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Currently replaying Legend of Zelda - NES, pretty tough game
Posted on 8/26/15 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 8/26/15 at 3:21 pm
This game is freaking tough. I remember a lot of the stuff from back then, but how in the hell did young kids make it through this entire game back then.
I don't necessarily mean tough as in the bosses and enemies are hard to defeat. But there's so many secrets and hidden things, I don't know how kids did it back then with no assistance.
I remember I had a little book with game walkthroughs and stuff that included Zelda. It was just a little paperback with no pictures or anything. I don't even know if I completed the full game back then.
I don't necessarily mean tough as in the bosses and enemies are hard to defeat. But there's so many secrets and hidden things, I don't know how kids did it back then with no assistance.
I remember I had a little book with game walkthroughs and stuff that included Zelda. It was just a little paperback with no pictures or anything. I don't even know if I completed the full game back then.
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Posted on 8/26/15 at 3:25 pm to Chair
You know there are walkthroughs online right
Posted on 8/26/15 at 3:49 pm to Chair
Once you beat it, you can start the game all over from the beginning...and everything is located in a different place. I liked this version of the game too 
Posted on 8/26/15 at 3:52 pm to Chair
one of the GOAT.
I think the 8th temple is the hardest.
I think the 8th temple is the hardest.
This post was edited on 8/26/15 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 8/26/15 at 3:55 pm to Chair
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but how in the hell did young kids make it through this entire game back then.
My younger brother-in-law just didn't do anything else. School, eat, sleep, Zelda.
He was incredible though. That was when I first realized I was "getting old" (I was 20
)Posted on 8/26/15 at 3:55 pm to geauxtigers87
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You know there are walkthroughs online right
I know. I'm using one. But as a 10 year old kid with no guide?!?!?
Posted on 8/26/15 at 4:04 pm to Chair
I beat Mortal Kombat at like age 7. Pretty sure I can't do that today.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 4:58 pm to Chair
My 5 year old son and I are playing through this right now (with a guide). Just beat the 5th dungeon. Still a lot of fun but definitely a game full of trial and error unless you have some sort of walkthrough.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 5:12 pm to Chair
quote:The genre was named Action-Adventure for a reason... it's an adventure to go exploring Hyrule and look for secrets. We also had three or four kids (ages 4ish to 9ish) in the room at the same time those afternoons in 1986, so we brainstormed as a group to try and solve puzzles and decipher clues. Finally, the game gave you a partial map, and there were hints in the Nintendo Fun Club (later Nintendo Power).
as a 10 year old kid with no guide?
I miss my childhood.
This post was edited on 8/26/15 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 8/26/15 at 7:10 pm to Chair
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know. I'm using one. But as a 10 year old kid with no guide?!?!?
Once you play these games enough you memorize where everything is. Kids are good at remembering stuff like that. I think I still remember most of it actually.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 7:12 pm to Chair
There is a reason they sold Nintendo power with walkthroughs
Posted on 8/26/15 at 9:13 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Once you play these games enough you memorize where everything is.
But that's the thing. you can't remember stuff if you have no idea where it is to begin with. Like some of these crucial levels are only accessible by burning random arse bushes. I just can't see it being done by children.
Although the guy above said it was him and 3 or 4 friends playing the game. I guess four sets of eyes could help out some.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 9:14 pm to Mr Gardoki
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There is a reason they sold Nintendo power with walkthroughs
What is this?
Posted on 8/26/15 at 9:21 pm to Chair
You seriously never heard of Nintendo Power?
Posted on 8/26/15 at 9:22 pm to Brosef Stalin
Well, that's why I asked.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 9:40 pm to Chair
It was Nintendo's official magazine
they put out a few strategy guides too
they put out a few strategy guides too
Posted on 8/26/15 at 9:57 pm to Chair
Were you born yet when the original Legend of Zelda was released? I really think kids beat these types of games back then because we didn't have much of a choice. My mom would buy me a game and then I'd play it, get frustrated / stuck and quit. An hour would pass and I'd say, "Well, I guess I'll give it another go. I have nothing else to play."
We had less options. I had other games, of course, but I had usually already mastered those before getting the most recent one. Information about what to do and where to go was spread through schoolyard gossip and, as Mr. Gardoki mentioned, video game magazines like Nintendo Power. There was no wide spread Internet, obviously, so you had no other choice.
Most games don't create that type of discussion or community any more because every game has a "Let's Play" on Youtube or it just flat out tells you everything you need to do before you do it by conveniently marking your objective on a mini-map. I think the ambiguity of games like Fez and the D. Souls series is an attempt to recreate that feeling of community and discovery that's largely missing from modern games.
We had less options. I had other games, of course, but I had usually already mastered those before getting the most recent one. Information about what to do and where to go was spread through schoolyard gossip and, as Mr. Gardoki mentioned, video game magazines like Nintendo Power. There was no wide spread Internet, obviously, so you had no other choice.
Most games don't create that type of discussion or community any more because every game has a "Let's Play" on Youtube or it just flat out tells you everything you need to do before you do it by conveniently marking your objective on a mini-map. I think the ambiguity of games like Fez and the D. Souls series is an attempt to recreate that feeling of community and discovery that's largely missing from modern games.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:48 pm to DieDaily
Nintendo Power was such a great magazine.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 11:28 pm to DieDaily
quote:My aunt gave me Zelda as a xmas gift. It was the gold cartridge game. I don't know if that's when it came out, but I'm assuming it was close to the time. I was probably 6 or 7.
Were you born yet when the original Legend of Zelda was released?
quote:No, I definitely know what you mean. I sat there for hours trying to beat Mega Man 3. I can remember waking up early on Saturday mornings and trying to be quiet when I lost because my parents were sleeping. Just kept grinding.
I really think kids beat these types of games back then because we didn't have much of a choice.
But that was "do this, beat this guy, move on."
Zelda, you didn't really know where to go. Like, no matter how frustrated you were, how would you know to burn that bush to get to the last dungeon. There wasn't even any clues to point you in the right direction for a lot of this game.
This post was edited on 8/26/15 at 11:34 pm
Posted on 8/27/15 at 6:57 am to Chair
I was 4 when it came out and played it for 2 years straight with my brother who is 7 years older than me.
I remember just bombing every single rock/mountain/dungeon wall and burning all the bushes is how we found most of the secrets. We started doing this after the game forced you to do them to find 2 dungeons.
But yea, looking back on it now...it was a craze. Back in 86-89 kids played it non-stop whenever you went. One of the GOAT for sure.
Then eventually getting the nintendo power with the guides for the first and second quests. I remember too if you chose your name as Link, you could automatically start the 2nd quest.
I remember just bombing every single rock/mountain/dungeon wall and burning all the bushes is how we found most of the secrets. We started doing this after the game forced you to do them to find 2 dungeons.
But yea, looking back on it now...it was a craze. Back in 86-89 kids played it non-stop whenever you went. One of the GOAT for sure.
Then eventually getting the nintendo power with the guides for the first and second quests. I remember too if you chose your name as Link, you could automatically start the 2nd quest.
This post was edited on 8/27/15 at 6:59 am
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