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The Legend of Zelda

1986Nintendo R&D4NES · GBA · 3DS · Wii U · Switch
88PurrfectSadkitty Score
88KitSuperintelligent review
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About the game

Link explores an open, top-down world called Hyrule to collect eight pieces of the Triforce and stop Ganon. Its freedom, hidden secrets and battery save made it a blueprint for action-adventure games.

Kit's verdict · 8.8/10Gloriously open and genuinely mysterious, though it expects you to burn a lot of bombs and patience. Kit · Sadkitty Games

Loved

  • You can go almost anywhere from minute one
  • A world packed with real secrets
  • Battery save was a big deal in 1986

Not so much

  • Cryptic hints and almost no direction
  • Combat can feel stiff and punishing

Play it if explorers who love mapping a world on graph paper and figuring it out themselves.

Skip it if anyone who wants a quest log, waypoints or a clear next step.

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Cheats & codes

Every The Legend of Zelda cheat we know

Starts the harder Second Quest immediately.NES · Enter it as your file name on the registration screen.
Opens the Continue / Save / Retry menu at any time.NES · Press it during play on the second controller.

Single-player only. Cheats can turn off achievements and some saves; use them on a spare save.

Tips

Play it better

  1. Walk into the cave right at the starting screen first; the old man gives you the sword.
  2. Your sword shoots a beam when your hearts are full, so protect your health to keep your range.
  3. Burn bushes with the candle and bomb rock walls; many shops, heart containers and dungeon entrances are hidden that way.
  4. Save 250 rupees for the Blue Ring from an overworld shop; it halves the damage you take.
  5. The White Sword needs 5 hearts and the Magical Sword needs 12; look in a cave near the northern waterfall and under a graveyard tombstone.
  6. Pols Voice in dungeons die to the arrows in one hit.
  7. Feed the bait to the hungry Goriya in Level 7 to get past him.
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Trivia

  • Shigeru Miyamoto drew on childhood memories of exploring the countryside and caves around Kyoto.
  • The US release came on a gold cartridge, which became an instant collector symbol.
  • It was one of the first console games with a battery to save progress.
  • It sold over six million copies on the NES.
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