First Zelda Released in Your Lifetime?

[Brandon]

Browsing profiles on this forum, it occurred to me that most members were not even alive when the first few Zelda games were released and that probably has a lot to do with how different members feel about the games.

LoZ was released in Japan in Feb. 1986 and I was born in Nov. 1986. The game made it to the states in 1987. I was a baby when LoZ was released, but I remember playing it on the NES when I was a little kid.

The question is what was the first Zelda game realeased in your lifetime?

For reference the release years are as follows (you may have to google the exact dates to see if a game was before your birthday, but this should help narrow it down)

LoZ = 1986, AoL=1987, ALttP = 1991, LA= 1993, OoT=1998, MM=2000, OoA & OoS = 2001, FS & WW = 2002, FSA & MC = 2004, (doubt anyone is younger than 5 but, TP = 2006, PH = 2007, ST = 2009, and Unknown Wii game = 2010)

I especially want to hear from other oldies who were born before ANY Zelda's were released.

[Shadsie]

*Raises hand.*

The first Legend of Zelda relased in my lifetime was the original "Legend of Zelda." I actually remember when the NES was a shiny new thing. I was about 7 years old at the time, but didn't actually get my NES or LoZ until I was around 10.

I grew up on the Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link to a degree, and Super Mario Bros... and Super Mario 3... (kind of skipped getting 2). What other games did I have? Oh, yeah, I got something called "Dragon Spirit" for getting good grades... a Jurrassic Park game for one of my birthdays...

And I had a frickin' Game Genie. Remember those? I liked making Mario walk on the sky in Super Mario Bros. 3 with that.

I digress.

Yes, my first Zelda was LoZ, and I'm an old fart.

[Sparky]

A Link to the Past was the first out after I was born.

I never played it until about 10 years after its release though.

[Brandon]

I grew up on the Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link to a degree, and Super Mario Bros... and Super Mario 3... (kind of skipped getting 2). What other games did I have? Oh, yeah, I got something called "Dragon Spirit" for getting good grades... a Jurrassic Park game for one of my birthdays...

And I had a frickin' Game Genie. Remember those? I liked making Mario walk on the sky in Super Mario Bros. 3 with that.

I digress.

Yes, my first Zelda was LoZ, and I'm an old fart.

I definitely remember game genie. Don't remember what you could use it for on LoZ though

[Chrono]

I grew up on Legend of Zelda and Adventure of Link, therefore The Legend of Zelda (Hyrule Fantasy to be exact) was the first in my life time.

[Shadsie]

I don't think Game Genie had any uses for the Zelda titles. I just remember I could do loads of crap in the Super Mario Bros. games with it. I don't think it had any Zelda uses, or at least, I don't recall using it for Zelda, myself.

[Chrono]

Here's a few for LoZ...

AIIOOV
TIIOOV
YIIOOV
IIIOOV
GIIOOV
LIIOOV
ZIIOOV
PIIOOV
TTIOOV
ITIOOV
IYIOOV


Start with 24 bombs
Start with the potion
Start with the wand
Start with the meat
Start with the whistle
Start with a green candle
Start with the bow
Start with a very strong arrow (can't kill Ganon)
Start with 24 keys
Start with 24 coins
Money goes up once in a while

[Mii85]

Original The Legend of Zelda was first Zelda title in my lifetime and it was also first Zelda title I got to play, but I really didn't catch Zelda fandom until A Link to the Past and finally gave my soul with Ocarina of Time. I loved Game Genie .. I remember using that thing with Megaman and Black Manta ninja game. I miss times before internet walkthroughs, secret guides and such. You really feld special when you knew some secret your friends didn't.

[Y2K3]

Adventure of Link was the first one to be released after I was born.... well, over here anyway. It was already long out in Japan.
It was also my first Zelda game, so it's fitting. :)

[mandym287]

Ocarina of Time; it was released when I was two. I haven't played it yet, but I would really love to… I hear it's one of the best Zelda titles out there.

[Ikana]

Mine would be the Ocarina of Time.I was like three when it came out.To me it was one of the best zelda games.

