Retro Hand-Drawn The Legend of Zelda Map Shared In Full Online

There’s nothing like seeing a piece of gaming history for the first time!

A special hand-drawn version of the NES Legend of Zelda‘s map, never before seen in full online, was recently unearthed. The map, created by artist Takako Toshima, was originally displayed in a 1986 edition of the Japanese magazine NewType. The map spanned three separate pages of the magazine, but Zelda historian History of Hyrule did us all the awesome favor of stitching the map together and sharing an HD scan online for all to see.

The map is incredibly detailed and extremely beautiful. Even The Great Fairy can be see on the left-hand side, along with other iconic spots from The Legend of Zelda. It’s an amazing find, and it’s a great reminder of how far the series as a whole has come.

Here’s a never-seen-in-full-online before image of Hyrule’s map from Zelda 1 that was also in the June 1986 issue of Newtype. Art by Takako Toshima

The image covered 3 pages and was a slightly different size on each page, with a small gap, so I did the best I could patching it pic.twitter.com/REPv1bnPiV

— History of Hyrule 🇺🇦 ♿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿🇵🇸🏞️ (@HistoryofHyrule) April 4, 2022

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Source: History of Hyrule

Heather Beard

Hi I’m Heather! I’m Senior Editor and Art Director at Zelda Dungeon and I’ve been a member of the ZD team since 2019. I am a graphic designer, artist, and nerdy mom to an awesome little boy. When my nose isn’t in a book, working on my novel or watching anime you can find me curled up with my cats Mandy-Lynn and Daisy Mae.