{"id":83999,"date":"2019-02-21T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/the_legend_of_zelda_and_famicom_disk_system_are_33_years_old_today"},"modified":"2019-02-21T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:45:00","slug":"the-legend-of-zelda-and-famicom-disk-system-are-33-years-old-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/21\/the-legend-of-zelda-and-famicom-disk-system-are-33-years-old-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend Of Zelda And Famicom Disk System Are 33 Years Old Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9361f94b9f880\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9361f94b9f880\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Zelda Fds\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9361f94b9f880\/zelda-fds.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9361f94b9f880\/zelda-fds.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Zelda Fds\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>As time marches on inexorably &#8211; week after week, <em>year after year<\/em> &#8211; it should come as no surprise that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/legend_of_zelda\">The Legend of Zelda<\/a><\/strong> is 33 years old today. No, not the cartridge version &#8211; that wouldn&#8217;t make an appearance until July &#8217;87 in North America &#8211; we&#8217;re talking about the Famicom Disk System original.<\/p>\n<p>The game also shares a birthday with the Famicom Disk System itself, the Japan-only console that plugged into the original cartridge-based Famicom and offered an improved experience over the base console. <em>That<\/em> console launched with The Legend of Zelda and a disk version of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/super_mario_bros\">Super Mario Bros.<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; quite the one-two punch, wouldn&#8217;t you agree?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Nintendo Famicom Disk System\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13f7d72745d81\/nintendo-famicom-disk-system.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13f7d72745d81\/nintendo-famicom-disk-system.original.jpg\" alt=\"Nintendo Famicom Disk System\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"picture embed right img-\" \/>\n<p>There are lots of things you can do to celebrate this fine day. If you&#8217;re stuck in front of a computer screen or sitting on the bus with your phone, why not head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/tcrf.net\/The_Legend_of_Zelda\/Console_Differences\">The Cutting Room Floor<\/a> for a comprehensive examination of the differences between the disc and cartridge versions of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/legendsoflocalization.com\/a-look-at-nintendos-recent-changes-to-zelda-1\/\">Legends of Localization&#8217;s analysis<\/a> on how Nintendo has continually modified the game over its 33-year life would be more to your liking.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you could settle down with a nice Zelda tome like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2013\/01\/book_review_the_legend_of_zelda_hyrule_historia\">Hyrule Historia<\/a> or something of that ilk, or enjoy some of Nintendo&#8217;s original design documents for the game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2016\/12\/nintendo_shares_original_design_documents_from_the_legend_of_zelda\">in this very short video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d argue, though, that the <em>best<\/em> option would be to fire up your nearest Nintendo console and dive into the classic game for an hour or two. The Switch version is convenient if you&#8217;re a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber, and save states make the game vastly more user-friendly than it used to be.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be afraid to seek out help if you need it, either &#8211; there&#8217;s no shame in a little helping hand, especially if you&#8217;d otherwise chuck in the towel and miss out on a true gaming classic.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you gone back to this classic recently? Making you feel old, is it? Us to &#8211; feel free to commiserate in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As time marches on inexorably &#8211; week after week, year after year &#8211; it should come as no surprise that The Legend of Zelda is 33 years old today. No, not the cartridge version &#8211; that wouldn&#8217;t make an appearance until July &#8217;87 in North America &#8211; we&#8217;re talking about the Famicom Disk System original. 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