Official Handheld Zelda Glitch Thread

Originally Posted by e_alert

No, you can't use it, not on SDA or TG. He has the glitch wrong, or more, he has the application of it wrong. Using the glitch, it's possible to finish the game in a few minutes. You can't use it because it's impossible to do without tool assistance.

I know they won't allow it, duh. It'd just be for research, like what you do. Just to experiment with how the game was programmed. He has the glitch right, I think. He's not talking about the UDEG (Up Down Exploration Glitch) e_alert, he's talking about the Death Mountain Descent trick, which allows you to get into the main Dark World before you get the Master Sword.

Originally Posted by Master of ALttP

He's not talking about the UDEG (Up Down Exploration Glitch) e_alert, he's talking about the Death Mountain Descent trick, which allows you to get into the main Dark World before you get the Master Sword.

Oh, right. I was mixing the two up.

yeah, and by not collecting the master sword and beating the game, you can realy screw the end credits up... like the part after beating ganon where you see link place the master sword back in the woods, the fog is still there. of course, thats not very dramatic, but today i beat the 2nd boss (light world) with the gold sword.

EDIT:
oh and i DID find a way to get to the exploration zone but its not by using the UDEG, its by using the SOL (swim on land) glitch. first of all, you go to a jetty that is NEAR a two story cave, or it will make things REAL hard trying to dodge the enemies. the jetty i usualy almost ALWAYS use is the one just north of kakariko village, one screen north, one east, then go north until you find water. there is a jetty. now this is where it alllll starts... stand on the grey part of the jetty and use the flute to call your bird. as SOON as you press the flute button, jump in the water and try to get as close to the jetty as possible (the easiest way to do this is to move to the left/right to a section of wall, swim up to the wall so you cant go any further, then quickly line yourself up with the jetty again). when the bird picks you up, push B and IMMEDIATELY start holding forwards, before link lands. when link does land and your holding forward, he should start swimming up through the jetty. congratulations!!! you've done the first half of the glitch!!! believe me when i say this, it dosent take long. from here, swim back to kakariko (that place has the best caves) and go to the cave outside the smithys house or the one all the way to the left near the lost woods (but still in the village). once in the cave swim down the stairs and then move to an area below the ledge/platform from which you just walked down without stairs or one of those bar things that stop you jumping... the're like walls. anyway, face that wall and push the dive button (the-go-under-button which is B for those who dont know what dive means) and swim at the ledge, link should jump up and over the ledge into the exploration zone. various caves have various accessible points. the one on the west side of the village allows you to get to ganon and beat the game without fighting him, it also allows you to get to a point where the game freezes when you push up, the music will still be playing but nothing else, when you start button mashing, the game will unfreeze. your rupees will suddenly drop like crazy making you think "WHAT THE HELL DID I BUY?!" your heart containers go down to one, meaning, you dont even have the 3 ORIGINAL containers on screen, you only have half a heart, you now can only carry a max of 17 arrows and the game gives you 97 bombs, regardless of what your max. carrying number is. you lose your pegasus boots, moon pearl, magic cape, im not sure... but i think they take your sword away... you cannot get out of this screen unless you save and quit... where at that point you will see that LINK IS NAKED. of course you cant see anything, hes colours are just screwed... but man... wierd glitch.

EDIT: oh yeah, there is a way to perform the UDEG on the gba version, use a gameboyplayer on the gamecube and push up on the control stick and down on the d-pad with the gamecube controller.

heh heh heh.... ive been playing it alot lately ... maybe ill post some screenshots... hmmm....

EDIT: oh yeah, for those who have been wondering how to get to the chris houlihan room, the exploration glitch is the way... lemme take ya through it...

Step 1. go to the exploration zone in the cave under the smiths house.
2. head south one square and go left till you cant go any more, tap up slightly and continue left around the room. when the screen shifts, go up until you find the tower of hera. if the game freezes, you are too far right. start again and head left further, then up again.
3. once you reach the tower of hera, head up one screen into the tower of hera's boss room. from there, head left until you find the castles basement. it should be playing the castle music, and it should be in the area north of the sanctuary. head south to the sanctuary and when you get there go to the area with the seats to the south, now head left and VOILA, theres the chris houlihan room. of course though you cant interact, its just to look.

The Minish Cap:
When you use the Ocarina of Wind to teleport somewhere, you can escape the bird before he catches you in a split second.

I made this video to prove it, so please watch it.

uh, i dont think thats a glitch. i think its just something they put in to make the game more realistic... or if someone acciidentaly bumbped the fly button, the still have a chance to run if theyre in a hurry instead of waiting for the mapscreen to appear, pressing b, waiting for the map screen to dissapear, waiting for the bird to drop link... can take quit a while you know...

Yes, it's not a glitch.

in the minish cap, get a charm from one of the girls, use it, run to the cafe and wait till it wears off, u will turn orange, freaky, it also works it u go in the cafe and then use the charm

Originally Posted by BoSs_391

in the minish cap, get a charm from one of the girls, use it, run to the cafe and wait till it wears off, u will turn orange, freaky, it also works it u go in the cafe and then use the charm

Not a glitch. You change color because you get enhanced powers. Muahuahaha

although that is true DJlarz, its still a glitch as its is not intended for you to become orange.

