I always felt the original Legend of Zelda was very overrated. It was good when it released, but after newer Zelda games (Zelda 2 was better, and Zelda 3 was even better) were released, we already had an improved game. The original Zelda has terrible balancing and very poor pacing - and LOTS of crap that forces the player to waste time.
It's not that NES titles are all bad, but the older ones were generally tolerated because better ones didn't exist yet.
Super Mario Bros 3, Dragon Warrior 4, Castlevania 3, RCR, RC-Pro Am 2, Kirby's Adventure etc... Are all WAY better games than the earlier NES titles.
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