The Legend of Zelda (NES) - Erin Plays

[@mikematei]

Moblins are the pig-like soliders created by Ganon in his own image.

[@ErinPlays]

🐷

[@bigrob3238]

Mike!!

[@Billy2crazy]

Hey there Mike! Long time no chat

[@supergeoff]

Yep

[@reyvilla8501]

Just got done making a couple of moblins myself 💩

[@miguelsoto5439]

Always a good time playing it. Got my girl to play and she really enjoyed it and beat it with no help. No cheats nothing, just good ole fashioned gaming. She'd never played it, I was impressed. She grew up with the SNES being her first console, she's a 90's baby.

[@newwavejunkie]

I love A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time but the original Legend of Zelda always intimidated me. You actually make me want to give this one a try.

[@wallsjr77]

It's awesome!

[@ceticobr]

Having played other zelda games makes playing the original zelda easier. Just make sure to read the original manual first. Everything you need to know is there!

[@bezoticallyyours83]

You should, its the purest Zelda experience. Just don't use a guide.

[@Garrett236]

It's always fun to watch someone play classic games for the first time. It's almost like exploring the game, and falling in love with it, all over again.

[@ToxoRetro]

Watching walkthroughs and speed runs can be interesting, but witnessing someone be challenged by it as a real person is reassuring that I'm not too bad at games. Games were made for fun after all.

[@beamracer_2600]

This and the sequel The Adventure of Link have to be my all-time favorite games. I remember getting to the last temple in Zelda II and having no idea how to get through it, so every time my parents would take me to the local Wal-Mart I would read the cheat guides on how to get to the final boss.

[@cueball981]

I remember the day my brother and I brought Zelda home for the very first time. Still an amazing game to this day!

[@michaelm5405]

My wife tried this!!! I'm so haahahaappyyyy!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@josedeluna2245]

My grandfather was really good at this game! It was insane to see him in front of the TV and play for hours until he beat it. I watched him defeat Ganondorf . Man good times!

[@ErinPlays]

That’s awesome :)

[@josedeluna2245]

Erin Plays really awesome! But I sucked at it lol! I’m still not good at it

[@PrettyVacant-ro2bm]

I also watched my mom defeat this and all the mario games as a kid.

[@josedeluna2245]

PrettyVacant 1428 that’s awesome! I miss those times. I think that’s what got me into gaming

[@mielthesquid6536]

lol I feel old.

[@hungrygoriya]

Your voluntary wallmaster ride to the beginning of Level 1 😱 Those things always gave me the creeps when I was a kid.

[@ErinPlays]

Haha they’re so unsettling!!

[@oyonan]

I can’t count the hours I’ve spent on this game as a kid, and when I saw her catch a ride with the wall master, I had a eureka moment! That was pretty fun!

[@wallsjr77]

It took me longer to beat this than the first zelda on gameboy.

[@AmberShort]

So many good and bad memories with this game when I was small. Still a great game though.

[@peterswanson4228]

Omg the Zelda cartoon. The memories. "Excuuuuuse me, Princess"

[@DarDarBinks1986]

Pretty sure that animation was from one of the CD-i "games", not the Zelda cartoon.

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

@@DarDarBinks1986 no it was from the 1989 zelda cartoon that always came on fridays from the super mario bros super show. ahh i miss being 11.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

@@kefkarothsephka7708 I've seen stills of the Zelda cartoon and what's shown here wasn't it. Link's hair is blond here and in the cartoon, they were a brunette.

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

Also it’s kinda disturbing how G-rated horny link is in the cartoon. Every time he sees the princess he’s always expecting a make out sesh.......

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

@@DarDarBinks1986 not talking about what link hair color was or the animation. i was referring to the excuuuuse me princess line.

