The Legend of Zelda: Outlands (part 1)

[@Humblemumble7]

Dude. I was ready to watch the whole playthrough. Please finish this

[@Keiron_03]

Agreed. I am as well. Please continue this series. 🙏

[@pixelpanic]

same. i started to play through this on my channel many years ago. It's TOUGH, but I'd like to see someone finish it.

[@Churahm]

Ryu and not finishing games he started. Name a more iconic duo

[@Rikiluis]

Yeeep this si amazing lets finish it..!!!

[@Oakshield2]

@@Churahm Ryu and Cheese

[@natusvincere966]

That boss is probably a reskinned Digdogger... if like vanilla then you need the flute/recorder and then you can hit it. It was skipped in the Ancient Dungeon run but I'm not sure if it's required there.

[@Rocky2418]

Yeah, seems like that's what it would have to be - good call. And Digdoggers only show up in Ancient Dungeon if the game happens to give or sell you the recorder along the way.

[@alcoyot]

Watching this really initiated such deep sadness and nostalgia how the world used to be when I played this game around 1990. It seemed like things hadn’t fallen apart in the world.

[@AdsOfSteelGaming]

"I'm super lost. I have no idea where I'm going. I don't know how this game differs from the original. There are bad guys everywhere." - Ryukahr Best commentary in the biz

[@TheJared38]

Probably be easier to list how it is the same as the original. Lets see, it has a character named Link, and a character named Zelda and.....that's it.

[@featherpony]

When Ryu needs to put up Christmas lights, he pulls out a raft and climbs up it. Because it's certainly not a ladder.

[@wokeupinapanic]

To be fair that thing looks more like a Star of David than either a raft OR a ladder… 😅

[@NorthernWind0]

Bomb explosion makes Dodongos stop, where they become vulnerable to the sword. Kill them with the sword to guarantee bomb drop. The boss you're stuck on requires the whistle to make vulnerable. once it's vulnerable, you can stab it with your sword.

[@cchaney333]

Gotta finish this game Ryu! Having played the original Zelda hundreds of times its awesome to see the game in a new yet familiar way. I'm excited to see if there are more episodes

[@spacecat8511]

Okay but. Is it just me or does the romhack overworld graphics to keep BigNin from getting too twitchy look like an NES Cartridge not loading properly and getting all…corrupted looking

[@Rocky2418]

10:25 - Here's a good example of where playing the original game would help provide knowledge regarding the pushing of blocks - as well as the unique properties of the particular enemy in this room (though it looks different, of course - like all enemies in this hack).

[@jacobd1825]

After watching both channels for a long time I’ve gotta say I think I like this channel better.

[@Lazy2320]

Ryu’s entering his Zelda arc and I am all for it

[@wizardwor511]

Don't tease me

[@brettf5000]

I'm very proud of us too! I worked so hard to watch this video, nice to see Ryu pulling his weight and trying hard to play it :)

[@mattb6522]

This is awesome! I hope Ryu continues this game! It looks like a really fun one! There is another NES Zelda that I've heard good things about called _The Legend of Zelda: A New Light_ as well.

[@MasterZebulin]

Imagine if he went with Ganon's Revenge next, lol?

[@gerekw]

Dude, I need more of this content. Please! I don't care if you miss a sword upgrade or whatever! it honestly just makes the content more entertaining. it's fun to see someone figure out the mechanics as they go (I had the original Zelda on NES and never had any clue what to do or where to go BUT you're a far better gamer than I am)

[@Arphix]

that was a very different Zelda 1 experience than the original. The game looks fun even tough a bit random. It's a nice change of pace from the Mario rom hack or the final fantasy randomiser (not that I don't like those, on the contrary) as a huge Zelda fan, I sure wouldn't complain with a bit more of that content ^^ Happy new year Ryu to you and Tammy I wish you all a good 2023 filled with health, joy, love and success

[@Opethaholic]

Yeah Ryu!! I love these old Zelda games. The 1st Zelda is actually challenging if you play 2nd quest. The Outlands hack and 2nd quest was very hard but I loved the challenge! I remember not having a sword until like dungeon 3. Please play through this game bro! Thanks!

