<s>
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
fantasy	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Viridis	O
Corporation	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
CD-i	I-Device
console	O
system	O
based	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
the	O
land	O
of	O
Tolemac	O
(	O
"	O
Camelot	B-Application
"	O
spelled	O
backwards	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
follows	O
a	O
non-traditional	O
storyline	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
Link	O
has	O
been	O
captured	O
by	O
the	O
evil	O
lord	O
Ganon	O
,	O
and	O
Zelda	O
must	O
collect	O
the	O
seven	O
celestial	O
signs	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
rescue	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
nearly	O
8	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
Zelda	O
CD-i	B-Device
games	O
,	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
different	O
game	O
engine	O
from	O
Faces	O
of	O
Evil	O
and	O
Wand	B-Application
of	I-Application
Gamelon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
CD-i	B-Device
games	O
were	O
patterned	O
on	O
the	O
side-scrolling	O
Zelda	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
of	I-Application
Link	I-Application
,	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
took	O
the	O
top-down	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
,	O
A	B-Application
Link	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Past	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Link	B-Application
's	I-Application
Awakening	I-Application
as	O
its	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
Legend	O
of	O
Zelda	O
game	O
to	O
feature	O
live-action	O
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
negative	O
,	O
and	O
whereas	O
some	O
critics	O
have	O
given	O
more	O
nuanced	O
reviews	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
regarded	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
two	O
CD-i	B-Device
Zelda	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
take	O
the	O
side-scrolling	O
view	O
from	O
Zelda	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
played	O
with	O
the	O
overhead	O
view	O
found	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Viridis	O
,	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
company	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
style	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Level	O
design	O
is	O
very	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
original	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Link	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Past	I-Application
,	O
with	O
an	O
overworld	O
that	O
allows	O
access	O
to	O
individual	O
dungeons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FMV	B-Application
sequences	O
that	O
present	O
the	O
plot	O
are	O
live	O
action	O
instead	O
of	O
animated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
signed	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
Sony	O
to	O
begin	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
CD-ROM-based	O
system	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Nintendo	O
PlayStation	B-Device
"	O
or	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
CD	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
add-on	O
to	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
that	O
would	O
allow	O
for	O
FMV	B-Application
and	O
larger	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
broke	O
the	O
agreement	O
and	O
instead	O
signed	O
with	O
Philips	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
add-on	O
,	O
which	O
caused	O
Sony	O
to	O
spin	O
off	O
their	O
add-on	O
into	O
its	O
own	O
console	O
called	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Witnessing	O
the	O
poor	O
reception	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Mega-CD	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	O
scrapped	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
making	O
an	O
add-on	O
entirely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
dissolving	O
the	O
agreement	O
with	O
Philips	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
gave	O
them	O
the	O
license	O
to	O
use	O
five	O
of	O
their	O
characters	O
,	O
including	O
Link	O
,	O
Princess	O
Zelda	O
,	O
and	O
Ganon	O
,	O
for	O
games	O
on	O
Philips	O
's	O
console	O
called	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
,	O
after	O
the	O
partnership	O
's	O
dissolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contracting	O
out	O
to	O
independent	O
studios	O
,	O
Philips	O
subsequently	O
used	O
the	O
characters	O
to	O
create	O
three	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
,	O
with	O
Nintendo	O
taking	O
no	O
part	O
in	O
their	O
development	O
except	O
to	O
give	O
input	O
on	O
the	O
look	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
artwork	O
from	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
original	O
two	O
titles	O
and	O
that	O
of	O
their	O
respective	O
instruction	O
booklets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Philips	O
insisted	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
studios	O
utilize	O
all	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
'	O
s	O
capabilities	O
including	O
FMV	B-Application
,	O
high-resolution	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
CD-quality	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Viridis	O
was	O
tasked	O
with	O
observing	O
A	B-Application
Link	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Past	I-Application
and	O
basing	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
gameplay	O
on	O
it	O
,	O
though	O
was	O
told	O
to	O
still	O
show	O
off	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
'	O
s	O
capabilities	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
still	O
used	O
Redbook	O
audio	O
