Unused Textures

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Icons#

Equipment#

Hookshot#

A Link To The Past	OOT Overdump	OOT Final

The Hookshot's early design lacks a handle and resembles its look in A Link To The Past. It's more purple in color, like the final game's Longshot.

Magnifying Glass of Truth#

Overdump	Final

This build's version of the Lens of Truth has a yellow eyelid, and the lens part is more eye-shaped than the circular lens of the final design.

Landmine#

Overdump	Final

A scrapped item that was presumably reworked into the Bombchu.

Boomerang#

Overdump	Final

The Boomerang icon's orange colors is more saturated than the final game's icon. Additionally, the gem is green in the prototype.

Slingshot#

Overdump	Final

The Fairy Slingshot's icon was redrawn, with the string wrapping around the ends, as well as recolored.

Bow#

Overdump	Final

The Fairy Bow's icon was redrawn slightly as well as recolored. The grip was green and brown instead of blue and orange, the drawstring was grey instead of white, and the bow's tips are not red.

Magic Arrows#

Overdump	Final

Early graphics for the Fairy Bow with different magic arrows. The green (Wind), black (Shadow), and yellow (Soul/Spirit) arrows were cut from the final game, while the white (Light) arrows were recolored to yellow. The lighting on the early arrows is horizontal, while the final has them diagonal, lining up with the arrow shaft.

Ocarina of Time#

Overdump	Final

The Ocarina of Time icon has what appears to be blue, green, and red buttons in the three holes going towards the tip, and there is no metal band wrapped around the base of the mouthpiece. In a 1997 interview, Miyamoto stated that the Spiritual Stones would have to be inserted into the Ocarina.

Bottled Items#

Overdump	Final

The bottles were redrawn to be slightly bigger. The fairy is white with small wings, whereas the final version is a glowing pink ball.

Chicken Egg#

Overdump	Final

At this point in development, the player could buy chicken eggs that could be eaten to restore health, or hatched. The final version limits the kinds of eggs to just two, both event items. There does not seem to be an icon for the hatched chicken/Cucco.

The chicken egg is much smaller than the final's eggs, and does not have a nest.

Horse Grass#

Overdump	Final
	N/A

In this build, the player used a special whistle made of "horse grass" to summon Epona, a concept later used in Twilight Princess. The final game replaces this with Epona's Song.

Swords#

Overdump	Final

The Kokiri and Master Sword icons went through a revision before the final game. Surprisingly, the Biggoron's Sword/Giant's Knife icon is already finalized at this point.

Shields#

Overdump	Final

The early Deku Shield icon is more saturated, while the early Hylian Shield icon is blockier. The shading, drop shadow, and the area around the star on the Mirror Shield were slightly cleaned up.

Boots#

Overdump	Final

The early boots have a more cartoony-looking design. Further, the Iron Boots are literal iron boots, whereas in the final version only the toes are covered in iron.

Bracelets#

Overdump	Final

The Silver and Golden Gauntlets are bracelets in this build.

There is no early version of the Goron Bracelet due to the item not existing at this point. Instead, the player simply needed Darunia's permission to pick the Bomb Flowers.

Quivers#

Overdump	Final

Early designs of the Quiver and its upgrades. Further, not only is each Quiver's maximum capacity displayed as part of the icon, but it uses a different upgrade structure and different maximums compared to the final's 30-40-50.

Bomb Bag#

Overdump	Final

Early designs of the Bomb Bag and its upgrades. Similarly to the Quivers, the maximum capacity is displayed as part of each icon and the upgrades double capacity rather than the final's 20-30-40.

Wallet#

Overdump	Final

Early wallet designs, again displaying their maximum capacity. Notably, the Adult's Wallet and Giant's Wallet could hold far more at this point, whereas in the final game they hold a mere 200 and 500 Rupees respectively.

Interestingly, the smallest wallet is also present (albeit unused) in Majora's Mask.

Warp Songs#

Overdump	Final

Music note graphics for the warp songs. There's just a single note icon in the final game that gets colorized by the pause screen.

Spiritual Stones#

Overdump	Final

Early icons for the Spiritual Stones. Their designs differ significantly from the final versions, resembling musical notation - specifically natural, flat, and sharp accidentals. Likely meant for the Ocarina of Time, as in this version they would have been inserted into it.

Medallions#

Overdump	Final

Early icons for the Medallions. Their designs are the same as the final version, but the Spirit, Shadow, and Light Medallions have different colors. These colors correspond with the six magic arrow types, three of which are unused in the final game, as well as the six colored keys, see below.

These icons are larger than the final game's icons, as they were originally C-button items used to cast spells, while the final versions appear only on the Quest Status subscreen.

Unknown Icon#

An unknown blue icon, possibly a placeholder for something else in Quest Status.

