A Link to the Past Trivia

1. What dungeon in the Game Boy Advance port actually had one of its puzzles changed, which removed a large amount of backtracking?

From Quiz Let's Play 26: "Zelda: A Link to the Past" Pt. 2

Answer: Ice Palace

Toward the end of the Ice Palace, there is a portion where you must open a door by pushing a block onto a button on the floor. After pushing the block onto the button, there is noway to get to the door save for backtracking through a large portion of the dungeon. In the GBA port Nintendo changed the puzzle, cutting out the need to backtrack. In the original, you can also cut out of backtracking provided you go to Misery Mire first and get the Cane of Somaria, which allows you to place a block onto the button.

From Quiz The Famous "Chris Houlihan Room"

Answer: Pegasus Boots & The Pegasus Boots

You obtain this item fairly early on (after obtaining the Pendant of Courage) from Sahasrahla. Although their main function is to break through weak falls and knock items out of remote places, it is needed to access this room because of its dash ability. The amount of time the players has to get from the Sanctuary to what would be the castle basement is shortened enough for you to be sent to the Chris Houlihan room if you use the boots properly.

From Quiz The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Answer: Triforce

The Triforce is a holy relic created by three goddesses -- Din, Nayru, and Farore. The story of how they form the Earth is expanded in the Nintendo 64 game "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time". The Triforce is comprised of three triangular pieces, each having its own name. The Triforce of Power is said to be with Ganon, the Triforce of Wisdom with Princess Zelda, and the Triforce of Courage with the story's hero, Link.

From Quiz 'Link to the Past': Bosses

Answer: Helmasaur King

The Helmasaur King wears a mask that protects the green jewel on it's head.

From Quiz The Famous "Chris Houlihan Room"

Answer: Blue

These rupees each have a value of five. So, the room has 225 rupees in total in it. The layout of this room is the same as other blue carpeted areas in the game, so they blend in with the basement floor.

From Quiz "Link to the Past" For Minimalists (SNES)

Answer: 13 & thirteen

Link starts with three and gets an additional three, one for each boss guarding a pennant. In the Dark World he gets another seven, one from each of the bosses guarding the seven maidens. At the beginning of the game when Link and Zelda come into the sanctuary, there is a heart container there in a chest. He does not have to get it.

From Quiz "A Link To The Past"

Answer: In a tree in the Lost Woods

Don't you just love exploring this wonderful game; any "Legend of Zelda" game really. They all have so many hidden secrets and booty to find. Maybe I haven't explored enough but no one else has reported another location for a big Green Decanter of Magic. On your way to the Warp Zone in Lost Woods, there is a tree just before the entry to the warp. Dash Attack it and the Decanter of Green Magic will pop out of hiding.

From Quiz The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Answer: ball and chain

The enemy in question is a knight who swings the ball and chain in a circular formation before swinging it towards Link. He is generally regarded as a standard (and easily disposable) enemy, although some consider him the game's first "boss".

From Quiz 'Link to the Past': Bosses

Answer: Arrghus

Arrghus is a huge jellyfish with a cloud of little puffballs he uses to attack you.

From Quiz Let's Play 26: "Zelda: A Link to the Past" Pt. 2

Answer: Link's House

Link's House transforms into a Bomb Shop in the Dark World. You must visit the Bomb Shop at least once in the game to purchase the Super Bomb. Link must purchase the Super Bomb in order to blow up a cracked wall in the Pyramid of Power so he can get the Silver Arrows that are required to defeat Ganon. He can also get the Golden Sword as well. The Super Bomb becomes available after Link defeats the Ice Palace and the Misery Mire Dungeons.

From Quiz The Famous "Chris Houlihan Room"

Answer: 45

Strangely, there are no rupees on the three by three area grid once you enter the room. However, to your north, west, and east are three by three areas of blue rupees. West and east of the grid to the north are another couple of grids of blue rupees. Beyond the center rupee of the northern wall (walking straight north upon entering the room is Sahasrahla plaque.

From Quiz "A Link To The Past"

Answer: The Farm Boy

Link pays a visit to the home of Sahasrahla only to find he is not there. Sahasrahla's wife is either being very protective of her husband or doesn't care where the old coot went off to this time. She has no idea where he is. Sahasrahla is a Sage on a mission and probably didn't have the time to stop and chat about his whereabouts. The person who marks Link's map called Sahasrahla, "The Grandpa". Does that mean he is his grandson or just that he is old? And, why does he know where Sahasrahla is hiding, when his wife said no one knew where he had gone?

From Quiz The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Answer: Nothing

The boy does not give you any kind of keepsake, but he does give a hint that ramming trees can yield great rewards. Doing so can be beneficial for items like rupees, hearts, and apples, but also detrimental in that bees could come out, or a nearby guard could come running from the sound.

From Quiz 'Link to the Past': Bosses

Answer: Mothula

Mothula is a giant moth that flies around and occasionally shoots burning rings from it's wings. The floor is a conveyor belt that carries you into the spikes if you don't move.

From Quiz Let's Play 26: "Zelda: A Link to the Past" Pt. 2

Answer: Ice Rod

Link will find the Ice Rod hidden in a cave in the east side of Lake Hylia. Link must use the Ice Rod to defeat Trinexx, the final boss of the seventh dungeon in the Dark World, Turtle Rock. If you freeze enemies with the Ice Rod and smash them with the Magic Hammer you will often get large magic jars.

