COLOR(less) DUNGEON!

So in my travels of messing with the Link's Awakening code, I realized probably much later than I should have that there was an interesting new discovery that was yet to be made. Those with the DX version know quite well that the guards of the coveted Color Dungeon only allow those with 'the power of color' to go in. Y'know, these jerks who turn away a perfectly capable dungeon explorer for such a silly reason as 'he's greyscale':


Now then, what if, by some shine of fortune, young Link found some lamp along his journey and rubbed it? What if a genie came out and helped him on his journey into the depths of color?


This is the story of that most excellent adventure.
(Well, at least some screenshots)


The dungeon's beginning. It was actually fairly easy to sneak in with the savestate map.
This is actually how most of the dungeon looks when you explore it on a Game Boy. The graphics get the wrong tileset somehow and generate weird sprites for the enemies and some floor tiles. However, I found that pressing start...
...fixes the sprites, just for that screen. However, all color is diverted to grey, so you'll have to use trial and error to get through most of the dungeon.
Watch out for the W8W Monsters!
The floor tiles are all standardized, so who knows how many jumps each has left.
More crazy floor tiles. It almost looks like Yume Nikki at times!
Oh no, a boss! It grabs sprites from the extra stuff put into the ROM, so you'll get mostly Tunic things or parts of the 'Press Select' subscreen popup.
Are those mini-triforces?
I just liked this one because the Flying Dedites turned into lightning bolts with wings. D'awww!
The map works fine as usual.
The orb guys love turning into lanterns for some reason. This room was particularly hard because I had no clue what enemy went into what hole. :S
Man seriously, what am I supposed to do here
In the end, it's you and a GIANT HARDHAT BEET...uhh...wall of black text and numbers. Shoot. Oh well, a L:3 sword owned him pretty hard.
After your hard journey, you find a wild LECT in its natural pond habitat. Treat it nicely, and you might get something special!
oh sweet I get color
YESSS YESSS!!! I FEEL THE COLOR RUSHING THROUGH ME!
Oh, was that all? I just kinda...absorbed some sprite garbage. Yuck.


What an adventure! Perhaps next time Link will find his way into some place classier, but for now, he'll have to tell his black and white children of the magical land of color, a place where hopes and dreams fly on giant black A squares and garbled pieces of the world. What a joy!