Jul 23, 2015 7:04 AM
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CemestoLuxobarge
That's some classic gaming cool, right there.
justletmeregister
Wow!
OhMyGodTheyKilledKennyYouBastards
Best. Aunt. Ever.
joboo
Did you know all the dungeons fit together to save memory? http://imgur.com/Gc3M69r
littlestchild
That's genuinely awesome. What a brilliant auntie.
nossa
http://imgur.com/nDRaxye My dad did one too. I did not get nearly as many upvotes as you. Fickle fickle community.
droppedmyhousekeys
I'll give you one! that's freakin sweet!
pyr0chaos
Its....its so beautiful....
jpeers
Omfg my mom made one of these too! Except it was for herself...
FullPlateHero
Laminate this and frame it. Also, you should see about getting a good quality scan done. It's a cool thing that should be preserved.
mirria
I'm thinking this could be worth some money too.
LeftCoastDebauchery
Kids today have no fucking clue
mindolluin
I made a book to solve the game Myst...still have it, maps and all. Love that stuff
Moviebug
frame that shit. that is love
CucumberSandwiches
It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.
IsaacAhhhhhhh
Why thanks old man, that is really very nice, I can always count on you for helpful friendly advice
adrenalineeee
My mom played me through the hard parts while I was at school so I could keep advancing in the game.
84brian
Sounds like she robbed you of the best parts.
No I was stuck multiple times because im bad at video games.
thatsnotright
Uh mate....the challenge is what makes games fun...you take that away and it's really not as fun....look at the Dark Souls games for example
im really bad at video games you have no idea. im only gold IV in league of legends for example.
littlelove666
best aunt ever
Wenisfriend
I need one banana for scale.
walterpeck
An NES controller is .75 bananas.
nginunsal
This is absolute gaming gold
sharpiemay
Um... your aunt is fucking awesome.
Raven2785
Came here to say this, you beat me you glorious sharpie you. Take your point
:-*
bobwehadababyeetsaboy
It's a fine point indeed.... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71XQZyCdgXL._SY355_.jpg
HughLaurie
That's fantastic.
Kratti
Your aunt is awesome.
Drakhma
i have a map of it, but it was from a magazine of somthing i cant remember and i had to draw out some zones by copying them from in game
ercdig
What is this? A game for Aunts?
lcaptdolove1
Fucking genius
HPWombat
For context, this is what the map looks like. http://ian-albert.com/games/legend_of_zelda_maps/zelda-overworld.png
Squeezit
I still have this book somewhere...
csullivan
If you don't already know exactly what this map looks like, then you're not the kind of person I could be friends with.
elgordo889
Yeah, I bet you could draw that map from memory better than OP's aunt!
trenityv
I don't think they meant they knew it from memory. But I know what the full map looks like enough to know that OP's aunt did an amazing job.
Cammaster
She did a pretty amazing job.
EverythingISeeIsAJojosReference
Doesn't one of the dungeons take shape of a swastika?
PaleoCardio
The hitler bunker
ModusPonens
It's a manji, the Japanese word for it. The swastika has been used for millenia in Buddhism, etc.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
savageworld
I like her's better. More soul.
JasonWelcome
this is pretty amazing!
AutumnAtArcadeCity
The game came with a map, didn't it?
ManlyMutt
Nah that was a later DLC!
thecrazedwombat
So you are saying this is a link to your past?
splintergoeshollywood
Came back to upvote. zelda loves u
Curiousone545
I giggled + 1 http://cdn.wikimg.net/strategywiki/images/d/d6/Zelda_ALttP_Link.gif
TheBeastRabban
Noice.
Mileton
came back to upvote
aeolus13
Smooth as an Ice Palace floor...
JediArchitect
Clever!
Foofsies
Frame it.
aFuzzyDinosaur
This.
SillyNarrator
Flick it.
woodjoiner
make sure to use good UV resistant glass so it does not fade.
Havenscloud
Mash it.
Mechlai
I'll finish mine one of these days. I refuse to use a walkthrough http://imgur.com/UWbgXSE
gbird
Absolutely. That's art.
