I find it highly innacurate, not to mention offensive that Zelda is presented here as the first computer rpg. In fact I ignored it for being more of the same back then lol.
100 hours i can believe. You could just beat it, but there are plenty of items to be found secrets and more. Plus killin monsters and lootin. HardWarUk makes a stupid comment saying that he was playing RPGs way before Zelda. Look buddy you're fucking dumb. Role Playing Games have been around forever. Its a game where you play a role.
Super Mario remains to be my favourite video game. It captures the imaginations of kids, and for the first time, the player enters into this virtual world.
It seems like every documentary spreads false info that super mario is where they introduced Luigi and made them plumbers when in fact arcades and atari 2600 had the game Mario Bros years before. And they were cleaning out turtles and crabs in the sewers.
What's always amazing to me is how COMPUTER GAME documentaries are practically all about CONSOLE GAMES!
I was playing RPG's on my Commodore 64 COMPUTER 3 years before Zelda appeared! The all had the 'starting weak and getting stronger' that Nintendo COPIED for Zelda! Many CONSOLE games of the 80's/90's were COPIES of what had come 2+ years before on C64 and PC COMPUTERS! Seldom was it the other way around! The Japanese are known for copying and yet they get the attention and not the originals!
@Ditherliss I am sarcastically telling you the truth! A COMPUTER is a machine that can do multiple tasks, with one of them being playing games. Consoles can only play games and, okay, now they can browse the web and download stuff too - but you can't do your homework, print it out and then play some Witcher 2 after school!
@HardWarUK A Computer is a machine that preforms advanced calculations. Thusly consoles are computer, because they have to do more than simple math. They have to calculate what entities are performing what actions, and they have to process graphics. I don't know who told you a computer has to run Windows and has to have a mouse and Keyboard, maybe Fox News told you that. Sorry, just because you're computer illiterate doesn't mean whatever you think about computers is instantly fact.
@Ditherliss You could be describing a calculator or a mobile phone
From Wiki: "A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem.".
Programmable as in mods, spreadsheets, etc. and changed readily as in playing a game, typing a letter and data input as in controlling a scanner.
@Ditherliss ....And go into any house where the kid have a console, and ask that kid if you can play on their computer? If there Dad has a laptop, that's where you'd be directed.
@HardWarUK It doesn't matter. Consoles are locked down devices due to their limited hardware so the only thing you can really do with them is develop and test games, but I doubt you'd ever go to some random person's house to develop your games.
@TehFlyingJam Consoles are a toy that do one thing. Computers are a tool designed to do many things. Why was the word "console" used then? Why, back in the 80's were they not called Computers? Because they are NOT! The reason console games back in the 80's were simple platform puzzle and arcade games, was because the only control you had was a simple gamepad The Commodore Vic-20, Atari 800, Apple IIe and Commodore 64 all had 102 key "Gamepads" allowing for more sophisticated games!
@HardWarUK Computers are devices that store and process data, and consoles do that. Just because they don't do several things(which these day they do) doesn't mean they're not computers. "Computer" in the title could have said "video" instead, but it doesn't matter.
I suppose if you literally played it to completion without any help and having to explore and try everything, 100 hours might be reached over perhaps a year of playing, but the game doesn't lend itself to marathon sessions like Pokemon or Halo. You play it just to wallow in a fantasy world but if you play it solidly, you will advance through the finite quest. 100 hours is not a rather high figure for any typically obsessed kid with half a brain! Great game tho.
a hundred hours sounds a lot compared to nowadays games, but if i remember the rpgs i played on my snes back then, i can see how this could have been a more or less accurate assumption. since the game was marketed to kids at a time were there were no hints on the internet, beating rpgs could take quite a while, especially since the game's control mechanisms and its world were new and required quite a learning curve. still, i have yet to beat zelda 1 to judge about it
Zelda 1 is a wonderful game and in many ways the best game ever. The sequels lost the basic graphical display which meant that they lost the ability to plant bombs where your instinct tells you, and possibly find secrets. There are tons of those in Zelda 1. Just wallow in, as the back of the box says 'endless adventure.' It's all about freedom in the overworld and psychological design in the underworlds, a perfectly designed and revolutionary game on a surpassing plane of quality.
sounds really great. i tried the game several times but never made it past the first few screens. i was too spoiled by zelda III for snes and the gameboy releases plus it seemed that the first game was quite a bit harder than its sequels, but may be that's just my twisted memory. hope i find the time to finally play it soon
Where´s SEGA?
2129261184 5 months ago
6:37 I thought she said it was released in 1987?
PirahnaProductions 5 months ago
let me put it this way....mario was bigger than NINTENDO.
DeadIslandTrailers 9 months ago
all thes years of hard work all leading up to The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim...........worth it!
Areyourealythatdumb 9 months ago
also, "vs. super mario bros" was out in arcades before the Nes came out.
psykick77 10 months ago
why dont they mention "mario bros".. they skip strait from donkey kong to super mario bros.. there was also donkey kong jr
psykick77 10 months ago
"I hated computers.. i didn't trust things like electricity" spoken like a true legend.
psykick77 10 months ago
Zelda!
nalcow 11 months ago
I find it highly innacurate, not to mention offensive that Zelda is presented here as the first computer rpg. In fact I ignored it for being more of the same back then lol.
mraos23 1 year ago
100 hours i can believe. You could just beat it, but there are plenty of items to be found secrets and more. Plus killin monsters and lootin. HardWarUk makes a stupid comment saying that he was playing RPGs way before Zelda. Look buddy you're fucking dumb. Role Playing Games have been around forever. Its a game where you play a role.