[@winterjason81]

Oh yeah baby! My number 1 favorite Nintendo classic Zelda video game. I have this on my pre programmed Nintendo mini console I got earlier this year off eBay and I love it. My sister says she wants to try playing it herself sometime too. Thank you for finally uploading this video Erin. I’ve played this game so many times as a little kid but never won the first quest but once I watched lots of tutorial videos on KZbin and found the over world map online I was able to beat the first quest. Now I just need to figure out more of the similar tutorials and such in order to beat the second quest. I know if I was there with you I would certainly be able to help you out with all the info and walkthroughs on how to play this classic Nintendo game and ultimately beat the first quest. You just have to know in each quest when and how to upgrade your sword plus your clothes and how to use bombs and especially the blue candle to grab more and more extra heart containers and tons of extra rubies in order to buy more items plus a note from the old man to buy red & blue medicines to refill your health in shops. Plus many of the additional items you get in the dungeons work to your advantage as well. Some shops you visit are also more cheaper than other shops in the over world. Plus of course you can’t ever play the final dungeon level 9 or death mountain until you’ve collected all 8 pieces of the tri-force of wisdom in all the other dungeons 1-8 and work your way thru it to face off against Gannon and save princess Zelda and win the game. Keep up the good video game work and write back to me soon Erin.

[@ErinPlays]

Thanks! And that’s awesome you were able to finally beat it :)

[@winterjason81]

Yup you’re exactly right Erin and many thanks for your reply back today. My name is Jason (last name Winter by the way) from Saint Louis Missouri. Of course the NES legend of Zelda game itself really doesn’t end or finish until you manage to somehow beat the second quest although I discovered if you choose to name your character Zelda when you register your name then you won’t play the first quest at all, it’ll take you right to the second quest. There’s so much more to talk about here but I’m sure you’ll get to lots more of it in a part 2 video of the legend of Zelda sometime and I’ll be looking forward to watching it on your KZbin channel here.

[@fourlightsorchestra]

I started collecting for the NES when I was in about 7th grade and there were a ton of nes games in the thrift stores for a couple bucks a piece. That’s when I found Zelda. Played through it with my best friend and drew our own map of the overworld. The internet wasn’t what it is now, so we discovered everything for ourselves. Every burnable bush, every bombable wall. So much fun. It’s still one of my favorite games today.

[@PositronPlays]

The first game I played! We didn't have a NES at the time, but my Aunt did. She thought I'd be interested and said she was stuck on level 3. Somehow 5 year old me got through that and at least a couple others that day. Always neat seeing others play it for the first time, such a daunting game to playthrough to this day!

[@ronniefeess4836]

I totally agree with the movie theatre carpet thing, for some reason that made me smile. The fact that you research and really understand all this stuff is one of the things that makes you awesome.

[@masterakaron]

Erin - That's TOTALLY Movie Theater carpet in the beginning of dungeons!! Brought me back to my childhood thinking about that!

[@EchoFoxtrot21]

My favorite enemy was the sentient stack of pancakes that eat your shield.

[@Ironcabbit]

I always called it the fencing blancmange (ever since watching Monty Python’s Flying Circus)

[@EchoFoxtrot21]

I know. They just looked like pancakes to me.

[@segamatthews5023]

I always thought it was a sandwich lol

[@ThunderFist1978]

Boco Corwin Yes, Like Like is the correct name. Dare I say OP like likes them?

[@stephenolder4552]

You like those things? They're the reason why I don't bother getting the big shield. Hate those things

[@redmist78]

Lots of fond memories of this game. even my older brother who wasnt a gamer got addicted. I dont think i could play it now....thankfully I can just watch Erin!

[@superomegamkiii2313]

A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time will always be my nostalgia buzz for this series. You never forget those innocent times when the thought of a game being more than a game was as distant as the edge of the universe. These were masterpieces of their day and will always be treasured the most by people who experienced them during that time.

[@strangulator42]

That was the most chill playthrough video I think I've ever seen lol! I hope part 2 is coming soon!

[@chaospoet]

When I was a kid a friend of mine got this and it blew my mind. It's funny looking back on it now but since I was so used to Atari one screen games or not very long (in terms of the actual length of the levels) side scrollers to me as a kid felt like it was as huge and virtually endless as Zelda Breath of the Wild is today. I didn't know games could be this big with so much stuff to do in them until this was released.

[@beamracer_2600]

It took me years to figure out the clue about Pols Voice, too. We in the USA got short changed on that one...

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Maybe not, look how blowing into the spirit pipes years later, started to screw up your speakers.

