Episode 100 – The Legend of Zelda (1987)

This week in Your Parents Basement, we are vanquishing Ganon with our sword and silver arrows! From 1987, we’re playing The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo for the NES. For the voicemail, email and Ask portion of the show, we’re joined by Friend of the Show Cosmo!

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 – Intro, which is the CLASSIC theme from the game.
• 40:50 – For the voicemails, emails and Ask, we’re joined by Cosmo! Huzzah!
• 1:13:00 – Snifferoo. By special request, we’re playing a Super Nintendo non-classic!

SHOW NOTES

– According to Price Charting, The Legend of Zelda is still in high demand. The loose cart goes for $17.11, and if you have the box and manual, it goes for $49. (Steve knows from personal experience, as he sold a crappy, tattered map from the game for $15 the other week.)

– A prototype cart sold for $55,000 in the past five years.