https://dfarq.homeip.net/legend-of-zelda-released-august-22-1987/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legend-of-zelda-released-august-22-1987 David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/legend-of-zelda-released-august-22-1987/#comment-56579 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 14:04:14 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=35687#comment-56579 I remember finding it very difficult, the first few times I couldn’t even get past the name screen, but then I discovered it was one of the best games of the era.
And together with Super Mario Bros, they completely broke the limits of arcade gaming, black background, all actions concentrated on one screen, no background music, the NES really redefined and extrapolated the limits.
From 1986/87 onwards, NES games, thanks to memory mapping, showed a preview of 16 Bits, at the same time showing their age, since soon the PC Engine and especially the Sega Genesis were arriving

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