A biased review: The Legend of Zelda

[TruckOSaurus]

CladInShadows said:

TruckOSaurus said:
I replayed the game when it was released on the Wii Virtual Console and I've gotta admit that without a walkthrough to find all the dungeons I found myself wandering aimlessly very often. Also, it's a really hard game, enemies take away a lot of hearts in later dungeons. It's still very enjoyable (with a map of the dungeon locations).

And just keep in mind that if you played it when it first came out, there was no walkthrough...unless you subscribed to Nintendo Power and/or bought the game guides. The game could take months if you were young, internet-less, and stuck.

My cousin and I often wrote letters to Nintendo asking for hints.  And they replied! I don't think they had an official hint department. We just wrote letters to the address on the back of the booklet. I remember specifically asking them how to kill Gohma.  And we once asked for a map of the Second Quest overworld. And they delivered!  I wonder if my cousin still has any of that stuff...

I remember this game coming with a map (pretty sure it was this game at least).