90%Super Nintendo

An incredible classic. If you have any love for Zelda, play this one.

100%Super Nintendo

Incredible

95%Super Nintendo

97%

100%Super Nintendo

A perfect game

90%Wii

rounded from 88%

60%Super Nintendo

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90%Nintendo Switch

I would say this is the quintessential 2D Zelda experience, but it probably is the quintessential Zelda experience.

85%Super Nintendo

Great game for the time. Too complex and from my perspective too many dungeons. I was able to finish it thanks to the easy info available on the internet, but in the early 90s this was madness to finish on your own.

70%Super Nintendo

Just didn't click after a while. Good game nonetheless,

85%Super Nintendo

A true masterpiece that defined and set the standard for the series.

100%Super Nintendo

Just perfect in every way possible

80%Game Boy Advance

Really cool and worth playing for the historical reasons if nothing else, but really brutal for my gen-z sensibilities. The amount of searching in this game for the right item to bring to the right spot is almost cruel but I think if I played this as a kid I would've loved that honestly.

90%Nintendo Switch

This game is quite good, I don't know how much I can comment on specifics as I am writing this 3 and 1/2 months after completion but I'll try. The item variation and selection was amazing, there are so many to pick from and so many you get to use. The dungeons were creative and imaginative, with some highlights being the Ice Palace, Turtle Rock, and Ganon's Tower. The bosses, while particularly difficult for the series, were fun and a good challenge. What brought this game down a little bit is its slightly archaic design, especially in UI elements; but other than that it was a great game.

70%Super Nintendo

A fun experience but some random jank lessened my enjoyment of it. just having to walk into a certain waterfall, having to push a certain block, etc. Puzzles like that were so unclear at times. The aesthetic was great though and definitely choice SNES vibes.

70%Super Nintendo

Riconosco assolutamente l'importanza storica e capisco chi lo adora, ma personalmente parlando non ce la faccio, mi ci annoio troppo a giocarlo e non riesco proprio a farmelo piacere.
Non so perché, ma semplicemente lo trovo generico e poco interessante.

100%Super Nintendo

Completes 100% multiple times

100%Super Nintendo

My favorite game.

90%Super Nintendo

ta bien

100%Super Nintendo

my favorite Zelda, an unbeatable classic

60%Super Nintendo

A great game for its time, but outdated enough by today's standards to hook a newcomer to the series. I'll start with the good: great visuals and music for the platform, cool exploration atmosphere... that's all. ALttP suffers from its outdated game design - the game punishes you for not knowing, which doesn't really fit with the idea of “explore this mysterious world”. You can tear through a crowd of enemies for 20 minutes only to find out that you have to grab an item from the other end of the map to get through a dungeon. The forced and over-complicated backtracking, coupled with the rather serious combat difficulty did not allow me to enjoy the game, but resorting to guides to “play it right” is not something I want to do

80%Game Boy Advance

2D zelda.
+1 Boss fights
-3 You are given hints on what to do next, but it is possible to be lost and need to look at a guide. Otherwise waste time running around.

75%Emulated

i had actually played this game up to the 5th boss on GBA but for whatever reason quit because I guess I thought it was too hard. Well, now I just abused save states a little more (especially the ice dungeon) and was able to complete it. I also had to Google some things in order to beat it (like how to get the ice arrows to defeat Ganon, or how to get the shovel and eventually the bird which just seemed like a needle in the haystack that I forgot about). Overall it was alright but feels like I enjoyed Minish Cap or the Links Awakening a tiny bit more - maybe because it didn't waste my time as much.

90%Emulated

После первых двух частей это, конечно, настоящий прорыв. Хоть эта игра и столетней давности, в которой сюжет очень прост и можно сказать, что даже как таковой практически отсутствует, но играется она очень и очень хорошо. И в принципе всё в игре на высоком уровне: возможности, музыка, геймплей и даже графика, которая из-за 2D-шности игры сохранилась хорошо.

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Итоговая оценка: 91/100

100%Emulated

Held in high regard for a reason. A great evolution of Zelda 1. Though, admittedly, I found myself checking an online guide more than Zelda 1, or 2, where I just used the manual and the beginner's hint map. and maps for the final dungeons. Here, I used a guide for my last 6 heart pieces, and I knew some things ahead of time from watching playthroughs of it.

I also highly recommend finding the manual online and reading it. Really adds to the experience.

