The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

... This is a patron requested episode and we're gonna be covering a classic game, A Legend of Zelda, Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo. But we're playing it via a randomizer, something that none of us had done before. ...

it seems like they were influenced by Dragon Quest hilarious. Amazingly, like they came out and did their thing and Dragon Quest came out and RPG started to really pick up and then Zelda 2 leans back towards RPG. And then I think at some point, yeah, it was just sort of like, well, let's go back to what we are good at and kind of what we are sort of known for and Zelda 3. At the time, I feel like, you know, I remember, tell me if I'm wrong, but I remember playing Soul Blazer first. I think that came out before…

... So I'm in a killing mood after that bullshit. I am going to kill the first game that was picked, Link to the Past. Off the board. ...

... Newtopia is a game that came out in 1990 in the U S 1989 Japan. So it's in between Zelda two and a link to the past, which was 1991. That was like the next big Zelda game. ...

... - I'm about to say usually, so like the first, I mean, we're going to like the Legend of Zelda, like the first one was like the Great Fairy and Link to the Past. Maybe OG Zelda, never played it, never will. ...

... (laughing) But I do think, like, so it's, to me, it's just like the change between Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time, and it's so vivid to me because I remember when my mom got Link to the Past, and like, the chokehold it had on my mom and my aunt, to the point where my mom called the Nintendo Helpline to ask them how to stop playing Zelda. ...

... We plan on being ready to do it, but also there's a technical piece of this. We have been asked to cover Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past with Super Nintendo. Great. ...

but when I heard about the story, like I said, about the Super Retroid and, like, the dad getting it for himself, I got a Sega Genesis for my own because my mom bought Legend of Zelda, Link to the Past, and wanted to play that. ...

... The combat, as you mentioned, is pretty cool because unlike a Legend of Zelda game, and I think comparing it to the original Legend of Zelda or Link to the Past, the Super Nintendo Zelda is is a good comparison to how these dungeons. ...

pointy ears that was the other feature absolute horseshit we're on the penultimate question here going well so far as a podcast bit despite me going into it and turning it into a car crash from the off which legend is zelda game originally sold alongside so this whole bit has been so funny it's kind of killed me um so originally sold alongside a re-release of a link to the past was the first in the series designed to be played by several people simultaneously fuck's sake so easy four swords yeah exactly so um…

... Ain't My Neighbors kind of meets Story of Four meets Zelda A Link to the Past, like 16-bit Zelda. But very dark and gothic, a little bit of gore, a little bit of blood. ...

... (laughing) - I mean, I was a big fan of Zelda anyway from Link to the Past on the SNES, and that was the gateway into J.R.P.G.'s for me when I first played that. ...