The Legend of Zelda (or known in japan as ゼルダの伝説 Zeruda no Densetsu) is a high-fantasy action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka in 1986 and first appeared on the Famicom Disk System in japan Before being later converted into a cartridge game for the American Nintendo Entertainment System.
Centered around link, a green capped hero of Hyrule who must must save Princess Zelda and defeat the Evil wizard Ganon. The series’ gameplay incorporates elements of action, adventure, puzzle solving and exploration. This franchise has spanned every console in Nintendo’s History and spawned products like cartoons, Manga , toys , and even breakfast cereal making it one of Nintendo’s most prominent franchises.
And this is why this STAGE of the retro VGM revival hour Is dedicated to this amazing video game franchise: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
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Full track listing:
===========Game – Composer – Title – Company========
1.) The Legend of Zelda – Koji Kondo – “Overworld & Labyrinth” – 1986 – Nintendo – NES
2.) Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link – Akito Nakatsuka – “Title Screen (Prologue), Battle Theme 1 & Palace Theme 1” -1988 – Nintendo – NES
3.) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Koji Kondo – “Select Screen & Dark World (overworld)” April 13, 1992 – Nintendo – SNES
4.) The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – Minako Hamano & Kozue Ishikawa – “Mabe Village & Marin sings the ballad of the wind fish” – August 1993 – Nintendo – Game Boy
5.) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Koji Kondo – “Lost Woods (Saria’s Song), Hyrule Field & Song of Storms (windmill Hut)” – November 23, 1998 – Nintendo – N64
6.) The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Koji Kondo & Toru Minegishi – “Mayor’s Meeting, Song of Healing & Deku Palace ” – October 26, 2000 – Nintendo – N64
7.) The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages – Kiyohiro Sada & Minako Adachi
– “Horon Village (SEASONS) & Sadness (AGES)” – May 14, 2001 – CAPCOM / Nintendo – Game Boy Color
8.) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Koji Kondo & Toru Minegishi – “Gohdan, The Great Sea & Staff Credits” – March 24, 2003 – Nintendo – Nintendo GameCube
9.) The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Mitsuhiko Takano – “Minish Village, Dark Hyrule Castle & Vaati’s Origins“ – January 10, 2005 – CAPCOM / Nintendo – Game Boy Advanced
10.) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Toru Minegishi & Asuka Ohta – “Introduction, Hyrule Field & Hidden Village”- November 19, 2006/December 11, 2006 – Nintendo – Nintendo Wii & Nintendo GameCube
11.) The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – Ryo Nagamatsu – “Death Mountain” – November 22, 2013 – Nintendo – Nintendo 3DS
