NES Zelda BUT It's a Roguelike │ Zelda Ancient Dungeon

[@arnpoly]

Hey, thanks for checking out my romhack! Looks like you had fun. Looking forward to watching more! Happy to answer any questions you may have.

[@ProJaredPlays]

Thank you for making it!

[@JasonScalici]

Haven't tried it but is there an option for random cycling of music or maybe every 15 or so rooms the music switches?

[@arnpoly]

@@JasonScalici There is not. There’s not much music in the game itself, and music/sound on the NES is something I don’t know all that much about setting up. That’s the main reason I made a setting to disable music, so that you can play your own music but still have the sound effects intact.

[@Shirodragoon]

The key doors don't seem meaningful. Could they lead to item rooms or shops, kinda like Binding of Issac? Kinda set up like the heart container or the red potion secret rooms?

[@arnpoly]

@@Shirodragoon Keys are simply room skips. You can leave without defeating the enemies. The more keys you have, the more likely a locked door will appear. Useful for nasty enemy encounters!

[@zeliardforty-two4692]

Let us all give a moment for that lone bat who defended his lair

[@anthonycousineau5205]

Can't wait for Jared to struggle in a room for just 10 arrows.

[@tljscrewjob6397]

The 10 arrow meme will live on forever! 😂

[@edvance1030]

Is this endless?

[@anthonycousineau5205]

@@edvance1030 for what I understand I think so yes and it become harder and harder the higher he goes. Those developing this are still in the early phase so it can improve overtime.

[@EscoNitz]

sadly arrows in this game are rupies

[@matthewelliott7294]

@@EscoNitzthen it’s 10 arrowrupies

[@buchiklop110]

Oof. This entire game taking place in dungeons means nothing but the dungeon music on loop.

[@ZombieJesus1987]

When you begin a run on this, you get the option of having the dungeon music or the overworld music. Jared just didn't get to that lol

[@Leron...]

We've survived Hydlide, this is cake.

[@Gabu_]

@@Leron... IDK, man... Hydlide's theme at least has some pep to it. The dungeon music seems like it's trying to put me to sleep

[@trident042]

It would be neat if they had a way to switch it up every palette swap change, maybe throw in some remixes of the dungeon theme as a bonus.

[@rockowlgamer631]

Well there's always the option of muting the game and putting on some of your own music.

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

"What did that do?" The key is kinda obvious. If you enter a room with a locked door, you can escape that room by unlocking the door and you won't have to kill all the enemies.

[@kameronschadt5246]

Jared: How many different ways can I play Zelda 1 on this channel? Me: Yes.

[@robertjenkins6132]

18:00 - You had 70 rupees in room 69. So you could have shot one arrow and then you would have had 69 rupees in room 69, which is double -rainbow- 69!

[@NeoEvincar]

He didn’t want a copyright strike from ninja sex party for having 6969

[@variabledotexe]

I will never tire of watching you play roguelites / randomizers of LOZ games.

[@darkman4811]

I will never not get tired of watching Jared play Legend of Zelda romhacks and randomizers. The entertainment value is just too great. Jared and randomizers are the equivalent of peanutbutter and jelly. They just go together.

[@duckerdoo]

I think the keys might just be room skips. When you see a locked door, you can skip the room if you have a key.

[@SplashCity46]

That’s what I was thinking too until the second key got an item

[@chibiacer]

Classic Zelda, but roguelike? Yes please!

[@Retro_Rainer]

I second this.

[@db_524]

I third this

[@edvance1030]

I forth this!

[@thegamesage13]

I fifth this‽

[@chippypills]

Sixth!

[@magicalcapi9148]

room 69 full of balls 💀 I commend the idea, but as Jared mentioned, it's kinda mindless. There're not many decisions to make other than "stay alive, good luck" I remember there is an indie game of a lizard that is closer to this idea. It's a clone of binding of isaac, but I find it more similar to the original zelda

[@VidavisPrime]

Aha I remember that game! It was the 1 of my first games I played when I started streaming! It is called A Wizards Lizard!

[@Zorgdub]

Yeah, a roguelike should be about making decisions. This is just a gauntlet. Which is a fun game mode, but it's not the same thing.

