The Legend of Zelda, the mysterious birth of a legendary saga | Documentary/Analysis Zelda 1 (NES)

It's impossible to imagine our lives without Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. And it all came from a kid exploring the woods in Japan on his own, just like we did. Thank You Shigeru Miyamoto. You and your teams are beyond Legends. ❤❤❤🗡

I remember getting this game when it came out when I was about 10. I spent many hours looking at the story in the instruction manual when I was bored. That artist did a good job. I recognize the parts of that manual in this video...35 years later.

These docs are insanely good, and you just came out of nowhere it seems like!

I've always found it absolutely astounding and wonderful, that the acutely iconic title screen music for LoZ was created in a single night. What a marvelous nugget of history. I dare say that OG Zelda's title screen music might still be unbeaten to this day, sans perhaps the title screen music for Ocarina of Time.

I didn't understand the channel at first but it's a french channel translated in english! That's a very bright idea, hopefully will bring a way bigger audience, these analysis are very good!

First documentary I've experienced that actually captures how revolutionary Zelda I was. Great job!

Them spiders off to the right of the start area were money bags! They'd always give a lot of coins.

Being born in 1980, I can recall both games but more so two. These two games are iconic.

Don't forget level 5 in the second quest where u don't get the dungeon item unless u walk through the wall inside the triforce room. Damn took me a trip to bradlees stores to find a early Nintendo power to figure it out. What a summer. I was playing Zelda 15 feet from the lake with a speedboat and water-skis but I chose to sit on the sun porch and play Zelda. Sure enough I left the final screen saying this ends the story on for hours so all my 20 cousins could see I was the champion. Then I spent the rest of the summer beating kid Icarus and rygar

Great trip down memory lane with this original Legend of Zelda. I first remember playing this game as a kid back in 1987-88. During the first few months of gameplay I died many times in the game as Link. However as I got better at the gameplay I was able to complete both quests without dying with more time spent in the game.

Re - 41:00 Screens cleared of enemies DO eventually respawn - it just takes a while. I forget if it's from simply triggering a certain number of screen transitions, or moving a certain distance away from a cleared screen, enemies do come back eventually - but only if you explore a ways away and return later. Which ties back into the "always pushing you to explore" theme.

I didnt play the very first Zelda until I was in my late teens. My first Zelda game was A Link to the Past and I remember when Ocarina came out it was the greatest thing I had ever experienced up to that point.

Ive seen maybe half a dozen videos on the development of LoZ and this is by far the most comprehensive. Subbed.

I wish I could have been a kid in the 80s playing ultimate and Zelda when they came out

Regarding Dungeons and Keys, Level 2 had a ton of keys that you could get. Some where needed for just map and compass but not to complete level. You can come out of Level 2 with 2-3 extra keys giving you inventory for future dungeons. I always did that as a kid. Also, sometimes people played Dungeon 2 first because it is actually an easier dungeon to beat versus the first dungeon. Another cool tip is that there are 3 accessible heart containers on the map when you get bombs. You can literally get the White Sword (2nd sword) before you tackle any dungeon if you get these 3 heart containers.

The original Zelda is tops for me. Never had played anything like it to that point. The exploration of a giant map right as you start the game.

And here I thought I knew damn near everything about this game, great doc for a classic and personal favorite of mine, along with most older gamers.

I played this on my original NES (which I still have and works with this game) as a kid and loved it. I played it this summer when overseas on my Switch and it still holds up. I think Ocarina, Twilight, and Windwaker are better overall games now but the original LOZ is an AMAZING game that every Zelda fan should play. Then again, I also love the second one (Adventures of Link) as well and most people hate it.

This documentary is amazing, most only cover the stuff we all know about Loz, but this video takes it a step further, had no idea the theme music was composed in a night, had no idea they were uneasy about this release and tbh the second quest has alot more to it that this video did justice that others kinda just gloss over... I had been doing intense games research and this video really helped me see the full picture esp with the Famicom computer system... amazing to think this was a big risk they took and it not only paid off but it started the greatest game series known to mankind.

I was playing this game at my sisters house with a bunch of her friends watching (I’m 10 years older than her) and they were completely shocked when I started burning specific trees and bombing secret entrances for heart containers. Games didn’t hold your hand back then. What a blast it was to show off my antiquated video game skills.😅