[@elvisrobotbeta3299]

Lots of information on enemies in this video, Erin. Some of them I knew before, but had never seen the drawings so closely. That was a nice touch from you. In various parts of the video I felt that this was not the first time you played The Legend of Zelda, or maybe you are very good at it☺️, because you could go so far, buy the expensive blue ring, find the second sword and most of all you were able to find so many secret stairs under the bushes that it took me months to find them😅🤣

[@erikhansen4346]

“I don’t know where to go” Zelda 1 in a nutshell

[@michaelm5405]

Dragon Quest, as well.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

I got horribly lost in FF1. 😓

[@adrian29459]

Love that you read the manual, the enemy names for Nintendo games are funny

[@redrumcoke2363]

One of, if not THE very best game ever made. I'm 36 and played this when it came out. Glad to see a young person enjoying the OG despite it's antiquated graphics and mechanics. 👌

[@tacg99]

This is still my favorite game of all time. I was probably 6 or 7 the first time I played it. That was 32 years ago. I finally beat it when I was 10 and in the years since I've beaten it a bunch of times and it still never gets old for me

[@3DJapan]

15:23 Movie theater or bowling alley. 🎳

[@MegaOctobot]

00:30 I like to mess around with romhacking and always thought the wooden sword being able to shoot was weird so I -edited the code- got someone who really knew the zelda hex code to make it so it wouldn't happen until you got the sword upgrade.

[@jodymcdougle8810]

Id like to play it

[@fusionspace175]

It's so fun watching you discover this game for the first time. When I got my NES, my mom and dad said that I could only get a new game once I had beaten the last game, so I just played Mario and Duck Hunt plus rentals until I beat them, and my first game I knew I wanted to get was Legend of Zelda, because I had seen it and played a bit at a friend's house. Beating Mario was made a lot easier once you learned the infinite 1-up trick of bouncing on a koopa shell on the stairs. As big a jump as Mario was from Atari games, Zelda was that big a jump from Mario, in terms of my idea of what a game could be. The size of the world and the variety of enemies and items was astounding at the time. We didn't have guides unless Nintendo Power decided to feature a game, but other kids who played the game were essential sources of information. I'd go to school with a question and, like in an rpg, ask everyone about it until I got an answer. A huge part of my childhood was this NES underground, it was something we all had in common. Very few kids had any other system at that time, and other kids collections was where I found out about Contra and Castlevania, and tons of games I knew I didn't want as well. It really helped with selecting the few you'd get to own, because they were big purchases. 30 bucks doesn't sound like a lot until you realize action figures were usually only 4 or 5 bucks, for comparison. Zelda was one of the best value for money games, even before you find out there's a whole second quest. I think it holds up really well even now, because it was just that well designed.

[@RetroDeath]

As a kid I thought the sword was just rusty metal, and the shooting power came more from Link than the sword itself, but still, I didn't know people called it the wooden sword until Hyrule Warriors, haha!

[@jeremygreen2883]

I love ... LOVE... This game. I finally beat it in my forties just last year.

[@Untouchaable]

When I first played this, the Leevers reminded me of Ring Pop candies.

[@ErinPlays]

Ha, they really do look like ring pops!

[@wallsjr77]

I imagined them as moving sand buoys.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Haha kinda

[@DarDarBinks1986]

I've played the original Legend of Zelda but never finished it. I came to the series through Ocarina of Time and have only finished that, Link's Awakening DX, and Twilight Princess.

[@P1983sche]

Oh man, I loved that Daria cartoon. Mike Judge is a genius.

[@04StartyCornRainbowOnline88]

Wow, i'm impressed that you played The Legend of Zelda. Keep up the good job, Erin! 😊👍 Oh, this was also my first console but i didn't played as a little kid, i had phobia with NES Games specially Top Gun. I'm a very player for Ocarina of Time, and a little bit A Link to the Past, i'm playing a Zelda game on 2DS (Not mine). 🤗 Wait, you have a T-Shirt of Daria, that's pretty interesting. 😲

[@joek5882]

Summer after sixth grade I poured myself into the Second Quest. I created my very own hyper detailed strategy guide with hand drawn maps of the overworld and every dungeon detailing every secret, every item, every hidden path ("bombable" and hidden walls) every burnable bush...EVERYTHING! It was seven pages long and would have to this day been displayed in my fancy china cabinet as a testament to my childhood and one of my greatest summers ever...if my mom had understood what it was and didn't throw it out! Still working on forgiving her for that!

