Insanity Unchained
A downloadable game for Windows
This is a passion project based on The Legend of Zelda for NES. It assumes that the player is familiar with that game and its mechanics. If you are not then it is highly recommended that you play that first - see Zelda Classic and download version 2.53.0
Insanity Unchained is extremely difficult and there is no easy mode. It is not recommended for people who do not like difficult and challenging games. I like to call it "deliciously evil".
This took me about 2 years to make and it takes me around 20 hours to complete it as an expert player. So expect it to take you much longer if it is your first playthrough. There is a save-file with all the equipment included with the game and a video walkthrough to help you in case you get stuck. I love to play it and I hope that you will love it too.
Controls: Press escape and then go to settings, controls and then keyboard to customize your own. They are initially set to A = Z (keyboard), B = X (keyboard), L = A (keyboard) and R = S (keyboard). L and R are used to switch items without needing the subscreen and space (keyboard) loads the map which can be very handy in some places.
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Install instructions
After extracting the ZIP file, run the IU executable.
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huh, you sure love making zelda-like games.
which makes me very happy, 2d zelda games were and are the best games in existence!
and no mindless somnic or mario coin collector stuff -.-
sure will also try all the other zelda games once I beat isle of rebirth :-)
It's a very long story behind these games but I'll try to keep it short. First, there's an engine called Zelda Classic that allows people to make these games with relatively little effort. Previously, you couldn't export them into standalone executable form and so they weren't available on Indie game sites such as this one. But that recently changed and I've uploaded a few of them that I love onto indie game sites.
Second, only one of these games is mine - Insanity Unchained. The others that you see here are made by other people but I like them a lot, so I uploaded them. But they weren't written by me.
oh I dont mind either way, jsut love to play zelda games.
since 2d zelda games were the best thing ever! <3
yeah, those games sure semeto be different. tried the first armageddon game
and holy sh... that is hard. like you start in a dungeon, tons of enemies on every screen and you have no weapon even.
super hard, "slightly harder than nes zelda" the authopr wrote and that is very true.
sadly itch has no proper way to sreach for zelda-like games, so it's hard to find good stuff
I only loved Isle of Rebirth because of its hard hero mode. But most Zelda fans seem to enjoy the dungeon construction and the puzzles. Armageddons and Insanity Unchained are hard but with no dungeons like IoR so you might not enjoy them as much.
It is based off a NES ROM with many, many changes.
All right - I was unaware of this because I'm new here. I'll see if I can change the tags. Edit: The tag is now nes instead of nes-rom - sorry for the inconvenience.