From the generationology community on Reddit: What generation played this game? Was it Xennials or core millennials?
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Fallsfrostdew@reddit
This game is so important to me, I still play it.
It is THE Zelda game to me. The best one
I like later additions but this is the best experience to me (likely due to nostalgia sure)
fattycatty6@reddit
My husband (75) loved Zelda. My 16 year old also loves Zelda.
ajanis_cat_fists@reddit
Am a Xennial, rented this game from a local video store. Never returned it
Bsmi1h@reddit
Born in 85, played this as a kid with my dad
tuvar_hiede@reddit
Most likely both.
InuitOverIt@reddit
I was born in '88 so N64 was much more the game system of my time. Most of us probably went back and played the SNES classics but I'd say A Link to the Past is Xennial and Ocarina of Time is Millennial
avoozl42@reddit
Might be my favorite game ever. I played the hell out of it and still go back every few years
SmogMoon@reddit
Born in November 1980. According to most I’m of the very last to squeak into Gen X. I played the ever living hell out of Link To The Past when it came out. Also SF2:Turbo, Final Fantasy III, Contra III, Mortal Kombat 2, TMNT:Turtles in Time, and of course Super Mario World.
HopelesslyHuman@reddit
Feels more Xennial to me. Plenty of Gen X gamers too, I'm sure. But it came out around the time "core" millennials were still being born, so while they may have played it at some point (especially on DS?), they were not day 1 players.
wbruce098@reddit
We kind of all did, except the baby millennials. But yeah most of the folks playing this game when it came out were probably 8-25?
askthepoolboy@reddit
76 here. I played the hell out of this during high school.
IntraspeciesJug@reddit
This is my #1 game.
Played Zelda 1 and 2 multiple times thru on NES and the SNES version was breathtaking. I was enthralled and blown away.
My mom who hated video games heard me playing it and she mentioned the music being really lovely and my mind = blown
askthepoolboy@reddit
Zelda 1 in the gold cartridge and me being just old enough to figure it all out on my own was such an experience. I played Zelda 1 for hours on end. I burned every tree and blew up every section of wall to find all the secrets.
I was so excited for Zelda 2 when it came out, but then I played it and was like WTF is this? I beat it, but I hated it. It's the only Zelda game I don't go back and play.
GreatRimuru51@reddit
1973 here... my brother (1967) and I played the heck out of this... and still play it occasionally!
badllama77@reddit
77 loved this, still have a physical copy and an ld my NES. Along with Voltron was one of my two big gifts during childhood. Before that had a hand me down TI 99/4A. After the TI my sister got a ColecoVision from the bad run that go traded in for a gen2 Atari. 2600. Good times.
facesnorth@reddit
Voltron was the greatest gift I ever received. My mom sold it at a yard sale for a few dollars a couple of years after I moved out.
nola_mike@reddit
During high school? Were you 21 in high school? It didn't release in the US until November of 98.
CottaBird@reddit
I still play the hell out of it, albeit via Switch.
ssshield@reddit
Same exactly
bighaircutforbigtuna@reddit
1975, and I played this like crazy along with my Xennial sibs.
jasonreid1976@reddit
Me too.
Bymmijprime@reddit
Genx here, this came out when I was in college and is still in my collection.
enoui@reddit
Played it on my friends SNES, but now I play the mashup with Super Metroid on emulator.
Ok_Percentage5157@reddit
Agree, and I'm from '75. For me, middle and high school was NES, college was SNES and Sega. I played this game a lot.
morsindutus@reddit
I got my SNES in 1992 and it came with Link to the Past. A lot of my favorite games to this day were on that console.
Aggressive-Cut5836@reddit
I tell my kids and their friends that the SNES was by far the best video game console ever in terms of games and advancement over what came before it and they just laugh at me like I’m an old fart, lol
al_rey503@reddit
I agree, core millennials are more drawn to Ocrina of Time.
eskimoboob@reddit
I played the original Zelda and then Zelda II on the original NES. I was lucky enough to get an NES but never got a Super Nintendo because “we have Nintendo at home.”
Missed most of the Super Nintendo era unless I was at a friends house.
HopelesslyHuman@reddit
I got a Nintendo for Christmas in 89. Best Christmas of my childhood, honestly. Though the Nintendo was somewhat incidental to the overall experience. But it was the happiest I remember mom on Christmas of all the years. Not that she wasn't happy other years but. I think it was the most "comfortable" we were financially through my childhood, though I had no concept of this until I was well into adulthood.
...sorry. Completely superfluous story, I guess. But it's always interesting to me the memories these discussions unlock.
sweet_pickles12@reddit
Yeah…. I think true GenXers played NES Zelda…. Xennials played Link to the Past
boston_homo@reddit
I played a ton of original Zelda between ages like 10 and 12, never got SNES.
Moxie_Stardust@reddit
Born in '77, this remains one of my all-time favorites. Loved Zelda: A Link Between Worlds too (and others, but that's the sequel that feels most directly connected to this one IMO)
Zykax@reddit
See I was born in 86 so usually called just a millennial by you folks. But I'd say this has to be a millennial game it's on SNES for gosh sakes. And that's what my rich friends had I was still playing original Zelda on the NES my whole childhood.
HeyCarpy@reddit
I mean both groups would have played it, but Xennial/X would have had a different experience with it because the original NES games were a formative experience for them.
badmrbones@reddit
xcorbearx@reddit
Yeah, I am a core/later millenial (92) and Ocarina of Time is "Zelda" to me. Makes sense to my small worldview that the previous installments would be Xennials' territory.
pixelpheasant@reddit
Gen X and Xennial
And my Boomer Mom.
Koebelsj316@reddit
Born 85, played this till my fingers fell off in 92. My mom got it for me at Fishers Big Wheel
HopelesslyHuman@reddit
Fuckin right Fishers Big Wheel.
DaughterOfTheKing87@reddit
There’s this guy in my neighborhood who’s our age, but he got deprived of o2 at birth so he’s not necessarily our age, yk? Anyway he LOVED all our Big Wheels so much, his engineer dad’s built him one. So there’s this 40 something yr old guy, who’s an absolute perv btw, riding around my neighborhood on a fucking ghetto rigged McGyver’d, red-necked engineered Big Wheel. They were also too fearful to give him an actual engine of any kind so if he wants to get there, he’s gotta pedal. Which is good, because of the whole perv thing.
HopelesslyHuman@reddit
That's...quite the story.
I, too, had Big Wheels as a means of conveyance when i was young, and remember them fondly.
However, in this instance, we are referring to a now-defunct chain of department stores, Fishers Big Wheel.