The glitch does not work if you use the Charm before going into the Cafe. You have to use the Charm while already in the Cafe, or you will just be the correct color when you go in.

In any case, I already knew about this glitch.

I know this might be a silly question to ask about ALttP for Gameboy, but I went to the Lost Woods to make sure I can know my way to the Master Sword when I'm ready for it and in the south part of the Lost Woods I saw another sword. What is this sword? And is it needed or optional?

EDIT: Now I found a third sword that looks identical to the others. What in the world are those swords for?

Oh really? Well, they sure aren't good mocks. I can tell right away they aren't the Master Sword.

i don't know what happened but there was a glitch when you fight the guy in the wind ruins (not palace of winds). when i fought the boss the only thing i saw was the boss stangling link and with no body, you cannot move

This is a freaky glitch. It's for Link's Awakening. I think it's for DX, I haven't tried on the original since I don't have it. It's official name is Dog House World. First, kill 10 - 100 enemies. Then what you do is go to Madam Meow's House. Stand above the Dog House part, so you are touching the red roof. Hold down, and move to the top right corner of the Doghouse (this is all while you're outside). Slowly move down into the corner until you are standing inside the corner. Then, press down and left on the control pad at the same time. You should be in a glitch world.
If you killed more than 8 enemies you will be in the glitch world. If you didn't kill that many, you will be in Goponga Swamp. You will be invisible at first, so push up and left on the control pad. You will appear in one of the rooms. You will recognise it as the Bottle Grotto, but with all the graphics mixed up. There are hundreds of variations of this world, and in some, you cannot move after making Link visible. In most though you can, and in some, you can explore for ages.
In my second attempt I was able to explore Northern Bottle Grotto, kill some BowWow bats, then enter the Tail Cave. I opened a treasure chest, and got a flame Rod, and a message saying 'pay 42 rupees and I will share my secret'. I oblidged and the music suddenly changed. I entered a room, and then couldn't move anymore. This glitch is not dangerous at all as long as you do save and quit after you're finished playing in Dog House World.

I have two for ALttP for GBA. They probably work for the SNES too.

1. Walking backwards: Very easy. Press up and down at the same time on the control pad and Link will appear to walk backwards. It is not harmful as far as I know, but maybe it messes up your control pad for some reason. It isn't useful, unless you use it in the next glitch...

2. Now this glitch is messed up! Freakish. Go into Hyrule Castle with the main entrance. Go left one room. Now go to the northern doorway, but do not enter. Use the backwards walking trick to enter the exit backward. This next part doesn't always happen, so you may have to try again. Also, if you access the room north, you have failed the glitch. Try again. Moving on, if you did it right Link will go beserk and start moving all over the room. Keep holding on to the control stick while this happens. Now, if your lucky you will now be in a room with nothing in it, Link will not be visible.

If you did not go into that blank room, you may find yourself in the castle. You will notice weird stuff. If you pick up a pot it will disappear immediately, you walk under and therefore take not damgager from soldiers, and you will make no sound if you swing your sword, which is harmless to enemies. If you exit a room, you will vanish then reappear in the next room.

If you did manage to enter the blank room, you've just hacked into the game's dungeon storage. Wander around and you might find different rooms from all over the game. So far I've accesed Skull Woods and the Ice Tower and Misery Mire. I've even met Aganhim and he makes Zelda vanish even though he never kidnapped her again. Whenever you enter a room, you usually cannot see Link. He cannot attack nor take damage from enemies. In fact, he can walk through anything. Link is walking under the room. If you walk into a hole, you'll see Link standing in it. Sometimes, you'll hop as if jumping from a ledge and land in the room. If this happens, you can now interact with the room to an extent. If you manage to hop into a room and exit that dungeon, you will enter the outerworld as usual. Then if you reenter, the dungeon will be normal again. Sometimes the rooms have totally out of whack-colors, negatives I think. The music is still Hyrule Castle music, unless you exit. Some rooms are simply just a single color. I've found these rooms are usually links in between the different dungeons. You can even enter boss rooms, though cannot kill them. Occasionally you will access rooms that once you enter, you cannot proceed any further so you must save and quit or reset. The graphics often get messed up too. It is hard to explain this glitch. There must be hundreds of side affecst.

If your lucky, you'll find the room with the triforce in it and you will beat the game right then and there. It will automatically trigger the ending animations. During the end credits, it will still rain if you haven't saved Zelda from Aganhim the first time. By doing this, you can beat the game very quickly. Also, after I beat the game using this glitch when I started the next time I was a bunny, even though I was in the light world.

Is the glitch harmful. Possibly. You are literally hacking into your own game if you think about it. Sometimes the rooms freeze, so you cannot do anything but press start. I use it and so far it hasn't erased any memory or anything. I believe it to be safe, but use it at your own risk.

This glitch it the most helpful glitch in the world. You can skip dungeons, skip Ganon, go into dungeons your not supposed to access yet, and even beat the game. The possiblities are endless. This glitch is awesome!

