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- Growing up I always heard about how good of a game A Link to the Past was however, every time I would try it out I would get bored of it after a couple of dungeons and proceed to drop it. Recently I got the itch to try playing it again and decided that this time I was going to see it through no matter what. What is it about this game that everyone loves but I just don't seem to get, today I go through the game and discover exactly what that something is.
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Because you don’t need to play it for 3 hours before you can start playing it.
you can just admit that you're horny for Link
In the case of Tears Of The Kingdom, I did ALL of the side quests (yes, even getting all 1000 Korok Seeds) before starting a second Temple. So that was 285 hours before really getting into the actual story (other than the intro stuff and Wind Temple). You could finish A Link To The Past about two dozen times in the same amount of time.
Because your weapons don't break. Because there is no copy and paste. Because there is no cooking animation. No stupid blood moon animation. There are items, exploration is rewarded with heart pieces. Because there is a story!
looking at you Twilight Princess
@@i-am-the-slimeI know this video is about Zelda, but your comment also perfectly describes why I couldn't enjoy Red Dead Redemption 2: just about every action had a 5 - 10 second animation that destroys the pace of gameplay in my opinion. I find it ironic that the focus on making the game so cinematic actually lowered my immersion in the game.
the color palette alone in this game is just so nice.
Has any Zelda game aged better? I don't know, I don't think so.
@@richardspidel3100Wind Waker has also aged well
Yeah I wonder if Minecraft was inspired by it, very similar in my opinion.
Yeah, whoever did the 16bit art for this game is legendary. The whole experience of the music, visuals, and gameplay is amazing.
Skyward Sword
For my brother and me in the mid 90’s, it was toiling though those first three dungeons only to discover we hadn’t even finished half the game yet. Our minds were blown when we were thrown into the Dark World.
Bro same. The very idea that there was like another 9 dungeons after the first 3--4 if you count Hyrule Castle--was incredible to me as a kid.
i had this exact same experience (without the brother part lol). i woke up early before school one morning cause my mom made me go to bed before i could get the Master Sword. i pulled the sword, beat the wizard Angahim (spelling?) only to discover that i had just finished the TUTORIAL. talk about mind blown.
When you first get to the Dark World, hear that theme for the first time with that sunset in the background... That's when you know shit just got real
this... we were stoked when we beat the wizard only to realize the game had only just begun.
Same! And as a kid it took me MANY hours to beat those first three dungeons!
I played this game on the SNES back in 1993, I was 10. You have to figure how much time we spent looking for the 20 hearts and every item besides every puzzle to finish the game. I really enjoy seeing people (re)discover it today. I'm glad you finally enjoyed playing it.
same, legit the most excited I ever was waiting for a game
I felt so smart beating it at age 7, before looking up cheats and strategies was a thing. The game is just so beautiful. It paints it’s scene well. The OST is iconic.. still whistling Dark World theme over 20 years.
For those that were there when it released: remember when you first heard the sound of the muffled rain on the roof of Link’s house and that piece of music that played over that part of the game. Because of the difference in the sound chip of the Super NES to any home console it was like hearing sound for the first time.
Dude yes! I played it during autumn after dinner when it was already dark and that opening with the rain sucked me in. Had never heard anything like it ever before, super atmospheric.
One of the more interesting facts about this game is that after the Dark Palace and the Swamp Palace in the Dark World, you can tackle the other dungeons in any order. I recommend hitting the remaining palaces in this order : Thieves' Hideout, Skull Woods, Misery Mire, Ice Palace and then Turtle Rock.
Here is why: Beating the Thieves' Hideout gets you access to the third sword upgrade sooner, making the boss of Skull Woods easier to deal with. You then go to Misery Mire so you cam get the Cane that places blocks to make getting to the bottom of the Ice Palace easier.
Uhh.. as a kid I personally tackled the palace of darkness (lvl1), thieves town (lvl4) and the ice palace (lvl5) since all the other dungeons kept kicking my ass lol
You can do level 4 before level 2. That's what I like to do.
I did the same BUT the RED Cane trick for the Ice Palace is SNES version the GBA version actually redesigned the Ice Palace so that you can't actually use the Red Cane trick at all.
The boss of skull woods isn't that hard if you unload your fire rod on it...
Yeah as the other comment said, with the Hammer you can get into the Dark World near Kakiriko and get the Titan's Mitt then the Level 3 sword.
Somehow I read the title as "Why Dogs Love Everyone...A Link To The Past"
I guess dogs have good gaming taste...
Dogs were pretty indifferent to everyone before A Link To The Past.
The lesson: If you want a guard dog, do not get him into ALttP
I did not like a link to the past because I couldn’t afford to buy it and it was always rented out.
"Directed by David Lynch"
I was a little too young to figure out how to beat the first Legend of Zelda or it's sequal, The Adventure of Link on the NES. When A Link to the Past came out I was ten years old and could actually progress in the game on my own. I think I spent days trying to figure out some of the dungeons but when I eventually finished the game it was among my proudest gaming moments.
Incredible game, absolutely amazing for it's time, 10/10.
