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Zelda's Adventure
Developer(s)	Viridis
Publisher(s)	Philips Media
Release date(s)	June 5, 1994
Genre(s)	Action Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Philips CD-i
Media	1 CD-ROM

Zelda's Adventure is a video game developed by Viridis and released for the Philips CD-i in 1994. It is a semi-sequel to Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, both released on the same day a year before. Zelda's Adventure was developed by a different company, and this shows through heavily in the game's design. All three CD-i Zelda games were the product of a compromise between Philips and Nintendo after the two companies failed to release a CD-based add-on for the SNES. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Image File history File links Summary Image is the front cover art of the North American version of Cd-cover for the game Zeldas Adventure and is copyright Philips. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Philips logo Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Dutch Philips Electronics Ltd. ... is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... Action-adventure games are video games that combine elements of the adventure game genre with various action elements. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The CD-i (short for Compact Disc Interactive, also known as Green Book), was a multimedia format released in 1991, created primarily by Philips and to a lesser extent Sony, though only Philips proceeded to market products. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... “Computer and video games” redirects here. ... Philips HQ in Amsterdam Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics N.V.), usually known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands. ... CD-i or Compact Disc Interactive is the name of an interactive multimedia CD player developed and marketed by Royal Philips Electronics N.V. CD-i also refers to the multimedia Compact Disc standard utilized by the CD-i console, also known as Green Book, which was co-developed by... 1994 1994 in games 1993 in video gaming 1995 in video gaming Notable events of 1994 in computer and video games. ... Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon is a video game published by Philips Media and released for the Philips CD-i in 1993. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) was a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Brazil between 1990 and 1993. ...

Plot

Tolemac is in the middle of the Age of Darkness, as Ganon (spelled here as Gannon) has kidnapped Link, and unleashed his rule over the land of Tolemac (Camelot spelled backwards). Princess Zelda sets out to save the young adventurer and learns from the astronomer Gaspra that she must first collect seven celestial signs before she can conquer the dark king and bring Hyrule to an "Age of Lightness". Ganon ), also known as Ganondorf ) in his human form, the King of Evil, is a fictional character and primary antagonist of several games in Nintendos The Legend of Zelda series. ... Link ) is the fictional protagonist of Nintendos The Legend of Zelda video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto. ... This article is about the mythical castle. ...

The story is told mostly through live-action FMV scenes filmed in Los Angeles on blue screen. Screenshot of an FMV from Final Fantasy VIII using Bink Video. ...

Gameplay

A screenshot from Zelda's Adventure

Unlike the previous two CD-i Zelda games, which take the side-scrolling view from Zelda II, Zelda's Adventure is played with the same top-down view found in The Legend of Zelda. Playing as Princess Zelda, the aim is to fight through the Seven Shrines of the Underworld to collect the celestial signs, and bring the land of Tolemac to an Age of Lightness. ImageMetadata File history File links A screenshot for Zeldas Adventure File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links A screenshot for Zeldas Adventure File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a genre of video games in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters generally move from the left side of the screen to the right in order to reach their goals. ... Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and the second in the Legend of Zelda series of games. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

Reception

Like the system they were created for, the three games were never very popular and today are very obscure. Zelda's Adventure was never officially released outside of Europe, hence its rarity and extremely high resale value. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Along with the other two CD-i Zeldas, the game was constantly teased by Nintendo Power Magazine, mostly in the Player's Pulse section. Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly news and strategy magazine formerly published in-house by Nintendo. ...

Zelda's Adventure was created by an entirely different company with a change in style and gameplay. Gameplay is very much like the original game, with an overworld that allows access to individual dungeons. Regardless, the game is considered to be an inferior use of the Legend of Zelda title by most fans. ^{[citation needed]} The game is not officially recognized as canon by Nintendo because of its lack of involvement. In computer and video games, the overworld generally refers to an out-door or world map section of the game, as opposed to a dungeon or level. In a typical RPGs, the player can usually save their game whenever they like, and will usually have a different appearance (to reflect... Canon, in the context of a fictional universe, comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ...

External links

• Zelda's Adventure at MobyGames
• Zelda's Adventure at Quebec Gamers