The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (ALttP)

I think that ALttP is very overrated. It was way too hard, and just because it introduced staples doesn't mean that it's better than the other ones that include those staples.

^ xD Nice way to put it

I loved ALttP; it was just pure awesomeness. (Not as much as TP, TWW, or MM :P)

And the music rocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this game was CAKE. its my personal favorite
the music was some of the best in the series.

I just got this for my GBA today, and have beaten the first two dungeons, going for number two.

I have both versions, have beaten both, and it's pretty good. It's not the best in the series, nor is it the best 2D game. However, it is a special game because it is sort of the turning point of the series. Like people said, it introduced a lot of staples. Furthermore, it has some music that has been reused to this day, as well as it is more complex than the previous two games. The previous two games had their story more contained to just the instruction manuals, ALttP was the first Zelda game to actually flesh out a full fledged story in-game. As well as it sort of fleshed out Ganon(although he wasn't completely fleshed out until OoT, and again some more in FSA). ALttP is also noteworthy of being the biggest and longest Zelda game to this day with it's amount of dungeons (not counting the oracles linked together). ALttP may not be the greatest, but it was the turning point of the series and did a lot for the future games. Without it, Zelda would be drastically different. I'd overall, give this game a 9.4/10. There isn't much wrong with it.

It had some hardass bosses.

Quote from Timothy

By that, I would mainly assume the Helmasaur King.

damn. that was the only hard boss! especially if you play it on VC and use the control stick. this game wasnt meant for a control stick...

Quote from Timothy

By that, I would mainly assume the Helmasaur King.

Hell, that, and at least the damn two or three headed dragon at one of the last dungeons (Turtle Rock if I remember??).

it was only hard because i kept running out of magic XD but turtle rock temple was hard as hell!

True dat, true dat.

Also chain chomps =O

Too bad the room soon got locked away after the contest, and can only be found by means of glitching or hacking...seems the poor kid won the contest for nothing, really.

I read somewhere that it is still in the GBA version, just changed a bit, and the text on the wall is different.