It took me around a year to beat the game. I was also 10 and didn't speak English at the time, so no hint or dialogue was of any help, had to find everything by trial and error.
I bought my SNES with paper route money the same year. FFII and Zelda were immediately purchased as they became available
Beating Zelda is proof positive our education system sucks. If ten year olds everywhere have the energy, intelligence, and discipline to beat this game…man, we just suck at teaching kids.
i'm just slightly younger by like 2 years maybe and the game like this for me was FF Mystic Quest on NES. I even got to call the Nintendo hotline for help 😂
A reason I would like to say as why "Everyone loves ALTTP" is more or less the replay value. Many people such as I, enjoy 100% the game over and over. Its oddly satisfying!
Yes... that's why it's my favourite. You can just play it again and again. I think there's other Zelda games that were better on the first playthrough, but they didn't have the same staying power.
I don't think any other game has ever captured the same feeling you get for pulling the Master Sword either. The sheer power fantasy is so well conveyed with the little particle effects, music, tone, the change in forest fog literally blown away. The immediate call for help and the dash for the moment to save the princess through loads of scary strong enemies made complete chumps from the Master Sword and reaching the peak you are given the taste of victory, but the taste goes sour all at the same time, you win the battle, but now get forced into fighting a war. It's not just an epic story, the gameplay setup and journey itself is Epic itself. Such an amazing game.
@@scikoolaid YES! I have never heard anyone describe that feeling with all the details about the perfection of that moment and how it made us feel.
@@seantv1510
Exactly, I've beat it when I was idk 10 years old and from time to time I still sit and beat it again 100%. It's timeless, you never get bored of it.
Link to the Past was the most well rounded Zelda game. It introduced gameplay mechanics that no other game had at the time and had a wonderful variety in its soundtrack.
That specific incarnation Link had some of the best games in the series.
What ALttP innovated, the Link's Awakening expanded upon, and the Oracles games perfected.
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons remain my favorite Zelda games to date. Mad underrated.
I really wish they'd bring back some elements from back then.
@@trajectoryunown
i want to disagree with you, but i only played zelda 1-5.
so far 3 is BY FAR the best of the first 5.
i need to get up to date with the rest....
@@sabin97 I personally separate Zelda games into two categories when comparing them to one another. 2D and 3D are just too different to draw an honest comparison.
I wholeheartedly recommend the Oracles games. When I say they perfected what ALttP innovated, I mean there are more challenging puzzles, slightly better world design, more character depth, and a plethora of new items and equipment that can change your approach.
Don't get the wrong idea here, I love ALttP. It's truly one of the greatest games of all time. Bar none. I've played it so much that I've got nearly the entire game committed to memory except for the dialogue and some parts of dungeons. I could provide a detailed walkthrough to someone over the phone without ever referencing a manual and even modify the instructions to suit various play styles.
I am in no way putting down ALttP. The Oracles games are honestly just that good.
@@trajectoryunown
zelda 5 was a huge disappointment, and i expect the same from 6
For me it isn’t just nostalgia, as my first Zelda game was *the* first Zelda game. I grew up at the same time that the series did, and A Link to the Past was the first epic, story-driven Zelda, and it’s so amazing what they were able to achieve with the SNES hardware. The SNES itself was also an incredible platform in terms of how it redefined console gaming and just how much more ambitious the games for it were compared to previous console generations. It was a big turning point for gaming.
That said, the original black-and-white Link’s Awakening is my absolute favorite Zelda, but LttP is right up there.
The ice dungeon’s controls were awful even back then though.
Because it's peak 2D zelda
links awakening
i woldntlimit it to just "2d".
it's peak zelda.
@@sabin97 No. Ocarina.
@@Giggles_iJest
nah. zelda 5 was the biggest disappointment in the zelda franchise so far.
maybe 6 will be more disappointing?
A couple things that were mind bending for me the first time I played it:
1) Almost all the items have two uses. Usually a combat use and a utility/puzzle-solving use.
- Boomerang stuns, picks up far items, activates switches
- Bombs boom baddies and destroy secret walls
- Mirror returns you to the entrance of a dungeon and warps you between worlds.
- Hammer flips armored enemies and is required to unlock new areas of the map.
and so on...
2) So may thing can be upgraded (secret waterfall fairy, island fairy, blacksmith)...
Those two things alone just gave the game so much depth. It was amazing to repeatedly try older items you've had for a while in new ways... like sprinkling magic powder on one of those stupid bomb throwing cyclopes and having him turn into a chicken or whatever.
3) The whole Dark World mirrors the Light World and warping between the two is often how you solve certain puzzles thing.
4) Not really a feature of the game, but there were so many optional items/upgrades that it was the first game I ever remember wanting to 100% by finding every upgrade, every bottle, every heart container and so on.
Yeah, definitely my favorite. If you like Link to the Past, I recommend trying Link Between Worlds. I was hesitant to play at first, but there are some great design choices in that game that make it as unique as it is a tribute to LttP and well worth your time to play.
Great games have tiny moments of wonder and awe that makes them what they are. Finding the master sword in the middle of that foggy forest is one of such moments, and it moved inside me what the creator of Zelda originally intended: the feeling of adventure.
