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Published: Feb 21, 2016 06:28 am

The Legend of Zelda was inspired by an Atari 2600 game

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When developing The Legend of Zelda, Miyamoto actually took inspiration from an Atari 2600 game called Adventure. Adventure was one of the first ever graphical adventure titles, and it was released in Christmas of 1980. Miyamoto was so inspired by this game that The Legend of Zelda was actually called Adventure during its early developmental stage.

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