Vintage Video Game Vault: The Real Zelda 2

Welcome folks to the latest episode of the Vintage Video Game Vault (we still haven’t come up with a better title yet). Today, The Wolf returns with a look at one of the great cult hits of the NES catalog, Faxanadu. Faxanadu was a spinoff of the Dragon Slayer series and according to Wikipedia, got its name from combining Famicom and Xanadu. It was released as a first party game in North America under license from HudsonSoft. Join us for a look back at the game Zelda 2 could have been on the Official Shacknews Twitch Channel at 7:00 PM ET (4:00 PM PT).

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Chris Jarrard

Contributing Tech Editor

Chris Jarrard likes playing games, crankin' tunes, and looking for fights on obscure online message boards. He understands that breakfast food is the only true food. Don't @ him.