Levels 5-8

This is a sub-page of Proto:The Legend of Zelda/FDS Prototype.

Level 5#

Five rooms with changes here in the Lizard Dungeon.

Proto
Final

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.

Proto	Final
Don't fall in the lava now!

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

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Level 6#

Various sundry changes in this slog of a dungeon.

Proto	Final
	Oh, thanks, I've missed them.

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

Proto	Final
Orange you glad they're not all blue?	Feeling blue? (That's the last color pun, I swear.)

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 blue, in what will become a common sight throughout this Level.

Proto	Final
They're raising the roof!	It's happening again!

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

Proto	Final
	That's a dick move, game.

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.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Level 7#

There's a secret in the tip of the nose!

The Demon Dungeon lives up to its name.

Proto	Final

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

Proto	Final

In an odd reversal, the prototype actually has two more enemies than the final does. This change could be due to performance issues, as firing a projectile in this room will slow down the game.

Proto	Final

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's Digdogger room.

Proto	There's too many of them!
Final

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.

Proto
Final

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.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Level 8#

The last dungeon, or is it?!

No.

Proto	Final

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

Proto	Final

This seems familiar. The orange Darknuts and Pols Voices were removed and replaced with three blue Darknuts. Oh, and even more fireball statues.

All open doors are closed by default in the final version.

Proto	Final

See above.

Proto	Final
Darknuts-a-poppin'!

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.

Proto	Final
	Dammit, we can't have nice things!

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

(Source: Original TCRF research)