Legend of Zelda games pt.1
We grab our wooden swords and go to town (and no, that's not a euphemism), we're talking Zelda!
The Legend of Zelda is the 1986 classic that started it all. Set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, the uppity pig-man Ganon decides to cause a ruckus. That's when our elf-like boy hero Link step up the check him. Y'know, after a looooooooong journey filled with breaking and entering, vandalism, animal cruelty, and some light arson.
The second installment, "The Adventure of Link" brought our hero on a quest to save Princess Zelda, who fell under a sleeping spell. The game had bigger sprites, evolved combat, and maintained it's rep for being hard as balls.
A game causing more fist-fights for badmouthing than a round of mama-jokes, A Link to the Past remains one of the most popular titles in the series. It returns to a top-down perspective and focuses on Link as he journeys to save Hyrule, stomp out lord Ganon, and rescue the descendants of the Seven Sages.
Link's Awakening is a 1993 action-adventure game, and the fourth installment in the Legend of Zelda series (the first for a handheld system.) It doesn't take place in Hyrule, doesn't feature Princess Zelda, and the Triforce relic is nowhere to be seen. Link just out here faffing about all willy-nilly!