Amazing game!
I had two friends going to school each morning, telling each other secrets that they had found in the game, while I was left in the dark b/c I didn't even have a SNES. I was so desperate to get the SNES and this Zelda game. I didn't get it until 1993, way after my friends both beat the game. But I played it myself without their insight. It was a great experience.
I was a kid when this game out and I saved my allowance to buy the game when it came out. Loved it every since then.
6:26 - This scenario exemplifies something that I, personally, really love about Zelda Dungeons.
I've had my fair share of moments like that. Where I've made an assumption about how to move forward based on my preconceived heuristics for investigating for a solution, but the game will simply not let me move forward (because my heuristics are flawed and incomplete).
Scenarios like the one at 6:26 are the moments where our pre-existing heuristics get stress tested, like muscles during exercise, causing them to grow and improve. They are opportunities to level up the rigorousness of our investigation skills.
That's why I will never understand why people dislike getting "stuck/lost" in a dungeon. Perhaps some people don't like having their pre-existing heuristics challenged, but I've really come to love it. Getting stuck/lost is an opportunity to improve your perception, logic, and navigational skills. It's like adding a little extra weight to the mental dumbbells your mind is trying to lift. If you're just willing to be patient, persevere, and experiment you will grow.
Even if I do end up caving and looking an answer up, It's not something that makes me feel cheated or stupid because my failure to find the solution on my own is valuable information about my own flaws. Such failures are fantastic opportunities to combine that information about my flaws with the information shared by others to improve my own investigation skills.
Nicely put
I agree with this 100%, and is one of the reasons I don’t enjoy BOtW and TOTK as much. It feels like everything is too easy, everything is too accessible. You never get stuck, or tricked by any of the puzzles or shrines. I worked for DAYS to try and figure out how to get into the desert in the dark world the first time. And it was so satisfying to finally figure it out. That’s the whole reason it’s blocked off! To frustrate you and make you explore and try things.
For me, its because its the quintessential Zelda game. When I think of what a true Zelda game is, its this. lots of dungeons, secrets, extras, items, it can be played out of order I mean so many things. its everything the first game was cranked up to 11 with a good story to boot.
Yeah it's sad we don't have this kind of Zelda anymore but we get this open world empty trash Zelda games...
@@peterc504 Honestly if they made the open world not empty and incorporated a fire story and actually used a lot of the space for super massive, deep, treacherous, puzzle-laden dungeons, I'd be head over heels for the new Zeldas.
@@thefalselemon579 true I agree but I doubt we will see that anytime soon.. that is why I would like a brand new Zelda a link to the past style
@@peterc504 It would be pretty dope to have an ALttP-type game set in a BotW-type world.
The opening sequence with the 3D Triforce really sticks with me. The game was huge and open feeling for its time too.
i just miss the complexity of the early zelda dungeons and the challenge, takashi tezuka was the man when it comes to zelda dungeons, naturally you had difficulty by the end, it was meant to be harder
just to compare from a geometric perspective, twilight's hryule castle is very similar to the alttp design but does not have the lock up section and instead makes the courtyard and tower (which is shorter but has more unique platforming despite only 2 challenging obstacles) part of it and this was the end game. there are other puzzles but they are pretty generic. alttp's HC is very simplistic because it is the intro and yet and does not have the fewest dungeon rooms in the game believe it or not. the 3d entries in general have their share of complex dungeons but many of them come off as empty or easy follow the path layouts especially when the central room exists. alttp dungeons, despite their low puzzle variety compared to later entries, deliver on each dungeon having a different structural design. not all are linear or non linear. they all feel diverse from one another and do not always follow the same formula. the only similarity is that several have a final linear branch that leads to the boss but some avert this like thieve's town.
@@scorpionsapprentice3248 can you imagine ganons tower in 3d? thats what i was expecting from tears of the kingdom, but thats ok, we are still in the first generation of open world zelda, lets see how its gonna be on a more powerfull system
@@rafaelmoura2103 a ganon's tower sized dungeon in 3d zelda would be a dream come true. botw did deliver with the size of hyrule castle but you can easily cheese it. tbh for the future of open world zelda i want to see the content scaled down where it focuses on quality over quantity and more classic dungeons that could still work in that structure. there needs to be more risks taken however if the series is going to evolve.
@@scorpionsapprentice3248agreed both botw and tok were boring for me..I miss the old formula Zelda games like alttp. I kind of hope Nintendo brings us a brand new top down Zelda like alttp on the new switch..I feel like the old style Zelda games are still amazing and I enjoy them more than these new open boring world Zeldas.. Nintendo could do like they did with metroid and have 1st person and side stroller. But in Zelda case an open world like tok and one like alttp
that being said though i want more top down entries. i don't like 3d as much because they are generally clunkier and too mechanically complex in terms of physics and performance. 3d can accomplish more but it has more complications as well.
You got the dates wrong…it came out in late 1991 in Japan and in early 1992 here. I remember, I was there.
i was there, too. i remember you. you were weaselly. you were wormy. i was taller. you went to college. i went to prison. now i'm out. i want to get to know the real you.