80%Super Nintendo

Fun game with interesting and engaging puzzles. The early game is more difficult before blue tunic and bottled

100%Emulated

Still a fantastic game, harder than I remembered, save states really save on frustration

100%Super Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a masterclass in game design. Nintendo was on a roll in the early 90s as so many of their games stand the test of time, and LttP might be foremost among those on the SNES. Nearly every aspect of gameplay, from the dungeon design and it's semi-fluid progression, the open world, enemies, and items, feels honed to a laser precision. LttP isn't so much a revolution, as much of it's design is based on the original, but is like Super Mario World an evolution to a nearly perfected form. And this is reflected in that practically every Zelda game afterwards prior to BotW has used the same formula, incorporating dungeon puzzles, different items and gated open world design.

Everything about LttP feels purposeful. There's no wasted space in dungeons like empty rooms or paths that lead to dead ends. The large open world directs the player to the next objective but doesn't inhibit the player from exploring, and you will be exploring to get all hidden items, heart containers and secrets. Dungeons can be done in vastly different orders, but the game is helpful enough to provide for a "correct" order if one so choose. The game is challenging but extremely fair and much comes down to skill and ability as opposed instead of relying on XP and level grinding as a progression gate.

The game's combat is immaculate, and it's helped a lot by having simple, intuitive controls. One could pick this game up after years of not playing and immediately know exactly what every button press is and how that affects the game world. That may be a strange thing to remark on, but for Zelda (and Mario games to a large extent) it creates a timeless feeling and alleviates any frustrations of getting back into the game or replaying after breaks.

The graphics and sound are simple and clear, but just like the combat there's just a timeless excellence to them. The game obviously doesn't have the particle effects or depth of later SNES games (not to mention modern games), but I find the style to be as enduring, if not more so, given how crystal clear everything is.

LttP isn't a perfect game, no game is, but to me it is the perfect representation of the Zelda franchise and the 2D Action-Adventure genre.

100%Super Nintendo

Fantastic game, especially when considering that it's the third installment in the Zelda series, released in the very first year of the Super Nintendo.

90%Emulated

I "Linked" in the future and it's still great
This, for me, is the game that truly raised the bar for SNES games, and the earliest game I can call timeless. The Dark World reveal is crazy, and the way the Light and Dark World flow together is honestly flawless. On top of that, the dungeon design is *chef's kiss* which is incredible considering the bland maze design of Zelda 1. So why no perfect score? Some mandatory items are easy to miss, and the text is very wordy (and boring) making it hard to care for the plot.

Precise Score: 9.1/10
Full Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdotYtBsPMw

95%Super Nintendo

Still Great after all these years was probably my 5-6 time beating the game since it came out in 1991 or 1992 don't remember when. Played on SNES mini console. Still in my top 3 Zelda games of all time

95%Game Boy Advance

My roommate got Ocarina of Time, and I was amazed by it. So while I waited for him to finish playing Ocarina of Time, I grabbed a Link to the Past assuming it would pale in comparison because it was 2D. Much to my surprise, the feel of the game was exactly the same.

80%Super Nintendo

Pretty great, but it shows it's age. Some of the dungeon movement challenges are only hard because of the dpad movement, for instance.

90%Super Nintendo

Acá es donde nace el Zelda que todos conocemos y que va a marcar la saga por los próximos 2 décadas. Es un increíble juego incluso hoy en día. Se puede ver como es el hijo de sus 2 antecesores, como en la búsqueda de la identidad de la saga decidieron combinar partes de los anteriores. Un enfoque más acercado al combate como en el 2. Áreas grandes de explorar con muchos secretos repartidos para el que esté atento como en el 1, Un combate más complejo que en el primero, pero menos frustrante que el segundo. Un camino más marcado como en The adventure of Link pero dando espacio a la exploración. Una inclusión de las herramientas en el combate.

Podría seguir y seguir, en resumen, se nota que no sale de ningunas partes las mecánicas, sino que es un proceso natural, un punto medio entre sus precuelas. también hay muchas cosas que aparecen por primera vez aca y que van a seguir por los próximos juegos, Kakariko, el golpe en abanico, El nado (El sistema del 2 no cuenta por que es basura),Las piezas de corazon fraccionadas ,Los jefes como puzzle con su propio ítem de dungeon (no son todos, pero existen y claramente son lo que más gusto y siguió en la franquicia) y, obviamente, la Master Sword, el arma icónica de la saga.

También una cosa a remarcar es el impacto del avance tecnológico, en juegos como Mario el pase a la SNES permitió algunas mejoras, pero no fue necesario cambiar la esencia, en Zelda el poder almacenar más información y poder crear imágenes y mapas más detallados llevaron a que fuera posible este juego.