I'm not joking, this is a real glitch. If you have trouble manuevering this glitch or my invisible link glith for LA, PM me and I'll try to help you. These two glitches probably work for the SNES, but I cannot confirm it because I lost the adapter to my SNES. Oh well. Have fun with these glitches!

Edit: Warning! I was playing around with this glitch, saved and quited, retuned, and the game showed a room in Hyrule Castle. Zelda gave her speach which she normally says at the beginning. After I finish reading it the game is frozen. This glitch can possibly freeze your file for eternity, so I suggest you use a seperate file for performing this glitch.

Originally Posted by The War Chief

This is a freaky glitch. It's for Link's Awakening. I think it's for DX, I haven't tried on the original since I don't have it. It's official name is Dog House World. First, kill 10 - 100 enemies. Then what you do is go to Madam Meow's House. Stand above the Dog House part, so you are touching the red roof. Hold down, and move to the top right corner of the Doghouse (this is all while you're outside). Slowly move down into the corner until you are standing inside the corner. Then, press down and left on the control pad at the same time. You should be in a glitch world.
If you killed more than 8 enemies you will be in the glitch world. If you didn't kill that many, you will be in Goponga Swamp. You will be invisible at first, so push up and left on the control pad. You will appear in one of the rooms. You will recognise it as the Bottle Grotto, but with all the graphics mixed up. There are hundreds of variations of this world, and in some, you cannot move after making Link visible. In most though you can, and in some, you can explore for ages.
In my second attempt I was able to explore Northern Bottle Grotto, kill some BowWow bats, then enter the Tail Cave. I opened a treasure chest, and got a flame Rod, and a message saying 'pay 42 rupees and I will share my secret'. I oblidged and the music suddenly changed. I entered a room, and then couldn't move anymore. This glitch is not dangerous at all as long as you do save and quit after you're finished playing in Dog House World.

This glitch also works in the DX version. Awesome glitch! Here are some of the side affects I encountered:

- I opened a treasure chest which contained nothing in it. When I saved and quit and returned, I had the hookshot.
-I went into the room which contained the instrument of the siren. Instead of the normal instrument, there was an enemy, though it glowed like an instrument. When I received the instrument the text bubble said "She's so beautiful... I must give you something for your trouble... hmm... Well, it looks like all I have is this broom.. how'll that be?" I said no, then the game froze.
-I opened a treasure chest and the music went nuts.

Get Bowow permanently! (is that how you spell it? Whatever)

Start a new game and beat level 1. Enter the glitch dungeon and find the hookshot. Save and quit.

Start your file again and go to goponga swamp. Use your hookshot to destroy the flowers. Beat level 2

Save bowow. Now you have bowow forever! Even if you enter and exit level 2 again! Note that bowow will not follow you indoors and inside dungeons and rememeber, whatever you do, don't talk to madam meowmeow! If you do, you will loose bowow!

Originally Posted by Junahu

It does work on the original LA, but I don't think it counts as a glitch since it was purposely programmed into the game.

ooo, is that a legendary from avi???
*slaps my self*
"dammit, yakura! stay on topic!!!"

okay, i need my friend to give me my links awakening back so i can try these glitches!
i'm soooo impatient!

WHO LIKES RACCOONS? WE LIKE RACCOONS!
LA DX only
Start a new game in LA. Get the sword. Save and quit. Start again DO NOT KILL ANYTHING. Instead, use the glitch dungeon cheat (bowwow's kennel) and you will be transported to gaponga swamp. manuever your way out of gaponga swamp and go into the woods. What will you find? yes, thats right, the tail key. Proceed to go back to town. On the way you will meet Raccoon Tarin. You now do not need to sprinkle magic powder on him and can leave him as a raccoon for the rest of the game. THIS WILL CAUSE NO HARM TO THE SAVE FILE Tarin will still appear where he is supposed to, practically making Tarin and the raccoon separate entities

COPYRIGHT LOZ GLITCHER
(this is an original glitch found by LOZ Glitcher if you use tell others about it, you must give me props)

Ok i have no clue if anyone posted this glitch or not but I will. In TMC when u fight any type of Darknut you can do any of this,
#1. you can equip the sword and pegasus boots(must know dash attack)And dash through the Darknut while it attacks you may take damage but the Darknut will be frozen long enough to get at max 7 hits.
#2. equip the Rocs cape And the sword. You can now jump over a Darknut. jump over a Darknut and (must know ground thrust) attack him with your sword.he should be hurt and stunned so youll end up behind him. now slash away!
#3.Equip the bombs and the sword. Get in a corner(this works well with multiple Darknuts)
Drop a bomb infront of you. when it is about to explode eun and it will blow up on them. they will be sitting down and stunned long enough for you to get at least 2 hits on them

Those aren't glitches. However...

#1. you can equip the sword and pegasus boots(must know dash attack)And dash through the Darknut while it attacks you may take damage but the Darknut will be frozen long enough to get at max 7 hits.

Can you make a video of this? I don't follow you on that. Do you mean 7 hits in one go?