Zelda Classic

Genre:

Action

Year:

2000

Developer:

Armageddon Games

Publisher:

Armageddon Games

Perspective:

Top-down

Theme:

Puzzle elements, Fantasy

Releases:

DOS (2000)

Also known as:

The legend of Zelda

Zelda Classic is a fan-made update of the 1986 fantasy action game The Legend of Zelda, in which the young Link must search the land of Hyrule to find the shards of the Triforce of wisdom so that he can rescue the eponymous princess from evil forces. In addition to an exact replica of the original game, Zelda Classic features the option of using the original or updated graphics. It also includes ZQuest, a level designer for players to create their own quests and import custom graphics. Though it started as a basic Legend of Zelda clone by programmer Phantom Menace in April of 1999, Zelda Classic has grown into something much bigger in the past few years. A full LOZ replica was achieved by June of 2000, with Zelda Classic version 1.84, but the story didn’t end there. Although Phantom Menace moved on to other projects, Fans of Zelda Classic wanted more. Fast forward to after about a year of searching for a new programmer, when Dark Nation comes to Armageddon Games, and breathes new life into what seemed like a dying beast.