Palace of the four swords
After successfully completing the game, watch the ending sequence. Then, go back into the game and it will notify you that you can now play the Palace Of Four Swords It is located in the hole east of The Pyramid Of Power. Once inside, there are four Bosses and a new Boss after beating them. It will unlock a quest log and the alternate ending sequence.
Chris Houlihan room
During the SNES era, Nintendo Power magazine had a contest to get someone's name in a game. Chris Houlihan won. To find his room, save and quit at the Light World (Running Boots needed). Start at the Sanctuary. Run out of the Sanctuary and go south. Follow the path to the village, but go south before reaching the village. You will end up west of the castle. Keep running and do not stop. Find the hole under the bush that goes into the castle. Run its location and run into the bush. You will fall into that hole. If done correctly, you will find the Chris Houlihan room, lined with blue rubies and a tile that says "I am Chris Houlihan this is my room keep it between us". Also, if you fall in the hole at the battle with Gannon there is a glitch that takes you there.
After collecting ten medals in multi-player mode, go to the lumberjack resting in the woods north of Karariko village. Inside his house, he will ask you ten riddles. The answers are as follows. Note: To pick up the answer, catch it in the bug catching net. Your reward is the Hurricane Blade Attack. This is an attack which you continue to spin your sword by charging your blade, then continuously tapping [B].
Riddle 1: A Cucco (found in Kakariko Village)
Riddle 2: A Sand Crab (found near Zora's waterfall)
Riddle 3: A red rupee
Riddle 4: A fish (found near drained pond)
Riddle 5: An Octoballoon (appears from weird balloon things that explode near Lake Hylia)
Riddle 6: Slime (sprinkle Magic Powder on a Walking Bush)
Riddle 7: A squirrel (found near the real Master Sword)
Riddle 8: A fake Master Sword (found in Lost Woods)
Riddle 9: An apple (ram an apple tree.)
Riddle 10: A Cukeman (sprinkle Magic Powder on one of the green blob-like creatures)
Free Green Potions
This trick requires the Zora's Flippers, the Power Gloves and the Pegasus Boots. From Hyrule Castle, go east and head north through the rocky area with the bomb throwing person. Head north and pick up the small white rock. Continue north. Work your way past the Witche's Hut and go all the way east on that screen. Pick up the big white rock and exit to the east. When you get to the dashable rocks, destroy one and hook around to the ledge. Make your way north. Jump off the ledge down to where the crabs are located and go north slightly more. Swim into the waterfall. This is the Waterfall Of Wishing. You can upgrade your shield to the Lv 2 Shield and your Boomerang if desired. If you throw an empty Bottle in, the Faerie will fill it with Magic Potion. Repeat this as often as desired.
Rupees
Get the Master Sword, then return to Hyrule Castle. Chop down any bushes and weeds, and kill all enemies outside the castle. Return to the secret entrance which your character fell into at the start of the game and jump in to reach a room full of Blue Rupees.
Collect at least 100 Rupees anywhere in the game. Then, go to Kakariko Village, and head as far south of the town as possible. Go all the way down where there are three houses where you picked up the Book Of Mudora. Go to the house on the bottom right and enter. Pay the thief 20 tokens and select a chest. You can keep doing this as long as desired and begin to build up Rupees.
There is a place near the Desert Of Mystery with two big green rocks that you can pick up with the Power Gloves (one in front and one behind) Pick up the one behind it and go in the passage that was under the rock. There are ten pots inside, and under each is a Rupee. This can be done before and after you defeat Agahnim as many times as desired.
Go to the Lost Woods immediately above where the lumberjacks are located to find a tunnel. Enter it to discover three chests. The man there will offer to open one of the chests for 100 rupees. One chest contains 20 rupees, but both of the other cheats contain 300 rupees. Note: This may only be done once.
Get 100 rupees by any method. Go to the forest and enter at the top by the wood cutter's house. Then, keep going forward and you will find a log. Enter it. When you are inside, pay the man to open a treasure chest. Open the middle one. You will get 300 rupees. Exit and do it again until you get 999 rupees.
Go to the house in eastern Kokiriko Village where the lady is guarding. Go into the house , pull on the picture, and collect the rupees. Leave and dash into the tree in north-eastern Kokariko Village. After that, kill all of the guards and enter the house again. Pull on the picture and you should get 80 rupees. Note: You can only do this trick after defeating the wizard (Agahnim) for the first time.
Note: You must have the flute for this trick. Play the flute and let the bird fly you to the dot that has the 8 on it. Continue north until you make it to a fairy cave. Inside will be a statue of a fairy. Ram into the statue and a sparkling bee will appear. Catch it and sell it to the man that sold you the bottle to at Kakariko Village. He will give you 100 rupees. You must have the flute and have the bird free -- if you do not, the bee will attack the bird post.
Drain the fountain to the east of the desert, then grab a fish. Walk to Kakariko Village, and the man will trade 5 rupees, a magic container, a heart, an arrow, or a bomb for it.
When you are walking around and see a rock that is glistening, hit it as many times as you can. It will send out rupees. Be careful and do not over hit it, as lit bombs will appear.
In the Dark World, go to where the graveyard used to be. In the upper right corner is a pile of rocks that you can dash into. Slay the enemy nearby and ram into the big pile. A red rupee will appear. Leave by going to the screen to the left, then return. Ram the rocks again and another red rupee will appear. This can be done as many times as desired.