It's the best in the whole franchise. Consider:
First game: Amazing.
Second game: ...*Innovative*.
This game: The results speak for themselves.
All the functions and features not previously implemented in prior Zelda titles made for a titular game that was an experience in and of itself.
Nothing as ambitious of It's kind had been done before it; This ain't the post-Phantom Hourglass era. It's the dawn of the Super Nintendo, the rise of the 16-bit age. Someday these games would come to be considered *old*, but will always remain the masterpieces that captivated our hearts throughout our childhoods and history itself.
Link to the Past was my favorite until Tears of the Kingdom came along.
The thing about ALTTP... you can be an absolute gremlin. That's it. You want to be a hyper-competent swords master? Go ahead. Want to unleash the magic bee horde against unsuspecting, innocent bosses? Go for it. The journey has but one direction; I cannot be blamed if I break through some walls along the way.
Your comment doesn't make sense.
@@folksurvival He means you can play the game in many ways, using items not usually thought of to get to the same destination.
@@folksurvival Trust me, it made sense. You just didn't get it. That's okay though.. but you probably shouldn't chime in just to say you don't think it makes sense.
@@seantv1510 English is probably not his first language.
LttP and Chrono Trigger were the first games I ever finished entirely on my own which is prolly why they still sit at the top spot in my head. You made a great video keep up the hard work!
For me, having grew up playing Zelda 1 and 2 on NES, this game slapped so hard simply by the music. Back in the day, video game music was not taken seriously. There was the Zelda TV show that had a decent rendition of the music, to be fair. But, it was a show, you weren't in control of the action.
The stroke of genius is how long the game makes you wait for that ever familiar overworld theme, almost making you think you're not going to get it. You have the night storm, dungeons, and all the dramatic heroic music as you make your way to the castle. Then the secret tunnel to the sanctuary. Then... as you leave the sanctuary, double doors bursting open, you are met with (especially at the time) a vibrant environment, strongly contrasting with all that came before in the game... and there it is... there's that music. It comes in hard and hypes you up for the journey ahead.
The other reason it remains a favourite for a lot of people - simplicity. It built on the older games but it kept things simple. It also set a lot of future standards for subsequent titles in the franchise. I love Ocarina of Time, but it just feels so much of a chore at times to play with the 3D aspect of the game. Exploring LTTP's Hyrule back in the early 90s without the internet and no Nintendo Power subscription was an epic journey as a kid. So, I admit the nostalgia is strong. However, I have played nearly every Zelda game and the two I always come back to, to finish, are LTTP and OOT. The rest of the games are great... but are one off play throughs for me. Later games are far more exquisite and fleshed out, but they require so much dedication to get through.
I just remember this game restoring the sense of wonder and adventure that The Adventure of Link lost when changing up the design. It felt like a “true” sequel to the original.
The game was great because for the time it was revolutionary. U don’t understand, story telling and ambience was unheard of in video games around that time. The world was immersive. From the moment u started the game u heard the dread and urgency in the stormy night link wakes up and emerges eventually in the santurary to a whole world to explore. It was mind blowing and for us who were there to experience it first hand, left a lasting impact for the rest of our lives. U won’t ever feel what we felt when we first played it. Was truly magical but that’s ok, now days we have epic journeys like botw and Totk which I can only imagine what kids feel when they first play those games! Hell I’m 41 and will never forgot those games! Btw, for us who didn’t have the internet, it took us weeks and months to beat it! 10 hrs to beat is crazy but at the time we didn’t have these luxuries. While I admit the new Zelda’s are probably objectively better, lttp is my favorite because of nostalgia! I would kill for them to make a 2D Zelda on the scale of botw
The feeling of exploration. The world felt like my own growing up. We had a forest, old churches, a river, a graveyard, caves. I had my bug-catching net and the tunes in my head and I seriously lived that game for about a year.
My big problem with a lot of the later Zelda's (At least up until the WiiU haven't played beyond that, though I heard BotW doesn't have this issue due to a completely different approach) is they are very constrictive, they want you to finish certain tutorial tasks and go certain places in a certain order. My first Zelda was TLoZ, the first, where it just drops you off and doesn't elaborate and gives you free reign. Sure there are some barriers, liking needing the bow from level 1 to kill Gohma in level 6, or the raft in level 3 to reach level 4, but that only happens a few times and doesn't feel forced (You can do level 8 as your first dungeon if you are inclined). While AlttP is not nearly as open ended as the original, it still has a fair degree of it, and also adds on a lot of things that were good. For example after finishing Hyrule Castle, the game doesn't force you to go anywhere, you can run straight to the Eastern Palace, or go treasure hunting, or go to the village. Eventually yes, you need to beat the Eastern Palace to progress, but there isn't this big "GO HERE AND DO X, AND IF YOU DON'T YOU CAN'T PROGRESS!" vibe like later games. The game recommends you visit the village, but you don't have to. The Dark World's middle 5 dungeons (You still kind of have to do the 1st and 7th in their order) also function similar to the original game, where their order isn't set in stone (Even if you have to say, do 3 before 5 because of the fire rod, not unlike 1 before 6 because of the bow in the original game), you could do 4 > 6 > 3 > 2 > 5 if you desired.
