“IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS.”
The Cane and Rinse podcast returns for its fifth year with the start of its longest series yet. Just under 30 years ago, Nintendo released The Hyrule Fantasy: Zeruda no Densetsu for the Famicom Disk system. Much better known as The Legend of Zelda, Miyamoto and Tezuka’s 1986 action RPG took influences from earlier videogames – as well as the creators’ real-life experiences – but undoubtedly blazed many trails of its own. Leon, Darren, Joshua, Ryan and a glut of community contributors discuss what they enjoyed and what they didn’t about playing the first, formative game of this mighty franchise.
Music used in this issue:
1: Title BGM by Koji Kondo
2: Underground BGM by Grant Koji Kondo
3: Above Ground BGM by Koji Kondo
Cane and Rinse 201 was edited by Ryan Hamann
Do you have an opinion about this particular game or maybe about our podcast in general? Then why not venture into our forum and leave us your feedback. Whilst there you could also interact with our ever-growing and friendly community, in discussing past, present and future video games (and lots of other stuff too!) and perhaps even arrange some games with like-minded individuals. Sound good? Come and say hello at The Official Cane and Rinse forum
Darren plays the opening 8 minutes or so of the original The Legend of Zelda via PC emulation:
If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more (plus a few other bits and bobs) over on the Official Cane and Rinse YouTube channel.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:58:49 — 108.9MB)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
Awesome podcast! This is the first of two of your podcasts I’ve listened to and I’ll definitely be coming back. I like that you provide a sort of almost ‘academic’ perspective to your discussions. Can’t wait to listen to your upcoming “Link’s Awakening” episode. Actually, this podcast gave me the idea to do a comparison post between the original and Link’s Awakening… I couldn’t help but think to myself that almost every complaint about this game that came up in your podcast was addressed in ‘Link’s Awakening’. Look for this post on my new site (still a work in progress, but coming along nicely), http://www.vgstuff.com
Hi Jake, thanks for the kind words. We’ll keep an eye on your site for sure.
Small point of correction, the original NES cart actually DID come with a map, although it was incomplete.
http://www.zeldalegends.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=18&pos=2
Ah, good stuff. Thanks for the info, Ben.