Retro Zelda

[Tiki-Torch]

Anyone else ever play the original Legend of Zelda? Man, that game was fun. I loved playing it. I played it all the time, never could beat the second quest though. And what about the sequel? I believe it was called 'Link's Adventure.' That game was kinda fun too, way different from the first one, though. Those were the good old days of Zelda games. Before graphics, music, and sound effects were the big thing. They focussed on storyline, gameplay, and the like. They were great. I miss them.

[Nova Flame]

I've played almost every Zelda game to date except for Wind Waker. Zelda II was probably the hardest because of the side-scrolling elements. It was really fun, though, once you got going.

[Tiki-Torch]

Yeah, the side-scrolling thing was pretty weird. Way different from the first. It was really fun though. I loved running around and using the upward thrust and downward thrust. That was fun.

I loved, in the first one, using the red candle to attack the enemies rather than my sword or bombs or whatever. Heh. Those were the good old days.

[Nova Flame]

Yeah, I admit the thrusts were fun to play around with. If anything it would've been cool if they had added them to some of these later games. Super Smash Bros is probably the closest game that uses the downward thrust, and we still get a kick out of it.

[Mira]

I've played every Zelda game (except for the Minish Cap or something of that sort and, obviously, TP), and I've got to say that the NES games are awesome. I had to turn the volume down on my TV while playing the very first Zelda, though. The music was so repetitive! But, you're all absolutely right... nothing defeats good game play. I'm surprised by how many games rely on graphics and sound to sell these days. I wonder if there's a lack of creativity and enthusiasm for work at the game developing studios? Or maybe the game producers know that people'll buy just about anything...

[Tiki-Torch]

I think we have consumers to thank because they are so addicted to graphics. Bleh, if its got good game play then I don't mind 'bad' graphics. I think we should also remember that, in that day, the original Zelda games did have amazing graphics. And by way of a little side info, did you know that the Legend of Zelda was the first ever RPG/action/adventure/platform game of its kind? Pretty cool, eh?

Oh, and thanks for posting mira. I was beginning to think that only Nova and I remembered the good old games.

[Mira]

Hee hee! Not at all! I love old school games. They're some of my faves, the original Zelda being one of them. They may be the toughest and most frustrating, but if I had to choose between the original Mario and the latest, flashy Shrek 2 game (just made that up, but y'know the kind of movie-based games I'm talking about) I'd pick Mario without any hesitation.

[Tiki-Torch]

I love the old Mario games! Heck, I ever made my own remix of the original overworld theme. But that's getting a little off topic. Perhaps we should start a thread in the other gaming section?

But yeah. I think that is something else that is slowly being taken away from many of the games of today. They are no longer really challenging. They don't quite give you that satisfaction when you beat a boss or find a powerup. That's what I loved about the original Zelda. It took me a few tries to actually beat some of the bosses like the multi-headed dragon thing. That was a pain.

[Forest Girl Kaz]

I've played the old ones too. Haven't gotten very far in either though but I do enjoy them.

The NPCs in Adventure of Link were quite amusing with their one liners. "I know nothing" And we can't forget "I am Error."

[Tiki-Torch]

I liked how they recycled the names of the towns from the second one and used them as the name's for people in OoT.

[Forest Girl Kaz]

Yes but it does make you wonder. They had all the people apart from Kasuto, makes you think if a Kasuto will pop up in a future game.

[Tiki-Torch]

Twilight Princess perhaps?

I also can appreciate that they've kept enemy names throughout the game series (tektite, octorok, etc.).

[Mira]

That's all true and I certainly do like seeing some familiar faces continuously through the series, but that also leaves less room for new ideas and fresh creativity. I remember Tingle being the first new character I met in Majora's Mask and being thoroughly disgusted. I wondered if perhaps it was because they kept recycling old characters that some of the new ones in the game were so... bizarre. (I guess you guys weren't really talking about characters now that I look back at the posts, though...) You know, I'd like to see that three-headed dragon show up in TP. That would be awesome because it hasn't been included in any recent games.

[Tiki-Torch]

Yeah, even though he was a buggar to kill.

I really hated, in the original Zelda, how when you shot an arrow it would cost a rupee.

[Forest Girl Kaz]

It did? I never noticed that, or I never even got to the bow to find out. I didn't like how there was no map but I guess that was half the fun.