[@elvispressplay7735]

I think Ryu would find these Zelda ROM Hacks less confusing if he actually played the OG game properly. Learning the difference between the Ladder and the Raft would be a good start. (Of course I say this in good faith. Ryu could probably brute force his way through this entire game and do better than I could. It's just funny to hear how confused he is by stuff most of us have considered "basic" for the last 30 years.) Looking forward to an eventual playthrough of BS Zelda or Ancient Tablets.

[@V1ctoria00]

YES i got here 14 seconds after the upload. EPIC

[@Dan-ji4db]

What did you win

[@ashtonoak4370]

@@Dan-ji4db not a thing. Still giving 1st vibes so it won him 4 more yeqrs in his mothers basement

[@Alex-yj6ju]

This is genuinely one of the best hacks I’ve seen for an nes game. The custom sprites are refreshing and map design is really solid

[@joshhallam2253]

I loved this. I hope you play it all the way through. I started the original Outlands hoping to play it with no help. I did get stuck looked up a walkthrough and saw you are supposed to back track to previous dungeons. I decided I didn't have the time investment and put it off and forgot about it until your last video. Makes me want to start playing it again.

[@unclejoker9975]

As someone that has been playing the OG LoZ since '87, I gotta say that his swordwork looked pretty good. I also like how the sprites are switched in this hack, but enemy movement gives away the type of enemy that you are facing and therefore, how to defeat/avoid it.

[@dranz8125]

Fun Fact: "The keep this between us" line is actually in the normal game, and the people give you money in the normal one too. The reason being, because of Ganon, the people are scattered and in hiding, and that cave was that person's hiding spot. He's basically begging/ bribing link not to tell Ganon's army where he is.

[@DHankins19]

"omg you can push that 1" said every zelda player ever LMFAO

[@Matthew10950]

Zelda player here, confirmed!

[@phosphorus4]

Yeah…their first time…

[@kizzaht]

Man... I played this romhack like 20 years ago when romhacks were fairly rare. Even by today's standards it really holds up. I'm guessing that "upgrade" to the rom is what is responsible for all the graphics glitches, cause I don't remember them in the original zelda outlands.

[@swordf5345]

The amount of times I yell out that he needs the step ladder and not the raft to cross the canals is insane

[@DV-wy6mw]

For that boss. I can only see four fall guys holding hands sky diving belly up

[@BryanatGameStop]

Man please keep playing this one. Great time watching

[@tetermc]

He won't. Would bet my soul on it

[@TinyHippoEnglish]

I would watch 6 hours of this...ads and all. Bring it back man

[@broncosbreaks]

As someone who’s played a large amount of nes zelda, thanks for making me look like more of a nerd than I am. Nerd level up!

[@vladkraven7491]

For sure we need to continue. It was awesome, the reference to last video with the Sword was just perfect

[@vladkraven7491]

@Textabove what is it about?

[@markaitkenguitar]

Hell yeah Ryu! Dude I’ve been on a Zelda 1 romhack bender for like 6 months. You gotta play Perils of Darkness and Hellwalker. I think I wore out my save state button. So probably easypeasy for you!

[@hawkingbishop]

These videos are making me wanna play the og Legend of Zelda again.

[@supersecret4899]

Ryu has blessed us with more Zelda content! I gotta play this game now

[@fortunesrazor3491]

You have to kill all enemies to move blocks in dungeons usually. Those ladder things were operating like the hands from the original legend of Zelda where they will come out if you are next to the wall. Probably need the flute for that enemy you couldn’t kill.

[@tossingturnips]

This was a lot of fun to watch. I'd love to see you continue!

[@spacecat8511]

Ryu 🤝 JaidenAnimations “We didn’t play the og vanilla games and jumped straight to the kaizo rom hacks.”

