* The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, an action-adventure video game for the Nintendo 64

Specifically, a Mario game ( titled Hotel Mario ), and three Legend of Zelda games were released: Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon and Zelda's Adventure.

Some well-known examples of this include the back scabbard depicted in the movie Braveheart and the back scabbard seen in the video game series The Legend of Zelda.

As of December 2011, The Legend of Zelda franchise has sold 67. 93 million copies since the release of the first game, with the original Legend of Zelda being the fourth best selling NES game of all time.

The Legend of Zelda franchise is the inaugural recipient of Spike TV's first ever Video Game Hall of Fame award.

The original Legend of Zelda was the first console game with a save function that enabled players to stop playing and then resume later.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time introduced a targeting system that simplified 3D combat.

The Legend of Zelda series, like many Nintendo games, has been noted for its use of music.

Koji Kondo, who has been described as the " greatest legend in the video game audio industry " because of his work for Nintendo, has composed much of the music for the series, although the last game for which he was solely responsible for the composition of the soundtrack was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Games in The Legend of Zelda series frequently feature in-game musical instruments, particularly in musical puzzles, which are widespread.

Often, instruments trigger game events: for example, the recorder in The Legend of Zelda can reveal " secret " areas, as well as ' warp ' Link to the Dungeon entrances.

" The Legend of Zelda Theme " is a recurring piece of music that was created for the first game of the franchise.

To date, the Legend of Zelda series has avoided using voice actors, relying instead on written dialogue.

The Legend of Zelda was principally inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto's explorations as a young boy in the hillsides surrounding his childhood home in Sonobe, Japan where he ventured into forests with secluded lakes, caves, and rural villages.

Paying tribute, he chose to name the princess after her, and titled his creation The Legend of Zelda.

The Legend of Zelda series takes place in a fantasy land called Hyrule.

The Legend of Zelda, the first game of the series, was first released in Japan on February 21, 1986, on the Famicom Disk System.

The game exchanged the top-down perspective for side-scrolling ( though the top-down point of view was retained for overworld areas ), and introduced RPG elements ( such as experience points ) not used in The Legend of Zelda.

The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II were released in gold-coloured game cartridges instead of the console's regular gray cartridges.

The " Legend of the Octopus " is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings playoff games, in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck.

* Video games: Secret of Mana and its successor Secret of Evermore ( where the menu was used to accelerate the pacing of combat ), Seiken Densetsu 3, America's Army 3, Habitat, Beyond Good & Evil, Full Throttle, The Curse of Monkey Island, Neverwinter Nights, Normality, The Sims, Perfect Dark, Planescape: Torment, Sacrifice, Saints Row, Saints Row 2, Second Life, Battlefield 2, Freedom Fighters, Ratchet & Clank, Silver, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Crysis, Mass Effect, Warzone 2100, Halo Wars, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, Max Payne 3, Trauma Center, Brütal Legend, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Dragon Age: Origins, Prototype, Cortex Command, Imperium Romanum

Square has also made other widely known games such as Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Secret of Mana, Legend of Mana, Xenogears, Brave Fencer Musashi, Parasite Eve, Parasite Eve 2, Saga Frontier, Romancing Saga, Vagrant Story, Kingdom Hearts ( done in collaboration with Disney Interactive ), and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars ( done under the guidance of Shigeru Miyamoto ).

The Japanese version includes an exclusive third segment, " Navi Trackers " ( originally designed as the stand-alone game " Tetra's Trackers "), which contains spoken dialog for most of the characters, unlike other games in The Legend of Zelda series.

Referred to as the " Triforce Series ", the games were known as The Legend of Zelda: The Mysterious Acorn: Chapter of Power, Chapter of Wisdom, and Chapter of Courage in Japan and The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Power, Mystical Seed of Wisdom, and Mystical Seed of Courage in the US.

Characters from and references to The Legend of Zelda series have appeared in a variety of other video games that go beyond what is considered a typical cameo appearance.

Examining him will cause a jingle ( that which plays when the player completes a puzzle or opens a doorway in The Legend of Zelda games ) to play.

The score is made more of musical fragments, similar to the first five games of the Tomb Raider series with less constant music than in Legend.

In the original Legend of Zelda and The Adventure of Link, Moblins resembled bulldogs, but are pig-like in more recent games.

Well-known Westwood titles from the early 1990s include Dune II, the game that set the template for subsequent real-time strategy games, as well as The Legend of Kyrandia and Lands of Lore.

Popular video games include: Turrican, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Digger, Tetris and Golden Axe.

* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is released, becoming one of the most legendary video games of all time.

Members of the Ritual development team have contributed game assets to other titles such as American McGee's Alice, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Tomb Raider: Legend and 25 to Life and are also the creators of " Übertools " for id Tech 3, which has been licensed for a number of other games.

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain ( 1986 ) and Legend of Zagor ( 1993 ) were released as board games by Games Workshop and Parker Brothers respectively.

** Gateway ( computer game ), two adventure games based on the novel have been created by Legend Entertainment

** Some books, films, video games, and TV shows have one or more eponymous principal characters: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, Emma, the Harry Potter series, The Legend of Zelda series, I Love Lucy, for example.

