The Legend of Zelda
1986
action-adventure game
- Developer
- Nintendo
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Platforms
- NES
- Game modes
- single-player video game
- Released
- 1986-02-21
The Legend of Zelda is a 1986 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer Disk System. It is the first game in the Legend of Zelda series. It is set in the fantasy land of Hyrule and centers on an elf-like boy named Link, who aims to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom to rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon. The player controls Link from a top-down perspective and navigates the overworld and dungeons, collecting weapons, defeating enemies and uncovering secrets. It was designed and directed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, being in development alongside Super Mario Bros. that released the previous year.
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- Part of the The Legend of Zelda series
- First released 1986-02-21
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