The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) Extra - Secrets + Chris Houlihan's Room

Secrets found in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Played in real time on Snes9x 1.54. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Update 2025-05-29: I completely forgot about Goden Bee, someone else pointed it out to me in the comments just now. For those of you that don't know where the Golden Bee is, it's in the Ice Rod cave on the east shores of Lake Hylia. Dash into the statue inside the cave and catch it with the Bug Net. Run back to Kakariko and take it to the guy who sold you the empty bottle, and he'll give you 100 rupees in return.

[00:00] Sweeping Lady in Kakariko
If you sprinkle some Magic Powder onto the Sweeping Lady in Kakariko, next door to the Bug-Catching kid's house, she'll turn into a fairy. If you leave and then return, she'll return to normalcy.

[00:17] Free Potions! Come By Again!
You can get free Green Potions by tossing an empty bottle into the fairy pond in either the Waterfall of Wishing or the Pyramid of Power.

[00:52] They Say Eating Fish Makes You Smart.
After draining the pond surrounding the Swamp Ruins, the fish that appears can be picked up and tossed into any body of water, and in return, you'll get 20 rupees. If you take it to the guy who sold you the empty bottle, you'll get 20 rupees plus other goodies.

[04:40] Free Magic Decanter.
You can freeze certain enemies with the Ice Rod (Gibdos, for example), and then crush them with the Magic Hammer to get a large magic decanter. This well-known trick is explained by a telepathic tile in a cave east of Level 5: Ice Palace.

[05:30] Turn a Cucco into a Lady.
Two houses within Kakariko Village have pots that hide cuccos underneath them. However, you can only turn one of them into a lady by sprinkling some Magic Powder. She'll then scold you for this and wishes she could return to her cucco form.

[06:20] Cucco Attack
Self-Explanatory.

[07:00] Blacksmiths' Helper(?)
The two blacksmiths will rebuke you if you whip out that Magic Hammer and using it on the welding table.

[07:27] Mario Time!
There are some references to the Super Mario series in this game, notably Chain Chomps and Warp Pipes found in Level 7: Turtle Rock, and Mario paintings hung on the walls of some Kakariko houses. If you pull on them, you'll be knocked back and rupees will scatter all over the floor. Though not shown in the video, you can also pull on the Pyramid statues and on the Turtle Rock's right foot to find secret rupees.

[07:46] Chris Houlihan's Room
Chris Houlihan won a Nintendo Power contest a long time ago and had his name put in the game as part of a prize. This room is not accessible in the GBA version, it has to be done on the SNES version. You have to perform a series of well-timed dashes (I recommend first timers start from Kakariko Village), and if you get lucky, you'll land in Chris Houlihan's room.