Help me play every Zelda game!

[scrappy]

So I like playing old games that I feel our significant. I've played a lot of Zelda but my goal is to play them all. Problem is, I don't own a lot of the systems and won't go looking through my attic for an original nintendo. So to accomplish this goal I am enlisting your help. I copy and pasted the list of games below and I will make notes on my status with them. Any info you guys have on how I can gain access to these games would be greatly appreciated.

Nintendo Entertainment System

• The Legend of Zelda (August 22, 1987) - played too long ago. want to play again.
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (September 26, 1988) - need to play

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (November 21, 1991) - need to play

Game Boy

• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (June 6, 1993) - played the DX version

Nintendo 64

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (November 21, 1998) - played
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (April 27, 2000) - played

Game Boy Color

• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (February 27, 2001) - will buy on ebay
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (February 27, 2001) - will buy on ebay

Nintendo GameCube

• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (December 13, 2002) - played
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (March 4, 2004) - is this worth playing? seems kind of a weird game.
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (December 2, 2006) - played on wii

Game Boy Advance

• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (November 4, 2004) - need to play. is it worth playing?

Wii

• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (November 19, 2006) - played
• Link's Crossbow Training (November 19, 2007) - worth playing? fuck it. probably buy it used for hell of it
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (November 18, 2011) - played

Nintendo DS

• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (June 23, 2007) - dont own a DS. want to play
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (December 7, 2009) - dont own a DS. want to play

Nintendo 3DS

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (November 22, 2013) - dont own a 3DS. want to play

Wii U

• Zelda 2014 (TBA) - dont own a wii U. but this is the future so fuck it.

 

[Tarvis]

Only one I've never beaten is Adventure of Link.

If you have a Wii at least you can play the NES/SNES/N64 via the VC. Otherwise I think you would have to look around eBay.

Of course there is always emulation.

 

[scrappy]

i hate emulators. they never work right for me.

i think i'm gonna play zelda, zelda 2 and a link to the past on the wii. im gonna have a problem with all the later handhelds.

anyone know if four swords is worth it?

 

[Tarvis]

Honestly, I think it's vastly underrated. I played it via emulator last year for the first time and I thought it was a great game. It's basically a regular Zelda game but just with 4 Links as the main puzzle element, I would definitely recommend it as I had avoided it for many years because I thought it was a just a weird multiplayer game but it's definitely not. I got pretty far into it but didn't finish it because like you I would rather play it on a console. I hope they release it on the Wii U eshop.

I would say the worst games of all them are probably the two DS games, especially Spirit Tracks, maybe Link's crossbow training but I have never played that.

 

[SuperAfroBoy]

minish cap is my favourite handheld zelda. never finished spirit tracks or link's adventure, and I haven't played crossbow training.

I may have only finished one of the oracle/seasons games but I can't remember.

 

[Dave]

Meh. I just went on Amazon and bought the system and the games that I wanted to go back and beat. Emulators are obviously the more convenient way to go about it, but having a Super Nintendo so I could go back and buy and beat LTTP isn't anything to complain about. Plus it allows me to keep a classic console and go back and play a lot of amazing games. I think the only Zeldas I haven't beaten are the more recent handheld games. I'll borrow LBW from Jay.

 

[Lulu]

I never played four swords myself either; wasn't interested. I highly recommend LTTP though. It IS and my favorite Zelda game.

 

[scrappy]

four swords is on gamecube right? so you can play it through the wii. i'll probably do that and give the crossbow game a shot just for shits and giggles.