The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda is the first title in the Zelda series, it has marked the history of video games particularly for it's game mechanics and universe. The player controls Link and must make his way through the forests, graveyards, plains and deserts of the Otherworld to find the secret entrances to the eight dungeons and try to restore the broken Triforce. Among the game's mechanics, it was the first time we saw a continuous world that could be freely explored, power-ups that permanently enhanced the main character's abilities and a battery save feature that allowed players to keep their progress instead of having to start over. The gameplay balanced action sequences with discovery, secrets and exploration.

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Each row here is an imported IGDB release-date record. One platform can legitimately have several dated entries for regional launches, re-releases, storefront variants, or later ports, which is why you can see the same platform repeated with different dates.

Family Computer Disk SystemNon-US release
JP: Feb 21, 1986
Nintendo Entertainment SystemHas US release
US: Aug 22, 1987
EU: Nov 15, 1987
N/A: Sep 1, 1994
Family ComputerNon-US release
N/A: Feb 19, 1994
WiiNon-US release
N/A: Nov 19, 2006
N/A: Dec 2, 2006
N/A: Dec 7, 2006
N/A: Dec 8, 2006
N/A: Mar 31, 2009
Nintendo 3DSHas US release
US: Dec 22, 2011
N/A: Apr 12, 2012
N/A: Jul 5, 2012
N/A: Feb 3, 2016
Wii UNon-US release
N/A: Aug 28, 2013
N/A: Aug 29, 2013

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