Long ago in the faraway land of Hyrule, a dark army led by the evil Ganon stole the legendary "Triforce of Power." Now the only one who can save the kingdom and its fair Princess, Zelda, is Link. But he is only a young lad! And the task is great! For more NEStalgia as well as show notes for this episode visit www.NEStalgiacast.com

Release 06:22

Music 07:41

Tales from the Manual 11:03.1

The State of RPGs before Zelda 18:00

The Adventure 23:21

Dungeons and Items 33:39

Difficulty and Fairness 37:07

On Hints 45:42

More on Bosses/Weapons/Enemies 51:09

What did you look up? 58:47

Final Dungeon 1:05:42

Timeline 1:11:27

What to fix? 1:15:28

Statistics 1:20:07

Developer Interviews 1:21:55

Sequels and Spinoffs 1:35:47

Essential Games List 1:44:40