I like how Valis sometimes really makes sure the skulls are dead.

Wow. And so began my addiction to video games. Amazing how much I remember after 25 years.

This was my all time favorite game. The game play was so ahead of its time!

One of the most iconic intros

this game is underrated

I think this game gets hated on just because it's different and that makes it easy for people to point at. This is personally my favorite Zelda behind A Link To The Past. I think the combat is just incredibly fun.

I've always loved that Link has a shadow after you beat bosses. Little details are what make this series go from fantastic to LEGENDary ;)

I love this game! Brings back such memories playing it with my dad. Definitely one of the hardest games.

This game is hard as hell man!!

This game (Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link) has the *3rd Best BGM Music on nes of All-Time* i enjoyed the game play ton... too. A - Class Game and my first and favorite RPG game.

this brings back so many childhood memories

This man is not human, but rather a God.

Oh such memories back in the day......I remember crying to get this game!

Man, this takes me back to my childhood.... I miss my old nes and Sega master system.

I never even *knew* you could destroy the bouncing rainbow dungeon skulls!

dude you make this insanely difficult game look so easy lol. no fucking way i could ever get this far.

So that girl just takes link into her house at 2:33 and "restores" his life eh? ;)

Absolutely love this game. Completely underrated.

I remember playing this when I was like 6 years old...the music alone brings back memories.

Wow now I finally learned how exp work in this game thanks :)

9.50 wait WHAT? You can actually kill the flying skulls? I never had the patience to do 100 stabs...

the boomerangs always reminded me of toenails.... also, most underrated of the series & has an excellent soundtrack!

This game is awesome. People need to stop hating on an awesome game.

This game would be considered amazing if it weren’t overshadowed by the expectations associated with a zelda game, along with it’s difficulty. As a stand-alone it might have even gotten its own franchise

Just bought an old NES system and zelda 1 and 2. can't wait to play them.

I love music of this game 😍 love zelda forever ❤️

Loved this game. One of my most satisfying "beating a game" feelings ever. I also wonder how the hell I ever did it without the use of the internet.

2:31 AH.... haha, that chick is running a brothel... makes much more sense than when I was 6

and the music is amazing too

I'd got to say The Adventure of Link is one of the most challenging Zelda games when I played it for the first time in my childhood.

Wow its harder to deal with enemies compared to say Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

Now, this is a 8-bit game for all ages, fun and hard at the same time.

I friggin' love this game!

This game is so hard.

Man talk about a blast from the past.

i've been playing this game since it first came out and did not know that u could kill the glowing skulls in the castle!!!! good shit!!!

Gonna go play this game again

...Wow... I thought I was pretty decent at this game (which is a GOOD game)... Valis... is PWNING IT LIKE A BOSS! Awesome!

i started this last week, mc'loving it.

I used to love this game as a kid, still love it though!

I really like this game. The Boss battles are great.

This game give me a very weird nostalgic feeling. It's been over 20 years, and that music still makes me feel like it was yesterday. I was so young and something, I still have NO idea what, but something about this game's design or format that gives me very, VERY weird vibes.. It's driving me crazy that i can't think of what exactly that is though..

26:53 I always called that orange rectangle a "cheese slice"

8:13 Sweet mother of Din, Spinal's in this game XD

Verily, a most adventuresome quest.

Up and down stab are LIFESAVERS.

I'm watching this in 2018!

I don't get why people hate this game. It and Majora's Mask are so over hated that it's sad. IMO Zelda II and Majora's Mask are the BEST Zelda games in the entire series.

2:20 a maxim that has served me well, especially when working in retail

this videogame is great and i have beat it and man the thunder bird boss before dark link is a pain in the butt

very nostalgic game

This is great! No tool-assisted bullshit, or glitch-abuse. Just like you would play it.

Still better than any of the CD-i games!

@sbcmarine81 Yeah totally agree with you, I didn't know what to do 10 years ago, but I always played this game because of the music and atmosphere

Very nice and friendly

I don't know about the block thing, but the Ironknuckle tactic is legit. I used to use it all the time back in the day.

holy shit. that game was damned hard. hahaha brings back memories. damnit. i love it hahaha

11:09 it’s the same theme from Zelda Stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee!

