History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 14hA note on my absence: I was hit by really severe acute insomnia. I've gone multiple 84ish hour periods with no sleep, lucky if I get 3hrs a night in-between. Seems like underlaying medical but I've a few conditions that make it hard to pin point. More specialists coming up but the process is slow 5310
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 24/09/2026This interview is beyond special because it's someone with a deep knowledge of the series, a life long game designer who understand game development, asking the questions. So you're getting one of the best pictures ever of how development actually functioned between Japan and the US for OoT 05311
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 22/09/2026If you guys need something delicious to feast on today: here are some of the finest tears on offering. (I'm kind of a collector of sorts: My take? Collecting should be for fun or preservation and children/adults shouldn't ever be priced out of stuff typically sold in stores) 89818
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistThe Artbook Collector @theartbookguy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Full details on the delay of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom—Secrets of the Zonai, as well as what you can expect to find inside when it arrives in March 2027. www.artbookcollector.com/post/the-leg...artbookcollector.com'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom—Secrets of the Zonai' Delayed to Early 2027'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom—Secrets of the Zonai' has been delayed and will now arrive in March 2027. The 472-page book shares artwork for the game. 1164
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistMatt @makgameadv.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Zelda: Ocarina of Time artwork www.flickr.com/photos/histo... 011439
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivistomnomberries @omnomberries.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Other people have already talked about the Ocarina of Time remake looking like stylized puppets, but I also remember Miyamoto saying it was like a "little garden" that you could store away and take out when you wanted to play in it. And yeah, that's the vibe. It's a tiny little world. 2509
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 11/09/2026Last time I complained like the world was ending, about how a Zelda game looked, was Wind Waker & I was wrong & an idiot. I mean, I still love to joke around with friends about stuff but they're just getting all their ducks in a row to bring in a new audience. Be ready to welcome all the new fans!❤️ 101098
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistKevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org · 09/09/2026I suspected he had, but I can confirm that Ed Semrad also reviewed it for his column in the Milwaukee Journal August 1, 1987! He also followed it up the next week with some hints. 14610
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 05/09/2026Is there anyone currently in Japan that would be willing to bid on a Yahoo Japan $28 auction for me and then just trust me to send you the money if you win? I use a proxy service and the seller keeps canceling the win when no one else bids ?probably? because they see its a proxy. But I can't be sure 3307
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 03/09/2026I just created a gallery for Tri Force Heroes & added nearly 460 images! I did it bc I thought it would be an easy one- but I went a bit overboard since I'll never play the game so I included references for more stuff Huge thanks go to Zelda Chronicles, @zeldawiki.bsky.social & @zeldadungeon.netflickr.com17-2: Tri Force HeroesThis should be mostly complete as of September 2, 2026. Please let me know if I missed anything or if there are higher res files. 38620
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistRetro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 02/09/2026Our latest NES book goes big on Zelda, with 56 pages for Zelda 1 and 50 pages for Zelda 2. Special thanks to @historyofhyrule.com who supplied many rare images and retouched assets. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link was also the inspiration for the cover. retrogamebooks.com/products/vid... 0619
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 02/09/2026Aw, thanks for the shoutout, Brian @retrogamebooks.com Much love back at you for the excellent work you do. 1220
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 02/09/2026Last chance to pre-order! The sections for Zelda 1 & 2 are absolutely massive. Over 100 pages total. It also curates a ton of the high-res scans I've made so beautifully and much of it is from super-rare publications. A big must-have for any #Zelda fan that wants to have the art in print form. 1251
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistMrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I've gone back and rerendered the preview images for all 43 of my Zelda 1 keshi scans, which were among the first scans I did. I've also converted them all from .obj format to .stl format for your convenience. I rescanned Digdogger as well! See 'em here: archive.org/details/@kes... 38524
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 27/08/2026This is going to be so great! Look at it! Just like with Video Game Maps: SNES Vol. 2 I contributed a lot of scans for the #Zelda section (which is epic from what I've seen) and will have a few little words in this one as well- but I'm beyond excited to see everything else that's going to be in it! 4534
