BIGT's Review of Zelda 1
Oh the joys of primitive gaming.....
Zelda 1 was a great game, even now, it was fun for once to just have a
really simple, but still entertaining game. No points for graphics,
but hey, it was the '80's. The ending was probably the most satifying
of all the Zelda games, you actualy KILL Ganon, AND get the entire
Triforce, or so I assume (There wasn't much diolog, so I'm kind of going
on what I saw). In this game Link gets some of the weapons that are
now 'classic' Zelda items, ie: The Bow/Arrow, Power Bracelet, Bomerrang
etc.. Though the dungons are pretty much the same to on another
(except the wall color, monsters, and the boss) and actually pretty
confusing in places, they were still fun, and the Bosses were easy,
easy as pie. I was a bit suprised at the apperaence of Ganon, what
little you see of him, he starts out a flashy teal color, and then turns
an ugly brown. After that 1 Silver arrow is all it takes. The ending
is rather cool though, when Link picks up part of the Triforce from
Ganon's ashes, and then he puts out the blaze around Zelda, they hold
up ther 'force's and the ending credits scroll,
CONCLUSION: Not bad for 1987, as a matter of fact, it was just great.
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