Zelda 2: One Mind
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Zelda 2: One Mind
Hack Description
This is a One Mind hack in the tradition of IsoFreize's Super Mario World One Mind and Kaizoman's Link to the Past One Mind hacks. It is a co-op hack that alternates polling controller 1 and controller 2 every 64 frames (slightly longer than 1 second). On the sideview sections, Links tunic will also change colors: green for player 1 (red with shield spell), blue for player 2 (pink with shield spell). The tunic color changing does not currently work on the overworld due to some technical limitations. In addition to these control changes, this hack modifies the title screen, title scroll text, and the credits. The rest of the game should match the vanilla game.
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- Creator: eon
- Release date: 2026-07-02
- Hack Version: 1.0
- Zelda 2: One Mind
Patching
Use a tool like Floating IPS to apply the "Zelda 2 - One Mind.ips" patch to an unmodified NTSC-U NES ROM of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. This patch is not guaranteed to work with anything other than a ROM matching the below hash information. It has not been tested with any other Zelda II ROM hacks nor with the randomizer and use with those cannot be guaranteed to work.
ROM Hashes
- Database match: Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (USA)
- Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
- File SHA-1: 353489A57F24A429572E76BD455BC51D821F7036
- File CRC32: E3C788B0
- ROM SHA-1: 11333ADB723A5975E0ECCA3AEE8F4747AA8D2D26
- ROM CRC32: BA322865
Acknowledgements
Thanks to IsoFreize for the concept of a One Mind hack with the creation of Super Mario World One Mind. Thanks to Kaizoman for responding to authorblues's request for a Link to the Past One Mind by creating it. Thanks to CF207 for assistance and feedback on 6502 assembly, particularly around the PPU macros required to get the tunic color swapping to work properly. Thanks to lite for testing v0.7 with me back in 2018. Thanks to CF207, BGT, megmactv, and squibbons for testing v0.7 as well. Thanks to GTM for pushing Zelda 2 ROM Hacking forward. Thanks to the Zelda 2 community for the friendships, the feedback, the competition, and the inspiration - y'all are why making silly hacks like this is all worth it. And last, but not least, thank you for downloading this hack and for giving this a try.