DaughterOfTheKing87@reddit
Oh hun, I could tell ya all sorts of stories about either that one dude &/or this neighborhood. I had a Fisher’s Big Wheel also. It was so pretty, pink and blue, had flower stickers on it. There’s likely pics of me on it somewhere around this house. I knew exactly what you were referencing. I just knew the guy’s dad had used all of our old Big Wheel’s as a model for the one he constructed and I now see a 40-something yr old guy still driving around the neighborhood on. Except this guy has reflective lights and a horn on his, mine didn’t have anything fancy on it like that. lol
Lucky_Chaarmss@reddit
You two are talking about 2 different things haha
Blizzard_Buffalo@reddit
Sorry to hear about your fingers falling off in '92.
KrayzieBone187@reddit
My twin brother actually had two fingers partially cut off that year and we were born in 85. Lol. Our older brother slammed them in the door hinge.
DaughterOfTheKing87@reddit
Didn’t it seem like shit like this used to happen btw siblings back then? I mean, it was just dog eat dog, didn’t matter if it was a girl/boy sibling thing or if they were same sex-it was just savagery. Yet now, kids are pussy’s Idk if it was our parents or us, rly but we were different back then. Maybe we did have too much time on our hands? I tried to put a Smurf’s Gargamel spell on my NB baby bro when they brought him home. I was 18mo. Then when he got a little bigger, I tried to cut his fingernails with my butterfly scissor. Something my kid’d never tried. Thankfully.
C001H4ndPuk3@reddit
Yeah, I'm not sure I'd say this means kids today are pussies. It's probably more accurate that many of us were abused and/or neglected and we displaced that anger onto the closest and easiest targets, our siblings.
DaughterOfTheKing87@reddit
That’s true in a lot of senses, a lot of good ways obviously. For myself, I’m thankful my own 13yo gets more love and attention and appreciation from me than I ever got growing up. I think you’re more correct than I’ve ever given much thought to, it was just something I didn’t think about and it was in the past, yk? I mean, no shit-come to think of abuse, when I was my kid’s age, my “mom” gave me those now banned Phen-Phen diet pills so I’d clean the house for her. That’s fucked up. I’ve never given my kid a Tylenol unless kid has a high fever. I’d just been thinking more of dodgeball at school, but our teachers were likely looking for a way to handle us, huh? Smh
ShirazGypsy@reddit
Our parents weren’t great at modeling conflict resolution, what with all the instant unpredictable rages and the neglect of sheer dismissal of any concerns of the kids. So my sister and I fought like beasts and still don’t talk to this day
GenghisConnieChung@reddit
Sounds like he made it easy for your parents to tell you apart.
GenghisConnieChung@reddit
Sounds like he made it easy for your parents to tell you apart.
FGFlips@reddit
guyincognito121@reddit
If you're young enough, they actually can, to a limited extent.
creddittor216@reddit
Oooh….yeah…
Devium44@reddit
He got better.
AbominablePloughman@reddit
He's got the two bands tattooed on his forearm now
Southside_john@reddit
84 for me and played the hell out of every snes game. I think that system is really the defining video game system of my core childhood. Released in 1990 in the first half of first grade. PS1 came out when I was in 6th grade I believe
CantFindMyWallet@reddit
Unless you're in Japan, SNES would have released August of 1991.
Southside_john@reddit
Then headed into second grade. Statement still stands
Koebelsj316@reddit
I was just blown away by SNES when I was a kid too. Helped teach me to read as well.
SirBobsonDugnutt@reddit
I didn't realize Big Wheel was a chain until just now. I only ever saw one store in the Cleveland area before it became Marcs.
tshallberg@reddit
This me
TheDukeofArgyll@reddit
Same, I consider it one of if not the most important video game ever made.
whistleridge@reddit
77, owned it, preferred FF2 and FF3. It felt more like a little kids’ game.
Adult me loves it and sees it as a gem.
Lucky_Chaarmss@reddit
Whoa. Fisher Big Wheel gang rise up!
zomgkittenz@reddit
I never owned it as a kid. Got Ocarina of Time and played the shit out of it on the N64 as a teenager.
Ninja-Panda86@reddit
Same here. Born 86. So many memories. I did level 400 college credit on this game and it's implications
LennyAteYourPizza@reddit
Born in 84, saved up my allowance for a year (my mom covered the diff) to buy a SNES bundled with it from Kohls. Played until my fingers broke.
SatisfactionFresh145@reddit
Same
Agreeable_Branch007@reddit
I did 1980 here 👋
BifterGreen@reddit
I was born in 1981 and this is my favourite snes game of all time. Love the art and atmosphere.
I would love a remake of the story but in the style Breathe of the Wild.
morgaine125@reddit
Even this sub manages to forget Gen X exists.
Chalupa_Dad@reddit
It's a Gen X and Xennial game for sure. This is not a Core Millenial game.
AppropriateCattle69@reddit
Well it’s not a GenX sub, so….
morgaine125@reddit
It’s not a millennials sub either but that cohort made it into the question.
calbearlupe@reddit
Late Gen X and Xennials.
absyrtus@reddit
Xennial.
platinumperineum@reddit
Um it’s both? 82 here and yeah
Bacch@reddit
I played the hell out of this.
facesnorth@reddit
Not sure what a core Millenial is, would that be like 85-90? I feel like generations can't own things like this as while it was most definitely Xennials, X, and older Millenials playing this when it came out, I'm sure there were a few 85-86 kids playing as well.
RickHuf@reddit
This was one of my favorite games. It's still high up on the list.
I'm from 84. I'd say it was more xennial
socialcommentary2000@reddit
Xennial. Core millenials played Ocarina.
This is not up for discussion.
Ceronnis@reddit
81 here and played the shit out of that game
Unique_Blacksmith247@reddit
My sister (gen x) was all about the original nes Zelda. She and her friends drew out their own map of the entire game over the summer of '87. So I feel more connected to that Zelda. Total generational bias because after 40years, I still want to be as cool as my older sister.
Cast2828@reddit
Xennial. Definitely bought it on release day.
ipsumdeiamoamasamat@reddit
I feel like if it’s not xennials, it’s Gen X. Zelda was an early Nintendo game.
badchefrazzy@reddit
Xennial here. Def played it.
carosotanomad@reddit
Xennials...
The_Lawn_Ninja@reddit
I realized I was most accurately classified as a "Xennial" when core millennial gaming nostalgia crystallized around the PS1/N64 era, when most of my childhood gaming was on the NES and Genesis.
willows_edge@reddit
I watched my brother play it. He's X, I'm Iregon Trail.
rootbeer277@reddit
I think the distinction is that this would be the second or third Zelda game that a Xennial would have played, but likely the first Zelda game a Millennial would have played.
dgira574@reddit
Im ‘85 and this one was the 2nd one I played in earnest. I got the original when I was 6 and played the crap out of it. Zelda 2 I only played a couple of times as a rental. Then I got this one and was immediately obsessed with it even after I beat it the first time.
uniquecleverusername@reddit
79er here, and Link to the Past is my first Zelda. We had an NES and played the crap out of the Marios, but never got into Zelda 1 or 2 (to "complicated/difficult," perhaps?). But my brother and I loved Link to the Past dearly.
rootbeer277@reddit
Interesting you should mention that, because I think another thing that separates us from Gen X is whether or not it occurred to you to get out the graph paper and draw your own Zelda 1 map. The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons / wargame generation saw that as obvious, but we were too young and didn’t have the tabletop background to think of it.
