The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Playthrough (Actual N64 Capture) - Part 1

This is part 1 of my capture of me playing through my gold cartridge copy (Version 1.0) of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64. This is not an emulator and was not played on the Wii Virtual Console. This footage was captured directly from my Nintendo 64 using an actual Ocarina of Time cartridge.

I received the Collector's Edition gold cartridge copy of Ocarina of Time on Christmas Day in 1998 and proceeded to play through the game many, many times. That "Mike" file in the beginning of the video is actually my first save file that I created back in 1998. This is probably my fourth favorite Zelda game behind the Zelda 1, 2, and a Link to the Past. It's definitely my favorite 3D Zelda game.

As some people are probably aware, Nintendo released different versions of Ocarina of Time because it decided to fix certain glitches and change other things such as in-game images and music. So if you play this game on the Virtual Console or the GameCube, you will get a slightly different experience compared to what people had back at launch in 1998.

Aside from the gold paint and the Collector's Edition box, there is nothing unique about the gold cartridge version of Ocarina of Time. However, owning a gold cartridge pretty much ensures that you have the original version of the game (Version 1.0), which features the original Fire Temple music with the Muslim chant, red blood for Ganon, and some other things such as odd glitches.

I also own the special Master Quest bonus disc that was released for the GameCube, and although the GameCube re-release plays at a higher resolution (640x480 compared to 320x240 on the N64), I prefer my N64 cartridge because I don't like the altered Fire Temple music in the later versions of the game or the emulation issues that arise with trying to use a GameCube controller to replicate the N64 controller's analog stick. Hopefully you'll enjoy watching footage of the original version of the game as it looks and plays on a real Nintendo 64.

In this first part I created a new save file and explored the Kokiri Forest before completing the first dungeon, Inside the Deku Tree.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official N64 S-video cable. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the N64's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using a standard N64 controller.