The Legend of Zelda (video game)
- Nintendo R & D4
- SRD (programming)
- Shigeru Miyamoto ( Producer, Director )
- Takashi Tezuka (director, designer)
- Koji Kondo (Composer)
The Legend of Zelda (Japaneseゼルダの伝説, Zeruda no densetsu, literally: The Legend of Zelda, Hyrule also THE FANTASYゼルダの伝説, The Hyrule Fantasy: Zeruda no densetsu ) is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the first part of the- Legend -of- Zelda series. It was published in 1986 in Japan and 1987 in the rest of distribution space. Unusual is the golden color of the game module. It was re-released on a collection of games for the Nintendo GameCube, 2004 for the GBA and in 2007 for the Virtual Console in 2003. The game sold approximately 6.5 million copies.
Action
Ganon - formerly written Gannon - Prince of Darkness, penetrates into the Kingdom of Hyrule and steals the Triforce fragment of the force. To prevent Ganon can win another fragment and thus continue to gain power, breaks Princess Zelda the Triforce fragment of Wisdom into eight pieces and distributes them all over the country before imprisoning Ganon in a dungeon. Young Link must find all eight Triforce pieces and combine in order to free the princess with his power.
Game mechanics
Armed with a sword and shield to link moves in a world above, the player sees a bird's eye perspective. This is divided into 128 equal-sized cells each fill the whole screen. Exits the character to the screen, the picture changes in the adjacent cell. From this upper world of link passes through some hidden inputs in different mazes ( dungeons ). A striking feature of the game is to find (usually in labyrinths ) and use of equipment which can be used to interact with the environment. For example, it is possible to create alternative paths with bombs in the labyrinths, with a ladder to cross rivers or burn bushes with a torch. Each of the dungeons down to the final nine includes one of the eight Triforceteile, however, are protected by a respective individual bosses.
Innovations
The Legend of Zelda was the first video game outside of Japan, which had a battery in the game cartridge ( the very first game was Dragon Slayer Cassette for the Supervision of Epoch ). This at a video game console, it was the first time possible to save Scores permanently. For the first time non-linear gameplay was made possible by the open world. The Legend of Zelda was the first NES game with an inventory system in which players could choose different items to solve these puzzles.
The music of The Legend of Zelda has been used in many later parts of the series.
BS Zelda
In August 1995, Nintendo released in Japan a revised version of the original Legend of Zelda in 1986. Was aired as a series on satellite television, and was using the modem Satellaview be played on the Japanese SNES (Super Famicom ). The graphics and the sound effects were thereby generated by the console, while the background music and the voice of the narrator were recorded via satellite. Each week a different maze was accessed and the player had only one hour to defeat him. Matching the description and the instructions of the narrator also special events are triggered, eg then appeared on various bonus items, or the player was temporarily invulnerable. This first series was aired by the end of the year or early 1996, followed in April 1997, under the title Legend of Zelda - Kodai no Sekiban a continuation of that on the third part ( The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ) based. Both series were later also repeated 2 to 3 times.
New releases
On September 1, 2011 The Legend of Zelda was released as part of the so-called ambassadors program for the 3DS, where it can be downloaded through the eShop. Through the Ambassador Program Nintendo 3DS first-time buyers offered 20 free games, including ten for the NES and ten Game Boy Advance. This Nintendo responded to the sharp price reduction in the 3DS, which took place on August 12.