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Legend of Zelda

"Spectacle Rock is view to death"

By: Zelda's Fox

This was the very beginning of home entertainment, before all of that Sony Playstation and Microsoft X-Box crap dared rear their ugly heads. It was a time where you either owned an Atari or a Nintendo. You and your friends were buzzing all about how to defeat level 5-6 in Super Mario Bros.

It was the time of the first Legend of Zelda.

Now, Zelda games have advanced rapidly over the years, spinning different tales into the game to tell the story in unusual fashions. The first Zelda game was this: Find the 8 broken pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom and save Zelda from the clutches of the evil Gannon. No running around with your stupid orcarnia, no talking to a dude who sold masks, no talking to asinine Gorons. Just hack and go.

Some people would find this boring compared to today's entertainment, but I think it really is the best of all the Zelda games. You had a large amount of weapons, no mini-games ('cept the one where the old man taught poor, naive Link how to gamble), and thankfully, no side-quests. The mazes and the monsters in the Labyrinths of Hyrule are also heavy thinker puzzles, as some monsters took away your usage of your sword permanitly!! Plus your tunes were kind of cool, although it got a little monotonous after a while.

What did they look like? Link looked like a fat little hobbit dude (go read J.R.R. Tolkien or something), Zelda was a blondish chick in a red dress, and Gannon was a bluish pig. Yippee. So much for original character design. You also met an old dude and a old lady who said stuff like, "Pay me money and I'll talk.", "Let's play money-making game.", "Leave money or your life here", "Eastmost peninsula holds a key." That kind of stuff. Plus the shopkeepers acted like they were constipated or something. "Buy something, will ya!!?!?!?!?"

All in all, the first Zelda game is a classic for more than 1 reason. This is probably a good start for beginning RPG explorers, but more advanced players may want to pass this up.

Ratings:

Sound: 1/5-3 noises just doesn't cut it.

Visual: 4/5-Looked WAY better than Super Mario Bros.

Music: 4/5- Nice, but it could have had more music.

Time to play: 4-5 hours

Scoring: 3.25/5- Okay, but you can find better.