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ZELDA

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Zelda is the best game on earth better then most Playstation 2 games. The game has great graphics more games should be made like this.

Wow-this is a great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I barely remember this game, for I was about two at the time we got it. When I played it, I thought it was hard, but remember, I was only 2 at the time. This game is worth it, and if they're remaking it to Game Boy Advance, then it HAS to be good. We don't have ours, because we wore it out, but it is definitely worth playing. I especially like the ending sequence, but I won't give TOO much away. This doesn't have the greatest graphics, but then this game is about 12 years old. Plus it was the first ever game to have a save screen. Yes, this game does have like 10 dungeons, but you can go from past to future and it is definitely wotrh it. Note: The Lost Woods is evil-even though I like the music. Buy this awesome oldie today!

A review from a Zelda freak!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the first video game I ever played.So what if the graphics blow the game kicks ...! Its got a good story,ok music,and the gameplay rules!!For anyone who has a SNES get this game!!Plus its on gameboy advanced now to.I give it a 10 out of 5 rating!

One of, if not the greatest game ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Man I can't say enough about this game. Over a decade old and I find myself every now and then playing it again...sad really. But that's how fun it is. Though the graphics look like a cartoon, I could care less. The gameplay was so fun, the graphics were easily overlooked and back in 1992 you couldn't ask for the best graphics. 10 stars!! Still fun!

I can't believe I bought this -- AGAIN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I ordered this game not too long ago for my Super NES, based on the recommendations of, like, 6.02 x 10^23 Nintendo fans. It lived up to my expectations, and then some. I had put about 50 hours into the game and was half-way through when my cartridge broke. AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGHH!! I was SO mad.

Since this game is ported to Game Boy Advance, and since the Game Boy Player is coming out in early summer, I definitely thought about holding out for the new version. But no, here I am with the mid-skool SNES version again!! I was lucky enough to find a factory-sealed cart, which will hopefully last. It's true that the GBA and SNES have many similarities in graphics, screen resolution, and sound; but I still prefer the sound on the SNES - WAAAY better than a GBA, I don't care what headphones you're wearing! The classic SNES controller, with ergonomic round edges and the first appearance of L and R shoulder buttons, is a delight to use.

This game is the pinnacle in 1992 computer storytelling/gaming, and it holds up well today. The clean graphics make great use of the SNES's multi-scrolling background and transparent sprite technology, play is intuitive, the music is breathtaking, and the SNES even makes some fancy 3-D polygons here and there. :) This is a must-have for the SNES/Super Famicom lover, and who wouldn't love Nintendo's adorable entry into the world of 3rd gen video games?? I'm kickin it mid-skool all the way.

A SNES goody!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Just as the original Zelda game, A Link to the Past depends on exploring. If you study the land carefully you will find many secrets and will learn what is going on and what to do. The game has a nice bird's eye view and the general graphics are decent for 1992. Unlike the original, you do not travel a 128-screen land deprived of people and life. There are townspeople roaming around and HUMAN baddies in areas. The shops are more detailed and the dungeons aren't just a bunch of tiles with something different in it (don't worry, I still like the original). You have the ability to charge your sword and do a spin attack and learn new moves after most dungeons. This is an enjoyable game and is worth every penny you spend on it (I got it from a friend for only a small trade. He he!) A must buy indeed!

One of the best games I've ever played.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is excellent any way you put it. I remember playing it for the first time about 12 or 13 years ago (yeah that IS a very long time), and I thought it was just the greatest thing ever. The graphics were supurb and even to this day they look beautiful. Though they don't stand up to ps2 graphics...it really doesn't matter with these old-skool games. I'm not a graphics kind of guy and never was, so it doesn't affect me, but if you are really into high tech graphics and haven't played this, i doubt you will like it. Don't get me wrong, some games with more high tech graphics are good, but this game (along with many others on SNES) proove that graphics don't make any game. But then again I don't play or own a playstation 2, so that's just how I see it. My views on videogames are rather conservative. If you are still under 16 and haven't played this game I doubt you will like it though, as it doesn't appeal to younger payers any more due to it's old school design that kids tend not to appreciate these days. But that doesn't mean kids won't like it. I just think people who have played it in the early 90s are mainly the ones who will enjoy it nowdays, unless you're a Zelda fanatic but haven't played this one yet, or if you like older games but haven't gotten around to getting this one yet. The music on this game is also very good, although the dungeon music can get very tedius and annoying, it's not that bad. The world music is classic, though and after you play it enough it will be ringing in your ears. Gameplay also doesn't get much better, you get a whole arsenal of items. Much more than any other Zelda yet. This game is basically the game that set the standards for all other adventure games, sometimes even RPGs. Another thing you might like about this game is that it is not way too time consuming, if you have a life to attend to you can do so while keeping up with the game as well. Even though I like really long games, this game is short in a good way. But the first time you play it , it will probably take more than 10 hours to beat, at least. If you get all the heart containers it will take even more. There isn't a lot of text in this game either, there's talking sequences but they usually end pretty quick...All in all this game is classic, and if you haven't played it-that's your mistake. Playing this game and hearing it's music after years really brings back those great childhood memories. Even to this day this game looks better to me than most new games. It just has that aura. I highly recommend this to any one into adventure games or RPGs that has a taste for the classics, or anyone who likes SNES or NES games.

