The Legend of Zelda

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The Legend of Zelda is a 1986 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer Disk System. It is the first game in the Legend of Zelda series. It is set in the fantasy land of Hyrule and centers on an elf-like boy named Link, who aims to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom to rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon. The player controls Link from a top-down perspective and navigates the overworld and dungeons, collecting weapons, defeating enemies and uncovering secrets. It was designed and directed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, being in development alongside Super Mario Bros., which was released on September 13, 1985.

The Legend of Zelda was released in Japan as a launch game for the Family Computer Disk System on February 21, 1986. More than a year later, in late 1987, it was released in North America and Europe on the Nintendo Entertainment System in cartridge format by which time a sequel had already been released in Japan. The US version was one of the first games to include an internal battery for saving data. This version was released in Japan on February 19, 1994 as Zelda no Densetsu 1.

From Wikipedia's article The Legend of Zelda (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Keyboard controls

NESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
BZN
AXM
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Online, both players use the Player 1 keys (or a gamepad) on their own computer. Saving, loading and pausing are off while you play online.

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