Nintendo Official Guidebook: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Vol. 1

', along with Vol. 2''', is Nintendo's guidebook for the Japanese version of. There are two volumes in total.

Features
The walkthrough covers from the beginning of the game up till Swamp Palace. Contains: a fold-out map, a chart detailing weapon effectiveness on eneimes, detailed maps, a list of items, a list of characters, a list of enemies, an interview with the development team, and a section about the making of the TV advertisement. The guidebook is filled with both illustrations and real-life photoes.

Staff
Planning & Editing: Ape/Shigesato Itoi ( APE/糸井重里 ), Ryo Kagawa ( 加川 良), Ultra ( ULTRA ), Yutaka Noguchi ( 野口豊 ), Tomo Kajiwara ( 梶原智 ), Sumiko Fukuda ( 福田純子 ), Shigeo Tanabe ( 田辺茂男 ), Ryuji Ōsawa ( 大澤竜二 ).

Cover Design: Masaharu Takada (Lucky-Nice) ( 高田正治(ラッキーナイス) ).

Book Design: Yū Ishimura ( 石村勇 ).

Illustrations: Hiroshi Seito ( 清藤宏 ).

Photography: Orion Press PPS Communication Company ( オリオンプレス　PPS　通信社 ), Boncolor Photo Agency ( ボンカラー・フォト・エージェンシー ), Tadao Kitamura ( 北村凡夫 ).

Supervision: Nintendo ( 任天堂 ).

Co-operation: Nintendo, Ape ( 任天堂、APE ).