Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Watch This Adventure of Link Run at GDQX With Live Music!

Games Done Quick at this years Twitch Con was a weekend of incredible runs and as I've been catching up watching the runs I missed I wanted to share with you this speedrun of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link by mustbetuesdaymusic and megmacattack. The run clocks in at 1:17:12 making this a quite speedy run of Adventure of Link but one difference is that instead of hearing the in-game audio mustbetuesdaymusic plays the score on his piano for the entire run. Come for The Adventure of Link and stay for the sweet piano ballads during the entire run.

Chipping Away At My Backlog With The Adventures of Link

jdodson gives this a solid "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

jdodson gives this a "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

For the most part i've decided to stop buying a lot of new games and focus on playing through my backlog for the next year. It's still something i'm working out the final details on (how many games to limit myself to purchase next year, if any at all) and what games i'll play in some kind of order. Now that I have a son my time is limited and i'd like to spend it the best I can and since I have games i've never played now seems like a good time to do that. One such game is Zelda II: The Adventure of Link a game that before I picked got it with the NES Classic I've never owned before. I've played it a handful of times and always thought it was an interesting game in... Read All

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/06/2017 at 05:09pm

Ganon is so mean. I agree with you that Zelda 2 is probably the hardest of the bunch.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 12/06/2017 at 09:13pm

> I agree with you that Zelda 2 is probably the hardest of the bunch.

Harder than Breath of the Wild? I haven't played that one so I can't say on that point for sure but you have.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/07/2017 at 04:37am

Breath of the Wild has breadth, but not as hard as Zelda 2.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 12/07/2017 at 05:24pm

I'm going to agree with Will here. Breath is hardish, but Zelda 2 is HARD. Still a really fun change from the normal style Zelda games.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 12/08/2017 at 02:04am

Wow that's good to know. I've heard so many say Breath of the Wild is hard I figured I'd have a tough time with it but Zelda II is something I can do just fine so now i'm less concerned.

Travis Admin wrote on 12/08/2017 at 04:45am

And BotW even got a hard mode as part of an expansion. If the base difficulty is hard already, that's nigh masochistic.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/08/2017 at 05:33pm

Jon, you need BotW and a switch. It should be your gaming purchase of 2018!

Travis Admin wrote on 12/08/2017 at 05:56pm

Will how much time did you put into BotW? I don’t need to ask if it was amazing, I know the answer. But I’ve seen people say there may be hundreds of hours of content there

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/08/2017 at 08:49pm

100+ hours. I beat it too. I want to revisit it soon. I see they just released more DLC.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 12/09/2017 at 03:23pm

Yeah they just released the motorcycle DLC. Will I plan on getting one I’m just not sure when. 2018 seems like a good year for one but we’ll see how playing through some other games goes first. I’m making a list of games I want to play in 2018 from my back catalog!

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Final SGDQ 2017 Wrap Up

Summer Games Done Quick was an amazing event this year packed with so many runs I couldn't watch them all. I've been slowly watching the remaining runs I missed over time and have the last "best of" batch to share.

Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link by Error72 in 49:31 is embedded above. Adventures of Link is a great game but an odd one out compared to the more traditional top down retro Zelda games. 49.31 is Error72's personal best and a minute away from the world record for Any % No Scroll lock.

Luigi's Mansion by HDlax1 in 57:25 is a great run to watch if you've never actually played the game before like me. Luigi's Mansion was a GameCube launch title and gets a lot of... Read All

After A Long Search I Finally Picked Up A Nintendo Classic!

After searching for the last couple months to find a used NES Classic I finally found one. After scouring the local retro scene and Craiglist I finally just lucked into picking one up from someone at work that no longer wanted it. It's in great condition as it wasn't used much and it was quite a bit of fun to play this evening. Looks like there is a lot of choices for buying a second controller as well as controller cord extensions that are not too expensive. I decided to buy two cord extensions so if I get a SNES Classic and the cords are too short I can use them with it.

One thing I hope to do is write up a quick review for each of the games on the NES Classic and... Read All

Previously Recorded: The Mirror Is Under The Table

Jack and Rich are back for a new episode of Previously Recorded covering the classic NES game Zelda II: The Adventures of Link. I owned the original Legend of Zelda and played it a ton as a wee lad. I never had Zelda II but did play it quite a few times with friends.

Did you play Zelda II and if so what were your memories of it?