Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Cheats & Cheat Codes for NES, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance

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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a 1987 action RPG developed and published by Nintendo. While the game was originally released for the Famicom Disk System and NES, it would also later be rereleased for the GameCube and Game Boy Advance.

Overall, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link was met with a solid critical response. The game currently holds a score of 73 on Metacritic. While this is obviously strong, it’s a far cry from the critically acclaimed titles that the Zelda series has become known for in recent years.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Premise

An in-game screenshot from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. — ©Screenshot from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.

The gameplay in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is split into two distinct sections – side-scrolling gameplay, as well as a top-down overworld for Link to explore. Side-scrolling sections feature an in-depth combat system involving spells and various stats, which Link can raise by defeating enemies and earning experience points. You can also interact with various NPCs in more ways than was possible in the previous game in the series.

In terms of the overworld map, this is used as a way to navigate from one area to the next. Enemies appear on the overworld, and when encountered, the game switches to the side-scrolling view to engage in combat. While the overworld presents the most dangerous sections of the game, it’s also the best way to earn experience and progress Link’s powers.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Main Characters

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a continuation of the story that started with the original Legend of Zelda one year prior. It’s the same cast of characters, and such is the strength of the group, it’s mostly the same in the modern Zelda games to this day.

Link: Link is a 16-year-old adventurer who is tasked with awakening Princess Zelda. To do this, he needs to combine the power of the Triforces by returning six crystals to their palaces.
Princess Zelda: Zelda is the Princess of Hyrule who has fallen under a sleeping spell. She has been placed in the main castle tower in the hope that one day, a hero who can break the spell will come along.

While Ganon, the evil antagonist of the series, does not reappear after he is introduced in the original game, his followers do. His presence may not be physical in this title, but he has an impact all the same.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Titles in the Series

The Zelda series is one of the most iconic in all of gaming. The games tell the story of Zelda and Link, two of the best Nintendo mascots of all time, in their ongoing effort to protect the land of Hyrule from the evil Ganon. It’s a series that has impressed over the years with its constant strive for innovation, resulting in some of the greatest video games ever.

Nintendo has done a fantastic job with quality control on the mainline Zelda titles. Returning players know they’re always in for a new experience, expanding on previous titles in meaningful ways. As a result, the Zelda games have remained immensely popular among gamers, despite approaching four decades in the mainstream now. Few other series that are relevant to this day can boast the same.

The most recent game in the series, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, was another runaway critical and commercial success for Nintendo. There’s absolutely no chance we’re seeing the story of Link and Zelda come to an end any time soon.

The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link (1987)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (1993)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2000)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (2002)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004)
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006)
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007)
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (2011)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (2013)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (2015)
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (2015)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (2016)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Remake (2019)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (2021)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Cheat Codes

In terms of traditional cheat codes, we’ve got some bad news. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link just doesn’t have any to offer, which is a stark contrast to some of the other NES games of the era. If you’re desperate for cheat codes in the game though, you needn’t worry. By playing the NES or Game Boy Advance version of the game on an emulator, you can use many Game Genie and Action Replay codes for Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. These can change the game in many different ways and make it much easier for those who want to lower the difficulty.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Game Genie Cheats (NES)

These Game Genie codes should only be used on the NES version of the game.