[@TheGreatGario]

the key lets you skip a fight every once in a while by the look of it, you can just exit the room rather than fight the enemies

[@bscar]

Great if you get a room full of Blue Wizrobes and Blue Darknuts

[@tljscrewjob6397]

NOOO! The chocolate chip! Why’d you have to kill it? It was just trying to be a chocolate chip!

[@matthewelliott7294]

Are you sure that was a chocolate chip?

[@HaussmannComics-xd3gn]

"14th room has the boss"

[@sheppardfamily5534]

The Legend of Zelda is childhood. I love to see my childhood molded into something different keep this series up, you must get all the items!

[@DreamDaddie]

More Zelda?!?! Yes please!!!

[@Geneticspore]

I can't tell you how many times I have cleared out a room, or just killed the last enemy on a screen, and of COURSE the watch drops...

[@qqq1701]

It's not the Guardian Legend but this is pretty cool.

[@silverlight6074]

I've gone *years* without hearing anyone else talk about Guardian Legend, that game deserves more attention. Also I *just* learned about Astrolancer

[@AnxiousDoe]

I wish Jared would play the Guardian Legend.

[@kuramacon]

I will not be satisfied until every way to play Zelda one is demonstrated and archived on this channel!

[@S.lege7484]

Jared just wanted to play zelda 1 again

[@musicgardener2142]

5:27 i like that Amarena-Icecream Colour Palette a lot

[@thefuzzyone69]

One thing I can say, it's usually in your best interest to never go down. Old men rooms never spawn when entering from the top

[@HaussmannComics-xd3gn]

This is exactly what I i needed today!

[@codygratias9780]

My man, your channel has been on fire lately! Classic remixes of FF, Castlevania, Zelda II, and now this. Love it!

[@LanEXHikari]

Really digging these mods that bring more replayability to the games of old, keep up comin' Jerd ✌🏼

[@Obstreperous_Octopus]

I'm enjoying this! What a fun concept, though I think it could benefit from being made from scratch rather than a direct rom hack. You could include items from later Zelda games, have stronger enemies later on, and make other changes and additions like that. But obviously that'd be a lot more work, so I can understand it being a rom hack. Maybe they'll make a more in-depth version later on. Just a thought.

[@mathiasthewise]

So Zelda but with the Ancient Cave of Lufia feel? Awesome.

[@pharmcat8484]

It really needs new Zelda items to mimic the Iris treasures

[@gurvmlk]

@@pharmcat8484 I feel like that would be simple enough to implement with the Triforce pieces.

[@Flasa]

17:49 If Jared had one fewer ruppee here, that would have been very nice

[@platomaker]

interesting. Honestly as long as the game is interesting I'll watch. But hey, would you consider playing final fantasy six, the mod: "brave new world"? Not to say you're reaching for ideas- this is great. But if you had no other title in mind, I think you and the viewers would love to see it.

[@MetalFriscoDude79]

This is awesome. I definitely want more

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Fascinating. If the different doors don't have different values though, then having different directions is effectively pointless. Overall, looks like a lot of fun.

[@thenonexistinghero]

That's basically my issue with it. It's a nice idea, but sorta lacking in execution. It's just random room after random room with random rewards. Doesn't matter which direction you go into, you can probably just go back through the same door every time. Key doors do seem to have some more value, but other than that it's pretty much just completely random. Needs a few different mechanics to make it more interesting. Like an indication for what kind of room is coming up or being able to pick a reward. Was actually hoping for something inspired by Lufia 2's Ancient Dungeon where you just go downstairs and the floors are randomized. Then you'll have to explore the next floor to find the next staircase. Optionally you can also choose to explore the entire floor or to descend directly (of course giving this kind of choice also only works if searching the rest of the floor also poses some actual risks).

[@ZhavicTV]

When i think of Ancient Dungeon. It's most certainly not Zelda that comes to mind. Really cool fan hack though. All for Zelda Roguelikes!

[@annienunyabiz6627]

I am loving all these remakes and new ways to play classic games. I wouldn't even know half of them exist if not for you.