In 1998, Sunsoft obtained the license for it and re-released it along with the Final Fantasy Legend games, only replacing the title screen.

For the second and fifth games in the series, Final Fantasy Legend II ( 1990 ) and Romancing SaGa 2 ( 1993 ), he was assisted by Kenji Ito.

* Brandywine ( dragon ), a female dragon who lives with wizard Darm in The Legend of Kyrandia series of point-and-click adventure games by Westwood Studios

The mechanic has since appeared in many later titles, including popular action games such as Resident Evil 4, God of War, Tomb Raider: Legend, Heavenly Sword, and Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy.

Film critics noted that the British film 28 Days Later ( 2002 ) and its sequel 28 Weeks Later both feature a rabies-type plague ravaging Great Britain, analogous to I Am Legend.

Legend has it that a small band of Patriots sought refuge from marauding Tories at the County's most dramatic geological feature, Heggie's Rock.

The rewritable aspect of the disks also opened up new possibilities ; games such as The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Kid Icarus were released to the FDS with a save feature.

Rambova was portrayed by Yvette Mimieux in Melville Shavelson's television movie The Legend of Valentino ( 1975 ) and by Michelle Phillips in Ken Russell's feature film Valentino ( 1977 ), and by Ksenia Jarova in upcoming American silent film Silent Life ( 2012 ).

It was also the first tomb to feature decorations ( including The Legend of the destruction of mankind ) on every passageway and chamber with highly refined bas-reliefs and colorful paintings-fragments of which, including a large column depicting Seti I with the goddess Hathor, can be seen in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.

He also voiced Raanu in the straight-to-DVD feature animation Bionicle: The Legend Reborn.

The Adventure of Link is also the only Zelda game of the main English releases not to use " The Legend of Zelda " in its title, the only Zelda game to feature " lives " counting down, and therefore the only game in the series to include 1-up dolls.

The English version of Maple Town was produced by Saban Entertainment and The Maltese Companies, the latter of which also produced Spiral Zone, another syndicated series in which and in whose licensing Tonka was involved, and the 1988 animated feature Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw.

As a result, Japanese market Accords had a Honda Verno styling feature, but were sold at newly established Japanese dealerships Honda Clio with the all-new, luxury Honda Legend sedan, and international Accords were now visually aligned with the Prelude, the CR-X, and the new Integra.

The studio attracted many talents, including Aaron Blaise, the director of Brother Bear, and Brad Lewis, the co-director of Cars 2, and had in development an animated feature film The Legend of Tembo for a 2014 release with Aaron Blaise and Chuck Williams directing it.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was introduced at E3 2010, released in 2011 and is the latest Zelda game to feature Link.

In the film Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, released late September 2010 in Asia and early 2011 in the United States, there is a large feature of the Green Hornet.

The Namco-developed Soul series, particularly Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur IV, and Soulcalibur Legends feature characters from outside of Namco's titles ( Link from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series, Necrid, Heihachi Mishima from Tekken, and Todd McFarlane's Spawn ), the Star Wars ( Darth Vader, Yoda, and Starkiller ), and Lloyd Irving ( from Tales of Symphonia ), universe respectively.

A new feature introduced this year were two " Living Legend " cards designated A ( featuring Gaylord Perry and Rollie Fingers ) and B ( featuring Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski ).

The home versions of the game feature Heihachi Mishima from Tekken, Link from The Legend of Zelda and Spawn from the comic book series by Todd McFarlane, as well as Necrid, a new character created by McFarlane.

Another feature of the storyline was borrowed from Legend of the Five Rings.

A made-in-Quebec animated feature film titled Vinland, the Legend of Percé Rock is in the planning stages.

A passage in the manual for The Legend of Zelda states that Pols Voices hate loud noises, referring to a feature only present in the Japanese version of the game which involved the microphone built into the Famicom controller.

1972 feature film, edited and re-released in 1973 as The Legend of Hillbilly John

Charleson's other feature film roles are: punk-era Angel in his film debut Jubilee ( 1977 ) directed by Derek Jarman ; Lt. Ryder in the Golden Bear-winning " Irish question " film Ascendancy ( 1982 ), which starred Julie Covington ; a small role as the abusive drunk Jeffson Brown in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan ( 1984 ); a comedic turn as Gerald Spong in the rather ill-fated Car Trouble ( 1985 ), opposite his friend Julie Walters ; and opera director Marco in Dario Argento's horror film Opera ( 1987 ).

* Debuted as a Yeti in the short feature film of the original Kaiketsu Zorori in 1989, Hiyama's best work is in the majorities such as Shiro Amada ( Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team ), Yuushirou Gowa ( Gasaraki ), Hiei ( YuYu Hakusho ), and he would star twice in the Brave series as Maito Senpuuji ( The Brave Express Might Gaine ) and Gai Shishioh ( King of Braves GaoGaiGar ), Ikkaku Madarame ( Bleach ), Forte ( Mega Man ), and Link ( Legend of Zelda ).

* BBC Wales feature on the Legend of the Maid of Cefn Ydfa

A feature documentary called The Legend of Pale Male by Frederic Lilien was completed in April 2009.