Legend of Zelda, The (Famicom Cartridge) Japanese Packaging / Box Art Translation

Legend of Zelda, The (2.21.86) & Adventure of Link (1.14.87)

While possessing beautiful and adventure evoking artwork, there's little to be translated except for the names of both titles. As a rule, Famicom Disk System games only contained text detailing how to load the disk into the system. 

Legend of Zelda, The (Famicom Cartridge) (2.19.94)

Along with Castlevania, in Japan the original Zelda got a cartridge port much later on in the system's life. Interesting how they were specifically marketing it towards those who had an interest in Link to the Past, but may not have access to a Super Famicom just yet. For the Famicom boxart, we get better view of the gorgeous artwork. It was really neat how when Breath of the Wild first came out, people were posting this artwork and suggesting that it finally lived up to the original vision...

 

(Images taken from MobyGames (Contributed by user: Michael Cassidy)

The disk version of "The Legend of Zelda" has been revitalized on Famicom cassettes!!

"The Legend of Zelda" went on sale in 1986 as part of the first wave of Disk System software. Since then, the game has won over many fans, continuing with the release of the sequels "The Adventure of Link" and the Super Famicom version of "The Legend of Zelda". This is the first game in the series, "The Legend of Zelda," transferred from the disk system to a ROM cassette. For those without the disk system interested in the playing the prequel to the Super Famicom release, by all means, please give it a try!