Game Overview:
A Link
to the Past was a game that revolutionized the Zelda series. Regarded
by many as one of the best Zelda games ever, and a classic to
many others, this game added many new features. This game once
again shifted to a bird's eye view. It adopted Zelda II's magic
meter, but returned to the normal system of hearts, instead of
a bar and lives. While recieving all of these from its predecessors,
it also introduced the revolutionary use of heart pieces to gain
more hearts. And you still recieved heart containers at the end
of each dungeon. The game also released many new items still used
today. One of which was the Hookshot, and another was the Big
Key.
Some
other great features of the game was its music, and its graphics.
It had THE greatest sounding music, especially for its time
and video game cartridge type. And it would take pages to go
into the awesomeness of the graphics. They weren't choppy, they
didn't skip, and they just fit the feel of the game perfectly.
They made for epic boss battles and just heighting the sense
of tension, accompanied by the music.
The
game was a large game in contrast to the others. The land of
Hyrule contained eleven extensive dungeons that had very unique
puzzles, which made the game fun each time you played through
it. The game also revelead new enemies, which always kept everything
interesting. In addition, there were two different versions
of the overworld to explore, the light and dark worlds. Each
landmark was in the same place but was remarkably different.