[@SWMOWZ]

we all need you to play the og zelda on a live stream asap bro lol but seriously that would be an awesome stream

[@mattpiekos]

This is rough watching you play this without any Zelda knowledge.

[@wokeupinapanic]

What’s the point in playing if you already know everything, though? That’s literally the antithesis of Zelda1… it’s an adventure that you discover as you play it more and more 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mattpiekos]

@wokeupinapanic I agree that's the fun part of playing it yourself, but watching someone else go through that process knowing what you know, not so much.

[@claude122]

if only he knew he could bomb walls in dungeon and overworld lol idk if he knows about it

[@noatiendoboludos]

@@wokeupinapanic a randomizer (or in this case, a kaizo/harder version) is supposed to be a scrambled/modified version of the original. Youre supposed to figure out the puzzle with your previous knowledge of the game.

[@wokeupinapanic]

@@noatiendoboludos yeah I’ve been religiously watching Ryu for over 5 years now, I know the drill. My point is that Zelda 1 less about “technical” knowledge of game mechanics, and more about the exploration/journey. Ryu isn’t “stuck” because he doesn’t understand high-level technical mechanics, he’s “stuck” because he doesn’t know where to go to start his journey or continue his path. It’s not like he’s stuck because he’s missing out on a technical gameplay quirk or something, he’s stuck because his knowledge of this particular layout is alien to him. It wouldn’t matter if he had Zelda 1 memorized, and even if he did, it would’ve done what for him, exactly? Made him not attempt to fight the digdogger clone more than twice? I appreciate what you’re saying, I just don’t feel like that’s what’s being critiqued here, because his shortcomings are the same as if he was playing vanilla Z1, so everybody that hasn’t played Z1 OR this remix is experiencing this particular world for the first time. Plus, in all remix/kaizo/randomized runs he does, he always starts out lacking vital knowledge and comes back to it way more prepared the next time based on comments from us and shit. Every Nuzlocke and stuff he always comes back the next time with like “ok I read the comments, I know what knowledge I lacked, I’m now better equipped to absolutely crush this game” and then he does 🤷🏻‍♂️ It’s kinda Ryu’s whole thing. That 2nd Mario RPG randomized that was ultra hard, for example, or some competitive knowledge of a particular Pokémon quirk or something that he just didn’t know about is a lot different than just not knowing a “new” map layout in a game built around not knowing the map layout… It’s not like he simply went to the starting dungeon and just didn’t get the correct item to check off his list like the FF6 randomizer, he just blindly went into a place because it was the first place he saw, like all new Zelda1 players do. That’s all 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jrmj]

This was great fun to watch. Hope you go back! Also, the item in that one dungeon might not be a raft. There's also a ladder in the game that lets you cross one space gaps. That dungeon seems to have lots of them so it would make sense.

[@ryanmckenzie5918]

Hey, haven't caught one this early in a long while! Really enjoyed the last kaizo video. I've been excited for this!

[@piratepop7115]

Funny to see all the OG Zelda things that are second nature to me getting learned for the first time

[@spencerfrakes9244]

I was absolutely loving this. Started getting the itch to explore a new Hyrule!

[@izabelleocasio9428]

The original kaizo Zelda outlands didn't start with a sword and some of the enemies didn't have updated sprites like that. Love your content Ryu. Keep being the legend you are.

[@asifzafar5485]

This would be amazing for a live stream!

[@crumpet_]

Yes, finish it Ryu! We want more

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

If a person has never played LoZ (vanilla), it's REALLY difficult to play any kind of hack or rebuild.

[@spoe7987]

I dont think that you can defeat the boss in the dungeon yet. But to make progress you should explore the south-east of the map next.

