The Adventure of Link Title (Famicom Disk System Ver.)

[Betamaster64]

Thumbs up if 0:34-0:50 reminds you of pokemon! :D

[Ixdriftz]

Adventurous quest. Oh know.

[MasterMarf]

i love the wrong english <3

[AlirazaVideoGames]

if this is for the JPN market, why is the entire story at the title screen in ENGLISH??

[ShiMeiWo]

@AlirazaVideoGames

当時は、英語が「カッコイイ」時代だったのです……。

文字数の制限もできて、一石二鳥でしたしね。

[Guitarist500]

I actually didn't know at all that famicon sounds were different compared to the nes version :\ oh well. Both versions are nice:)

[Daftostea]

@Guitarist500 If I'm not mistaken, I think that it's only Famicom Disk System games that sound different. But I agree, they're both pretty good ^.^

[gameblaster64]

Strange! I was listening to Zelda 2 music when you posted this on Twitter!

[courageous917]

herro derivery

[pkthunder3]

OMG teh engrish is hilariously bad, as usual.

[CEEPMDEE]

@pkthunder3

XD LOL!

[Windows7Fan1]

Try-force lol

[dazzsheil]

Now i see where that person got the Nintendo Power Joke about the TriForce......What did Zelda say to Link when he couldent open the door? TRY-FORCE

[nintendopet114]

I like how theirs is legend of Zelda 2, and ours is just Zelda 2

[MetroidPeter]

Its not cheap, but this is better.

[lathouxaris]

The sound chip on the Famicom offered far more diverse timbres than the NES. This theme shows the more richly layered sound the FDS was capable of.

[ZeldaMario24]

ill prefer the FDS version 

[GeniusRKO39]

Ahoy! not to mention the opening is one tune pitched up in the US version.

is this the original Jp made game in '87 or the US was released first?

[nicotjuh]

Why would you make a story all written in English, even it's for Japanese people. They should do that nowadays with RPG's and see how people react

[earwax12321]

I think the quality of the midi sounds are definetly better, but they didnt execute it as well as they could of. In most games the music is a lot better in the fds for sure though.

[GodKill123]

One thing for sure, the Sword in the FDS looks a lot more better.

[Imsmoke855]

Strange...the FDS version music's sounds like Gameboy music. But it is not for the better.



[Natendo64]

Ugh, that weird synth violin getting it's string plucked is so grating on the ears. This is actually pretty terrible, a few instruments sound better but most of the synth instruments in this version sound just awful.

[MinecraftZU]

This version is so much better.

[Cecilanius]

at :33, it sounds like the song "Fade" by Staind, when the song says, "I just needed someone to talk to..."

[sdphost]

Its hard to make a choice counting we listened to the NES version so many times its engraved in our minds to make a non-biased decision on which is better.

[TFLegendReborn]

But the in game music sounds relatively the same. Albeit a bit clearer. So there really isn't a lot of difference. If you want a game with a completely different soundtrack to compare, Get Dracula II and Akumajou Densetsu and compare that to Castlevania II and III: Dracula's Curse before you decide to shove all the "FAMICOM SUPERIOR, NES INFERIOR" stuff down our American throats.

[wyldemannx]

@RetroShinigami The Zelda in Zelda 2 is the original princess. She's been asleep due to a spell. Because of the spell, every female in Hyrule was required to be named Zelda. Therefore the Zelda from Zelda 1 is Zelda, but Zelda from Zelda 2 is the original Zelda.

Link is the same Link.

[6344Dragonkingon]

U see? This is japanese ver. but text is in english!

[KojiroArma]

Sorry, but your Zelda is in the another castle.

[OgnarPliskin]

GANNON-BANNED

[Knowurconception]

The sound is suppose to be superior on the FDS extra beat track or something to that effect.

[T3hchi3f1]

Didn't the FDS have hardware that could add another sound channel or something, which explains the better music? However, didn't the boss theme sound like crap in the FDS version where it was like a 4 second loop?

