A video game industry icon is celebrating an important milestone today, A popular Nintendo title The legend of Zelda celebrates it`s 25 year anniversary.

On this day 25 years ago, The Legend of Zelda marked its debut in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System (the game released in the U.S. one year later).

Since its release, The Legend of Zelda has become one of Nintendo's signature series. The next title, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, is slated for release later this year.

For those readers who owned The Legend of Zelda during the NES era, it was an incredible game -- not to mention it was housed inside a very cool gold cartridge.

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