Game & Watch: Zelda

Zelda is an action adventure game, developed and published by Nintendo. In August 1989, Nintendo gave the world the first handheld Zelda game ever: Zelda Game & Watch (or, if you prefer the unit name: ZL-65). The ZL-65 was the latest (and last) in Nintendo's long-running series of more complex multi-screen Game & Watch units. Instead of Ganon, eight evil dragons kidnap Zelda and create havoc for mankind. In the role of Link, players fight their way through a dungeon on the lower screen and take on Golbins, Stalfos, and Ghosts. You can move Link left or right with the NES-style control pad, push down to refresh your health with Water of Life, up to climb stairs, and the attack button to slash at your opponents. The same button also lets you protect yourself from the back by holding your shield behind you -- an essential technique when trying to get by undead foes. After you make it through the lower portion of the dungeon, the action continues on the upper screen.