![]() There are items that even affect Link’s elfin outfit from green to blue to red. There’s also the iconic music, the “overworld”, the various recurring equipment like the bow and arrows, bombs and boomerangs, the dungeons, dungeon maps and keys and compasses, a musical wind-instrument, the progenitor of the Master Sword (here known as the Magic Sword), and the obligatory raising of the item above your head whenever you pick it up ( da da da daaaaaa!). Then there’s Ganon (originally spelled “Gannon”) and the Triforce and the eternal struggle between good and evil in Hyrule. Link himself would later go on to protagonize many other games and become one of Nintendo’s most prominent characters. The basic outline for nearly every Zelda game to come is all to be found here: there’s the titular princess, of course, not to be confused the hero of the tale, a boy named Link, who definitely does not have a girl’s name. ![]() Let’s talk about that latter matter first. Yes, you can thank The Legend of Zelda for pioneering the way for you to be able to save your game.īut what’s particularly astounding about it in lieu of its age is twofold: the scope of its adventure and the fact that so much of the franchise that was built on its shoulders took its direct cues from this first installment. It was the first game ever on any home console to come with an internal battery for saving data. It was revolutionary, combining elements of action-adventure with exploration with puzzle-solving with fantasy storytelling. It proved to be… heh… game-changing for the gaming industry. ![]() Released on the FCD in 1986 and then NES in 1987, Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda is the oldest game I’ve reviewed, so far. I’d like to read about this ‘ Second Quest‘…” then just click the link! ![]() Eleanor Roosevelt * Note this is a review for the “First Quest” of The Legend of Zelda. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ![]()
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