81toog@reddit
1983 here, I played Zelda 1 and 2 first on NES but I had older siblings. By the time I got LTTP my older siblings were over video games and I played this one all by myself
Mat22lock@reddit
Yeah, it was the third for me (1978).
Funwithfun14@reddit
Good call. TBH, game likely spans both generations. I don't feel like it's a core GenX game as fewer kids in college played video games like they do today.
Huck84@reddit
Xennial. Younger millennial didnt play it until way later unless they had older siblings.
Appropriate-Bid8671@reddit
I'm 45 and still have my original snes and copy of link to the past
lakebistcho@reddit
Xennials and Gen X.
mahelious82@reddit
Gen Xrs and Xennials, though I would be surprised if not a few millennials picked it up as what the older siblings were playing.
MaxPowerrr85@reddit
Born in 85; I rented the 1st Zelda on the NES, but didn't own it, so I didn't get to explore it as much as I'd like. Never got a chance to play Zelda II for whatever reason.
I got LTTP and Mega Man X with my SNES Christmas of '93: the only 2 SNES games I ever got and two of my top 10 games of all time! That was probably my best Christmas of all time as well.
Anyway, the answer to the question is Xennial, but there's definitely some spillover into core X and core Millennial
Mooseguncle1@reddit
80 and played this when I’d rent it from my local convenience store.
TheDavidCall@reddit
I was like 15 when this came out and I was smitten. I’d played some of the NES games, but was too young to really understand what I was doing. I’m 1983, and I’m a Xennial, and I played the hell out of this.
CaptainNice8167@reddit
Xennial
rojoredbeard@reddit
My mom even played this one and she was born in 52. But I would say it’s very Gen X and melenial.
BullCityCoordinators@reddit
WithaK19@reddit
I got my first job at 14 selling newspaper subscriptions just to buy this game and then immediately quit as soon as I had enough money to buy it. This game was life!
Usagi_Shinobi@reddit
That's squarely gen X/Xennial. Millennial systems start with PS2/Xbox/Wii.
BigFatBlackCat@reddit
Xennials. But my boomer dad played with me, we had so much fun. He loved Zelda and Mario.
ST_Lawson@reddit
I think this was the third game I got for the SNES (which was the first big purchase I made with my paper route money). FZero, Pilotwings, then Link to the Past.
jimmylstyles@reddit
‘86 and rented this game several times till I beat it while prayer no one deleted my aave
RoyalZeal@reddit
Played a lot of this one from around age 10 throughout my teenage years, definitely feels like one of ours.
luxtabula@reddit
SpreademSheet@reddit
I was born in 83 and this game was my life for a while.
webslingrrr@reddit
1984 and LttP was my third Zelda game.
I dont think I played any of them their release years though, we got an NES in 1988 where i played the Zeldas, and got a genesis around 1990 (it came with Altered Beast). I was obviously really young and mostly found Zelda frustrating as soon as I didnt have full hearts anymore, and never made any real progression.
I played SNES at neighbor kids' houses later on, I remember seeing commercials for Super Mario World and feeling jealous. But the lines in the sand were drawn, I was a soldier for Sega because, well, I had a Sega, ha.
Because I didnt have an SNES I didnt get to really dive into LttP but all the SNES kids were all about it.
Dr-McLuvin@reddit
Xennials for sure. That game was our jam.
davwad2@reddit
Xennial. Source: me.
Holiday-Constant-661@reddit
Xneial here. Played this in the late 80’s
LeftHandStir@reddit
Obviously Xennials.
Silverschala@reddit
First game I beat on my own -1983
Fishboy9123@reddit
I played. 1982
Ok_Egg_2665@reddit
I played it. I’m in the xennial range.
CmdrFortyTwo@reddit
Xennial ... being old enough to slot the cart and "play" doesn't mean you actually "played" the game.
"Look man, you can listen to Jimi but you can't hear him. There's a difference man."
\~Snipes "White Men Can't Jump"
ThresholdSeven@reddit
Xennial 100%. We were all just old enough to play Nintendo when the first zelda came out and played them all upon release.There are some that played the Atari. They are the elder Xennials. There may be some that even played pong on intellivision, but that was an old system used mostly by gen X.
Particular-Crew5978@reddit
Definitely xennials.
HolidayEggplant81@reddit
Prototypical Xennial (81) here. I may be the odd duck, but I skipped this game. I played the original Legend until the cartridge stopped working, and then kinda jumped to Ocarina on N64. To be fair, I didn't spend a ton of time with SNES because I got my NES late and N64 early.
Aggressive-Cut5836@reddit
I played this when I was 12-13 and I was born in ‘80, so I think xennials were the main audience but some younger millennials probably also got into it
TheSchmoAboutNothing@reddit
Born in 1989 and played this religiously even years after N64 came out. To this day, this is what I think of when I think of Legend of Zelda
orielbean@reddit
As a heads up, there is an incredible mashup engine for this plus Super Metroid, that actually randomizes the powerup locations across BOTH games - aka you'll find a Wave Beam in Zelda or the Glove in Metroid. Google "Super Metroid & ALTTP Randomizer" and it's loads of fun. Those two plus Symphony of the Night I could play until the lights go out.
ReiperXHC@reddit
I'm Xennial ('81) and I would have been about 11 years old. Much younger than that and it would be difficult (not impossible) for most children to beat, but not so much that they couldn't build an nostalgia for it. I'd say it's for both generations, but mostly for Xennials.
No-Project-6866@reddit
Milennials played this when the Xennials were done
qualityskootchtime@reddit
🙋🏽♂️
abstrakt42@reddit
Core millennials insist Ocarina of Time was peak LoZ. This is a true Xennial game (and undeniably the best LoZ entry by a mile)
reillan@reddit
Xennial and earlier
Its_The_Water360@reddit
I remember getting out of 6th grade class and going to my rich friends house and playing Zelda and Contra until my family forced me to come home. I wasn't allowed to have a Nintendo at home but my parents would let me rent the system and games at the local video mart if I did enough chores. Good times and I still love gaming. Definitely a Xennial thing but probably both.
mizushimo@reddit
I got this game in 95 at 13 years old, core millenials could have played it for sure, but the n64 was more relevent.
k1ller_zee@reddit
I was 11 when I got it for Christmas. It’s still my favorite game to this day. Oddly enough, my dad only had a video camera that one year and happened to record me getting it for Christmas. It’s one of the only videos I have from when I was young and what an amazing moment to capture, I cherish it so much.
