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You have to take into account that back in the day when people relied on magazines or the Nintendo hotline for information, as well as word of mouth, there was nothing else but pure exploration and experimentation. My friends and I would play this game together for hours and a lot of discovery...

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. A good solid game, worthy of the franchise. Not the toughest Castlevania game out there but plenty of challenge and enjoyment to be had. It would be a 9/10 if not for the magic seal mechanic. Unfortunately this hasn’t aged well and feels really gimmicky now, so it’s...

I actually have a lot more time for anti-heroes like the Punisher, Roland Deschain and Professor Snape. They show that you don’t have to be good to do good, and that there is a quagmire of debate between “good” and “bad”, as a good action can still be viewed as bad; an example is on the Punisher...

Yeah that’s right. Dawn and Aria are both great games. How are you finding Aria?

Yesterday I dropped my iPad edge first onto my big toe. It hurt. Today my toe is purple and swollen. It still hurts. Damn.

The second quest in the original LoZ game me a lot more trouble than AoL did. These days I’m guessing a lot of people haven’t even bothered playing the second quest, and if you haven’t I’d seriously urge you to do so! If you’re judging AoL’s difficulty only by the original first quest you’re...

I’ve got 2 characters each going on Dark Souls 1 & 2 at the mo, or when I’m not in the mood for that style of gaming I’ve got Arkham City and Dawn of Sorrow in progress too.

Oracles Ganon is my fave. They made him a little bit more unhinged than usual!

I suppose so. I’ve always liked Adventure of Link (my first Zelda experience) and I suppose I’d like more of similar (games like Battle of Olympus and Faxanadu also rank well on my list). As I said, I think under all the unworkable mess there is something to be salvaged, but I could see these...

I don’t know how many of you have been as fortunate (or rather unfortunate) as I have to have played the 3 CDi Zelda titles, but I think we can all agree that they’re not good. As bad as they are, though, I’ve often wondered if they deserve to be remade. I think that underneath all the broken...

I play piano, guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin and brass. Bass is my main thing at the moment. I can usually get a tune out of any instrument in a short amount of time - music is just completely natural to me. I’m very lucky!

Solomon’s Key 2 (aka Fire and Ice) for NES. Top quality and addictive little puzzler, quite tricky in parts but VERY good fun, simple and well made. Well worth finding a ROM if you have an emulator set up. 9.5/10

I love and hate the dancing minigame in Oracle of Ages. It‘s pretty addictive once you’re good enough to progress the story IF you use headphones to reduce the audio lag through the hardware or an emulator. Or if you’ve got real good timing - the margin for error isn’t very generous! The hide...

Ballad of the Wind Fish was the first one to really stick with me. That game blew me away at the time! I’ve got a soft spot for the Palace Theme from Adventure of Link too... I’ve heard that one more than a couple of times!

Oh, another thing I accidentally did (aged 9 or so) was start the second quest immediately by entering Zelda as my character’s name. I spent a while wondering why the directions in the instruction booklet were wrong!

It’s not as hard as everyone thinks. The difficulty everyone faced when it came out was having to grind for levels cos you lose your exp at game over or switching off. This wasn’t a common mechanic, especially in Europe and America, at the time and many people plain didn’t understand how it...

The Nightmares from Link’s Awakening gave me the most trouble back in the day, until I found the boomerang. I don’t know how many plain and exploding arrows I’d fired at its final form before I figured this out, but it was only ever the final form that game me real trouble.

Seriously! I 100%ed it in less than a week, but I did have more time on my hands back then!

My first was Zelda 2 AOL, in about 1990 I think. I loved it then and I still love it now. It was the second NES game I ever beat. I got the original shortly after and I still love that too. Next was Link’s AwakeNing which is possibly my fave, and then I played LTTP which, as good a game as it...

Possibly controversial, but I can’t stand Phantom Hourglass. Hate it! The whole going through the same dungeon again and again under a time limit always felt so un-Zelda-ish. It was enough for me to not bother with Spirit Tracks too.

Apart from the start back at the palace thing, the only things I’d really do are fix the spawn points for enemies like flying wolf heads, and I’d stop Link from taking damage when he picks something up. Otherwise I’d leave it be - I love the game as it is.

Time Stand Still by Rush https://youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ

I’ve been playing Dark Souls again. For my money, best game of its generation - 10/10

Unpopular opinions? Ok, first of all, I really like Zelda 2. It’s the first one I played and I really got into it. I guess I just figured out how the game worked quicker than a lot of people! Second unpopular opinion: as great a game as LTTP is, it was let down by being too damn easy. Back in...