#Legend of zelda timeline series

It is considered by some to be the best video game ever made, and scored perfect scores in several video game publications, including the first 40/40 score in Famitsu, a prestigious Japanese gaming magazine.

This game, initially known as Zelda 64, retained the core gameplay of the previous 2D games, and became one of the most successful games of all time, in both commercial and critical terms.

#Legend of zelda timeline series

It was re-released for the Game Boy Color in 1998 as Link's Awakening DX with some additional features, including an extra color-based dungeon and a Camera Shop that allowed interaction with the Game Boy Printer.ДЄfter another hiatus, the series made the transition to 3D with the installment Ocarina of Time, which was released in November 1998. The next game, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, was the first Zelda game for Nintendo's Game Boy, and the first to take place outside of Hyrule, and not to include Princess Zelda. In addition, both this game (unchanged, except for being converted into a downloadable format) and an exclusive 'loosely-based' sequel which used the same game engine called BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets were released on the Satellaview in Japan. It was later re-released for the Game Boy Advance on Decemin North America, on a cartridge with The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, the first multiplayer Zelda, and then on the Wii's Virtual Console on January 22, 2007. The game was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. Both games were later re-released in the final years of the Nintendo Entertainment System, with gray cartridges.ДЇour years later, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past returned to the top-down view (under a 3/4 perspective), and added the concept of an alternate dimension to explore - a land known as the Dark World. Both this game and its predecessor had gold-colored game cartridges, instead of the system's usual gray cartridges. It is also the only Zelda title excluding Four Swords Adventures in which Link does not collect Rupees. The second game, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, was released in July 1988 and exchanged the top-down perspective for side-scrolling (though the top-down point of view was retained for times that Link is wandering the overworld), and introduced RPG elements (e.g., experience points) not found in other Zelda installments. BS Zelda was then re-released for the Satellaview again a year later, with re-arranged dungeons and a rearranged overworld. A modified version known as BS The Legend of Zelda was released for the Super Famicom's satellite-based expansion, Satellaview, in the mid-1990s in Japan.

In 1994, during the last years of the Famicom, the game was re-released in cartridge format. The game features a ' Second Quest', accessible upon completing the game, where dungeons and the placement of items are different, and enemies are stronger. It used the cartridge's ability to save progress via battery-backed memory.

The Legend of Zelda, the first game of the series, was first released in Japan in 1986, and in the United States and Europe in 1987.