Top Secret Room

The Chris Houlihan room is a secret room in A Link to the Past. It has a telepathic tile on the upper wall and 45 Blue Rupees on the floor. The game program sends players to Chris's room when an error condition occurs while loading the next screen. After exiting the room, players are transported to the outside of Link's uncle's house, even if the secret room had been accessed in the Dark World.

History
In the early 1990s, Chris Houlihan won a Nintendo Power contest to have his name hidden in a secret room in the game. In the North American version, the text in the room therefore says, "My name is Chris Houlihan. This is my top secret room. Keep it between us, OK?". In the other versions of the game, Chris Houlihan's name doesn't appear; the message simply says that the room is a secret.

In the Game Boy Advance port, the message tile has been removed from the room and the room cannot be entered "normally". It can be seen, but not entered correctly by glitching or cheating devices. It is still present on the Virtual Console, but is labeled "top secret".