I'm currently battling my way through the 6th Dungeon of the original Zelda. A few years ago I picked up the Zelda Collector's Disc, and have only now gotten around to playing it.

I have to say it's probably the hardest Zelda I've played in a while. The drop-rate is low to the point of frustration, especially when you only start with 3 hearts every time you die. There's no map to speak off for the overworld, though I've gotten used to the areas enough to sorta find my way around.

Comparred to more recent Zelda's though, there's far less hand-holding going on. None of that handy red text to tell you where you should go next. I think I "found" the 5th dungeon two or three times before I actually was preparred to enter it. And I've stumbled into more Heart Containers than I'd care to admit.

It's still a blast playing through a classic game. Though I'll never quite have the feeling of a person playing it back when it was new...thinking "Wow, I wonder if they'll ever make another one." I can just imagine the following conversation: "Hey Bill, what do you think of this Zelda game?" "Oh, it's not bad Chuck. I wonder if it'll catch on."

I'm thinking of starting up a Zeldathon here fairly soon. I've got the Collector's Disc, Twilight Princess, and all five portable Zeldas (this is counting LttP on GBA). Which means if I wanted to, I could play through every Zelda game made. Ever. Hopefully I won't go into nostalgia seisures halfway through Link's Awakening. But if I do...don't touch my stuff.