Tag: Gold Cartridge

The game that started it all, the reason why we all had the opportunity to become Zelda fanatics, The Legend of Zelda was a deliberately crafted masterpiece from the beginning of its production. The game was meant to counterbalance Mario’s gameplay style by being open-ended, story-focused, and require players to think critically. It was the first home console game to save players’ progress, it took inspiration from Miyamoto’s childhood as well as high fantasy novels, and it contained only six…

IGN’s YouTube series, History of Awesome, held a roundtable discussion about the success of the original Legend of Zelda. The facilitators hit upon its being one of the first games to adopt an open world concept, Miyamoto’s inspirations when creating it, the sense of community that came from needing to look to others for help finding secrets and items, its lack of a solid narrative, and of course its golden cartridge. They also touch on the impact of the Legend…

Those old enough to remember living in the 1980s may also recall the day that the Legend of Zelda made its continental debut in North America. The title became a phenomenon selling two million copies in only one year in the US itself and has stamped its mark as one of the greatest games of all time. Yet this isn’t the primary reason we remember this game. The one unique way Nintendo released the Legend of Zelda in North America was the fact…

Our friends at nesprojects have posted an interesting article that gives step by step instructions on how to take a gold NES Legend of Zelda cartridge and make a portable external hard drive out of it. Included are pics for each step and even lists what parts you would require. The entire article is actually a re-posting of an older one from de-frag a few years earlier. Fortunately the modification does not require any soldering at all. The only requirements…

Today we have part 10 of Mas’ Zelda Collection and this time around we are looking at the original Legend of Zelda released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game released in July of 1987, a full 17 months after its initial release on the Famicom Disk System in Japan. The box has had several different versions to it, including the Classic Series re-release here in the United States. The particular box and game shown in this video are from…