The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda
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The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda

1986
Adventure
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.

Franchise:

The Legend of Zelda

Genre:

Adventure

Developers:

Nintendo, Nintendo EAD

AKAs:

Zelda no Densetsu, ゼルダの伝説, 塞尔达传说系列, 젤다의 전설

The Legend of Zelda

1986
Adventure
Your probable score
Avg Percentile 52.79% from 224 total ratings

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Rated 06 Feb 2021
92
84th
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.
Rated 04 Feb 2018
81
76th
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.
Rated 28 Jan 2018
7
82nd
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.
Rated 14 Jan 2018
70
54th
Take this you'll need it. *Hands you a nintendo power player's guide* "WUSS. "
Rated 24 Jan 2023
73
52nd
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.
Rated 05 May 2022
70
54th
Played it in circa 2009. Still good fun. /completed
Rated 31 Dec 2020
85
63rd
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.
Rated 09 Jun 2020
75
51st
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!!
Rated 21 Oct 2019
60
63rd
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.
Rated 23 Sep 2019
5
47th
Not bad for back in the day, ahead of its time, but I sucked at it so didn't like it much LOL
Rated 25 Oct 2018
86
93rd
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.
Rated 06 May 2018
93
98th
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.
Rated 11 Apr 2018
75
20th
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.
Rated 06 Apr 2018
80
76th
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.
Rated 05 Mar 2018
3
31st
Not super fun nowadays
Rated 03 Feb 2018
76
84th
Great game.
Rated 26 Jan 2018
80
67th
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.
Rated 18 Jan 2018
73
65th
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.
Rated 15 Jan 2018
77
55th
While I do think it's overrated it's still a highlight on the NES.
Rated 13 Jan 2018
50
41st
of its time.

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Franchise:

The Legend of Zelda

Genre:

Adventure

Developers:

Nintendo, Nintendo EAD

AKAs:

Zelda no Densetsu, ゼルダの伝説, 塞尔达传说系列, 젤다의 전설

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