[@ErinPlays]

That’s awesome! I’m sorry it gone thrown out though 😭

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Aww. :(

[@dreddbolt]

When I was about 6, I got spooked away from the cave I was supposed to find the first sword in, died a couple times, failed to find the first dungeon, then never played it again... until I got older. Still haven't beaten it, but I've beaten a quite a few Zelda games since then. My main current thing with anything Zelda related is the Link costume from Super Mario Maker 2. I'm studying up on a classic Castlevania level to help make a cool Super Mario Maker 2 Link costume dungeon level.

[@brucelau2023]

That’s absolutely amazing Erin , the original LOZ 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@MotherKojiro]

If you don't count the pack-in Mario/Duck Hunt, this was my first NES game, and I was OBSESSED with it back in the day, though it hasn't aged all that well. Better than I'd remembered before my most recent replay, though; it doesn't get REALLY awkward, cryptic, and frustrating until the second quest. But hey, you conquered Level 5 with the White Sword; that might be the hardest dungeon in the entire first quest, though Levels 8 and 9 put up a decent fight. Protip: I must've played this about a million times before I found out how the whistle works. It always takes you to a dungeon, but it isn't completely random; facing west will take you down a number, and facing right will take you up a number.

[@haydencolt1067]

You prolly dont give a shit but does someone know of a method to log back into an Instagram account? I was dumb forgot my account password. I would love any tips you can offer me!

[@graysongael9893]

@Hayden Colt instablaster =)

[@haydencolt1067]

@Grayson Gael Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and im trying it out atm. Seems to take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@estebangonzalez6068]

This was totally one of those sit in a danky yet cozy basement in the late 80s and play all night kinda games. Wait... that’s every NES game lol.

[@walylama1672]

When I was 6 I couldn't think of a good name so i looked around the kitchen I chose Chex based off of what cereal we had. 30+ years later im still Chex on every Zelda game.

[@ErinPlays]

Aw that's awesome! Chex sounds cool :D

[@StevefromPR]

The legend of chex continues

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

That carpet design was in my 90's movie theater! It was the same theater I seen the '95 Power Rangers movie!

[@Jockolantern]

I watch you and Mike a fair bit and you're always a welcome reprieve to my days. Both of you feel genuine-- the kind of gamers who don't put on airs and that I could legit just sit down with and chill. Keep up the good work and tell Mike to do the same.

[@ErinPlays]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@countryboyred]

Erin your videos always chill me out and they help me pass the time when I’m working out or going on a hike. I love your enthusiasm and passion for old school classics and you share a lot of my same tastes. Anyways just wanted to say I love your videos and they always make me feel that good ol KZbin nostalgia back when there were a lot of genuine creators on this platform. Rock on🤘🏼

[@dave-ys7ew]

6:43 I always interpreted his secret to be a bribe payoff not to tell the other bad guys he's got a secret house rather than he wants to help you out of good will. I love her cute take on it though.

[@nikifog5440]

This is my favorite game. If I couldn't have loved this video more, you wore a Daria shirt and made it even better 😄 Awesome video, Erin!!

[@ErinPlays]

Aw that's awesome! I'm glad you also appreciate Daria, haha. Thank you! 😄

[@philliphagen6290]

Hey Erin your video is just fine by me thank you your biggest fan Phillip.

[@vintagegamer695]

We are now entering Hell. Please keep your hands and elbows inside the car.

[@crimnos]

Funny you said that about Zelda feeling comfy, I've actually described the first Zelda game as my gaming equivalent of comfort food, I play through it once a year. It scratches that early Fall itch. Also, just discovered your channel and I'm enjoying your content, especially your horror game coverage. Good stuff!

[@thrwawyacct]

When Erin used the heart potion, at 37:50, it sounds like the level end time/coin counting sound effect from Super Mario Land on Gameboy.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

It also reminds me of the sound from Hogan's Alley when a new set of targets in the shooting range game came up.

