Now here is something that completely passed under my radar. Earlier this week, a team of modders released an HD overhaul mod for the NES version of The Legend of Zelda. This overhaul mod uses Zelda 1 Redux as a base, and allows PC gamers to experience a faithful remaster of this Zelda game on the PC via the NES emulator, Mesen.
Going into more details, this Mesen HD Pack increases the internal resolution, improves textures and audio, and brings new animated environments. Additionally, it increases frame count for running, introduces breakable tile hints, and faster text printing. Not only that, but this mod also comes with some gameplay tweaks. For instance, it increases the bomb upgrade amount, and allows for faster health refills.
Here are all the key features of this unofficial remaster of The Legend of Zelda.
- Increased resolution
- Increased frame count for running
- Updated sound effects and music
- New title and game select screen
- Animated environments
- Save manually with Up+A when in the items subscreen
- Re-localization of the game script
- Increased bomb max
- Increased bomb upgrade amount
- Faster text printing
- Change the Red and Blue rings to Red and Blue tunics
- Breakable tile hints
- Press the “Select” button to toggle the item assigned to the “B” button
- Faster health refills
- Partial heart pieces in HUD
As said, PC gamers can play this unofficial remaster of The Legend of Zelda via the NES emulator, Messen. Naturally, you’ll also need the original ROM of the Zelda NES game in order to play it.
You can download the HD Messen Pack for The Legend of Zelda from here. Below you can also find some videos that showcase this mod in action.
Have fun!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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