The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

About

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, the third game in the Zelda series. This is a fan remake of A Link to the Past built with the Solarus engine, reusing the SNES version's original character, enemy, and landscape graphics so it closely resembles the original despite differences introduced by the modern engine and PC platform. It's still in active development and released as incremental demo versions (up to v0.5.x), playable with a keyboard or a controller.

How it differs from the original

As of the latest demo (v0.5.x), the remake covers the full overworld and three dungeons (Eastern Palace, Desert Palace, Tower of Hera) plus the last Light World dungeon, but is still missing the in-game Map and Compass items that the original SNES game had.

Getting started

Demo builds are downloadable from the developer's itch.io page and support both keyboard and controller input.

History

Development has proceeded incrementally from v0.1.x through v0.5.x, with each version adding new maps, dungeons, and enemies, credited to a small team of contributors beyond the lead developer.

Media

Additional notes

License

The project's itch.io page lists a mixed license — GPL v3 and CC BY-SA 4.0 for its own work, with the reused SNES-derived graphics described only as used under 'reasonable use' rather than a formal license.