BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets

BS The Legend of Zelda: Kodai no Sekiban (which translates as Ancient Stone Tablets) was a game for the Satellaview (or BS-X) addon for the Super Famicom (Japanese Super Nintendo). Games were downloaded from St. GIGA's satellite radio service. The game was much like a Second Quest or Master Quest of A Link to the Past. Various actions earned the player points, and these points could later be traded in to Nintendo for different prizes.

The game was divided into four "weeks", each of which had to be played within a strict one-hour time period; minus the cutscenes this gave players 50 minutes in which to beat two dungeons, hunt for secrets, and perform all the other standard Zelda actions. The game made use of streaming orchestrated music as well as a technology called Live Voice, which supplied tips to players at key points during the game. Other than a rebroadcast the following year the game was never playable again, even for those who still possessed the game on a flash cartridge, until the advent of emulation.

The game is based on the fact that you are the character in the game, your character is named, and is male or female based off of your broadcasting id, (True for BS Zelda) The male you has a green tunic (but you get others), but a backwards baseball cap. The Female has long red hair and is almost exactly the same as the male.

Week 1: You awaken, and are told you appeared in a flash of light. you go through each of the 2 temples and recieve a stone tablet, although you have no clue what they are for. You save zelda, and walk her back to the castle, she says you remind her of a past hero she knew, she says that you appeared from a bolt of light and that you must be the Hero of light.

Week 2: Your character is told to find the other stone tablets, the smiths improve your sword, and there is much talk of Gannon and Link, and you are being know as the second hero, or the other hero. from the last game only the village and the lost woods opened up.

BS Zelda Website Downloads avalable there.