The Legend of Zelda
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| + | The Legend of Zelda was one of the flagship titles for the NES in the late 1980s. It established the Zelda series that continues today and created the Action/Adventure subgenre of games. | ||
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| + | ''Zelda'' is played from a top-down perspective. The player controls Link, the protagonist, and has command of an array of weapons obtained throughout the game. These weapons include a sword, boomerang, bow, candle, bombs, magic rod, and spellbook. After traversing the nine dungeons, Link must defeat the evil Ganon and save Princess Zelda. | ||
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| + | == Trivia == | ||
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| + | Although it was the first game released, most timeline theories place LoZ toward the end of the Zelda history, as ALttP and OoT were meant to be its prequels. | ||
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Producer | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Director(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka |
| Release date | Famicom(JP): February 21st, 1986 NES(US): July, 1987 NES(EUR): November 15th, 1987 Collector's Edition GC(JP): March 18th, 2004 GC(EUR): November 17th, 2003 Classic NES series GBA (JP): February 14th, 2004 GBA(EUR): June 7th, 2004 |
| Genre | Action Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E (GBA Version) |
| Platform(s) | Famicom, NES, Gameboy Advance, Gamecube |
The Legend of Zelda was one of the flagship titles for the NES in the late 1980s. It established the Zelda series that continues today and created the Action/Adventure subgenre of games.
[edit] Gameplay
Zelda is played from a top-down perspective. The player controls Link, the protagonist, and has command of an array of weapons obtained throughout the game. These weapons include a sword, boomerang, bow, candle, bombs, magic rod, and spellbook. After traversing the nine dungeons, Link must defeat the evil Ganon and save Princess Zelda.
[edit] Trivia
Although it was the first game released, most timeline theories place LoZ toward the end of the Zelda history, as ALttP and OoT were meant to be its prequels.
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