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GameTrailers has updated one of their Pop Fiction Episodes. That one being specifically about the legendary Chris Houlihan room that can be found in the Zelda game: A Link to the Past. The room itself can only be found using certain methods and the room’s layout consists of blue rupees, a telepathic tile, and a water-covered floor. The reason behind the room’s existence is because back in 1990 Nintendo Power magazine had a contest where one had to take a…

DRest806 has posted up a video review about his custom Legend of Zelda board game that he created. In the review he explains how it is played and demonstrates his instructions by using the game pieces. During the video he also explains how he made some of the board game pieces such as the Link, Wall Master, and bridge pieces. He also mentions in the video’s description that he will be posting up how to make this game at BoardGameGeek.com’s…

Today’s Zelda Fanart Spotlight is on Deviantart artist Madec-Brice‘s “Link contre Ganon”. This fanart depicts the scene where Link first encounters Ganon in A Link to the Past. Link has his sword and shield at ready and is about to start fighting the evil pig. The light coming in from the windows illuminates the battle area very well and allows us to get a good look at the two opponents. One can also see the Triforce floating behind Ganon waiting…

Today’s Zelda Fanart Spotlight is on deviantart member, Woodland-Mel aka Melora the owner of the Zelda site, History of Hyrule. To be more specific about which fanart of hers we’re going to be looking at it’s her work Dark World: Catfish. In this fanart it shows one of the memorable parts of the Zelda game, A Link to the Past. This part is when Link is in the Dark World at the river located at the base of the east…

Youtube user, SwarfieldMusic, has made a cover of some of the music that plays in A Link to the Past. A couple of his friends helped him with this and they used an assortment of different instruments to make the music sound the way it does in the cover. I think the that their choice of instruments was a good one cause the cover sounds, in my opinion, pretty darn awesome! Please take the jump to hear the awesome cover…

The Legend of Zelda is one of the most well known video game series of all time. Over the past 25 years it has continued to not only make its way into the hearts of countless fans, but certain entries have also been recognized by different people as games of the year and even the best games of all time. These games are the most popular, but when it comes to the core fans of the series, each title can…

Apparently we’re not the only ones celebrating Christmas this time of year. It looks like the people of Hyrule are celebrating the holiday themselves, namely Ganondorf. He only has one item that’s on his Christmas list this year and he decides to tell everyone exactly what it is that he wants by singing his request to the tune of song that we probably hear a lot this time of year. If you want to see what Ganondorf wants this year,…

An article over at Industry Gamers talks about how Zelda has influenced many people in the video game industry and that if it wasn’t for Shigeru Miyamoto, many of these people would’ve never had the inspiration to follow their own dreams. Here is an excerpt of that article talking about it. Like many children, the talented video game designer enjoyed wandering through hillsides and forests, where his obsession with discovery led him to a mysterious cave. Armed with a lantern,…

The Legend of Zelda, like many fantasy games before it, had a great many influences. Game developers often draw their inspiration from many different sources, like writers and artists do. Often inspiration can be pulled from the works of others or from similar real-world examples. Over the years the simple and straightforward world of Zelda has been expanded upon in so many ways beyond the standard fantasy genre into a new brand with a rich mythology of its own. The…

So much has changed since the beginning of Zelda. A little elf boy running around and trying to save a princess is but one of the many memories people have from the 80s. The Legend of Zelda, released in 1987 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, marked the start of one of the biggest adventure game series of all time. Everything about the original Legend of Zelda defines classic. The music, the sound effects, the story and the adventure all made…