This really makes me appreciate the quality of the Zelda 2 base.
The original game was lacking in design and this version has wonderful design

It's the little things that add up. I haven't beaten the game through this version, but just playing up to the second temple I can already tell this is far more approachable especially with some of the optional patches like "remember XP on game over" etc. PLEASE play this version instead.

The ROM Hack is great, the og game is still garbage.