Quest Status Medallions#

The final game doesn't have separate medallion icons without a color.

Map Screen#

Dungeon Map#

Overdump	Final

Compass#

Overdump	Final

Key Icons#

Six keys whose colors match up perfectly to those of the Medallions, suggesting that each Temple once used a unique key icon. Notably, there's a key corresponding to the Light Medallion, rare evidence for a possible Light Temple.

It's not clear whether these represented Small Keys or Boss Keys, but it's a neat idea all the same.

Items#

Heart#

Overdump	Final

Menu Assets#

Screen Labels#

Quest Status#

Triforce#

A type of icon or item that would be part of Quest Status. The final version has the Triforce as part of the Quest Status screen's submenu graphic render.

Heart Pieces#

Pieces of Heart from the Quest Status screen. In-game text further confirms that 8 Pieces were needed to make a Heart Container in this build, a marked departure from the 4-Piece requirement previously seen in A Link To The Past, Link's Awakening, and Inishie no Sekiban. They were probably thinking about doing a lot of sidequests for this game.

Twilight Princess would later require 5 Pieces to make a Heart Container, which is still an outlier for the series but not as insane as needing 8.

Equipment Screen#

Labels to describe menu items and screens.

Prerendered images of Link as an adult and child. They served as placeholders for Link on the Equipment screen until a copy buffer had been added.

Map Screen#

Map (Field Map and Dungeon Map). Perhaps the label would be changed depending on where it is?

World Map#

Overdump	Final

This beautiful work of cartography was only previously seen through a tiny photo from a booth at Space World '97.

The upper portion of the map reads "Hyrule was a land of fabulous palaces and magic.", while the bottom-right appears to say "It was also a troubled land, and the divisions of Light and Dark were tearing it apart." Both sentences originate from the A Link To The Past Player's Guide.

Texture Address: 0x01063F40

Format: CI8

Palette Address: 0x0106A340

Dungeons#

Texture	Text	Translation	Notes
	妖精デクの樹	Fairy Deku Tree	Called デクの樹サマの中 ("Inside the Great Deku Tree") in Japanese and "Inside the Deku Tree" in English in the final version.
	ドドンゴの洞窟	Dodongo's Cavern
	スペシャルコース	Special Course	This was the name of the Gerudo's Training Ground in the Spaceworld '97 demo.
	森の神殿	Forest Temple
	炎の神殿	Fire Temple
	水の神殿	Water Temple
	邪神ディンの像	Statue of the Evil God Din	This dungeon was renamed to "Spirit Temple" in the final version. In the final game, the area outside the temple is called 巨大邪神像 ("Giant Evil God Statue") in Japanese and "Desert Colossus" in English. Certainly the most interesting of the early dungeon titles, this suggests that the Desert Colossus was originally conceived as representing Din. A connection between the Gerudo and Din is additionally suggested by textures from this build's version of Gerudo Valley. Evidence for this connection is not present in the final game. It may be alluded to indirectly by Ganondorf seizing the Triforce of Power, typically associated with Din.
	闇の神殿	Shadow Temple	The position of the title in relation to the other dungeon title textures may imply that this was intended to be the last dungeon to be completed in the game, which is consistent with other internal and external file ordering. The final game allows the Shadow and Spirit Temples to be completed in either order, but the Shadow Temple comes first in Sheik's legend of the temples.
	ガノンの塔	Ganon's Tower	In the final game, Ganon's Tower is part of a larger dungeon that uses the title texture ガノン城　内部 ("Ganon Castle: Interior") in Japanese and "Inside Ganon's Castle" in English. There is no title texture for the tower itself, though the dungeon is referred to as Ganon's Tower by Rauru in the final script.

Select Item/Save#

The screen used for selecting items and saving. Almost identical to the final version.

Pause Menu Text#

Starting at offset 010A33E0 in the overdump ROM are a series of IA8 textures displaying the names of items and locations.

Below are translations of each name. Titles in bold are unused. Official translations are used if present in the released version.

While the names of most of the locations are the same as in the final, these labels for the locations are meant for the Map Screen. This implies that the Map Screen would have had more location dots, but displaying the used location labels plus the unused labels listed here would have likely crowded the Map Screen a bit too much.

