Classic Zelda Game Released On PC For Free

A classic Legend of Zelda game has come to PC, free for owners of the original to play.

Similar to our recent report of the original Nintendo GameCube version of Animal Crossing coming to PC via an unofficial fan port, the same now appears to be the case for The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX.

The project was originally released in 2023 as a ‘work in progress’, but was taken down after Nintendo’s lawyers caught a whiff of this version containing all the original assets.

As a result, you could no longer access the game from its itch.io page, and the project showed no signs of being resurrected until now.

The difference between this new release and the original port from 2023 is that this version doesn’t contain the original ROM assets, which makes it a lot more legally sound. You need to own the original game, and be able to dump your own ROMs, in order to play it.

The unofficial PC port includes support for higher resolution displays and framerates, making it a lot more enjoyable to play on modern computers as opposed to emulating it. That should effectively make it the best version of Link’s Awakening out there to play.

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The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Is A Fantastic Way To Rediscover This Old Classic

The latest update to the port adds support for MacOS and Android, with the latter also getting controller support.

It also makes improvements to the BowWow, removing collision, making the chain transparent, and also updating the AI to be more like the original game.

Finally, there are a few more technical changes made to the port too, such as reworking button mapping to show ‘??’ for a button being remapped, and also cancels remapping after 5 seconds of inactivity.

If you're interested in checking out the unofficial port for The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, you can grab it from the project's GitHub page.

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX is the Game Boy Color version of the original Link’s Awakening. It included new features, such as a new dungeon with colour-focused puzzles to solve, as well as additional accessibility options to help players solve these puzzles.

It was remade under the same title in 2019 for Nintendo Switch, where it received heaps of praise from critics and fans.