Isle of Rebirth
A downloadable game for Windows
This is a passion project based on The Legend of Zelda for NES. Like the original NES Zelda game, the objective is to defeat all the dungeons and then kill the final boss. It is recommended that you have played this first otherwise some mechanics may be a little confusing. You can play it for free here. Use version 2.53.0
There are four difficulty settings for customizable difficulty so you can choose the difficulty that you prefer the most. A lower difficulty setting simply halves the damage dealt to the player - nothing else changes.
There is a lot of content in the game and it should take around 24 hours to complete it.
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
Extract from the ZIP and then run the Isle of Rebirth executable.
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I have a strange issue. The music refuses to play for me. How can I troubleshoot this? The SFX do play tho.
So, as soon as I adjust the sound settings to increase the volume, the background music gives out.
This is related to the engine which I don't have any control over. You can report it to the developers of the engine here
maybe you should mention which keyboard button is which.
x and z are important but which one is "A" and which "B"?
since these both literally decide the difficulty :-/
I might have chosen hero mode by accident now.
controls in general would be nice to know :-)
Yes, that is a good idea. I guess I was just too familiar with the program to think of it. It can be found by simply pressing escape and then going to settings and then controls and then keyboard.
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.
To see if you're in hero mode, just look at the top right of the screen. If it is a red square then you're in hero mode.
hey, I currently got the lantern and the bow as my last items (so first dungeon and prison is done). not too sure where to go next.
already went where previously the apes are. but could only shoot the switch that opejs the dungeon door in the swamp, cant visit anywgere else due to water there.
also went visit the raft store but purse can only hold 255 coins so cant buy one. any idea where to go next?
also got the guitar but no idea where to trade it.
Edit: Traded a bit, now got egg.
now where was the guy that wanted eggs?
You need to be able to shoot arrows with the bow to enter the second dungeon. You need to shoot an arrow at the blue shield like object which it looks like you did. To enter the water parts, there go into the forest north of the starting village and then go west. You need to burn some bushes to get through (stuff like this comes from the original NES Zelda). You need to upgrade your purse and you can't upgrade it until you beat the 4th dungeon.
If you want a video walkthrough, go to Zelda Classic → Isle of Rebirth Walkthrough: 1 - Level 1, Seaside Ruins - YouTube. It might be a lot better than me explaining things to you all the time. They didn't play hero mode though.
Nevermind, you gotta burn down the fire tree. to get rid of the stone mushrooms in that one specific screen.
Oh yeah - that too. I thought that tree was obvious.