Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9012512-20130501201100

Hello. My name is June and I've been a Zelda fan since I was just a kid. And I really have a problem about it.

Let me explain :



A few years ago I lent my Ocarina of Time's Nintendo64 cartridge to a friend but I've never seen it again, so I started looking for the game on eBay.

As I'm a college student I was kind of on a budget, so I looked for the cheapest ones on direct sales.

And then I found what I thought would be THE perfect gamer's copy of all times.

There was this guy selling a copy. The description was like « Gold copy of Ocarina of Time » and I knew Nintendo sold a special edition for Ocarina of Time with golden carts. And that was so cheap I couldn't help myself but think « hell yeah, you MUST get this one now ! ». So I bought it even though I thought it might be a swindling because I really wanted to have the game anyway.



When I received it, it was indeed a gold cartridge. My heart was pouncing and I was shaking like crazy. When I turned to see the side with the title on it, there was just a white sticker with « Ocarina of Time » written on it. Then I started to be disappointed. It must have just been a regular copy of Majora's Mask. So I put it in my Nintendo game system and turned it on.

Then I thought I was gonna have a heartbreak. It was indeed an official version of Ocarina of Time. No, it was an original collector's copy of Ocarina of Time. So I pressed the start button and saw there was already a save file which name was « DOOMED ». I thought it was a weird name which made me wonder if its old possessor was a noob with a good sense of humor. I laughed. Then I pressed A on it to see how much he evolved.

The game was almost over and he already had all of the 6 medals and quite a few hearts and skulltulas. I thought it was a waste to let this save at this point so I decided to continue it.

When I started, I was at the temple of Time. Everything seemed normal, so I decided to go to LonLon Ranch to have some fun with Epona. When I got there, Malon wasn't there for the horse race. There was noone in the ranch actually. Just the horses and cuccos. I thought it was weird but there must have been a glitch or whatsoever so I headed to Kakariko village. This time that really was weird. It was burning like the time you meet Sheik, but there was no cutscene and I could walk freely in the village. Then I started to think if it was because Zelda had been kidnapped already. So I decided to go to Ganondorf's Castle.



The main tower was already unlocked and I had the boss key in my inventory as well as the map and compass. So I headed towards the boss room.

The screen turned black as usual, but instead of seeing Zelda in that big pinkish crystal and Ganondorf playing the organ, there was a guy in black with black hair and black eyes staring at me. He just told me something like « So you came at last ! Now I can finish my job and find him. ». I didn't really quite understand, but then the game turned black and I ended to the main menu. The saved called « DOOMED » had its name changed to « TheEnd », and when I checked it again there was just this game over screen with nothing written, and instead of Link there was that weird character which looked really human. I've never seen it before. I had no other choice but look at it and pressing the buttons was useless.



<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">It kinda creeped me out so I just turned down my n64 and stored the cartridge in a shoebox in my dresser, waiting to get an answer.

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Could you please tell me what happened ? Because well, in my everyday life nothing really changed and I'm just living my usual routine, but I have the feeling something's not right with this game. <ac_metadata title="That weird OoT gold cartridge"> </ac_metadata>