ZtZebaztian
Make copies, sell them as original 90's era folk art at auctions.
OneMiniMuffin
dun Dun DUN DUN Dun dun
DickChapey
Bop it.
kmikl
Twist it!
Murder your family!
MixedDough
Pull the bones!
shmekie
Bury them beneath a dead dog!
Varimahtras
NiggletsAreBad
Bury that dog under a dog
tcwelldone
It'd be cool with a controller framed with it. May be expensive but soooo cool.
okayyeahigetit
Twist it.
Imgonnatipyouwell
Make Hi Rez copies and give them to us, then frame it.
robotgraves
The beauty of gaming before the internet. Creating your own maps and sharing them around. It's a story onto itself. Fucking beautiful OP
Plumbus
I had the gold cartridge the day it came out, the hardest game I have ever played. Still is pretty tough if you don't use guides.
BookerT420
Unless you walked around burning every random bush you would never find some of the hidden doors
Nykidemus
I recent replayed Shining in the Darkness, the game that made me want to stab myself in the eyes for YEARS, and beat it in an afternoon
Because I drew a goddamn map.
JunWasHere
From your comment, it occurs to me that cartography is a neglected skill in public education.
icypants
To be fair, nowadays we have google maps and similar programs which draw better maps than we can. Still would be worth teaching to read one.
Exactly - Reading maps isn't inherently easy, it takes a while to grasp the bird's eye view.
pokeballin
I miss this style of gaming
play Fez
TaurusB
I'm pretty disappointed I missed out on this era of gaming :c
swatz
and notes... scribbled notes all around my PC for later use in games. Passcodes, mantras for a temple.. on and on. Actually think it <
>with some of the skills for work, and my filling systems.
PraiseMelora
Or having a sheet of cheat codes, or saved game codes shoved in the case for the game.
MyMiddleNameIsAllen
Game Genie!
SonBro
Get these shits at a garage sale: http://imgur.com/9VPPUuN
asquiiiiiiisha
...or buying the strategy guide, or calling up Nintendo for some exorbitant rate for help.
azazyel
God my mom almost killed me for calling that number.
Thatknifeguy
I called it twice. Once for Secret of Mana, once for Paladin's Quest
I used to write letters....took about 10-13 days to get the response, but they were super helpful on the occasions.
BeefyMcSteak
My mother and I did that for Willy Bemish on SegaCD. How the fuck were you supposed to know to use a vacuum on a bat when being babysat?!
AsSeenByMacaroni
Somewhere on a shelf I still have my Myst and Riven notebooks
mordaedil
It really is. Some games like Etryan oddesey try to perserve some of these memories by allowing players to draw their own maps.
I wish more games would offer you fun and easy tools you can use in the game to track your progress like you'd do with a pen and paper.
NappaTheFriendlyGhost
The joy of placing bombs EVERYWHERE until you find another hidden zone.
Arakmyr
Good old days, selling MK fatality sheets for 5$ at the arcade
saintshing
I was playing The Dig a few days ago and read the manual, they used to have paid hotline service for hints
GoodChange
The monkey island help number is still active. Tim Schafer calls it to test while recording this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qumYnE2wYhA
Thomaster
Imguessing you can't call anymore huh?
Only one way to find out.
2304
Yea and they were fucking awesome. I was six and that was my life goal. Be so good at all the games you can run the hotline.
Don't let your dreams be dreams.
Anyone remember using these gaming hotlines? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYCVENVzsWg#t=0m27s
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
I never called any of those numbers, but I'm kinda jealous those jobs don't exist anymore. What a cool video.
LiterallyYourMom
That Nintendo Player's Guide with the solid black cover was a godsend. I'd have been perpetually lost in Metroid otherwise.
corsika
North West South West through the forest of maze.
chieflookout
*Lost Woods
No, forest of maze: http://legendsoflocalization.com/media/the-legend-of-zelda/first-quest/maze_lady_comp.png
CemestoLuxobarge
That's some classic gaming cool, right there.
justletmeregister
Wow!
