The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Welcome to the Legend of Zelda. Where the only sound you'll hear is your own heart pounding as you race through forests, lakes, mountains and dungeonous mazes in an attempt to restore peace to the land of Hyrule. Along the way you'll be challenged by Tektites, Wizzrobes and an endless array of ruthless creatures who'll stop at nothing to prevent you from finding the lost fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom.
Game Information
Genre: Adventure
Platforms: Switch, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Advance, Wii, NES
Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
AKAs: 塞尔达传说系列 (Show all 4)
- ゼルダの伝説
- 젤다의 전설
- Zelda no Densetsu
Developers: Nintendo, Nintendo EAD
Publishers: Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Nintendo of Europe, Playtronic Industrial
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The Legend of Zelda belongs to 4 collections
1. 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die (book) (collaborative: moderated by Veterini - 11 stars)
2. Wikipedia's List of Video Games Considered the Best (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 2 stars)
3. Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online (collaborative: moderated by howabe - 1 star)
4. Retro-sanctuary : The 100 Best NES Games (collaborative: moderated by Veterini)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Jan 24 | Bobbles | 73 50th |
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Mostly a fun game, but the save system needs work (a common problem with NES games) and the final dungeons are just too trolly and annoying.
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| May 05, 2022 |  |
walkearth | 70 40th |
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Played it in circa 2009. Still good fun.
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| Feb 06, 2021 |  |
BeeDub | 92 86th |
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When I was 8, my best friend and I had a sleepover. That night, when we were alone, he pulled something out that I'd never seen before and it blew my mind. That's right... this game.
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| Dec 31, 2020 |  |
nilkynarfy | 85 61st |
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Only liked it a little when I was a kid. Didn't beat it until high school. Don't crucify me for this one. Searching for secrets was a chore if you weren't part of the Zelda in-crowd.
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| Jun 09, 2020 | oaic | 75 48th |
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Extremely good even though it's brutally difficult. It's a while before you even find out there's a story. "Just go out in nature and explore" is really fun and I'm surprised more games don't do it. You're supposed to play it with the map in the instruction manual!!
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| Oct 21, 2019 |  |
Antonio P | 60 63rd |
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The most over hyped game that is a well established series. I don't get what the appeal is for these games. Will play this in the future with a original map. This way I can boost my rating up.
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| Sep 23, 2019 | BadFurDay | 5 47th |
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Not bad for back in the day, ahead of its time, but I sucked at it so didn't like it much LOL
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| Oct 25, 2018 | vv238 | 86 93rd |
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Despite the very simple and stripped-down nature of this game, The Legend of Zelda manages to create a sense of adventure and weave tension through exploration unlike any game before it and only a few games since have matched it.
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| May 06, 2018 |  |
maddog | 93 97th |
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There aren't many games that you still want to pick up and play through decades after release, but Zelda is one. Old school players who really tackled this game know the map, know the secrets, but still, there's something satisfying to going to Death Mountain and doing it all over again.
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| Apr 11, 2018 | mwestcott | 75 20th |
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As the original, obviously the graphic quality suffers to modern eyes. And the game doesn't do to much to explain itself. It offers a true and real challenge for those willing to be patient.
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| Apr 06, 2018 |  |
Heliophage | 80 73rd |
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It may not be the Zelda most people would like to play now, but it's the Zelda that helped crystalize the action-adventure genre and made way for the Zeldas of today. Though, even back in the day, having a nicely-printed official guide was an integral part of really enjoying the exploration in games like this.
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| Mar 05, 2018 |  |
future42 | 3 31st |
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Not super fun nowadays
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| Feb 04, 2018 |  |
Mentaculus | 81 76th |
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There's joy to be had in the exploration of the "world grid" of Hyrule here. Yet I doubt anyone sincerely has the patience to set fire to every tree and bomb every rock icon - let's remind ourselves, not to find Hyrule's secrets, but to just progress through the game. So, a revolutionary save system was invented, and to hold interest, music so iconic we're still creating orchestral versions.
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| Feb 03, 2018 |  |
RedShift338 | 76 84th |
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Great game.
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| Jan 28, 2018 |  |
Ytadel | 7 82nd |
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I have to balance nostalgia and how much I love its many sequels with how frustrating it can actually be to play. Certainly no player could ever seriously spend the dozens of hours trying to burn every bush in the map it would take to beat it guide-free these days. But still it's iconic simple Zelda and still fun to walk around and battle some monsters and do a dungeon or two to this day.
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| Jan 26, 2018 |  |
martryn | 80 67th |
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I was so fucking psyched when I got this game as a kid. I remember my brother got a copy of World Cup Soccer, and I got this, and shit, man, that was a good Christmas.
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| Jan 18, 2018 |  |
Velvet Crowe | 73 65th |
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Really hated how overly cryptic puzzles could be and I'm a lazy asshole who can't be bothered to draw maps, but the original Zelda's combat is solid. Enemies and bosses are very basic but they're elevated by a lot of disparate movement wherein the varieties of enemies actually cover each others movements preventing the encounter design from becoming overly stale. Otherwise, I don't really think the combat mechanics are horribly interesting nor do I care much for its world, but this isn't bad.
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| Jan 15, 2018 |  |
hellboy76 | 77 55th |
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While I do think it's overrated it's still a highlight on the NES.
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| Jan 14, 2018 |  |
BillyShears | 70 54th |
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Take this you'll need it. *Hands you a nintendo power player's guide* "WUSS. "
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| Jan 13, 2018 |  |
Ocelot | 50 41st |
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of its time.
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| Average Percentile 52.48% from 221 Ratings |  |