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Official map that came packaged with the game.

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Full overworld map with dungeon and item locations. Contains spoilers.

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You have just started a new quest.

What is the first thing you do?

>>12402152
ENGAGE RIDLEY
MOTHER FUCKER

>>12402152
get the wooden sword, DUH

>>12402152
After getting the sword, go to areas with blue enemies so that I can get bombs. Then whatever overworld bonuses I can remember, and if I manage to find those big rupee rewards, maybe even get the blue tunic. After that it's time to tackle some dungeons.

>>12402167
If you know what you’re doing, you can pick up a ton of stuff before you enter the first dungeon.
>3 hearts containers
>magical shield
>power bracelet
>blue candle
>blue ring
>white sword
>red potion
>bombs
>arrows
>bait

Seriously is Nintendo doing ANYTHING for the 40th anniversary?

>>12402152
get ye flask

>>12402447
>"FUCK that Zelda shit" -Eiji Aonuma

>>12402147
Still the best 2D Zelda

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>>12402147
>>12402447
others have done pretty nice work on celebrating it at least, enjoy a very competent retrospective with high production values
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS5__97BG8c

>>12402147
Playing through for the first time in years. I always thought this was the best game in the series, and it’s looking like my opinion hasn’t changed. I remember bombing every feasible wall and lighting every bush my first time playing. I thought I’d forget where most of the secrets are, but it seems like I’ve already gotten all of the secret cave heart containers. I’ve even had to pay two guys for breaking their door (probably the worst part of the game, but at least they’re infrequent and only twenty rupees a pop. I remember it being much more common in the second quest and with a worse penalty). Went through Levels 1-4 in order, but now I’m doing 8 just to get the master key. I’ve got the Blue Tunic and Master sword as well, or whatever the strongest sword is called in this game. I’ve only died once so far, I choked badly against one of the blue things with four mouths in Level 4 (wasted all my bombs on him too).

>>12402963
I have no desire to play 2nd quest again. It's very impressive to have another quest but it's just full of gotcha bullshit and seemingly designed to be annoying

>>12402152
wood sword
bombs
container 1
container 2
white sword
Level-1
*Candle, Rupees, Arrow, Blue Ring, Magic Shield?
Level-3
At this point I just go with my gut. I try to get the magical sword before doing Level-6.

I don't do RNG manip or anything, one time I got trolled so hard trying and failing to get bombs that I wound up doing Level-2 before anything else.

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>>12402148
packaged with the english game, when I played the japanese game I had to cope with this page of the manual. Luckily it was very helpful because I didnt find dungeon 2 for a very long time.

>the first Zelda is 40 years old
That's fucking crazy. I remember shit like Woodstock being 40 years old but that's nearly 20 years ago now.

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>>12402963
Finally finished. I was bombing every wall in Level 9 to find the Red Mail, but I forgot where it is. So, I just grabbed the silver arrows and killed Ganon. Dungeon order was 1-2-3-4-8-5-7-6-9; Kind of dull, but I was mostly playing it safe because I forgot which items were needed to get through certain dungeons. I want to do 8 first next playthrough.

>>12403006
Yeah, I’m somewhat tempted to give it a shot, but I remember it being a slog. But I know where most of the caves are in the first quest, so it’d be nice to scour the map for secrets again.

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Hydlide ripoff

>>12403352
Yeah except Zelda is good

>>12403058
When I was a kid, renting (map had been stolen), it took me a long time to find 2 also. 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8 I had found but not 2.

>>12403270
You need the bow&arrow to finish 8. Boss is ghoma. Pretty sure you can get the magic key though

>>12403650
I’ve beaten this game several times and I always struggle to find dungeon 2 when I replay it.

I want to play this but I don't have the p2 controller hooked up in my famicom. It's a whole autistic thing.

>>12403650
Yeah 2 was my big roadblock exploration wise, I probably found those same levels before 2 also.

>>12403654
Technically Gohma is optional, it blocks the way to the Magic Key but the required path never requires fighting it. But only a fool would skip the key.

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FUCK this dungeon

>>12404146
Consider shooting the like-likes with arrows.
>>12403954
Ah, right, I had it backwards. Ghoma blocks the key and Gleeok is the final boss.
If you know the game well, though, you'll easily have a surplus of keys by the end anyway.

>>12404209
like-likes are the easy part, they might as well not be there besides the rare occasion where you are so flustered from the wizards blasting you you accidentally lose your shield.

>>12404248
That's the advice, take it or leave it. There's no silver bullet.
Losing the shield sucks, it's useful against the wizrobes.
Arrows have no animation, so it lets you focus on fighting the wizards. If a like-like gets too close you can just hit it with an arrow without committing to the full sword animation.

