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I still remember saving up for Zelda and finally opening up that gold NES cartridge. IMO the original Zelda and the follow-up SNES version are among the best g

by neovive 15y ago

I still remember saving up for Zelda and finally opening up that gold NES cartridge. IMO the original Zelda and the follow-up SNES version are among the best games ever made. The opportunity to explore and build your character was amazing for its time. The replay value was so high opposed to other popular NES games that required you to start from the beginning each time you turned it on. Zelda is a great case study for new game designers to learn from.

HankMcCoy 15y ago
It's amazing that they knew what they were doing 25 years ago! Where did they have their knowledge from? They were pioneers! I always thought "it just worked" and they analysed it afterwards, silly me :)
- njharman 15y ago
  Electronic games, esp console versions isn't where this knowledge was learned/pioneered. Numerous PC and even "mainframe" electronic games predate LoZ. Pen & paper "adventure" games are 40 years old at least.