ConspiracyParadox@reddit
X & Xennial
joshhupp@reddit
Just my opinion, but I feel like Super Nintendo was Gen X-core while N64 was Millennial-core. Obviously the Venn diagram has some heavy crossover
wooq@reddit
I didn't have a SNES but would have been in junior high when this came out and definitely would have played it. Zelda 1 and 2 on the NES were among my favorites and absolutely loved ocarina of time on the N64
JDalek@reddit
When the game originally came out in spring 92 it was primarily Xennials, however it kept selling 93-97 and so mid millenials as children did have the chance to play the game.
KnowNothing_JonSnoo@reddit
1983 here, got this on launch and still have it. This and Ocarina of Time are my two most played Zeldas
Av0ll@reddit
Generation x, I walked through a blizzard acrosd town in iowaafter chrismas to walmart to buy the rumble pack and memory upgrade to play that snes Zelda. While me and my friend was walking he pissed on a chrismas tree made of chrislights and shocked himself through his piss. It was one of the funniest moments of my life. When we got home and played it the rumble pack was super lame and not worth the walk. To this day I always turn that rumble option off cuase I'm not a fan of controls shacking.
Food_Library333@reddit
'81 and this is one of my favorite games of all time.
Eledridan@reddit
It’s the best Zelda game.
Starryeyed17@reddit
83' here and same!
hey_suburbia@reddit
Same. 1981 here as well. Came out when we were 10, which IMHO, was the best age to start playing LTTP.
I also believe us Xennials were the perfect age to have had gaming grow up right along side us.
Jungleradio@reddit
84 here, this was THE game of my pre-teen childhood
Eledridan@reddit
Xennials. The SNES was so awesome.
Ditzy_Davros@reddit
My parents were programmers so all I got to play on was computers. No matter how much I begged my dad for consoles, "you can play more games with a computer". Which, yes, it was true, but.... I didn't get to play the games everyone else was playing. I went the Where in The World Is Carmen San Diego? route.
Noone in my classes had a computer until we got to about Jr. High. Then we were trading cheat codes.. lol. I did get to play Zelda at a friend's house for about 2 hours.. lol
Exciting_Turn_9559@reddit
Both did. As slightly older Xennial this was probably a more important Zelda title than Ocarina of Time was for me, although I did have a gold cartridge for OOT on launch day.
YourGuyK@reddit
The N64 came out in '96, so a lot of late 80s kids would have been playing SNES.
But as always, the question shows why generation orthodoxy is foolish. The answer is, of course, both did.
Puckering_Buttholes@reddit
'84 here and I played the shit out of this in 3rd grade
nopester24@reddit
Xennials
philovax@reddit
This game was purchased by my boomer parents for my gen x sibling to be played by my millennial ass, tho I am one of those Xennials, and I had boomer aunts and uncles that played it too. It was likely made by boomers, but this whole generation obsession is really only for the US from WW2 to current. Its basically how advertisers label us to sell us stuff.
WheelLeast1873@reddit
I'd say xennial but I never played it until I had an emulator on my laptop in college. We were a genesis family :)
jynxthechicken@reddit
This is my favorite game and I'm a Xennial
DarwinGoneWild@reddit
Xennials. It came out in the US when we were 13ish. Prime Zelda age. Millennials probably played too but grade schooled would probably have a harder time with it and rather play something like Mario.
Righteous_Fire@reddit
85 here. Played as a small kid, medium kid, big kid, and adult.
punky100@reddit
Xennials.
I feel like most "core millennials" were already past this generation of consoles.
Loud-Chicken6046@reddit
I'm a zennial and I played the original Legend of Zelda on the regular nintendo.
123shorer@reddit
Both
Ploosse@reddit
Born in 83. Played the crap out of Link to the Past. It’s also aged very well and is still great to play now. Probably the best Zelda imo.
Really, SNES was peak gaming. We’re lucky we got to live through a golden age.
thissitesuxballz@reddit
86 … got Yoshi’s cookies for Christmas and cried about it… then my parents got LTP for me. Still my favourite Zelda.
officialdougjudy@reddit
Born 1984, still play this through at least yearly yearly. This and Final Fantasy 3 (6 in Japan). Best games ever imo.
Szeth_Vallano@reddit
'83 here. It's my favorite game of all time. Played the absolute crap out of is. So much so that I got a tattoo of an SNES controller with the Master Sword in its pedestal as the D-pad.
With core Millennials, I hear them wax poetic about Ocarina of Time far more.
atownsound@reddit
Born in 1980, and played the ever loving shit out of this game from its initial release until the N64 dropped. I think I qualify as a Xennial?
dispassioned@reddit
Same here. 1980, this was my first favorite game.
Feral_Sheep_@reddit
And after N64 came out, it was all about Ocarina of Time.
PiratePilot@reddit
Born in 80. Never stopped playing it. Play it now. My daughter loves it after watching me play all these years. She’s the age I was when it came out. She’s finally able to play it w the skill required to beat it.
InfidelZombie@reddit
Also '80 and when I saw how they ruined my boy on N64 by switching to 3D graphics I completely stopped playing video games for 2 decades.
Crayola_ROX@reddit
79, played it to death and now play its rom hacks lol
boyo76@reddit
Same. Bought it new at Toys R Us. Played it till my SNES died.
nblastoff@reddit
82 here. I just bought myself an analogue 3d. It's a modern recreation of an N64 using an FPGA for frame perfect play. I'm playing Mario 64 again.
VisiblePlatform6704@reddit
1981 and i played it A LOT along with my '79 bro. This is core Xennial if you tell me. Ive got the anniversary music CD and play the game once a year.
TheBigBangClock@reddit
Same. Born in 1980 and played this and Chrono Trigger non-stop
violet_wings@reddit
1981, I didn't even have an SNES and I played it a bunch at my cousin's house, lol
AdditionalMustard@reddit
82 here and this is one of my most formative gaming memories.
I was at the perfect age where I could handle the difficulty, but also get super into the fantasy.
This, and Links Awakening on the Gameboy ARE Zelda to me and still games I love to replay.
bendybiznatch@reddit
One of maybe 2-3 games I’ve ever played through.
Finally dominated that shit in my 30s. Couldn’t let it go, man.
Brent_L@reddit
Yes, you are one of us.
StephInTheLaw@reddit
Same here too
jinxes_are_pretend@reddit
Yep, same.
It was freshman year of college and five other dorm mates and I got the pre release gold cartridge, accessed the mail room early somehow to get it earlier, and beat it straight through without stopping. We switched players every couple hours, everyone was taking notes, there weren’t internet guides yet and we didn’t have a book.
A core memory, really.