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 18/08/2026I was looking for illustrations by Junya Furusawa (the Oath of Lilto) to add to my Mangaka folders and stumbled upon this Ken Sugimori Pokemon art that's currently up for auction. Watching Slowbro climb to nearly 20k has been wild ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auction/item... (there's a Ditto one too) 1324
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 18/08/2026This totally looks like another girl-Link, doesn't it? (I'm scanning more one-shot #zelda #manga that I don't think has been online before) Shonen King October 1994. 532557
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 17/08/2026IA is still down (I hope its okay) but here's more never-before-online color pages from a #Zelda #manga that I just scanned. This for Oath of Lilto and, yes, it was drawn by an artist who worked on Dragon Ball Z (who also started as a DBZ fan artist!) Shonen King, December 1995 48118
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 15/08/2026First time ever online: I'll upload the 2400dpi scans to IA when it's back up but I got the 3 color pages for the #zelda Link's Awakening manga by Ataru Cagiva scanned. It's amazing to have these because all the color pages are just in black & white in the collected volumes. G Fantasy June 1994 612724
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 15/08/2026Never-before-online new scans of 2 unhinged #Zelda #manga! I'm in love with the Bunny-Link one. It's peak early 90's mayhem. You'll be side-eyeing me but it's just fun & that was my era. It starts at page 49. This is a special edition Famitsu Comic collection April 1992: archive.org/details/zine... 3331
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 15/08/2026Tail of the Sun. Unironically. I've probably only played Minecraft and BotW for more hours. It was how I decompressed in college. I played OoT straight through and then hopped right back on this. I don't think anyone will like it but it was perfect for me. 6301
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistHistory of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 14/08/2026I found a copy of this with the jacket band that has the Miyamoto quotes on it so those are now scanned and uploaded to the download section here: archive.org/edit/4koma-a... 0102
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 12/08/2026This is a bipartisan issue so if you have an R rep you can actually make them care by calling/writing Designated Wilderness areas are so rare, only congress can make them, & they're the most pristine areas we have- set aside specifically because of their uniqueness. This is fucking monstrous: 32818
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 12/08/2026I still have a ton of work to do but the list of where to find all the Zelda manga was sorely out of date and I've managed to get a big chunk of it updated today. It also helped me figure out what I still need to scan. (This includes short panels and full volumes)flickr.comZelda Manga: Info and Where to Find ThemThe largest collection of Zelda manga that you can read, or find info for, is all on historyofhyrule.com 17114
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 10/08/2026I finished updating the #zelda 4koma #manga section on the Flickr gallery so hopefully it's easier to find any & all of the Zelda 4koma that's been published. 45 volumes by my count! I have most of it scanned & am only missing one volume (accidently, lol, I forgot about it.)flickr.comZelda 4koma: Info and Where to Find ThemWhere to find info and scans 16113
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 09/08/2026If you like #Mario the two 1986 Wanpakku manga, by Sho Kobayashi, for Super Mario Brothers, have been fully scanned now. They're game guides just like the Zelda manga he did: archive.org/details/@its... Follow @its-a-me-scanio.bsky.social for rare Mario, and some other 80's videogame, scans. 0379
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 08/08/2026I uploaded scans of this publication by Keibunsha called RPG Popular Character Encyclopedia and while it mostly just talks about the games, it has a few little comics for various early 90's RPGs. Link's Awakening has 2. Scans are here: archive.org/details/guid... 35112
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 08/08/2026I'm scanning these #zelda guides right now and wanted to post about how nice, and exceptionally rare, it is that the original cover artist posted thumbnails and information about them on their personal blog: note.com/masahiko_sat... note.com/masahiko_sat... 616442
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 07/08/2026I don't think there's anything remarkable about this Famitsu #LttP #Zelda guide but its nice to have another set of scans checked off the list. The only real art for it is on the cover, which is sad, because it's a really cute piece and I would have loved more by them: archive.org/details/guid... 27910
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 07/08/2026Alright! Here's the full #zelda guide with the stupidly-fun little illustrations for, geez, just about everything you can think of in #LttP Let me know your favorites! Pages are scanned at 600dpi and art at 2400dpi in the download zips here: archive.org/details/guid... 413527
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistMax Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Long-shot: I will pay $500 for a recording or transcript, with slides visible, of the 2017 CEDEC “Field Level Design” Breath of the Wild talk by Hidemaro Fujibayashi and Makoto Yunezu, if you’re ok with me sharing it. 118766
