The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/TBL

The following article is a Text Table for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past consists of two TBL files: one for the in-game text, and another for the end credits. Due to space constraints, the original programmers at Nintendo encoded several frequently-occurring multicharacter syllables into unibyte storage format (i.e. "90" codes for the entire word "and"). Incidentally, these syllables can be altered by editing the relevant portion of the ROM.

Text Locations

• $471951: Credits

• $477648: Special Syllables

• $483648: Text Block 1

• $918039: Text Block 2

Main Game Text TBL

00=A
01=B
02=C
03=D
04=E
05=F
06=G
07=H
08=I
09=J
0A=K
0B=L
0C=M
0D=N
0E=O
0F=P
10=Q
11=R
12=S
13=T
14=U
15=V
16=W
17=X
18=Y
19=Z

1A=a
1B=b
1C=c
1D=d
1E=e
1F=f
20=g
21=h
22=i
23=j
24=k
25=l
26=m
27=n
28=o
29=p
2A=q
2B=r
2C=s
2D=t
2E=u
2F=v
30=w
31=x
32=y
33=z

34=0
35=1
36=2
37=3
38=4
39=5
3A=6
3B=7
3C=8
3D=9

3E=!
3F=?
40=-
41=.
42=,
43=...
44= 
45=(
46=)
47=|\|
48=|\|
49=|\|
4A=|\|
4B=|\|
4C=~
4D=N
4E=S
4F=W
50=E
51='

59=_
5A=<
5B=A
5C=B
5D=X
5E=Y
5F=|
60=|\|
61=!

6A=|HERO|

70= 
71= 
72= 
73=[line break-general] 
74= 
75=[1st line break-1st paragraph] 
76=[2nd line break-1st paragraph] 
77= 
78= 
79= 
7A= 
7B= 
7C= 
7D= 
7E=[preceeds "73" for new paragraph] 
7F=[hard break/LEAVE ALONE!]  

8A=
8B='s_
8C=and_
8D=are_
8E=all_
8F=ain
90=and
91=at_
92=ast
93=an
94=at
95=ble
96=ba
97=be
98=bo
99=can_
9A=che
9B=com
9C=ck
9D=des
9E=di
9F=do
A0=en_
A1=er_
A2=ear
A3=ent
A4=ed_
A5=en
A6=er
A7=ev
A8=for
A9=fro
AA=give_
AB=get
AC=go
AD=have
AE=has
AF=her
B0=hi
B1=ha
B2=ight_
B3=ing_
B4=in
B5=is
B6=it
B7=just
B8=know
B9=ly_
BA=la
BB=lo
BC=man
BD=ma
BE=me
BF=mu
C0=n't_
C1=non
C2=not
C3=open
C4=ound
C5=out_
C6=of
C7=on
C8=or
C9=per
CA=ple
CB=pow
CC=pro
CD=re_
CE=re
CF=some
D0=se
D1=sh
D2=so
D3=st
D4=ter_
D5=thin
D6=ter
D7=tha
D8=the
D9=thi
DA=to
DB=tr
DC=up
DD=ver
DE=with
DF=wa
E0=we
E1=wh
E2=wi
E3=you
E4=Her
E5=Tha
E6=The
E7=Thi
E8=You

End Credits TBL

00=A
01=B
02=C
03=D
04=E
05=F
06=G
07=H
08=I
09=J
0A=K
0B=L
0C=M
0D=N
0E=O
0F=P
10=Q
11=R
12=S
13=T
14=U
15=V
16=W
17=X
18=Y
19=Z

1A=a
1B=b
1C=c
1D=d
1E=e
1F=f
20=g
21=h
22=i
23=j
24=k
25=l
26=m
27=n
28=o
29=p
2A=q
2B=r
2C=s
2D=t
2E=u
2F=v
30=w
31=x
32=y
33=z

35='
36=-
37=,

5D=a
5E=b
5F=c
60=d
61=e
62=f
63=g
64=h
65=i
66=j
67=k
68=l
69=m
6A=n
6B=o
6C=p
6D=q
6E=r
6F=s
70=t
71=u
72=v
73=w
74=x
75=y
76=z

77='

79=0
7A=1
7B=2
7C=3
7D=4
7E=5
7F=6
80=7
81=8
82=9

83=a
84=b
85=c
86=d
87=e
88=f
89=g
8A=h
8B=i
8C=j
8D=k
8E=l
8F=m
90=n
91=o
92=p
93=q
94=r
95=s
96=t
97=u
98=v
99=w
9A=x
9B=y
9C=z

9D='

9F=