Hipcatjack@reddit
then you and your friends played golseneye too if it was any like my college experience
Daehtop_renots@reddit
'79. It was the first game I owned/played
grimorg80@reddit
Same
Ryanlew1980@reddit
Same, same.
TransportationOk657@reddit
When the game came out in 1991, core Millennials would have been around 5 years old or younger. This is definitely a Xennial game.
Dunk5055@reddit
Brother, I was born in 81. I’m playing this again on my daughters switch. It’s the best video game ever made
SubstanceFearless348@reddit
83 here and I’d list it as my all time favorite video game
ZombieCantStop@reddit
1982 and this is possibly my favorite game of all time from my childhood. Played the crap out of this SMB3 and Super Metroid on the snes.
To this day o could play those three games over for days
Adrasteia-One@reddit
Mostly Xennials, but I'd imagine a good number of older Millennials did as well. This game has to be in the pantheon of greatest video games ever. I loved every minute of playing it.
tearlock@reddit
78, played the hell out of it. One of the last to own an NES but had an SNES within the first year of release.
Zargoza1@reddit
https://i.redd.it/en4olsc5ow2h1.gif
OG here.
AggressiveCommand739@reddit
Xennials. Solidly Xennials from my experience with peers and the kids at school and the neighborhood.
Historical-Cell-2557@reddit
Born ‘91 first and favorite Zelda game
Good-Bandicoot-2152@reddit
I’m an elder millennial and this was my first snes game. I think any of us born after 90 might have grown up with n64 more than snes.
PiratePilot@reddit
Born in 80. Never stopped playing it. Play it now. My daughter loves it after watching me play all these years. She’s the age I was when it came out. She’s finally able to play it w the skill required to beat it.
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
Xennials!
HandstandsMcGoo@reddit
Gen X
Unusual_Pinetree@reddit
Both
funatical@reddit
Xennial was the NES version, but the SNES is also core memory, so both?
NoContextCarl@reddit
81 and played this quite a bit. This game came out in 1991, so I think the timing transcends one single generation; Baby Gen X, Xennials and older Millennials all played this.
MisRandomness@reddit
Well I continue to play this game almost every year so I’d say it’s xennial.
Happy_Confection90@reddit
While my also Xennial sibling liked it, the person in my family who racked up the most game play was my Boomer mom. She played it for hundreds and hundreds of hours.
BalrogRuthenburg11@reddit
I just found my NES Legend of Zelda game a free days ago in the basement
PoutineFamine@reddit
Born 77 and still love playing this game
modehead@reddit
82 here. I think I can beat it with my eyes closed at this point.
LemonSkye@reddit
Honestly, late Boomer/Gen Jones all the way through early Millennials. My mom was obsessed with the Zelda games when I was a kid. We weren't allowed to touch them for fear we'd mess up her save files, but I definitely spent hours watching her play this.
ladyeclectic79@reddit
Born in 79 and I actually skipped to Zelda II: The Adventures of Link. But yeah, that game was one of my core NES experiences.
biffbot13@reddit
1983 and still play the hell out of it when I go on my yearly Zelda binge
PaintballTek@reddit
'85 and I remember playing with my dad after school. He was never much of a 'gamer' but he did play this one most of the way through, and I eventually passed him and beat it. Early memories of gaming here...that and my mom stealing my OG Gameboy to play tetris late into the night...
Joey_Libiani@reddit
General rule. Older millennials usually started with Nintendo and got to experience the delivery of SNES or Sega Genesis. Our core systems were either the PlayStation or Nintendo 64. I had big sibs so I would take the old consoles when they got the new one
xeonicus@reddit
I only had a NES. My parents wouldn't splurge for a SNES. So I didn't play it much when it came out. But my older cousin (born in '78) had a SNES, and I played it at his house.
lexypher@reddit
'76er here. I got to play them all when they were new, at an age where my imagination could make up for 8bit graphics, and be blown away at the progress of the console wars.
BombedShaun@reddit
coopnjaxdad@reddit
‘77 and I played the shit out of it.
Cooper_Sharpy@reddit
It’s cross generational.. my older brother (1970) beat it and I (1984) used the same notes he made to beat it myself. Much easier than trying to read the damn book he wrote trying to beat the og on NES.
Set_the_Mighty@reddit
I still remember where the heart pieces are.
trilogyjab@reddit
I think this that spanned Millennial/Xennial.
lrdwlmr@reddit
Born in “81. There was a time in my life that I could’ve written a complete game guide for it without picking up a controller.
Missingsocks77@reddit
77 here. Hours in those dingy.
cosp85classic@reddit
79 checking in. Played this like crazy in fourth and fifth grade, so up there with Oregan Trail as basic Xennials upbringing .
statistacktic@reddit
I feel insulated by your question.
Good-Magazine-5504@reddit
Born in 85. This came with my snes rather than super Mario world. I still play it, one of the best games I’ve ever played. Bought my snes in 94 for $99.
machyume@reddit
This isn't a generation issue, it's a social economic tell.
HighSeasArchivist@reddit
'77 kid played the original on NES a lot. Never had a SNES.
Few_Departure_1483@reddit
This right here is why the Xennial idea came about and is a perfect case for it. That 80-85sh range that did most their growing up in the 90s.
82 here and lttp is still my goat Zelda even though I've played them all except Twilight Princess.
Stardustchaser@reddit
People solidly GenX played it too
DrFunkalupicus@reddit
Born in 1980 and I played the hell out of this game. I rented it from the same place every weekend and they would do me a solid and keep it off the shelf so my game save didn’t get erased. Growing up in a small town has its advantages.
LeavesOfBrass@reddit
1982 here. This is my favorite game of all time.
Silent_Xiv@reddit
Born in 1981. My dad and I played the first Zelda together non-stop. And then this came out later we did the same again. Such a great game. It was also the last Zelda game I've actually played all the way through. We got a playstation instead of Nintendo devices after that and never played the rest.
TxTechnician@reddit
89, and I played that game quite a bit as a kid. But recently replayed it on an emulator, and it felt all new to me.
So I think its more of a xellenial thing. I remember Ocarina of Time way more.
MrsRojoCaliente@reddit
Born in 79, played the hell out of this game and I still go back to it.
Millkstake@reddit
Both
FAYCSB@reddit
1983 I still play this (and only this) game.
And I cross stitch.
KingSpork@reddit
I was 14 when it came out, right in the sweet spot for this kind of thing, yeah it’s definitely our game.
SenorDucKK@reddit
84, played it a ton
DarthBster@reddit
Loved that game so much. I used to challenge myself to beat it without dying or saving and could do it in a day.
Matt90977@reddit
1976 Genx here, and this was the first video game I bought with my own, saved up, money.
actionerror@reddit
Yep Xennials
Alarmed_Drop7162@reddit
Somehow I didn’t play this. I got Mario bros and duck hunt with the nes system and my parents kept a rule in my head that you get no other game until you finish these.
