The Legend of Zelda is a groundbreaking action/adventure game developed by Shigeru Miyamoto and initially released in Japan for the Nintendo Famicom Disk System in 1986 where it propelled sales of the add-on to the core Famicom system. It was translated and brought to America one year later and proceeded to have the same influential effect on sales of the NES. In America, it was released as a cartridge, and was one of the first games ever to employ a battery backed up memory chip inside which allowed players to save their progress, even after power to the system had been turned off. It is the first game in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series, whose games have a tremendous following to this day.
The game has been re-released in several formats over the years. In 1994, Nintendo released the game in cartridge format for the first time in Japan, towards the end of the Famicom's lifetime. In 1999 it was ported by fans to MS-DOS (and later Windows 9x) as Zelda Classic. In 2003 the game was released for the Nintendo GameCube as part of The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition. In 2004 the game was released for the GBA as part of the Classic NES Series. In 2006 the game was announced to be one of the first Wii Virtual Console titles.
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Early Japanese flyer
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Famicom Disk System box
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Famicom cartridge box
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GBA Famicom Mini box
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NES re-release
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GBA Classic NES box
