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ADVENTURE Gorgeous graphics, ingenious puzzles and barely a dead body in sight. No wonder ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME and RIVEN (sequel to MYST) have become so popular with kids and parents. Without the visceral fear of losing "lives," players concentrate on cracking codes, exploring imaginary worlds and enjoying the scenery...
...video-game side, if you own a Nintendo 64 and you don't have The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo; $59), you're missing the best reason for owning that console. In fact, I think Zelda is the best video game ever made. You'll feel as if you're playing inside your own movie. For the PlayStation console, I love the old Bust-a-Move 2 game by Acclaim ($19.99). My wife and I play it more than is healthy. There's also a four-player version for Nintendo...
...object of my bebabblement is the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, a new game due in stores next week exclusively for the Nintendo 64. To those of you who have never played a video game, or even seen one, my rapture will sound goofy. But trust me. In some ways Zelda is every bit as compelling as the best painting I've ever seen, or even the best movie. The experience of a good video game is transcendent; Zelda is a great video game. At this moment, for instance, I'm at Lake Hylia in the mythical land...
Nintendo is aiming to strike a blow at archrival Sony with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The puzzle-solving adventure game is the first to take full advantage of the superior graphics engine in Nintendo's 64-bit machine--an edge Sony's PlayStation countered with a wider selection of titles. Zelda, the fifth in a wildly popular series that left off in 1992, is expected to sell 2.5 million copies in its first six weeks...
Terres also explores the arcane richness of animal behavior and man's beliefs about it. Ibis guano, the reader learns, enriches the ecology of the Everglades by increasing plankton growth; a loon can be imitated on the ocarina; geese occasionally become homosexual, pair-bonding for life even when heterosexual partners are present; an auk's egg is a marvel of engineering, shaped so that it will not roll from its cliff-edge nest...