I grew up mainly in the late 90's/early 00's but one of the greatest things I ever received was an NES from my grandparents along with an original gold cartridge of Legend of Zelda. Everyday after school I would come home to play either this, Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, or Ninja Turtles after I did my homework and watched Pokemon. I had a happy childhood, and truly...I wish could return to these simpler days when all I had to worry about was saving a princess or keeping my prized Charizard card safe.
Ryan ChurastheMGTOW Honestly, Nintendo's one big selling point back then *was* the graphics. I remember in every issue of Nintendo power and every commercial, Nintendo would brag and advertise about how their graphics were so advanced and ahead of their time (which they were). So it confuses me a bit when I see "longtime Nintendo fans" complaining about how graphics matter to younger kids nowadays, when that was one of the main selling points back in the '80s and '90s.
Linkfan99 You bring up some good points, but this game had solid gameplay, and was actually challenging. Back in the day, they didn't hold your hand as much. One of the newer Mario games, if you died too many times, it would give you a White Tanooki Suit, which basically made you invulnerable. Crazy huh?
This game was one of the best experiences in my childhood. I remember feeling like I was on a real adventure with this and the map seemed there was endless secrets to uncover, every tile had a potential to hide a secret. Even after beating the game, I felt there was always more to explore.
Sure it started one of the most recognizable and classic game series' of all time, but I'd say the flaws in this game outweigh the positives, if not on par. Far from the best in the series and far, FAR from the best game of all time. You have a right to that opinion tho
That's awesome dude! I had my first experience with this gem when I unexpectedly got this game for my 10th birthday in 1991. I immediately fell in love and was hooked on this game for months with my brother and our friends. Such great memories! Little did I know back then, however, what an amazing franchise Zelda would become over the next 3 decades. It all started here ;)
ah the nostalgia if being a kid growin up in the 80's n 90's, I remember playin this n the adventure of link, cant believe this game is 30 yrs old this yr.
I remember playing this game and finishing it one fateful Saturday night and being hyped for who Ganon was. I still can see the look of confusion on my face when I realised I had to face off against a giant humanoid pig as a final boss. I remember telling my friends about who Ganon really was,and they thought I was full of crap. Good memories.
It reduces damage even more than the blue ring. So if wearing the blue ring a monster does a full heart of damage with an attack, it'll only do half then with red.
I liked giving the guys cute nicknames. The guy who sold the Blue Ring was the Shady Black Marketer, the one who gave you stronger swords was the Sword Master, the one who took your money for finding him was the Door Repairman, and so on.
Back in the day my brother and I pretty much leveled Hyrule. We bombed just about every square inch of bomb-able rock and burned every bush that could possibly be a secret on the entire map.
The best part about the game was the hype ganon got Everyone talked about ganon on the bus but no one ever saw him or faught him One kid said he was a gaint knight that shot bombs Another kid said he was links dad Ganons mystery was the best Untill the day i beat the game and saw ganon I told all the kids on the bus what ganon looked like and they said i was lying :(
This and Breath of the Wild are the only two Zelda games I've played (yeah, sue me) and I'm impressed by how they've managed to keep the same "feel" after all these decades, despite how much the series has obviously evolved with the times.
The Zelda series actually evolved in a different direction with SNES and N64 games. The puzzle solving was there, the same enemies and locations were there, etc. But the later games restricted the players' choices more. Exploration was more linear. But then... for Breath of the Wild, the developers looked back at the original Zelda in order to try to "return to the roots of the series." So, a lot of what you're feeling with Breath of the Wild was a deliberate choice by Nintendo to make the game more old school, rather than an evolution! It was a smart move by Nintendo! But if you want a different take on how the series could have developed, playing some of the other games is still worth while!
seanprogram that's what happens when a console sell more units. companies will end up supporting it. that's why when the genesis outsold the turbographics it ended up getting more support from developers.
abcmaya That doesn't really change my point, but yeah, that is true. However, even the SNES had much better games than the Genesis imo even though it sold around the same amount of units in North America.
i really enjoyed this. brings back memories of when my brother and i would spend countless hours of the day playing this in our room on a tv no bigger than a piece of paper. of course, he was/is older so he got to spend more time playing. i miss that.
