Let's Play The Legend of Zelda (NES) - First & Second Quests

This is a Let's Play I originally started in December 2007. This was one of the first games I ever played as a kid, and one of the first games I got for my NES back when it was relatively new (I got the grey cart version of this game). The way this first and second quest run worked is that I allowed the forum to vote on what route I took. Initially they were pretty much for a straightforward linear path, but finally they started to pick options that took us to dungeons in a much, much different order. That is one of my favorite things about this game is that the dungeons really can be played out of order in both quests, and your options for overworld exploration at any time are quite expansive -- especially for the NES console.

First Quest:

Part 1: Pre-Game and Level 1

Part 2: Rings, Bracelets, Letters, Books and Gambling

Part 3: My Hearts Will Go On To Levels 2, 3, and 4

Part 4: Master Using It And You Can Have This

Part 5: Put On Your Robe And Wizard Hat

Second Quest:

Part 1: Second Verse Same As The First

Part 2: The Raft Beyond The Triforce

Part 3: Levels 5, 6, and 8 of Hearts

Part 4: Lucky Numbers 3, 7, and 1

Part 5: But These Go To Eleven

Bonus:

Level 1 Door Glitch, Ending Color Glitch, and Giving Up A Heart - Bonus Content

Overview of the route taken in these quests:

Quest 1:

-Get Wooden Sword

-Get Two Extra Heart Containers

-Get White Sword

-Go to Level 1 (bow and yellow boomerang)

-Go buy the blue candle

-Get another heart container

-Buy Monster Bait

-Buy Arrows

-Get Letter to Old Woman

-Blue Ring

-Get the Power Bracelet

-Get the Magic Book from Level 8

-Go to Level 2 (blue boomerang)

-Go to Level 3 (raft)

-Get another heart container

-Go to Level 4 (ladder)

-Get another heart container

-Get Master Sword

-Go to Level 8 (lion key) [magic book already gotten]

-Go to Level 5 (whistle; buy bomb upgrade)

-Go to Level 7 (red candle; but bomb upgrade)

-Go to Level 6 (magic wand)

-Go to Level 9 (red ring and silver arrow)

-Get red ring, then silver arrow, then beat Ganon

Quest 2

-Get Wooden Sword

-Go to Level 2 (whistle)

-Go get an extra heart container

-Blue Ring

-Get White Sword

-Go get another extra heart container

-Go get Power Bracelet

-Get the letter for the old woman

-Go get another extra heart container

-Go to Level 4 (magic book and raft; buy bomb upgrade)

-Go get another extra heart container

-Go to Level 5 (bow) [bought arrows earlier]

-Go to Level 6 (ladder)

-Go get the final extra heart container

-Get Magic Sword {Master Sword}

-Go to Level 8 (magic wand and lion key; buy bomb upgrade)

-Go to Level 3 (blue boomerang)

-Go to Level 7 (red candle)

-Go to Level 1 (yellow boomerang) <worthless at this point>

-Go to Level 9 (red ring and silver arrow)

-Get red ring, then silver arrow, then beat Ganon

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