The Legend of Zelda has built up a huge community of developers over the years who build on the existing experiences in ever more weird and wonderful ways. A big part of that was the decompilation of the code of major releases, which allowed players to use those base games as foundations for new PC releases.
There are plenty of great examples out there with their own audience, whether you're looking for improvements on the classic titles of your youth, or entirely overhaul and original creations. One of the more under the radar upcoming releases uses all-time classic Ocarina of Time as its foundation, and it's well worth a look if you're a longtime fan of the series.
Over on the Ultra553 YouTube channel, you can find several videos demonstrating an exciting ROM hack project known as The Masked Ones. Players step into the shoes of recurring favorite the Happy Mask Salesman in a game that has unique scenes, locations, characters and music.
Though it's clearly a hugely ambitious undertaking, the author has remained quite mysterious about what the game is meant to be, as it relates to Ocarina of Time. That overall sense of mystery is really...
