Oracles Randomizer NG

What Oracles Randomizer NG is

Oracles Randomizer NG changes item placement in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages. It reads a game ROM, shuffles the locations of most items and mystical seeds, then saves a modified ROM to a new file. A web interface provides information and seed generation. Cross-Items can place Ages items in Seasons and Seasons items in Ages; Keysanity distributes dungeon keys, maps, compasses, and Ages slates across the overworld. In Keysanity mode, the in-game Dungeon Items menu displays collected dungeon items for progress tracking. Music randomization can include custom tracks written by ZerotoKoops. Seasons areas receive randomized default seasons except in regions with only one season. In Ages, the harp advances progressively from the Tune of Echoes to Currents and then Ages. The project is free and open source under the MIT license, with Linux and web listed as platforms and Game Boy Color as the supported platform. The web interface can be run on Linux in Docker or directly on the host; Docker is recommended because of dependencies. Running it yourself requires clean Ages and Seasons ROMs in a roms directory, and compiling requires previously built baseroms. Multiworld and Plando are unsupported, linked games are disabled, and some out-of-logic actions in Seasons can potentially cause a softlock.

Who it suits

This suits players of Oracle of Seasons or Oracle of Ages who want randomized item locations and options such as Cross-Items, Keysanity, or music randomization. It also fits users comfortable running a web interface on Linux or building the program with its required ROM files and baseroms.

Limits

The project has no trial and is free. Multiworld and Plando are unsupported, linked games are disabled, and some out-of-logic Seasons actions can potentially cause a softlock.

Getting started

1. Open the project's GitHub repository and follow its web UI link for information and seed generation.
2. For self-hosting, run the web interface on Linux in Docker or directly on the host; Docker is recommended.
3. Place clean Ages and Seasons ROM files in a roms directory for the web interface.
4. To compile the program, build the required baseroms first, then run go generate and go build.

Verdict

Choose Oracles Randomizer NG if you want to randomize Oracle of Seasons or Oracle of Ages with options including Cross-Items and Keysanity. Look elsewhere if you need Multiworld, Plando, or linked-game support.