Here I will create a list of all coverage of Zelda games in magazines and guides, including Nintendo Power magazine and Electronic Gaming Monthly, and all guides. Feel free to add, though I'm looking for specific information like I'm listing for Electronic Gaming Monthly. If all you know is a issue of some magazine I don't know about contains Zelda, thats good too. List compiled by Mak. Contributers: The Silent Assassin, Davogones, Some Girl [updated 6-7-2003] - NP Volume 6, May/June 1987, TMNT cover Nintendo Power Awards '88, Best Challenge - The Legend of Zelda, Best Character - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Link), Overall - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link "Friends" short story contest winner, page 68-69 Classified Information, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Odd Apparation (Palace/town jump+fairy trick), page 78 - NP Volume 27, August 1991, Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge cover Super Nintendo Entertainment System Development Dispatch - Zelda III, page 96 Dan Owsen Agent 710 editor comment, back inside cover - NP Volume 34, March 1992, A Link to the Past cover A Link to the Past strategy review, page 83-97 Now Playing - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Graphics: 4.7, Play Control: 4.3, Challenge: 4.8, Theme and Fun: 4.9, Hero's Quest The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past comic, Chapter 3: The Book of Mudora, page 32-47 - NP Volume 48, Batman Returns cover Link's Awakening Preview, page 58-61 - NP Volume 51, August 1993, Street Fighter 2 Turbo Vega cover Nester's Adventures - Link's Awakening, page 35 - NP Volume 64, September 1994, Mortal Kombat II cover Counselor's Corner - Link's Awakening - "How do I reach the Nightmare in Eagles Tower?" "How do I get the Magic Rod?" "How do I defeat the Shadow Bot?", page 88 - NP Volume 83, April 1996, Earthworm Jim 2 cover A Link to the Past Player's Choice top quest questions review, page 84-89 Counselor's Corner Link's Awakening - How do I defeat the genie? - How do I defeat the Slime Eel?, page 83 Now Playing ALttP Player's Choice - NP Volume 89, October 1996, Mortal Kombat Trilogy cover Hyrulean Adventure (Nintedo Power Source text adventure), page 56-59 Miyamoto Speaks (Famimaga 64 interview August), page 64-67 - NP Volume 94, March 1997, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter cover Epic Center, Zelda from Space? (BS Zelda), page 51 Link's Awakening Player's Choice strategy review, page 62-69 Pak Watch - Zelda 64 exclusive first look, page 100-101 - NP Volume 98, 1998 E3 1998 - Miyamoto's Magic Zelda 64, page 56 - NP Volume 75, August 1995, Virtual Boy cover Counselors Corner Link's Awakening - What do I do with the horse heads? - Why does everyone call me "thief"?, page 89 - NP Volume 100, September 1997 Zelda 64 preview first info, page 14-15 - NP, volume 103, December 1997 The 1st 100 Shots of Zelda 64 - NP Volume 104, January 1998, Yoshi's Story cover Spaceworld 1997 - Zelda 64, page 35 Subscriber Bonus - Ask Dan Owsen, subscriber bonus section page 16-19 - NP Volume 109, June 1998 Zelda 64 one page screenshots and info, small Miyamoto interview, page 52-53 - NP Volume 111, August 1998 The Legend of Miyamoto (OoT Miyamoto and group interview), page 52-57 - NP Volume 112, September 1998 Ocarina of Time preview "A Gem in the Works", page 52-55 - NP Volume 113, October 1998, Turok 2 cover Ocarina of Time Overview "History in the Making", page 24-29 Pak Watch - Game Boy Color Link's Awakening color version, page 114 - NP Volume 116, January 1999, Castlevania 64 cover The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX strategy review, page 100-104 Inside cover ad, OoT subscription offer - guide, cd, $10 coupon Counselors corner OoT, page 96 - What's in the big vase at Goron City? - How do I learn to ride Epona? OoT guide ad, page 136 Inside back cover, BD&A Zelda toy collectables ad Subscriber Bonus - Mr. Miyamoto Speaks interview - NP Volume 125, October 1999 Pak Watch - Nintendo Spaceworld '99 (Zelda Gaiden), page 138 - NP Volume 128, January 2000, Mario Party 2 cover Subscriber Bonus - Zelda Gaiden, page 3 - A Moment with Miyamoto, page 4-5 - NP Volume 136 Behind the Mask Majora's Mask special Jason Leung localization journal, page 60-62 - Nintendo Fun Club News, volume 2, issue 6, April/May, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link cover Zelda II: The Adventure of Link review, page 4-6 - Official Nintendo Player's Guide - NES Game Atlas Nintendo Player's Guide, 1991 The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Super NES Nintendo Player's Guide, 1992 A Link to the Past, page 78-83 Game Pak Index - A Link to the Past, Graphics: 4.7, Play Control: 4.2, Challenge: 5.0, Theme and Fun: 5.0, Adventure - Super Game Boy guide Link's Awakening - Tips and Tactics (The Legend of Zelda book/guide) - A Link to the Past Nintendo Player's Guide - Link's Awakening Nintendo Player's Guide - Ocarina of Time Nintendo Player's Guide - Majora's Mask Nintendo Player's Guide - Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons Nintendo Player's Guide - A Link to the Past/Four Swords Nintendo Player's Guide - The Wind Waker Nintendo Player's Guide - Versus Books Ocarina of Time guide - Versus Books Majora's Mask guide - Versus Books Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages book - Triforce of the Gods JPN Book 1-Light/Upper, Book 2-Dark/Under - Link's Awakening (Dreaming Island) JPN - EGM Issue 113, December 1998, Ocarina of Time cover Ocarina of Time feature and brief review of first four games "The Hyrule Tattler", page 220-241 - EGM Issue 136, November 2000, Playstation 2 cover Press Start - Nintendo Space World 2000, Legend of Zelda screenshots from demo clip, page 34 - EGM Issue 137, December 2000, Unreal Tournament cover Majora's Mask review, page 209. Visuals: 8, Sound: 9, Ingenuity: 10, Replay: 8. 