I guess it's just a personal preference as I have found a whole new appreciation for ones like WW and OOT after trying the randomizers which are a lot more open ended than their main game.
One of my favorite memories from my childhood comes from the first time I played this game. What really made it special is it was a rainy gloomy day where I lived so I felt so immersed at the beginning. I was 11 years old.
First game of the iconic formula, and that was before DragonForce released a song about it.
When the game crashed you said, "it looked like this," an ad happened.
That would be really weird if a real ad occured in game.
I remember sitting in school waiting till time to go home so i could start playing again, i would draw maps between assignments and on the bus ride. Great memories of this game and i still playthrough from time to time and get that old feeling back
The fact that every single zelda game is the favorite game of someone in the Zelda fanbase shows how good the franchise is as a whole. I played Zelda 1 first with my dad on an emulator in 2006/2007 (I'm from 99), then ALTTP, Phantom Hourglass, Twilight Princess, Spirit Tracks, Skyward Sword, OOT 3D, ALBW, MM 3D, Wind Waker HD, BOTW, Link's Awakening Remaster, and TOTK. My favorite (and personal best game ever) is BOTW, but I can easily see why someone prefers one or the other. They all bring something different, being in atmosphere, gameplay, exploration, story and narration, visual style, dungeon design, etc... The only games of the main series I have not played or completed are Zelda 2 (not completed), Minish Cap (not completed) and the Oracle games (not played).
Great video!
One of my faves of all time. You did a great job giving it a fair modern look! Thank you for bringing us all through memory lane and appreciating this beloved game together
The younger generation will never know what it was like to finish an adventure rpg (or any game) without the Internet. Going to school and talking to friends and hearing how they did this and you telling them how you found that etc. Truly experiencing a game like this organically can never be re-created. These are the main reasons why i think this game and others like it stick with us so much. Not trying to be cheesy but it was more than a game, it was an experience. An experience for me that took a little more than a year to complete. Hope this makes sense.
When I played this on release day I couldn’t believe my eyes. The graphics was unbelievable. What amazed me the most was the intro with the thunder storm in the middle of the night. It really was an effective intro to pull me in. I played it religiously every day. And let me tell you, school had never felt as boring and slow as it did at that time. I just wanted to get home and play lol
Yes, this game is a favorite of mine and it was my first Zelda Game, but so far my number 1 Zelda game is and will forever will be Twilight Princess.
When I was younger I struggled in The Link to the Past. I just couldn't get past the first dungeon. I eventually gave up and years later (Last Month) I finally decided to end this. I had the Super Nintendo Mini that had the game, and so I played it and beat it. It was truly a masterpiece. I felt so accomplished when I beaten it.
My favorite part about the game is the various items and upgrades I can get my hands on.
It's so weird how different the experience is with games now with instant connection and the internet. ALTTP was the first Zelda game I beat. I played the orginal at my cousins whenever I could get the chance but my point is that it is a strange feeling hearing everyone so nonchalantly talking about how this game takes about 8-10 hours to beat when the majority of the people who played this game growing up played it for hours and hours and for months and you would go over everthing and get stuck and you'd take a break of maybe get a hint from someone at school or the gaming magazines that had tips or something. I dont know how many hours I played that game until I beat it, and I know time can be deceptive, but I know for a fact the average player put 100's of hours into that adventure. It wasn't like watching a movie or binging through 1 season of a show type adventure. It was a grow with you over multiple school years and life events type adventure that left a major impact.
The Turtle Rock dark room, you actually can avoid the fire bars. Use the hookshot before they hit you, you're invulnerable as long as it's extended.
Remember my mom and her friend on the phone in the mid 90s playing this and sharing how to progress through the dungeons with each other
I wish i could get into this game but i couldn't either, one day i hope to go through it, My story is similar to yours OoT was my first and MM being my favorite
It's my fave zelda game of all time (BotW got pretty close though)
Renting LttP when I was a kid, taking it home and playing it that first time, with the opening being in the rain with that music pretty much sealed the deal for me.
The graphics are almost perfect and time less.
The way LttP improved so much from the original game, like having an actual story, you had a fully fleshed out town with chilled out music.
Most of you might not know this, but there is/was a game called Graal that was basically a LttP clone that you could play online. You could actually use the map editor to make your own house and submit it.
So at one time I had my own house in an online video game.
I eventually ended up on the LAT team (Level Administration Team I think it was).
Good times.
I say that to say that my earning for a true online 2D zelda game hasn't wavered.
I wish they would still do something like that in the style of LttP.
Taking me way back lol. I definitely played Graal back in the day. I really got into Zelda Classic.. which was a clone of Zelda but it also had a free, somewhat user friendly map editing software and I used to mess around creating maps in the editor and making a story but quickly lost interest because I was blown away by the creativity and dedication of the modding community. I thought it was the coolest thing that there were forums of people that all came together and shared/rated the different user submissions where anyone could submit, there were thousands of different games within the Zelda world to play and never did get to play so many of them although I ran through many of the highest rated fan made ALTTP style games and some of them deserved to have been packaged up and sold they were THAT good.