[Skull_Kid]

A Link to the Past was released when I was two years old, and, two years after that, it was the first game I ever played.
18 years after it's release, I finally got the SNES version of it

[Master Kokiri 9]

Well I was born in September of 1995 so the first Zelda released in my lifetime is Ocarina of Time. Oddly enough it's also my favorite Zelda and I first played it two years ago.

[nicktheslayer]

I was also born in 1995, in may. OoT was the first game released during my lifetime, but i had played ALttP before. When i got a 64, i was maybe 5, and i loved OoT.

Ive been playing Zelda ever since.

[Kazumi]

Well. Let me see. The first Zelda game that was released in my lifetime would be Ocarina of Time. As I was born not to many years before it. I never got to play it though, until I purchased it on the Wii Shop Channel, but then I got it again for my N64 about a year ago. But I didn't actually play a Zelda game till about a year after Wind Waker was released, when I played that.

[MohakVaati]

Ocarina of Time; it was released when I was two. I haven't played it yet, but I would really love to… I hear it's one of the best Zelda titles out there.
Same here, came out when I was two. It was also the first Zelda game I played, I used to watch my older brothers play it, But I didn't play it till I was 6.

[Hero of Limes]

Ocarina of Time for me! I can remember my friend playing it because his older brother had a N64. But the first one I played was Windwaker in 2003.

[Brandon]

Ocarina of Time; it was released when I was two. I haven't played it yet, but I would really love to… I hear it's one of the best Zelda titles out there.

It really is. I'm one of the oldies who started out with 2D Zelda's, but I enjoy replaying OoT more than any other title and have probably beat it more times than any other Zelda game except maybe the original LoZ.

[cubeface21]

The game released for me was Links Awakening. I remember playing it when I was really little, but I still played A Link to the Past and the original a lot more.

[Wolf Link Rules]

My first Zelda released is I think The Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time was it released before October 7,1998?Because if it was then the first for me would be The Legend Of Zelda Majora's Mask

[Zarom]

The first Zelda for me is Link's Awakening, was released when I was only 1 year old. :P And I haven't had the chance to play it yet.

First Zelda I played was OOT, when I was 6, altough it isn't my favorite, I truly enjoyed that game. It's the one that got me hooked to the series. After, I got MM when it came out, and bougt many other Zelda after that. :)

[NorthApple]

Wow, this is a really cool thread idea!

Uhh... for me I guess it's actually OoT, since I was born just after LA was released. Though initially I wouldn't have thought that, as I never got to play OoT until I was 6, my early childhood consisted of LttP and LA : DDD
Feh, I feel like a little kid compared to some of you lucky people who were alive when the first one came out lol.

Game Genies' ftw. And the Super GameBoy cartridge :3

[KingMajora]

for me i was born i 1994 but i played OOT and the first in my lifetime

[KingMajora]

Same here, came out when I was two. It was also the first Zelda game I played, I used to watch my older brothers play it, But I didn't play it till I was 6. did you know that you can play it in your pc by a program called an emulator plus the rom (ripped cart image)

[Alex_Da_Great]

Wow, what a gap between 1993 and 1998! I guess OOT was the first game released after I was born... I was only 3 when it got released and 5 when I started playing it! :lol:

[SirenOfTheSea]

I was born only two years before Ocarina of Time. I didn't play a Zelda game until I was 7, which was just a little bit of the original A Link to the Past. I got into the series when I was 8 with The Wind Waker and the Collector's Edition soon after.

Strangely enough, I grew up in the more modern era of gaming when I prefer classic games from the Golden Age of gaming.

[Twili Kid]

OoT was the first game released in my lifetime I was 1 and I never actually seen Legend of Zelda since my friend played Wind Waker and I don't remember hearing the name until some other friends were talking about a hat that made you smaller or something like that (MC). and Then I didn't even buy a Zelda game until TPs release so I'm still really new to Zelda.

[Josh]

Um. Mine would have to be Link's Awakening, which came out about two months after I was born. I feel so young compared to the rest of this thread. :\

[Camisado]

I was born in 1989 so...A Link to the Past in 1992 would be the first since I was born.

