Zelda 1

coreyl145

who here still plays the first Zelda game?
i have the .ROM on my psp:rolleyes:

CiDeRmAn

Well now, isn't that delightful.
Might I suggest it's far more fun to
1- Get a Nes
2- Buy Zelda for it.

Then again, if you are having THAT much fun playing Zelda, are we really playing it on the Snes, Zelda Link to the Past, or on the N64, Zelda Ocarina of Time?
Just wondering is all...

coreyl145

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Well now, isn't that delightful.
Might I suggest it's far more fun to
1- Get a Nes
2- Buy Zelda for it.

Then again, if you are having THAT much fun playing Zelda, are we really playing it on the Snes, Zelda Link to the Past, or on the N64, Zelda Ocarina of Time?
Just wondering is all...

i used to play link to the past
the only zelda games i play are links awaking dx 3ds verson and ocarina of time 3D:)

CiDeRmAn

Well, Links Awakening is pretty great, the original, the Gameboy Color DX edition and then it's translation onto the 3DS recently.
The 3DS Ocarina of Time is probably the ultimate version of the game, it looks great and plays like the classic it is.
There is, however, a lot to be said for the N64 original despite it's frame rate. It still looks lovely and everything is there in terms of gameplay and story.
Plus its a good trainer for the mind bending antics in Majoras Mask, which is quite bonkers and an indication of what Ninty can do when they want.
An N64 is pretty cheap and easy to come by, as are the Zelda titles for it, well worth the investment if you are a Zelda fan.
Also worth picking up is a Wii that can play Gamecube games and the Zelda Promo disk that came out a number of years ago.
It will let you play the two Zelda titles from the Nes as well as the two from the N64, it's an expensive game but probably cheaper than buying the games and consoles separately.
Also, you can pick up Wind Waker and Twilight Princess while you are at it!

chopperbyrne

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Well now, isn't that delightful.
Might I suggest it's far more fun to
1- Get a Nes
2- Buy Zelda for it.

Then again, if you are having THAT much fun playing Zelda, are we really playing it on the Snes, Zelda Link to the Past, or on the N64, Zelda Ocarina of Time?
Just wondering is all...

He doesn't need to buy a NES to enjoy the game at all. Don't know how much N64 emulation has come along for PSP, but he could easily enjoy them all on the one system he currently has if he wanted to.

To answer, the OP, I still play both NES Zelda games from time to time. They've both stood the test of time and are not like many other games from that era which were frustratingly difficult at times.

Myrddin

chopperbyrne wrote: »

He doesn't need to buy a NES to enjoy the game at all. Don't know how much N64 emulation has come along for PSP, but he could easily enjoy them all on the one system he currently has if he wanted to.

To answer, the OP, I still play both NES Zelda games from time to time. They've both stood the test of time and are not like many other games from that era which were frustratingly difficult at times.

I think what Cidey is saying is, the game is best experienced on an original console & a crt tv. Yes you can emulate it, but those games never look right on 16:9 lcd.

I've nothing against emulation, in fact I sing its prases when it comes to arcade cabs. But it has to feel authentic to be any use to me, anything that shows up as an imperfection due to widescreen displays etc just detracts from the experience.

chopperbyrne

Pretty certain the PSP emulation displays it at 4:3 and barring minor graphical and sound effects, it's a much better solution than buying a NES with a controller, a copy of the game and possibly a CRT just so it can be like playing it in the eighties.

Myrddin

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Pretty certain the PSP emulation displays it at 4:3 and barring minor graphical and sound effects, it's a much better solution than buying a NES with a controller, a copy of the game and possibly a CRT just so it can be like playing it in the eighties.

It was designed to be played in the 80's.

It can be played today on anything you want. But if you wanna play it like it was intended to be played, buy a NES & Zelda for €40 & an old CRT for next to nothing.

It looks better on a crt, plays better on the original hardware & controller, & generally IS better if you go that extra mile.

o1s1n

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Pretty certain the PSP emulation displays it at 4:3 and barring minor graphical and sound effects, it's a much better solution than buying a NES with a controller, a copy of the game and possibly a CRT just so it can be like playing it in the eighties.

It depends what your interpretation of 'better solution' is.

Is it having the game portable on a small device?

Or is it playing it as originally intended on original hardware?

