Adventure & RPG Games · 11

A locked door is one of gaming's simplest promises: remember this place, because the world intends to become larger later. That connects nicely with a historical detail: The Legend of Zelda launched in 1986 and mixed action, exploration, items and secrets into a structure that encouraged players to remember places they could not yet reach. The real final boss of many adventures is deciding which unfinished side quest you can emotionally abandon.