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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Platform: NES Year: 1987 Developer: Nintendo EAD Buy: Amazon

For other games in this series see The Legend of Zelda.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second game in The Legend of Zelda series. It was seen as a letdown to many fans of the first game, in particular because the entire game engine shifted from a top-down view, to a side-view platform. Zelda II also has a sharper learning curve and incorporates RPG elements like experience points, levels, and spells.

However, the story elements are all there, and the game is actually pretty solid and a lot of fun, if you can forget that it's a Zelda game. However, the game tends to cower in the mighty shadow of the original.

Screenshots

Music

Zelda II borrows several themes from the first Legend of Zelda. It has a couple of fun tracks and some good mood music, but in 1986 when the music was created, the composers were still too inexperienced with the audio chips to make legendary orchestration. The titles come from the soundtrack, but a few tracks from the album--that were merely sound effects--were left out.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Size	Listen
01	Title BGM	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	2:18	2.1 MB
02	Above Ground BGM	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	1:33	1.4 MB
03	Battle BGM	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	1:07	955 KB
04	Flute BGM 1	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	0:01	30 KB
05	Town BGM	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	2:20	2.0 MB
06	In the Room BGM	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	0:24	396 KB
07	Temple BGM	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	3:22	3.0 MB
08	Boss	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	0:31	522 KB
09	Temple Clear	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	0:04	87 KB
10	Level Up	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	0:02	38 KB
11	Great Temple	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	1:17	1.2 MB
12	Last Boss (Dark Link)	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	0:42	691 KB
13	Fanfare	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	0:04	80 KB
14	Princess Zelda	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	0:20	297 KB
15	Ending	Akito Nakatsuka	Unknown	1:09	1.1 MB

Credits

• Ripper: Kevin Horton
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
• Game Credits:
  • Uncredited Composer: Akito Nakatsuka
  • Unknown Arranger: Unknown

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Albums

Game Rip

Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.

Releases

Japan Title: ゼルダの伝説 2 リンクの冒険 (The Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link) Platform: Famicom Disk System Released: 1988/04/08 Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd.     USA Title: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Platform: NES Released: 1988/06/?? Publisher: Nintendo of America, Inc.     EU Title: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Platform: NES Released: 1990/??/?? Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_II:_The_Adventure_of_Link - Wikipedia.
• mobygames.com/game/nes/zelda-ii-the-adventure-of-link - Moby Games.
• gamefaqs.com/nes/563487-zelda-ii-the-adventure-of-link - GameFAQs (NES).
• gamefaqs.com/famicomds/578370-the-legend-of-zelda-2-link-no-bouken - GameFAQs (FDS).