You can probably imagine everyone here is going to go for the latter.

the groutch

i had Link's Awakening on the original Gameboy when I was growing up.
Who needed colour with gameplay that deep?

Mr.Saturn

the groutch wrote: »

i had Link's Awakening on the original Gameboy when I was growing up.
Who needed colour with gameplay that deep?

everybody who bought link's awakening dx? [/smartarse]

ghostchant

Ah now if you really plan on playing Zelda as it was meant to be played, you have to pick up a Famicom and a Famicom Disk System (Twin Famicom is acceptable). Don't listen to these NES posers
Also it's probably worth researching and replicating what the average room temperature and humidity was in Japan in the 80's, as well as what snacks and drinks Japanese kids used to enjoy when playing games, just to ramp up the authenticity levels!

Dr Bob

EnterNow wrote: »

It was designed to be played in the 80's.

It can be played today on anything you want. But if you wanna play it like it was intended to be played, buy a NES & Zelda for €40 & an old CRT for next to nothing.

It looks better on a crt, plays better on the original hardware & controller, & generally IS better if you go that extra mile.

Good luck getting a copy of it cheap.
It seems to be one of those games that ebay sellers go "hey I heard of this one , better crank up the price four or five times".
cheapest option seems to be to get a US copy and pay about a tenner for shipping, which means though you need to region hack the console (not a huge job mind you)
Man! I hate collecting NES games!

Myrddin

ghostchant wrote: »

Also it's probably worth researching and replicating what the average room temperature and humidity was in Japan in the 80's, as well as what snacks and drinks Japanese kids used to enjoy when playing games, just to ramp up the authenticity levels!

Not really, a console & crt will kinda be ok :rolleyes:

If NES games look fine to you on a 16:9 flatpanel display, hats off to you. to me, they look utter sh1te, & that detracts from enjoying the game.

ghostchant

EnterNow wrote: »

Not really, a console & crt will kinda be ok :rolleyes:

If NES games look fine to you on a 16:9 flatpanel display, hats off to you. to me, they look utter sh1te, & that detracts from enjoying the game.

I presume you got that I was messing in my post. Have only ever plugged my nes into a regular old 4:3 CRT, I take it for granted it'd look terrible on my flatscreen. I stand firm on the FDS situation though!

Myrddin

ghostchant wrote: »

I presume you got that I was messing in my post. Have only ever plugged my nes into a regular old 4:3 CRT, I take it for granted it'd look terrible on my flatscreen. I stand firm on the FDS situation though!

I did not. My joke detector has been running since 5am & may now be broken

I've never played it via FDS, does it outshine the NES one big time?

ghostchant

Alas, neither have I. I have the Famicom cart version (which wasn't released until the early 90's), which I've messed about with but not played through. The sound effects are meant to be better in the FDS version anyway, which is generally the case with FDS versions. I've also heard that there's an enemy that you can attack by shouting into the mic of the controller in the FDS version, a method of attack which obviously didn't make it to western releases. I presume that made it into the Famicom cart version too...I must check.

Retr0gamer

ghostchant wrote: »

I've also heard that there's an enemy that you can attack by shouting into the mic of the controller in the FDS version, a method of attack which obviously didn't make it to western releases. I presume that made it into the Famicom cart version too...I must check.

That's true, it's even mentioned in the US manual that the enemies are sensitive to loud noises, not sure if it made it to the EU manual.

chopperbyrne

It was in the EU manual definitely.

wyrn

I was sickened when our NES and all my lovely games given away :mad:
I had Zelda which was amazing until I lost the map and I couldn't find the last piece. There's a website where you can play them all online but it's not the same.

I had some great originals like Metroid and Faxanadu and the best thing about them..................they all had great (8-bit) theme tunes

DinoRex

ghostchant wrote: »

Ah now if you really plan on playing Zelda as it was meant to be played, you have to pick up a Famicom and a Famicom Disk System (Twin Famicom is acceptable). Don't listen to these NES posers
Also it's probably worth researching and replicating what the average room temperature and humidity was in Japan in the 80's, as well as what snacks and drinks Japanese kids used to enjoy when playing games, just to ramp up the authenticity levels!

You could stick Shemue on in the background. The in game weather system is based on the actual records from Yokosuka in 86/87.