[slitheryjuggler94]

holy crap that sounds way different

[DDRUTOU]

Not Cheap. Just less powerful. US would have gotten it too if the problems could have been addressed

[EddieEddieEddie90]

more sound channels for the famicom...

[iovandrake]

The hardware may have been superior but the famicom version of Zelda 2 is very inferior to the NES version. The over complication of the intro theme on the famicom is like a choir of cats being neutered in the middle and the extra sounds at the beginning are distracting. The NES intro sounds epic and magical and sets the entire mood. The famicom intro doesn't sound good at all....

[slaymaster999]

the constant roar of the bosses in the FDS zelda 2 and the music repeats, i like the nes version alot better in terms of sound

[JoeWuzHere]

Gannon Banned!

[ChristBurner]

NES sounds warmer...as far as tone goes...never thought of 8 bits as sounding "warm" but compared to this you can really hear the difference.. this "bites" ass

[joe9320]

Ahhhh..... the 1980's, When every game published in Japan has spelling mistakes and Japanese games are written in katakana, because Kanji took too much space.

[MarkNESReviews]

The intro story's in English?!

[Zelda123Zelda123]

''about the another sleeping princess zelda.'' grammar fail

[irregularzero]

Overall game in the US version has been revised and is overall better, but the intro...well this one beats the US one without any contest.

[8BitFox]

i guess that the nes version is why most people didn't like it that much.

[bowserking64]

ehh.... i like the nes one better this one sounds weird

[kimonji]

I don't like Famicom version's cave/combat music. But I prefer this title music and text sounds over US version

[weicxiable]

NES music is bad. FDS is great

[ElectrowookieRecords]

"Famicom Disk System Sound is great !!!

Nes Version is very cheap.... "

are you kidding? the NES version's soundtrack was about a hundred times better. although the extra instrument is nice in this intro :)

[nintendoman456]

This is overal beeing epic.

kinds like if it were 16-bit.

[zaphod77]

no, this engrish intro is the original. when Nintendo re-rerelased it, they replaced it with the US versions intro to fix the Engrish. :)

The cart version is absolutely the better game overall, and is much more balanced, but this version has the better title music.

[spitandshovelover]

Is this a translated ROM? Why is it in English

[tcade25]

I actallly ran across an nes that is desingned like a super nes....I've only ran across it once...I don't know if it was a famicom or not...it looked just like an snes...but it played nes games...ever see or hear of it?

[ookooweb]

nes 2 maybe? But theres lots of pirated nes stuff, for example N64 controller, that youll plug to tv and it has some random early nes games on it >___>

[eatkeniii]

@tcade25 yes its Called the NES 2 AKA the ULTRA rare and coveted Toploader

[DivisibleByWaffle]

I actually prefer the NES version in terms of sound. Some of the battle themes in the FDS version get very repetitive, and the team working on the NES version extended a lot of these pieces so they wouldn't be as grating. Not to mention, the constant "ROAR!" sound that some of the bosses make drives me nuts!

The FDS had greater capability, I'll give it that, but I don't think it was put to good use in this title.

[Plasmawarrior]

Trust me budy, the NES version beats the Famicom version without a doubt.

[harlequinsCrest]

I agree with you, but I think it's because we grew up with the NES music and not the famicon

[beefMERCIFUL]

so how do i get this sound on an nes emulator?

[thesnake383]

Download the rom of Famicom Disk System version

[mirabilis]

nestopia is pretty good

[iGLITCHNINJA]

リンクの冒険　Rinku no Bouken

:P

[cptultor]

well the FDS sound chip is superior to the ricoh2A03 ( the name of the sound chip) which was actually slowed down even more by the Nes's other hardware to accomodate a stable performance speed

[najyuluster]

ユウシャ　ロト

ココニネムル

[kind2311]

Oh that sounds so amazinG!

I have been looking everywhere for a ROM of this game. if anyone can point me in the right direction, please PM me.

[Gamewitzer]

Buy a famicom + disk system.

[Luigi84289]

hell no way to expensive and the disk belt breaks all the time.

