
Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a 1991 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It is the third game in The Legend of Zelda series, following Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987). It was released in Japan in 1991, and in North America and Europe in 1992.
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Original game imageA from-scratch C reimplementation of A Link to the Past, playable start to finish with added widescreen support.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars4,768
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
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A Nintendo 3DS dual-screen port of Zelda3, the reverse-engineered engine, which needs your own USA ROM.
Stars696
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
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Original game imageAn Android port of Zelda3 based on snesrev's project, playable with a controller.
Stars204
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
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An open-source 2D C++ engine for Lua-scripted action-RPGs, designed with games like A Link to the Past in mind.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars168
Updated1 month ago
Licensegpl-3.0
Release2018
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Original game imageLttp is a from-scratch, browser-based recreation of A Link to the Past in Phaser WebGL, still missing dungeons and bosses.
Platforms:Web
Stars126
Updated7 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2014
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A static recompilation of A Link to the Past (SNES) to native C, with adaptive widescreen and optional MSU-1 music.
Stars43
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
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Mystery of Solarus DX is a fan-made Zelda game, distributed as a quest data package for the open-source Solarus engine, required to run it.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars27
Updated6 months ago
Licensecc-by-sa-4.0
Release2018
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A free, open-source 2D game on the Solarus engine, remaking the team's earlier fangame Zelda Mystery of Solarus DX with free assets.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars17
Updated6 months ago
Licensecc-by-sa-4.0
Release2018
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A fan remake of A Link to the Past built with the Solarus engine, reusing original SNES graphics; still in active development.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars10
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2021
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Mystery of Solarus XD is a fan-made Zelda-style quest package for the open-source Solarus 2D Action-RPG engine, which it requires to run.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars9
Updated1 year ago
Licensecc-by-sa-4.0
Release2018
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Return of the Hylian SE is a Solarus-engine remake of the Zelda fangame Return of the Hylian, available in French and English.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars9
Updated10 months ago
Licensecc-by-sa-4.0
Release2018
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A Solarus-engine remake of the fangame Zelda Oni Link Begins by Christopho and Mymy, essentially the same game with many details improved.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars7
Updated1 year ago
Licensecc-by-sa-4.0
Release2018
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A fan-made Zelda-style quest distributed as a data package for the open-source Solarus engine, available in French and English.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars4
Updated7 months ago
Licensecc-by-sa-4.0
Release2023
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A short, hardcore Zelda fan adventure set in a world parallel to A Link to the Past, built around one large puzzle dungeon.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars1
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2021

