Horror Gaming: Legend of Zelda Bootleg/Hack (Creepypasta) Review · 3:52am Sep 1st, 2018
A new edition of Horror Gaming is up as we take a look at a Zelda: A Link to the Past CP. It's not often we get that many Creepypasta based on ALTTP as I usually see ones from Ocarina of Time. Most Zelda CPs are usually good and often contain decent writing in their stories. I can admit the quality isn't same as the Pokemon CPs or the MLP Grimdark fiction stories. However, these short writings are as good as the Metroid and Earthbound ones. Although I did run into a couple of bad ones such as Zelda II: The Lost Level which came from the early days. It wasn't until Ben Drowned (Majora's Mask) when the quality standard got set for the genre. That's how we got Zelda 3 Prototype and Zelda 64 Beta Creepypasta and its thanks to Ben Drowned. It's truly fortunate this series didn't go the same way Sonic and Mario went with their awful writing an cliche tropes.
In this CP, two guys who graduated college recently wanted to celebrate the occasion by having a retro gaming night. When they realized ALTTP wasn't in their collection, the guys went to a local comic book store to buy it. However, once they got back home and put the game on, it wasn't the same ALTTP but a fan hack of the original. The theme is really based on those ROM hacks that fans put together across the internet. I wasn't really surprised whether Parallel Worlds (one of those fan hacks) is what inspired the author to write about a made-up fan game. I love when the writers describe their experience with these ROM hacks within the plot. That is what originally attracted me into trying them out and actually enjoying some of them including Parallel Worlds. I'm also glad we have Zelda Classic and without it there weren't be a different way to replay the same style of games. After playing ALTTP, the same adventure just gets boring as you already have an idea how to play each session. So, will this ROM hack be a special experience or a haunting they will regret? Let's find out...