I have a mint condition SNES cartridge for it, which I bought shortly before the power supply for my SNES died. v.v I haven't found time to look for a new one, yet.

[NULL]

I was two when ALTTP came out, but the first game i played was OOT in.. 2002.

[derektherock42]

Ocarina of Time; it was released when I was two. I haven't played it yet, but I would really love to… I hear it's one of the best Zelda titles out there.

Wow, you haven't played it? Do yourself a favor and get it on Virtual Console or something. It's absolutely worth it.

[Ver-go-a-go-go]

When you consider the fact that there was a huge gap between LA and OoT, I guess it isn't surprising that many people would answer OoT. I was a born a year after LA, and a good four years before OoT.

[Jetter]

Mine was OoT. I was't even a month old. My uncle gave his N64 with all of his games and one of them was OoT. So it was the first Zelda game I've played.

[Juxtor]

The First Zelda to be released in my lifetime i think would have to be A link to the past...

It would have been awesome to say that it was LoZ but its kool... :):):)

[Dabombster]

Date of Birth: April 3, 1991
A Link to the Past US Release: April 13, 1992

[lonely_moon]

I was born in August 1994, so Ocarina of Time would be the first Zelda released in my lifetime. First Zelda I ever played, too.

[El Bagu]

Old as I am my first experience (and release) was with the first game back in the 80´s, on the wonderful NES I also had the great pleasure of experiencing Zelda II. Then it took some years, and the next title I experienced was ALttP, but not the SNES version, I played it on my GBA SP just a couple of years ago. And since that I´ve played all of the official games except FS.

[Petman1325]

Well, since I was born in '94, I was born a year after Link's Awakening was released, and quite a few years before Ocarina of Time was released. Odd as to how the first Zelda released in my lifetime was my first Zelda...of which I played it first on a N64 I bought from a friend...in 2007.

I guess with that said, I should try out Link's Awakening, considering it came out a little bit before I was born, and I also have no idea how awesome it is.

[Cucco Lady Anju]

The first Zelda released in my lifetime was A Link to the Past when I was one. I still haven't played it >:

[zc16-rmeppelink]

I think that the first one that came out when I was born was windwaker

[Rensch]

I was born in April 1987 so I think it must have been Adventure of Link.

[LozzyKate]

I was born in 96 so I guess OoT was. That may be why I love it a lot. Jkjk

[ChargewithSword]

The First Zelda that was released in my life time was A Link to the Past way back in 1994. I didn't get to play it much though, until 2003 when the GBA version was released and I beat it again and again and again. The first real Zelda I played though was LOZ which was pretty much a thing of the past when I played it back in 1997.

[Starchain1]

Ocarina of Time Ive always played that since I was three

[MasterXXXLink]

OoT when I was 2 Never played it till i was 4 never new what to do. Started playing it again when i was 7 confused about it and a little scared. Played again when I was 11 Beat it now im in love with zelda ever since Sep 2009

[JosephII]

ALttP came out a year after I was born. I played it not much longer afterwards. I was not very into it at that time. I certainly love that game now though.

[athenian200]

I was born in 1988, so ALttP was released when I was 3. I got an SNES when I was 5, but I overlooked this title for several years. So the first Zelda game I ever played was OoT, and I got ALttP when I was looking for a new SNES game after I realized I just couldn't take any more of the N64's choppy 3D.

I was born 8 months before the North American release of AoL, but that may not count since the Japanese release was a year earlier.

[yann]

Link's awakening.
Possibly one of the only Zelda games I ahve never played.
I think it's a sign.

[zeldamaster2]

oot was the first zelda realesed in my lifetime.

its also my favorite ;)

[WarpPhantom123]

My first was Majoras Mask in 2000. I never played it though. My first Zelda game was Phantom HourGlass, Then Twilight Princess, Then Ocarina of Time, Then WindWaker, Then A link To the Past, Then Spirit Tracks.

[Myriadviper42]

Ocarina of Time. That happened to be the second game in the series I played (first would be PH).