Main reason (IMO): Music
Music is one of the things that truly sticks with you long after finishing a game
man, good times, I played that as a kid and those two worlds was crazy for me, everytime I played it, I got it to this Zelda world, I loved it! nice video bro
The music and the top down view and the way it plunged you right into the action is what got me.
Because it's the most 90s thing you could think of. You start the game sneaking into a heavily guarded castle by evil on a stormy night to rescue the Princess. Then, you adventure through Hyrule to get a mystical sword and defeat an evil wizard.
One thing I will say about the late game, it's definitely a pain in the ass on a first playthrough. However the game does give you a ton of tools to deal with it, like the magic cape to avoid the fire while you're on the moving platforms, and the medallions to deal with enemy hordes. I underutilized those items at first but on subsequent playthroughs I started learning when the best times to use them are, and it makes the late game a ton more enjoyable because I really feel like I'm utilizing all of Links arsenal. That being said, you'll definitely need to be prepared with the upgraded magic meter and a few bottles of green potion lol. Great video though I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on the game!
I played this one on the GBA back in 2003 and i didnt know it was an "old" game until a couple of years later and i thought it was awersome even though my firsts were on the n64
I was probably four or five when I got my Super Nintendo let me tell you it took me months just to figure out the hidden path to the castle. So every time I played it it was literally just me walking around in the rain not finding anything turning it off to play something else and then one day. 1 magical day while picking up all the bushes a path opened up and it was magical. Since then it's been my favorite game and series
My first Zelda game and I never had trouble finding the dark world 6th dungeon because as a kid I used to enjoy exploring all aspects of the game and I got the flute pretty early on, now I do remember hating the ice palace so much
It's not necessarily about which game is technically the best or most well designed. It's that this set a standard for what a top-down 2D Zelda game should be and introduced so many things that are now standard, like the Master Sword and Kakariko village, and the other things you mentioned. I was a teenager when I played this at my best friend's house and I remember recording the music on my little tape recorder so I could listen to it at home. My younger brother and I eventually got our own copy and enjoyed playing it together.
It's so fun to watch someone that had a close experience to mine with this franchise! Good video congrats
I remember when this game came out I was 11 years old. What an awesome summer… this and street fighter two on snes was the perfect summer games. Me and the neighborhood kids used to have mini tournaments
This game represents my entire childhood. I even dreamt I woke up in a rainy night and had to find a shield and sword to rescue a princes
It’s my favorite video game of all time. The game is linear enough that you know where to go, but there’s also enough “side quests” (tempered/butter sword, the heart pieces, mini games, etc) to keep you busy between dungeons. It’s simple by design compared to today’s games, but was just complex enough to inspire future Zelda games.
Ultimately, it’s the nostalgia factor that does it for me. I remember playing this game after school as a child, while my mother would watch me conquer all the dungeons. She would get upset if I played without her watching 🤣 she couldn’t figure out the controls, so she just lived vicariously through me playing. It reminds me of simpler days of my childhood, and whenever I hear the OST I’m overwhelmed with emotion.
It was the epitome of an incredible game. It had puzzles, storyline, action, depth, end-game content and so much more. I wish they would branch out and create content around individual games, starting with Oracle of Ages and Seasons!
LTTP was my first Zelda I actually played through properly, instead of just having a go at a friends house. It'll always be my favourite as it's not just my first Zelda but my first open world game and first RPG. The nostalgia is Strong!!
One of the games of my childhood. Still love it to this day. The reason it caught on so much was multi reason. Starting with the indepthness of this game. It is a long (for that time, very long) game with tons to do. Some obvious, some not so much, some hidden with secrets to discover. It was also one of the best looking game, graphic wise of its time along with a great feel and handling of it. So much to learn, so much to do. Could keep you busy for months. Since there was no mass internet , social media, online guides and such... you were mostly left to figure it out yourself or from a friend. So you had to work for it. - It also had a open world concept. Not something we saw often, or at all, in gaming back then. Most ppl were used to something like Mario for Nes. One board/level after another. Straight through to the end. No question of where to go or what to do. Zelda was wide open. You do a lot of what ever you wanted. Yes, there were built in machinics to guide you through the game, and prevent you form go TO far ahead... but you had a lot of freedom to explore and do as you wish. And the world was huge to explore. Then add in all the caves and tunnels, and dungeons.. it was massive for its time. It also had areas designed physically, and with music, to give certain areas/times a much more tense, foreboding sense; sense of dread. - Then the dungeons wernt straight forward. You had to work at it and plan ahead and think it through. And it got tougher with each dungeon. The game rly had it all for its time. As such, it got a lot of love from the gamers of its time.
Also, it had a little addition at the end of the game, after the credits rolled when you beat it, where it gave you a number. That number was the total amount of times you died. In this case, that includes your actual dieing AND the 'save and quit' option combined. - It took true knowledge, and patience, to be able to get that number to be ZERO.
