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How long would a hand-written password for The Legend of Zelda be?

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Bamboo the Bunny talks about a big problem with big video games for early consoles -- how do you make it so you don't have to beat the whole thing in one sitting?

Note: The project name and URL have changed! Go to theindustriousrabbit.com to learn more!

(I messed up the bit stream charts for the two text passwords, but I fixed the JUSTIN BAILEY one in the next video!)

Thanks to Tyrel Souza, @ijimkoz, and @tiegz (ティグさん)!

References

  • https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2015/06/types-of-nes-passwords.html
  • https://www.romhacking.net/documents/87/
  • http://www.mmhp.net/Passwords/MM3/
  • https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Items_in_The_Legend_of_Zelda
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20191219221055/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2010/11/feature_slipped_disk_the_history_of_the_famicom_disk_system
  • https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/519689-metroid/faqs/39232
  • https://www.geocities.ws/passgens/pages/Kid_Icarus.htm
  • https://www.kidicaruswiki.org/wiki/Password

Code

  • LoZ fake password generator (https://gist.github.com/johnbintz/92b940a61682de59f82f9dedc3920b6e)

Music & SFX

  • Chipper Doodle - Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Chipper+doodle) - CC-BY 3.0
  • Crash - bone666138 (https://freesound.org/people/bone666138/sounds/198876/) - CC-BY 3.0
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