[@blakfloyd]

LOVE the Daria shirt. I miss that show so much and it haunts me to this day that MTV never even tried to make a spinoff out of Sick Sad World.

[@ErinPlays]

I miss it too :( I LOVED it growing up!

[@RageShroud]

Erin: "magical sword" Master Sword: Am i a joke to you!!!

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

Well it is called the magical sword in the first game’s opening text scroll.......

[@RageShroud]

@@leroyvisiongames2294 I know, it's a joke being that 99.9% know it as master sword.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Originally released in February 1986 for the Famicom Disk System accessory in Japan; it would be released in the U.S. for the NES in July 1987.

[@zutronius]

That's cool that this was your first play through of this game. Real fun video to watch. It has been years since I played this, and now I really want to again! Looking forward to part two.

[@sketcharmstrong8491]

Personally I never got into Zelda, a little too nerdy for me. But watching you play it is refreshing. Takes me back to my childhood when I remember discovering nes games. Love the Daria shirt as well!!!

[@megadan2988]

lol nice to watch this type of video, a guy like me who can have issues making it to your stream ( work ) its nice to have one i can pause and get back to. Thanks for making this

[@bradenalthaus2167]

I never realized that flute makes the same sound as Super Mario Bros 3 till now.

[@nunyanunya4147]

i am purposly avoiding playing my childhood favorite games until dementia starts setting in. then ill play them in the order I played em as a kid. looking forward to Ginger the Elf and his adventures to burn forest and the importance of property damage to advance the plot!

[@IntalenTed]

22:40 A great moment in gamer history! 😁 I raised my hands and cheered when the boss b-lined for your last hail mary bomb! Starting g to really love your vids and game play! Always fun and enjoy your perspective! Keep on keeping on girl!!lol

[@anthonywheeler2082]

This was such a fun surprise. I love how you looked up the monsters in the manual. Manuals were so fun:)

[@stevedixon9734]

Zelda is fine. It’s the Daria shirt that brought me here.

[@areyousureyouenteredyourna85]

Heheheh... Diarrhea.

[@jzay1899]

Classic NES game. Bringing back all the childhood nostalgia feels! Thanks for sharing Erin!

[@photon_EARTH]

Awesome Daria shirt! I’m still a big fan of your impression of Quinn’s friend, Sandi. 🤓

[@ErinPlays]

haha, thank you!

[@_captain_N]

me and Link are good buddies back in videoland in the warpzone of hyrule.

[@alternity28]

Hoping for part two. Very entertaining - always a treat to to see Erin in notifications!

[@ErinPlays]

Coming soon! And thank you :D

[@kennethmccullah4905]

Great video Erin! This has always been one of my favorite games. I would love to see you go through dungeon 6 and fight the Wizrobes, those are the hardest enemies for me. I would suggest getting the bigger magical shield early on as it blocks magic and fireballs. But then if you get eaten by the like-like's they will steal it and you have to buy another. I really really hope you do a part two. Now I'm going to go play Legend of Zelda lol.

[@wildcatbrown67]

This makes me want to go back and play through again!

[@richie616]

After all these many years, this is still the game that made the biggest impact on me. So happy that you did this one! Great work on the video, as always. Also, love the shirt. ^.^

[@thisjustin6529]

Erin always cheers me up on grim days.

[@MountainLWolf]

😂 I never quite noticed the movie theatre carpet, hahaha

[@RonaldBradycptgmpy]

I JUST found your channel and this is the first video I see?? Made my day. You did such a great job!

[@jp6794]

Mike would be so proud 👍

[@MrKennethb83]

This is nicely edited . Like when you need something the video zooms onto it !! Lol cracked me up.

[@jaimebarba619]

This is one of those classics that if it were made today, we’d still be just as amazed as we were back then. That fact that it was made back then is mind blowing.

[@taotechnique]

Im so glad AVGN recommended your channel!! Its awesome!!! You have such good content, and you make it so fun to follow :))

[@ErinPlays]

Yay! Thank you!

[@GrandMarkimus]

It dings at you when your health is low like in Zelda. Zelda reference!

