While Minecraft is sort of a modern game, it definitely takes visual cues from the retro days of the industry, so someone has managed to turn the blocky title into the original The Legend of Zelda. Known for being a game with relaxing mining and exploration features, Mojang's open-world sandbox release became one of the biggest IPs in gaming history and is still selling in droves to this day. Much of this is down to the near-endless creative potential it affords players.

However, 1986's Zelda is just as much an influential open-world game as Minecraft, possibly even more so due to it birthing one of the most iconic video game franchises of all time. Introducing the world to Link, Nintendo's green-clothed Hylian adventurer has become a mascot on par with the likes of Mario and Sonic. Given that Zelda games are still being made and are still so popular, it's hardly surprising that someone would want to honor the original release by doing their own version of it in a different game entirely.

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But that's exactly what YouTuber C1OUS3R has done. As spotted by Kotaku, this Minecraft player has taken the 2011 sandbox game and turned it into the OG Zelda title. The most impressive thing about this project was that it was done with no mods at all because C1OUS3R says they wanted it this way to make it accessible for players who don't use modifications. A video shows how they were able to achieve this. One tricky step they had to overcome was disabling sprint, which involved applying a blindness effect to the player and then editing shaders that turn off said effect. Overall, it seemed like a complex project to take on, but the results speak for themselves, as it really does look uncannily like the 37-year-old Zelda title.

This is also not the first time the YouTuber has done something like this. Just recently, they released a video showing how they made Sonic the Hedgehog in Minecraft, with equally impressive results. The fact that C1OUS3R is able to take a somewhat more modern game and make it look exactly like a retro release is something that a lot of gamers will appreciate.

There are so many different ways to get creative in Mojang's game. From recreating Resident Evil's Dimistrescu Castle in Minecraft to piecing together all sorts of crazy contraptions using redstone, there is seemingly no end to the structures and creations that can be realized, and it's for this reason that the game is still going strong after more than a decade.

Minecraft is available on Mobile, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

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Source: Kotaku