The Legend of Zelda (NES) - Text

USA

USA

USA (Rev 1)

USA (Rev 1)

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The Legend of Zelda uses a single character set throughout the entire game. It features letters, numbers, and some symbols. However, it uses the 8th bit as a carriage return / linefeed flag, so the entire character set is duplicated in the table, the first set is normal letters, the second set is end-of-line letters. Also, EC is a period that causes a full stop in the interpreter.

Game

00=0
01=1
02=2
03=3
04=4
05=5
06=6
07=7
08=8
09=9
0A=A
0B=B
0C=C
0D=D
0E=E
0F=F
10=G
11=H
12=I
13=J
14=K
15=L
16=M
17=N
18=O
19=P
1A=Q
1B=R
1C=S
1D=T
1E=U
1F=V
20=W
21=X
22=Y
23=Z
24= 
28=,
29=!
2A='
2B=&
2C=.
2D="
2E=?
2F=-
30=™
64=+
7A=©
80=0
81=1
82=2
83=3
84=4
85=5
86=6
87=7
88=8
89=9
8A=A
8B=B
8C=C
8D=D
8E=E
8F=F
90=G
91=H
92=I
93=J
94=K
95=L
96=M
97=N
98=O
99=P
9A=Q
9B=R
9C=S
9D=T
9E=U
9F=V
A0=W
A1=X
A2=Y
A3=Z
A4= 
A8=,
A9=!
AA='
AB=&
AC=.
AD="
AE=?
AF=-
EC=.

ROM Offsets

0405E - Dialogue
092B3 - All Treasures
09D58 - Character Menu
0A969 - Thank's Link
0AB17 - Finally Peace Returns 
0AC6F - Credits
1A2CB - Continue / Save / Retry
1A38B - Subscreen
1A474 - Game Over
1A52E - Story
1AB68 - Title Screen