[@cathyhowell8056]

Love the Zelda content. MARIO AND ZELDA GO HAND IN HAND. u know we love it moreeeee please

[@RetailArchaeology]

This rom hack is very different from vanilla Legend of Zelda. All of the enemies behave differently in this hack. The overworked and dungeon maps are also completely different.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

2:27 Hella lost, no idea where you're going, bats trying to kill you? Sounds like OG TLoZ to me! xD

[@christophersavignon4191]

Glitchy, but still so much better! Hooray for map coherence! Being lost is part of the old Zelda experience. The first Zelda has been very hands-off with almost no guidance. ALttP had some guidance, but the hand-holding only really started around OoT with Navy's constant nagging. It probably peaked with skyward sword, extremely linear and spoiling every puzzle right away. BotW was much better in that regard, even if it had its own bunch of issues.

[@jaimexdxd]

Please, more of this and more Zelda romhacks!

[@JM-pm1yb]

In classic Zelda, you have to kill all enemies in order to move blocks in a room for puzzle solving.

[@paularized1]

Definitely gotta see more of this one!!

[@SeveredLegs]

I made a Zelda rom hack that is like a 3rd/4th quest if you're interested. The 1.0 version is on RHDN. Zelda 3rd / 4th Quest. It's in the spirit of the original, slightly modified overworld, all new dungeons. Overlapping layouts too!

[@Saanail]

I enjoy these because they are a trainwreck. Ryu doesn't know the basics of the original game and refuses to learn any of it, so it makes these hilarious.

[@ItsMrBozToYou]

This game looks like someone told an AI to make a zelda game after feeding it the first three zelda games. Weird enemy swaps, random graphic style where you just can't see some enemies, strange boss placement, and it's weird that the "8" blocks from Link to the Past are in the game.

[@kismetsoul4593]

Seriously the most epic Zelda rom hack is the Super Metroid and Link to the Past dual hack that puts both games together and randomizes the items from both games within both games. You have to go back and forth between both games to find everything. You should check it out if you haven't already.

[@ceno10101]

pretty sure that first fortune increased the rupee drop rate for a bit.

[@jermsbestfriend9296]

The reason your character moves oddly is because diagonal keys are meant to stop your character so he can throw boomarangs from a standing position.

[@alouette200]

Ryu comparing ennemies and mechanics from this game to A Link to the Past feels like a kid saying they made a movie about John Wick from Fortnite.

[@MisterPuck]

Might need the flute for that boss, might need the bow and arrows.

[@DrNecrotech]

Ryu, not sure anyone told you, but the shield blocks projectiles if it is facing the projectile and you are standing still.

[@phosphorus4]

…Some of them…

[@ryanmckenzie5918]

2:18 I think when someone with horns offers you extended life, you should think twice before accepting...

[@phosphorus4]

If you’re looking for any 2D style Zelda, I will second looking at Zelda Classic, it’s a Legend Of Zelda player that pairs with a 2D Zelda game builder, all made from scratch. The editor on its own is fairy low level(map based) and comes with LOZ 1 features, along with the ability to add tilesets, but it includes its own language for coding stuff in. The games I know of are The Lost Isle and its sequel Isle of Rebirth, which has like four difficulties.

[@DarkRider2k3]

You can see my future? Yeah F*** you. Okay this video is incredible. LOL'ed multiple times and had blast watching it. You definitely need to do another video!!!

[@MotoMechzorz]

Zelda Outlands is a great romhack. The only problem is the 2nd playthough is unplayable on an actual cartridge due to slowdown due to too many heads on the dragon. Side note, please play Battlekid 1 or 2. Its an original NES game that is fantastic.

[@unhappimess]

I like this, but I would really also like to see your playthrough of the original game.

[@randyholcomb2140]

Are you going to tease us with some partial play?

[@brettf5000]

I believe that boss is a sprite broken version of Digdogger. You need the flute/recorder/whatever this hack calls it to break him into three smaller pieces and THEN you can attack with the sword. But, it is a hack, so I'm not sure if it is exactly the same as the vanilla NES version.

[@shermeto]

That OOOOF on the title screen said it all.

[@ianferrel]

The dinosaurs that eat bombs will stop if you bomb next to them and be vulnerable to the sword, then when they die they give you more bombs.

