Rock Out With Your Cart Out 87 – Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Famicom Disk System, NES, and Remixes)

Another year, another Zelda game hitting a major milestone. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link released this day 35 years ago! While the game itself was a large departure from the original, Akito Nakatsuka’s work on the Zelda II’s soundtrack might have some of the more memorable and catchy tunes in the whole series. While […]

Another year, another Zelda game hitting a major milestone. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link released this day 35 years ago! While the game itself was a large departure from the original, Akito Nakatsuka’s work on the Zelda II’s soundtrack might have some of the more memorable and catchy tunes in the whole series.

While this is far from my favorite Zelda game, I thought I’d highlight some of my favorite remixes from it. Again, we’re digging into files that I’ve transitioned from multiple different computers and hard drives over the years. Hell, some of these remixes are nearing 20 years old on their own!

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And finally, here’s the track listing for this episode.

Title (Famicom Disk System)Title (NES)OverworldBattle Theme (Famicom Disk System)Battle Theme (NES)VillageIndoorsTempleBoss (Famicom Disk System)Boss (NES)Great TempleLast BossPrincess ZeldaEndingHipccordian by AmIEvilHyrule Housing Inc by F4T4L_3RR0R (Ryan Hussey)The Temple Revisited by Cimarron (Mathias Andersson)Temple Trance by bLiNd (Jordan Aguirre)Thelonius Temple by Michael ContraveosTitle by Zelda ReorchestratedTown by Zelda ReorchestratedOverworld by Zelda ReorchestratedBattle by Zelda ReorchestratedLegend of Zelda – Overworld (Zelda II Styled Remix) by Ratchetxrc