Texture	Text	Translation	Notes
	バクダン	Bombs
	デクの実	Deku Nut
	地雷	Land Mine	Removed from the final game, possibly replaced by Bombchus (ボムチュウ).
	妖精の弓	Fairy Bow
	パチンコ	Slingshot	Renamed to Fairy Slingshot (妖精のパチンコ) in the final.
	ブーメラン	Boomerang
	デクの棒	Deku Stick
	フックショット	Hookshot
	まことの虫メガネ	Magnifying Glass of Truth	Renamed to Lens of Truth (まことのメガネ) in the final.
	時のオカリナ	Ocarina of Time
	メガトンハンマー	Megaton Hammer
	馬の草笛	Horse Reed Pipe	An item removed from the final, with the functionality replaced by Epona's Song.
	ニワトリタマゴ	Chicken Egg	Changed to Weird Egg (ふしぎなタマゴ) in the final. The in-game text of this build mentions that Chicken Eggs could be purchased, then eaten (to restore health) or hatched. The final Weird Egg is only used as a plot item to wake Talon. There is an unused shop still left over in the final game that sells the Weird Egg, which is probably a remnant of this mechanic.
	ゼルダの手紙	Zelda's Letter
	炎のメダル	Fire Medallion
	氷のメダル	Ice Medallion	Renamed to Water Medallion (水のメダル) in the final.
	風のメダル	Wind Medallion	Renamed to Forest Medallion (森のメダル) in the final.
	魂のメダル	Spirit Medallion
	光のメダル	Light Medallion
	闇のメダル	Shadow Medallion
	からビン	Empty Bottle	The released Japanese version uses a different word for "Empty".
	赤いくすり	Red Potion	The released Japanese version has "Potion" in katakana (クスリ).
	青いくすり	Blue Potion
	緑のくすり	Green Potion
	妖精の魂	Fairy's Spirit	Simply known as Fairy in English, although it is called Fairy's Spirit in the Potion Shop.
	さかな	Fish	The released Japanese version has this in katakana (サカナ).
	ロンロン牛乳	Lon Lon Milk
	風のメダル	Wind Medallion	Renamed to Forest Medallion (森のメダル) in the final.
	炎のメダル	Fire Medallion
	氷のメダル	Ice Medallion	Renamed to Water Medallion (水のメダル) in the final.
	魂のメダル	Spirit Medallion
	闇のメダル	Shadow Medallion
	光のメダル	Light Medallion
	ナイフ	Knife	Renamed to Kokiri Sword (コキリの剣) in the final.
	マスターソード	Master Sword
	巨人のナイフ	Giant's Knife
	デクの盾	Deku Shield
	ハイリアの盾	Hylia Shield	Known as the Hylian Shield in English.
	ミラーシールド	Mirror Shield
	いつもの服	Normal Tunic	Known as the Kokiri Tunic in English. The Japanese name likely refers to the tunic being what Link normally wears.
	ゴロンの服	Goron Tunic
	ゾーラの服	Zora Tunic
	いつものブーツ	Normal Boots	Known as the Kokiri Boots in English. The Japanese name likely refers to the boots being what Link normally wears.
	ヘビイブーツ	Heavy Boots	Known as Iron Boots in English.
	ホバーブーツ	Hover Boots
	小さな矢立て	Small Quiver	"Small" was removed for the final version so as not to make the Quiver (矢立て) feel bad.
	大きな矢立て	Big Quiver
	もっと大きな矢立て	Bigger Quiver	Renamed to Biggest Quiver (最大の矢立て) in the final.
	小さな袋	Small Bag	Renamed to Bomb Bag (ボム袋) in the final.
	大きな袋	Big Bag	Renamed to Big Bomb Bag (大きなボム袋) in the final.
	もっと大きな袋	Bigger Bag	Renamed to Biggest Bomb Bag (最大のボム袋) in the final.
	銀のブレスレット	Silver Bracelet	Early version of the Silver Gauntlets (銀のグローブ).
	金のブレスレット	Gold Bracelet	Early version of the Golden Gauntlets (金のグローブ).
	こどものサイフ	Child's Wallet
	おとなのサイフ	Adult's Wallet
	巨人のサイフ	Giant's Wallet
	マップ	Map
	コンパス	Compass
	ハートのかけら	Piece of Heart
	サリアの封印	Saria's Seal
	ダルニアの封印	Darunia's Seal
	ルトの封印	Ruto's Seal
	ナボールの封印	Nabooru's Seal
	ミドの封印	Mido's Seal	Interestingly, Mido is listed among the Sages instead of Impa, and the ordering of the Medallion name textures suggests he was tied to the Shadow Temple.
	ラウルの封印	Rauru's Seal
	ゼルダの封印	Zelda's Seal	The only Seal to not have an associated Medallion. In the final, Zelda instead gives Link the Light Arrows.
	コキリのヒスイ	Kokiri's Jade	Known as the Kokiri's Emerald in English.
	ゴロンのルビー	Goron's Ruby
	ゾーラのサファイア	Zora's Sapphire
	風のメヌエット	Minuet of Wind	Renamed to Minuet of Forest (森のメヌエット) in the final.
	炎のボレロ	Bolero of Fire
	水のワルツ	Waltz of Water	Renamed to Serenade of Water (水のセレナーデ) in the final.
	魂のゴスペル	Gospel of Spirit	Renamed to Requiem of Spirit (魂のレクイエム) in the final.
	闇のエチュード	Etude of Shadow	Renamed to Nocturne of Shadow (闇のノクターン) in the final.
	光のプレリュード	Prelude of Light
	もだえ石	Stone of Agony	It's not clear why this is present four times.
	もだえ石	Stone of Agony
	もだえ石	Stone of Agony
	もだえ石	Stone of Agony
	ハートのかけら	Piece of Heart
	マップ	Map
	コンパス	Compass
	緑のカギ	Green Key	The fact these are listed after the Map and Compass indicates they were part of the Map Screen in dungeons, which in the final only tracks the Boss Key. The ordering lines up with the Medallion name textures and the Medallions' respective colors, suggesting that each Key color was exclusive to that Temple.
	赤いカギ	Red Key
	青いカギ	Blue Key
	黄色のカギ	Yellow Key
	黒いカギ	Black Key
	白いカギ	White Key
	ハイラル平野	Hyrule Plain	The released Japanese version uses a different kanji at the end (ハイラル平原).
	城下町	Castle Town	Known as Market in English.
	ハイリア大聖堂	Hylia Cathedral	Possibly an early name for the Temple of Time?
	ハイラル城	Hyrule Castle	Omitted from the Map Screen in the final.
	ガノンの塔	Ganon's Tower	Omitted from the Map Screen in the final.
	マロン＆タラン牧場	Malon & Talan Ranch	"Talan" seems to be a misspelling of "Talon" (タロン). Renamed to Lon Lon Ranch (ロンロン牧場) in the final.
	ハイリア湖	Lake Hylia	The released Japanese version has an additional kanji on the end (ハイリア湖畔), changing the meaning from lake to lakeside.
	迷いの森	Lost Woods
	デクの樹	Deku Tree	Omitted from the Map Screen in the final.
	森の神殿	Forest Temple	Temples were omitted from the Map Screen in the final.
	カカリコ村	Kakariko Village
	墓地	Graveyard	The Kakariko Graveyard was omitted from the Map Screen in the final.
	闇の神殿	Shadow Temple	Temples were omitted from the Map Screen in the final.
	デスマウンテン	Death Mountain
	炎の神殿	Fire Temple	Temples were omitted from the Map Screen in the final.
	ゾーラ川	Zora's River	The final version refers to Zora's Domain (ゾーラの里), rather than the river area.
	願いの滝	Waterfall of Wishing	Same name as an area from A Link To The Past. Presumably meant for the falls near Zora's Domain, which would be a nifty callback, but it's not marked on the Map Screen in the final.
	ゾーラの泉	Zora's Fountain	The final version refers to Zora's Domain (ゾーラの里), rather than the fountain area.
	水の神殿	Water Temple	Temples were omitted from the Map Screen in the final.
	ゲルドの谷	Gerudo Valley
	幻影の砂漠	Phantom Desert	Known as the Haunted Wasteland in English.
	盜賊団のアジト	Thieves' Hideout	Omitted from the Map Screen in the final.
	巨大邪神像	Giant Evil God Statue	Known as the Desert Colossus in English. Omitted from the Map Screen in the final.

