Zelda II

[Words Of Wisdom]

TruckOSaurus said:

Pharaoh said:

Ryudo said:
both Zelda games on NES just were not that great IMO,Crystalis on NES and Startropics are far better games of that genre. Don't think Zelda truly hit stride til SNES then the 3D games.

Though personally my fave Zelda is Windwaker and Zelda DX.

 

You like crystalis and startropics?  Man those were two awesome games! I didn't know any one else knew they existed.  I loved the yo-yo weapons in startropics and that dolphin.  But I can't believe you like windwaker the best...boo

Startropic is available on VC if you want to recapture the joy of the game. I also thought I was the only one who loved Crystalis, that game was really great.

OT: Zelda II was my first Zelda game (I remember being wowed by the golden cartridge!). It took a really long time for me to beat (factoring the diffculty and the fact that I didn't speak English when I was 8-9) but I remember beating many times. Just for fun I would level my sword to the max in the first palace by killing the floating skulls over and over again for 50 exp.

Crystalis (NES) was a great game.  I think I still have an old notebook somewhere with maps of its areas (which I made to avoid getting lost).  The items in Crystalis are arguably better than those of several Zelda games.

Startropics was good too and it added jumping to the mix.