Episode 405 - Honoring 40 Years of The Legend of Zelda (1986)

The Zelda Cast

Zelda Dungeon

Leisure, Leisure:video Games, Video Games

4.5 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

We are in the month of February, and this is a particularly memorable month as it is the 40th anniversary of the release of The Legend of Zelda. All month, we'll be celebrating, and to kick us off, Zelda Dungeon Owner and Founder Mases Hagopian joins us to discuss the games creation, its legacy, the inspiration behind the creation, what BETA versions looked like, the dungeons and enemies, and our personal memories of playing the game, both for the first time and in more modern settings! All this, PLUS some Zelda news recaps! Keep it locked in this month as we celebrate this incredible series and game! Support The Zelda Cast on Patreon! Subscribe to receive the monthly bonus show ‘The Zelda XL featuring Andy and Gooey”! Follow The Zelda Cast! The Zelda Cast (@TheZeldaCast) Andy Spiteri (@Spiteri316) Alasyn Eletha (@AlasynEletha) Twitch x Facebook x Discord x Tik-Tok x BlueSky Advertise on The Zelda Cast! See Options Here! Subscribe to The Zelda Cast! Apple Podcasts x Podbean x Spotify x iTunes x Google Podcasts x iHeart Radio x PlayerFM

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0:00.0	B.
0:02.0	Bhophe.
0:03.0	B.
0:04.0	B.
0:05.0	B.
0:06.0	... Hello everyone and welcome to the Zelda cast here on Zelda dungeon.
0:36.6	My name is Andy Smeteri joined, as always, Hello everyone and welcome to the Zelda cast here on Zelda dungeon.net.
0:44.1	My name is Andy Spateri, joined as always by my friend and yours, Alison Alitha.
0:46.2	How are you?
0:48.5	On this fine February day.
0:50.7	Oh, it is. It's the first of February.
0:51.4	I'm great.
0:52.1	I'm great.
0:54.0	And we have a guest today. We do have a guest.
0:55.2	We, uh, after last time, we swore never again, but here we are. We brought him back out of
1:01.2	retirement. It is the founder of Zelda Dungeon himself, Mossies Higopian. Moss, how are you?
1:10.0	I'm good. It's that time of the decade.
1:12.3	Yeah.
1:13.2	A decade.
1:14.4	Yeah.
1:15.6	Once every year or so, we need to thaw the ice around Moss.
1:20.8	So we bring them on this show to talk about typically the older games.
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