I got this game for Christmas back in 1991 (along with Super Mario 3 and Uncle Fester's Quest). It's one of the greatest games ever made, even compared to today's games. The story, characters, music, it's all great. The best part is that you really have to try hard to win, it's not like Mario Bros. where you just walk straight till you win.
Nostalgia aside, games back then WERE a lot better because you actually had to try. Back when there were no walkthroughs available you had to figure it out or quit playing.
Lol. The story was great? The characters? Definitely not. Don't get me wrong, this is a great game but not due to its story/characters but because of its music and gameplay.
I was stumped on that room with the blue Darknuts too... Partly because I didn't have the blue ring yet! Then my friend came over and helped me out, he was like, "OMG you don't have the blue ring yet, no WONDER you're finding it impossible!"
I remember well how my bro got this for Xmas one day and it was his favorite gift. The day after our mom was sick in bed with a fever all day, and he was in the next room playing this. By the end of the day mom was ready to throw the entire freaking game system out the window after listening to that music over and over and over...
Interestingly, on the Japanese version (on the Famicom Disk System) you actually began with the Sword already in your possession. It was also on that version that you could get the White and Magical Swords without having to acquire a certain number of Hearts to do so; Nintendo of America changed that when gamers who played the test-market version complained over the game's complex mission and objectives.
The Japanese version, yes. Nintendo of America thought the game was _too_ easy when it came to starting the game with the sword already in Link's possession, which is why it was changed before the game's USA release in August 1987.
That dungeon music used to creep me out so friggin much! Also when you get close to the boss, you can hear it roaring. Just totally sets an atmosphere like none other!
I like to watch speedruns but this was very enjoyable. Some may say there was some useless collecting and killing enemies but it is the way any collector nature would do and destroying enemies is just fun.
Press "B" when you are in Digdogger's lair. He will break up and form into three pieces. Sometimes it will be just one piece. But if you do get three, destroy one of them, leave the room and then return and he'll already be gone.
Did you all know that in the over world if you kill all but one monster on the screen and leave the screen other monsters will never respawn for that screen until you kill off that last one. Also, if you use the whistle in the over world it will summon a whirlwind that will teleport you to all the entances to dungeons in sequence starting with the first one.You have to let the whirlwind touch you as it passes across the screen.
Watching this guy get all the secret rooms and go straight to the good items... I spent hours upon hours looking for the items you needed to advance. No Google around at that time to search for game guides or cheats. I had to wait for the edition of Nintendo Power to be arrive via snail mail for all the maps and tips.
The difference in the second run is that the labyrinths are in different areas as are all the secret coins, hearts and such also a bit harder to play 2nd time round as well.
+Champwsox05 Yeah it does suck. There's trick though. Left of the screen where you start the game is a bomb-able rock entrance to the money making game. The trick is play the game. When you loose the game reset your nintendo.You can repeat this process and farm the money game.
Yes but it made the game more challenging. Part of the challenge was dealing with the limited number of coins so you had to make tough choices with what to buy. Trust me, I have gotten bored with games where you had so much gold you could buy anything you want. It loses its fun.
Old Man is the best character ever. He's so multi-layered and unpredictable, with his cryptic advice like "IT IS DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE" or "EASTMOST PENINSULA IS THE SECRET." Then he tries to corrupt Link with the "LET'S PLAY MONEY MAKING GAME" and mugs the boy for bombing open his door.
NES Zelda games should have started the story of Zelda off with Gandorf (the human sorcerer) as the main/final boss in Legend of Zelda 1. And after his death in the 1st game Gandorf should have appeared as his dead Demon self in his 2nd form known as " Gannon" on The Adventure of Link 2 (the 2nd NES game).
That's because Ganondorf wasn't thought of at that time. The name Ganondorf came long afterwards. He transforms into this boar-like beast after having the Triforce of Power for some time. In The Legend of Zelda he already ruled Hyrule and obtained the Triforce of Power. He was called Gannon in the beginning of this story.
Ahhh Zelda one of my favorite nintendo games. I never had an NES but in recent years got the chance to play this game on one. I also got the chance to play this in my childhood when I first got a Gamecube. I remember I had no idea where to go when I played it but I learned and it was worth beating.