Cheat Code	Cheat Code Effect
PASKVU	Allows you to start the game in the swamp.
OASGGU	Allows you to start the game in the town of Rauru.
PAKKXL	Allows you to start the game near the King’s tomb.
PASKSU	Allows you to start the game near the temple on the island.
PEAEAY	Gives you the Boots.
PEAAIY	Gives you the Candle.
PEAEZY	Gives you the Cross.
PEAEPY	Gives you the Flute.
PEAATY	Gives you the Glove.
PEAELY	Gives you the Hammer.
PEAEGY	Gives you the Key.
PEAAYY	Gives you the Raft.
AEPAGY	Gives you the Jewels.
SXVIKOVK	Gives you infinite keys, as long as you have at least one.
GALVZY	Kill any enemy to receive the Treasure Glove.
YYKEEVSE NPKEOVVE APTIIGAA	Allows you to boost your Attack, Magic, and Life far above 8 (save the game and remove this code after use).
PYKEEVSA NPKEOVVE	Casting Shield will give you experience points.
XVTIXPEN XVTIUOPO	You no longer need keys to open doors in palaces.
EYUOYZEI	Makes Link blue.
AEAPPT EEZOUT	Max out levels at a quest’s start.
XTLTILSV XTLTTUGE	You will no longer take any damage from enemies.
EEPEAX	Removes all monsters from the overworld map.
LYKEEVSA NPKEOVVE	Casting Shield will give you extra lives.
VTKEEVSA OPKEOAVA	Casting Shield raises an unenterable temple, no matter where you are.
XVYAESON XVYAOSZN XVYAXSSE	Spells no longer take any magic.
AEVOGZLI	Allows you to move while talking and reading.
KZEASVKE	The current spell is always selected, meaning you don’t have to keep pressing start to select the current spell.
PAYETY	Gives you the Fairy spell.
PAYEYY	Gives you the Fire spell.
PAYEGY	Gives you the Jump spell.
PAYEIY	Gives you the Life spell.
PEAAAY	Gives you the Reflect spell.
PAYELY	Gives you the Shield spell.
PEAAZY	Gives you the Thunder spell.
ZATEYY	The Jump spell is always on.
EATEYY	The Thunder spell is always on.
VIEXIVSU	Allows you to start with all spells.
AEKVTXAO	After Level 8, allows you to take less damage against stronger enemies to reduce the late-game challenge.
STUTZNON	All levels of swords now do massive damage.
EINLYIEY	Unlocks all Wise Man homes.
ZPKUKAPP	Attacking palace statues now give you extra lives instead of red magic jars.
NYSTEAAO	Blue magic jars now restore all magic.
ENEUVTEI	Boss lairs are no longer locked, so you can leave or complete the palace without defeating them.
EAUXIZEI	Allows you to access the Great Temple without collecting any jewels.
VLKPLGEK	Allows you to attack the Thunderbird without using the Thunder spell first.
ALETGGEY	Allows you to reflect enemy attacks without using the Reflect spell.
XVNAUIEO	Allows you to cast spells, even when your magic is empty.
PEGAZA	Allows you to defeat the final boss with one hit.
SZVOUNSE	You no longer lose any of your experience points when you level up.
SXESIKSE	You no longer lose any of your experience points when hit by enemies that normally steal them from you.
XVTIXPEN XVTIUOPO	You don’t need any keys to open doors in palaces.
ASUAGTEI	You don’t slow down while walking through the swamp on the world map.
EZOEILKZ IAOETUAE	Fairies now spawn instead of enemies in the overworld.
VVPPAA	When entering towns and caves, you will fall from the sky.
AEUUTVNI	Makes all text faster when talking to people.
AENEGZYZ	Four enemies spawn in the overworld instead of three.
AAVIIGAE	For every experience point earned, you instead gain 2,048 XP.
PAVIIGAA	For every experience point earned, you instead gain 256 XP.
ALSSTKSA	Gives you 18,532 experience points for every enemy you kill.
XTSSTKSE	Gives you 256 experience points for every enemy you kill.
AEAALN	Gives you all magic jars.
AZEUELAA	The child is rescued for the mountain town of Darunia.
PAELSLAA	The mirror is collected for the woman in the town of Saria.
AAELVLAE	The note from Bagu is collected, allowing to cross the bridge in the town of Saria.
VLELKLAA	The trophy is collected for the woman in the town of Ruto.
PAELNLAA	The water is collected for the woman in the town of Nabooru.
LGELVLAA	The water of life is collected for the woman in the harbor town of Mido.
ASXTGTEL	Allows you to hit enemies from anywhere.
XTLTILSV XTLTTUGE	Gives you infinite energy.
XTLTAL	You have infinite energy outside of palaces, and take minimal damage while inside palaces.
NYYAGN	Gives you infinite health.
IIYALY	Gives you infinite magic.
LPUOPIZE KYSPTSNN SYUPAINY	Allows you to jump while in mid-air.
AAKOGSAA	Allows you to jump through rooves.
GGUTPUSX NLUTZLGN KIUTLLYE	Just touching enemies will now kill them.
GPVVITZA	The Level 1 sword now does 20 damage instead of 2.
TPVVTTLE	The Level 2 sword now does 30 damage instead of 3.
IIEEII	Allows you to jump on some environmental items that you couldn’t before.
AAUOLIAU	Allows you to jump extremely high.
EAUOLIAL	Reduces your jump height.
PASKPLLA	Allows you to start with one life.
TASKPLLA	Allows you to start with six lives.
PASKPLLE	Allows you to start with nine lives.
SZKVTUSE	Reduces the knockback and stun effect from enemies.
YEKZTAVP	Maxes out most abilities when you level up.
PSTTVX	Moving right now drops you into random places on the screen.
SZSSTKSE SZVITKSE SZNPEUSE SZVPNUSE AAUIAGAP AANIPGAP SZVSKSSU	This makes it so that you will never earn experience points.
AAOOULIG	Removes all music in the game.
AEXEASAI	The raft is no longer needed.
EIUEPLEY	Removes all random battles on the overworld map.
AEOXLYGZ OXOXGNPX	Skips the game’s intro screen.
PAYSES	Slimes now throw spears after they’re defeated.
AEVLUZPA	Allows you to start a new game with 0 Attack level.
AEVLSZPE	Allows you to start a new game with max Life level.
AEVLKZPE	Allows you to start a new game with max Magic level.
KAEXUXSE KAOZOXSE GTOZXZPV IASXAENY YASXZAAY AENKXVTA TUOEITUT	Allows you to start next to the last boss in the game.
LZKEEVSA OPKEOVVA	Swaps the Shield spell for the Fairy spell.
OYKEEVSA NPKEOVVA	Swaps the Shield Spell for the Fire Spell.
IIKEEVSE VAKEOVVE	Swaps the Shield Spell for the Life Spell.
VTKEEVSA OPKEOVVA	Swaps the Shield Spell for the Thunder Spell.
VKOOXEVN	The sword beam does not dissipate.
PINALU	Adds a fairy to Zelda’s temple at the start of the game.
GGOATSOS EZOAYSLK UPOEAIUE KAEXUXSE KAOZOXSE GTOZXZPV IASXAENY YASXZAAY	View the ending at the start of a level.
GEXTIAPA NXXTYEOT AVXVAEOZ	Allows you to walk on water and lava.
AIXOYGEY EOOOGLEY	Allows you to walk through walls in sidescrolling mode.
AAOETYZA	Allows you to walk through walls in the overworld.
AASOSEZP	Your sword can always shoot sword beams, even if you don’t have a full health meter.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Action Replay MAX Cheats (GBA)

