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cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I don't even have this game because it was sold out. But I heard it was pretty cool. Plus, i'm the first reviewer of this product. I would get it if it wasn't sold out since i have ervery other Zelda game except for the new ones.

Zelda

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have this game, but I've never played it because I got it when I was really little, and about five or six years ago my Nintendo broke. :( So, I really don't know what I should rate it. I don't really know much about the game, except what I've heard about it either.

The one that started it all...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Yeah, this one is very old, but I'm surprised to see that only two people reviewed it and that they didn't even have it. I'm old and I have it, and you should go try to find a copy. It's very dated and doesn't hold up to today's game graphics, but man! This game was amazing when it came out. It's also pretty tough, and when you beat it, you get to play a second quest, which looks pretty much like the first one, only it's about five times harder than the first one! Get this one for a challenge. Or just get the new game boy oracle of seasons and ages. Those are the best zelda games of all time.

One of the Best NES games ... and most likely the best Zelda

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game was the original Zelda, it has the old 8 bit graphics but the game play still holds up for hours of fun and puzzle solving. Just think about it if this game never made it big, you wouldn't have the new ones !

Oh the joy that was the Legend of Zelda

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Yes I would have to agree with the one person's review of this game, it's the game that started it all. I have not played the original Zelda in probably a few years now, but it still holds fond memories for me. While the graphics are not even close to today's standards, the game is great.

Without The Legend of Zelda, who knows what are video game world would be. I thank Nintendo for making probably one of the greatest games of all time (but that's only my opinion). I believe I was around 13 when I got the Legend of Zelda, and I would play it now if I had it. Oh the fun it was to play that game. The music, burned in your memory forever. For it's day, Zelda was the game. If you have never played the original, I think you are missing out on an event. Because without that one, you wouldn't have Ocarina of Time or any of the new ones. I am not sure if I can convey on this what a great game Zelda was to me. For it's day it was incredible.

The Start of A Legend. . .

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

By far, this zelda is the best, w/ out it i wouldn't own any other nintendo systems, this game is full of adveture and puzzles and a ton of optional quests! w/ 9 castles, bosses and a second quest, this game will leave memorys in your mind forever.

The start of a legend

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

For me this is the game started it all.I beat this game when I has little(about6).Every time think about it brings back good nentendo thoughts:)My system still works and I play it to bring back those good times.It is a great game and will stay with you for a long time. I've been a Zelda fan ever since.

One of the greatest and most influential games ever released

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 46 / 46
Date: June 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Released in the Stone Age of Video Games, this game stands as one of the most influential games ever released. Nintendo players quickly sent the message to Nintendo by making this one of the most played games released on the old NES, with this release staying in the top ten games as voted by Nintendo Power readers for several years. It would become the blueprint for RPG games, and its influence can be felt even now in the current game scene. Others would take this and see what they could do with it, and because of this game the RPG became an established genre, although this will always be the game that started it and stands at the beginning, casting a very long shadow over its descendants. But don't be mistaken, this RPG has some things that are very unlike its genre. Levels are not built up (this would be the next installment), and magic and that were not big concerns. Hearts were used instead of experience. But these would be incorporated in the other release, so even then Zelda has its hands on that as well.

So what is it about this game that so captured the imagination and the dollar of the average gamer? Well, one was the incredible depth of adventure that just permeated the entire thing. Released during a time when most games were side-scrollers, this set you in a world where you could explore and find items. There is the now standard item list, where you obtain items and use them to interact with the world about you. There are hidden dungeons that you must find, and you can burn bushes and push rocks, etc. It radically opened the power of the NES console up, and the gaming world would never be the same after this game.

To give a personal history, my brother and I got a Nintendo when it came out, playing all the standard games but somehow missing this one. Although I played it, it was only in 1999 that I sat down and, for the first time in my life, played through the entire game. It was amazing. We had got the Super NES counterpart when it came out in 1991, so I knew that by heart. This was just as great, although I still think the Super NES instatement, THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST, is the best overall though I have not yet played the two new Gameboy releases. I'm sure they'll be great.

By today's standards, the graphics are absolutely terrible, and by the standards of the day, they were only average. But this proves only one thing: playability comes over a sleek looking graphical interface. And this game has that. Indeed, even now people call in asking Nintendo tips on this game. Considering the NES has been dead for several years that is something indeed. Of all things, this game desperately needs to be released on the Gameboy, packaged with the sequel ZELDA II: THE ADVENTURES OF LINK.

As far as story goes, it is nowhere near as complicated as the games that came after it. Essentially, Princess Zelda has been kidnapped and Link must regain the 8 pieces of Triforce to gain entrance to the ninth dungeon for the final showdown. Musically, there are only three tracks, one for the Overworld (the now famous Overworld Theme, commonly called the Legend of Zelda Theme, which this game's N64's counterpart has been criticized for ostracizing, the dungeon theme, and the ninth dungeon theme.) After he beats Gannon the first time, a second quest opens up, meaning yet a whole other adventure. The difficulty rating is greatly increased. I personally think they should have down this with SUPER MARIO BROTHERS II, the Japanese version, now known in the States as THE LOST LEVELS. It corresponds in difficulty to a second quest. But that is neither here or there. The great disappointment is that no one else took this to heart, and this is one feature that has not been a major influence on the RPG genre. The second quest so enriched the game, giving the gamer more for his/her dollar, and I wish they'd do second quests more.

As far as games go, THE LEGEND OF ZELDA's influence cannot be overestimated. Truly one of the giants of the Gaming Universe. This and SMB 3 are the best NES games by far. Lets hope they re-release it soon!

Where is this game now????

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

i remember when the nes system first came out and i saw the legend of zelda game at kb toys for 60 dollars. how funny to think that a game with such limited graphics was 60 bucks back then! anyway, this game is the reason for my nintendo obsession that started way back when and continues today. i have to agree with the previous reviewer in really hoping this and zelda II are released on the game boy advance system.

The legend is born

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Wow is this one incredible game! Of course its for regular Nintendo, the graphics are the poorest graphics since pong, but the challenge makes up for it. Zeldra introduced not a game, but an entire world to video game audiences as you the hero Link, must gather nine pieces of a statue, called the tri-force and then save princess Zelda in the biggest challenge against the evil Gannon! Each of the nine pieces of the tri-force is in nine palaces scattered across the world of Hyrule. This is also the first game to add more playability to it with a second quest, where everything is changed around and there are even new monsters in the second quest.

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