It amazes me how Nintendo is able to make 20 games in the same series while keeping each one unique and different. Probably the best game series in the world!
Smooth, welldone longplays like this one are truly capable of showing what a really great game this actually is. Are you going to do Adventures of Link, too?
I'm doing a run of this via the Zelda Classic software...essentially the same as the traditional NES version. Played this and Zelda II religiously back in 1989....borrowed off family / friends who had the games. I'm amazing myself at how I even beat this game back then. Some bits today are a little tricky for me all these years later. Still having fun with it though. While it's an adventure title/series, I believe it's a big reason I further got into RPGs and games with open exploration.
You make it look so easy. Playing this game (on VirtualNES) for me is extremely difficult. I can fight the Octoroks and sometimes those spider-like enemies (I forget what they're called), but most other enemies wind up killing my character. And, that thing in the water is extremely annoying because it keeps shooting at you while you try to fight other enemies. Again, you make it look so easy. But, I still love this and many other classic games.
Seems it's a nice little game although pretty basic. I like how little the NPCs tell you what to do so you feel like an adventurer instead of an errand boy. This makes it where you're driven by your instincts to move forward. When it comes to graphics, they're functional, yet a bit sparse. I know NES has limited capabilities but aesthetically many improvements could be done. At many points, Startropics 2 shows how to make NES games with this point of view look good. Sound-wise, the overworld theme is rather nice but the dungeon theme is a bit too repetitive and whoever thought that constant alarm at low health was a good idea should go in the corner and think about it! Also, I think that having powered sword at low health instead of maximum would have created more interesting dynamic.
Keep in mind that Startropics 2 was released 8 years after this game. They had vastly improved data writing techniques and compression on the cartridges by that point.
One of the best games ever made. I know there are better Zeldas now, but at that time it was one of the best if not the best game for Nintendo, and Nintendo was ruling the world in the 80's. That game, that golden cartridge, was legendary. If I'm not mistaken, no other game in Nintendo has ever had a golden colour on its cartridge. Not even Zelda II - The Adventure of Link had a golden colour. I was dissapointed, because I thought it would follow on from the first Zelda. But this only means that 'The Legend of Zelda' is special. Nor 'A Link to the past' (my personal favourite) or 'Ocarina of time' can out shine it.
+TomboyGamerGal Well I got Zelda 2 when it was still new in the stores, I live in Sweden so perhaps Zelda 2 in gold was only available in the US/Japan?
When I played this as a kid, the game was waaay to hard for me. I just recently revisited and beat the game. Still pretty hard but doable with the help of the internet, thanks.
It obviously goes without saying, but this game had a ton of unique (and pain in the ass) enemies. The game manual was cool as far as enemy detail was concerned. Gave you a general idea of what you were going up against that the game itself at the time could't provide graphically. The enemy that sucked the most I think were called Like Like. Tube like monsters that would latch onto you and if you didn't defeat them fast enough, they'd eat your Magic Shield which meant you had to try desperately to avoid enemies with long ranged attacks like Wizzrobes. I HATED them! Sorry for typing too much. Just remembering a top tier old school RPG that was YEARS ahead of its time.
Fantastic game ❤ and the "second run" was even more magical. Or however it's known in English. The second more difficult verion of the game after you complete the first. I was mesmerized by Zelda 1 and 2 back in the late 80s.
I just bought this game on the eShop. As it is the first game I ever play of the saga, I don't have any idea of what to do. I realised I was walking in circles.
Because the Japanese and SMART outsiders actually understand that the swastika has to be in a specific position and it's arms facing a specific way before it can become the Nazi swastika. The swastika (manji) dungeon in this game is in a normal flat position and it's arms point to the left. The Nazi swastika sits on it's corner in a "diamond" or "jewel" position and it's arms point to the right. The L-3 dungeon represents a Buddhist symbol, not the hateful Nazi symbol. Use Google Images...
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I grew up mainly in the late 90's/early 00's but one of the greatest things I ever received was an NES from my grandparents along with an original gold cartridge of Legend of Zelda. Everyday after school I would come home to play either this, Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, or Ninja Turtles after I did my homework and watched Pokemon. I had a happy childhood, and truly...I wish could return to these simpler days when all I had to worry about was saving a princess or keeping my prized Charizard card safe.
