Legend of Zelda Celebrates 20 Years

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @04:27AM from the triforce-for-200-alex dept.

The Legend of Zelda is one of the most beloved gaming franchises Nintendo has created. It is also celebrating two decades of life this week. 1up has a great feature on the anniversary, exploring the different games in the series with a list of 'stuff to love'. From the article: "Twenty years ago this week -- February 21, 1986 -- thousands of Japanese gamers played The Legend of Zelda for the first time, and their perspective on gaming was forever changed. Here was a huge world, a massive quest, an open-ended odyssey that demanded exploration. When we Americans first placed that golden cartridge in our Nintendo Entertainment Systems a few months later, we learned what our friends overseas had already discovered: Zelda was addictive. It was adventurous. It was ambitious. It was amazing." Four Colour Rebellion also has commentary on this auspicious occasion, with a Happy Birthday look back and some fond remembrances.

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In Soviet Russa.... by XMilkProject · 2006-02-21 04:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Zelda plays You!

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Big ones, small ones, some as big as yer 'ead!
Give 'em a twist, a flick o' the wrist...
Re:frost pist by schnikies79 · 2006-02-21 06:44 · Score: 0, Offtopic

i mean it when i say you're awsome.....

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