This is the game that really got me started with Nintendo. I've played many other games on different systems, but nothing this in depth. Also, this was one of the first games that I had ever played with a battery back up in it to save your game (It still works almost 20 years later). The game itself is complex enough for an early 8-bit system, with fairly decent graphics for the era.
The story line is concise. The game play is fairly simple, yet it can still be a challenge with the different weapons one can use throughout the game.
The replay value is by far one of the highest, since there is the second quest one can go through after completing the first one ( or by entering Zelda as your name).
By far one of the best NES games to ever come out.

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I'm just gonna go ahead and say it.
This is my fall time favorite game. Bar none, hands down, The Legend of Zelda is what every game should be.

If you were old enough when it came out, you know how impossible it was to find this game in stores. That coupled with the rarity of the NES system itself, made this an almost legendary holy grail of video games.

Eventually though, most everyone in the world got to play Zelda and the franchise sky rocketed through video game infamy.

You play Link, a young boy lost in a world he knows next to nothing about. That will change...
The evil wizard Ganon has taken the Princess Zelda hostage and Link must find and collect the 8 pieces of the Triforce to help him destroy Ganon. Which means the player finds his or herself fighting through 8 different stages and fight 8 different bosses to collect the Triforce pieces. Along the way Link will upgrade his shield, his "Ring" which indicates defensive capabilities, and will have his health increased periodically by finding secrets, or beating bosses.

If you've never played this game, bonk yourself in the head 14-25 times then find a friend with a working NES if you yourself do not have one, and PLAY THIS GAME!

It's a 101 class for the true gamers of the world.

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Simply the best RPG on the NES.

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classic game

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This is as close as games get to being flawless. The original Legend of Zelda is an excellent adventure game whose system works so well, Nintendo changed it very little when they made A Link to the Past for the Super Nintendo and have retained many of its elements all the way up to Twilight Princess.
Link gains strength and new items by progressing through increasingly difficult dungeons, bringing an RPG feel to the game without a complicated set of rules to increase the learning curve. Graphics and sound are excellent for the time and then some-- again, some of the music is still used in today's Zelda games. To top it all off, gamers can undertake a second, more difficult version of the game upon completing the first quest. It's an excellent game, through and through.

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I love this game, it really started open world game play being able to explore the whole world right from the beginning was so much fun and trying to find all the hidden caves or dungeons rocked.

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