10,10,10, Platinum Award, Game of the Month - EGM Issue 160, November 2002, Halo 2 cover Quartermann "More Zelda on the Way", page 78 The Legend of Zelda GCN - 7 screenshots, page 164 - NextGen Issue 48 Ocarina of Time coverage - NextGen Issue 50 Zelda Best Series of All Time - Club Nintendo 1990, Vol. 2, issue 2 (Dutch) Coverage of "The Adventure of Link" -Incite Video Gaming, December 1999 (1st Issue) "Gettin' Shiggy With It...", interview with Miyamoto related to Zelda Gaiden, pages 82-85 -Incite Video Gaming, August 2000 "Link in Time", preview for Majora's Mask, page 87 -Gamefan, July 2000 "Cover Feature: Majora's Mask", by ECM, pages 18-21 -IGN64.com The Magazine, (no date is given, of course, but it's pre-release of OOT, so I'm going with Summer-Fall 1998) "Cover Feature: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview" pages 16-28 (interestingly enough, IGN features a complete storyline in this magazine to connect all the games that were known up until that date and refers to the old Zelda Headquarters [http://www.zhq.com] as a source for more info, as ZHQ was once an affiliate of IGN.com. It also features a screenshot of the now infamous "Blue Fairy" not seen in the final copy of the game) -Gamers' Republic, November 1999 "Nintendo Space World: Legend of Zelda: The Continuing Saga", preview of the sequel as seen at Spaceworld 1999, page 84. "Nintendo Space World: Zelda GBC 2", preview of the games developed by Capcom, then only known as "Fruit of the Mysterious Tree", page 86. "Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto", interview with Miyamoto, pages 88-89. (interesting quote from Miyamoto in this interview: "If I put Link in a raft, the game will be Zelda." Could this have been another one of those famous references to future games...?) -Game Informer Magazine, March 2000 "Legion of Super-Franchises", joke profiles of major mascots, including Link, pages 14-19. -N-Gamer, December/January 2000 "Zelda: Gaiden", preview for Majora's Mask, pages 30-32 (N-Gamer was published in co-operation with www.dailyradar.com, apparently. That explains why there only seems to be one issue of this mag) -Nintendo Official Magazine (UK), February 2000 "Legend of Zelda: The Continuing Saga", preview for Majora's Mask, pages 92-93. -Game Pro, January 1999 "Cover Feature: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time", review plus walkthrough, pages 48-53. (For reference, Gamepro gave OOT three 5.0s and a 4.5 for control... yes, that's right, for CONTROL. I wouldn't have been so pissed about this if they hadn't turned around and given Sonic for DC a perfect score even though the concensus is that game had a shoddy camera) -Game Pro, February 2003 "Cover Feature: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker", preview in "Heroes on the Horizon", pages 34-35. -GameNow, August 2002 Part of the cover feature, "Fall's Big Games Issue 2002", preview of Wind Waker, page 65-66. -GameNow, April 2003 "Cover Feature: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker", review plus walkthrough and coverage of past games, pages 40-41, 60-77, 102. (GameNow gave Wind Waker an A+ and was bold enough to feature both the Link from the animated cartoon AND from the CD-i animation on ONE page) -Play, March 2003 "Cover Feature: Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker", review by Michael Hobbs, pages 24-27. (Play gave Wind Waker 5/5) -GMR, March 2003 "Zelda Exploded!", preview for Wind Waker, pages 36-39. (This was also sort of a review for the game. They gave it five out of five little flames to say how hot the game was...?) -Cube (UK unofficial Nintendo magazine), issue 14, December 2002 "CUBE In-Depth: Wind Waker", preview of the Wind Waker plus info on the bonus disc release as well as the American trailer for the game shown in theatres and online, pages 10-11 and 54-59. -Time Magazine, Nov. 23, 1998. Your Technology- "Foolishly Perfect", preview of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, by Joshua Quittner, page 94 -Time Magazine, May 10 1999. "Learning to Love Zelda", article on one mother's attempt to understand her son's gaming habits through analysis of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, by Claudis Wallis, page 33 -Entertainment Weekly, 10 Anniversary Special Issue "Major League Players: Ten Hall of Fame Videogames for the 90's" by Gary Eng Walk, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is ranked first, page 154 -Entertainment Weekly, May 9th 2003 "The 100 Greatest Videogames", written and reported by Mark Brooks, Amy Feitelberg, Geoff Keighley, Emily Mead, Leah Reisman, Kimberly Reyes, Noah Robischon, Adam B. Vary, Gary Eng Walk, Erik Wolpaw. The Legend of Zelda Series is ranked number one among 100 other video game franchises with the 'A Link to the Past' installment as the highlight, page 39 - Gamespot History of Zelda, http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_zelda/index.html