Beat this in about 3 and a half hours, pretty solid all around but definitely has aged quite a bit. As it is though, it's quite nice and nostalgic, I remember trying this quest as a kid and just couldn't really figure out how to get past Level 2, but coming back over a decade later had me determined to finish it. And yea, it was a cool Z1-style quest with an iconic tileset. The dungeons were pretty cool to go through and the overworld is pretty standard for the time. I do feel the quest is a bit on the easy side of things but it's not too bad. Screen design in general is fine, definitely does show the early days of ZC where things were used a bit weird and so the overworld doesn't look as great as it could have. Dungeons look fine though and I'm actually quite a big fan of Level 6. Level 9 was disappointing to me since it was simply just a boss rush, but as far as the bosses do go they were pretty cool, and the small amount of 2.10-style bosses were neat.

Overall though this was a pretty nice old quest, definitely worth coming back to but I do feel a lot of screen and quest design has aged fairly poorly which is why I'm giving this a solid 3/5, but it's still pretty good for 2009.

Test played this quest and plan to LP it soon! Very enjoyable and not terribly difficult. Good enemy balance and interesting puzzles! Wish the overworld had a bit more pop but it does what it needs to do.

Really solid quest and enjoyable to play! I am huge fan of the diagonal movement and overworld map and you incorporated both! I really hope to see more from yourself Alex-Link!

very, very good its like playing zelda3 and bs zelda at the same time the only thing i didn't like was how the cellars were modified it hurt my eyes but it was a very minor thing, using the lake hylia track from FSA is a huge plus

Awesome quest Alex!! i would have liked to see more custom bosses, but the ones that were one it were short and sweet. i liked that you put a lot of effort into hiding items that are not essential but do help a lot.
thumbs up!

Heya! I will send you a message with deets

Hey Alex Link, have a question about this quest. I test played & beat it but I don't know where the Golden Ring is. Hope you could point me in the right direction. Hope you'll respond ASAP! (Plan to LP this in the future!)