Go here and check out this patch! It's better than my own and was written by Conn79. You can find a link to the patch's development thread here.
Go here and start reading!
This is a patch for Zelda 3 designed to use the MSU-1 chip in an SD2SNES cartridge to play CD quality audio on a real SNES.
Sorry, I mean The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Sometimes called The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods. Sometimes called Zelda 3.
Cool, go download the latest stable release and have at.
Don't pay money for romhack patches. Help improve this patch that is being distributed for free.
I guess I'm just counting on you not being a giant scumbag about this. You'd have to sell it to people who don't realize that they could get it for free, though, and if they found out they could get it for free they probably wouldn't want to give you money for other things in the future.
It's illegal to distribute the ROM. I'm not gonna do it, so don't ask again.
You'll have to figure that one out on your own, Sherlock.
I've only tried it on a headerless American release ROM. I've heard whispers from the internet that it will work on any release version of the game except the original Japanese release with all those neat glitches that speedrunners like.
You're right, it doesn't. Refer to the Getting Started section for more complete info, but basically, I don't have the rights to redistribute a complete soundtrack replacement for the game. So I offer what I can and then tell you where to find more and make your own substitutions. I've done my best to make sure that the initial patch will fall back onto the original soundtrack built into the game when you do not provide a new song for it, but currently there are some catches for that depending on what platform you're playing the game on (read: that feature doesn't work right now on emulator, so it's all CD audio or nothin').
The patch currently works on bSNES v075 (mostly) and on the SNES cartridges equipped with the MSU-1 co-processor.
Yes. You will need a flashcart with the MSU-1 co-processor chip implemented in it and currently the only game in town for that is the SD2SNES. You can pick one up at http://shop.retrogate.com
I'm thinking back on the history of licensed music in videogames, and I notice there's a glaring omission in Zelda 3, is it possible to correct this?
Yes, you can put Rob Zombie's Dragula into Zelda 3 with this patch. You monster.
Go on over to the Getting Started section and find out!
Please report it in the Issues section and be as detailed as you can about how to reproduce the error. Screenshots are helpful if it only happens in a certain position or if there's a graphical bug.
Please understand that I've gotten this far through persistence. Part of why I started this github project is to appeal to those smarter than me. I can't go further on my own and if you have any guidance or changes to the code, please submit them to me. I'll happily update the project so that we can all enjoy a lovely Zelda 3 experience.
In the future, I'd like to host more MSU-1 audio patches, but I'd like to have finished this one before I consider that.
No. No no no no no no no no no no. Please do not pirate games.
No.
Dump your own game. Don't copy that floppy. Don't download a car.
Yes,