Proto:The Legend of Zelda/Levels 5-8

Level 5


Five rooms with changes here in the Lizard Dungeon.

The Zol room had a complete design change in the final version, and the bomb pickup was turned into a key. The Dodongo room is missing the bomb pickup in the prototype, and the right door is locked.

The bottom-left room was altered to remove the orange Darknuts and Pols Voices. Three blue Darknuts were added in their place. Another complete room overhaul can be seen in the Gibdo Room. The item-carrying Gibdo has a key in the prototype and a bomb in the final build.

Two more Zols, and the key is a 5 Rupee pickup in the final.

Level 6


Various sundry changes in this slog of a dungeon.

This room, with traps and wizrobes, was changed to feature fireball-spitting statues...and Keese!! The upper door was closed as well.

Another blue Wizzrobe is present in the upper-left room of the final build, and The bottom door is locked in the prototype. One of the orange Wizzrobes in the upper-right room was changed to a blue Wizzrobe in what will become a common sight throughout this level.

See? Again, an orange Wizzrobe changed to a blue one.

And yet again, this time in both rooms. Oh, and the bottom room was changed from a distraction to a trap with the addition of a closed door.

Level 7


The Demon Dungeon lives up to its name.

This rooms poses more of a challenge in the final version, with two more Goriyas, and the addition of two fireball statues.

In an odd reversal, the prototype actually has two more enemies than the final version does. This could either be a straight difficulty change, or a change for peformance issues. Firing a projectile in this room will slow down the game.

All rooms with Goriyas had one orange and blue Goriya removed. The room with the hungry Goriya isn't present in the prototype, making the Meat item completely useless. The locked room was moved from the upper-right to the bottom-right room, and the key in said room was changed to a 5 rupee pickup. Four fireball statues can be found in the final releases' Digdogger room.

Yet more enemy removal in the Orange and Blue Goriya rooms. The Rupee bonus room doesn't have a black floor in the prototype, something that was fixed for the final release. The upper-right room is missing all enemies in the prototype.

There's no prize in the Moldorm room, making the room pointless. Two fireball statues were added to the Dodongo room, and the sand removed. The Wall Master room was made more challenging with more narrow passages.

Level 8


The last dungeon, or is it?!

No.

Since this game still didn't have enough fireball-shooting statues, two more were added to the first Manhandla room.

This seems familiar. The orange Darknuts and Pols Voices were removed and replaced with 3 blue Darknuts. Oh, and even more fireball statues. All open doors are closed by default in the final version.

See above.

The pickup in the upper room was changed from a key to a bomb. This change was due to both locked doors turning into closed doors.

Oh, and four more fireball shooters.

This room design was changed. Why? Fireball statues, of course! That should be obvious by now.