Does anyone here remember

Amber the Duskbringer · Nov 6, 2011

The Nintendo Power comic of Zelda a Link to the Past?

I remember getting that from my dad one day, it was like the greatest thing I have ever seen. Granted I don't have it anymore but I was able to find a zip file with it and just skimming through it, it's like blast to the past. It was pretty much the reason I fell in love with comics and I remember drawing so many pics of Link from it. I was a bit a nub back then drawing wise and I still kinda am but this comic alone inspired me more than any other one I can think of. For those that don't know what I am referring to I shall post a image from it.

Granted this may not be game forum stuff per se but... if I placed this in the wrong forum I do apologize. Wow I am nerding out on this Childhood memories flooding back

Cute Tink · Nov 16, 2011

I think I might remember that. I had the Nintendo Power subscription for a long time. On a side note, I hated that they wouldn't publish Game Genie codes.

The artwork seems really familiar to me, so I think I probably had some of the issues.

Do you remember the Super Mario Bros Super Show? They had a Legend of Zelda show every Friday. I ran across it on Netflix and my kids were hooked. Talk about nerding out. I loved it and still do.

Amber the Duskbringer · Nov 16, 2011

Lol I need to watch that again. I loved that show. I don't care how awful it was. It was my childhood

Yeah the comic is some real famous manga artist. I think. I used to get this booklet in the mail every once in a while with gamegenie codes. It was the same size as the little case on the gameboy cartridge.

Amber the Duskbringer · Nov 16, 2011

While I am geeking out on nostalgia. I don't think there is a person who played ultima runes of virtue as much as I did as a kid. Bought it when it came out, I played it from then to 2008 on the same cartridge. I still have it here somewhere.

Cute Tink · Nov 16, 2011

I only ever played Ultima Exodus. I still have it too, along with a few other NES games. My NES is actually hooked up to my big TV (looks rather awful considering) and we did a Mario 3 competition during one of my kids' birthday parties.

I don't care how absolutely horrible the show was either. I loved it. I was very upset if I missed it. Poor Link couldn't get a kiss to save his life.

I never got them mailed to me, but I did jot down codes whenever we went to the bookstore.

Amber the Duskbringer · Nov 16, 2011

I would so wanna be in a contest like that I can't beat the castle maze on level 8 for the life of me :<

Cute Tink · Nov 16, 2011

There was a time when I could complete every level in that game. Playing through again, I remembered all the warp whistle locations, I got most of the way toward the final castle. I think I had three or four levels left. I could so have gotten through the final castle. It was easier than a lot of other levels in that world.

Cute Tink · Nov 16, 2011

In our contest, we were recreating the contest in that 80s movie The Wizard. We each had 5 minutes to rack up as many points as possible and if you died, you lost all of your points and had to start over.

Amber the Duskbringer · Nov 16, 2011

I love that game :3

Cute Tink · Nov 16, 2011

Glad I'm not the only one here who loves the old stuff

TheProject · Nov 16, 2011

Cute Tink said:
There was a time when I could complete every level in that game. Playing through again, I remembered all the warp whistle locations, I got most of the way toward the final castle. I think I had three or four levels left. I could so have gotten through the final castle. It was easier than a lot of other levels in that world.

I fulfilled a childhood dream a couple of years ago and beat Bowser in World 8 with the Hammer Brothers Suit. I'd always wanted to see what happened if you beat him that way instead of letting him fall through the floor. As I recall, there was very little difference, but it was extremely pleasing none the less.

Cute Tink said:
Glad I'm not the only one here who loves the old stuff

Older games are awesome. I will argue to this day that the Super NES represents the best era of gaming.

Cute Tink · Nov 16, 2011

Some of my favorites were on the NES, but I did have a few on the SNES that I still love

Perhaps Today · Nov 17, 2011

I've never read that comic before, but I do consider the 16-Bit era to be the overall best gaming era ever, even better than 8-Bit. Gaming went downhill some after that IMO, though there's still good stuff to be had from later eras.

ETA: I've never tried Ultima - Runes of Virtue. If I ever get another SNES, I will have to look into it.

Amber the Duskbringer · Nov 17, 2011

Nah I had it on the gameboy I am glad I am not alone in my belief that that 16/8 bit was the golden age of gaming

Cute Tink · Nov 17, 2011

Well, it was the era when graphics weren't everything and they had to make a playable game around the story line instead.

TheProject · Nov 22, 2011

Cute Tink said:
Well, it was the era when graphics weren't everything and they had to make a playable game around the story line instead.

True. And is it just me, or are many NES/SNES/Sega games about 2x as hard as the vast majority of current games? I can blast through Bioshock and Dead Space (excellent games, by the way), but still can't beat Ninja Gaiden (NES).

Cute Tink · Nov 22, 2011

I do remember some games where you could only take 1 or 2 hits and you were dead. Most of the games I've played lately make it much tougher to kill you.

Amber the Duskbringer · Nov 22, 2011

TheProject said:
True. And is it just me, or are many NES/SNES/Sega games about 2x as hard as the vast majority of current games? I can blast through Bioshock and Dead Space (excellent games, by the way), but still can't beat Ninja Gaiden (NES).

It's all about the timing of jumps. I swear the devil designed NG. SOOOOOOO hard

Perhaps Today · Nov 22, 2011

Amber the Duskbringer said:
Nah I had it on the gameboy I am glad I am not alone in my belief that that 16/8 bit was the golden age of gaming

I always seem to forget those were also on GameBoy as well.

I'm glad I'm not alone in this belief either.

Cute Tink said:
Well, it was the era when graphics weren't everything and they had to make a playable game around the story line instead.

That is so true. If anything it brought out the imagination of the person playing it.

Apologetic_Warrior · Nov 22, 2011

Amber the Duskbringer said:
The Nintendo Power comic of Zelda a Link to the Past?

I remember getting that from my dad one day, it was like the greatest thing I have ever seen. Granted I don't have it anymore but I was able to find a zip file with it and just skimming through it, it's like blast to the past. It was pretty much the reason I fell in love with comics and I remember drawing so many pics of Link from it. I was a bit a nub back then drawing wise and I still kinda am but this comic alone inspired me more than any other one I can think of. For those that don't know what I am referring to I shall post a image from it.

Granted this may not be game forum stuff per se but... if I placed this in the wrong forum I do apologize. Wow I am nerding out on this Childhood memories flooding back

I remember them, my brother and I had a subscription to NP, I thought the Zelda comics were well done, especially considering they were featured in a video game mag, and somewhat limited in what could be accomplished storywise. Check this out, save wear and tear on your old backissues with: http://phobos.emuparadise.org/218/Mags/supplement_032-043_-_zelda_3_comics.cbr Enjoy! I thought the Super Metroid comics were even better.

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