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This
is the magazine advert used
to promote the Nintendo
Cereal System. It had
artwork of Link and Mario,
both saying something
corny. Well, that's the
late 80's / early 90's for you, and
that's what happens when
you let an advertising
company take control of
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The next two pictures are of
the box art for the aptly named 'Nintendo Cereal System'.
As you can see, the box was actually split down the
middle, and one half had Mario cereal and the other had
Zelda cereal. The Mario side was flavoured 'Fruity' and
the Zelda side was 'Berry'. |
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There were two box designs,
each one with different Nintendo scenes on them. Each pack
came with a free Nintendo Power Card, of which there were
12 to collect. The cereal itself was shaped like Marios,
Goombas, Mushrooms, Link, Shields and Hearts. |
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These pictures are of the
first ever Legend of Zelda figure range. They are based on
the first and second Zelda games, and come with score
cards for an unknown reason. Unlike today's figures, this
was a 'Trophy' Figure, meaning that it wasn't articulated
unlike action figures. |
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Not much is
known about this
toy, other than
has one of those
classic
80's-style
winders on the
side which will
let Link stumble
in a rather
incoherent
fashion. |
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This static
figure depicts
the teen/adult
Link seen in The
Legend of Zelda
and The
Adventure of
Link. |
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All of the watches
pictured were produced
by Nelsonic back in the
late 80's. The Zelda
Game Watch came in two
colours, black and pink.
The idea of the game is
to collect parts of the
Triforce, and is viewed
from a top-down
perspective. |
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The actual game is, in all
fairness, loosely based on Zelda, playing little
like its bigger brother. |
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I don't know what they were
thinking when they released the pink incarnation, it's
very... bright. I'm guessing this was the girl's version. |
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The flip
Zelda Watch was really just a generic character watch,
with a plastic moulded cover which opened up to reveal a
simple LCD display telling the time. |
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Back in the late 80's and
early 90's, MB had a habit of making licensed board games
based on popular cartoons. Surprisingly, a Zelda board
game was made.
The premise of the game was to explore Hyrule, uncover
treasure and if needs be, to fight enemies. If an enemy
defeated you (decided by the number on your attack dice)
you lost a heart and if you defeated the enemy, you gained
one with the objective of the game being to collect as
many hearts as possible. |
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This was a particularly horrible-looking guide for both The Legend Of Zelda and The Adventure Of Link on Nintendo Entertainment System. It offered the usual selection of maps and hints, but... eugh, just look at it!
As is made clear on the book's front cover (in both text
and image), this was an unauthorised guide. |
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Here we have a mask of Link,
like the masks many of us had as a child. It bears more
resemblance to a scary and slightly overweight elf than of
Link, and I wouldn't give too much weight to the idea that
it was the inspiration for Majora's Mask. |
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This maze games was one of
those small handheld games with the metal balls you had to
navigate around small passages. It claimed to have three
games in one, when in reality it just had two extra
cardboard inserts in a back compartment. |
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This was part of a room
decoration set, which included a SMB/LOZ lamp shade and
curtains and depicted scenes from the first Legend Of
Zelda and Super Mario Bros. games. |
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These were scratch-cards
which featured random secrets for many different NES
games. One of the packs available was for The Legend of
Zelda. |
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This
Zelda-branded
wristband was
actually made in
2004. Obviously
trying to
capture the
"retro-chic"
market, if such
a thing exists. |
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This pillow case had a mock
screenshot of The Legend of Zelda on it and some official
artwork made especially for this design. |
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This plastic table set (two
Zelda plates and a cup) was obviously aimed at young
children, and the plastic used is notorious for not aging
all that well. |
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Just your average towel,
though one with Link on it! Just the way every Princess
wants to be leaving a bath. |
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This Zelda Sticker Fun Book
was one of those 'create your own scenes' sticker books,
with transparent-backed characters which didn't 'stick' so
much as they did 'stay'. |
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This was just a generic
'guide the balls into the hole' (no jokes, please) water
game with a picture of Link stuck to the back. Inspired
stuff. |
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