Ura Zelda

Ura Zelda
The Japanese logo for Master Quest, daring to call itself "Ocarina of Time Ura".
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	Unreleased
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player
Platform(s)	64DD

Ura Zelda (裏ゼルダ, literally "Reverse Zelda") was a Nintendo 64 Disk Drive expansion disk designed for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. However, due to the failure of the 64DD peripheral, the game was never released.

During the early stages of development, two significantly different Ocarina of Time expansions were planned for the 64DD. One, titled Ura Zelda, would include alternate and more difficult dungeons (such as the Unicorn Fountain) and new enemies, while the other, Zelda Gaiden, would include a different overworld and an entirely new adventure. Eventually, due to repeated delays in production and development, Ura Zelda was canceled, and staff went to work on Zelda Gaiden, which would eventually evolve into The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

The 64DD version was designed so that the original Ocarina of Time cartridge could be plugged into the main Nintendo 64 console while the Ura Zelda expansion disk would be plugged into the 64DD that sat underneath the console. Upon the insertion of the Ura Zelda expansion disk, the Ocarina of Time title screen would change slightly, adding a "DISK" icon to the right of the logo. The size of this patch was supposedly about 32-64 megabytes, and due to the smaller maximum size of Nintendo 64 cartridges, the game could not otherwise be released on a cartridge.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest

It is generally believed that this game is salvaged from the Ura Zelda project; it's even called "Ocarina of Time Ura" in Japan. This is likely false, as this game is a simple romhack of Ocarina of Time with lightly modified dungeons.

Perhaps some part of the modifications came from the project, but that could only be conjecture with the information out there. Whatever was left of Ura Zelda probably found its way into Majora's Mask instead.