From Quiz Let's Play 25: "Zelda: A Link to the Past" Pt. 1

Answer: Priest

In the 1980s and 1990s, Nintendo had a strictly enforced content guide they went by, and cut all religious references and allusions in officially sanctioned Nintendo titles, whether they were developed by Nintendo or third party developers. Agahnim was originally a priest in the Japanese version. The original title of "A Link to the Past" is actually "The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods", which was changed for international markets due to its religious references. Likewise, the ancient language of Hylia, which is unreadable fonts in "A Link to the Past" contains Egyptian hieroglyphics in the Japanese version, and includes both vultures and ankhs.

From Quiz The Famous "Chris Houlihan Room"

Answer: A "Nintendo Power" subscriber

Chris won a contest in a 1990 issue, which promised the winner he would have his own room in the next Zelda game. "A Link to the Past" was, in fact, the next game in the series, coming out the next year. The rest is history.

From Quiz "A Link To The Past"

Answer: Fish

The Zoras are a race of water dwellers in the land of Hyrule. Being water dwellers they are great swimmers and they offer our hero Link, the opportunity to swim like a fish. An opportunity that will cost him a fist full of Rupees when he reaches the Zora Falls. Our Hero's a young but wise warrior and I think he knows a good deal when he sees one. Besides, you never know when you might need to swim for your life.

From Quiz The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Answer: You fall to the floor(s) below

Falling off the sides only means you must climb back to his floor and try, try again. Moldorm gets progressively faster as Link deals more damage to him. He is basically an enlarged version of the worm enemies found throughout the dungeon.

From Quiz 'Link to the Past': Bosses

Answer: Blind

The man in the thieves' former hideout in Kakariko Village says the leader's name was Blind, and he hated bright light a lot. Blind disguises himself as one of the maidens and you must take him to the boss room to expose him.

From Quiz Let's Play 26: "Zelda: A Link to the Past" Pt. 2

Answer: Arrghus

In the second dungeon in the Dark World, Link faces what appears to be a giant jellyfish/octopus enemy that has several red balls surrounding its body. Link uses the Hookshot draw away the red balls and kill them. Once the last red ball is destroyed, Arrghus is vulnerable to Link's attack.

From Quiz Let's Play 25: "Zelda: A Link to the Past" Pt. 1

Answer: Twelve

In terms of how many dungeons are present in the game, "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past" is the longest "Zelda" title with twelve dungeons. "Ocarina of Time" places second with eleven dungeons. The original 1986 game has eighteen dungeons, but only nine per each quest.

From Quiz The Famous "Chris Houlihan Room"

Answer: Not to tell anyone else about the room

When listening to the plaque, you'll get the message that you're listening to Chris Houlihan and that he doesn't wants you to "keep (the room) a secret between us." This plaque is regularly used to communicate with Sahasrahla, which is coincidental, given that the item he gives you (Pegasus Boots) is the item you need to access this room.

From Quiz "A Link To The Past"

Answer: In a cave in the Desert of Mystery

Hylian prophecy says, "The Hero will stand in the desert holding the Book of Mudora." Upon meeting Link, Aginah says, "I sense something is happening in the Golden Land that was sealed by the seven wise men. This must be an omen of the Great Cataclysm foretold by the people of Hylian blood." He tells Link the location of the Book of Mudora and urges him to get the Book and read it. The Book of Mudora becomes pivotal in deciphering the Hylian language on the Monoliths.

From Quiz The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Answer: Moon Pearl; Bunny

The Moon Pearl is the dungeon item found in the third level, The Tower of Hera. There are also yellow spiral cursors that Link encounters in several later dungeons that will temporarily turn him into a bunny, but only for a few seconds. When Link is a bunny, he cannot use his sword or shield, leaving him vulnerable to attack.

From Quiz 'Link to the Past': Bosses

Answer: Kholdstare

Kholdstare can only be broken from his ice block with the Fire Rod, and once he's free he splits into 3 separate eyeballs.

From Quiz Let's Play 26: "Zelda: A Link to the Past" Pt. 2

Answer: Misery Mire

You cannot enter Misery Mire from within the Dark World. Link must obtain the Flute and play the Flute in front of the Weathercock in Kakariko Village. The Weathercock will become a duck that transports Link to various locations in the Light World. One location is in the desert on a ledge otherwise inaccessible to Link. There is a teleportation device into the Dark World. This is the only Dark World region that houses a dungeon is totally inaccessible from within the Dark World itself.

From Quiz Let's Play 25: "Zelda: A Link to the Past" Pt. 1

Answer: Mario appears in some pictures on walls

Mario appears in paintings throughout Hyrule. If you pull on the paintings rupees will come out. Mario appears in "Majora's Mask" as a mask on the Happy Mask Salesman backpack. The Lon Lon Ranch owners Ingo and Talon resemble Mario and Luigi in "Ocarina of Time". Fellow FunTrivia Player SandK contributes this interesting information as well: "In "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time", if you look through the windows, in first person view, in the Hyrule Castle Garden when you first meet Zelda, you will see a few pictures of Mario and some other Mario characters.

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