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# You Can Now Play Legend of Zelda on Your Computer

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## Video: The Legend of Zelda - Gameplay

[Watch (HLS stream): The Legend of Zelda - Gameplay](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/f54Q92BN.m3u8) (4:18)

![The Legend of Zelda - Gameplay](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/f54Q92BN/poster.jpg?width=720)

_Published 2016-01-28. Wii U - The Legend of Zelda - Gameplay_


by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Apr 7, 2016 4:28 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Apr 7, 2016 4:28 PM UTC

It’s been 30 years since video game fans plugged their Nintendo Entertainment Systems into their television sets and (after [blowing on the cartridge](http://time.com/3303348/teens-react-to-nes/) a few times) played a brand new game called Legend of Zelda.

To mark the anniversary of one of Nintendo’s most popular video game franchises, fans [Scott Lininger](https://twitter.com/ScottLininger) and [Mike Magee](https://www.facebook.com/RetroMikeM) set out to recreate the original 1986 version of the NES classic so nostalgic gamers could play a 3D version of The Legend of Zelda in their computer browser. “This is a fan created tribute made for fun and always totally FREE to play,” the team announced on [their Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/zelda30tribute).

Their version of the game, which launched on April 4 and can be found at the website [The Legend of Zelda 30 Year Tribute](http://www.zelda30tribute.com/), and it is a faithful reproduction, featuring the heroic Link as he wanders the kingdom of Hyrule to save the Princess Zelda.

It even has the familiar 8-bit soundtrack. Players will notice that the Legend of Zelda tribute game is still a work in progress, but the developers are continuing to work out the glitches and fully finish the adventure.

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