[@chriscampion6721]

Loving the Zelda content. Gotta do a stream or this, or better yet more LTTP rando!!!

[@chrisgriffin6779]

I played Zelda outlands years ago and the sword being on the first screen must be a modification because I remember distinctly having to get the sword in the first dungeon.

[@kingofmadprops]

I think it’s time Ryu plays the actual Zelda lol

[@cloudshad0ws]

For real... who plays rom hacks of these classic games before actually playing the original? Weird.

[@jkell411]

It boggles my mind how so many Mario streamers have never played Zelda... How do you play one without ever playing the other?

[@claude122]

he said he played it as a kid but dont remember much about it

[@mr207]

I remember Zelda Outlands…vaguely. Did the improvements include the totally broken title screen and intro text? :)

[@shannalee2010]

Dude now you are required to play the original Zelda…you’re killing me ;-D

[@featherpony]

It wasn't the Kokiri Sword (that's a rom edit). It's the White Sword in the previous rom you played. And the Master Sword was actually the Magic Sword.

[@Rob_Enhoud]

I imagine in the context of this game the Magic Sword is the Biggoron Sword.

[@linusgustafsson2629]

Such obsession with a raft. Everyone knows it is enough with a long ladder.

[@the8thark]

This feels about equally as hard as the 2nd quest from the official version of the game.

[@Ezra09_]

I don't understand the choice of the romhack's creator to just swap sprites of monsters. Spiders are now rabbits, centaurs are now wizards, ghosts are hands and hands are prison bars?

[@markaitkenguitar]

…who’s gonna tell him he needs the ocarina to hurt the floaty orange guy?

[@kevinbatdorf]

You should try to get the ladder before the raft

[@Grindfrank]

For the invincible boss, I guess you need the flute or whatever they called it

[@mrblueduck]

This is just teaching Ryu the wrong names for things.

[@banesbox]

You should try Zelda III - The Wrath of Ganon. It’s a fantastic hack!

[@shibbeeeee]

If anyone gets that glitched main screen, you've patched off the wrong version of LoZ. You need the USA version.

[@starpetalarts6668]

You could play Legend of Doom instead which is the original Zelda but with Doom controls.

[@JunkratJoules]

How has Ryu never played Zelda before? This is painful! Ryu, Bombs can blow holes in wall too.

[@glorypaxson]

My face everytime Ryu or someone in chat calls the ladder....a raft. 😞

[@Erlewyn]

To be fair, a raft makes more sense than a ladder…

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

For me personally, I don't find the original Zelda to hold up. It's too confusing, I'm used to games telling me what to do and my worst nightmare is wondering around a dungeon lost as hell for half an hour

[@natelison]

Ryu you really need to play the original version of NES Zelda. I think you would enjoy it.

[@BainesMkII]

You'd still do better playing through the original Zelda, even if it isn't a massive challenge. Most Zelda hacks assume you've played the original, and thus have a familiarity to the map layout, things you can find, and the enemies you fight. On a side note, you can kill a Dodongo (the triceratops critter that eats bombs) with only a single bomb; if you place the bomb on them (instead of in front of it) then you can stun it, and hitting the stunned Dodongo with your sword will kill it.

[@halfwarr8717]

You should probably beat the Original NES Zelda first (or do another playthrough ) I think your memory is quite hazy on somethings. Would love to see that as a video.

[@lepiaf6452]

*What about Gauntlet for your retro games videos? :)))*

[@Murdoc_rusche]

This trades sprites from the original Zelda one and two. The maps and dungeons are very different and I assume that boss you kept trying to bomb might need a bow and arrow. I don't claim to know. I have never played this hack before. Bombs will open certain walls.

[@pvanukoff]

Try out Hellwalker if you want to try a Z1 hack that REALLY changes things up.

[@JM-pm1yb]

Also….I think you need the magic flute to beat that enemy

[@Pippa180]

There might be a secret passage under those guys...

[@markgagliano4172]

I need some more of this please