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Zelda's Adventure (1996)

Viridis

Philips CD-i

1.38 from 26 ratings

72 members have it in their collection · 28 backlogged · 38 wish listed

How long? Main story 11h · with extras 6h · 100% 5h (from 3 logged playthroughs)

Zelda's Adventure was the product of a compromise between Nintendo and Philips following their failure to release a CD-ROM based add-on to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game boasts an entirely unique design in comparison to the previous CD-i Zelda titles, emphasizing the difference in production between the developers. Princess Zelda serves as the game's protagonist, making it the … Read more
Zelda's Adventure was the product of a compromise between Nintendo and Philips following their failure to release a CD-ROM based add-on to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game boasts an entirely unique design in comparison to the previous CD-i Zelda titles, emphasizing the difference in production between the developers. Princess Zelda serves as the game's protagonist, making it the second game in the series where she is playable. Zelda's Adventure incorporates a similar top-down view reminiscent of most conventional 2D Zelda games and it also has dungeons. The game have been subject to much criticism and Nintendo does not recognize it as part of the series. Read less
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Details

Developers
Viridis
Publishers
Philips Interactive Media
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Franchises
The Legend of Zelda
Series
The Legend of Zelda

Release dates

  • May 10, 1996 (Full Release) (Europe) Philips CD-i
  • TBD (Cancelled) (North_America) Philips CD-i
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The Legend of Zelda - Ranked by lingsdook · 33 games · 3
Retro Wishlist by imklubb · 16 games · 0

Rating distribution

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2 stars
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1 star
22
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Community All Reviews Statuses

scoopings

Status scoopings Feb 28, 2026

Ahhh the limbo before the merge is done and editing beginssss. I'm not seeing any information that points to this June 5, 1994 release date. Grrr. https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Zelda%27s_Adventure this has an in-depth analysis of the development, announced release dates, and actual release dates Ah maybe based on the July beta US version, and IGDB focuses primarily on NA release dates maybe?

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lingsdook

Status lingsdook Jan 21, 2025

Here I am, 10 hours into this game, with only 2 dungeons remaining. Now is that I learn that the compasses you get in dungeons can be used to warp to dungeon entrances as fast travel. This whole time I’ve been toiling around the world of Tolemac on foot. I am plagued with nightmares of smacking dumb as rocks moblins …

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Here I am, 10 hours into this game, with only 2 dungeons remaining. Now is that I learn that the compasses you get in dungeons can be used to warp to dungeon entrances as fast travel. This whole time I’ve been toiling around the world of Tolemac on foot. I am plagued with nightmares of smacking dumb as rocks moblins 30 times with my wand. Villagers with ridiculous southern country accents tell me absolute nonsense. Desperately trying to hold on to sanity. At this point my review will look a lot like the ramblings of a madman.

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lingsdook

Status lingsdook Jan 3, 2025

Maybe stockholm syndrome has finally kicked in but I feel like I’ve hit a groove with Zelda’s Adventure. Sure it has the quality of an old browser flash game but it has heart dagnabbit. Looking forward to dissecting this one.

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lingsdook

Status lingsdook Apr 20, 2024

I tried to start this a few times over the past few weeks and I’m struggling. At least the Animation Magic games had funny cutscenes to distract you from the awful gameplay. This doesn’t even have that as a redeeming quality. I’ll probably play another Zelda on my spinoff/remake list first as a palette cleanser and come back to this …

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I tried to start this a few times over the past few weeks and I’m struggling. At least the Animation Magic games had funny cutscenes to distract you from the awful gameplay. This doesn’t even have that as a redeeming quality. I’ll probably play another Zelda on my spinoff/remake list first as a palette cleanser and come back to this some other time.

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