The Legend of Zelda, deux

Last night saw a bit more Zelda action going on, and this time I had a very cabitzy audience.  Nick and Scott were over as we were going out later that night, so they sometimes helped, which quickly devolved into just yelling that I was doing everything wrong.

The surprising thing was the amount of random stuff they remembered about the game.  Remember, this came out 25 years ago but both of them were able to point out unmarked areas to bomb or set on fire to reveal secrets.

Overall didn't get too much of a chance to play, but thanks to their coaching I knocked out two more of the dungeons, bringing my Trieforce piece count up to three of eight collected.  I also picked up some more hearts and the amaaazzzing blue ring, which halves all damage I take.  I'm a machine of death now!

I've gotten more used to the fidgity controls and am thankfully able to dodge things better overall now, which, when adding in the extra hearts and ring, my life expectancy has gone way up.  Hurray!  I'm betting I'll have this game finished by the end of this week, and then it's on the the much reviled sidescrolling Zelda 2....