Beginning Level: avoid soldiers, hit and dodge spike ball guard, stay in water in sewers.
Levcl 1: Hit green guys with arrows do not run, hit boss with sword until dead.
Level 2: avoid sand traps, avoid eye comtact with spinning eye, make sure to check all exits, dodge rocks from bosses.
Level 3: Use color switches, star switches, and holes in the floor whenever your stuck, use pot stash below boss chamber when you need health.
Beginning Level cont.: Use sword beam rather than sword slashing whenever possible, in dark rooms just slash crazily.
Level 1 Dark World: tap swords on all walls when you hear funny noises plant a bomb, whenever you make a hole in the floor jump in, if you see cracks on anything place a bomb, against mimicing monsters shoot an arrow and move so that it hits the monsters without you being hit by them.
Level 2 Dark World: Lower water in small temple in Light World and warp to Dark World, change water levels and color switches if stuck.
Level 3 Dark World: Check all bushes, fall into all holes, and walk into all skulls to find entrances to the level, never keep still.
Level 4 Dark World: Walk under ballcony to find door ways beneath, bomb the cracks on the top floor before entering the basement, bring the maiden to the new light in the empty room with boss symbol on map.
Level 5 Dark World: check all stairs, place bombs on ALL cracks, study all rooms before leaving.
Level 6 Dark World: If confused use different items or many items at once, Light all torches on top floor to get to big key.
Level 7 Dark World: study dotted lines before before using fire rod, bomb all cracks, kill all enemies.
Level 8 Dark World: Check all rooms, light all torches, bring potions not fairies.
Bosses:
Level 1 Light World, Armos Knights: Slash and dodge when they come at you. When the last one becomes red slash frantically Do Not dodge.
Level 2 Light World, Lanmolas: When a hole apears get close and begin to slash about 6 hits should do it.
Level 3 Light World, Moldrom: Use good timing and common sense as your main weopons against this guy. First aim for his tail because its his only weak spot (note: somtimes aiming at his head will end up hitting his tail from due to fast jerking.) Hit eight times to defeat it, stay on platform and avoid hole in center and avoid sides. When you slash make sure when you bounce off to not fall off platform.
Beginning Level cont. , Agahnim: Use either the Master Sword or the Bug Catching Net to deflect fireballs back at him, (There is also small blue balls and Chain lightning but neither will hurt him.) After successfully hitting Agahnim several times he will flee.
Level 1 Dark World, Helmasaur King: Use your Magic Hammer on his mask to make cracks and eventually break off his mask, after removing his mask take out your bow and shoot the green spot shoot several arrows at once. He will die pretty easily.
Level 2 Dark World, Arrghus: Shoot and pull in the bubbles with the hookshot then slash them until all the bubbles are gone then slash his bare body until he dies.
Level 3 Dark World, Mothula: Shoot the Fire Rod like a maniac and avoid spike traps the Master Sword also works, this shouldn't be too hard if you have a green potion.
Level 4 Dark World, Blind the Thief: Run around chasing him slashing like a maniac when his head comes off wait till his body grows a new head and start slashing once 3 heads are floating you will be very close to finishing the battle.
Level 5 Dark World, Kholdstare: Shoot your fire rod and avoid falling ice until he thaws or just use your bombos medallion, after he melts begin slashing the 3 eyes until they're all dead.
Level 6 Dark World, Vitreous: Stay in the far corner and wait till small eyeballs come then slash them apart and wait till more come, by staying in the corner you will avoid all chain lightning, once the big eyeball comes stay in the corner and he will just bounce off your sword over and over if you keep slashing, by staying in the corner this guy will be very easy for you.
Level 7 Dark World, Trinexx: Take out your fire rod and turn the Ice head red during this state slash frantically until he dies, then take your ice rod and turn the fire head a different color and begin to slash, once both are dead the stone guy will shead his armor and run around, aim for his red spot and he will die without much effort.