and	O
animated	O
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
backgrounds	O
for	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
were	O
created	O
from	O
videos	O
of	O
scenery	O
near	O
Santa	O
Monica	O
Boulevard	O
in	O
West	O
L.A.	O
,	O
footage	O
of	O
Hawaii	O
taken	O
from	O
a	O
helicopter	O
and	O
the	O
developers	O
 '	O
vacation	O
photos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-i	B-Device
'	O
s	O
technical	O
abilities	O
were	O
so	O
limited	O
that	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
kilobytes	O
of	O
system	O
RAM	O
caused	O
arguments	O
amongst	O
the	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
model	O
artist	O
was	O
Jason	O
Bakutis	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
in	O
Hollywood	O
on	O
movies	O
like	O
Critters	O
3	O
and	O
Freddy	O
's	O
Dead	O
:	O
The	O
Final	O
Nightmare	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
have	O
stated	O
they	O
were	O
not	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
CD-i	B-Device
Zelda	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
spent	O
two	O
years	O
in	O
testing	O
,	O
longer	O
than	O
it	O
took	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intending	O
to	O
push	O
the	O
capacities	O
of	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
to	O
its	O
limits	O
,	O
development	O
initially	O
progressed	O
with	O
a	O
goal	O
of	O
600	O
screens	O
and	O
160	O
NPCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
widely	O
panned	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
of	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
were	O
called	O
"	O
blurry	O
and	O
digitized	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Sharkey	O
of	O
1UP.com	O
called	O
the	O
box	O
art	O
of	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
15	O
worst	O
ever	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
CD-i	I-Device
was	O
being	O
discontinued	O
and	O
has	O
become	O
very	O
rare	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
as	O
have	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
Philips	O
Zelda	O
games	O
;	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
regularly	O
sold	O
for	O
over	O
$100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
giving	O
positive	O
reviews	O
for	O
Faces	O
of	O
Evil	O
and	O
Wand	B-Application
of	I-Application
Gamelon	I-Application
,	O
neither	O
Danny	O
Cowan	O
of	O
1UP.com	O
nor	O
RetroGamer	O
John	O
Szczepaniak	O
would	O
extend	O
them	O
to	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
which	O
Szczepaniak	O
described	O
as	O
demonstrating	O
arbitrary	O
and	O
illogical	O
design	O
,	O
sloppy	O
visuals	O
,	O
nearly	O
non-existent	O
music	O
,	O
excruciatingly	O
high	O
difficulty	O
and	O
cumbersome	O
loading	O
and	O
controlling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
for	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
portrayed	O
as	O
a	O
trial-and-error	O
effort	O
to	O
guess	O
which	O
items	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
defeat	O
which	O
enemy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cowan	O
called	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
"	O
practically	O
unplayable	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
jerky	O
frame	O
rate	O
,	O
unresponsive	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
long	O
load	O
times	O
,	O
summarizing	O
his	O
review	O
with	O
a	O
warning	O
to	O
avoid	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
all	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
discussing	O
the	O
popular	O
online	O
conception	O
that	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
superior	O
to	O
Wand	B-Application
of	I-Application
Gamelon	I-Application
and	O
Faces	O
of	O
Evil	O
,	O
RetroGamer	O
pointed	O
to	O
the	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
as	O
fomenting	O
misinformation	O
regarding	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
similarities	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Zelda	O
when	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
RetroGamer	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
actually	O
not	O
worth	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
USgamer	O
staff	O
ranked	O
Zelda	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
as	O
the	O
second	O
worst	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
game	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
counted	O
separately	O
from	O
the	O
other	O
CD-i	B-Device
games	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
less	O
terrible	O
than	O
the	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
considered	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
well-meaning	O
attempt	O
"	O
to	O
recreate	O
the	O
original	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
on	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
crediting	O
it	O
for	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
few	O
video	O
games	O
to	O
let	O
players	O
play	O
as	O
Zelda	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
experience	O
on	O
the	O
designers	O
 '	O
part	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
'	O
s	O
technical	O
limitations	O
made	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
dreadful	O
"	O
game	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
writer	O
Peer	O
Schneider	O
was	O
excited	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
developer	O
was	O
chosen	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
one	O
behind	O
Wand	B-Application
of	I-Application
Gamelon	I-Application
and	O
Faces	O
of	O
Evil	O
,	O
though	O
still	O
felt	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
worth	O
playing	O
despite	O
being	O
an	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
other	O
two	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
