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drundle's The Legend of Zelda (NES)
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| [January 8, 2007 07:11:56 PM]
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After another ~45 minutes of playing Legend of Zelda, I was still having a great time enjoying similarities between the original and the newer Zelda games that I grew up with. Though I didn't flash on it at first, the enemies in the original LoZ have been recycled in later games, and some of the perils and pitfalls (such as falling boulders) are present in this first adventure as well. I think the fact that gameplay elements can be consistently used in a series for over a decade shows that Legend of Zelda is a masterfully crafted game that admirably stands the test of time. I plan to continue playing this game to completion.
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| [January 8, 2007 06:43:48 PM]
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I have been a fan of the Legend of Zelda series since I first played the phenomenal Ocarina of Time in 1999. For my first GameLog, I decided to go back to this series' roots and spend some quality time with the original Legend of Zelda for the NES.
What strikes me most after playing for an hour are the similarities between LoZ and its future iterations. The graphics and control scheme have changed (most obviously in Ocarina of Time, which made the switch to a 3D engine), but the core gameplay elements remain remarkable unchanged. From day one you were Link, you were armed with a sword, a bow, a boomerang, and bombs, and your health is measured in hearts which you gain by defeating dungeon bosses.
The game is challenging; "death" is a fairly commonplace occurance, but the game is forgiving when it comes to reincarnation - you keep your inventory and money and are transported back to the first area of the game, or the first room if the dungeon if you die while within one. Death is more of a temporary inconvenience than a game-ending tragedy. Despite its difficulty, LoZ is above all things fun, with nerve-wracking combat that requites deft mastery of the primitive control scheme, simple puzzle-solving that is still suprisingly rewarding, and perhaps the catchiest 8-bit musical score in the history of video games.
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| [January 8, 2007 05:43:16 PM]
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I have been a fan of the Legend of Zelda series since I played
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