[Mikau94]

Ocarina of Time was the first Zelda game to come out in after I was born. I've beat more times than any Zelda game, about 7 times

[herooftimewarp]

well i was born in june 11th 1999 soooooo that means that majoras mask was the first one

[K4KING]

I was born a few days before Link's Awakening was released. But the first Zelda game that i played, meet and enjoyed was Ocarina of Time. I also played Mario kart 64, Starfox 64 and the original Smash Brothers. That's all i can remember at the time, Since education was a must in those years so i barely played.

But during summer vacation is where i go nuts. I play non-stop and if i get stuck i play until i beat the obstacle. Ahh those were the days..

[bigflyingpotato]

For me? OoT, but that hasn't affected me at all. I never knew about LoZ until my brother got me playing Oracle of Ages.

[Dr3W21]

OoT was released a year after I was born, but I never played Zelda until a year ago.

[insanity76]

I was around 10 or 11 whenever the first Legend of Zelda was released. The kid who lived across the street from me (he was 8) got it before I did, so I got to play it a little over there before my parents got it for me. It had been out maybe a month at the most whenever I got it.

Unfortunately, despite being 10 years older than the Zelda franchise, I've only played through 4 of them (LoZ, AoL, OoT, and MM).

[Linebeck1000]

The first game released in my lifetime was OoT, although I never actually played or had even heard of it until a couple years ago. Despite my age though, I was lucky enough for aLttP to be my very first Zelda game (granted it was the GBA remake...).

[shan-tastic]

Link's Awakening came out a year and four months after I was born. =)
I grew up playing the NES games for a long time, though, since we didn't have an SNES or a Gameboy and got the N64 a year or two after it was released.

[lemsklex]

For me, it was OoT, and I played once at my cousin's house, but I didn't like it. Then my aunt got Majora's Mask, and I played that for an hour, but I didn't like it much either (though it would eventually be one of my favourites...). Then Wind Waker came out, my brother bought it, and he played it all day and night, with me just sitting there watching him. That was the first Zelda game I really enjoyed playing.

[13foxes]

I wasn't a long time Zelda fan, because I was only about 2 years old when OoT was released. Of course I was too young back then, and I had no idea what Zelda is. But when I was 8 or 9, I played Alttp and it sucked me into the franchise. I got the SNES version of the game. So, OoT was the first game in my lifetime, but it's not the first game I played.

[Austin]

Link's Awakening. I was born four months before the Japanese release and six months before the North American. I didn't start playing Zelda until the N64 was out and OoT was released.

[yann]

Same as PJDEP, Link's Awakening was the first Zelda to be released in my lifetime.
And, same again I didn't start playing them until the N64 versions were made. The earlier games just didn't really appeal to me back then, how wrong I was!

[VanitasXII]

Ocarina of Time was the first Zelda game released in my time, and the first Zelda game (or possibly the first game) I ever played. It was just great, running around Hyrule Field.

[blubb]

The first Zelda to be released in Japan in my lifetime was aLttP (AoL came out in Japan half a year before I was born), for US release dates it was the original LoZ (I wasn't even a month old back then), the same goes for the EU release (almost 4 months after I was born). But the first one I played was aLttP, and that wasn't before 1994 when I was already 6 or 7.

[Zeruda]

In my lifetime? The Adventure of Link. I was born in '87, a year after The Hyrule Fantasy. Still, I played the first Zelda before TAoL. Oh how I love my old NES. I was so young... I started playing as a toddler, so of course everything pretty much had to be done for me. By the time A Link to the Past came out, I was able to play games on my own.

[Valexi]

Well, I was born in 1990, so by then I suppose it was LttP.
Though, the first Zelda game I played was the NES LoZ.
I never owned a SNES...

[February Eve]

It was the first one. And I am old enough to remember playing/beating it. Which would be a cooler story if I were a lifelong gamer, but there has been a twenty-year gap between the NES (my last childhood console) and the Wii (current). I've managed to play eight of the games since becoming hooked again, though.

[Majora16]

I was born in 1994 so it'd be OoT. Idk why but I thought it would have been an earlier game.

[Zelda64]

MM. I was born about two months after OoT in 1998. I remember playing a beta demo of MM.