Cheeky bastards beat Mario bros while I was sleeping. I never made it. Parents told me to git gud.
I had to beg grandma for the Super Nintendo.
Knight_thrasher@reddit
I feel that anything pre GameCube would be Xenniel
Gwendolyn-NB@reddit
80 - was the cartridge in my NES most often, played it a dumb amount.
pizza-regret@reddit
82, this remains my favorite game of all time.
LiminalSapien@reddit
Anyone from any generation that has even sub-standardly good taste in videogames.
Thornfist22@reddit
77 here, I played the hell out of this. Xennials.
metalmachineZ@reddit
That's my favorite game of all time. Born in '81.
DouglasBubletrousers@reddit
Born in 82. Still run through this game on occasion. Remember staying up at a friend's house looking for secrets.
human5398246@reddit
Genx dudes.
apudapus@reddit
‘83 and this is easily in my top 5 games of all time
HDDreamer@reddit
'87 - LttP is my all time favorite. My mom hates the music because of how much and how late into the night I played.
ImmaDrainOnSociety@reddit
Xennial or X. Core millennial would be a bit young, their first system would be closer to PS1.
SomethingAvid@reddit
This was the first game I played the absolute shit out of.
ASomthnSomthn@reddit
Born 84. Favorite game of my childhood. Period.
Big_rizzy@reddit
Born 79 and LIVED IN THIS GAME!
WaterFrogSnail@reddit
This is my favorite SNES game. Played it so many times. I'm a Xennial, missed the Millennial cut off by about a year.
Knowledge_VIG@reddit
Both did.
HandsomeAcid@reddit
Born in 78. I was part of the game code, I was so into this game!
thelizardlarry@reddit
1977 here, this game was everything back then.
Late-Arrival-8669@reddit
One of the GOAT games. I loved this game back in the day. I remember the songs I listened to when playing this game. I love the nostalgia.
isuxirl@reddit
Born in 76. Wanted so bafly to play this but it came out while I was in high school and my parents had already perma-banned me from video games. My friends lived tho. Finally played it in. College.
FemaleMishap@reddit
If this was the OG NES gold cartridge Legend of Zelda, definitely xennial, but the snes I would say is more millennial if it's your first Zelda game.
Gor-Gor_Returns@reddit
SNES is a bit too early for 'core' millenials. Some with older siblings or just lucky I guess might have got the system when they were really young but they seem to be more PlayStation and N64 as their foundational gaming system in 95/96. PCs were more in the mix for millenials too, this is the doom, Warcraft 2, StarCraft, Descent, Civ 2, Command & Conquer, Diablo era. Anything you could get to work on your $3k home Pentium 1 your parents got to help with school.
Xennials got started on NES & Sega, the classic elementary school rivalry. Our early adopters had Ataris, but all of us had or knew someone with SNES.
elshizzo@reddit
It's xennials and elder millennials. Middle/core millennials came of age into n64 era
elshizzo@reddit
It's xennials and elder millennials. Middle/core millennials came of age into n64 era
freelancefrank@reddit
Straight xennial.
herseyhawkins33@reddit
Both
Renegades_of_Funk420@reddit
Born in 82 and been playing it since 86 or whenever Nintendo came out…Still my ultimate favorite video game ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Speakeazie@reddit
‘78. And it’s probably the best game I’ve ever played.
American_Greed@reddit
I played the heck out of this game.
econkle@reddit
Gen X
HeelDoors@reddit
My sister (‘76) is not really a gamer, but she did play the hell out of this game—and the SNES, in general. I (‘84) remember watching her play and played it myself, but I think due to my youth, I didn’t fully appreciate how awesome this Zelda was.
Steelysam2@reddit
'76 gotta represent.
Jealous-Shop-8866@reddit
Heyyo.
JustinMccloud@reddit
Born in dec of 77 played the crap out of this
mcgrimlock@reddit
79 here and this is one of my seminal games.
Jealous-Shop-8866@reddit
Dec '76. Top 5 game of all time for me.
jmac11281@reddit
I love this game. I just played it the other night. It was released in 1992 so I doubt many core Millenials were playing it.
Traditional_Entry183@reddit
I was a teenager when this came out and I loved it. It was the last Zelda game I played until Breath of the Wild.
absentlyric@reddit
The SNES was definitely the Xennials console. Gen X had the Sega Genesis, and Millennials had the N64
BulimicMosquitos@reddit
Unpopular opinion, but I much prefer the first two games over this one. For some reason I just couldn’t get into this one or the N64 games. Loved Wind Waker when it was released, however.
yeahoksurewhatever@reddit
Link to the past vs Ocarina has to be one of the best examples of xennial vs core millenial that exists
DabbledInPacificm@reddit
Born in 79 and this was my go to
ItsNachoCheese@reddit
Born in 80, this is one of my top favorite games of all time.
ACorania@reddit
I am an older xennial and I was pretty young when I saved up for my first video game and got the gold cartridge. I'd put it more in GenX territory.
But, games stuck around longer back then
Hillbilly_Smurf@reddit
1982 here. My aunt took me to a pay phone to call the Nintendo help line to get assistance on the Eyeglass Rock section with one of the first transitions between the light/dark world and using the mirror.
Live_Barracuda1113@reddit
80 This is a my all time favorite game. Played it all the way through including every extra heart piece more times than I can remember!
Appropriate-Diver301@reddit
'79 and I played sick from school, hunted down my wrapped xmas presents, opened this and FF 2(?) sooo carefully, played for a few hours, then wrapped them back up.
Much better xmas than the one I asked for Dragon Warrior iv, saw a few NES cartridge-shaped gifts, so was so pumped. It was Mission Impossible and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Ugh.
WritingNerdy@reddit
I remember playing it over the summer between 4th and 5th grade because my crush and I wrote letters back and forth about it 😂
Ronlaen-Peke@reddit
Born 82 and spent a lot of time on Zelda 1 and 2 but this remains my favorite to this day.
Express-Cow190@reddit
I still play it…
tetrasodium@reddit
Early xennial, played it fully complete but snes final fantasy II & III probably had more memories.
Link to the past was a good game, but it just wasn't that deep & wasn't as revolutionary as the original Zelda. Despite metroidvania being a totally different genre I'd say that Metroid prime probably did a better job of presenting the world as a puzzleto navigate with skill & cunning like the original NES Zelda did
Chasterbeef@reddit
I'm an odd case, my sisters were 1980 and 1987 and I got all their stuff growing up so I was 97 but still played the crap out of this game til I got ahold of the n64
ASCENDKIDS@reddit
Born in 82 and my sons name is Link
Nrthstar@reddit
I had an NES, but not an SNES so I missed out on so much. Only time I got to play this is when we went to Walmart in the next town over, and my parents would drop me off in the electronics department and leave me there while they shopped.
Writing_Femme@reddit
Born 79 and it's still one of my favorite games.
