Zodiac: Story of the Guardian

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(10.51 MB) Genre: Metroidvania Added: 13 Jul 2015 Downloads: 28 Rating^[?]:

THERE IS A BETTER WAY
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You can download the latest version here, and music on the link below, but what you really should do is go and download the entire game directory at once. It's described in the 7-11-15 Update tab of this project website. Plus, you also get a very special present from Gleeok - a sneak peak of the new version of ZClassic with a little tweak to make Zodiac play better. For the very lazy, the link to everything you need in one nice little package is below:

ALL YOU NEED: https://www.dropbox....ac TGS.zip?dl=0

If you click that link you don't need anything else. If you want to get things piecemeal, then by all means.

WARNING
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If you replace your old .qst file with this one to continue your game, you will mess up global variables. This has unpredicted effects and is discouraged.

MUSIC FILES
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This game uses Enhanced Music. PureZC doesn't allow hosting zip files containing the game sound track. So, I put the tracks on Drop Box. If you downloaded the music previously, you can keep using it, but I have rebalanced and tweaked some of the music to make it play better. You can download all of the music as currently mixed here:

MUSIC FILES: https://www.dropbox....-12-15.zip?dl=0
As the readme indicates, you make these work with Zodiac (versions 6-12-15 and later) by dumping the loose .ogg files into the directory containing zelda-w.exe and the Zodiac.qst file.

I also recommend setting your sound effects to 50 - 75% of the music volume in Zelda Classic for optimum balance.

UPDATE LOG
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1. Fixed lots of bad screen designs, traps, and very unfair rooms. Too many to list.
2. Added a script to patch around the stupid doors that won't put you out in the right place on the screen. It looks weird, but it works.
3. Removed remaining TGL / Metroid music and replaced with clips from SAVESTATES.
4. Fixed continue points if you die or F6->Continue after fighting a boss.
5. Tweaked Iron's second encounter behavior. He's a lot less dumb now.
6. Fixed the bug that was making a black square'o'doom in the top left on any screen with moving platforms. Finally.
7. Tweaked Wiggler 1. His flowers now shoot fireballs instead of magic, making them harder to dodge.
8. Tweaked Catawhirl 1 to give it more health. As it was, it died incredibly quickly.
9. Improved Flameskull drastically.
10. Small bullets made bigger. This is to make the bullet more match the hit box, which I cannot easily change.
11. Added graphics and sound to armor pickup to make it seem more important.
12. Grimgrin improved.
13. Overdrive Adaptor better (you now heal x9 times faster, making it into basically 500 tics of invincibility).
14. Fixed the Cancer Zodiac Boss (I think?)
15. Added place for Wallet on the subscreen
16. Wiggler 2 is fixed now. (I think.)
17. Fixed big continue error occurring in later rooms.
18. Removed sidearm spawning script from Virgo 0,6.
19. Beefed up the Libra Zodiac' boss' HP.
20.Added better sprite for Libra crystals and they now die after 6 bounces if they haven't hit anything.
21.Fixed bug allowing some Taurus corridors to rarely spawn stationary enemies.
22. Fixed bug spawning dead enemies at top of screen in Capricorn.
23. Fixed areas in Lower Libra not yet using the freezing script.
24. Replaced boss guarding Dash 2.
25. Fixed warp zone music.
26. Spin attack now only breaks the blocks you are supposed to break, not surrounding combos.
27. Grapple 2 works again.
28. Finished endgame cleanup.
29. Made Iron work properly in flying mode and concealed him during transformation.
30. Replaced all the sound effects remaining from Zelda (except the enemy damage noise - I LIKE that one)
31. Upgraded the enemies in a few corridors.
32. Changed how Biofloat is drawn to avoid problems.
33. Nerfed some of the damage caps on late game weapons.
34. Fixed Cloak Wing - particularly the rematch - so his death looks less awful now.