I think the original Zelda had the biggest impact on me. I was pretty young when I played it, and it was the first game I'd seen certain kinds of things happen in; so it's not really a fair comparison.
Things like game control and story telling have improved dramatically since then; but there are things I miss about the old style games. Dark Souls is a pretty good modern counterpart if you want to see a Zelda type game in modern form.
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