Sweet-Sale-7303@reddit
Born in 81 and played it a ton as well.
Byteninja@reddit
This game, Mario Kart, Street Fighter II, and all the Mortal Kombats are all a friend and I played when hanging out at his house as kids.
Complex-Fault-1161@reddit
Millennials to me are more 90s babies, so whatever us 80s era children are would be that demographic for this. I know I was, albeit at a friend’s house because I had a Genesis.
AKMed84@reddit
Born in ‘84 this game got me through my early years and is my favorite. I still play through once a year for fun.
Drachen1065@reddit
I never played it but mostly because I never had a Super Nintendo.
Skipped from NES to the original Playstation.
meisterbro69@reddit
This was for Xennials, most Millennials weren’t old enough yet to fully understand and appreciate it till we got Ocarina of Time on N64
ceanahope@reddit
I was born in 81. I played a lot of this as a kid.
dasphinx27@reddit
Xennials or very smart millennials cuz this was no Mario kart
bingbingdingdingding@reddit
Born in 81, and we skipped the SNES. NES -> Sega Genesis -> PS1. That said, I never understood the appeal of this or any Zelda game. I’ve played a number of them but have maybe given an hour total to the lot of them. For some reason they never clicked with me.
brispence@reddit
1985'er here: this game is religious doctrine.
threebeansalads@reddit
Xennial can confirm
LineImpossible3958@reddit
‘79, one of my first games, still play it on the Switch sometimes. Love getting they Blue Ring
tribbleorlfl@reddit
I definitely remember playing it at my friend's house. I would say Ocarina of Time is much more core millennial.
Ianthin1@reddit
75’, and it was easily my favorite “modern” console game of the time.
indieemopunk@reddit
Born in 1983. Played it ALL the time.
circusgeek@reddit
Zennials. My sister, who was born in 77, made it through the whole game. We had every kid on the block in the house watching her because no one had ever made it that far. One of my favorite memories of childhood.
Don_Shetland@reddit
81 here. This and Super Mario World are my all time favorite games.
Rude_Device@reddit
‘83. Still my favorite Zelda.
hiplobonoxa@reddit
i’d say that most people playing this game in 1992 were between ten years old and twenty two years old, which would mean birth years of between 1970 and 1982. this is very much a gen x game, with xennials growing into it between 1992 and 1997. some millennials may have discovered and played this game over the years, but all did so after the fact.
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
Solid. But the question doesn't stipulate that it's played in '92. Just that it was played at all. It is a poorly defined question.
hiplobonoxa@reddit
it was most played between 1992 and 1997.
DirtyBirdDawg@reddit
I think more than one age group played this game. I was 12 or 13 when this was released, but I knew people a few years younger than me and a few years older than me who were also playing it.
OriginalBad@reddit
Xennials were the core players but it was so good that other millennials played it for years as well.
Goblinboogers@reddit
Why gatekeep this was a great game and both played it
Apart-Consequence881@reddit
I was born in 83 and played the original NES version much more than SNES version.
Britown@reddit
This is xennial for sure. when your uncle dies he says “Zelda is your….” and it never comes up again. what is she? cousin? destiny? feudal lord?
tgerz@reddit
Born in 82 but the youngest of 7 siblings (in the house, found out a couple years ago there was an 8th! I’m still the youngest through). One of my brothers was really into games so when I was pretty young I played this, the first Final Fantasy that shipped to the US, and then of course other greats like PaperBoy, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Excitebike, Kid Icarus, Zelda II, Metroid, Final Fantasy II.
millou59@reddit
Born in 82, it was a (and still is) a massive banger! My very first was Zelda 1, when I had my first console the NES, in 1989.
Still a hardcore gamer
ElliotNess@reddit
ear_cheese@reddit
78 here. This, and the first one, were formative experiences for me. I remember just putting Aphex Twin on loop and just endlessly playing this over and over again, long after it came out.
RoastedPickledGoose@reddit
Born in the early 80s, favorite games from my childhood include this with the SNES Final Fantasy games (2 and 3, which were actually 4 and 6), and Chrono Trigger. Still my favorite games to this day.
dolt38@reddit
Born in 82 and played this a lot. Then replayed the remake 3DS version, A link between worlds, with my kids. That is an amazingly fun game too and adds a cool element to the gameplay.
shrikelet@reddit
I'm definitely more on the Gen-X end of Xennial and this game more than any other made me sad I didn't have a SNES.
BookerV79@reddit
Same here. This game and FF1 felt so unique to me on the original NES.
YEMBOTT@reddit
Wow same for nes. We had a sega which was cool but no Mario& no Zelda.
Ocarina was my jam either playing or watching I loved it
neko819@reddit
Xennials I think. I was the ripe age and played it through with my friend over and over like age 10-12. Also had a game genie so it was not too hard every time.
blahdeep@reddit
Born 80 Brought on release Core memory
Crusader1865@reddit
Born in '79. The secret passage sound is my text message alert to this day. It's how I identify other Xenniala in the wild as peoples face light up in recognition when they hear it.
BulkyRaccoon548@reddit
Born in '79 and this was THE game that made me finally get a Super NES.
-Banana_Pancakes-@reddit
Played the hell out of this game. I loved my Super Nintendo and still enjoy playing Zelda to this day.
Flowers_By_Irene_69@reddit
Born 82. Played Zelda and Zelda II.
WendyPortledge@reddit
The first Nintendo game I ever played. Very xennial.
Upstairs_Nature9234@reddit
I played a d I’m a Xennial.
primusperegrinus@reddit
1981 , I remember this game being all over Nintendo Power magazine with a monthly comic and lots of articles.
UndisturbedInquiry@reddit
The answer to your question is yes.
Zolty@reddit
At 83 this was my Zelda game, I played 1 on the nes but this is the one that hooked me.
Mrrectangle@reddit
HandshakeOfCO@reddit
So… my parents knew lol. I remember I got aSNES for Christmas, and playing through super Mario world… I can’t remember how soon after I got lttp, nor do I remember if they bought me it or if I’d saved up for it, but oh man.
Before I played this, I was a nerdy kid who was into coding and computers and stuff. After I finished it, I knew beyond a doubt that I was going to be a video game programmer.
This game changed my life.
walter_grimsley@reddit
Hard to say. Younger Xennials and core millennials definitely. Early Xennials like me (77) maybe not as much.
I was in high school when this released, and lost interest in games around this time. Mostly due to the insane difficulty of most NES games.
dougsbeard@reddit
‘81, all my friends had it but we couldn’t afford the SNES so I just continued playing the first on the NES.
JungleBoyJeremy@reddit
I think Xennials. For he personally this is my favorite game of all time
anr4jc@reddit
81 here. I remember playing it at a friend's house.