I hear yeah buddy...
Yeah those were the days...kids today don't know what they're missing...everything's about graphics.
Ryan ChurastheMGTOW A lot of the times it's always been about graphics in games to gamers. Remember the Bit Wars?
Ryan ChurastheMGTOW Honestly, Nintendo's one big selling point back then *was* the graphics. I remember in every issue of Nintendo power and every commercial, Nintendo would brag and advertise about how their graphics were so advanced and ahead of their time (which they were). So it confuses me a bit when I see "longtime Nintendo fans" complaining about how graphics matter to younger kids nowadays, when that was one of the main selling points back in the '80s and '90s.
Linkfan99 You bring up some good points, but this game had solid gameplay, and was actually challenging. Back in the day, they didn't hold your hand as much. One of the newer Mario games, if you died too many times, it would give you a White Tanooki Suit, which basically made you invulnerable. Crazy huh?
I wrote a letter to Nintendo as a kid I asked for a map of the last level which they sent me thanks great memories
That is awesome
Haha that's awesome. I miss those days sometimes.
I had to do the same with a link to the past. Figured it out by the time the letter returned lol.
I know this is an old comment, but that is really awesome.
So awesome
This game was one of the best experiences in my childhood. I remember feeling like I was on a real adventure with this and the map seemed there was endless secrets to uncover, every tile had a potential to hide a secret. Even after beating the game, I felt there was always more to explore.
one of the greatest games ever made
Sure it started one of the most recognizable and classic game series' of all time, but I'd say the flaws in this game outweigh the positives, if not on par. Far from the best in the series and far, FAR from the best game of all time. You have a right to that opinion tho
Strongly agree. This game rules most modern games today.
Arguably the best NES game along with Super Mario 3.
Matterscape Not at all. The game can be a bit cryptic but the controls and exploration hold up. It's timeless
THE greatest game ever made
The first hard on i remember as a kid was when i opened an Xmas gift and saw the holy and beautifully glare of a golden Zelda cartridge.
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I know what you mean. You can get it here ttp://amzn.to/1ndCNCz
Damn... What a time...
That's awesome dude! I had my first experience with this gem when I unexpectedly got this game for my 10th birthday in 1991. I immediately fell in love and was hooked on this game for months with my brother and our friends. Such great memories! Little did I know back then, however, what an amazing franchise Zelda would become over the next 3 decades. It all started here ;)
Those were the simplest days. When beating those labyrinths were my only concern....and what time the mario bros cartoon came on.
Golden game cartridges, improper game text and dungeon roaming; those were the days....
These were simpler times. We didn't need 9999 rupees. 255 rupees was enough.
Damn inflation.
¿ was that planting of trees 🌳 🌲 忒 if何 哈迪 头 歌坛 他和热天哈他🗼 ？
You have: ??? Rupees
Max. Capacity: 255
@Helado De Pollo
I'm barely a millennial. Not even close to being a Boomer.
And link didn’t carry a tablet around
As a 16 year old who never got to have a childhood with classics like Zelda, I say thank you.
now ur 26. how much is ur mortgage?
How's life?
Though your skilled gameplay was something to behold, it was your grudge against the old man that kept me watching. Truly inspiring! haha
ah the nostalgia if being a kid growin up in the 80's n 90's, I remember playin this n the adventure of link, cant believe this game is 30 yrs old this yr.
I remember playing this game and finishing it one fateful Saturday night and being hyped for who Ganon was. I still can see the look of confusion on my face when I realised I had to face off against a giant humanoid pig as a final boss. I remember telling my friends about who Ganon really was,and they thought I was full of crap. Good memories.
I remember spending hours upon hours searching for the red ring and finding it was the happiest moment of my childhood
Nick Morel what does it do?
It reduces damage even more than the blue ring. So if wearing the blue ring a monster does a full heart of damage with an attack, it'll only do half then with red.
+Nick Morel Mine was having sex with my teacher
@@stevenclaessen2608 lucky bastard
I liked giving the guys cute nicknames. The guy who sold the Blue Ring was the Shady Black Marketer, the one who gave you stronger swords was the Sword Master, the one who took your money for finding him was the Door Repairman, and so on.