OhMyGodTheyKilledKennyYouBastards
Best. Aunt. Ever.
joboo
Did you know all the dungeons fit together to save memory? http://imgur.com/Gc3M69r
littlestchild
That's genuinely awesome. What a brilliant auntie.
nossa
http://imgur.com/nDRaxye My dad did one too. I did not get nearly as many upvotes as you. Fickle fickle community.
droppedmyhousekeys
I'll give you one! that's freakin sweet!
pyr0chaos
Its....its so beautiful....
jpeers
Omfg my mom made one of these too! Except it was for herself...
FullPlateHero
Laminate this and frame it. Also, you should see about getting a good quality scan done. It's a cool thing that should be preserved.
mirria
I'm thinking this could be worth some money too.
LeftCoastDebauchery
Kids today have no fucking clue
mindolluin
I made a book to solve the game Myst...still have it, maps and all. Love that stuff
Moviebug
frame that shit. that is love
CucumberSandwiches
It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.
IsaacAhhhhhhh
Why thanks old man, that is really very nice, I can always count on you for helpful friendly advice
adrenalineeee
My mom played me through the hard parts while I was at school so I could keep advancing in the game.
84brian
Sounds like she robbed you of the best parts.
adrenalineeee
No I was stuck multiple times because im bad at video games.
thatsnotright
Uh mate....the challenge is what makes games fun...you take that away and it's really not as fun....look at the Dark Souls games for example
adrenalineeee
im really bad at video games you have no idea. im only gold IV in league of legends for example.
littlelove666
best aunt ever
Wenisfriend
I need one banana for scale.
walterpeck
An NES controller is .75 bananas.
nginunsal
This is absolute gaming gold
sharpiemay
Um... your aunt is fucking awesome.
Raven2785
Came here to say this, you beat me you glorious sharpie you. Take your point
sharpiemay
:-*
bobwehadababyeetsaboy
It's a fine point indeed.... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71XQZyCdgXL._SY355_.jpg
HughLaurie
That's fantastic.
Kratti
Your aunt is awesome.
Drakhma
i have a map of it, but it was from a magazine of somthing i cant remember and i had to draw out some zones by copying them from in game
ercdig
What is this? A game for Aunts?
lcaptdolove1
Fucking genius
HPWombat
For context, this is what the map looks like. http://ian-albert.com/games/legend_of_zelda_maps/zelda-overworld.png
Squeezit
I still have this book somewhere...
csullivan
If you don't already know exactly what this map looks like, then you're not the kind of person I could be friends with.
elgordo889
Yeah, I bet you could draw that map from memory better than OP's aunt!
trenityv
I don't think they meant they knew it from memory. But I know what the full map looks like enough to know that OP's aunt did an amazing job.
Cammaster
She did a pretty amazing job.
EverythingISeeIsAJojosReference
Doesn't one of the dungeons take shape of a swastika?
PaleoCardio
The hitler bunker
ModusPonens
It's a manji, the Japanese word for it. The swastika has been used for millenia in Buddhism, etc.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
savageworld
I like her's better. More soul.
JasonWelcome
this is pretty amazing!
AutumnAtArcadeCity
The game came with a map, didn't it?
ManlyMutt
Nah that was a later DLC!
thecrazedwombat
So you are saying this is a link to your past?
splintergoeshollywood
Came back to upvote. zelda loves u
Curiousone545
I giggled + 1 http://cdn.wikimg.net/strategywiki/images/d/d6/Zelda_ALttP_Link.gif
TheBeastRabban
Noice.
Mileton
came back to upvote
aeolus13
Smooth as an Ice Palace floor...
JediArchitect
Clever!
Foofsies
Frame it.
aFuzzyDinosaur
This.
SillyNarrator
Flick it.
woodjoiner
make sure to use good UV resistant glass so it does not fade.
Havenscloud
Mash it.
Mechlai
I'll finish mine one of these days. I refuse to use a walkthrough http://imgur.com/UWbgXSE
gbird
Absolutely. That's art.
