Zelda: The Sealed Palace Will Keep You Busy Until The Ocarina Remake
The Legend of Zelda is celebrating its 40th anniversary as a franchise this year, bringing millions of fans back into the fold, as they seek to relive those era defining experiences from their childhood's to mark the occasion. This remains the best option on the table for now, with no news on Nintendo's plans for releasing new games in the series just yet. That will come at some point, but in the meantime we're going to need to make our own fun, and for many folks out there, Ocarina of Time still serves as the absolute peak. Over the years, dedicated fans have built on Ocarina of Time's legacy by creating ROM hacks, new experiences within the same game engine, and one in particular is well worth your time if you're looking for some good old-fashioned Zelda fun.
Zelda Fans Shouldn't Sleep On The Sealed Palace
Link playing his ocarina in Ocarina of Time.
As first reported by The Nintendo 64 Museum, The Legend of Zelda: The Sealed Palace is an Ocarina of Time ROM hack that centers the plot on a new narrative where Ganondorf's soldiers have captured the Kokiri. Link starts out in a dungeon, and it stays just as action-packed from there onward. As with all ROM hacks, you'll want to make sure you have a legitimate copy of Ocarina of Time to keep everything above board. From there, you can download the game and run it on a compatible emulator like RetroArch, PJ64, or Dolphin. If you're even a passing fan of Ocarina, then Sealed Palace really is worth your time as one of the more ambitious ROM hacks ever. It features a full suite of custom cutscenes, a complete start-to-finish narrative adventure, and a difficulty spike, all wrapped in a package that's essentially a direct sequel.
This Is A Zelda Game By Fans, For Fans
Fans of the game received The Sealed Palace very well, and if you do decide to give it a go, you'll notice that there is a significantly more melancholy and foreboding vibe to the whole thing. It's a significant change of pace, but one that feels like it fits well, thanks to the fact that it was built by genuine fans of the original game.
If that doesn't take your fancy for some reason, your best bet might just be to sit tight and hope that the long-rumored Ocarina of Time remake materializes before too long (don't let us down Nintendo).
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