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May is over, and so let us turn back the clock and take a look at what appeared on PureZC!

Results for the 64 Quest Contest!

The results are in for the 64 Quest Contest! There were many categories to vote on, but the people have decided on their favourite quest of the contest...

Canvas 64 by RedTribeLink!

Congratulations to RedTribeLink on the achievement, as well as winning the 'Best Use of 64 Screens' category!

Thank you everyone for submitting, playing, and voting throughout the contest - it is much appreciated, and we hope to hold another contest like this in the future.

New Quests!

Darkside by Chefbear has been released on the database! If you enjoyed playing this quest during the 64 Quest Contest, why not give it another go?
For those who haven't tried it yet, expect to be thrilled in this survival horror mystery, using both your keyboard and mouse to explore the darkness...

Jack's Quest by Airfart brings a seven-dungeon adventure to the database, where you play as the Jack of Hearts to save the land of Casina!

A Ballad of Quest Clubs...

Quest Club returns with a new quest to delve into! This time around is Ballad of a Bloodline by CastChaos, with the DX version available if you'd like to try Twilight Knight's addition to the quest!

If you're looking for a large adventure, with an extensive story, then this is the quest for you! As always, feel free to share your thoughts in the Quest Club forum page!

Contest Winners

Now, we take a look at the contest results!

Congratulations to...

- Rambly, victor of Screenshot of the Week 839,


- Xanadude, victor of Screenshot of the Week 840,


- Taco Chopper, victor of Screenshot of the Week 841,


- Cobgoblin, victor of Screenshot of the Week 842,


- Rambly, victor of Screen Rebirth 11,


- Moon, victor of Screen %5BD%5Debirth 12,


- Anthus, victor of Screenshot of the Month 208!


And with that, May is complete! Here's to another great month!

A new month has appeared, and with it many new things to go through!

The 64 Quest Contest!

All of the contest entries are out now, with a whopping 11 quests and demos available to play! Thank you all for your submissions, helping make this community thrive with creativity!

For those looking for nice, bite-sized quests, look no further than these entries! If you feel like you have some feedback for each entry, feel free to discuss them in the 64 Quest Contest forum! Check out the Auxiliary Polls and the Main Poll as well to help ensure your favourite entry has a shot at winning!

New Quests!

Although numerous new quests have been released via the 64 Quest Contest, one of these entries makes their official debut on the Quest database in Soldier's Test by Mr.ReDead!

An aspiring soldier that finds themselves at a scarcely populated peninsula, explore the world and face the many tests of soldier-hood.



Quest Club Catch-Up Month!

It is officially Quest Club Catch-Up Month! The regular Quest Club group sessions will be taking place as usual on PureZC's Discord Server, but instead of going through a different quest each time... YOU will be given the choice of what to play!

As always, all Quest Club Voice Chats happen on Saturdays, 6:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST. Hope to see you there!

Screen Rebirth Returns!

Screen Rebirth is back with a vengeance! The first contest under the new management of Rambly and Professor Bedwetter, Screen Rebirth 11, is up now - who will come out on top?

A wave of tiles is let loose upon us!

Four new loose tile submissions made their way to the database in April. Orithan's Fire, Ice and Light Arrows for 16 bit tilesets is a set of elemental arrows designed for more detailed tilesets such as Pure and DoR. Cobgoblin's three submissions - Fixed LttP Forest Brush - A Link to the Brush, Flapjack Mountains!, and Mountain Ruins - are heavily customised variants of assets from the Gameboy Zelda titles and A Link to the Past, with the forest brush tiles being corrections of tiles incorrectly ripped into ZC all the way back in 2001!

Contest Winners

Now, we take a look at the contest results!

Congratulations to:

• Rambly, victor of Screenshot of the Week 835 and Screenshot of the Week 838,
• Airfart, victor of Screenshot of the Week 836,
• Anthus, victor of Screenshot of the Week 837, and
• Cobgoblin, victor of Screenshot of the Month 207!

And that is the end of April! Hope you had a great month, and here's to a wonderful May!

Although April is firmly underway, we want to take a look back at March and see what that month brought us!

New Quests
In the month of March, the database saw two new quests arrive:

First is Legend of Zelda: Link's Journey North by Airfart!

This quest is set right after Link saves Zelda in the first Zelda game, where Gannon returns to take Zelda back! Turns out the Gannon Link faced in the first game was... a fake!?



Second up is Magequest 2 by coolgamer012345!

Although an old quest, Magequest 2 makes their database debut - play as a Mage as they venture through the world...

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Quest Club Returns
Although last month saw Quest Clubbers enjoy Wanderlust - A game no one plays by Solynutt, the last Monthly Feature did not have the opportunity to cover it. If you still wish to play this quest, feel free to do so and leave your thoughts in the Quest Club thread!