Edit: I meant about one month, not two.

[Atheistbigred]

A link to The past for me though I didn't actually get it until i was 14 and I didn't beat it until recently.

[insanity76]

It was the first one. And I am old enough to remember playing/beating it. Which would be a cooler story if I were a lifelong gamer, but there has been a twenty-year gap between the NES (my last childhood console) and the Wii (current). I've managed to play eight of the games since becoming hooked again, though.

Do you remember the Super Mario Bros cartoon from the late 80's? It aired weekdays, but on Friday it was Legend of Zelda instead.

[Beeker]

Let's see. I was born in '95, so OoT was the first game in my lifetime, when I was three years old. Sadly, I didn't play it(or any other Zelda) until I was at least ten.:P

[Icetomeetyou]

Ocarina of Time. I was only two. :3

[Ralis]

Uh, dunno. Maybe Links Awakening XD, or earlier.

[Nye Pendragon]

I was born in October of 1993, so I believe it was a Link to the Past which was released in 1992.
BUT. Link's Awakening was released a couple months /after/ my birth, so... I guess between those two? |D
And sadly, I haven't played either.

[Link's Shadow]

I was born in 1995 so for me it would be Ocarina of Time. Then as more Zelda games came out, my friends told me that they really enjoyed the series and that I should try it out. Sadly, I didn't listen to them until I was like 11.

[Hannah]

i was born in October 1992. I have no idea what the release dates were, but I remember my brother (he got me hooked..) and my father would sit in my room on Super Nintendo and play LttP for hours. Probably the only reason I could come close to doing anything with it was because I saw them play it first and would memorize what they did!

[VembersWind]

i was born in 95 so the next zelda game to come out would have been the perfect Ocarina of Time

[MoblinPiglet]

OoT was the first game to be released in my life, and its one of my favorites.:)

[Kybyrian]

I was born a few months before A Link to the Past came out in North America. The first Zelda game that I ever played, though, was Ocarina of Time. I didn't even know about A Link to the Past until it came out on the GBA.

[Bigelover88]

Well I was born in 1972 way before Zelda even existed so the first game was of course LoZ released in 1986

[Zenox]

Well, if you count the color remake of Link's Awakening, then Link's Awakening DX for the Gameboy Color was released first, beating Ocarina of Time by about 2 months. I was born in early 1995 and there weren't some games for about 5 years after Link's Awakening (of course, I mean the original)

[Jae]

The game released in my lifetime was Adventure of Link, but the states didnt get either of the first two until after I was born. Some of my oldest memories are of my mom and dad playing adventure of link <3 We quickly got A Link to the Past - Zelda's always been in my life.

[Chuck]

Ocarina of Time for me. That's what it is for many of the people here because a bunch of people on ZD are around 14 years old. And also there is a pretty big gap between Oot and LA increasing the chances of you being born in that time.

[hylianbeast]

I was born in 1998, so that means Ocarina of Time is mine. Yay!

[Hylian Pants]

I was barely 6 months old when ALttP was released in North America. woot! Just made the cut :D

[Phantom Zelda]

Well I was born in 96 so that means OoT :) Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!

[leonardo]

The first game released in my lifetime would be Majora's mask.

(Maybe that's why I'm so good at it!)

[Ember Incubus]

Well, I was born in 1994, but the first zelda game released in my lifetime was in 1998. It was Link's Awakening DX. But my first zelda game was MC, well, it was OoT, but I did not play it until I was half way done with TP.

[Callum1064]

Ocarina of Time was released in Europe 5 months after I was born :)
Currently on my first run of it and I'm about to face Bongo Bongo :o

[jack546]

i think mine was majoras mask i was born in 1999 and i think majoras mask was released in 2000

[zack125]

The original Zelda was released in Japan one year before I was born.

[MasterSword10]

I was born in 1997 and The Ocarina of time was released in 1998.

[metalligimp]

Born in 1982, my first Zelda game was the original LoZ. I miss my old school Nintendo with the gold Zelda cartridge lol

[Ember Incubus]

I was born in 1997 and The Ocarina of time was released in 1998.
Actuly, the first zelda game in your life is LADX, not OoT.

