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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
{{ | During September and October of 1990, [[Nintendo Power]] held a contest in which a randomly selected winner would get their name programmed in a future [[NES]] game. The requirements were to take a photo encountering Warmech in ''{{wp|Final Fantasy (video game)|Final Fantasy}}'' and then send it to Nintendo Power by October 15, 1990.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= Have you ever imagined yourself in a NES game? Well, this is your chance! If you meet Warmech, snap a photo of him and send it to the address below by October 15, 1990. One winner will be randomly selected, and his or her name will be programmed into a future Nintendo game!|book= Nintendo Power Volume 16|publisher= Nintendo Power|page= 13}}</ref> The winner of the contest was Chris Houlihan, whose name appears in his own secret room in {{ALttP|-}}. | ||
===Chris Houlihan Room=== | |||
Chris Houlihan has a secret room that contains 45 [[Blue Rupee]]s scattered on a shining blue floor and a [[Telepathy Tile]] on the back wall. While the room exists in the {{ALttP&FS}}, the Telepathy Tile is not there.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= |author= Triforce Legend|published= October 9, 2013|retrieved= October 6, 2015|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgodbyBYz6w|title= Salle de Chris Houlihan dans A Link to the Past (GBA)|site= YouTube|type=}}</ref> The room is not an intended part of normal gameplay, but rather a crash prevention measure. It is a failsafe room that the game sends [[Link]] to when it cannot determine which room he should be sent to. | |||
====Access==== | |||
There are five different ways to access the room.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= |author= MaddHatts|published= February 15, 2010|retrieved= October 6, 2015|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7i2AHjvPMg|title= 5 Different Entrances to the Chris Houlihan Room|site= YouTube|type=}}</ref> One of the most well known methods involves a series of dashes using the [[Pegasus Boots]], starting from the [[Sanctuary (A Link to the Past)|Sanctuary]] all the way to the [[Sewer Passageway]]'s entrance. If executed correctly, Link will fall in the underground room. If Link exits the room, he will find himself outside of [[Link's House|his house]]. | |||
====Technical Information==== | |||
The bug occurs when the game detects an error in Link's Y coordinate. It is known to happen 2 different ways: | |||
#By using a [[Bomb]] to knock Link into the lowest few pixels of the screen. Link can also use the Pegasus Boots to knockback himself backwards. Next, using the Pegasus Boots facing downwards into a screen transition, finding a hole, and dropping into it. | |||
#Going into certain rooms (like the Sanctuary or the cave northeast of the [[Lost Woods]]) and dashing out of it. As Link leaves the room, the camera shifts down slightly. Then, Link must find a hole and stand next to it, setting a Bomb down and allowing the blast to knock him into the hole. | |||
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