I called the money making game guy the Old Drunken Gambler
Main character, Stabby McStabbyface?
The Born of a Legend...and i had the luck to play (and finish) on a nes when i was a child. Very good memories.
I sure spent a lot of time playing 'sick' so I could stay home from school to play this game.
Back in the day my brother and I pretty much leveled Hyrule. We bombed just about every square inch of bomb-able rock and burned every bush that could possibly be a secret on the entire map.
Vath121 yes,Hyrule is full of secrets! Secrets that are VERY hard to find.
Me too. If Hyrule was a real place, it would've been razed to the ground by those of us with bombs and candles and the magic wand.
Do you remember how many "door damages" angry people you had to pay? I'm simply asking... seeing how many secrets I'm STILL learning
Tedious stuff.
The best part about the game was the hype ganon got
Everyone talked about ganon on the bus but no one ever saw him or faught him
One kid said he was a gaint knight that shot bombs
Another kid said he was links dad
Ganons mystery was the best
Untill the day i beat the game and saw ganon
I told all the kids on the bus what ganon looked like and they said i was lying :(
Clonekiller66 You should've taken a picture of him!
i parents didnt let take my camera to school and i didnt own a phone till 2011
Then they beat the game and choked on your wordz
Just like now. Jajajaja
Your still lying
1986 I was 7 years old good memories I'm 36 I'm still a gamer and always will its in my blood my DNA is NES + lol good memories
80s video games & 80s music kick ass!!!! I was 7 when this came out. I am 40 now & I just replayed Zelda again & I remember most of this game!!!
"Secret power is said to be in the arrow"
Shoots old man with arrow.
"what, this arrow? :)"
_'Wuck!'_
The Legend of Zelda celebrates its 31th anniversary today!
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Upside down toodie two and a threeth.
And now, its 36.
This and Breath of the Wild are the only two Zelda games I've played (yeah, sue me) and I'm impressed by how they've managed to keep the same "feel" after all these decades, despite how much the series has obviously evolved with the times.
The Zelda series actually evolved in a different direction with SNES and N64 games. The puzzle solving was there, the same enemies and locations were there, etc. But the later games restricted the players' choices more. Exploration was more linear. But then... for Breath of the Wild, the developers looked back at the original Zelda in order to try to "return to the roots of the series." So, a lot of what you're feeling with Breath of the Wild was a deliberate choice by Nintendo to make the game more old school, rather than an evolution! It was a smart move by Nintendo! But if you want a different take on how the series could have developed, playing some of the other games is still worth while!
I cannot believe I watched this entire video. I remember this game and thought it was awesome. The graphics are hilarious.
***** thats because the master system can display twice as many colors on screen than NES :D
***** Of course, the flipside was that then Nintendo had better sound.
***** Yeah, but Nintendo had better games for the most part in my opinion.
seanprogram that's what happens when a console sell more units. companies will end up supporting it. that's why when the genesis outsold the turbographics it ended up getting more support from developers.
abcmaya That doesn't really change my point, but yeah, that is true. However, even the SNES had much better games than the Genesis imo even though it sold around the same amount of units in North America.
The memories....me and my cousin spending all those hours on this game, damn.
Thank you for this.
This is the Game that started a legend! Very nice you played the intro song... It's a classic!
i really enjoyed this. brings back memories of when my brother and i would spend countless hours of the day playing this in our room on a tv no bigger than a piece of paper. of course, he was/is older so he got to spend more time playing. i miss that.
It use to piss me off when the hands grabbed me in level 1 then I would have to start all over.
damn wall master but now the wall master has evolved and split species to become floor master ceiling master and master hand
Same here. And when the bubbles had hit you before and you cannot hit them. Oracle of Ages/Seasons were no different. Grrr
The worst was when the stack of pancakes ate your magic shield!
I called em’ lasagnas! 😂
Play that intro for me right before I die. It's the last thing I ever want to hear.
NES classic edition conformed ! Thumbs up !
I think he meant “confirmed”
I can't believe that its been 30 years. I remember beating this for the first time.
I got this game for Christmas back in 1991 (along with Super Mario 3 and Uncle Fester's Quest). It's one of the greatest games ever made, even compared to today's games. The story, characters, music, it's all great. The best part is that you really have to try hard to win, it's not like Mario Bros. where you just walk straight till you win.