[nano5896]

Ocarina of Time, but I first played it like 2 or 3 years ago.

[ZeldaHam]

OoT, but I couldn't really play it at the age of 2.

[Ember Incubus]

OoT, but I couldn't really play it at the age of 2.
If you were two, then your first game would have been LADX.

[nintendo4ever]

link's awakening came out the year i was born

[Diablo]

Link's awakening. but my birthday is much closer to Link to the past.

[Zeldawolfsheik]

MM was released when i was 8 mons.

[PK Love Omega]

Majoras Mask was one month before I was born. I suppose the Oracle games

[Cuju]

Ocarina of Time, I was 1 and a half. It would be another decade before I played a Zelda game though.

[darunia]

Well i was born in 1975 and i have seen every Zelda game released.
I was ten when LoZ was released.
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I can remember how excited i was when i knew the game was coming out.
It came out for the Nes Nintendo entertainment system.
It was a gold cartridge.
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It was the only game i ever saw for the Nes that had a colour other than Grey.
I remember thinking how fantastic this game was.
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The idea of collecting weapons and solving puzzles etc was something id never seen before in a game.
Did i think Zelda would be still going strong after 25 yrs no i did not.

And i have the Nes with That first Zelda game anbd i still play it regular and i can say it holds many memories for me as a kid.

[GaroXicon]

Just missed Link's Awakening, so OoT.

[Wolf Sage]

The Legend of Zelda(1986).....Adventure of Link.....Me.....A Link to the Past.....Link's Awakening....Ocarina of Time.....Majora's Mask.....Oracle of Ages/Seasons.....Four Swords.....Wind Waker.....Four Swords Adventures.....The Minish Cap.....Twilight Princess.....Phantom Hourglass.....Spirit Tracks.....Skyward Sword(2011)

[Azure Sage]

That would be Ocarina of Time. I was about three.

[windwaker101]

I just barely beat MM so I was three months when MM came out.

[Josie]

Majora's Mask I played the game a little

[windwaker101]

That would mean your 11. What month were you born in?

MM release date: October 26, 2000

[Caleb, Of Asui]

Link's Awakening came out the year before I was born (I was born August 21, 1994), so the first would have been Ocarina of Time when I was four, but I didn't play it until I was 9 when my older brother got our GameCube (my first video game home console) and it came with the Collector's Edition disc, and that's how I got into Zelda and by extension into video games as a whole.

[YoshiFlame]

I was born in the September of 1995, so OoT would be the first in my lifetime.

[Atheistbigred]

I was born in 1990, so the first Zelda game released in my lifetime was "A Link to the Past".

[BigBig]

1998, so OOT. Still, my first game was ALttP (the GBA port).

[Josie]

That would mean your 11. What month were you born in?

MM release date: October 26, 2000 Oh Crap I mean I was born in September so MM would still First Zelda Released date

[NintendoWiiS100]

Born in '96. OOT came out '98. Simple as that.

[shopy01]

well i was born six months before the legend of zelda was released in japan. i got a nes when i was five but i didn't get any zelda games. my first zelda game was oot.

[LolGames4U]

Ocarina of Time! I was born in 97 and it came out in 98 so the best game ever!!! :D

[Mule-Kick]

Born in 85 so yeah uhm the original LoZ

[JuicieJ]

Born November 7, 1992, so a little after the American release of ALttP. So kind of ALttP, as it was released in '91 in Japan, but it was LA for America. (My first one was OoT, though.)

[Medix]

Born in 1993, Link's Awakening, that's also my favourite Zelda. Coincidence?

[zack125]

Born in '87. I was born when ALttP came out.

[zeldafreak101]

The first game i was born at the date of release was Oot but the first zelda i played was LtTP. I actually played Oot for the first time 2 months ago and thought it was great but still love LtTP more.

[Michael1985]

I don't think Game Genie had any uses for the Zelda titles. I just remember I could do loads of crap in the Super Mario Bros. games with it. I don't think it had any Zelda uses, or at least, I don't recall using it for Zelda, myself.

