Game Art Styles

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Nintendo EAD · 1991

Three-quarter · Action · Adventure · Console

Dimension
2D
Rendering
Pixel art
Colors
GrayGreenBlueRedBrownBlackYellowExport palette ↓
Linework
Colored outlines, Interior lines
Shading
Baked lighting
Pixel details
16-bit
Palette
Vibrant
Proportions
Chibi
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About

An action-adventure game in which Link explores Hyrule and its parallel Dark World to defeat Ganon and rescue the descendants of the Seven Sages. Its interconnected overworlds and item-based dungeons combine exploration, combat and puzzles.

Art style

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991, Nintendo EAD) is a 2D pixel art game played from a three-quarter view. Its look is built from colored outlines, interior lines and baked lighting. The palette is vibrant.

Palette 12 colors

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Details

Release
Original release · SNES / Super Famicom
Developer
Nintendo EAD
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
1991-11-21 Japan, Super Famicom
1992-04-13 North America, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
1992-09-24 Europe, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Platforms
SNES / Super Famicom, Wii (Virtual Console), Wii U (Virtual Console), New Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console), Super NES Classic Edition, Nintendo Switch (Nintendo Switch Online)
Also known as
ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース (Japan)
Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (Japan)
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods (Japan)
Zelda 3 (International)
TLoZ: ALttP (International)
A Lenda de Zelda: Um Elo Com O Passado
Credits
Soichiro Tomita Object Designers
Takaya Imamura Object Designers
Masanao Arimoto Back Ground Designers
Tsuyoshi Watanabe Back Ground Designers
Yoichi Kotabe Printed Art Work
Hideki Fujii Printed Art Work
Yoshiaki Koizumi Printed Art Work
Yasuhiro Sakai Printed Art Work
Tomoaki Kuroume Printed Art Work
Takashi Tezuka Director
Shigeru Miyamoto Producer
Hiroshi Yamauchi Executive Producer
Links
official · wikipedia · mobygames

Related

The Legend of Zelda series 19 games

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