First Ever Reviews of Mario and Zelda (404media.co)
(Thursday August 07, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the literal-link-to-the-past dept.)
- Reference: 0178608812
- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/08/0031253/first-ever-reviews-of-mario-and-zelda
- Source link: https://www.404media.co/computer-entertainer-magazine-archived-online-video-game-history-foundation/
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media:
> Some of the first reviews ever written for the original Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. have been [1]digitized and published by the Video Game History Foundation . The reviews appeared in [2]Computer Entertainer , an early video game magazine that ran from 1982 to 1990. The archivists at the Foundation tracked down the [3]magazine's entire run and have [4]published it all online under a Creative Commons license.
[1] https://www.404media.co/computer-entertainer-magazine-archived-online-video-game-history-foundation/
[2] https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/519c0dbd-0f5d-45fe-83c2-355a756391a9?sortField=date&sortDir=asc&ref=404media.co
[3] https://gamehistory.org/computerentertainer/?ref=404media.co
[4] https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/519c0dbd-0f5d-45fe-83c2-355a756391a9?sortField=date&sortDir=asc&ref=404media.co
> Some of the first reviews ever written for the original Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. have been [1]digitized and published by the Video Game History Foundation . The reviews appeared in [2]Computer Entertainer , an early video game magazine that ran from 1982 to 1990. The archivists at the Foundation tracked down the [3]magazine's entire run and have [4]published it all online under a Creative Commons license.
[1] https://www.404media.co/computer-entertainer-magazine-archived-online-video-game-history-foundation/
[2] https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/519c0dbd-0f5d-45fe-83c2-355a756391a9?sortField=date&sortDir=asc&ref=404media.co
[3] https://gamehistory.org/computerentertainer/?ref=404media.co
[4] https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/519c0dbd-0f5d-45fe-83c2-355a756391a9?sortField=date&sortDir=asc&ref=404media.co