The game was included in The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition for the Nintendo GameCube. The game is set in the imaginary land of Hyrule and revolves around a young Hylian named Link, who must rescue Princess Zelda from the clasps of the villain Ganon by collecting eight pieces of an item known as the Triforce of Wisdom. The music including the classic Zelda theme was composed by Koji Kondo.
It was released on the Japanese Famicom system in February 1986 and its western equivalent on the NES in 1987. The game was inspired by Miyamoto's imaginary adventures in the hills of Kyoto, Japan as a young child. The Legend of Zelda was the first game in The Legend of Zelda series of video games, made by Nintendo under the direction of game creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who also created Mario.
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