The Legend of Zelda 1986
- Released
- February 21, 1986
- Anniversary
- Turned 40 on February 21
- Genre
- Adventure
- Platforms
- Family Computer Disk System · Nintendo 3DS · Wii · Family Computer · Wii U · Nintendo Entertainment System
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D4
Where to buy
- Physical
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Did you know?
A whole second set of dungeons shipped on the cartridge, harder and laid out differently, and you did not have to finish the game to see it. Naming your save file ZELDA opened it straight away.
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Is it still worth playing?
Nintendo's 1986 action adventure for the Family Computer Disk System, the first Legend of Zelda game, set in the fantasy land of Hyrule. Link aims to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom to rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon. You control him from a flip screen overhead perspective as he travels the overworld, a large outdoor map with various environments, and explores dungeons. He begins equipped only with a small shield, but an old man in a cave gives him a sword. Along the way he finds items that increase his abilities, such as heart containers that raise his life meter, mainly in caves scattered across the land, some hidden beneath rocks, trees and waterfalls. Dungeons are mazelike layouts of rooms joined by doors and secret passages. Even now, a world with secrets hidden under rocks and trees rewards looking at everything.
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