v1.9.4 - direct Mesen download support

Open Mods → Zelda Remastered HD → Select file, choose the original ZIP you downloaded, enable the feature, and click Play with your original USA PRG0 Zelda ROM. No manual extraction, Python, conversion command or prepatched ROM is needed.

The general-purpose native Mesen importer handles direct ZIPs, nested wrapper downloads and extracted hires.txt files. The bundled, default-off Zelda-Remastered-Support.nesmod contains integration metadata only. Textures, audio and IPS data come from your own download; the importer preserves creator notices, caches the selected pack locally and applies its verified patch in memory. Your download and ROM remain unchanged.

No Remastered art, audio, IPS or game ROM is distributed. Replacement music/SFX and existing HD sampler limitations remain; original NES audio is used.

The Windows game ZIP includes the support recipe already installed. The separate .nesmod is the same manifest-only recipe. Matching crash symbols and SHA-256 checksums are also attached.

Validated with the original Zelda Remastered v1.3 outer download: all 423 imported files match the validated pack, stock and HD gameplay match v1.9.3, and a fresh current-build save/load replay matches state, hashes and pixels. Native importer checks also pass on Windows and Linux with malformed downloads and an unrelated SMB pack.