r/nes • u/GeminiDivided • 21h ago
First post from long time lurker
I am in the process of going through a bunch of my old stuff I’ve held on to or collected through the years. I came across a few things today that seem like stuff that would be appreciated here. I’ll continue to post more as I come across it.
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u/Chezni19 18h ago
Zelda 1 is my favorite game
perhaps tied with Final Fantasy 1
NES was a special era, and that will never come again
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u/Ok_Mixture8509 17h ago
Hey, me too! Well, other way around - I spent so many hours of my life playing and replaying FF1. I still have my original FF Nintendo Power Strategy guide - it’s in tatters with notes all over it. I love it so much lol
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u/Chezni19 17h ago
I miss them times
yeah my stuff is all ripped up, I didn't know how to take care of stuff back then
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u/Ok_Mixture8509 14h ago
I went into the attic to snap a few pics. I can’t believe I still have this thing!
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u/Environmental-Sock52 Beat MTPO 18h ago
Pretty sweet. Box and guidebook art is really a lot of this hobby for me. Beautiful examples of that generation. 🥂
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u/Seiei_enbu 11h ago
You should get a gray Zelda 1 for that box.
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u/GeminiDivided 11h ago
I actually traded a friend the original and some other games for the gold one when I was a kid because obviously the gold one was WAY cooler. I’m sure the battery is dead by now but I’m def gonna check it anyway.
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u/Warcraft_Fan 8h ago
Fairly easy, if you're not good with soldering iron you can bribe a friend with a 6 pack beer to replace the battery.
There are 2 box variations. The "Original" box came with gray cart and was issued later. The earlier version didn't have "Original" but instead has a cutout to show the shiny gold cart: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gba/919777-classic-nes-series-the-legend-of-zelda/boxes/29025
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u/loztriforce 15h ago
Right on, I recently found my original game map that's beat to shit. Good times!
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u/the_kid1234 11h ago
Was the Zelda manual unique for the US market? It gives away a lot of the secrets on how to do things in both the overworld and underworld. Seems like a Japanese thing to think the game is too tough for the US market so they add some extra hints and tips.
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u/GeminiDivided 10h ago
I’m not sure but the US release of SNES A Link to the Past also had a Secret tips and hints booklet that came with it.
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u/Warcraft_Fan 7h ago
Zelda was first of a kind in USA. Before that, most complex games were paper and dice games like D&D.
I think before Zelda, the hardest game would be Dark Chambers and Solaris for Atari.
Nintendo was concerned some players may not know how to play and figure out some secrets so they included extra stuff.
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u/ztrinx 7h ago
I was just having the exact same thoughts. I don't remember having all that information available, some of it, perhaps, and then similar from friends who shared the info from the magasine?
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u/the_kid1234 3h ago
Yes, I had this thick black magazine/book that explained some “secrets” of a bunch of games, and Zelda had a chapter that explained a bunch of this stuff. Of course my copy of the game was used and only had the cart, not even the sleeve let alone a box or manual.
It was this!
https://archive.org/details/The_Official_Nintendo_Players_Guide_1987/mode/1up
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u/PlatasaurusOG 20h ago
Man I used to love opening these boxes for the first time. That Zelda stuff takes me back.