REVIEW: The Legend of Zelda 1986 NES
	By: Nintendo Type: Adventure Players: 1 Difficulty: Normal

The first NES-game to sell in over 1 million copies and the first game in the hugely popular Zelda series. Zelda discovers that Ganon has stolen the Triforce of Power and in fear of that Ganon will try to get her Triforce (the Triforce of Wisdom) she divides the Triforce into many small pieces, because she knows that if Ganon gets both the triforces he will be almost unstoppable! She takes the pieces and hides them on different places in the Kingdom of Hyrule so that Ganon never will lay his hands on them. Later she gets kidnapped by Ganon and sends out her maid Impa to search for a hero to save her and the Triforces. Impa soon gets ambushed by some of Ganon´s troops and gets saved by adventurer named Link. Impa tells Link about Zelda and Ganon and the two Triforces. Now you (Link) has to fight your way through 8  different dungeons to "rescue" all the pieces. Each dungeon  has one guardian that guards the Triforce and at last one hidden treasure hidden like a Bow, Boomerang or something that Link must find. You can also buy new weapons and items in the shops around the world map. The map is also packed with secret weapons, money and items hidden behind rock or behind trees. After Link has collected all the pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom he can head for the Death Mountain where he can find the magical Silver arrow and faces the evil Ganon himself deep inside the huge last dungeon. This game is really huge for being one of the first NES games to be released. It uses the MMC -chip to help the game to scroll both vertically and horizontally. The best part is that when you have completed it the game starts all over again and has now become constantly harder and all the weapons, items and dungeons are in other places. A great game with great long time interest! - Mattias Liedholm 94%

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