Zelda 1 - Walkthrough of Dungeon 7 of Quest 2: The Small Spiral (Zelda I NES mini)
Map of the labyrinth "The Small Spiral": Dungeon 7 of Quest 2 from Zelda I (The Legend Of Zelda NES mini)

In this palace, 2 old men will open doors for you in exchange for 50 rubies or a heart. One of them locks you completely in his room. If you don't have 50 rubies and don't want to lose a heart, you will have to "kill yourself". The best way to do this is to stand at the bottom of the room and throw your boomerang at him. The flames around him will then launch fireballs.

First go left to get the compass and come back to the start (the secret passage in this room leads to a locked room). Go 3 rooms to the right (E7), kill all the monsters, push the middle stone to the left and take the secret passage leading to the upper left (at C1).

Go down and kill all the enemies, then push the stone to open a passage leading to the red candle (don't forget to pick up the key). Go back up and kill all the bats to take the passage back to E7. Head right and kill Manhandla with a bomb. Push the stone to the left and go right, then go up.

Kill all enemies in the room to collect the map and go up. Kill all the blue Darknuts to open the door and go up. Go up again, kill Gohma with 3 arrows to the eye, go up once more, collect the key and push the left stone to take the secret passage leading to D5.

Immediately head up while avoiding the Darknuts. Then go right (if you go left, you will be forced to return to A7 or F7) and pay the old man 50 rubies to go downward (going up, Manhandla will only give you 5 rubies). Kill all the Darknuts and push the middle stone to the left to reveal a staircase. Take it to reach G1. There, quickly go left while avoiding the red bubbles and Darknuts to reach a room with 5 blue Darknuts. Exterminate them to open the left door that leads to the boss: a 4-headed Gleeok.

Despite its 4 heads, this Gleeok should not give you too much trouble if you are well equipped. If you have full health, just shoot very fast without moving as soon as you enter the room. Otherwise, you will have to fight in close combat while dodging the fireballs as much as possible if you have low health, or just go in hard if you have plenty.

Small Key : C2, G2
Dungeon Map : G6
Compass : A7
Red Candlebougie rouge : C2

You are ready to continue the adventure. Here is a save file (an 8 KB .sav file).