| The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | |
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Takashi Tezuka |
| Producer(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
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| Composer(s) | Koji Kondo |
| Series | The Legend of Zelda |
| Platform(s) | Super NES |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past[a] is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the third game in The Legend of Zelda series and was released in 1991 in Japan and 1992 in North America and Europe.
The story is set many years before the events of the first two Zelda games. The player assumes the role of Link as he journeys to save Hyrule, defeat the demon king Ganon, and rescue the descendants of the Seven Sages. It returns to a top-down perspective similar to the original The Legend of Zelda, dropping the side-scrolling gameplay of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. It introduced series staples such as parallel worlds and items including the Master Sword.
A Link to the Past is widely considered among the greatest video games ever made, with particular praise for its presentation and innovative gameplay. It was ported to the Game Boy Advance as A Link to the Past and Four Swords in 2002, and sold 6.5 million copies across both platforms by 2004. It was subsequently re-released on the Wii, Wii U, and New Nintendo 3DS via the Virtual Console, the Nintendo Switch via Nintendo Switch Online, and the Super NES Classic Edition.[1] A sequel, A Link Between Worlds, was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013.[2][3]
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- ^ "Super NES Classic Edition". Nintendo of America, Inc. September 29, 2017. Archived from the original on September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (April 17, 2013). "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past sequel coming to Nintendo 3DS this holiday". Polygon. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
- ^ Schreier, Jason (June 11, 2013). "The New 3DS Zelda Is Called A Link Between Worlds". Kotaku. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2014.