen into what looks like a room full of impossibly placed locked doors. Move around a bit and you should soon find yourself in a dungeon with the cheat activated. To get back to normal, just enter some stairs.




and this

Level 3 Power Bracelet
There is a way to get a Level 3 Power Bracelet, but it has the same strength as the Level 2 Power Bracelet. It's actually very simple. You first must be inside level 7, Eagle's Tower. Get on top of one of the ledges on the first floor. Now enter a screen at any direction, while doing the Warp Across Screen glitch (pressing select as you enter the screen). If you did it right, you'll be at a location with a treasure chest at the top left of the screen. Walk over to it and open it up. It will look like a regular power bracelet, but when you look in your inventory, it will say L3.

[Alter]

Are there any good ones for the DX version? I've never heard of any... (other than the ZELDA name) :)

[lonely_moon]

I tried this in the DX version, and I couldn't get it to work for me. I have yet to try in the original, but you did mention that it works in both, so I don't know what I am doing wrong.:hmm:


I've never heard of this, are you sure it isn't fake???
It sounds very suspicious

That's odd. It works in my version.

I just found a video that shows you what I mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAESwmoejg

[MrMosley]

Ohh okay. I was trying to do it inside of Madom Meow Meow's House. But I've done this with AR or GS cheats before, just warping to different places by walking through walls.

Those aren't hidden or unplayable levels at all. They are just dungeons in the game that are running off of the same pallet of the place you were in. Like for example, sometimes I will mess around with the game and use the walk thru walls cheat while in Mabe Village. But then I will walk out of it and into an area with monsters through a wall which you normally couldn't get to that way. All of the beasts are little old women, holding swords, because it is running off of the pallet and sprite information from Mabe Village.

[Johnny Boy]

There's a glitch that is really weird. When you are in the first dungeon (Tail Dungeon) go to the room where you fought the boss moldorm.
If you fall down the hole, then quickly jump up with the Roc's feather, the whole game will be glitched. There will be random crap all over the place.
You can even get to level 4 via this glitch without even finishing the first dungeon. Always thought this was a very interesting glitch with almost endless possibilities...

[chrisbg99]

Another trick or glitch or whatever is useful for buying the bow & arrows faster. When you buy the shovel (which costs 200 rupees) and as your rupees drain, save your game quick and come back. Depending on when you saved you will have kept the rupees at that point. Makes it a little easier to build up to buy the 990 rupee bow & arrows.

[mamu mamu]

screen jumps let you do anything:). i i uncovered the whole map(exept for the raft ride you need the scale to go down the waterfalls in it for some reason) with only the magic powder and shield. you can also keep bow wow marin the ghost and the rooster, but if you have more than one the others will be glitched versins of the most recently gotten one.There is also a power braclet level 3 that you can get, it is the same as the level 2 exept for the name on the item screen.

[El Bagu]

I believe I´ve played through Link´s Awakening DX 3 or 4 times and never experienced a glitch :( Have to work on that :lol: If I understood things correctly it seems there are more glitches in the original version. Am I correct?

[chrisbg99]

Yeah they fixed the screen jump glitch for DX. The rupee trick is still there so maybe that isn't a glitch.

And I can't believe people haven't mentioned some of the things you can do with Marin as you escort her to Animal Village. Like picking up the crane game guy or the rather disturbing things she says when you start fires. :O

[zeldafreak]

I've used the screen jump glitch so many times just to find rupees for the damn bow.
I don't want my name to be changed!
It's fun escorting Marin.
I love digging, jumping down wells, going to the crane game, and killing cuccos.
:lol:

[Volvox]

One of my favorite things to do in LA is to steal the bow and be renamed THIEF. I was considering doing that, but I resisted the temptation and just saved up the rupees for it.

The best way to get rupees in LA, that I know of so far, is in the third Dungeon (Key Cavern?). IF you go up to the room on the first floor with the stairs down, a chest, and one of those pushy block, there will be those four green blob things that attack you. They drop lots of money. So you kill all those, then go down the stairs. As your screen fades out and changes to white, press and hold your sword button, charging it up for a spin attack. When you get down there and its charged, let it loose, killing all four green blobs in the downstairs. Collect rupees. Go upstairs, charging your sword, releasing a spin attack, and collecting rupees. Repeat. I did this last night starting with 471 rupees, and had 999 rupees in 'bout 2o minutes. Dunno if other are more experienced and have better ways, but that's mine.