Level 8 Dark World, Armos Knights, Armolas, Moldrom, Agahnim: Use above methods for these except now boss 1 has icey floors, boss 2 has shooting statues, boss 3 is much easier, and Agahnim has 2 clones.
Pyramid of Power Dark World, Ganon: the minute you fall in Ganon will take so take one cheap swipe, now just slash like a crazy person over and over until the breaks the floor then use good timing until he breaks the floor 4 times then light the 2 toarches and slash him and quickly shoot a silver arrow a few times of doing this and you will win.
Items:
Bow:
Bow and Arrow: Recieve in Level 1 Light World.
Bow and Silver Arrow: Recieve from Great fairie after Level 6 Dark World.
Boomerang: Recieve in the Castle soon after starting the game.
Magical Boomerang: Recieve in Waterfalls of Wishing in Light World.
Hookshot: Recieve in Level 2 Dark World.
Bombs: Buy from merchants in Light World.
Magic Powder: Trade for Magic Mushroom at the Witches Hut in Light World.
Fire Rod: Recieve in Level 3 Dark World.
Ice Rod: Found in Fairy Spring West of Lake Hylia in Light World.
Bombos Medallion: Recieve on Plateau in Light World.
Ether Medallion: Recieve on Shrine West of Level 3 Light World.
Quake Medallion: Recieve from monster at Waterfalls of Wishing in Dark World.
Lamp: Recieve from chest in Main Characters house.
Magic Hammer: Recieve in Level 1 Dark World.
Flute: Found in Forest Grove in Light World after obtaining Shovel.
Bug Catching Net: Recieve from Bug Catching Net Boy in Kakariko Village in Light World.
Book of Mudora: Found in Library in Kakariko Village in Light World.
Shovel: Recieve from Flute Playing Boy in Forest Grove in Dark World.
Cane of Somaria: Found in Level 6 Dark World.
Cane of Bryna: Found on Death Mountain Dark World.
Magic Cape: Found in Grave Yard in Light World.
Magic Mirror: Recieve from Lost Old Man on Death Mountain Light World.
Bottles:
Bottle 1: Buy from Bottle Salesman in Kakariko Village in Light World.
Bottle 2: Found in Chest in back door of Restaurant in Kakariko Village Light World.
Bottle 3: Recieve from Bum under a bridge in Light World.
Bottle 4: Recieve from Purple Chest in Blacksmiths house in Dark World after carrying chest to Lock Picker in Desert in Light World.
Upgrades:
Boots: Recieve from Sahasrahla after Level 1 in Light World.
Gloves:
Gloves: Recieve in Level 2 in Light World.
Better Gloves: Recieve in Level 4 in Dark World.
Flippers: Buy for 500 ruppes from Zora salesman at Waterfalls of Wishing in Light World.
Stone: Recieve in Level 3 in Light World.
Sword:
Sword: Recieve from uncle in Castle at the Beginning.
Master Sword: Recieve from Shrine in Woods after Recieving Book of Mudora, Stone of Courage, Stone of Wisdom, Stone of Power.
Reforged Master: Sword Recieve from Blacksmiths after rescuing one from Dark World after Recieving Better Gloves, after paying them 10 Ruppes.
Golden Sword: Recieve from Great Fairie after Level 6 in Dark World.
Shield:
Shield: Recieve From uncle in Castle at the Beginning.
Magic Shield: Buy from Merchant in Dark World or From Waterfalls of Wishing in Light World.
Mirror Shield: Recieve from Level 7 in Dark World.
Tunic:
Green Tunic: Start out with.
Blue Tunic: Recieve from Level 5 in Dark World.
Red Tunic: Recieve from Level 8 in Dark World.
Basket: Recieve from Woodsmiths after collecting 10 Triforce Medals in Four Swords.
Heart Pieces: 36 Total Recieve all over Light and Dark Worlds, 4 equal 1 Heart Container.
Heart Container: 20 Total Recieve From Beginning Level, Level 1, 2, 3 in Light World, Level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 in Dark World, Remaining 9 from collecting 36 Heart Pieces.