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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past SNES Game Cover.jpg
North American box art
Developer(s) Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Takashi Tezuka
Producer(s) Shigeru Miyamoto
Artist(s)
  • Masanao Arimoto
  • Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Writer(s)
Composer(s) Koji Kondo
Series The Legend of Zelda
Platform(s)
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player
The Legend of Zelda: Sound & Drama
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Soundtrack album by Koji Kondo
Released June 22, 1994
Genre Video game soundtrack
Length 98:00
Label Sony Records
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 92.87% (SNES)
91.74% (GBA)
Metacritic 95 (GBA)
Review scores
Publication Score
AllGame 5/5 stars (SNES)
4.5/5 stars (GBA)
EGM 8.75/10 (SNES)
Famitsu 39/40 (SNES)
GamePro 5/5 (SNES)
5/5 (GBA)
GameSpot 9.2/10 (GBA)
IGN 9.7/10 (GBA)
Nintendo Power 4.675/5 (SNES)
4.9/5 (GBA)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, known as The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods (Japanese: ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース Hepburn: Zeruda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Toraifōsu?) in Japan, is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It is the third installment in The Legend of Zelda series and was released in 1991 in Japan and 1992 in North America and Europe.

The plot of A Link to the Past focuses on Link as he travels on a journey to save Hyrule, defeat Ganon and rescue maidens related to the Sages. A Link to the Past uses a 3/4 top-down perspective similar to that of the original The Legend of Zelda, dropping the side scrolling elements of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. A Link to the Past introduced elements to the series that are still commonplace today, such as the concept of an alternate or parallel world, the Master Sword and other new weapons and items.

Released to critical and commercial success, A Link to the Past was a landmark title for Nintendo and is widely considered today to be one of the greatest video games of all time. Over four million units of the game have been sold worldwide. A Link to the Past was ported to the Game Boy Advance with slight changes, and is available for the Wii, Wii U, and New Nintendo 3DS via the Virtual Console.


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