The utilizing and side-scrolling gameplay and experience system in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link are a mix with the 2D similar to features of Super Mario Bros., Metroid, Rambo (1988 NES), and the Castlevania series, especially Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. Instead of being top-down and makes heavy use of RPG Elements, such as an experience-based leveling system, magic and health points, and random encounters. The game also has deeper story elements with a more complex world, including towns filled with characters.

My favorite Zelda to this day. I remember standing in Sears playing this on the display nes.. it timed out after like five minutes. So good.

I always wondered (especially as a kid) how do you get that Sword in the intro video in the beginning intro? at 0:01

I remember playing this shit when I was a little kid and watching it now I have no idea how I managed to get past the boulders. Even though I haven't played or seen this game in over 20 years I could hum the music instantaneously. Like really brain? You're still holding on to those tunes?

I am playing this game blindly right now :D

that epic moment when you enter a palace and the music changes. XD

2:19 Best advice from any video game, ever

You know someone knows a game when they continue to attack the enemy long after it has disappeared. I know the feel.

This is and was my fave zelda game, Can i get this on super nes? Those crazy black electric teddy bears!

Love it

Very good.

was severely frustrated with this game back in the day. ended the first one though

14:39 That's exactly how I dealt with the orange knights!

THANK YOU!!!!! I just got this game I need help its soo hard.

Dorkly surely knows how to kill our childhood with a simple text...

your a legend

I feel like the difficulty (and level memorization) was exhibited rather well in this video. This game is HARD. Imagine, you're 10 years old, and you're bombarded with this technological influence. Of course you'll memorize every movement, direction, and logistic, in order to BEAT THE GAME. I have no regrets.

The Lost Levels of Zelda.

Anyone notice that the names of some of the towns are named after the sages in Ocarina of Time?

Cool...I never knew that you could kill the "bubble" enemies in the dungeons...guess I was too impatient as a kid!

To think that my older brother beat this game on the NES at age 7 in 1989...Holy shit was he a talented child

It's seriously not that bad of a game

This is very underrated.

38:04 The wombo combo

if you cancel you keep the exp points and you can go to the next level. For example, if you got 100 pts and a Magic upgrade is available, you can cancel it, keep the 100 pts and wait for next level up which can be 150 pts for a Strenght upgrade.

Glad you finally started to jump without a reason at around 49:00

Best Zelda vote ?!

doesa anyone noticed that the names of the towns later evolved into characters in Ocarina of time? didn't realize that til now,..

This is the one Zelda game that I was never able to beat I remember ... I got to the final part of the game and nope that was it :(

I wonder why Nintendo made this game a sidscrolling platformer game during that time... almost everyone who touched this game said that it is brutal including myself. I'll give it a shot once more when I get the NES mini this November.

Did you know if you go to your item screen (select button) while unlocking a door, you get the fireworks sound just like when you kill a boss?

The "exp to next level" shows the required exp for the lowest level upgrade; lvl 4 attack: 1000; lvl 3 magic: 700; and lvl 2 health: 150; It'll show 150 as it's the lowest, which gives you the chance to upgrade the moment you can. When he hits cancel, he's saving those exp points for the 700 or 1000 upgrade. Like saving your rupees to buy something better than you can current buy. Also, yeah, the floating skulls always ticked me off when I was younger.

Most Adventuresome Quest Rufus

The villager at 1:14:21 has the dumbest request for Link, She couldn't just walk a few feet to the fountain just to get her own water?

The origins of the 3rd triforce.

me and my brother both beat this game(individually) when we were in high school. I found the leveling system tedious because you had to fight generic monsters countless times to be able to do the main quests. Was wanting to get for the GBA but it is now rediculously priced by sellers at amazon.

Mah boy

Just because doing "Cancel" the Exp points won't be used and to increase the atk stat you need to do cancel so you can lvl up atk more often and being more powerful.

15:10 Xtrullor has remixed this soundtrack. Ngl!

you make this look so easy but this game is ridiculously hard lol

:) LOVE it

15:44 Okay now i finally understood y ya kept killing those glowing skulls. They give ya good exp, considering ya gotta hit them several times.