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brew install zelda-roth-se

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overview

Package summary

Zelda Return of the Hylian SE

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zelda_roth_se

history

Project history and usage

The Legend of Zelda: Return of the Hylian SE is the Solarus Edition remake of Vincent Jouillat's Return of the Hylian, a fan-made Zelda-style action-adventure game.

Project history

The Solarus page describes Return of the Hylian as Jouillat's first game and the first episode of a trilogy. The original game was released in August 2006 and built with a custom C++ engine; the SE remake was rebuilt in Solarus by Christopho, Mymy, and Vincent Jouillat to take advantage of the engine's capabilities.

The archived GitHub mirror says the repository moved to GitLab and describes the remake as essentially the same game with many details improved through Solarus. It also notes that the project can serve as a source of scripts for Solarus users because weapons and dungeon-room behavior are implemented in Lua scripts.

Adoption history

Adoption is narrow but visible inside the Solarus community: the game is distributed as a Solarus quest, featured on the Solarus games site, and preserved with source access for people studying or packaging Solarus-made games.

How it is used

Players run the quest with the Solarus engine. Developers interested in Solarus can inspect the game's Lua scripts for weapons such as the hammer, hookshot, bow, fire rod, and ice rod, plus dungeon-room systems and enemy/pot restoration behavior.

Why package nerds care

The package is interesting less as a mainstream game and more as a packaged open-source game-data artifact: a fangame quest distributed separately from its engine, with source assets and scripts useful to Solarus users and retro-game packagers.

Timeline

2006-08: Original Return of the Hylian released using a custom C++ engine.
2015-08: Solarus site lists the Solarus Edition release date.
2018-06: GitHub mirror was archived after the project moved to GitLab.
2019-08: Solarus page lists the latest game update date.

Related projects

Solarus: open-source engine required to run the quest.
Zelda Oni Link Begins SE: Solarus remake of the sequel to Return of the Hylian.
Zelda Time to Triumph: another Vincent Jouillat Zelda fangame in the same trilogy lineage.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`zelda_roth_se`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.2.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.solarus-games.org/games/the-legend-of-zelda-return-of-the-hylian-se/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.solarus-games.org/games/the-legend-of-zelda-return-of-the-hylian-se/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:zelda-roth-se
Version	1.2.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zelda-roth-se
Homepage	https://www.solarus-games.org/games/the-legend-of-zelda-return-of-the-hylian-se/
Repository	https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/games/zelda-roth-se
Upstream docs	https://www.solarus-games.org/games/the-legend-of-zelda-return-of-the-hylian-se
License	GPL-3.0-only AND CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source archive	https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/games/zelda-roth-se/-/archive/v1.2.1/zelda-roth-se-v1.2.1.tar.bz2
Dependencies	solarus
Build dependencies	cmake
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	zelda-roth-se
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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Combined YAML source

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combined/zelda-roth-se.yml

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