The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Original title: Zeruda no densetsu: Kamigami no toraifôsu

Video Game
1991
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)

Action Epic Adventure Epic Fantasy Epic One-Person Army Action Quest Sword & Sorcery Action Adventure Fantasy

The wizard Agahnim has abducted seven maidens, intent on using their power to open a portal to the Dark World. Armed with a trusty sword and shield, Link begins a great and treacherous journ... Read allThe wizard Agahnim has abducted seven maidens, intent on using their power to open a portal to the Dark World. Armed with a trusty sword and shield, Link begins a great and treacherous journey.The wizard Agahnim has abducted seven maidens, intent on using their power to open a portal to the Dark World. Armed with a trusty sword and shield, Link begins a great and treacherous journey.

Directors
- Takashi Tezuka
- Hidemaro Fujibayashi
Writers
Star
- Fujiko Takimoto

See production info at IMDbPro

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9.2/10

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Directors
- Takashi Tezuka
- Hidemaro Fujibayashi
Writers
Star
- Fujiko Takimoto

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
Harassing a chicken will soon send an endless flock of angry birds attacking Link. The only escape is to get out that area fast, if the player is lucky. While this game requires a lot of strikes in order to do so, later games reduced it to three strikes minimum to call for chickens to attack Link.

Goofs
In some dungeons, if Link gets touched by a flake of magic that can turn him into a rabbit if he's wearing the blue or red armor, his armor will revert back to his green cloth until he transforms back into human.

Quotes
Treeman: You're new here, aren't you? Did you come here looking for the Power Of Gold? Well, you're too late. It will obey only the first person who touches it. The man who last claimed the Power Of Gold wished for this world. It reflects his heart. Yes, I came here because of greed for the Golden Power, and look what happened to me... To restore the Golden Land, a person worthy of the Golden Power must defeat the man who created this place... Until that time, I am stuck in this bizarre shape. But what a mischievous thing to leave lying around... The Power Of Gold... Triforce...

Crazy credits
The ending is broken into three parts. Link defeats Ganon and touches the Triforce after it speaks to him, restoring the Sacred Realm. We see various people across Hyrule Link met on his journey, and lastly see the closing credits played over footage of the newly-restored Sacred Realm. The credits end by stating how many lives it took you to complete certain dungeons, and close out with a "total games played" message, staying how many lives you took total to beat the game on your file.

Alternate versions
The Super Nintendo version of Legend of Zelda went through many changes from the Japanese version including.
The English Title screen is called "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past" with the Triforce logo and now includes the Master Sword as well. Also there's now a castle scenery in the background.
In the opening English opening prologue, The blue soldiers spears has been replaced with swords as they take the maiden women away to be sacrificed by Agahnim.
The English File Select uses a rock pattern background but the word "Kill" mode has now been replaced with "Erase Player".
The English Register file name in the English version can now use up to 6 English letters.
This Super Nintendo game uses English letters and the English font is no longer bolded.
The arrow symbols on the sign has shrunk down to smaller arrows.
The Hylian script's hieroglyphic font is less detailed.
The tile in the Eastern Temple which originally featured a hexagram Star of David symbol has been replaced with a compass symbol due to religious references.
The wanted signs of Link in Kakariko Village no longer displays Link's name right next to the character picture.
Many of the character cast in the credit ending had some of the characters renamed including "Loyal Sage", "Flippers for Sale", "Flute Boy Plays Again" due to religious references of the word "Priest". However the word "Flute" is actually in the shape of an Ocarnia.
The English credits features the Japanese Nintendo staff and now includes the English Script Writers "Daniel Owsen", "Hiroyuki Yamada" and the Nintendo American localization team involved with the Super Nintendo version.

Connections
Featured in Gamesmaster: Episode #2.7 (1992)

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8/10

SNES Classic

Somehow The Legend of Zelda series always seems to come out on top whenever a new Nintendo sytem comes out. This is no exception. I don't think this is better than the two that came before it, but I still put it above the Windwaker, Majora's Mask, and Oracles. The storyline itself is the best thing about it, and one of the best in the series. Makes you want to play it more.