You can download any version that you want, but if you're looking for compatability...
Zelda Classic 2.10, 2.11 or 2.5 are your best bets (2.5 being the best).
However 2.11 and 2.5 are betas, so expect bugs.
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thanks for the advice
This is the crux of the frustration I've been having for the last several hours trying to learn to work with this program. I'm surprised with how much research I've done and how many countless google searches attempted, I still can't find an answer to this conundrum that makes any sense.
What's the deal with the location icons (or whatever they're properly called)? From all the tutorials I've read the BLUE icon sets the location you emerge from after you've been in a treasure room, shop, etc... on the screen the door to that room's entrance is located in. The GREEN icon sets your location where you appear upon first arriving in a DMap and where you can continue from after you die.
The newer beta versions 2.11 and up don't seem to have two icons (I would use an earlier version but they all crash on my Windows XP laptop) just one GREEN icon that looks like a cross between the two. I would assume this would mean it serves the same function as both icons. But after experimenting it only seems to work like the former GREEN icon setting the location where you arrive in the DMap (does that fine with no complaints).
On the other hand, trying to set the location with this button for where to emerge after having been in a treasure cave or such seems to be useless. It always spits me back out to pretty much the same spot (slightly centered, but a little off to the left) although in one case, where I didn't use the TILE 80 or 81 cave, it was different (spit me back fully to the upper left corner).
Is there some new way of setting this (formerly blue icon controlled) position of cavern/shop exit? Is this just totally broken in the 2.11 and up betas? The recent beta I'm running on (Build 1170 from this page here: http://www.shardstorm.dreamhosters.com/) is a brilliant improvement over the older 2.11 beta I started working out with. I'd love to use it... but I need some answers on this positioning nonsense before I waste any more time virtually banging my head into walls (or re-appearing stuck within them... heh). Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
Tile Warp (find it in the menu toolbar somewhere), choose the appropriate numbered tile warp and configure what screen it takes you to.
It actually didn't take me too long after posting this long post of mine, to finally notice that the blue icons were there in this new version I've downloaded. They're lined up in a row of four (I guess quadrupalling your possible exit points). Looking back at the older beta version I downloaded before, the same was there... but just on it's own page apart from the item, stairs, starting, and flagging icons. Well... that makes me happy now anyways... even if I feel stupid for missing something obvious. Still, something about the way Zelda Classic and Zelda Quest is laid out seems kinda' indimitating to be honest. Like a little "geek's playtoy" that I don't yet know alll the combinations and tricks for. That so many versions of it held on to "DOS" is kinda' telling... no? Then again, I'm a bit of a nerd into obscure old things myself, eh?... I suppose I have no room to complain.
Fairly recent versions (about 300 or so builds ago) started implementing a new interface for 640x480 resolution instead of 320x240 resolution and this gives them much greater freedom over the interface, hence why the 4 blue warp panels are now on the same page as the rest.
hey guys, how active is this place? i'm getting sad and ansy why even zlauncher won't make the 2.10 builder launch. I just get "z-quest.exe blablabla failed blablabla is closing" even with run as admin, the launcher, the check everything.
I'm so annoyed and sad.
and waiting for help. i know people have lives maybe if i ask more people
Hi,
I've been trying to play the game on windows 7 64 bits, and from what I understand I need the zelda classic launcher, but I can't find it anywhere. And I can't find v2.5 either, can anyone post some active download links or mail me or something? thanks
http://shardstorm.com/
2.5 builds are all there. ZC Launcher is also included in those builds, if you are looking for that.
thanks mate