Zelda… One More Time
Have you ever been in a mood to play a classic video game from your past? Well, today, I was certainly in the mood for such a game.
Last night, We had some friends over for our annual Halloween party. Near the end of the evening, when most everyone had gone, a buddy of mine and I got the laptop out running my NES emulator along side my original NES controller modded with a USB converter chip from RetroZone. Next, we hooked up the GameCube and put the Zelda Collector’s Disc in. We spent some time running the same course through the game just for the fun of it. This is actually a lot of fun. I highly recommend it, especially if the other person is a novice Zelda player.
As if I needed incentive, this got me in the mood to play it some more today … and so I did. For four and a half hours, in fact. To completion, not dying once (sure, saving periodically) and getting all heart containers and items.
I suppose after the first hour or so, it became a goal to complete the game in one sitting. As I played, I thought to myself ‘how fitting - beating the original Zelda a few short weeks before Shigeru Miyamoto’s dream version of Zelda is released!‘ From what I understand, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is what Miyamoto had always wanted the original game to be as far as the experience, now that we have the technology to utilize such incredibly innovative controller methods. Currently, I have Red Steel and Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess pre-ordered.
I will be obtaining my Wii Saturday night along with everyone else, but won’t be sleeping much until Sunday night.