For Zelda 1, the hard part is finding the dungeons. I still remeber there's a part where u supposed to burn bushes to reveal the dungeon. All the bushes look the same to me. Without FAQ, i really dunno how to find it.

In default difficulty, the Phoenix and Dark Link is kinda hard to beat. At least at the first time u met them. The dungeons are hard to beat as well.

And, I played all the Zelda Series on emulators. GEHEHEHE....

Nothing beat playing the game in the original form -> BTW my PC is not that fast to begin with

LOZ. Yup. You have to burn bushes, bomb walls on cave and use the whistle. Find the heart containers and check out which shop sells cheap price on certain item. As you have more hearts, you able to acquire the white sword and then the magic sword. On certains dungeons, you to find the secret items which will help to go to the next room. I like the idea of completing the 8 dungeons first before you are able to go to the Final dungeon. You need to draw a map for the level because you are going into underground tunnels.
On the second quest, I have to use the whistle on almost every screen to find the dungeon.

You need time to build up your experiences points so that you can choose to use for your attack, life or magic. As you walk around Hyrule, when you meet the enemies. It change and you are now in a sidescroll mode. (Did Final Fantasy stole this idea?)
Phoenix. Used thunder spell (to break the armour) and then used jump spell. I am not sure you enough magic left to used shield spell as well.
Dark Link. I used the trick to just sit on the far side of the screen and squat then
just jab as shadow link as he rushes to you.

I have to wait for three years before I got a new laptop that is fast enough and comes with a good 3d graphic cards to be able to play N64 games.

i luv zelda series!

but if compared to final fantasy series, which one is better overall u think?

FF is rpg and you have to point and click during the fighting scene.
LOZ is adventure where you can control the hero in a fighting scene.

As you are aware that the latest FF series is having more and more cg cut-scene.
As for LOZ is still at normal rate like the Wind Waker.

If you asked me to choose I think both are good and depend what you fancy to play at that time.

Legend of zelda. It is the first game that have a battery backup. It comes in a gold colour case. I bought this game as a second hand in sg wang 1st floor from the a shop called Pineapple Computers. At that time, you can go there to play NES and Sega Genesis games and pay an hourly rate.

I wonder if this nice game gotta be on PC... but according to mag, it's only on gamecube...

There is a new game coming out next for gamecube called Legend Of Zelda.

This Legend of Zelda is released in 1986 on NES console is the first title of the series.

Yes, that's the one I talk about, 3D and nice graphic. I saw it from XPlay.

Currently that game name is The Legend of Zelda : GCN, might be coming out in
the first quarter of 2005.

I hope Nintendo won't be disappointing us.

This post has been edited by earthcrystal: Dec 11 2004, 12:36 AM

huh? since when nintendo disappoints us with zelda series?

well, that miyamoto(rola!) is really damm creative...i especially like the FANTASTIC dungeons...soooo creative puzzles...it even beats the half-life 2 and even tetris i think....

and who can forgot in OoT when the ending was THA BEST!!! MOST UNPREDICTABLE!!! most EPIC! (not like the alexander movie, so ghey no epic) and forgot the cool face animations in HL2, becoz in zelda: ww the emotions shown makes the HL2 characters wanna cry...wait they dont cry do they?

Shigeyu Miyamoto has passed the Zelda torch to Eiji Aonuma.

Eiji is the new head of Zelda since The Wind Waker but Shigeyu Miyamato is still in the position of giving feedback on the direction of the Zelda games.

I played the first 2 Zelda on Famicom(NES) before, but only managed to finish the first one. Then during SFC age, "A link to the Past" had kept me and my bro playing it again and again. But too bad, we couldn't collect all the heart containers... This game is HARD!

Yeah, like other user, I missed out both "Ocarina of Time" and "WindWaker", the two graphic-improved Zelda games... No money for N64 and GC...

In my view, "A link to the Past" is the best. Fun to play, to explore, to collect items. Oh yah, this series is famous with its music theme and also that "Golden sword". Hah, the best ARPG series I had ever play! Great!

Zelda 1 - Still play this games now and then.

Zelda 2 - Adventures of Link is pretty tough. You need to spend time building up your Attack, Life and Magic to the max before facing the bosses of the palace. Let me know if you need any help and I will try my best.

Zelda 3 - I think I managed to get up to 22 or 23 heart containers. Did you manage to get four bottles, converted your boomerang to a magic boomerang?

Did not finished Ocarina of time and The Wind Waker yet.
Since i bought the Gamecube with the wind waker package that comes with Ocarina of time and Ocarina of time master quest, got to find time to play them.

zelda always got theme with their game...
Link to the Past - Light and Dark World
Ocarina of Age/Season - Self-descriptive
Ocarina of Time - Time and Music
Majora's Mask - Mask
Minish Cap - Mini world
Zelda WW - Sea journey?
Legend of Zelda 2005 - i think theme will be fire and underworld monsters...

Very true, Navlink. Further more,
Zelda1 - freedom to wander around and retrieve the fragments of the
Triforce from the eight dungeons.
Zelda2 - When fighting enemies and going into caves or palaces, you are switch to
side scroll mode.

some news of legend of zelda 2005...
it's rated Teen....
and there will be NO video/teaser until the debut at E3 2005....

whoa man! this sure gonna roxx like heaven and hell put together!

News on The Minish Cap
The US version of The Minish Cap, which is already out in Europe and Japan, will get a severe update on the text part. This will probably help clear up some of the inconsistencies in the game.

The reason behind this, and the fact that Europe got it before the US, was because Europe needed a big title on the handheld market. This is most likely because the DS is not released before Christmas, so they need something to boost the handheld market over here.

Too bad this series only appears on Nintendo platform only. If is is cross-platform, I bet the sales could go sky high!!