# The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

7 Hacker News commenters recommended The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a great SNES game that is still worth playing today. Caveat: it came out early in the SNES lifecycle and its pixel art looks basic.

## Why people recommend it

- Still worth playing today (1 comments): "are all very much worth playing today" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46819958))
- Great SNES game (1 comments): "despite being a great SNES game, came out early in the SNES lifecycle and has quite basic pixel art" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844094))
- Sparked interest in learning English (1 comments): "it was one of those games that sparked my interest to learn English" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46636759))
- Connects to the prequel story (1 comments): "what was cool was realizing "oh yea this is a link to the past prequel"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50151050))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Breath of the Wild](https://hackerapproved.com/p/legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild.md): 27 recommend
- [The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time](https://hackerapproved.com/p/legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time.md): 17 recommend
- [Shadow of the Colossus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shadow-of-the-colossus.md): 14 recommend
- [God of War](https://hackerapproved.com/p/god-of-war.md): 12 recommend
- [The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past", https://hackerapproved.com/p/legend-of-zelda-a-link-to-the-past/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).