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| image = [[File:Chris Houlihan Secret Room.png|x210px]]
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| caption      = Message from a telepathic tile in Chris Houlihan's Room
| caption      = Message from a telepathic tile in Chris Houlihan's Room
| game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''
| game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''
| item = 215 [[Rupee]]s
| item = 225 [[Rupee]]s
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'''Chris Houlihan's Room''' is a secret location found in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''.
'''Chris Houlihan's Room''' is a secret location found in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''.


Chris Houlihan's Room is a failsafe in the game - it is only accessed when the game cannot load the room associated with a hole [[Link]] is falling into because of corrupt location data. The room's layout consists of 43 [[Rupee|Blue Rupee]]s (worth 215), a [[Telepathic Tile]], and a water-covered floor.
Chris Houlihan's Room is a failsafe in the game - it is only accessed when the game cannot load the room associated with a hole [[Link (A Link to the Past)|Link]] is falling into because of corrupt location data. The room's layout consists of five groups of nine [[Rupee|Blue Rupee]]s (45 in total, worth 225 rupees), a [[Telepathic Tile]], and a water-covered floor.


The room's name is named so because, in 1990, [[Nintendo Power]] magazine had a contest where one had to take a picture of them finding an elusive boss in the game of Final Fantasy and then mail the picture in. Chris Houlihan was the winner of said contest and thus had himself make a cameo appearance in ''A Link to the Past''.
The room is named so because, in 1990, [[Nintendo Power]] magazine had a contest where one had to take a picture of them finding an elusive boss in the game of Final Fantasy and then mail the picture in. Chris Houlihan was the winner of said contest and thus had himself make a cameo appearance in ''A Link to the Past''. It is only named after him in [[Nintendo of America]]'s SNES English translation of the game and versions which use this.


In the [[Game Boy Advance]] port of this game, Chris Houlihan's Room name was changed into '''Top Secret Room'''. In this port, the room can only be entered through glitching or using cheating devices. The Telepathic Tile also has been removed from this room.
In the [[Game Boy Advance]] port of this game, the corrupt location data bug was patched, and the room can only be accessed through glitching or using cheating devices. The floor is no longer blue except directly under the rupees, and the Telepathic Tile was removed along with any mention of Chris Houlihan's name.


==External link==
==Gallery==
*https://www.zeldadungeon.net/the-mystery-of-the-chris-houlihan-room-solved-again/
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File:Chris Houlihan top secret room full - LTTPSNES.png|With no rupees collected (SNES).
File:Chris Houlihan top secret room B1F - LTTPGBA.png|As landed in with no rupees collected (GBA)
File:Chris Houlihan top secret room full - LTTPGBA.png|Room in full with no rupees collected (GBA)
</gallery>


{{ZD| [[zd:the-mystery-of-the-chris-houlihan-room-solved-again|The Mystery of the Chris Houlihan Room Solved…Again]] | prompt= Article on ZD}}
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Latest revision as of 23:57, August 7, 2023

Chris Houlihan's Room
Chris Houlihan Secret Room.png
Message from a telepathic tile in Chris Houlihan's Room

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225 Rupees

Chris Houlihan's Room is a secret location found in A Link to the Past.

Chris Houlihan's Room is a failsafe in the game - it is only accessed when the game cannot load the room associated with a hole Link is falling into because of corrupt location data. The room's layout consists of five groups of nine Blue Rupees (45 in total, worth 225 rupees), a Telepathic Tile, and a water-covered floor.

The room is named so because, in 1990, Nintendo Power magazine had a contest where one had to take a picture of them finding an elusive boss in the game of Final Fantasy and then mail the picture in. Chris Houlihan was the winner of said contest and thus had himself make a cameo appearance in A Link to the Past. It is only named after him in Nintendo of America's SNES English translation of the game and versions which use this.

In the Game Boy Advance port of this game, the corrupt location data bug was patched, and the room can only be accessed through glitching or using cheating devices. The floor is no longer blue except directly under the rupees, and the Telepathic Tile was removed along with any mention of Chris Houlihan's name.

Gallery