The February 21, 1986 the legend has begunand for anyone who is passionate about video games there is no doubt about the protagonist: the Legend of Zelda. That day in Japan the first episode for the FamiCom console was released, while in the West we had to wait until the following year, when the version for the Nes (Nintendo Entertainment System) came out.
The game was conceived and directed by one of the wizards of the sector, Shigeru Miyamoto, considered by Time “the Spielberg of video games”who for the occasion seems to have been inspired by the imaginary adventures he had experienced as a child in the woods near his home.
The game takes place in the kingdom of Hyrule and follows the adventures of the young Link, who has to save a princess (Zelda, in fact) from the usual villain, Ganon. From a technological point of view it was the first video game that allowed you to save the game.
Considering the various episodes of the saga, several million copies have been sold (it seems that on the first day alone, one million copies were reached) and according to some The Legend of Zelda has contributed significantly to relaunch the video game industry, which had entered a crisis in 1983 (but in 1985 SuperMario was also released). It certainly had a strong impact on the video games that came later: according to Wired, “it was a video game like never beforewhich changed the rules of traditional consoles forever “.