The original open-world adventure, still holds up as a design lesson. Explore the land of Hyrule at your own pace, collecting items and piecing together dungeons in almost any order.
The Legend of Zelda is one of the classic NES-era titles still worth loading up on an emulator today. The original open-world adventure, still holds up as a design lesson. Explore the land of Hyrule at your own pace, collecting items and piecing together dungeons in almost any order.
You can run The Legend of Zelda on any of the platform guides covered on this site — Android, iPhone/iPad, Windows, Mac or Linux. The emulator provides the console, but you'll need your own legally owned game file to load into it — this page doesn't distribute ROMs.
Save your progress in The Legend of Zelda at almost any point, not just at the game's own checkpoints.
Speed through slower sections of The Legend of Zelda and get back to the action faster.
Play The Legend of Zelda with a Bluetooth or USB controller instead of keyboard or touch controls.
Apply CRT and scanline filters for an old-school television look while playing The Legend of Zelda.
The same basic process works across Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and Linux.
Install the NES emulator for your device — see the platform guides linked above.
Only use a copy of The Legend of Zelda that you legally own or have backed up yourself.
Open the file from your emulator's file browser or Open ROM option.
Set up keyboard, touch or controller inputs before you start playing.
Use the save state option in The Legend of Zelda to save your progress and resume later.
Pick your platform to get set up.
The emulator apps themselves are free. You need your own legally owned copy or backup of The Legend of Zelda to load as a game file — this site doesn't provide game ROMs.
The Legend of Zelda runs on any NES emulator, including Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and Linux builds covered on this site.
Yes. Most NES emulators support Bluetooth or USB controllers as well as keyboard and on-screen touch controls.
Yes. NES emulators support save states, letting you save and resume The Legend of Zelda from almost any point, not just the game's built-in checkpoints.
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