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Zelda Extravaganza
Richard Goodness writes "AllRPG.com is featuring several editorials on the Legend of Zelda series. The Zelda Extravaganza covers such topics as the rumors of the Triforce in Ocarina of Time, nostalgia for the original gold cartridge, and attempts at an overall chronology of the series."
I swear to this day if someone were to walk up to me and say "video game" and ask me to describe the image I get, its from the Legend of Zelda. This game was probably the only one I've ever played that completely surpased all of the hype I had for it when it was released. - Which is odd because the ads were absurd. I really think of it as the "Citizen Kane" of video games, it was complete in almost every way, there is simply nothing to complain about it.
Even now when it should be horribly dated, and when I can remember every single secret I can turn it on and have a blast playing it.
Didn't you play The Adventure of Link? I'm willing to say that every other Nintendo-developed Zelda game was pure gold, but The Adventure of Link was a horribly diffcult and annoying experience. It had the makings of a good game, but the gameplay failed. After the great experience of The Legend of Zelda, The Adventure of Link was a great letdown.
How ungeeky am I that after all these years it finally occured to me that 255 coins is an 8-bit unsigned int? It always seemed like a wierd number to me growing up, but now that I'm a geek, I see the truth :)
I don't want to fit in, I just don't want to stand out
The hidden triforce story reminds me of the stuff you had to do to revive Aeris in Final Fantasy 7. Although it seems the hidden triforce stuff went on a lot longer.