A Japanese modder has managed to create something amazing for a certain age group. NES Legend of Zelda works beautifully in VR from a first-person perspective. “I feel like I’m dreaming of an era when I only knew NES 8-bit graphics,” writes creator Sugary Noe.
You can see how they feel by looking at this. Of course, it’s hard to believe now, but Zelda was great back then. The strength of his designs is arguably best illustrated by the fact that many of the things introduced in this game remain core to the series. To the more open style of the original.
The game was first released in 1986 and the mod is for QuestZDoom, here for Quest 2 (First discovered by Gamerant (opens in new tab)).
The mod is called The Legend of Doom and as it stands contains the first section of the game. It also has the unexpected effect of giving the game world a real sense of scale.
We may be in an era where even PlayStation realizes games are on PC, but it’s going to be a cold day in Hyrule before we even get close to official Zelda here. Not: You can play A Link to the Past (opens in new tab) to ocarina of time (opens in new tab) Thanks to an avid fan project, there’s a Zelda-themed mod. (opens in new tab) For just about every big game out there.
