BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets
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BS Zelda No Densetsu: Inishie No Sekiban, which translates into the English as BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets, was a The Legend of Zelda series game created for the Satellaview, a Japanese only attachment for the Super Famicom. The "BS" part stands for Broadcast Satellaview.
Gameplay=
The game was built on A Link to the Past, and uses the same overworld but with different dungeons, resembling the later A Link Between Worlds in some respects. However, as with other Satallaview games, it was designed to be played only "live" in a one hour time slot weekly time slot across four weeks, outside of which the game was not available for play. During the live broadcast period, including approximately fifty minutes of actual playing time and cutscenes to open and close, sound was broadcast, including The Legend of Zelda: Sound & Drama tracks and voice acting for characters including Aginah and Princess Zelda.
Utilising the fact that the player could only play within a limited time, real-time events and sidequests were incorporated into the game directly. For instance, in Week 1 the weather changes several times - standard enemies are present when sunny, but for approximately seven minutes (~18:23-18:30) it rains, during which time all outdoor enemies are replaced by walking Zora and bombs do not explode in the rain.
Content was partitioned per week - of the eight dungeons, only two were accessible per broadcast. Dungeons from previous weeks were blocked off by thieves, who would give the player any missed items from that dungeon when talked to, including if they had missed a week entirely.
Story
The game takes place six years after A Link to the Past. In this time, Link has left for other shores, and Hyrule has been at peace. However, Princess Zelda begins to have prophetic dreams of a shadow threatening the land. When a mysterious figure falls from the sky near the
and begins unfolding by diving deeper into the story of Aginah, the junior brother of everyone's favorite tongue twister Sahasrahla. He finds your character along with Princess Zelda and as the "Hero of Light" you must traverse the land slaying monsters as well as collecting the Ancient Stone Tablets hence the game's namesake.
Items
- Equipment
- Inventory
- Bottle Items
- Dungeon Items
- Quest Items
- Unobtainable Items
Gallery
English logo for BS Zelda The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets
In-game screenshot for BS Zelda The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets
Week 1 map
Week 2 map
Week 3 map
Week 4 map
