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Here is a complete playthrough/walkthrough of Zelda 2 on NES using original hardware only and no cheats.

In 2020/2021 I beat every UK NES game for charity using only original carts and hardware and a CRT. This was live streamed on Instagram where I raised over £1000 for chairty. Although I kept stills and clips of the endscreens and me beating games, I regret not recording in full, all my playthroughs.

Now I will be playing through some of these games a 2nd time, and providing more of a causal walkthrough than my usual stress fueled'1st time beating a game' playthroughs you will see for the SNES and other consoles. I hope this playthrough is more enjoybale and more light hearted than the usual.

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My Original REVIEW posted on Instagram after beating for first time:
#18 Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link
-Super Mario Bros 2 (western edition) and this were my favourite NES games as a kid. They also both happen to be considered the black sheep of their respective series, sighted by many as being either a step too far left-field or simply too hard. In the case of Zelda 2, many fans thought both these things, but it is a real shame to not give this game the time it deserves, as like it or not, there's no denying this set a benchmark for some of the highest standards on the NES.

As a kid the open world exploration was magic to me, back then i'd never played anything like it, bar the first Zelda (which i'm also a huge fan of) while it does differ from the original with no overworld combat, just random encounters (which you can at least see, unlike the FF series), the action stages, which switch perspective to side scrolling, are engaging, challenging, rich in design and bring a new dimension to Hyrule that wasn't seen in the first game.

Perhaps the biggest change was the inclusion of an EXP system, similar to other Japanese RPG's of the time. I think any kind of stats appearing in a Zelda game immediately got lot of fans backs up, though its hardly the most tactical system ever used, simply Life, Magic and Sword. The key to the game is the SKIP function, allowing to skip an upgrade in favour of storing the EXP for more expensive upgrades. This allows you to upgrade the sword earlier which is essential. As a kid I literally had no idea what these stats meant. No wonder I never managed to complete this!

This is a long game, while some townsfolk can be helpful with their cryptic text bubbles (why always with the riddles? what arseholes!) inevitably there's going to be a lot of trial and error to find all the secrets the game has hidden. Still it's Zelda so what do you expect?

For me, this game is NES at it's best. Yes it is hard, but its the good kind of hard. The kind that makes you hold you breath in tough parts, and feel distraught when you die. But you never feel cheated, and that's what makes the difference. Great game, will always be very special to me. And no I didn't beat Shadow Link fairly 😂

CHAPTERS:
00:00 INTRO COLLECTION
09:06 PALACE ONE
24:14 JOURNEY TO PALACE TWO COLLECTION
42:04 PALACE TWO
01:26:09 RETURN PALACE ONE
01:33:49 DEATH MOUNTAIN
02:07:21 PALACE THREE
02:30:23 CROSS THE SEA COLLECTION
03:08:58 PALACE FOUR
03:29:29 JOURNEY TO PALACE FIVE COLLECTION
03:33:43 PALACE FIVE
04:09:13 JOURNEY TO PALACE SIX COLLECTION
04:29:46 PALACE SIX
05:07:27 JOURNEY TO GRAND PALACE COLLECTION
05:23:52 GRAND PALACE
05:37:42 FINAL ATTEMPT