The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda
Franchise	The Legend of Zelda
Developed by	Nintendo R&D4
Published by	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System
Release date	August 22, 1987 (1987-08-22)
Genre	Action-adventure
First LP
Played by	Rick Desilets John Selig C/J Haley Ian Selig
Intro theme	"Zelda" by The Adventures of Duane and BrandO
Original run	August 27 – September 27, 2013
No. of episodes	25
Episode length	8–22 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	7:15:55
The Legendary Let's Play
Concurrent with	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Followed by	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Second LP
Played by	Geoff Hook
Featuring	Rick Desilets
Original run	December 14, 2018
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	14:40
Video	link
NES Classic Edition
Preceded by	StarTropics
Followed by	Kid Icarus
Third LP
Played by	Rick Desilets John Selig
Featuring	C/J Haley Felice Lopez Ben Mooney Sarah Fischer Lindsay Gibbons Geoff Hook
Intro theme	"Zelda" by The Adventures of Duane and BrandO
Original run	August 30 – October 22, 2021
No. of episodes	40
Episode length	14–25 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	12:25:39
The Legendary Let's Play
Preceded by	Zelda's Adventure
Followed by	The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda is a 1987 action-adventure game developed by Nintendo R&D4 and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Is is the first game in the The Legend of Zelda franchise. The game centers on the protagonist, Link, a silent youth who must explore the land of Hyrule to find the eight pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom in order to defeat the evil creature Ganon and rescue Princess Zelda. The game introduces the open-world exploration-based gameplay associated with series, with Link able to roam the overworld freely, his progress only limited by which items and abilities he possesses. The game was played on The D-Pad in 2013, as the first game in The Legendary Let's Play. The LP consisted of 25 episodes, released on weekdays from August 27 to September 27, 2013. An episode of The Best of The D-Pad compiling memorable moments from the LP was released on August 27, 2023.

The Legend of Zelda is one of the thirty games included in the NES Classic Edition dedicated console. This version of the game was played on The D-Pad in a one-off episode in 2018, as the thirteenth game in their NES Classic Edition series. The episode was released on December 14, 2018.

The game was played on The D-Pad a third time in 2021, this time covering the harder "second quest", as the finale of The Legendary Let's Play: A Terrible Fate. The LP consisted of 40 episodes, released on weekdays from August 30 to October 22, 2021.

Episodes

2013 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on September 9, 2022.

TLLP#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
2	1	"My Face Gets Smooshed When I Pick Things Up"	17:50	C/J, Rick	John, Ian	August 27, 2013 (2013-08-27)
3	2	"Sordid Boomerang"	16:41	Rick, C/J, Ian, John		August 27, 2013 (2013-08-27)
4	3	"BouncyDragonMan69"	16:38	John, Rick, C/J	Ian	August 28, 2013 (2013-08-28)
5	4	"Fucking a Dungeon You Can't See"	16:40	C/J, Rick	John, Ian	August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29)
6	5	"East by Righteast"	22:39	Rick, John	C/J, Ian	August 30, 2013 (2013-08-30)
10	6	"Handjob Dungeon"	15:58	John; Ian	Rick, C/J	September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02)
11	7	"Fuck the Northmost Peninsula"	17:53	C/J, John	Rick, Ian	September 4, 2013 (2013-09-04)
12	8	"Everything's Coming Up John"	17:29	John	Rick, C/J, Ian	September 4, 2013 (2013-09-04)
13	9	"OOP MOOP BOOP"	18:03	John, Rick	C/J, Ian	September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05)
14	10	"Full Things and Magic Laser Beams"	19:04	Rick, Ian	John, C/J	September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06)
17	11	"Our Slow Episode"	18:44	Ian	Rick, John, C/J	September 9, 2013 (2013-09-09)
18	12	"Confusing Compass Directions"	18:11	C/J	Rick, John, Ian	September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)
19	13	"Gleeful Greek Grudgematch"	15:53	C/J, Rick	John, Ian	September 11, 2013 (2013-09-11)
20	14	"In Which I Facefuck a Bunch of Wizzrobes"	17:21	Rick	John, C/J, Ian	September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)
21	15	"The Worst Treasure Hunt Ever"	18:30	Rick	John, C/J, Ian	September 13, 2013 (2013-09-13)
24	16	"Put Your Fingers Where Your Mouth Is"	16:24	Rick, John, Ian	C/J	September 16, 2013 (2013-09-16)
25	17	"The Money Shot"	18:24	Rick, C/J	John, Ian	September 17, 2013 (2013-09-17)
26	18	"Take in the Retro, Take in the Meat"	16:33	C/J, Rick	John, Ian	September 18, 2013 (2013-09-18)
27	19	"Orthodox Magical"	14:59	Rick	John, C/J, Ian	September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19)
28	20	"Body of a Man, Legs of a Centaur"	18:39	C/J	Rick, John, Ian	September 21, 2013 (2013-09-21)
31	21	"People Candles Made of Hearts"	19:10	C/J, John	Rick, Ian	September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23)
32	22	"The USS Confidence"	17:10	John	Rick, C/J, Ian	September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)
33	23	"C/J's Poison Pokey"	20:22	John, Rick	C/J, Ian	September 25, 2013 (2013-09-25)
34	24	"Dislike Dislike"	18:12	Rick	John, C/J, Ian	September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)
35	25	"The Hero of Hyrule"	8:27	Rick	John, C/J, Ian	September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27)

