>two 30-second loop songs as ""soundtrack""

For the same reason your grandpa is a better person than you.

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>>3546758
Back in the day there weren't many games to play, and children have zero imagination and didn't want to read books. In that time, games such as LoZ have enough room to success

>>3546758
>Why is this considered the GOAT again?
It's not. Even back in the day it wasn't.

>>3547247
What was?

>>3546758
Why do you hate exploration anon?

also
>Implying I dont put on different music while playing.

>>3546758
>all this autism about a 30 fucking year old game

>>3546768
some of those secrets are not "obvious" as many people on here claim. if you beat it without a guide you are a liar or part of a very small group of devoted fans who didnt have any other games to play.

>>3547258
Contra, Mega Man, TMNT.

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>>3546767
fpbp

>>3547335

If you consider only the first few years of the NES titles, Zelda was the undisputed king in the early days. Only the included games (mario and/or duck hunt) were bigger.

Reader polls throughout the 8-bit era always placed zelda in the top 3 NES titles of all time, usually holding the #1 spot.

>Contra, Mega Man, TMNT.

TMNT was the undisputed biggest 3rd party title in NES history. It came a few years later but it was undeniably huge.

Megaman 1 sold very poorly in the west and was mostly overlooked. They took a gamble on the sequel and that one paid off. MM2 was the first hit in the series.

>>3546789
Children had far more imagination back then than they do now, m8

>>3546758
>>impossible to navigate without a guide
Wrong. Back then it was commonplace for gamers to draw their own maps in RPGs.

>>3547305
>or part of a very small group of devoted fans who didnt have any other games to play.

In fairness, this was true when I beat it. We owned all of four NES games back then and maybe twice that on the Atari. You could take the time to methodically bomb every single wall in the mountain.

>>3547950
That means it was YOUR generation that fucked up.