These Action Replay MAX cheats will only work on the Game Boy Advance version of the game.

Cheat Code	Cheat Code Effect
18CC1128 421C13AE 2F60F977 F2041B77	This is a master code for Action Replay MAX in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and it must be on before using any of the other codes in this table.
AA23DD1E 1F97963C	Zero deaths on File Select.
107A1168 6C46C189	Gives you the Boots.
2BB22771 2FF817D7	Gives you the Candle.
F22BE810 05E97995	Gives you the Cross.
33F8867C DB9C8290	Gives you the Fairy spell.
6FD5E0D4 EBF9568F	Gives you the Fire spell.
024AFE70 F12FF4DB	Gives you the Flute.
122637D3 01465A1F	Gives you the Hammer.
03B45BFE 7EEC51AE	Gives you the Jump spell.
DBECC0EE C1DFFE8F	Gives you the Life spell.
B041F8D3 2B516CDE	Gives you the Master Key.
CF1BF69D A8711273	Gives you the Power Glove.
1835155D F737603B	Gives you the Raft.
4168EB5B C517E0D8	Gives you the Reflect spell.
ABAB5479 C6150760	Gives you the Shield spell.
F8061E4B 490C7C34	Gives you the Thunder spell.
BF292953 3342474A D597C433 C6F1947F	Gives you infinite health.
5B14E8E6 902F1DBE	Gives you infinite keys.
44078B46 3E13D851	Gives you infinite lives.
44E9F29A FDEF8D78 E271B8E9 B006C172	Gives you infinite magic.
0D97907C 101ABC6F	Makes you invincible.
ECD60C9F 71EFDE0C	Enemies on the map vanish.
E8B9B8E4 CCC5C35A	Gives you max Attack.
7DCCE921 F0FD2152	Gives you max Life.
D49C5E1C 329533B5	Gives you max Magic.
F3135214 135222E1	You’re never slow on the map.
3BC4CCE5 CF28934B DBDD7F0C D9A9BBBB CF275BDB 34EB841E	You can press R to level up.
2D9261DF C10ACF75 8825C50B C1E271B2	Gives you super jump.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Cheat Code FAQ

How Do You Level Up Fast in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link?

To level up fast in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, you should enter the Game Genie cheat code “ALSSTKSA.” This will give you 18,532 experience points for every enemy you kill.

How Do You Jump Higher in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link?

To jump higher in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, you should enter the Game Genie cheat code “AAUOLIAU.” This code will allow you to jump extremely high in-game.

How Do You Get More Lives in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link?

To get more lives in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, you should enter the Game Genie cheat code “LYKEEVSA NPKEOVVE.” This will make it so that you gain more lives every time you cast the Shield spell. This means that with this code, you can have more lives any time you want.