Nostalgia aside, games back then WERE a lot better because you actually had to try. Back when there were no walkthroughs available you had to figure it out or quit playing.
Lol. The story was great? The characters? Definitely not. Don't get me wrong, this is a great game but not due to its story/characters but because of its music and gameplay.
You keep attacking the old man, lol.
55:02 is as far as I got.
+Keith Pixton "Secret power is said to be in the arrow,"
Really? Have one!
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I was stumped on that room with the blue Darknuts too... Partly because I didn't have the blue ring yet! Then my friend came over and helped me out, he was like, "OMG you don't have the blue ring yet, no WONDER you're finding it impossible!"
The timestamp is pretty much where I sadly abandoned my game. Hoping to pick the game back up and beat it.
The game that started it all.... Look how far we've come with Breath of the wild. Kudos to Nintendo for staying true to the franchise.
I remember well how my bro got this for Xmas one day and it was his favorite gift. The day after our mom was sick in bed with a fever all day, and he was in the next room playing this. By the end of the day mom was ready to throw the entire freaking game system out the window after listening to that music over and over and over...
"Did you get the sword from the old man on top of the waterfall?"
*strikes old man with the white sword*
Lol! That never gets old...
It was hard, But the save feature balanced it, meaning you had a chance, either run or fight on and on until you win, or if you become tired.
It's a secret to everybody----actually no it isn't, this game IS my childhood incarnate. This, Mario, Final Fantasy and DuckTales. :3 good times...
IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS. :)
Bammer2001 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ITS dangerous to Go Alone take THIS
Today, I got a Mug from my wife with this phrase vom Nintendo "Its dangerous to go alone - Drink this" ;-) COOLEST GAME IN WORLD!
Interestingly, on the Japanese version (on the Famicom Disk System) you actually began with the Sword already in your possession. It was also on that version that you could get the White and Magical Swords without having to acquire a certain number of Hearts to do so; Nintendo of America changed that when gamers who played the test-market version complained over the game's complex mission and objectives.
The Japanese version, yes. Nintendo of America thought the game was _too_ easy when it came to starting the game with the sword already in Link's possession, which is why it was changed before the game's USA release in August 1987.
(Gives him a condem)
Watching along with my first real attempt to beat the game. Very fun to have an 8 bit long adventure with weapons and items it’s perfect.
Dope avatar choice
That dungeon music used to creep me out so friggin much! Also when you get close to the boss, you can hear it roaring. Just totally sets an atmosphere like none other!
I still to this day love this god dam game
I like to watch speedruns but this was very enjoyable. Some may say there was some useless collecting and killing enemies but it is the way any collector nature would do and destroying enemies is just fun.
I wasn't even alive when this game came out but reading about all the fond memories people have of it is heartwarming
This game is a masterpiece!!!!
I love this game when i was growing up,I couldnt wait until i came back home from school so i can play this game,great memories
Press "B" when you are in Digdogger's lair. He will break up and form into three pieces. Sometimes it will be just one piece. But if you do get three, destroy one of them, leave the room and then return and he'll already be gone.
So without this no other legend of zelda games.
Yep.
I played it this weekend.
Now I'm addicted to Legend of Zelda.
Yeah no shit
I wish they made games like this today still I would play them all the time
Oh, hearing the monster roar from a room away when I played as a kid made my blood run cold!
Good times! 👍🏻😂
Did you all know that in the over world if you kill all but one monster on the screen and leave the screen other monsters will never respawn for that screen until you kill off that last one.
Also, if you use the whistle in the over world it will summon a whirlwind that will teleport you to all the entances to dungeons in sequence starting with the first one.You have to let the whirlwind touch you as it passes across the screen.
Crazy, how short these NES titles seem once you know the way. Back then, it took at least 2 weeks to get through this game, if not more.
The begining of a great series.
Watching this guy get all the secret rooms and go straight to the good items... I spent hours upon hours looking for the items you needed to advance. No Google around at that time to search for game guides or cheats. I had to wait for the edition of Nintendo Power to be arrive via snail mail for all the maps and tips.
zelda, the only game with a swastika shaped dungeon
My fave NES game right here. Both quests are so much fun!
