Tag: Zelda

A Link to the Past

Publisher: Nintendo

Designer/Director: Takashi Tezuka

Type: Roleplaying Game

Platform: Super Nintendo

Release: 1991

Rating:

I played this game years ago, right through to the end. It surprised me somewhat because I never expected to find a full-blown roleplaying game on a console machine, namely because from my experience (at least back when I was playing it) there was no way to save the game, especially after you turned the machine off. Well, it turned out that you can, and it also turns out that this game is pretty massive.

As I mentioned, it has been ages since I played this game, and played it right through to the end, but I can say that I thought it was amazing. The game uses a top-down perspective, and it is also pretty cool the number of things you can do in the game with that simple SNES controller. In fact, one of the fun things to do was to pick up the bushes and throw them (though that generally just annoyed people).

You start off in a hut, and your hut mate (brother, uncle, I don’t know) runs off in a hurry and tells you not to leave. Well, being the obedient person that you happen to be, you just hang around the hut and leave it at that. No, not quite, you ignore the command and run out to see what is going on, especially since you have this person screaming for help, through some psychic connection or something like this (yes, it is a fantasy Roleplaying Game as well).

I thoroughly enjoyed this game when I played it, though I should point out that it is pretty huge, and it will no doubt keep you occupied for hours. However, as a game, it is pretty awesome.

Not surprising, for such a popular and well known game, there is a Wikipedia article on it. Actually, there is a wiki page completely dedicated to the Zelda legacy (whom I discovered is the name of the princess). Oh, and if you happen to get stuck, like with a lot of these types of games, there are plenty of walkthroughs.