Good for you man, for being willing to give this classic a second chance
As an older gamer, it isn’t just nostalgia speaking, but those 16b games aged a lot better than the n64-ps1 era games have
A link to the past was my first Zelda game having an snes myself at the time and it’s my all time favourite!! The story as link to the past was just something about the feeling it gave when you played it from the iconic field music in the game a sense of an actual hero building up to that point of success along the adventure to save Hyrule and save Zelda, although I did play them all and own them, my second to that is botw and totk the epic storytelling cinematics and the story it tells was just a masterpiece also
Well overall it was just such a good and solid title. It took everything from the OG game and improved on it.
This game is where my childhood and love for Zelda began. I was 4 years old and have been in love with the franchise ever since. I’ve beaten the majority of them at this point and it all started here. It’s always been hard to pick my favorite between this game and ocarina of time tho. I’m thoroughly in love with both for different reasons
It feels mysterious and exciting. The game has great storyline and lore without being overthought - and still leaves some points to the imagination. It doesn’t over-explain anything.
ALTTP is the first video game I ever played. I was only two or three years old and I couldn't even read yet, but I knew where to go from watching my older brother play. I'm not exaggerating when I say even just the intro with the Triforce assembling makes me tear up.
As far as game design, playability, fantastic controls, satisfying action, fantastic difficulty balance, cool yet simple story and plot that keeps momentum, etc, it's nearly a perfect video game. One of the all time greats.
For us old timers, the original NES Zelda was out favorite. When it became 16 bit on the SNES, it was like our lives changed forever. The number of hours friends and I spent exploring every inch of Hyrule brings back memories.
It’s also worth mentioning how in awe we were with this game coming from the NES LoZ
As someone who didn't own a she's. We had a genesis growing up. My first zelda was ocarina then Link's Wakening, the. Majoras mask. Around 2002-03 I finally got a snes and a copy of a link to the past and it was fantastic. I mean back then we didn't have the luxury of seeing I credible visuals in games now and making games 50-100 hours wasn't a thing back then either. However I went back and played chrono trigger this year and it is STILL amazing. Sometimes less is more, we don't NEED to have the most cutting edge graphics to enjoy a game. People who read books can attest to this. Glad you stuck through and kept playing!
Beautiful graphics, an appealing color palette and atmospheric music are adding a chill to the gaming experience. Still my favorite game and I am still playing it today.
I’ve been there since the beginning. Got the first game when I was about 7 in 1990, blown away. Played LTTP at my friend’s house in 1992 and was blown away again. Hard to describe to this newest generation of gamers how it felt to see these monumental advances in graphics and gameplay. You kind of had to be there to get it. My 20 yr old son went back and played all the old games on emulators. He liked LTTP, but it wasn’t his favorite. He said it was too easy, which I do have to admit is true, it’s by far the easiest game in the series. It would be nice to have a second quest of LTTP to add some greater challenge. Is there a rom hack for it?
Excellent video brother… just subbed!
The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past, was mind-blowing and revolutionary when it came out. I started off playing the NES in 1988 and played Atari 2600 as well, so seeing the SNES and this game, along with Super Mario World for the first time was a huge deal back then.
ALttP used to be my favorite, but as of late the one that gives me the nostalgia goosebumps is actually Windwaker. God I had so much fun exploring the seas in that one.
Because it's arguably the best! To quote Egoraptor, "It was the definitive Zelda, right?"
My favorite Zelda game. Just a perfect blend of everything for me.
Still to this day I'm trying to do a no-death run on this game (Use of a Fairy counts against you). I keep getting close each time!!
Link's Awakening is my favorite, and I grew up with LttP. I just loved the characters in it, and the ending made me question if I was doing the right thing or not, which not many games could do back then.
This was the first game I ever rented from a video store. I had never even heard of the game before and only chose it because I liked how the cover looked. What are the odds that I had chosen the greatest game ever made? I think I ended up renting the game about 5 more times after that too.
"It never really had a fair shot of becoming my favorite after having played it as late as I have"
As someone born in '92 I think that's fair and appreciate you playing it until the end in the first place. I won't type a paragraph, but games have changed in a lot of ways over the decades and it has become harder imo to play older games for enjoyment after becoming accustomed to the quick-hits of dopamine we get from more contemporary games.
the style of your video reminds me of SNES Drunk. Keep going! Subbed
Generally speaking, I think that follow-up Zelda games have eclipsed A Link to the Past, but it still remains a foundational title that introduced many of the tropes and concepts that future games would rely on for a long time.
Because was amazing see that colorfull graphics running in early 90s, also the rain and Lightnings, the cave sounds, wow
Not the first one I played that was the original duology but still after all the Zelda games that have come and gone my favorite. It has just the right amount of linearity to teach you but not gate you off too much that you get bored or feel constrained, the bosses have more that just the one item to stun them and then swing your sword combat that the Zelda formula became, and my probably the best Ganon fight in the whole of the series. Also great job on the video keep it up.
Boomer here. I grew up in the 80’s with Atari and NES.
SNES was so advanced by comparison when it came out,
Zelda 3 was our Breath of the Wild moment.
And while we didnt have HD or OLED screens,
if you got a great quality 14” tv (shrinking the picture),
it was as good as gold.
