Reverse Engineering A Link to the Past Randomizer

I play a ton of randomized Zelda: A Link to the Past. I probably average one game per week, especially now that there’s a weekly community race Reddit where competitors share the same seed. I’m not the fastest at completing it, but the original game is one of the greatest games of all time, if not the greatest. The randomizer adds so much depth and replayability on top of it. ALttPR Background A little background if you’re not familiar with ALttP(R) – the vanilla game has 216 possible findable items that can be located in chests, overworld locations, and NPC/shop giveaways. Some items are incredibly useful, like the Flute, which lets you call a bird to fly you around the overworld, or the Sword (it’s dangerous to go alone). Other items are less useful, like Pieces of Heart. Collect enough and your maximum health increases, but… don’t get hit, and you don’t need it. Some are almost completely worthless, like the single arrow. In the original game, the goal is to rescue Princess Zelda,…