Prepare yourself for a list of games. Fact is, I really haven't beaten that many Legend of Zelda games, even though I've been playing them since I was eight.
The first is the original Legend of Zelda. I can't seem to find the second dungeon for the life of me. I usually play it for a little, die while I search for the dungeon, and then quit for awhile. It's quite sad, and it's contributed to the fact that I know very little about the original game. It seems like there isn't too much to really know, but I've always hated that I can't beat the game.
Back-to-back unbeaten games. I am always yet to have finished the Adventure of Link. I - for whatever reason - cannot figure out how to use magic spells in the Collector's Edition and has made me unable to make it to the second dungeon. I believe I stumbled across the solution to this problem quite awhile ago, but I forgot it months ago. Quite a tragedy, since I enjoyed the difficulty of the game so much.
I'm amazingly close to beating Link's Awakening, but I still haven't beaten it. I can't figure out how to reach the final pillar in the Eagle's Tower. I've followed Zelda Dungeon's walkthrough down to the letter - and by down to the letter, I mean trying to maneuver through the terrible map they provide you with - and it's still been of no help. If the Eagle's Tower is this difficult, I'm mortified to figure out some of the puzzles in Turtle Rock.
Next up is Ocarina of Time. I'm in the Adult portion of the Spirit Temple, but really didn't get too interested at the entrance. I put the game down and just stopped playing. A bit of a shame, but I'm confident that I could beat the dungeon if I actually took the time to actually play the game. I haven't done so in nearly a year now.
Once again, a back-to-back travesty; I haven't beaten Majora's Mask. I took one look at the Great Bay Temple and said "Not really feeling it." Just like with Ocarina of Time, I could most likely beat the dungeon if I only decided to put forth the effort to play through the dungeon and finish it. I haven't even turned on my Wii in about nine months, so that may be a contributing reason.
Then there's The Wind Waker. "I really dislike finding the Triforce pieces," describes this situation perfectly. I don't have the money to pay Tingle for decoding one of the Triforce maps, and I don't have very much inspiration to actually get the funds to do such a thing. I have about three pieces thus far, but I really disdain gathering them in the first place. Once again, I could finish this if I ever bothered to put forth some form of effort.
Then there's Four Swords. I just got through some of the tutorials, but I really wasn't having that much fun just by playing it by myself. So what did I do? Of course; I stopped playing it - just like the past three games I've listed. I would imagine it'd be more fun if I got some friends to play with me, but none of my high school friends have a DS, or play The Legend of Zelda. This one pretty much puts me in a rut.
Four Swords Adventures is yet another game that I am yet to complete. I'm stuck in the Gerudo Desert. For any of you who recall that part of the sand that collapses to a tiny strip for you to walk on, I can't seem to figure out how to get through it. I've dashed over it, but then those rock-like items knock me back and I fall into the gap. I really enjoy this particular game, and it's frustrating that I can't figure out how to get past this miniscule section of the game.
I'm so close to beating The Minish Cap that it's not even funny. I'm in Hyrule Castle, but I can't get past a particular puzzle involving those bomb-like creatures. It's extremely frustrating knowing just how close I am to beating the game, but this single puzzle keeping me from doing so.
Just going to lump Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks together. I'm on my way to the second dungeon in Phantom Hourglass, but I got stuck on something. I don't recall what since I haven't played it since January or so, but I know that it was really frustrating me. I don't want to play Spirit Tracks until I've beaten Phantom Hourglass, so I haven't even started that yet.
As you can see, I am yet to have beaten many of the Zelda games. This is one of the reasons why I refuse to quit the game; I have so much more of the series to complete before I can ever really stop playing the games. It angers me when I realize that I have so much left, but I'm also happy with the progress that I've made when I go on enormous Zelda-playing spurts. Sooner or later, I will beat every game in the series.
..... yet...