Millennial*
Gen X or Millennial. Boomers are old enough to be your parents as they were born in the 1950s early 60s.
This has been my favorite Zelda game since I first played it when it was released. I loved the first two games as well, but the return to the overhead 2D instead of the side scrolling from AoL was refreshing. The music, the colors, the nods to previous games. It all adds up to what is easily in the Top 5 games on the SNES.
Also, one of my favorite scenes is gaming ever is in this one. When you get all three pendants and go back to the Lost Woods. You enter the grotto where the Master Sword is. You stand before it, pick it up, and the music that plays is literally giving me goose bumps as I type this, let alone when I play it.
You think "Now I can go and defeat Agahnim!" only to hear that Zelda has been captured and needs saving! Then when you're brought to the Dark World, you realize everything you did up to this point was preamble and the real adventure and challenge was about to start.
I'm in my early 40s, and a Link between worlds was my first Zelda game. So I really enjoyed a Link to the past.
Whats the name of the song playing in the end?
Link to the Past is one of my favorite games of all time.
Really nice review, that ice does suck and so does that dude who knocks you down.
Was born in 88 and can recall beating LTTP concurrently with learning to read... that said, Majora's is also my favorite, and IMHO, the best video-game-as-art Nintendo ever created.
My favorite is Majora's Mask. I know "darkest Zelda" is a meme at this point, but like, try fucking up the puzzle in Sakon's hideout and seeing Kafei's reaction. Honestly though kinda just love everything about it, the Zora swimming, the transformation masks, having most of the gameplay happen outside of dungeons while also having like 3 really robust dungeons (and Woodfall is solid too, just suffers from being the "tutorial" dungeon), each character having their own daily schedule, the fact that they just let you abuse time travel with the silver rupees / lottery, etc. I've beaten the game like 5+ times, and as regretable as it may have been, watching the Grumps playthrough was how I found out about the scene where Anju brings lunch to her grandma.
Also read the comic that was in Nintendo Power at the time. I think that's another thing that really enhanced the experience. It's a good read and like 10 bucks for the whole graphic novel.
What? I freaking loved this game. It was incredible. I remember getting it on the SNES back in the day and thinking how awesome it was. There was so much to do in it and the difficulty was challenging. Such a great game.
This is pretty much the exact same situation I found myself in. I played this game after many other top-down Zelda entries, and my first playthrough of the game was riddled with inconveniences that made my time very frustrating overall. A second playthrough some time later helped me see the value people see in it though. It's a great foundation, but lacking polish in some notable areas. I have gripes with the soundtrack too, big one being like you said with the dungeon theme, very repetitive and tiring. I think the instrumentation could've sounded better too, if later SNES titles are anything to go by, but as it is it did its job well and introduced a lot of staple themes to the series. It's still quite low on my personal ranking, but with much less disdain than I previously had towards it.
For the longest time, this was my number 1 favorite Zelda game. I was 11 or 12 when the game was released, and I have played it so many times through that it's really become a big part of me. Of course, Majora's Mask came along several years later and claimed that top spot, but ALTTP still holds a very special place in my heart. The music is stellar, the visuals were spectacular for the time, and the lore really kicked off what would become a deep and intriguing story that would become the standard for the entire franchise. In those days, there was no official timeline, so many of us subscribed to the idea that the Legend of Zelda was just that... one story that was retold through the ages with different details. I played each Zelda game in order of its release, so it's difficult for me to imagine what it would be like playing this game after playing all the subsequent titles, but I look back on it with nothing but great memories.
Back in the day it provided an eye watering amount of playtime and it aged as well as super Metroid.
It also got a GBA remake giving two other generations to play it on their times portable console.
I’d played A Link to The Past for the 1st time and thought I was incredibly late then, which was in the year 2001. It’s such a timeless game. I do however remember playing Zelda 2 for the NES at my daycare years prior & thought it was trash. Faded the entire series until 2001.
This was the very first zelda title i played, for the NES. I was like 4-5 years old. I couldnt beat it then. Fast forward to the age of 12-13 i got a gamboy sp and with it the four swords a link to the past dual game and beat it. I love this game
I had a hard time with in as a little kid in the early 90s also I loved it but had a hard time finishing until I was older. Same with a lot of these classic games, it wasn't until I was in my mid teens that I could really sort of do everything in games like this, the original two Zeldas, secret of mana, etc. Ultima on PC same thing. At some point I discovered I could start holding the pathways to do things in my head and that I didn't need to know what was ahead to just move forward and try everything until something worked
So, yeah, Link To The Past is my favorite, it was also mostly my first, I played 1 and 2 a bit but at that time I was far more interested in platformers and sports games. Link to the Past was my first real delve into the Zelda world and I've been hooked ever sense. I will forever have a special place for LttP because of the nostalgia of playing it in my very early teens as well as it being the game that also got my Dad hooked on Zelda games. He loved playing that game with us and he went on to play most of the games after that. It was a lot of fun sharing a passion for a video game that my dad shared as well. I think you did LttP justice in your review and glad you stuck it out, kept your mind open enough, and found your own way to enjoy the game much later in it's life. Cheers.