archbrix said:
My sentiments exactly. The imagination and game design displayed in the original Zelda were just lightyears ahead of anything else before it and make it, overall, my favorite game of all time. Even playing it now; the control is flawless, the way you use your items intelligently to progress is genius, the secrets are brilliant; even the gold cartridge, sweet box art and full-color booklet added to it's excellence. And then when you've completed it you get an entire remixed second quest. Pure bona fide perfection to me. |
Exactly!
Who would ever bring a special golden cartridge just for a game?
When i think about the game - like the secrets and gameplay as you mentioned - the only thing that comes to mind is: how did Miyamoto think of all that? :D The man`s a genious!
Mario had a "second run" after finishing the game, but Zelda`s second quest was almost like reinventing the game - or part of it, to be honest. The dundgeons were just awesome!
I just can`t remember anything to point my finger at and say "that`s bad". I know people praise Ocarina of Time for being a masterpiece, but Zelda 1 was "the" game - at least for me!
All this conversation is making me rebuy the game in Virtual Console to play it again! :D