[ankevroon]

It only breaks in 5 years

And I have a Japanese game shop close by :D So I can just repair my fds there:P

[scarmulletpart3]

go to lukemorse1's channel and he shows you how to make a belt that lasts much longer (I think in one video he said that he fixed a belt on a disk system 8 years before and it hasn't broke yet.

[Alexfilms100000000]

Go on Google, search Doperoms, then go on it and then go to the NES section, then search Adventure of Link. You should find it.

[Luigi84289]

Just look for rom sites with alot of roms. Most sites that carry large amounts will have it.

[Laharlt]

I would also like to know where I can find this version of the game.

[bobbyvideogamer12345]

Ebay is the best place I know

[Laharlt]

I found it already but thanks anyway.

[Jago666]

yes everyone knows the Famicom Disc system was better in the sound department than the NES we got here in the west, but that did not alter the fun we peeps in the west had on our NES's

[Keiffer01]

''the Nes version is very cheap'' yeah yeah the sound might not be as great, but the spelling in the fds version is just awful LOL! ''about the another'', ''TRYFORCE'', ''disvalley (im not sure if its the name of a town in the game or they tried to right THIS VALLEY)'',''Sanctuaris'',''Adv­enturous''. Right in the intro, about 5 mistakes can be found! LOL

[gamemaster14neo]

Now I need to get a fds system just for this game since its one of my favorite nes games of all time.

[legendofthefox]

Adventourous quest - LOL

[mrjosh23]

I think the nes one is better

[mmb101]

what's so cheap about the nes one?

[brtshstel]

I think the "U.S. version is very cheap" remark is just trolling to offend Americans. This user said the same thing about Metroid and Legend of Zelda. Just Japanese bias that's all.

[mmb101]

yeah, i assumed that. i had a little faith, though, i guess.

[Hikij]

He's probably refering to the sound downgrade because the FDS has better sound capabilities than the NES.

[MegaFan1994]

Well it doesn't sound cheap to me at all. I think it's an excellent translation to the standard NES soundboard.

[BattleGolferYui]

Well, it's the SAME game, pretty much. But, the FDS has better sound effects.

[TanookiMan13135]

...WELL there are noticable differences other then sound. Some bosses were switched around, some sprites do look different. More animation, some backgrounds in the temples were changed and some levels were altered a bit.

Other then that, yeah. They pretty much are the same game.

[dk2853]

@mmb101 It doesn't have the multi-track sound rendering like the FDS, it just sounds cheap, compare it to the video response

[MaverickLoneshark]

@dk2853 You are right about the lack of multi-track, but you are wrong in thinking that inferior hardware can't make superior sound. Nintendo had to deal with limitations when porting Famicom games to the NES (they had to because of limitations) but in the process they tried to improve their original music. I felt a need to post a response to this because many people don't realize that superior hardware doesn't necessarily mean superior sound.

[marscaleb]

@mmb101 All the Japanese people who grew up on the FDS version tell us that it is so.

[MaverickLoneshark]

Actually, I like the NES version's "twinkling" sound better. The Famicom had much better quality and potential than the NES did, but Nintendo tried to look for sounds that were either similar or better when porting the game to the US. This happens to be one example where the NES version had a different, yet more pleasing sound (at least, in my opinion).

[shinryuken07]

I agree with what you say here. The Adventure of Link is one of the only titles that sounded better on the NES. The FDS games sounded better 95 percent of the time though.

[goodrob13]

To me, the original Legend of Zelda title screen music sounds better on the NES that it does on the FDS, too.

[shinryuken07]

I guess the Japanese agree with you on that one. I had a copy of the original Japanese Zelda for the GBA (I bought it in Tokyo for 500 yen), and I played it today to hear the sound. The sound actually resembles the US version, so I'm supposing the Japanese felt the American version's music sounded better, so when they ported the game to GBA, they went with the American sound.

[Pepsidrinker7]

The Japanese intro always was the same version, just w/ added bells and trumpets, but always the same key and notes

[dosman434]

strange they spelled Triforce Tryforce. cool