Yes, I've gotten another NES Zelda game! Last Tuesday, I went to eBay, and after much blood, sweat, and tears (not literally, of course, but it was more difficult than you'd think), I finally found a copy of this game that I liked. It's a gold cartridge, like my copy of The Legend Of Zelda, and it arrived this Tuesday! I've been playing it a lot ever since, but I've noticed right away that it's difficult. I love the side-scrolling aspects of it; it makes it very unique. Plus, it's just like an RPG, which means I can power-up different abilities, like magic. In spite of how difficult it is, it's a lot of fun! Let me fill you in on my progress...
Okay, so far, I've beaten the first palace, and got another heart container. My life is up to four, magic up to three, and sword up to three. I've got the shield spell and the jump spell, and the candle. Now I just need to figure out what to do next.
This topic also marks my 100th official post in this forum!
That's great! :) (Hey, if you ever happen to get the candle, tell me how, okay? 'Cause I'm stuck. ;) )
The candle is in the first palace. After you enter, go right until you come across an elevator. Go down, and go left until you come across that red dude who throws stuff at you. You'll have to defeat him and the Darknut-type thing behind him. Once you do, keep going left, and you'll come across the candle. Now you can enter caves and see what you're doing!
What palace?
Parapa Palace, I believe. It's the one at the top right of the overworld view, in the desert.
Hmm...thanks. Even though I'm never really going to play for a long time because it's kinda a crappy game. But thanks anyway.
Crappy? I must disagree. Different, yes, but by no means crappy. It is rather the dark horse of the Zelda series, though...
Anyways, I've made a little bit of progress! I've gotten the Life spell. The only hard part is using it at the right time.
You know, if you use timing and cast the life spell right BEFORE getting a magic container, you can heal yourself (almost) completely in most cases, while still getting a full magic refill.
Plus, you can try to use Life right as the magic bar is filling up to get a free life spell, but only if you don't have high to full MP, in which case it would stop filling up on you.
But it's a great game, really. :)
Ah, Adventure of Link. The odd child of the Legend of Zelda family. As Mases of Zelda Dungeon said, it never gets the respect that it deserves.
i couldnt get to the 2nd level :'( my brother makes plots in the old games for me
TAOL is one of my favourites. Its story is good, unique and modest (the latter is something that cannot be said about most other TLOZ stories). The gameplay is challenging. The music is awesome and the graphics, for its time, sweet. And the overworld has to be one, if not the biggest of all TLOZ games. It's a shame a lot of elements from this game never returned in the sequels.
I wasn't the biggest fan of the side-scrolling part, but other than that, it's one of the better early Zelda games.
Well, if anything, it introduced the magic meter, which truly rawked. I got all the way past the second palace, and I had lots of items. I entered the graveyard area, and got eaten alive by an endless amount of invincible poes. Afterwords, lightning struck, we lost our power, and my memory card was wiped. Haven't played the game since :P
I know, don't you just hate it when that happens, ZV? I don't play something for a while after I lose progress. ARGH!! XP
I just started playing it, it is certainly the hardest Zelda game. I just died at Horsehead. :(
That horsehead was a jerk wasn't he? :P
Try killing three darknuts at once.
Grr, I can't make any sort of progress in this game at all! The enemies always find ingenious ways to lower my life level, and the worst part is, I can't avoid a lot of the things that cause me to lose life. The enemies are infuritating after they've killed you multiple times, especially the Darknut-type things, and even if you defeat one of them, another one is usually waiting for you. Then what really pushes me over the edge is that after you lose all of your lives, you have to make your way all the way back to the palace/temple/dungeon/whatever from the beginning of the game, but I wouldn't care as much if it didn't take forever, and you didn't constantly run into enemies on the way. I think this is easily the hardest game I've ever played.
This is also my 200th post... just thought it warranted mentioning.
Same here. That's why I never beat the first dungeon. ???
There are certainly harder ones though.
Although I never really want to play for a long time, because it is a bit crappy game. But thanks anyway.
Quote from: Yequan on June 01, 2011, 07:44:26 PM
Although I never really want to play for a long time, because it is a bit crappy game. But thanks anyway.
A lot of people felt that way actually. :-\
There's this guy at my job with a Zelda tattoo on his chest- he's a hardcore fan, and I respected him for it. That is until, however, he compared Zelda 2 to the Phillips games. >:(
That actually pissed me off quite a bit. He called himself an oldschool fan, and bragged that he'd beaten every Zelda game. When I asked him about Zelda 2 (as it was for me, the hardest of them all) he said it wasn't a real Zelda game. I was so objective I almost yelled at him for calling himself an oldschool Zelda fan. He considers Majora's Mask oldschool.
Hay-ul nah.
^ While I would hardly call that objective, in no way do I disagree. Zelda II was great. It's harder than diamond, but it's also loads of fun.
EDIT: Gosh darn it, that guy's a bot. I'll take care of it, guys.
So AoL is now the only Zelda game I haven't beaten. I was just wondering, is it actually worth playing? I've heard it's kind of an.... embarrassment (?) to the Zelda name...
It's not that bad...just really, really, really hard. Mostly at the end, what with getting to the Great Palace and defeating the final two bosses.
That's why I always insist on beating entire temples within one sitting. :)
HOLY I SPY WIZ MY LITTLE EYE! THIS IS HARD..... and I thought I was proud after beating LoZ I.....
MEDIT: As fitting as that word is to the game's difficulty, it's not allowed. Unfortunately, this is grounds for a warning.