TLLP#	TBOTDP#	Title	Length	Commentator(s)	Release date
1514	3	"The Best of The Legend of Zelda"	30:42	Rick, John, C/J, Ian	August 27, 2023 (2023-08-27)

2018 LP

NCE#	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
14	"A Bridge on Your West"	14:40	Geoff	Rick	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)

2021 LP

TLLP#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
1376	1	"Many Years Ago..."	18:46	John	Rick, C/J, Ian, Ben	August 30, 2021 (2021-08-30)
1377	2	"The Wall Master"	21:34	John	Rick, C/J, Ian, Felice, Ben	August 31, 2021 (2021-08-31)
1378	3	"Go Forth and Die"	16:00	Rick	C/J, Ben, Sarah, Lindsay	September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01)
1379	4	"I Have Nothing Left But Hot Pizza"	15:40	Rick	C/J, Ben, Sarah, Lindsay	September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02)
1380	5	"It's a Magical Day!"	14:53	Rick	C/J, Ben, Sarah, Lindsay	September 3, 2021 (2021-09-03)
1381	6	"Go Buy Some Barns"	16:47	Rick	C/J, Ben, Sarah, Lindsay	September 6, 2021 (2021-09-06)
1382	7	"Haunt Girl Summer"	21:31	Rick	C/J, Felice, Ben, Lindsay	September 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)
1383	8	"Past Me Hates Me"	21:44	Rick	C/J, Felice, Ben, Lindsay	September 8, 2021 (2021-09-08)
1384	9	"Come into My Tunnels"	14:37	Rick	C/J, Felice, Ben, Lindsay	September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09)
1385	10	"Disco Ropes"	17:03	Rick	C/J, Felice, Lindsay	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
1386	11	"Deadtime Stories"	21:40	Rick	C/J, Felice, Lindsay	September 13, 2021 (2021-09-13)
1387	12	"Never Use Bombs in Desperation"	16:53	Rick	C/J, Felice, Lindsay	September 14, 2021 (2021-09-14)
1388	13	"Where Tears Are Currency"	18:24	Rick	Geoff	September 15, 2021 (2021-09-15)
1389	14	"Welcome to the Dungeon"	17:06	Rick	Geoff	September 16, 2021 (2021-09-16)
1390	15	"This Is My House"	25:45	Rick	Geoff	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)
1391	16	"One of You Has to Be Near Death Here"	19:29	Rick	Geoff	September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)
1392	17	"Cause of Death Is Death"	22:44	Rick	Geoff	September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21)
1393	18	"Why Won't You Let You Die?"	18:55	Rick	Geoff	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
1394	19	"Just Leave"	19:19	Rick	Sarah	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
1395	20	"The Eight Golden YouTube Play Buttons"	22:19	Rick	Ben, Sarah	September 24, 2021 (2021-09-24)
1396	21	"I Don't Have My Sword"	18:02	Rick	Ben, Sarah	September 27, 2021 (2021-09-27)
1397	22	"I Kinda Give Up"	19:48	Rick	Ben, Sarah	September 28, 2021 (2021-09-28)
1398	23	"Fix My Stupid Door"	15:55	Rick	Sarah	September 29, 2021 (2021-09-29)
1399	24	"More Go Fuck Yourself"	17:38	Rick	Sarah	September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30)
1400	25	"Corpse Money"	19:38	Rick	Sarah	October 1, 2021 (2021-10-01)
1401	26	"A Push Things Door"	16:07	Rick	Sarah	October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04)
1402	27	"And We Got Nothing"	17:07	Rick	Sarah	October 5, 2021 (2021-10-05)
1403	28	"Magical"	18:15	Rick	Sarah	October 6, 2021 (2021-10-06)
1404	29	"All Kinds of Lucky"	21:12	Rick	Sarah	October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07)
1405	30	"A Suspicious-Lookin' Nook"	22:50	Rick	Sarah	October 8, 2021 (2021-10-08)
1406	31	"The Red Room"	15:52	Rick	Sarah	October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11)
1407	32	"Money or Your Life Guys"	17:25	Rick	Sarah	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)
1408	33	"Supreme Bone of Meat"	16:23	Rick	Sarah, Geoff	October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)
1409	34	"Can't Wait to Yell Energy"	16:13	Rick	Sarah, Geoff	October 14, 2021 (2021-10-14)
1410	35	"Unawares and Full of Balls"	22:35	Rick	Geoff	October 15, 2021 (2021-10-15)
1411	36	"Undelayed My Shame"	19:03	Rick	C/J, Ben, Geoff	October 18, 2021 (2021-10-18)
1412	37	"Anal Fistula"	19:17	Rick	C/J, Ben, Geoff	October 19, 2021 (2021-10-19)
1413	38	"Die, Zelda!"	17:30	Rick	C/J, Ben, Geoff	October 20, 2021 (2021-10-20)
1414	39	"We Fuck on Your Shield"	15:18	Rick	C/J, Ben, Geoff	October 21, 2021 (2021-10-21)
1415	40	"This Ends the Story"	18:22	Rick	C/J, Ben, Geoff	October 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)

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The Legendary Let's Play 

NES Classic Edition 

The Legendary Let's Play, Second Quest 

Trivia

• The Second Quest LP marked the conclusion to The Legendary Let's Play after eight years, with the series only revived for new Zelda releases in the future. The final episode contains an extended closing credits sequence for the Franchise Play as a whole, which was also released as a separate video later the same day.