The Legend of Zelda

While massively overshadowed by A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda is still a charming romp and even with how primitive it looks and controls, still hearkens to that sense of adventure you would get as a kid playing in the woods during those dog days of summer. Indeed the world map of this feels vast but also small enough to feel like you are constricted into a county sized, barren wilderness. Hyrule isn't this grand fantasy kingdom beset by evil in this game, it is a forlorn and drab environment and links diminutive size further sells the illusion of a 10 year old on a grand adventure. The game, though, definitely suffers from the "Nintendo power" effect from games of the period, especially in confusing over-worlds and locations of items (Im sure we've all been there, burning random bushes or pushing innocuous blocks to find secret passage ways).