Action Texts#

Texture	Text	Translation
	チェック	Check
	ひらく	Open
	ジャンプ	Jump
	けってい	Decide
	ムチ	Whip
	みる	View
	もどる	Return
	なげる	Throw
	ナビィ	Navi
	のぼる	Climb
	のる	Get On
	おく	Put
	おりる	Down
	リセット	Reset
	セーブ	Save
	しらべる	Examine
	しゃべる	Talk
	つぎへ	Next
	つかむ	Grab
	やめる	Quit

Text Box#

Minimaps#

To do: Add comparisons.

Overworld#

Older Hyrule Field
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The map here matches the geography of the much older version of Hyrule Field also found on the overdump. Interestingly, the placement of Hyrule Castle is marked white, but nothing else behind the gate, where Castle Town would be, is.

Kokiri Forest
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The layout looks very similar to the Kokiri Forest map seen in the overdump. Despite this, there's no detail to indicate the Great Deku Tree's presence, instead showing what looks more like water.

Hyrule Field
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Death Mountain Trail
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Dungeons#

Inside the Deku Tree

Early	Final
	N/A

Early	Final
	N/A

Early	Final
	N/A

Early	Final

Early	Final

Early	Final

Early	Final

Early	Final
N/A

Dodongo's Cavern

Early	Final

Early	Final

Early	Final
	N/A

Gerudo's Training Ground

The separate minimap for the Poe maze area went unused in the game's Space World '97 demo.