Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

NES/Famicom

jheuck 31 May 2021 07:08

In case anyone isn't aware: there's a well-known glitch/trick to this fight. Simply run into the corner and crouch-stab him like crazy! (Even better if you've got Turbo enabled!) I got this achievement on my first try using this technique!

Jazmataz 16 Sep 2022 06:52

This Fight is free:

https://youtu.be/JQ_vnE1yCvo

shortguy04 16 Dec 2023 00:14

The crouch-stabbing in the corner made this fight SOOO much easier and faster.

Ric3737 26 Jan 2025 12:23

Do not just spam slash your sword the entire time. He will jump on top of you and void this achievement. Wait for him to be in range, then start spamming sword slashes.

LORDMASTERKING 9 Mar 2025 17:17

It's actually not easy at all. You have a very small window to get into the corner, turn to the right and start spamming. But it doesn't end there, because the spamming just isn't enough. You have to let it get close enough to aggro his shield, otherwise he's just gonna jump on you. He can even decide to just jump on you at the beginning voiding the cheevo. If you take into account the fact that you'd have to go through the entire dungeon again just to fight it, it kinda sucks.

LORDMASTERKING 9 Mar 2025 17:37

After further experimenting on my part, I found out that the probability of him jumping on you is heavily influenced by the turbo's rate of fire. I'm playing off RetroArch with the Mesen core, and had to tone the turbo down from "Fast" to "Slow". If I had to guess, it has to do with Dark Link's AI going apeshit whenever the sword animation is done way too often.

LORDMASTERKING 9 Mar 2025 21:09

Nvm, it's just pure random luck. Dark Link can just decide to jump on you out of nowhere. I'm at a loss here. It just isn't fun to redo the Great Palace over and over and over again just for Dark Link to flip a coin over your success.

yondummor 13 Mar 2025 21:46

1) Go to the left corner

2) Start crouching and attacking like crazy, don't use turbo, just spam the key/button

3) Dark Link will get hit between frames and eventually die

sandro4912 7 Apr 2025 19:17

Thanks a lot for the hint hotarubi.

I tried it with turbo and by hand and he always jumped on me. Turned turbo to slow and got it first try. Also on mesen core.

LORDMASTERKING 8 Apr 2025 10:40

Glad you got it, but at this point I think it heavily relies on RNG and positioning. I kinda dropped the ball with the game, been focusing on my PSN Profile, but I'm thinking of coming back to master the set.

jaggyman 8 Apr 2025 14:46

There's a pretty fail-safe way to tackle Dark Link damageless. First thing, make sure you don't hesitate walking into the room at any point. Just keep pressing right.
Once the attack begins, fall back left into the corner and make sure you do a standing stab. From there you must read Dark Link's actions. If he immediately comes back at you after his recovery, you must jump and do a falling stab. If he instead hesitates in place and then walks towards you, do a standing stab. Rinse and repeat and you'll have him damageless.
You can see this take place in my full 100% all keys damageless run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDBbvoMgyj4&t=7920s

LORDMASTERKING 10 Apr 2025 12:37

Than you very much for the advice jaggy. I'll try it out as soon as I can. I just did a no Spells run and Dark Link eluded me once again TT.

sandro4912 10 Apr 2025 18:27

Just made the no death run and again i did him damageless with no issues:

- run to the left
- duck
- auto fire (set it to slow in core options)

My core was Mesen.

Maybe I was lucky again or this is it.

LORDMASTERKING 12 Apr 2025 07:59

Mastered!
Sandro, I think it boils down to both luck and patience. You can't just spam the autofire button. Sometimes it's beneficial to wait a bit before attacking. Or maybe that's just me, idk.

sandro4912 12 Apr 2025 08:48

Yeah could be possible hat I was really lucky. Could be investigates more with save sates to immediately retry.