The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Shares rank 8 of 12 action adventure games by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Still worth playing today
“are all very much worth playing today”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible” Great SNES game
“despite being a great SNES game, came out early in the SNES lifecycle and has quite basic pixel art”
Comment from 25 Sep 2026 in “2DWillNeverDie” Sparked interest in learning English
“it was one of those games that sparked my interest to learn English”
Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “The 3D Software Rendering Technology of 1998's Thief: The Dark Project” Connects to the prequel story
“what was cool was realizing "oh yea this is a link to the past prequel"”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: The Zelda timeline to catch up before the Ocarina of Time remake”
Other action adventure games people recommend
The four most recommended other action adventure games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breath of the Wild | 27 | 8 | 77% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 17 | 3 | 85% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Shadow of the Colossus | 14 | 2 | 88% | 4 | — | Approved |
| God of War | 12 | 6 | 67% | 6 | — | Approved |
| The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the PastThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“what was cool was realizing "oh yea this is a link to the past prequel"”
“despite being a great SNES game, came out early in the SNES lifecycle and has quite basic pixel art”
“are all very much worth playing today”
“it was one of those games that sparked my interest to learn English”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.