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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 , 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.
Gameplay 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 Hyrule to an Age of Lightness. Plot Hyrule is in the middle of the Age of Darkness, as Gannon (sic - in this game it is spelled with 3 "n"s) 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". The story is told mostly through live-action FMV scenes filmed in the Netherlands. Reception Zelda's Adventure is considered to be an inferior use of the Legend of Zelda title by most fans who know of its existence, although very few have actually played it. The game is not officially recognized as canon by Nintendo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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