Zombie Link

Zombie Link, sometimes called Ohp glitch, is a game state where Link has no hearts but the player retains control of him without game over.

Technique

Zombie Link is gotten by dying on the same frame as an underworld load. There are two main ways to do this:

1. Doing an overworld version of death hole. Link needs to use a fall transition to the underworld and die on the same frame that the underworld load is triggered.
2. Death's door, which is a glitch where Link dies at the same time as he uses a typical door entrance to the underworld. This is best and most consistently set up using a bomb.

Effects

While zombie Link, taking any action that will make the game reconsider Link's health will instantly trigger the game over. These actions include:

• Bonking
• Jumping into deep water
• Taking damage

This is largely not a very useful glitch. It's usually time consuming to set up and it queues a death, which is almost always undesirable. However, one potentially useful application is with zombie revival, a glitch that allows the player to gain human Link state in dungeons without the moon pearl.