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Nelson Schneider
Nelson Schneider
Epic Reviewer

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4.5/5

Zelda = Killed

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 05/16/2013

Back in the 8-bit and 16-bit days, the ongoing console wars between the dominant Nintendo and the also-ran Sega saw a great amount of copying. Whenever Nintendo introduced a new type of game on the NES, Sega, or one of the third-parties that was active at the time, would attempt to copy it and create an even better ‘Game Killer’ that would knock Nintendo’s creation off its pedestal. Nintendo made Mario, Sega made Sonic, and on and on. Perhaps one of the holiest grails of Game Killing was a game that would topple “The Legend of Zelda” from its place of reverence in gamers’ hearts. The archetypal action/adventure still stands as one of the NES’ best games, and other game companies still crib off Nintendo’s original design notes.

What few realize is that Sega actually …

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