MrDoobie 1 year ago
haha i never new mario was a plumber
CocoKing238 1 year ago
Super Mario remains to be my favourite video game. It captures the imaginations of kids, and for the first time, the player enters into this virtual world.
nawkwan 1 year ago
Ofcause Shigeru Miyamoto is in this documentary. I love that guy:D
KNAAC 1 year ago
It seems like every documentary spreads false info that super mario is where they introduced Luigi and made them plumbers when in fact arcades and atari 2600 had the game Mario Bros years before. And they were cleaning out turtles and crabs in the sewers.
nexusutube 1 year ago
Super Mario Brothers - the first truly timeless game.
Cakerolled 1 year ago
What's always amazing to me is how COMPUTER GAME documentaries are practically all about CONSOLE GAMES!
I was playing RPG's on my Commodore 64 COMPUTER 3 years before Zelda appeared! The all had the 'starting weak and getting stronger' that Nintendo COPIED for Zelda! Many CONSOLE games of the 80's/90's were COPIES of what had come 2+ years before on C64 and PC COMPUTERS! Seldom was it the other way around! The Japanese are known for copying and yet they get the attention and not the originals!
HardWarUK 1 year ago 3
@HardWarUK A Game Console is a Computer though.
Ditherliss 8 months ago
@Ditherliss Bulshit! No keyboard no computer!
HardWarUK 8 months ago
@HardWarUK I can't tell if you're joking or not.
Ditherliss 8 months ago
@Ditherliss I am sarcastically telling you the truth! A COMPUTER is a machine that can do multiple tasks, with one of them being playing games. Consoles can only play games and, okay, now they can browse the web and download stuff too - but you can't do your homework, print it out and then play some Witcher 2 after school!
HardWarUK 8 months ago
@HardWarUK A Computer is a machine that preforms advanced calculations. Thusly consoles are computer, because they have to do more than simple math. They have to calculate what entities are performing what actions, and they have to process graphics. I don't know who told you a computer has to run Windows and has to have a mouse and Keyboard, maybe Fox News told you that. Sorry, just because you're computer illiterate doesn't mean whatever you think about computers is instantly fact.
Ditherliss 8 months ago
@Ditherliss You could be describing a calculator or a mobile phone
From Wiki: "A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem.".
Programmable as in mods, spreadsheets, etc. and changed readily as in playing a game, typing a letter and data input as in controlling a scanner.
HardWarUK 8 months ago
@Ditherliss ....And go into any house where the kid have a console, and ask that kid if you can play on their computer? If there Dad has a laptop, that's where you'd be directed.
HardWarUK 8 months ago
@HardWarUK It doesn't matter. Consoles are locked down devices due to their limited hardware so the only thing you can really do with them is develop and test games, but I doubt you'd ever go to some random person's house to develop your games.
Ditherliss 8 months ago
@HardWarUK Erm, consoles are computers, just specifically set to play video games?
TehFlyingJam 3 months ago
@TehFlyingJam Consoles are a toy that do one thing. Computers are a tool designed to do many things. Why was the word "console" used then? Why, back in the 80's were they not called Computers? Because they are NOT! The reason console games back in the 80's were simple platform puzzle and arcade games, was because the only control you had was a simple gamepad The Commodore Vic-20, Atari 800, Apple IIe and Commodore 64 all had 102 key "Gamepads" allowing for more sophisticated games!
HardWarUK 3 months ago
@HardWarUK Computers are devices that store and process data, and consoles do that. Just because they don't do several things(which these day they do) doesn't mean they're not computers. "Computer" in the title could have said "video" instead, but it doesn't matter.
TehFlyingJam 3 months ago
wow an artist pioneered adventure game? damn
BigHashTouraj 1 year ago
brilliant brilliant miyamoto
chin2000000 1 year ago 14
'Over 100 hours' to beat Zelda 1!
I suppose if you literally played it to completion without any help and having to explore and try everything, 100 hours might be reached over perhaps a year of playing, but the game doesn't lend itself to marathon sessions like Pokemon or Halo. You play it just to wallow in a fantasy world but if you play it solidly, you will advance through the finite quest. 100 hours is not a rather high figure for any typically obsessed kid with half a brain! Great game tho.
Nintendomanwill 2 years ago 2
a hundred hours sounds a lot compared to nowadays games, but if i remember the rpgs i played on my snes back then, i can see how this could have been a more or less accurate assumption. since the game was marketed to kids at a time were there were no hints on the internet, beating rpgs could take quite a while, especially since the game's control mechanisms and its world were new and required quite a learning curve. still, i have yet to beat zelda 1 to judge about it
GameDocumentaries 2 years ago 4
anyway, i'm excited to see how much quality time i can get out of the game without the help of a walkthrough
GameDocumentaries 2 years ago
Zelda 1 is a wonderful game and in many ways the best game ever. The sequels lost the basic graphical display which meant that they lost the ability to plant bombs where your instinct tells you, and possibly find secrets. There are tons of those in Zelda 1. Just wallow in, as the back of the box says 'endless adventure.' It's all about freedom in the overworld and psychological design in the underworlds, a perfectly designed and revolutionary game on a surpassing plane of quality.
Nintendomanwill 2 years ago
sounds really great. i tried the game several times but never made it past the first few screens. i was too spoiled by zelda III for snes and the gameboy releases plus it seemed that the first game was quite a bit harder than its sequels, but may be that's just my twisted memory. hope i find the time to finally play it soon
GameDocumentaries 2 years ago
relly good :D
urbanelit2 2 years ago