Coming Home to Hyrule – Returning to the Legend of Zelda

One faced the return to those nascent, primordial steps. Everything that was familiar was once again new and exciting. The original chill of adventure again shook bones. Enter nomadic trance in the dangerous lands of Hyrule once more. Take up the quest and renew the virtues of adventure.

Recently, I picked up both The Legend of Zelda and the Adventure of Link for the Famicom Disk System. Strangely, playing these games in this format made me feel more nostalgic than anytime I had played the NES versions on any of the myriad of platforms they are available on. This sort of article is kind of unusual for this site, because “nostalgic for Zelda” is a pretty typical subject. But this is a series that I have a very strong love/hate history with. Sometimes a guy just has to talk about the Legend of Zelda.

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