Tiene sus problemas obviamente, es la primera iteración de este nuevo modelo de diseño, si bien muchas cosas ya están y se van a afianzar durante los años. Otras cosas van a desaparecer o mutar para volver la experiencia más gratificante, Por ejemplo, los jefes enfocados únicamente en el combate y no como un puzzle, las direcciones confusas y sobre todo, la importancia de objetos y habilidades "secundarías". Por ejemplo, la ocarina, que en principio parece un objeto útil para viajar rápido, pero al final es fundamental para poder acceder a la dungeon 6.

En resumen, un gran juego que va a definir a la industria en sus años por venir y aunque tenga algún problema acá y allá, es una excelente experiencia jugables hoy en día como lo fue en 1991.

90%Nintendo Switch

I understand why people believe this game is the greatest 2D zelda of all time. It's interesting seeing how Ocarina of Time is basically this game translated into 3D. I think this game had the perfect balance of overworld exploration and dungeon crawling. Only issues are some things weren't obvious and needed assistance with, and the combat was pretty bad. Going from any of the 3D games to this one is like night and day. For the most part a good game that holds up pretty well, much better than its predecessors.

100%Wii

A fantastic game that takes the foundation laid by Zelda 1 and builds upon it, creating an unforgettable classic.
My first experience was with the GBA port of the game, and where I first completed it.
I can't remember when I completed the GBA version, so I posted when I completed the SNES version on Wii Virtual Console.

90%Super Nintendo

17h Played
Story: 9/10
Gameplay: 9/10
Graphics: 9/10
Music & Sound: 9/10

36/40 = 90%

90%Super Nintendo

Um jogo único de sua época, um jogo que traz diversas mecânicas e puzzles intrigantes em uma aventura muito interessante para ser explorada.

Os gráficos do jogo mantém o padrão de qualidade esperados para jogos do super nintendo trazidos pelo Super Mario World, assim como um excelente level design de dungeons interconectadas e a exploração de um mundo com mtos segredos em uma adição mto bem vinda da decisão por colocar um mundo invertido.

O ponto alto do jogo são as dungeons, com puzzles mto bem feitos com o jogo possuindo uma incrível variedade da habilidades para ajudar no combate e nesses puzzles. É divertido por conta do belo level desgin do jogo, com a necessidade de ir e vir entre as salas para buscar o mapa, o compasso, descobrir uma nova habilidade e enfim resolver os puzzles.

Sempre ao final de cada dungeon tem as batalhas contra os chefes, cada qual com um combate único, eles possuem belos visuais e formas únicas de derrotá-los, uma variedade que empolga para chegar até o final da dungeon.

Assim como os chefes, existe uma grande diversidade de mobs no jogo, com diferentes habilidades e ataques, com formas diferentes de serem lidados ao decorrer da jornada.

Um grande incremento técnico para a sua época são os menus do jogo e os mapas, eles ajudam mto para não se perder dentro do jogo, facilitam a exploração e a interface em si tem ótimos comandos e fluidez para ser utilizada. Outro ponto importante sobre o mapa do jogo, é a liberdade que traz ao jogo, com o jogador podendo fazer os objetivos na ordem que bem entender.

O jogo possui uma trilha sonora fantástica, a maioria sendo uma versão melhorada do primeiro jogo, mas com mtas trilhas originais boas tbm.

A história do jogo não é seu foco, sendo bem simples como mtos jogos da época, mas os mistérios sobre a triforce são um pouco mais explorados.

Em relação a pontos negativos, o principal é a locomoção no dark world, já q só é possível fazer fast travel no light world, e não da pra ficar trocando sempre entre os dois mundo, oq tbm frustra para encontrar o tile para voltar ao dark world.

No mais é um excelente jogo pra sua época q permanece ótimo até hj, com uma ótima sensação de exploração, combate e liberdade.

Nota: 9/10 (★★★★☆) - Ótimo

100%Super Nintendo

Zelda; a link to the past, was one of my favorite games to play as a kid, and one that I played many times during winder break. Was also one of my favorite games to play on the SNES my brother and I got for Christmas.

A classic story, you play as the hero to be Link, and his quest to stop the plans of the evil Ganon. These plans involve kidnapping 7 maidens and using them to break a seal to unleash evil. So you quest across two dimensions to stop it.

Love this game, 11/10 will always enjoy it. Also has a very entertaining speed running scene, from using glitches to beat the game in 1.5 minutes, or in 1 hour 20 minutes without glitches.

