The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Venture back to Hyrule and an age of magic and heroes. The predecessors of Link and Zelda face monsters on the march when a menacing magician takes over the kingdom. Only you can prevent his evil plot from…
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is an adventure developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 21 November 1991 on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Satellaview.
What The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is an adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 1991. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The wizard Agahnim has been abducting descendants of the seven sages, intent on using their power to obliterate the barrier leading to the Dark World. One of the descendants happens to be Princess Zelda, who informs Link of her plight. Armed with a trusty sword and shield, Link begins a journey that will take him through treacherous territory.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Legend of Zelda series
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is the fifth of 133 entries we hold in the The Legend of Zelda series. It arrived 2 years after The Legend of Zelda Game Watch. The next entry was Barcode Battler II: Senyou Card Software - Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce in 1992. Its critic score of 100 is 14 points above the series average of 86. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 100% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1991 averaged 68, so it scored 32 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 96, across 1,730 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 9 hrs.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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