Zelda3 Vita

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past
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Author	Rinnegatamante
Type	Adventure
Version	1.3
License	MIT License
Last Updated	2025/07/13
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Zelda3 Vita is a port of zelda3, a reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past with several enhancements.

Features

• Secondary item slot on button X (Hold X in inventory to select).
• Displays max rupees, bombs and arrows with yellow or orange color.
• Extends throwing bombs to four instead of two.
• Support for MSU audio tracks.
• Support for enhanced aspect ratios of 16:9 or 16:10.
• Switching current item with L/R keys.
• Reordering of inventory by pressing Y+Arrows.
• Higher quality map screen.
• Disable low health beep.
• Pick up items and destroy pots with Sword.

Installation

In order to run this, you need to extract the file zelda3_assets.dat from a dump of your own The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past US SNES cartridge.

Instructions:

• Download Python installer and install.
• Open the command prompt.
• Type python -m pip install --upgrade pip and hit enter.
• Type python -m pip install --upgrade Pillow and hit enter.
• Type python -m pip install --upgrade pyyaml and hit enter.
• Close the command prompt.
• Download https://github.com/snesrev/zelda3/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
• Extract zelda3-master.zip somewhere and open zelda3-master folder.
• Place your US rom of the game named as zelda3.sfc in this folder.
• Run extract_assets.bat.
• Place zelda3_assets.dat file in ux0:data/zelda3

Options:

• Several options can be changed by editing the file ux0:data/zelda3/zelda3.ini.
• If you care more about framerate than widescreen, 4:3 aspect ratio is suggested to be set.
• (4:3 ensures game is always fullspeed whilst with widescreen, sometimes game drops down around 45 fps).

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Changelog

v1.3

• Removed validation layers: this improves overall performance.
• Fully inlined PPU codepath: this improves performance of around 7-8%.

v1.2.1

• Added possibility to play in 4:3 unstretched by setting 4:3 extended aspect ratio and ignore aspect ratio to false.
• Added loading screen image at boot (pic0.png).

v1.2

• Downstreamed to latest official commit. (Fixes several issues and improves performances, NOTE: Assets must be re-extracted)

v1.1

• Fixed a bug making 4:3 aspect ratio to be always stretched. Now it will be stretched only if IgnoreAspectRatio is enabled,
• Added bilinear filtering option (BilinearFiltering).

v1.0

• First Release.

Credits

• Brandonheat8 for the Livearea assets.
• snesrev and everyone involved in the original recreation project.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/zelda3
• VitaDB - https://www.rinnegatamante.eu/vitadb/#/info/993
• PSX-Place - https://www.psx-place.com/threads/release-zelda3-vita-port-of-the-legend-of-zelda-a-link-to-the-past.38470/