Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)

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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)

Developer:	Nintendo R&D4
Publisher:	Nintendo
Genre:	Action RPG, Metrovania
First released:	January 14, 1987

Achievements

There are 29 achievements worth 455 (1116) points.
Authors: dude1286 (29).

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won by 1236 (734) of 1773 (69.71%)

(11)
Place the gem in Parappa Palace.

won by 807 (488) of 1773 (45.52%)

(14)
Place the gem in Midori Palace.

won by 695 (440) of 1773 (39.20%)

(15)
Place the gem in Island Palace.

won by 601 (392) of 1773 (33.90%)

(16)
Place the gem in Maze Island Palace.

won by 583 (377) of 1773 (32.88%)

(17)
Place the gem in the Palace on the Sea.

won by 530 (345) of 1773 (29.89%)

(18)
Place the gem in Three Rock Palace.

won by 450 (290) of 1773 (25.38%)

(50)
Obtain the Triforce of Courage and awaken the Princess.

won by 196 (129) of 1773 (11.05%)

(192)
Obtain the Triforce of Courage and awaken the Princess without continuing.

won by 455 (327) of 1773 (25.66%)

(50)
Defeat Horsehead without being harmed.

won by 328 (231) of 1773 (18.50%)

(63)
Defeat Helmethead without being harmed.

won by 240 (179) of 1773 (13.54%)

(79)
Defeat Rebonak without being harmed.

won by 233 (164) of 1773 (13.14%)

(81)
Defeat Carock without being harmed.

won by 230 (172) of 1773 (12.97%)

(82)
Defeat Gooma without being harmed.

won by 245 (186) of 1773 (13.82%)

(78)
Defeat Barba without being harmed.

won by 215 (155) of 1773 (12.13%)

(87)
Defeat Thunderbird without being harmed.

won by 265 (185) of 1773 (14.95%)

(73)
Defeat Shadow Link without being harmed.

won by 541 (359) of 1773 (30.51%)

(18)
Gain all eight heart containers.

won by 568 (374) of 1773 (32.04%)

(17)
Gain all eight magic containers.

won by 573 (370) of 1773 (32.32%)

(17)
Get your Life to level eight.

won by 516 (337) of 1773 (29.10%)

(18)
Get your Magic to level eight.

won by 515 (343) of 1773 (29.05%)

(18)
Get your Attack to level eight.

won by 1690 (969) of 1773 (95.32%)

(5)
Acquire the Shield Spell from Rauru.

won by 1251 (757) of 1773 (70.56%)

(5)
Acquire the Jump Spell from Ruto.

won by 973 (608) of 1773 (54.88%)

(12)
Acquire the Life Spell from Saria.

won by 788 (486) of 1773 (44.44%)

(14)
Acquire the Fairy Spell from Mido.

won by 673 (436) of 1773 (37.96%)

(15)
Acquire the Fire Spell from Nabooru.

won by 650 (424) of 1773 (36.66%)

(16)
Acquire the Reflect Spell from Darunia.

won by 562 (369) of 1773 (31.70%)

(17)
Acquire the Spell Spell from Hidden Kasuto.

won by 543 (357) of 1773 (30.63%)

(18)
Acquire the Thunder Spell from Old Kasuto.

💬Official forum topic

Recent comment(s):

15 May 2017 21:33		Anyone have any tips on how to beat the Bosses of the Palaces without getting damaged?
16 May 2017 16:28		Also, to get the Adventure Master Achievement, can the file be a new game + with saves etc. or does it have to be a 000 file? Thanks!
16 May 2017 19:29		For how to beat bosses without getting damaged, best is watching some youtube videos tutorials, they are pretty well made to explain how to do it (and it works with new game +). And yes adventure master achievement works with new game + too.
18 May 2017 6:47		OK, cool! Thanks!
17 Jan 2018 21:14		I'll have another go at this again and try not to pull my hair out just beating the game
7 Mar 2018 1:13		Although the bosses without damage was very fun and challenging, they weren't as difficult as I originally thought. Adventure master is interesting as well!
31 Oct 2019 20:22		Great game! Thanks for this set!
8 Mar 2020 18:09		this game is brutal :( Loved the first one but really having a hard time enjoying this one. Keep getting lit by the Red Daira in Death Mountain near the beginning of the game.
9 Mar 2020 5:00		Zelda II has by far the best combat of the Zelda series but it requires precise timing that gets lost when it's played in emulators, all of which have input lag. The best bet is to use RetroArch with latency reduction.
9 Mar 2020 5:01		It still has some lag but far less than any other emu I used. Also I'm not sure if all the achievements will trigger in RetroArch, as depending on the core, it may use different addresses.
9 Mar 2020 5:03		As for the Daira, my advice is to stay a bit away from him & wait for him to throw an axe and jump over it and as soon as you land, walk up to him in a ducking motion and stab him in his legs. Then back up & repeat.
9 Mar 2020 5:05		Sometimes red Dairas throw a 2nd axe soon after they throw one so be careful and ready to jump over it in case he does (can be tough to do on console if your reaction time is off, let alone on emulators).
9 Mar 2020 5:06		So take your time, stay calm and you'll be fine. Blue Iron Knuckles are also best handled by a similar approach.
13 Mar 2020 1:37		Thanks for the advice Mutawarrior. This Death Mountain is just kicking my ass. I can get all the way through and fall into the hole, and I end up getting game over there every time
13 Mar 2020 1:38		I am not the best gamer in the world but I am certainly above average, and this game is just ugh lol. I may move on to ALTTP on SNES and come back to this one. I am pumped to play that (skipped entire Zelda series growing up) (IDK why lol)
13 Mar 2020 1:39		Oh, and FWIW I am using RA, pretty much exclusively use that for all my old console gaming.
13 Mar 2020 3:45		WOW GOT PAST IT!!! LOL
13 Mar 2020 7:05		Nice. I posted a walkthrough of the game on my youtube channel. Here's the video of me getting the Hammer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho83O66ZC2k
13 Mar 2020 7:06		Nowadays I use the ducking jump strikes on him (hold down as you attack him) because it works better. There's an entire playlist I made of the playthrough if you're interested. One of these days I'll do tutorials on how to fight the various enemies.
8 Jul 2021 2:46		Man, to think I was scared of this game for the longest time. "Adventure Master" wasn't as bad with New Game+ but had some trouble with boss achievements. Overall feels good to finally MASTER! :D

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High Scores

Pos		Mastery Date
1	CharlMarais	2021-07-18 01:09:38
2	zemaduvant	2021-07-17 14:55:22
3	KlydeKadell	2021-07-16 07:56:35
4	ImZeldaFan	2021-07-08 02:26:07
5	vintageclassicgamer	2021-07-06 07:51:02
6	ShadwSonic	2021-07-05 03:23:48
7	earfly	2021-07-02 14:41:23
8	LandonTheLad	2021-06-18 10:52:05
9	Sarconius	2021-06-09 22:47:10
10	Jakalope	2021-05-20 18:34:53