The Legend of Zelda (video game)
"The Legend of Zelda" is considered a spiritual forerunner of the modern role-playing video game (RPG) genre. Though it is often not considered part of the genre since it lacked key RPG mechanics such as experience points, it had many features in common with RPGs and served as the template for the action role-playing game genre. The game's fantasy setting, musical style and action-adventure gameplay were adopted by many RPGs. Its commercial success helped lay the groundwork for involved, non-linear games in fantasy settings, such as those found in successful RPGs, including "Crystalis", "Soul Blazer", Square's "Seiken Densetsu" series, "Alundra", and "Brave Fencer Musashi". The popularity of the game also spawned several clones trying to emulate the game.
CD-i games from The Legend of Zelda series
"Faces of Evil" and "Wand of Gamelon" are played using the side-scrolling view introduced in "", while "Zelda's Adventure" has a top-down view reminiscent of the original "The Legend of Zelda". All the CD-i "Zelda" games begin with animated FMVs to illustrate the capabilities of the CD-ROM format, save "Zelda's Adventure", which begins with a live-action video.