Game

The Legend of Zelda

1986 · Family Computer Disk System · Nintendo 3DS · Wii · Family Computer · Wii U · Nintendo Entertainment System · Adventure

81IGDB player score
737 ratings

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An 81 average from 737 ratings. Does what it sets out to do, no more and no less. Adventure in the classic sense, from Nintendo: fantasy, open world, forward momentum, and places worth seeing. No multiplayer, no problem — the campaign carries the whole thing.

About this game

The Legend of Zelda is the first title in the Zelda series, it has marked the history of video games particularly for it's game mechanics and universe. The player controls Link and must make his way through the forests, graveyards, plains and deserts of the Otherworld to find the secret entrances to the eight dungeons and try to restore the broken Triforce. Among the game's mechanics, it was the first time we saw a continuous world that could be freely explored, power-ups that permanently enhanced the main character's abilities and a battery save feature that allowed players to keep their progress instead of having to start over. The gameplay balanced action sequences with discovery, secrets and exploration.

In one of the darkest times in the Kingdom of Hyrule, a young boy named Link takes on an epic quest to restore the fragmented Triforce of Wisdom and save the Princess Zelda from the clutches of the evil Ganon.