[@RTheu2109]

I like classic zelda, but after the 20th room the music started to drive me nuts, new music afte boss rooms would be nice

[@jojoevilllama]

"All the ways!" That tracks. I'm here for it.

[@emobassist]

Thats funny because i always called those little blob guys chocolate chips too

[@ShadeMeadows]

So darn cool~

[@DarioSoriaL.]

The world needs more people like you. Thank you for your kindness!

[@Soulsworth69]

Jared + Zelda is a tried and true combination. Still hoping we might eventually get Majora's Mask Randomized. (I know Jared said he didn't want to do it when he started OOT Randomized, but we need to complete the cycle! And let's face it, we love to see him suffer hehe.)

[@rethardotv5874]

Great video as always, love the audio quality and perfect ratio between game and voice volume.

[@JakubNather-il6eb]

Absolutely flawless.

[@Parallelepiped2]

Room 100 on first play, I am impressed!

[@pharmcat8484]

11:30 “Mmmm, now it’s peachy PeachyBoi: 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

[@toasty_mcdanish]

More Zelda? Yes please.

[@DukeNauticus]

I don't care how many times you play it, I'm here for it!

[@XtremeDragon03]

At least he is aware of the many times he played Zelda 1 on the channel ^^

[@nullstate00]

Really enjoyed this one. That said, it's entirely possible the door you exit from doesn't matter. They may always lead to the same "next" room as determined by the seed. At the very least that's probably true for boss rooms.

[@Retro_Rainer]

that would be easy to verify. all it needs is a save state.

[@AlphaSquadZero]

I think this video was a pretty good representation of what the mod is about

[@crawdkenny]

3:45 if Jared would hurry up and play Symphony of the Night already, he'd know that the proper term for this is "this dungeon is a creature of chaos."

[@ignatz20xx]

"It may take many incarnations."

[@slayerblade5227]

Jared with another banger Zelda game.

[@Saiavinn]

Oh you have to keep going at least a little~

[@Murdoc_rusche]

Calling one of those dot enemies a "chocolate chip" really made me laugh.

[@lorddreemurr]

Oh yes, this is what im talking about!😊

[@zannrazor8569]

So many ways to play LoZ

[@SuperGoker64]

21:09 Well, I mean, the Zelda Classic team was able to add a bunch, like the Flippers, the Hammer, the spells from OoT, Magic Containers, Heart Pieces, and even the Hookshot

[@keen7youtubeistoast796]

Or even better, if you wanna play some randomized Zelda stuff, download "Zelda Classic" and the Quest "Randomizer Omega". It's not about a randomized dungeon layout, but a randomized "1st Quest" mixed with all sorts of quests and overworlds and many MANY weapons and stuff to equip.

[@Seegtease]

This would be way more interesting if A) It had variety in music every palette swap and B) Each door had some kind of reward/difficulty indicator so you had to make an active choice rather than random.

[@alancalvillo6756]

the return of the Zelda Game

[@tossingturnips]

Jared and Zelda always make for a fun and cozy watch.

[@ZenoDLC]

My guess for the key is that you can use it to open doors without killing everything Might be useful to conserve resources, but you'll risk losing an item

[@LordRone]

YES!

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

This is so dope. Wonderful. There should be more roguelike NES romhacks and games.

[@SilverKnight16]

All I'm saying is, Legend of Doom on VR would be a hilarious playthrough.

[@pmgmsd]

I was expecting the 69 joke when he hit 69 rupees the first time. I'm impressed by his restraint.

[@mandmcentrella5608]

Yep, this is fun. Also, you can kill dark nuts with the wand. Not the beams from it, but the actual wand.

[@ericfrancisrock9974]

I love the idea of this, but I feel like the exploration element is necessary for a good roguelike and a good Zelda game. It should be separated into floors with connected rooms and staircase that needs to be found to bring you to the next floor.

[@JT-di1uz]

Im a simple man. I see Jared play Zelda, roguelikes, card games, RPGs, or romhacks in general, i click.

[@ymeynot0405]

10 Arrows!

[@chibiauthor]

more retro is always welcomed!