[@aspieatheist6040]

1:24 Staffos. 26:12 You need the ladder to get that heart container. 38:36 The funny thing is you never actually had to beat those Ironknuckles. You could have just moved that block without beating them.

[@1UPWOMAN]

Love this game! Zelda games have some of the best music!

[@rogeliolarronda]

0:30 If you can only shoot the sword when your energy is full, it means the power to shoot it comes from Link, not from the sword itself. That’s why it doesn’t matter it being a simple sword made out of wood.

[@Splinterandfamily]

Hey I Love The Shirt. Huge Daria Fan Still Watch It.

[@hermitcard4494]

Also hahahahahaha remember trying to find all hearts containers, I cartographed A LOT of the game to have a graphical registry of what places and squares I bombed, burned, moved, etc. I don't remember if I found them all but found many.

[@michaeldemers2716]

My favorite is still Link's Awakening for Gameboy Color. Oh or possibly the Gamecube Wind Waker or Wii U one. Although the DS Phantom Hourglass was great as well. All of the above.

[@Retro_Beek]

I loved this! Thank you for sharing a play through. Good and frustrating memories. lol

[@bezoticallyyours83]

My second favorite Zelda game, and one of the best of all time on the NES.

[@hermitcard4494]

When I was a kid, this game made me learn english. Next year I knew more english than anyone in my classroom, and next video games improved my english.

[@walcodebruyn2135]

Found this channel from the John Hancock collaboration and had to subscribe I loved this video

[@ErinPlays]

Thank you!

[@jeff15]

Wow, my fav game. Omg, that zelda box looks so Krispy. How you kept it so new all these years.

[@ErinPlays]

Well the box was Mike's. He has some good boxes in good condition. Most of my collection is cart-only :)

[@3DJapan]

0:52 I always thought they looked like snails.

[@TaylorTCarlson]

Love this game and I’m jealous of that Daria shirt!

[@mizzoupatriot8814]

I love this channel. So much nostalgia it hurts lol.

[@Xman-lg6sn]

Nice gameplay of The Legend of Zelda and I love your Daria shirt

[@alevela9309]

"Get off the escalator!" Probably what the manual calls stairs.

[@dtcharo]

I much prefer Zelda II but it's cool to watch you go through it. I might finally break down and actually play through it one of these days.

[@JustinKruger336]

Greatest adventure game ever as are all the Zelda games after it and Super Smash Bros. The reason he is able to shoot the sword 🗡️ is because he has magic powers the entire game is about the magic of the Triforce Vs Ganon dark magic.

[@BriansManCave]

The second reason why I wanted an NES so bad!

[@b01tact10n]

Awesome thanks for the inspiration to play, I was dying so much from everything, but going for the blue ring helped alot on my 2nd attempt, I still died several times but the 90shield, 6 hearts. The boomerang helps alot I forgot how I used to spam my boomerang alot, then try to spend all my $ before entering any dungeons because I just farm the levels for extra, but I ain't as good as some of the streamers, but I'm getting close to being able to make a deathless run. I quit dying alot after I got used to the controls, also acquiring the blue ring 😁

[@ArtofBrandonTruster]

The toughest thing about watching these types of videos is fighting the compulsion to comment, "No, Erin! Go THIS way first and get the thing, then you can go back and do that thing you were trying to do!" Lol.

[@sgtmatrix]

Best old classic. :)

[@luisbarreda7357]

I loved this video and will be waiting for part 2. Also, I would like to see you try StarTropics for the NES someday!

[@bezoticallyyours83]

StarTropics is great, but tough as nails and a little unfair

[@geeryhandhika3057]

I remember there are lots of certain secret tree we can burn lead to secret stairs. Also lots of brown colour rock area we can bomb to find secret stairs. Oh, and forest maze you need to go to specific direction to find next palace. If not wrong, it's a right right up right. It's been long time ago i forgot already. Anyway, this bring me nostalgic memory of my childhood. ^__^

[@JeffreyOsb]

He's inviting us into his mouth... I can't... I just can't....

[@chocolocojames213]

I'd love more 2D Zelda games in the future 😊😊😊

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Me too