Time into the original Zelda

[nickfil]

thanks to this topic I'm on dungeon 4 of zelda. Chipping away today in between work.

I don't know if I've ever played through the thing in recent memory. I know i did when i was a kid, but i always start and get up to around dungeon 5 or 6. I think that is when the game starts getting harder for me.

we'll see what happens.

[Incognito D]

http://www.nesworld.com/faqs/zeldamap.jpg

I picked up a nearly complete copy of zelda for the nes about a year ago. I say nearly complete becuase it didn't come with those inserts and some collectors are strict about that kinda thing. Anyway- it came with the map, cart and manual which is what i cared about.

When i opened it up- i found that some overzealous child cartographer ran wild all over it. Pretty neat. My brother and I did the same thing to our map back in the 80s. For all i know- this is the same one, but there were probably a lot of kids did this.

That's cool - it kind of gives a sense how big a deal the original Zelda was when it came out. You could go anywhere, explore etc... And it was so big the game had to come with a map! I like how it leaves some squares blank for you to fill in yourself. Kind of like a Zelda rainy day fun pack!

Making your own map seems like the true way to go, but i just wanted to play the game, see it and move on. If it was still the 80s and one of the only games I owned I probably would have felt more inclined to go all out and draw my own.

Frame it! Or get it blown up onto one of those canvases like the kids are doing these days. So sweet.

I maybe should frame it, although it's covered in little notes and icons showing where everything is - so it's kind of a function over fashion map!

[RCBH928]

Looks like this game is extremely loved
I expected 1 or 2 replies, not 4 pages

I am also amazed of the time needed to be put into this game. 40 hours is a lot of time into a NES game.
I personally hate not knowing what to do next, its annoying because some how it changes from being a game into real life(in real life you got no guide lines, and no objective and no where to go next).

I found it funny that a lot of you suggested using maps and guides because when I used a cheat to find my way into Sonic a lot of people told me I killed the fun out of it.
But since it was shipped with a map I guess this is how it was supposed to be played.

in all honesty, after all this response I am excited to start on the game, looks like its an amazing journey.

But the world doesn't seem that big looking at the map

[RadarScope1]

It's been a long time since I've played it very deeply and I don't think I ever actually beat it before, but I really don't think it's going to take 40 hours. You can get through the first couple of dungeons easily and the rest would take no more than a couple hours each until you get to No. 9, which could take a whole evening. Using a map for dungeon locations it should take 10-15 hours at most.

[nickfil]

[quote="kingmohd84"
But the world doesn't seem that big looking at the map[/quote]

thing is- it really isn't that big. But passages are placed very knowingly through the world so that it creates an illusion of bigness. Getting from level 6 to 7 may seem like 2 squares difference, but in reality it is 8 at minimum just because you need to bend to the rules and paths set up.

[nickfil]

It has been a while since i played last. I'm on dungeon 9- the last one. It is such a mind fuck.

The last 3 dungeons are crazy hard. I didn't die once for the first 6, but i died once in 8 and once in 9 already. ugh.

super fun. Can't wait to finish gannon off.

[alienjesus]

urgh, dungeon 9 was absolutely Horrible.

I played this for the first time last year, and I didn't lose one life until dungeon 9, when i probably lost about 5. And grinding those hearts back up took so long too

[fastbilly1]

I found it funny that a lot of you suggested using maps and guides because when I used a cheat to find my way into Sonic a lot of people told me I killed the fun out of it.

Different Genres. Using a map on a platformer is cheating, using a map of the overworld on an adventure game is more acceptable - though the one linked to that shows you everything I would consider cheating aswell. Knowing where all the free money and shops are is a step past acceptable.

[CAv]

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs42/f/2009/ ... er1138.jpg

Dude. When I get my own place and set up my game room, that is being made into a poster and going on my wall.

[nickfil]

I found it funny that a lot of you suggested using maps and guides because when I used a cheat to find my way into Sonic a lot of people told me I killed the fun out of it.

Different Genres. Using a map on a platformer is cheating, using a map of the overworld on an adventure game is more acceptable - though the one linked to that shows you everything I would consider cheating aswell. Knowing where all the free money and shops are is a step past acceptable.

yup- use the one i linked. It'll get you started and won't show you everything.