After getting the bug net and the whistle warp to section 8 on the map, follow the path to the healing cave with the fairies. Dash into the statue and retrieve the bee that appears (the Good Bee) and take it to the villager in Kaikaro Village where you bought the bottles. Unleash the bee and he will pay 100 rupees for it. This trick can be repeated as many times as desired.
In the Dark World, go to the Witch's Hut. Go northwest to where the One-Eyed Giant (the thing that throws green bombs at you) is located. Run into the tree near the One-Eyed Giant. A blue rupee will appear. To get another blue rupee, go to the next screen to the left then return to where the tree is located.
Note: This trick requires the Power Glove. Go to the man who has a sign next to him that says he is an average guy and tells you to leave him alone. Go south from there and lift the square shaped boulder. Go inside the cave. Lift all the pots to get rupees. Keep doing this to get as many rupees as desired.
In Kakariko Village, when you have the Pegasus Boots go to the path that leads to the smith. There is a tree here. Use the boots and bump against it. Five rupees will fall out. Go in a house and come back out. If you bump against the tree again, another 5 rupees will fall out. Repeat this as many times as desired.
In Kakariko Village, there is a house with a green roof atop of it. Enter it. Go downstairs and get the three treasures. Bomb the crack in the same room. Lift all six jars. They all contain 5 rupees (30 total).Get the heart container. Leave the house and return .Go to the room with the jars. Lift them again and you also will gain the 5 rupees. Repeat this as many times as desired.
In one of the houses in the village is a picture of Mario. If you pull on it, Rupees will fly out.
To get rupees, go to the place where you got the Ice Rod. Next to it will be a cave. Go through both doors in the last room to reach a statue of a fairy. Dash into it, then catch the golden bee. Go to the man where you got the first bottle. Stand there and release the golden bee. The man will see it and now trade 100 rupees for your golden bee.
Gold Keys
Complete each level with a team score of at least 3000 rupees, then defeat Vaati.
Hero Keys
Complete each level with a team score of at least 5000 rupees, then defeat Vaati.
Extra bombs or arrows
Go to the Pond Of Happiness in the lower right corner of the map and throw in rupees until a fairy appears. She will ask if you want to carry more bombs or arrows. Select which ever you prefer, as you can repeat this until up to 50 bombs and 70 arrows are accumulated. Note :A large number rupees are required.
Ice Rod
Go to where the witch's hut is located and pull up the rock. Go south, then go east There will be two caves, one open and one that needs to be bombed. Bomb it to get the Ice Rod.
Super bomb
Complete the Ice Palace followed by the Misery Mire Maze. Go to your house in the Dark World and buy the orange and white bomb.
Selling bee for rupees
You can sell the Good Bee from the cave next to the Ice Rod cave (go inside, dash into the Fairy Statue and catch the bee that appears). Get the bee, go to the man who sells you the bottle in the village next to the castle, and release the bee. When it touches him, he will give you about 100 rupees. This trick cannot be repeated.
Buy golden bees
Get the golden bee in the cave next to the cave where you obtained the Ice Rod by dashing to Fairy statue. Before you sell to the man who sold a bottle for 100 rupees, go to the shopkeeper in the Dark World village who sells bees and fairies. He will say something about your golden bee. Leave the building and re-enter. You can now buy golden bees for 88 rupees.
Transformations
Go to the village. Enter the house to the left, with the patrolling lady. One of the pots contains a chicken. Throw magic dust on it to it turn into a lady.
The green characters in Light World near the witches hut will turn into hotdogs, and the soldiers will turn into sand bags.
If you throw magic potion on a bee it will turn into a fairy.
If you throw magic powder on an orange fireball that takes away hearts and magic, it will turn into a fairy.
New technique
When you play with a friend(s), someone gets a medal. Once one person gets ten medals, he or she will be able to do the Riddle Quest (in the original game). Go to the Lumberjack resting in his house. Once you have ten medals, he will give you a basket and tell you some riddles. Think carefully and they will make sense. Some answers (you have to grab them) are a crab by the lake, a chicken, and a red rupee. After you solve them, you get a new technique.
Different swords
Silver Sword
This is the sword obtained from your uncle at the beginning, when you go in the castle.
Master Sword
This is the sword you get when you collect the three pendants. Once you have them, go to the top of the Lost Woods. Press [A] + [L] after getting the Master Sword, then go back to the castle and show it to Zelda.
Tempered Sword
You get this sword after obtaining the golden glove in level 4. Then, save the Smith brother by the Library in the Dark World. Warp into the Light World, go to the Smith house, and they will temper your sword.
Magic Boomerang
Obtain the Super Bomb after completing four dungeons. Then, go to the Bomb Shop where Link's House is in the Dark World. Purchase the Bomb. Take the Bomb to the crack in the Pyramid and blow up the wall. Enter the hole and throw your sword first (only if the sword is level 3), followed by your arrows, and finally the boomerang. You will receive the Gold Sword, Silver Arrows, and the Magic Boomerang. Note: The boomerang should turn a reddish-orange color.
Run away from your Boomerang
Note: This trick only works with the Blue Boomerang. To get your Boomerang to chase you, first hit the Boomerang off a surface. Then, run away in a direction away from where you threw it. For example, if you threw it to the left, run down or up. If done correctly , your boomerang should chase you and not catch up until you stop or move a different way.
Get Red Shield without entering Dark World
You can get the red shield without entering the Dark World or paying 500 Rupees. After you get Zora's Flippers, go to the Mysterious Pond behind the waterfall. When you are asked to throw something in, answer "Yes". Throw in the small shield. When the fairy asks you if it is yours, answer "Yes" and she will give you the Red Shield.