The current quest to play for the latest Quest Club is Go Gollab: Conflictions of Morality by Ambient Silence. Explore a selection of unique worlds, utilizing one of nine characters - each with different special items! Be sure to share your thoughts in the new Quest Club thread!

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Contest Winners

Now, we take a look at the contest results. Congratulations to...

Cobgoblin, victor of Screenshot of the Week 833!


Joelmacool, victor of Screenshot of the Week 834!


Moonlight, victor of Screenshot of the Month 206!


...and that should be it for March! We hope April goes well for everyone, and we look forward to showcasing what this month has to offer!

Best wishes,
- PureZC Staff

Welcome back to yet another Monthly Feature! This time around we have quite a bit to look through!

PureZC's Year in Review for 2024!

Want a recap of what happened last year for PureZC, all localised in one forum post? Well, we have you covered!

Read our Year in Review, which highlights a selection of unique quests, contests, and special releases and events that took place throughout 2024! Who knows, maybe YOUR quest will show up next year!

New Quests!

Three previous Quest Contest entries have been offiically released on the database!

Mani Kanina presents: Nestastic Gaiden - Contest Release

A retro-style quest featuring eight main dungeons and a final dungeon to top things off, take the role of a curious heroine who - on their way to their next geological study - was shot down and crash landed on the planet!



Shoshon the Elegant presents: Legend of Zelda: Tales of Murdoch

Two hundred years ago in the land of Topce, a powerful wizard named Rupert Murdoch cursed three different clans... Can you recover these three tales to put an end to the evil wizard once and for all?



Mr.ReDead presents: The Deku Within

With a King who has not yet been challenged through the infamous Deku Challenge, follow the journey of a small Deku who wants to rise up and become the next great ruler!



New Database Submissions!

A flurry of submissions hit the database in February! Rambly uploaded two new pieces of music - Sky Planet Horizon, First Mix and Temple Remains (Oracle of Seasons) - the first new music submissions in nearly a year. Two new loose tiles submissions were uploaded too - Shane added new GameBoy dungeon walls with his [Gameboy] Seven Dungeon Sets tilesheet, while Orithan's Wells for various tilesets is exactly what you think it is: sets of wells for Pure, Dance of Remembrance, EZGBZ and more!
There were three script submissions as well! Ywkls' Simple 2.55 Shop utilises the signpost combos in 2.55 and 3.0 to make freeform shop objects. Additionally, Alucard648's Assorted speed modifier scripts and Assorted FFC scripts 3 packs include various scripts that either affect the player's movement speed on screens or emulate the Link's Awakening instrument cutscene respectively.

Contest Winners

Who won what over the last month? Congratulations to...

• Matthew, winner of Screenshot of the Year 2024,
• Rambly, winner of Screenshot of the Week 829,
• Moonlight, winner of Screenshot of the Week 830 and Screenshot of the Week 831, and
• Taco Chopper, winner of Screenshot of the Week 832!

And another month gone, and much more left to see! If you have anything to showcase, remember to submit your quests to the database! Hope you all have a great month, and until next time!

New year, new Pure... ZC! The first month of the year has passed, and so now look at what the beginning of 2025 had to offer!

One New Quest!

Mr.ReDead brings another quest to the database in Face Hunt! First submitted as part of an earlier contest, this quest features the protagonist venturing the world in search of... a new face!




Retro Quest Contest Entries!

Four unique quests appeared to give us the ultimate retro feel! If you're new to the database and want to know what old ZC had to offer (but with a modern day twist), then now's your time!

Check out all four entries here: Sword of Truth by JaydenPlaysStuff, Nestastic Gaiden by Mani Kanina, The Deku Within by Mr.ReDead, and Tales of Murdoch by Architect Abdiel!


Screenshot of the Year 2024 (and Screenshot of the Week 2025) is Upon Us!

Now is your opportunity to vote for the best-of-the-best! Two screenshots made their way to the Screenshot of the Year Finale, and so a big congratulations to Matthew and Moonlight!

Vote now to declare the ultimate Screenshot submitted in 2024! There can only be one winner...

On a side note, Screenshot of the Week 2025 kicks off today as well - SotW 829 is now live, and the contest returns to its true weekly format once more!


Contest Winners

For those who didn't quite make it to Screenshot of the Year 2024, you still won something. So for the last contests of Screenshot of the Week and Month, let's go ahead and congratulate...

- Cobgoblin, victor of Screenshot of the Week 828 and Screenshot of the Month 205!

The first month of the year may now be complete, but there are still eleven more months of goodies to come! See you next month!