The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Chris Houlihan Room

Before the game's release, the American magazine Nintendo Power ran a competition, with the grand prize winner having their name on a secret room in the game, a room so secret that few would find it. The winner's name was Chris Houlihan.

The room itself is nothing special. It contains 45 blue Rupees (that's 225 Rupees!) and a telepathic tile that says, "My name is Chris Houlihan. This is my top secret room. Keep it between us, OK?" When you exit you end up coming out of Link's house.

It is believed that the room was intended as a failsafe; if there is a fatal error when the player changes room, the game dumps Link into the secret room. This means that there are other methods of entering the Chris Houlihan Room, although they are rare and do not work with any degree of accuracy.

Because this secret was inserted by Nintendo of America the method of accessing it is not present in the European or Japanese versions, or any version of the Game Boy Advance port. In these versions the room exists but it is merely a "secret room" without attribution, and, in the GBA port, the telepathic tile has been removed. In these versions it can only be accessed using cheats. It does feature in the North American version for the Wii Virtual Console, however.

To enter the Chris Houlihan room, the only item you need are the Pegasus Boots.

Sanctuary Method
For this method, load a save file and choose to Start From Sanctuary. You begin inside the Sanctuary. Immediately run south, south, west, and then south again into the woods.

Make your way through this area while avoiding the soldiers and head east. Now head south, east, and north to the bush that you used to first enter Hyrule Castle. Quickly dash into the bush or otherwise remove it and fall into the hole. If you did it quickly enough you'll fall into the Chris Houlihan Room instead of Hyrule Castle's sewers.

Kakariko Method
Choose to Start From (your name)'s House. Head into Kakariko Village and make your way north, then east past the Fortune Teller's house, and then south into the woods.

Make your way through this area while avoiding the soldiers and head east. Now head south, east, and north to the bush that you used to first enter Hyrule Castle. Quickly dash into the bush or otherwise remove it and fall into the hole. If you did it quickly enough you'll fall into the Chris Houlihan Room instead of Hyrule Castle's sewers.

Pro Action Replay Method
This is the easiest method. Choose to Start From Sanctuary, and activate the "Walk Through Walls" cheat code. Walk through the door to the south. If you succeeded you'll end up in the room with levers. Once there walk through the wall to the east until you reach a room with lots of blue Rupees.