See's you play. "You're pretty good at this game."
You encounter Blue Wizzrobes. "You, too, huh?"
The difference in the second run is that the labyrinths are in different areas as are all the secret coins, hearts and such also a bit harder to play 2nd time round as well.
It sucked that you couldn't get above 255 rupies...
Champwsox05 It did, but that's just what you get with hardware limitations of the time.
+Champwsox05 Yeah it does suck. There's trick though. Left of the screen where you start the game is a bomb-able rock entrance to the money making game. The trick is play the game. When you loose the game reset your nintendo.You can repeat this process and farm the money game.
Chad Curran *lose
Yes but it made the game more challenging. Part of the challenge was dealing with the limited number of coins so you had to make tough choices with what to buy. Trust me, I have gotten bored with games where you had so much gold you could buy anything you want. It loses its fun.
It's 1986 again. This game was so great.
the legend of Zelda the first game in the series and I had a great adventure as a kid.
What was your reaction to the CDI adventure you had Link?
Roberthy Souza This game was nothing compared to other NES games. One of the easiest popular NES games, actually.
Roberthy Souza Huh?
Old Man is the best character ever. He's so multi-layered and unpredictable, with his cryptic advice like "IT IS DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE" or "EASTMOST PENINSULA IS THE SECRET." Then he tries to corrupt Link with the "LET'S PLAY MONEY MAKING GAME" and mugs the boy for bombing open his door.
You mean Abei?
NES Zelda games should have started the story of Zelda off with Gandorf (the human sorcerer) as the main/final boss in Legend of Zelda 1. And after his death in the 1st game Gandorf should have appeared as his dead Demon self in his 2nd form known as " Gannon" on The Adventure of Link 2 (the 2nd NES game).
That's because Ganondorf wasn't thought of at that time. The name Ganondorf came long afterwards. He transforms into this boar-like beast after having the Triforce of Power for some time. In The Legend of Zelda he already ruled Hyrule and obtained the Triforce of Power. He was called Gannon in the beginning of this story.
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(not saying you wrong) but how can he be Dead - Gannon before (human alive Ganondorf? That's like saying Al Simmons comes after Spawn.
Ahhh Zelda one of my favorite nintendo games. I never had an NES but in recent years got the chance to play this game on one. I also got the chance to play this in my childhood when I first got a Gamecube. I remember I had no idea where to go when I played it but I learned and it was worth beating.
No, once you get the candle it stays. The candle is really useful in dark areas of the castle and burning down the secret bushes.
It amazes me how Nintendo is able to make 20 games in the same series while keeping each one unique and different. Probably the best game series in the world!
Smooth, welldone longplays like this one are truly capable of showing what a really great game this actually is.
Are you going to do Adventures of Link, too?
This game is my childhood
I play this Game so many times! I Love it 👍👍👍👍👍
Damn I loved this game as a kid
I never made it past Level 3. You, sir, are a master at this game.
POV: It's 2014 and you came back for the nostalgia.
Congrats! Your next chalenge is finishing the game, both quests, with no more than three hearts and just using the wood sword!
suck a trip to watch this i remember renting this game only to have to bring it back , where does the time go
I love the sprites
I'm doing a run of this via the Zelda Classic software...essentially the same as the traditional NES version. Played this and Zelda II religiously back in 1989....borrowed off family / friends who had the games.
I'm amazing myself at how I even beat this game back then. Some bits today are a little tricky for me all these years later. Still having fun with it though.
While it's an adventure title/series, I believe it's a big reason I further got into RPGs and games with open exploration.
You make it look so easy. Playing this game (on VirtualNES) for me is extremely difficult. I can fight the Octoroks and sometimes those spider-like enemies (I forget what they're called), but most other enemies wind up killing my character. And, that thing in the water is extremely annoying because it keeps shooting at you while you try to fight other enemies. Again, you make it look so easy. But, I still love this and many other classic games.
Seems it's a nice little game although pretty basic. I like how little the NPCs tell you what to do so you feel like an adventurer instead of an errand boy. This makes it where you're driven by your instincts to move forward.
When it comes to graphics, they're functional, yet a bit sparse. I know NES has limited capabilities but aesthetically many improvements could be done. At many points, Startropics 2 shows how to make NES games with this point of view look good.
