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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)
Developer:Nintendo R&D4, Nintendo R&D4 | Nintendo EAD
Publisher:Nintendo
Genre:Action RPG, Metrovania, Platforming, Role-Playing Game, Metroidvania
Released:January 14, 1987
Title ScreenhotIn-game Screenshot

Achievements

There are 29 achievements worth 455 (1081) points.
Authors: dude1286 (29).



 
Sort: Normal ^ - Won By - Points - Title 
Desert Gem
 
won by 1585 (923) of 2279 (69.55%)
Desert Gem (10)
(11)
Place the gem in Parappa Palace.
Swamp Gem
 
won by 1025 (587) of 2279 (44.98%)
Swamp Gem (10)
(14)
Place the gem in Midori Palace.
Island Gem
 
won by 881 (529) of 2279 (38.66%)
Island Gem (10)
(15)
Place the gem in Island Palace.
Maze Gem
 
won by 762 (471) of 2279 (33.44%)
Maze Gem (10)
(16)
Place the gem in Maze Island Palace.
Water Gem
 
won by 740 (454) of 2279 (32.47%)
Water Gem (10)
(17)
Place the gem in the Palace on the Sea.
Hidden Gem
 
won by 685 (419) of 2279 (30.06%)
Hidden Gem (10)
(18)
Place the gem in Three Rock Palace.
Sleeping Beauty
 
won by 598 (356) of 2279 (26.24%)
Sleeping Beauty (25)
(50)
Obtain the Triforce of Courage and awaken the Princess.
Adventure Master
 
won by 272 (159) of 2279 (11.94%)
Adventure Master (50)
(188)
Obtain the Triforce of Courage and awaken the Princess without continuing.
Bested Horsehead
 
won by 621 (399) of 2279 (27.25%)
Bested Horsehead (25)
(46)
Defeat Horsehead without being harmed.
Bested Helmethead
 
won by 412 (264) of 2279 (18.08%)
Bested Helmethead (25)
(62)
Defeat Helmethead without being harmed.
Bested Rebonak
 
won by 322 (212) of 2279 (14.13%)
Bested Rebonak (25)
(74)
Defeat Rebonak without being harmed.
Bested Carock
 
won by 305 (199) of 2279 (13.38%)
Bested Carock (25)
(78)
Defeat Carock without being harmed.
Bested Gooma
 
won by 298 (200) of 2279 (13.08%)
Bested Gooma (25)
(78)
Defeat Gooma without being harmed.
Bested Barba
 
won by 326 (225) of 2279 (14.30%)
Bested Barba (25)
(71)
Defeat Barba without being harmed.
Bested Thunderbird
 
won by 282 (182) of 2279 (12.37%)
Bested Thunderbird (25)
(84)
Defeat Thunderbird without being harmed.
Bested Yourself
 
won by 350 (221) of 2279 (15.36%)
Bested Yourself (25)
(72)
Defeat Shadow Link without being harmed.
Full of Heart
 
won by 688 (434) of 2279 (30.19%)
Full of Heart (10)
(17)
Gain all eight heart containers.
All the Magic
 
won by 726 (454) of 2279 (31.86%)
All the Magic (10)
(17)
Gain all eight magic containers.
Max Health
 
won by 755 (452) of 2279 (33.13%)
Max Health (10)
(17)
Get your Life to level eight.
Max Magic
 
won by 676 (406) of 2279 (29.66%)
Max Magic (10)
(18)
Get your Magic to level eight.
Max Attack
 
won by 678 (415) of 2279 (29.75%)
Max Attack (10)
(18)
Get your Attack to level eight.
Shield Spell
 
won by 2168 (1228) of 2279 (95.13%)
Shield Spell (5)
(5)
Acquire the Shield Spell from Rauru.
Jump Spell
 
won by 1584 (944) of 2279 (69.50%)
Jump Spell (5)
(5)
Acquire the Jump Spell from Ruto.
Life Spell
 
won by 1243 (748) of 2279 (54.54%)
Life Spell (10)
(12)
Acquire the Life Spell from Saria.
Fairy Spell
 
won by 1011 (593) of 2279 (44.36%)
Fairy Spell (10)
(14)
Acquire the Fairy Spell from Mido.
Fire Spell
 
won by 864 (529) of 2279 (37.91%)
Fire Spell (10)
(15)
Acquire the Fire Spell from Nabooru.
Reflect Spell
 
won by 827 (514) of 2279 (36.29%)
Reflect Spell (10)
(15)
Acquire the Reflect Spell from Darunia.
Spell Spell
 
won by 722 (449) of 2279 (31.68%)
Spell Spell (10)
(17)
Acquire the Spell Spell from Hidden Kasuto.
Thunder Spell
 
won by 704 (436) of 2279 (30.89%)
Thunder Spell (10)
(17)
Acquire the Thunder Spell from Old Kasuto.
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Recent comment(s):
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
30 Jan 2022
15:49		Bested Thunderbird was my toughest challenge in this set. Lots of fun, have always had great memories of Z2 and loved the achievements, thank you very much!
7 Jul 2022
17:20		100% finalizado! Posso considerar esse jogo como o mais difícil de toda a série The Legend of Zelda. INSANO! É o Dark Souls da Nintendo na era 8 bits hahaha.
22 Jul 2022
3:45		When I was a kid, one of my siblings erased my game right before the hidden palace. It took nearly 20 years but it was a pleasure to finally play and beat this classic
22 Jul 2022
18:27		I hope that was an accident and not purposely done.

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