Chris Houlihan's Secret Room

Keep it between us? Just so long as the "us" is ALL Zelda fans in the world!! ^_^

Ok, wondering who the heck Chris Houlihan is? Well, from what I understand from a walkthrough, there was a contest some time ago by Nintendo, and...the winner got his name put into a Secret Room of "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past". The winner was none other than Chris Houlihan!

Alright, I bet you have heard enough with the gabbing. "How in the world, Max, do you get into Chris Houlihan's Secret Room. Images don't do us a bit of good. Or did you just get in by mere chance like so many others?" No, I did not just find it by mere chance like so many others, in fact, I had no idea about this being in the game until I read it in a walkthrough a few days ago, and I asked Starfe about it and gave the directions the guide gave us and we went to solving it. Starfe was the first one to access this room and to prove that the walkthrough and this secret were completely true. I, however, could not...and I believe it has to do with something about how far you are in the game. I had only just beaten the Flooded Palace. He had...well...not everything but is clearly past Agahnim since he has Silver Arrows (an item that cannot be received until you are past that point). ::Giggles:: It was not until by an error that I got to access the room myself. ^_^ Starfe tried to send me a movie of what he did to get into the room, but...somehow...instead of a movie, he gave me his file in the form of a movie. I merely just played his file until I got it. It took him 2 tries, it took me 3-4. :P SHUT UP STARFE!!

"Max!! You aren't answering the question!! How do you do it!! Where's the HOW!!" Ok, ok. Well, actually, there are supposedly several ways. A few include the way we took: the Hyrule Castle garden entrance, or the Pyramid of Power after having defeated Agahnim, or...and this might have been a glitch, as a friend told me earlier, he got in by just entering Link's House!! Well, the thing is....who knows WHAT these guys did...'cause they certainly can't remember. However...there is one person that thankfully did right it down. ^_^ And now we're here to pass on this "secret". Here is how Starfe and I got in to Chris Houlihan's Secret Room.

First, you probably have to have your game up to the point of nearly fighting Ganon, since I couldn't do it after the Flooded Palace but I could instantly, sorta, do it after I got ahold of Starfe's file. However, this is not proved, yet...so...dunno. Next, access your game and if you are in the Dark World, go to the Light World, save and reset. Now, when you reopen your file, choose to start at the Sanctuary. Now...this is a timed thing so you are going to have to move fast, you can take the time to kill enemies, but DON'T GET HIT BY ANYTHING!!! Now, dash from out of the Sanctuary, dash down the path and dash right, dash to the right, dash down, cross the bridge and dash down, dash down until you can take a left. You will be at the garden, pick up the rock and throw it, now race up to the secret passage way you jumped in when the game first started. If you did it in time and didn't get hit (and the alignment of the stars was in precise order) you won't fall into the underground passage. Instead, you will drop down into the room shown in the above picture. There are five groups of nine blue rupees and a telepathic-tile. Touch the tile to get the message displayed in the picture. Not much else to it except a WONDERFUL rupee stash and the fact that you are one step closer to knowing every secret in "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past".

*Sigh* And so he will shut up about it....all credit for this goes to Starfe as well as all praise for his finding the secret room first....but I was the one that brought it up ::sits and pouts:: Ok...but HA!! If it weren't for me, your great achievement would come to nothing Starfe the Deathwind!!!

*Updated Note* To those who are curious, like I was, and wondered if this room could be accessed in the GBA re-released version of LttP, the answer is "No". Not unless you use some sort of hacking device. The room is in the codes but you cannot enter it through a normal route.