The Legend of Zelda (1986)

All time rank:	85 of 1,000
1980s rank:	4 of 109
1986 rank:	1 of 12
List appearances:	28 lists
Developer:	Nintendo R&D4
Platforms:	Famicom Disk System Nintendo Entertainment System
Genre:	Action-Adventure
Series:	The Legend of Zelda
Wikipedia:	Wikipedia
IGDB:	IGDB
HowLongToBeat:	HowLongToBeat Main: ~8h Main+Extra: ~8h 100%: ~9h
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All time 23

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2018	Game Informer	The Top 300 Games of All Time	58
2018	IGN	Top 100 Video Games of All Time	35
2017	Jeuxvideo	Top 100 des meilleurs jeux de tous les temps	87
2017	Polygon	The 500 best games of all time	3
2016	Time	The 50 Best Video Games of All Time	7
2015	IGN	Top 100 Games of All Time	30
2013	NA	1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die	1
2012	G4	Top 100 Video Games of All Time	6
2012	Time	All-TIME 100 Video Games	1
2011	Jeuxvideo	Les 100 meilleurs jeux de tous les temps	35
2009	Game Informer	The Top 200 Games Of All Time	1
2007	IGN	The Top 100 Games of All Time	42
2005	Nintendo Power	Nintendo Power's Top 200 Games	7
2002	Electronic Gaming Monthly	100 Best Games Ever	25
2001	GameSpy	GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time	10
1999	Hyper	The Top 50 Games of All Time	3
1999	Next Generation	The Fifty Best Games of All Time	1
1997	Electronic Gaming Monthly	100 Best Games of All Time	13
1997	Hyper	The 50 Best Games Ever!	1
1997	Nintendo Power	Nintendo Power's 100 Best Games of All Time	11
1996	Next Generation	Top 100 Games of All Time	64
1995	Flux	The Top 100 Video Games	2
1995	Hyper	Top 100 Video Games of All Time	1

2018 Game Informer

The Top 300 Games of All Time #58

2018 IGN

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2025	Rolling Stone	The 20 Best NES Games of All Time	4
2024	GamesRadar+	The 10 best NES games of all time	2
2017	IGN	Top 100 NES Games	2

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2024	Edge	The 50 best games of the '80s	13
2009	GameSpy	GameSpy's 50 Favorite Console Games of the '80s	1