A classic game that anyone can pick up and play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In June 1995, two of my dad's work friends took me out to dinner. We had Little Caesars pizza. That wasn't the only cool thing to happen that night. I also was allowed to pick out a present. Nothing too expensive, just a little something to keep me entertained. We walked to a video store that was ready to go out of business. They had some WWF wrestling videos (back then it was called WWF, not WWE like today), and I was about to buy a video because the prices were cheap and I was a big wrestling fan at the time. But then I noticed a nearly-empty shelf to the left of the wrestling tapes where The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past was sitting.

It wasn't in the best condition. The cardboard box was in fine shape, but the instruction booklet was all screwed up. Looked like a dog went crazy on it. All the pages in the booklet were there, the print was certainly readable, I could turn the pages okay, but certain pages were crinkled. In fact the front page of the instruction booklet was so crinkled it was as soft as toilet paper! The price of the game was reasonable, and the game cartridge was in pretty good condition. So I asked my dad's friends for the Zelda game and they bought it for me.

But I made a mistake. A few days later my cousin came to my house. I was thinking about hiding it because I knew my cousin was a big Zelda fan and was extremely eager to play the one and only Zelda game on the Super NES. I wanted to play through the game and THEN let him borrow it. I thought about it for a few minutes but decided not to hide it. If I had done that, I would've felt guilty about it after he walked out the door. He's my cousin, and I love him, and we get along great. So I just couldn't do it.

So I prepared myself for what was to come... my cousin begging me "please PLEASE let me borrow it! PLEEEEEEEEEASE!!!" I gave in and let him borrow it. He borrowed it for a couple weeks and beat the game before I hardly even had the chance to play it. But I'm glad he enjoyed it, because his enthusiasm over the game got me more excited to play it, when he returned it.

I've since lost the game and don't know for sure what happened to it. I think I gave it away to a high school friend in 1998. I figured "I'm done with the game. I don't need to play it anymore. Time to move on to other things".

Stupid me and my big wrong mind!

I plan on buying it again because lately I've been having severe urges to play it. You know the urges are getting stronger when you begin dreaming about it!

Even though I had a lot of fun playing The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past in the mid-90's, and probably went through the quest at least 30 times, I don't think I appreciated the game as much as I should have. I don't think I realized back in 1995 that I was playing a classic Nintendo game. I didn't realize Zelda: Link to the Past has a perfect balance of RPG, action, and adventure, and not many games can successfully pull off such a daring idea. I should have known that if anybody could do it, it'd be Nintendo.

It's a very colorful game. I think the colors help make the graphics look better. I wouldn't say the graphics are bad, though. I don't think Nintendo could have improved on the graphics because this IS an early 90's game after all, and Nintendo was in the beginning stages of finding out what the Super Nintendo could do. Nintendo found out the Super NES could do much more and go much further than originally expected when Star Fox and Donkey Kong Country were created.

I don't think Zelda: Link to the Past is a very challenging game, except in certain places, but it does have its fair share of tricky moments. I guarantee you will beat it eventually though, and it's much easier than the original Legend of Zelda on the NES. As for the music, everything sounds very clear and ahead of its time. The music plays in all the appropriate places too. The dark places have quiet, spooky music. The music in the lighter, happier areas of the land give off an energetic and confident feeling, making it feel like Link is on top of the world and nothing can go wrong. Expect to hear mellow themes which might bring you to tears. I'll have a tissue box waiting for you in case it happens! Supposedly the guy who created the music in this game is a master of coming up with incredibly fitting orchestral themes. And I believe that to be true.

You probably won't need any kind of strategy guide. I didn't need one, except to look up information for a couple heart pieces I was having trouble finding (even though it's not necessary to find all the heart pieces). I also needed help reaching the third castle in the Dark World (which IS necessary to completing the game). But that's it. And I didn't have the internet in the mid-90's, so I had to ask friends for help.

Not many weapons and items are hidden in crazy locations (except the flute maybe, but it's not that difficult to find). So you won't often be looking at your TV screen with a confused look on your face wondering where something is, because most of the time you just have to walk around talking to people and experimenting with your weapons and items and eventually you will find what you need to progress further into the quest. So if you come across something unusual and don't know the purpose of it, try some of your items on it to see if anything happens.

Excellent game in every way, and hopefully when I buy it again I'll be able to appreciate all the time and energy that went into making it. You can count on wasting many hours playing through this exciting adventure.

An instant classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Zelda LTP is one of the best games ever made. The plot is superb in every way. The level desighn is off the chart. This game truly deserves some credit. I was so addictive to this game when I first got it which was round 1996. The Game was simply a masterpiece. The controls for the snes was good I really had fun with it acctually.

If you're looking for a classic to find and buy Go and buy this...Trust me this is a classic...The game doesn't cotst much either.

Overall
Gameplay 5/5

story 5/5
Graphics ...mmm well it is a pretty old game I still give it a 5/5..

Later..

Wow!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is just an incredible game. There's no way to put it. Just brilliant!

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