Ah yes. I've been alive for the release of all the games too. I started playing Zelda games using the GG when I was about eight or so. Downloaded them on the VC about a month ago, and thought they'd be downright impossible without the GG. I was very wrong. Not easy games, but definitely doable. :D

[Red Baron]

I was born when ALttP came out, but only a year old. I first played OoT in '98 or '99, and LA and ALttp soon after that.

[Ganon Slayer]

Ocarina of Time, I'm actually only months older than it.

[Destiny]

I was born November 9th 1996, so Ocarina of Time for me, and it's my favourite game of course.

[Turo602]

Hmm, June 2nd 1995, so it would have to be Ocarina of Time. Which is also my favorite.

[Linkanon]

either oot or mm,i think, which are both my favorites! :D

[illmatic]

Being born in 1984, The original Legend of Zelda came out when I was a baby. I feel old when others say OoT..

Adventure of Link was the first game I actually played though. I instantly fell in love with the series, though I couldn't even make it to the first dungeon. I would just roam around killing things. It wasn't until A Link to the Past when I really got into the series and was able to complete a game on my own.

[Dr3W21]

Seeing how I was born in September 1997, mine would be Link's Awakening DX. The funny thing is, LA/LADX is my 2nd favorite Zelda (1st being TP). I, however did NOT grow up on Zelda. Heck, I didn't grow up on video games AT ALL. My 1st game console was a fat PS2 that I got for my 9th birthday. I got an Xbox soon after. Due to this, I grew up (somewhat) on Halo, Guitar Hero, and LEGO Star Wars. I was not introduced to Zelda until I got Twilight Princess on Wii in February 2009. I wasn't really hooked until September of that year, when I actually started really playing it

[VanitasXII]

November 21st, 1995, Ocarina of Time was released on my 3rd birthday (lol, The 3rd Birthday). Maybe that's why I fanboy over it...

[IlikeBacon]

A Link to the Past for me. Oddly, it's the only Zelda game that I have that I have yet to beat.

[Y2K3]

Although it was already out in Japan, AoL had not been released here or in Europe, so I will consider that one to be the first Zelda game to be released after I was born.

[Ephraim]

I was 1 or 2 when MM was released and i was born 1 year after the release of OoT
OoT:ocarina: RULEZ:)

[StarBound]

Ocarina of Time for me. I was born in 1996 so I was 2 years old and OoT was the first Zelda game I have played and own.

[Fiveoclock]

It'd be Ocarina of Time for me. First game I played, though, was OoA.

[Seth]

A Link to the Past, I was born in 1990.

[AustinFox33]

Link's Awaking DX. The regular version came out a year before I did. So the first new Zelda was Ocarine of Time. Which happened to be the first one I played :nerd: Kind of a funny coincidence:)

[Reaca]

Ocarina of Time. I was born in 1997. I played OoT for the first time when I was 4, though.

[OhYeah!]

Ocarina of Time. I was born in 1998 only a few months before Ocarina of Times release. Still I didn't play it till I was about 11-12.

[ladraove]

As far as I can tell AoL was released in North America the same month that I was born. My first Zelda game was Link's Awakening when I was pretty young, on the original GameBoy.

[skywardsword101]

Ocarina of Time, I was born in 1997, although I did not play it until a few years ago.

[jstar]

Ocarina of Time, I got to play it when I was 5-ish, my dad had gotten it after seeing how cool it looked at the printing place he worked at.

[Linkmeister]

a link to the past and onward for me. link to the past was my first zelda game :)

[Sleepiness]

I was born in 92 so Link's awakening was the first. It also happens to be my favorite of the series :D

[benjibibbles]

Ocarina of Time was released in 1998, two years after I was born.

[amaterasu]

Ocarina of Time for the 64 was the first in my lifetime ashually. it was also the first i ever played. and it scared the piss out of me, cuz i was only four. xD

[biggoron_sword]

Ocarina of Time was the first Zelda game released in my lifetime. I didn't get a chance to play it until I got it from the Wii Shop Channel, but it is one of my favorites to date.

[link9]

Link's Awakening by a month (I was born September 1993).