And actually, I'm currently playing it right now on Retroarch with retro achievements and it's a blast!
duhdin@reddit
1990, and I can firmly say it’s xennials. I didn’t even start to play it until the switch had it on an emulator.
cointerm@reddit
Moved to Europe in '92. Was worried, because I was a big NES player, but the NES was never released in my neck of the woods in Europe. Ahh! But they did release the SNES, and that was my first SNES game.
whats_for_lunch@reddit
Born on 82. Played the hell out of this. Really though, I think the SNES was for those of us that were true 90s kids.
defective_toaster@reddit
I bought the SNES on layaway at Kmart, where I was working at the time. This game was bundled with it and it is my favorite Zelda game. First game I ever finished.
authorHughMann@reddit
Never got into it until emulators, rpgs weren't great controller passers for the neighborhood crew. Video games were just in between time from riding bikes, swimming, sledding in the winter and sneaking smokes and beer in the treehouse.
madshm3411@reddit
Very xennial game. Only older millennials (84-88) would have played it IMO. Anyone older than that was Ocarina of Time.
CreepyEntertainer@reddit
Born in 71 this is one of my ultimate favorite games.
No_Control_9451@reddit
Am GenX and I played this growing up. Great game.
Polkawillneverdie17@reddit
1984 here. I played this THE DAY it came out. Still my favorite game of all time tp this day.
washufize@reddit
This one is definitely Xennial. Ocarina of Time a bit more Millennial.
nexus8pt2@reddit
Born in 82. Played it when it came out. Repeatedly for years after. Would play it straight through in a single sitting. Played it when I got my switch. It's my favorite game.
Kriem@reddit
Born ‘79. Played it to death.
Ryanookami@reddit
I played it a little bit after it came out, as I got it for Christmas 1992. I still play it about once yearly because it simply holds up excellently. Still so much fun, although I do miss the excitement of discovering new things for the first time. I shared it with my sister, though. I’m 1983, but she’s 1978, so we cover a lot of Xennial territory between the two of us.
Teddy_Swolesevelt@reddit
I still play through this on my raspberry pi system once a year for nostalgias sake.
CantFindMyWallet@reddit
I was born in 83. I remember sometime in 92 going to my neighbors' house with my dad. He was friends with the dad at that house, but the kids were 4 and 6 years older than me. They were hardcore video game people, even moreso than I was, which was saying a lot.
Anyway, I remember that they had gotten a SNES at some point, and they showed us some of the games. I think they showed us SMW, but I specifically remember seeing this and Super Castlevania IV. I'd played a ton of OG Castlevania and TLOZ on my NES, so I was enthralled.
My birthday was in June, so I asked everyone in the world for gift cards to K-B Toys, which I immediately turned around and spent on a SNES. I only got SMW with it, but I played that nonstop for the next couple months.
Then I remember at the end of the summer, there was a big town-wide swim meet that my sister and I always competed in. After the meet, I was going to ride home with my dad, and I asked if we could get a new Terminator 2 toy (I played with those a ton). He said something along the lines of "I think this would be more fun," at which point he opened the trunk of his 88 LeBaron (which eventually became my first car), and showed me that he had bought Link to the Past (he also loved TLOZ).
It's been my favorite game pretty much ever since. I've probably beaten in at least 25 times.
RelevantNothing4653@reddit
Both
Calculusshitteru@reddit
I was born in 1986, and I did play this game in the 90s, but a few years late. My family was poor and we couldn't afford the newest game consoles. I remember playing Link's Awakening and A Link to the Past around the same time, probably in 1997.
clandahlina_redux@reddit
Born 1980. This is still peak for me. Played it throughout the 90s.
schoolisuncool@reddit
A xenial and this is core preteen memory for me. Born in 80
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
It's SNES. There's no contradiction in one, the other, or both having played it.
Risikio@reddit
But let's be realistic here for Millenials the N64 was probably their first console generation that their families were able to buy and own.
wetfloor666@reddit
Ew. That sub is horrible. Never seen so much pitting each generation against each other before that sub.
deathinsarajevo@reddit
83 and I played it when it came out. I think it’s the greatest game of all time.
CantFindMyWallet@reddit
Also 83 and it is my favorite game ever.
Para_Para@reddit
'82, played the hell out of this with my '87 brother so it does have some reach into the Millennials but we didn't get a SNES until a couple years after it was released.
Bristle_Licker@reddit
‘80: I played them all and especially this one. I have the hot-take that Ocarina is a 3d remake of LttP.
Hutch_travis@reddit
The SNES is squarely an xennial system since N64 was released in 96. Those born after Reagan’s 1st term would have played SNES games, but not at the time of release.
Jerkrollatex@reddit
Born in 1977 I played the hell out of this game with my friends and cousins. Lots of younger Gen-X did.
meatpopsicle42@reddit
Xennial game.
Born 1980 and played through that game at least 3 times in my formative years when it was still a fresh game.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the millennial cornerstone.
Similar_Sale_5136@reddit
Fuck that game. Xennials played the real Zelda.
Spanks79@reddit
Real xennial here we played this tirelessly. But I think many early millenials did too.
TakashiMifune85@reddit
Diddydawg@reddit
Born 75. Played this on SP first 😂
Ordinary-Hunt-3659@reddit
I did. But my mom could only afford the French version (she used to buy games off bootleggers) so I had no idea what was going on the while time I played. First and only time I had to call the Nintendo hotline for walkthrough help.
bytebackjrd@reddit
Xenial here and it is one of my favorite games
windupshoe2020@reddit
It launched in the US in 1992. So if you were playing it at launch, you aren’t a core Millennial; you’re an Xennial or older.
And if we’re talking about playing it well-after launch, then you clearly just enjoy good video games. That’s like asking if reading LotR was a Gen X thing.
NumberOfTheNero@reddit
I still play randomizers of this game all the time. So good.
Resident_Lion_@reddit
if you're a gamer born before 84, all of the zelda games should be in wheelhouse. i was the first in my house to beat the original nes zelda in 1988, and just bought a 3ds a couple months ago to play through a link to the past's direct sequel(and the oot/mm 3ds versions)
TheLastBoat@reddit
I finally played it on the 3DS like 10 years ago.
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Good-Bodybuilder-985@reddit
'84, played it all the time. One of the first games I ever owned.
No_Process2443@reddit
I'm technically Gen X (1980), but there's an odd overlap with Xenials. I played that game so much, I fucked up my schooling.
UnreliableNarrator_5@reddit
85 here, first game I fell in love with, drew pictures at school, had the map on the back of the instructions hung up in my room. This was my first love, then came ff7
izlib@reddit
mikegarb0126@reddit
Born in 1980. Played it a lot
CoachKevinCH@reddit
82 and it was one of my favorites.
4kr0m4@reddit
Into-the-stream@reddit
My older sister, born in 1974, played the hell out of it. I (‘80) never got into it. I was more into mario and Tetris.