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Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon was the product of a compromise between Nintendo and Philips following their failure to release a CD-ROM based add-on to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was developed in…

10 October 1993

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon is an adventure developed by Animation Magic, released 10 October 1993 on Philips CD-i.

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What Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon is

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon is an adventure game developed by Animation Magic and released in 1993. It was published by Philips Interactive Media. It is available on Philips CD-i only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

King Harkinian announces his plan to aid Duke Onkled of Gamelon who is under attack by Ganon and orders Zelda to send Link for backup if she does not hear from him within a month. A month passes without word from the King, so Zelda sends Link to find him but he too goes missing. Zelda ventures off to Gamelon to find both Link and the King, accompanied by her elderly nursemaid Impa.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Legend of Zelda series

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon is the ninth of 133 entries we hold in the The Legend of Zelda series. The next entry was BS Zelda no Densetsu in 1995.

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What it launched against

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon launched on 10 October 1993, within three weeks of Sonic CD, Disney's Aladdin, Ridge Racer and Myst.

Released around the same time: Sonic CD, Disney's Aladdin, Ridge Racer, Myst.

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When did Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon come out?
Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon was released on 10 October 1993 for Philips CD-i.

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