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I still haven't beaten the final boss (GANON?) in the original Legend of Zelda.
"It's dangerous to go alone. Take this."
Thanks. A piece of shit sword. OK.. Got a better sword. Got a wood shield. Got a magic shield. Got the flaming torch. Got the Red Arrow. Got the Silver Arrow... (not sure, but I think there was some kind of Hammer of Justice) the red potions, the blue potions, the gold shield, the raft, the flute, the boomarang, the ladder. The fucking bombs. All 8 of them.
Still couldn't beat that final boss. I was on my 7th try when the world around me changed. Death in the family. Games put aside. Trivial bullshit like Nintendo rendered meaningless.
30 years later and I still want to beat that 8 bit bastard, but I have no access to a Nintendo Gaming System.
(I don't want the PC emulation. It's not the same, but thanks)
PC emulation arguably is better than the rerelease emulations now, especially if you use a frontend like Launchbox, Photon, Pegasus, Playnite or just create a shortcut of the rom to put on a special folder so it doesn't feel like you boot up an overloaded UI emulator
Currently, NES Zelda is tied to an online subscription (20€ yearly), but on the handheld/console before the Switch hybrid (3DS/Wii U) you can get it for 2€ on sale I'm pretty sure
First is still a different feeling bc of Handheld and second needs homebrew for USB NES controllers/can't CRT
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