90%Game Boy Advance

8.5: excelente otra vez. Pero ya me he pasado tres como este. Molan los objetos y los poderes. ¡Y no hay salto! Unas 20 horas

90%Super Nintendo

06/10 Story
09/10 Level Design
06/10 Characters
09/10 Gameplay
09/10 Graphics
08/10 Music/Sound

Difficulty MEDIUM

Overall 95%

70%Super Nintendo

Harder and more cryptic than I remembered

80%Emulated

A cornerstone in videogame history and the Zelda series in particular, but not one of my personal favorite.

Lore wise, it introduces the basis for the Zelda series going forward. But the story is told without much ambition, which is a bit of a shame (FF IV, released the same year, is a real game changer on this aspect). For all the other things that this game accomplishes, I won't comment this one further, as there is not much to say.

Exploration wise, it's a bit of a mixed bag. Still open, but much more "dirigist" than its predecessor, while not putting the proper guardrails to avoid "soft locks" (expl: fighting a boss that requires a missable item acquired in another dungeon, fighting a boss that requires magic items, but not giving ways to refill the magic bar during the boss fight). For you own sake, you are encouraged to follow the suggested order that the game gives you, and it's a bit of a shame as it does not bring anything narration wise... Also, the idea of an alternative world has been reused extensively in other Zelda titles, but in this one, I feel it's a bit of a mixed bag. It leads to some relatively interesting navigation challenges, but brings more trouble than necessary. A "solution" to a non existing problem in my opinion.

For the dungeons, I'm also a bit divised. Often, they do use too much of the same tricks (beating all the monsters in the same room, a bit too linear, mainly locks to get and that's it), but they also introduce some much better ideas (visual identity (even if a bit weak thematically wise and gameplay wise compared to what the display suggests), floors, verticality with items or Link that must fall from one floor to the other, playing with water level...), and those things will also become staples of the series.

I was probably spoiled by having played a lot of other Zelda games before this one, so it was more a curiosity of understanding its legacy and how it shaped the Zelda series as a whole. Maybe what I lacked the most with this one is this magic thing that gives it its own identity, like a Link's Awakening or Majora's Mask.
Also, playing it from start to end when I was younger would probably have led me to enjoy this one much more (as I was less exposed to much more games), but life is what it is. Silly me for borrowing my GBA cartridge to a friend and never getting it back when I was a child! Recontextualized, that's an easy 95, as the game streamlines and poses cornerstones for so many elements of Zelda but also ARPG in general, but I will keep it a bit lower in the context of my playthrough and for personal reference.

65%Nintendo Switch

Great game but I just don’t have the free time of a child to explore without guidance. I’ve reached a point where I’m only following a guide to take the game to completion. I understand how it was great for its time and the graphics are still solid, but putting it aside for other games

100%Super Nintendo

Not much to say really. It’s one of the highest regarded grabbed for valid reasons. Is great.

85%Nintendo Switch

Closer to 90 than 80

75%Game Boy Advance

Old but Classic

80%Game Boy Advance

Me gustó mucho cuando lo jugue, no me esperaba que fuese tan bueno cuando casi nadie habla de el. Una joya oculta que deben jugar

80%Super Nintendo

Fun Zelda game that holds up really well. Exploration is a blast, the dungeons are clever, and the game still looks good. My only gripe was the last boss was a bit of a pain.

100%Super Nintendo

Excellent!

100%Game Boy Advance

It's been over 20 years since the last time I've beaten this gem. Over the years I've started and stopped it numerous times, but for whatever reason with it being 10 years since A Link Between Worlds and soon the new Zelda game at the end of the month I took this month as an opportunity to play through the GBA port on NSO. Boy howdy does this one still hold up. The entire time I played through it was just a delight. Sure the final dungeon is filled with some late-game BS, sure some aspects didn't age well and sure there was one part that I thought was legitimately impossible until I checked gamefaqs and realized it was simply a controller lag issue, but beyond those slight imperfections lies a game that's distilled fun. The GBA port holds up very well. Links constant soundbytes from Ocarina of Time hold up decently and otherwise the game looked and sounded just as good as I remember it on SNES.

Speaking of looking things up, I was pleasantly suprised that my ingenuity and memory of the old game held up so well that I blasted through the game some odd 20, 25 years later. Only one other time in the game did I need to look up something and even then I probably could've figured it out had I not mixed up some memories on how to open the 4th dungeon with what to do. Also that fortune teller was completely useless! Definitely a top 10 all-timer for me and I'll definitely dive back in one of these days. Perhaps an item randomizer run. But first I'm craving more 2D Zelda.