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Zelda
3 - A Link to the Past
Story
The land of hyrule had many
myths such as the Triforce. To say this quickly (read the booklet of Zelda
3 for this info and more), the Triforce had been placed in the "Golden
Land" by the Gods. It was powerful enough to grant the holder any wish.
This legend was slightly forgotten over years. The "Book Of Mudora", which held a collection of Hylian (People of Hyrule are Hylian, such as Link) legends
and lore made the Triforce desirable and helped the people to slightly
remember it. One bit of it said this: "In a realm beyond sight, The sky
shines gold, not blue.
There, the Triforce's might, Makes mortal
dreams come true."
Everyone started to try and find the Triforce,
but no one, not even the Hylian sages, knew it's location - too much had
been forgotten over time. People then gave up except the greedy.
One day a group of thieves
skilled in the black arts accidentally opened a gate to the Golden Land.
The leader - Gannondorf ran ahead of his gang, killed them and laid his
blood stained hands on the Triforce..... From then on, for
some time evil power began to take the greedy to join Gannon and become
his army. Dark clouds were permanently over Hyrule and disasters happened.
The Lord of Hyrule sent seven wise men and all of the knights to seal the
gate between the two worlds. The Triforce doesn't know which wishes are
evil, so it granted all of Gannon's wishes. The Hylian decided to forge
a sword resistant to even the power of the Triforce. This sword was named
the blade of evil's bane and the Master Sword. Only a pure-hearted and
strong of body person could wield it. As the seven wise Hylians tryed to
find someone that could wield it, Gannon's evil, greedy army attacked the
castle. Many died, but the seven wise men managed to seal the gate. The
war was known as the Imprisoning War. After many generations, these memorys
faded....
No one was ready for the new
disasters that happened from evil powers. No magic could stop them so the
king wanted an investigation. The seal was still intact, so rewards were
offered to anyone who could find out the problem. A bloke called Agahnim
came and made everyone find out that the disasters were made by a previously
unseen form of magic, and got the reward of getting a position of chief
advisor. He was made out to be their hero. Everyone had thought that Hyrule
was now safe. But was it?.... One morning, Link (played
by you) is woken up by a girls voice.... from this point is seen in the
game.
Game
I don't like giving such brilliant games away. Also, my fingers are getting tired, so I'm just going to type this: First, after getting some speech, you see you in a room, in your bed on the left. On your right, Link's uncle is ready to fight and tells you not to leave the house. But do you listen? Outside it is pouring down with rain. Can you get into the castle? Can you get in the dungeon? Can you find the boomerang? Can you find the sewers? And if you can find the sanctuary, you are ready to adventure outside!
Gameplay
Wow, this is big! When and
if you get the three pendants and the sword, you actually get into the
Golden Land which has been re-named the Dark World for obvious reasons.
Then, when you think it's all over and you've wasted your cash for such
a small game, you get seven more dungeons to get seven crystals!
And then you must defeat Gannon! The controls for both Zelda 3 - A Link to the Past, and Zelda 4 - Link's Awakening are quite similar and easy. All but one of the puzzles were medium and fun, but the one was so difficult that I admit to using the little booklet for tips on the game (spectacle rock) which made the game even more fun - It was impossible to get totally stuck. Getting into this game is too easy - unless you die and you havn't saved in ages, you wont come off. As for the question "Is it likely that I will come back", you have to come off it first! This is so fun, it gets the full 10/10!
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Graphics
Okay. It's not top notch in comparison with today's stuff, but it was great in 1992 when it was released. This doesn't put you off though; it's bright, detailed and colourful enough for a nice 8/10.
Sound
SFX lacks in both Zeldas, but interesting music tracks keep it going. It gets 7/10.
Originality
Zelda was the first (as far as I know) to use this fantastic idea. Many later games have copied (eg. Alundra (which made good use of this idea) and many more for the Commodore Amiga), but I don't think Nintendo have copied anyone. Until I find out about anything like that, Zelda gets the big 10/10!
Price
The price of this is normally is £20, but I got it for the special price of £14.98 from Blockbuster (not ex-rental; brand new!) because they had had it for a while. Good deal, eh? You'll probably have difficulty getting it now.
This gets 9/10!
This was last updated 15/1/1999. I'll try to update it often.
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