Sound-wise, the overworld theme is rather nice but the dungeon theme is a bit too repetitive and whoever thought that constant alarm at low health was a good idea should go in the corner and think about it!
Also, I think that having powered sword at low health instead of maximum would have created more interesting dynamic.
Keep in mind that Startropics 2 was released 8 years after this game. They had vastly improved data writing techniques and compression on the cartridges by that point.
Please put this video in 2x also, this is what started legend of Zelda to be great.
One of the best games ever made. I know there are better Zeldas now, but at that time it was one of the best if not the best game for Nintendo, and Nintendo was ruling the world in the 80's. That game, that golden cartridge, was legendary. If I'm not mistaken, no other game in Nintendo has ever had a golden colour on its cartridge. Not even Zelda II - The Adventure of Link had a golden colour. I was dissapointed, because I thought it would follow on from the first Zelda. But this only means that 'The Legend of Zelda' is special. Nor 'A Link to the past' (my personal favourite) or 'Ocarina of time' can out shine it.
Zelda II had a gold cartridge too. Watch SomecallmeJohnny or AVGN's review on that game.
+TomboyGamerGal Hmm.. maybe, because I also bought Zelda II with my dad when I was a young boy. But I can only recall Zelda 1 being gold.
I believe in later copies of the game they stopped making gold cartridges. Same thing happened to the original game cartridges too.
+TomboyGamerGal Well I got Zelda 2 when it was still new in the stores, I live in Sweden so perhaps Zelda 2 in gold was only available in the US/Japan?
Okay what year was it when you and your dad got Zelda II new?
Love how you toss the boomerang as you leave the room..heh. I can recall doing that as a kid.
"Pay me for door repair damage" -10 I lol'd😁
It's amazing to me this video is only a few hours long. This game took me months to beat and I still never really beat it.
I've got this game on my NES. I've still got to play through it though. Looking forward to playing through the game!
Thanks for sharing this video..loved this game back in the 80s....i miss these old games
"Boy this is really expensive."
Zach Nelson lol jajajaja I’ve just seen that
oh its expensive huh well can i interest you in A LIT BOMB
*hucks it at old man*
Zach Nelson See??? Even hyrule has inflation!
When I played this as a kid, the game was waaay to hard for me. I just recently revisited and beat the game. Still pretty hard but doable with the help of the internet, thanks.
Zelda was out in 1986????? I always thought of it as an early 90's game for some reason.
love the music lol
It obviously goes without saying, but this game had a ton of unique (and pain in the ass) enemies. The game manual was cool as far as enemy detail was concerned. Gave you a general idea of what you were going up against that the game itself at the time could't provide graphically. The enemy that sucked the most I think were called Like Like. Tube like monsters that would latch onto you and if you didn't defeat them fast enough, they'd eat your Magic Shield which meant you had to try desperately to avoid enemies with long ranged attacks like Wizzrobes. I HATED them! Sorry for typing too much. Just remembering a top tier old school RPG that was YEARS ahead of its time.
The begining of a masterpiece
I'd have to say that Twilight Princess is truly the masterpiece, and even better than breath of the wild!
Best zelda game in my opinion.
Fantastic game ❤ and the "second run" was even more magical. Or however it's known in English. The second more difficult verion of the game after you complete the first. I was mesmerized by Zelda 1 and 2 back in the late 80s.
In over 30 years I never knew you could kill Dodongo that way.
A legend begins that spans time.
I like the old Zelda cause it's fun it first came out 1986
I just bought this game on the eShop. As it is the first game I ever play of the saga, I don't have any idea of what to do. I realised I was walking in circles.
I can't believe I watched the whole thing.... Not in one sitting but, still...#nostalgia
Because the Japanese and SMART outsiders actually understand that the swastika has to be in a specific position and it's arms facing a specific way before it can become the Nazi swastika. The swastika (manji) dungeon in this game is in a normal flat position and it's arms point to the left. The Nazi swastika sits on it's corner in a "diamond" or "jewel" position and it's arms point to the right. The L-3 dungeon represents a Buddhist symbol, not the hateful Nazi symbol. Use Google Images...
so many memories... I love my chilhood!