The Zelda series has a storied and colorful history. The original game in particular contains tons of secrets and hidden goodies, and a lot of trivia exists surrounding the game’s development. If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about the original game, you’re in luck. Gamma Squad compiled a list of 20 interesting facts about The…
Members of the band On Being Human have released an incredible remix of the original NES The Legend of Zelda soundtrack as a preview of their upcoming album, “The Humans are Coming! Vol. 2.” The album will feature a collection of covers of different video game music, all with the band’s “adventure rock” feel, as…
Ever gone back to the original Legend of Zelda and thought “this is great, but this is just too graphically advanced for me”? Then you are in luck, my friend. Programmer Ben Purdy de-made the NES classic, deconstructing it and taking it down to its minimal components. The 16 x 16 pixel demake is playable in…
Artist Baron von Brunk has built yet another Lego creation, this time featuring NES Link and the Triforce. The detail put into this mosaic is spectacular, but there’s something one might not notice at first — it lights up! The entire build is hollow, with strips of LED lights inside. When turned on, the translucent Lego…
YouTube sensation Smooth McGroove has brought us another wonderful musical arrangement straight from The Legend of Zelda’s dark, dank dungeons. This eight-part a capella rendition of the classic theme is sure to impress both Zelda veterans and newbies alike. For those who may not know, Smooth McGroove is basically a one-man vocal ensemble who arranges and performs themes…
ZeldaVR, a project spearheaded by developer Ubiquitron to re-create the world of The Legend of Zelda for the Oculus Rift VR in 3D virtual reality has come to fruition, allowing gamers who own the Oculus Rift platform the opportunity to play the original Zelda title in its 8-bit glory in first-person. Currently, a beta has…
Today, 28 years ago, something huge happened: The Legend of Zelda released in Japan on the Famicom. And with the launch of this game, a franchise followed. A franchise that, as this community knows better than anyone, is monumental in its importance to the video game medium and has delivered experiences to players like no other.…
Still looking for those illustrious rainbow ranks in NES Remix? Nintendo UK has posted a video showing how to attain a Rainbow Rank in the eighth stage of The Legend of Zelda stage available in the game. Want to know exactly how to beat the Dodongo in three seconds and achieve the coveted rainbow rank?…
ScrewAttack! has lovingly put together some reasons why they love Zelda, and also a few reasons why they hate it. I’m sure we’ve all had the feeling before about a family member, you love them but they sure can be annoying at times! Do you agree with some of the reasons given in the videos?…
Link has a plan, and that plan is to be yours this Valentine’s Day! These retro Valentine’s cards from the 1980’s are super adorable and a great blast from the past. Does anyone remember giving or receiving these cards back in the day? Source: Dorkly Via: GoNintendo
Some of you know him as The Joker from the Arkham game series and Batman: The Animated Series. Others will recall his performances as Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars film trilogy. And now, you’re about to learn something new about the legendary Mark Hamill: he admits that he is terrible at The Legend of Zelda! On…
Chad Neidt is a talented musician on YouTube who creates one-minute mash-up videos every month, packing in as many songs as he can with a given theme. This time he’s strumming along to popular video game themes, with The Legend of Zelda making a welcome appearance… for a few seconds. Sure, it may be brief, but…
Those of us who remember the days when “console wars” meant Nintendo vs. Sega probably think back to posters of the Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog adorning opposite walls of their local video game shop. And those of us who can think back a little further might remember that Sonic wasn’t Sega’s original mascot.…
While the Famicom was known as the NES outside of Japan, the change of name wasn’t the only differentiating factor between the two consoles; the design of the consoles was also quite different. Whereas the NES was designed to look like a front-loading VCR, the Famicom had a top-loading cardtridge port, and the controllers were…
Nintendo released a very quirky, unexpected game yesterday called NES Remix. The game is essentially a giant mash-up of NES games, with unique challenges for different games presented. Certain “remix” levels are also present, in which some new twists are added to a game. There are a ton of Zelda ones in here too;…
