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Game Information
- Platform: Game Boy Advance
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
Product Features
- Classic video game originally created for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
- The first ever Legend of Zelda adventure
- Classic action role-playing gameplay
- One of the most influential games ever made
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Product Description
The Legend of Zelda: the game that defined adventure gaming. Embark on a quest to find the Triforce, slay Ganon and save Princess Zelda in this enduring epic that single-handedly invented the adventure genre. It's part of the NES Classic series of specially priced masterpieces! Before she was captured by the Dark Lord Ganon Princess Zelda scattered the pieces of the Triforce across her beloved Hyrule. Link must reassemble the Triforce and defeat Ganon before he can free the princess.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
This is the very first Zelda game releaesed on the GBA! I still have this on the NES with the gold cartridge! Superb game, with at the time good graphics, gameplay was superb, with all these little quests you have to do to save the tri force and the princess. Loads of enemies to defeat, loads of secrets and hidden treasures to uncover and the weaponry in this game is brilliant! It truley is a master piece even today it is still an enjoyable game. Which brings me to say that tau_sigma from Ireland who rated the game as disappointing, you mustn't have a clue, this is a game from 1985, and back then, this game was incredible then even for 8 bit computers, and today its still as good as it was! It is deffintley not dissapointing, and I think your brain is hooked on games from todays standards and you're not reliesing what games were like back then and could only do a certain amount, graphics and power wise in the game! I will give you respect for saying it paved the way for a legacey of great Zelda titles though!
But either way this is brilliant and always will be!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
i love this game... its funny because its so simple graphically and it shows how graphics arn't always that important... when i play it its like im being constantly shocked at how good (and sometimes difficult) older games were. i played a Link to the past first, and when i play this it really gives me the same feeling i had when i played that all those years ago.it could just be the music, but i think its more that frantic obsession that seems to hit you after you've played it a few times,urging you to play it more.
good game to buy , i also like how you can get it for a portable console,it seems to fit well on a gameboy.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
It spawned the greatest games series ever and is, justifiably, a classic. It is also majorly important because of it's ability to save on cart, a first, and for the many games that were influenced by it. None of this is disputable, but that doesn't mean to say that this is an altogether satisfying experience.
At the time this came out it was revolutionary and a unique gaming experience, but if you are coming back to it it probably is best served as a nostalgia piece. If you have played other Zeldas from A Link to the Past onwards then this may prove to be a bit of a shock to you, and if you are new to the entire Zelda series then, ironically enough, this probably isn't the one to start with.
So what's the problem with the game? There isn't really one at all it's really more an age thing. The Zelda series has become very sophisticated in the gaming experience provided, with great storylines, fantastic characters and lots of humour and charm, even in titles as frivillous as The Minish Cap. This game has none of this. There is no real plot or interaction with anyone, and the game basically involves you wandering about a sparse Hylian landscape bereft of towns looking for the dungeons. This will obviously come as a disapointment to fans of later titles. The game is also very tough, and today's gamers may not like the fact that opposed to the guiding hands and detailed maps that take them through modern games The Legend of Zelda literally dumps you in the middle of nowhere with nothing and provides a map that is nothing more than a black rectangle with a small dot showing whereabouts in this rectangle you are. There are no hints, and some of the dungeon entrances are rediculously difficult to find. The dungeons may be a saving grace as they feature the usual push block, bomb wall, kill all enemies style puzzles that have featured through out the series. Fans of any of the top down view Zeldas may also find comfort in the faultless execution of this technique as well.
That is not to say this is a bad game. It still is Zelda and it does feel like it albeit in a limited sort of way and the toughness is quite refreshing, especially compared to Minish Cap or Wind Waker. And don't let the basic graphics and sound put you off, remember this is from the 80's and has been presented with it's original NES graphics and sound.
So a classic, yes. Hugely important, yes. Fun, not quite as much as you would hope for or remember.
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