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistAxelsaurus @axelsaurus.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Link talking shit cause Dodongo can't handle a rip from a bong 06617
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistMax Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Lmao, this is ridiculous Also, don’t forget, Link: 2242
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistChris Dunn @echris.online · 06/08/2026Is the reason Link kills dondongos because they are opposed to his use of tobacco? Huge lore implications 2121
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 06/08/2026More great #Zelda guide art that I'm currently scanning 8491155
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 06/08/2026Really great interview that breaks down the cores of the series and makes it all so much fun to think about: 0305
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 04/08/2026I scanned a bunch more #zelda guides and there's goofy art in one of these for practically everything you can think of in #lttp I love how everyone has always known Link is a total menace. 214640
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistLinksliltri4ce @linksliltri4ce.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Mushrooms and Morels - it’s time for a marathon! A @zeldadungeon.net Marathon! Join us right now at twitch.tv/ZeldaDungeon to help us raise money for the @fooddepository.bsky.social! 2121
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistHyrule Interviews @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I present: 5000 Years of The Legend of Zelda A flowchart of the media that influenced Zelda. Ranging from mythology and historical sources to ancient board games, D&D, 1930s pulp adventure films, and way more! Click through to see the full-size chart. namelessquality.com/5000-years-o... 924173
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 28/07/2026Lost no longer! Scanned, cleaned, and uploaded at 2400dpi. This Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link poster by Ranmaru comes from the November 1987 issue of Wanpaku comics and it's probably the most I've paid to obtain/scan a single piece of #Zelda art to date. Find it here! archive.org/details/wanp... 10436136
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 23/07/2026I get asked, from time to time, if there's a way to donate to help me fund all the purchases I have to make for all the scanning I do. Like Ko-fi or Patreon. So I made a page for it here: historyofhyrule.blogspot.com/p/support-me... (This is a trick. I don't want your money but I do want your help) 02812
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 23/07/2026I just spent a stupid amount of money for a monthly from 1987 bc of this Zelda poster I want to scan. Add to the cost: I bought the issue before only to find the poster missing. This will be the most I've ever spent for one piece of #zelda art. I'm not doing the math, I'll hate myself too much. 1728060
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 22/07/2026Crowd sourcing this to save me some time looking: Is there a free translation site that doesn't use AI, where it just works like how they all use to work? I still need something, mostly just for Japanese artist names and publication titles, but I don't want to feed into the AI beast. Thanks y'all! 4234
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 20/07/2026Added scans of this 1992 #Zelda #LttP strategy guide by Keibunsha. As far as I can tell there isn't anything really remarkable about this one, 2 maps for areas that were hard to screenshot, but it is nice to get them all checked off the list when it comes to preservation: archive.org/details/guid... 0657
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist Jonathan Leung (VGMaps.com / YT: JonLeung1) @vgmaps.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I own and run VGMaps.com: The Video Game Atlas mostly by myself for over 24 years, and it's amassed over 50,000 maps for over 3500 video games across almost 60 different platforms. Yet, I always feel like many gamers don't even know what it is. Do you use VGMaps? 51761248
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistDarren Hupke @darrenhupke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Fine folks making books and zines (and other things!) about video games! 14318
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 14/07/2026I just uploaded scans of this 1990 book that talks about a ton of Super Famicom games & has a really great speculative manga about what Link to the Past might be like once it's released. Manga by Hiroshi Aizawa 愛沢ひろし who had work in Nintendo Power and Wanpakku Comics. archive.org/details/guid... 48822
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 13/07/2026Just scanned and uploaded this March 1992 #zelda Link to the Past guide by Futabasha. It has some hand drawn maps that are so good that I thought they were screenshots the first time I flipped through it. Find it here: archive.org/details/guid... I'll get 2400dpi scans of the art done soon. 616544
Reposted by History of Hyrule, Zelda ArchivistBoost Mix Music - game music remastering @boostmixmusic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Zelda II Adventure of Link artwork / Technopolis 1987 17323
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 10/07/2026I just uploaded 600dpi new scans of this 1987 Adventure of Link guide by Keibunsha. archive.org/details/guid... You'll find a couple of different styles of original art including some rare, but simple, hand drawn maps. I'll be making (and adding) 2400dpi scans of those soon. 36612