[@JoLiKMC]

Ain't gonna lie. I've never watched one of your videos, Jared. However, I've heard a lot of good things about you as both an entertainer and a person, and I'm happy to see that you're still out here on the digital wasteland of _KZbin,_ doin' your thing. (:

[@powercage]

Glad to see you still at it and doing well, man. You got done dirty, but glad you held on.

[@ianrennison]

I'm actually watching this in a hotel, room 69!

[@Anime-Doom]

A random Zelda game where Jared gets the bow in the first episode? I call HAX!

[@BigSlimyBlob]

I'm guessing the keys let you skip rooms? You wouldn't need to get rid of all enemies for the doors to open, you could just open it yourself anytime. Basically, you keep them until you absolutely need to escape a room without beating all the enemies in it.

[@Applemangh]

I really like the idea of a single massive randomly generated dungeon with all the items, bosses, and even Ganon, but I'd prefer the dungeon be static once generated. Maybe that'd actually be harder to design than this, and I guess it couldn't be potentially infinite. Still, I think it'd be cool.

[@royceflores23]

Fun watch, cool hack! The romhack scene is so awesome, and a great place to find some content for KZbin. Nice job Jerd!

[@nikotheoneshot]

I love pol's voice, they're the bestest bnuuy critters

[@jpedro1800]

you might want to try lennas inception too, it is a cool game based on classic top down zelda and it is also random

[@zenxyphen4443]

Loved the "Lone Bat" bit!! lol!

[@KefkeWren]

It is fundamentally impossible for Jared to figure out what the locked doors do without looking it up (or anyone else who's played Zelda 1 before, for that matter).

[@breathstealer5486]

Now we need another Zelda randomizer for Jared

[@Maltosier]

You might already be aware of this. But Ocarina of Time got a sick romhack recently called Ultimate Trials. you mentioning "zelda but roguelite" reminded me of the romhack, for a good reason.

[@halestorm_01]

It looks like the keys just let you pass through a room without having to kill all the enemies

[@CronosVids]

I was just waiting for Jared’s reaction to room 69.

[@Nicholas_Steel]

Maybe turn the games audio down a smidge in subsequent videos to make the videos a little less grating on the ears while listening to you. For Arnpoly, I read what you said about the music but it really would be nice if it consistently cycled between the 3 tunes after each boss. So dungeon music -> dungeon 9 music -> overworld music. Just to break up the monotony slightly.

[@JudaiMaverick86]

First time I ever seen a roguelike game

[@natebetts9426]

Always down to watch you play Zelda 1 so long as you're having fun!

[@zersch.]

Love the romhack roulette wheel that your channel functions as.

[@crimsonharvest]

if this is inspired by Lufia 2's ancient cave then tbh I'd like to see that game on here, if Jared is unfamiliar.

[@TheCasualMark]

I can’t believe Jerd beat the game on his first try in one video! Nice 😏

[@Bumbleton]

How many videos of ProJared playing Zelda 2 can I watch? Answer: all of them!²

[@jimmygoocharan2889]

You actually did it, you absolute madman!

[@Wildblood]

Pretty sure "Zelda dungeons, but roguelike", was the inspiration for Binding of Isaac. Great game btw - good for unwinding, probably not great for streaming though.

[@JakeyChaos]

I've had this idea for years but had no know-how to make it. I'm so glad somebody else had the same idea, and actually made it! I have to play this!

[@Bimmy.Hendrix]

There's a similarly self-randomizing Kid Icarus hack that's really cool

[@TheMorbidHobo]

This could definitely be improved though randomly generated dungeon maps with bombable walls, pushable blocks, etc. Then you beat the boss and move to the next floor with a new dungeon map.

[@alphadad2225]

Oh no, another Zelda play through? *Cranks up volume immediately!* let’s gooooooo! Also how long till we get 10 arrows?

[@ricksloan5588]

I play Zelda about once a year. Mostly first quest. I don't have a computer tho which sucks. So many ways to play now.

[@Zorgdub]

I wonder if key doors have a higher chance of going to a shop. I don't think the direction you pick to leave a room matters otherwise.