ZtZebaztian
Make copies, sell them as original 90's era folk art at auctions.
OneMiniMuffin
dun Dun DUN DUN Dun dun
DickChapey
Bop it.
kmikl
Twist it!
joboo
Murder your family!
MixedDough
Pull the bones!
shmekie
Bury them beneath a dead dog!
Varimahtras
Bop it.
NiggletsAreBad
Bury that dog under a dog
tcwelldone
It'd be cool with a controller framed with it. May be expensive but soooo cool.
okayyeahigetit
Twist it.
Imgonnatipyouwell
Make Hi Rez copies and give them to us, then frame it.
robotgraves
The beauty of gaming before the internet. Creating your own maps and sharing them around. It's a story onto itself. Fucking beautiful OP
Plumbus
I had the gold cartridge the day it came out, the hardest game I have ever played. Still is pretty tough if you don't use guides.
BookerT420
Unless you walked around burning every random bush you would never find some of the hidden doors
Nykidemus
I recent replayed Shining in the Darkness, the game that made me want to stab myself in the eyes for YEARS, and beat it in an afternoon
Nykidemus
Because I drew a goddamn map.
JunWasHere
From your comment, it occurs to me that cartography is a neglected skill in public education.
icypants
To be fair, nowadays we have google maps and similar programs which draw better maps than we can. Still would be worth teaching to read one.
JunWasHere
Exactly - Reading maps isn't inherently easy, it takes a while to grasp the bird's eye view.
pokeballin
I miss this style of gaming
robotgraves
play Fez
TaurusB
I'm pretty disappointed I missed out on this era of gaming :c
swatz
and notes... scribbled notes all around my PC for later use in games. Passcodes, mantras for a temple.. on and on. Actually think it <
swatz
>with some of the skills for work, and my filling systems.
PraiseMelora
Or having a sheet of cheat codes, or saved game codes shoved in the case for the game.
MyMiddleNameIsAllen
Game Genie!
SonBro
Get these shits at a garage sale: http://imgur.com/9VPPUuN
asquiiiiiiisha
...or buying the strategy guide, or calling up Nintendo for some exorbitant rate for help.
azazyel
God my mom almost killed me for calling that number.
Thatknifeguy
I called it twice. Once for Secret of Mana, once for Paladin's Quest
icypants
I used to write letters....took about 10-13 days to get the response, but they were super helpful on the occasions.
BeefyMcSteak
My mother and I did that for Willy Bemish on SegaCD. How the fuck were you supposed to know to use a vacuum on a bat when being babysat?!
AsSeenByMacaroni
Somewhere on a shelf I still have my Myst and Riven notebooks
mordaedil
It really is. Some games like Etryan oddesey try to perserve some of these memories by allowing players to draw their own maps.
mordaedil
I wish more games would offer you fun and easy tools you can use in the game to track your progress like you'd do with a pen and paper.
NappaTheFriendlyGhost
The joy of placing bombs EVERYWHERE until you find another hidden zone.
Arakmyr
Good old days, selling MK fatality sheets for 5$ at the arcade
saintshing
I was playing The Dig a few days ago and read the manual, they used to have paid hotline service for hints
GoodChange
The monkey island help number is still active. Tim Schafer calls it to test while recording this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qumYnE2wYhA
Thomaster
Imguessing you can't call anymore huh?
TheBeastRabban
Only one way to find out.
2304
Yea and they were fucking awesome. I was six and that was my life goal. Be so good at all the games you can run the hotline.
saintshing
Don't let your dreams be dreams.
saintshing
Anyone remember using these gaming hotlines? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYCVENVzsWg#t=0m27s
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
I never called any of those numbers, but I'm kinda jealous those jobs don't exist anymore. What a cool video.
LiterallyYourMom
That Nintendo Player's Guide with the solid black cover was a godsend. I'd have been perpetually lost in Metroid otherwise.
corsika
North West South West through the forest of maze.
chieflookout
*Lost Woods
corsika
No, forest of maze: http://legendsoflocalization.com/media/the-legend-of-zelda/first-quest/maze_lady_comp.png