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I just finished beating the 2nd Quest again (for like the 50th time in my life) yesterday on my Game & Watch Zelda edition. I'm actually really impressed with this. I bought it because I was going through a bit of a "Zelda phase" and I just started a new job, so I thought it would be a cool little desk decoration to spruce up the desk at work. I was shocked at how high quality the whole thing was, and I didn't even realize it had Zelda 1, 2, and Link's Awakening on it, along with the other games. I take it home with me on the weekends just so I can stare at it on my computer desk and hear it chime a "Do do do dooooot" at the top of the hour. A+. Actually well done, Nintendo.

Either way, Zelda 1 holds up as always. Though I rushed dungeon 8 and 9 cause I wanted to finish it before midnight, so I didn't rely on just my memory for that one this time around, but I managed to get the credits around 11:45 at night.

Damn I love the Legend of Zelda series.

>>12404146
>>12404248
In addition to the other anon, I would recommend you take it into habit to approach them a little bit more slower, focus on the orange wizzrobes first, and then try to always approach them from straight on aligned with the tile they're sitting on. Try to approach from the half way mark (walk on the lines). I find them way easier than the Darknuts.

Does anybody actually use the magic rod? Is it required for anything?

>>12405271
It’s nice once you get the red book and you’re able to shoot flames, kind of becomes my go to weapon in later dungeons because it lights up dark rooms and it’s an effective long rage weapon against a fair amount of enemies. Not required at all though.

>>12405271
Not required for anything, just a nice free ranged attack that can't be disabled by bubbles. Arrows are better but cost rupees. The wand itself also does damage if you swing it while a spell is in the air.
>>12405483
that's convenient, but I also find it annoying because the flames can hit you, so you have to be careful not to hit an enemy near you.

>>12406252
I just use arrows that late in the game. There’s not much use for rupees once you have the blue ring and the enemy bait, so you might as well spend them.

>>12406404
When it's your first or second playthrough rather than your 30th, it's a different perspective.

>>12404146
man those wizards piss me off. I used to crush it, without problem. but last time I played, those fuckers fucked up my run. I got rusty af.

>>12407686
>but last time I played, those fuckers fucked up my run. I got rusty af.
Same. In my teenage years at my peak, I cleared a 3 death-only run of Zelda 2 from a new game. I don't think I'll ever get close to that again.

>>12405271
>>12405483
The magic book upgrade should have been a single tile bomb-blast. That way bombs still have value, as well as the red candle, which essentially does what the book does, but earlier anyways. I can't believe a fucking mario-themed zelda hack gave me this idea, but in that game the book was just a normal bomb blast, which I think might be TOO overpowered in comparison. Making it a single is also nice since you can save money and bombs without worrying about breaking walls for shortcuts and secrets.

>>12407881
>mario-themed zelda hack
which one?

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>>12402152

>>12402163
>not doing a swordless run and enjoying extra bomb capacity
You didn't beat the game.

>>12409941
Is completely swordless even possible or do you need it for Ganon at the end?

>>12411876
You need it for Ganon. Challenge is considered complete upon entry into Ganon's chamber.

>>12404146
Hardest screen in the first quest bar none imo

>>12403352
Hydlide is an important game historically, but literally every game it inspired is better

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>>12403141
>The Zelda you remember from ten years ago
>Wind Waker
The fuck? The Zelda I remember from ten years ago is Oca—
>The Zelda that actually premiered ten years ago
>Breath of the Wild
>The fuck? that came out...
>suddenly remember what year it is
What the FUCK.

Learn japanese

>>12403352
No one cares about that one but Projared

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Zelda 1 is my favorite one in the series but I feel like it's not appreciated enough.
It's not even a cryptic game, I guess most people hate it because they don't bother to read the manual

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>>12417954
Even the most “cryptic” stuff like Level 7 is laid out rather explicitly.

>>12418583
Plus if you played long enough to be stuck at level-7, you probably had fun with the game to that point.

>>12402452
>YOU CANNOT GET YE FLASK

>>12417954
>>12418583
I'd agree with this, except Miyamoto once said in an interview that he intentionally designed Zelda 1 to be cryptic and require your friends to solve. He did that because he saw a sub-culture pop up in arcades around Tower of Duraga, where the game was insanely cryptic but kids were gathering around and sharing secrets with each other. He wanted to recreate that in Zelda 1.

Also I don't believe anyone failed to find level 7, there's an old man that tells you there's a secret where fairies don't live, and that's the only lake. There are also just tons of cases of people just trying to use the recorder normally and accidentally warping out of there.

>>12420153
I had some trouble with it. I was like 8 or 9. I don't remember how long it actually took to figure out but it felt like forever at that age. I was pretty sure I had the right screen I just didn't know what to do. Eventually I blew the whistle and still remember the excitement when the tornado didn't appear. That little 'found a secret' jingle has a completely different feel in situations like that. Got stuck again for a bit on the grumble goriya.

>>12402152
I get the wooden sword because I'm not an insecure faggot desperate for fake internet attention in lieu of having any real friends.

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>>12420153
>sub-culture pop up in arcades around Tower of Duraga, where the game was insanely cryptic but kids were gathering around and sharing secrets with each other
The best way to game.