CD-I Zelda Trilogy: Link: Faces of Evil, Zelda: Wand of Gamelon, and Zelda's Adventure
Released: Early 1990s

To make a long, oft-told story really short: Around 1992, Nintendo was deep in talks with both Sony and Philips regarding development of a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo. Nintendo announced a partnership with Sony, but, concerned by a loss of control under Sony's potential business model, Nintendo switched to Philips at the eleventh hour. Neither the Sony nor the Philips system ever made it to market, but the industry repercussions were severe. Sony, spited, began development on its top secret "PlayStation X" project - released to the market as the PlayStation. Philips' contract with Nintendo and relationship with Sony gave limited rights to use Nintendo's characters in titles for its CD-I system. The result? These Philips titles. While their overall effect on the market may have been less than Sony's PlayStation, there's no denying the scarring impact they've had on the unfortunate souls who've played them. Fear these "games."

Sucking

Super sucking

Better than the other two - but still sucking!

Link: Faces of Evil and Zelda: Wand of Gamelon both feature pixilated movies, along with decent overworld graphics and inoffensive music. The main stages, however, are 2D side-scrolling nightmares, with poorly drawn and animated sprites and absolutely abysmal control. Zelda's Adventure has improved gameplay, photorealistic backgrounds and a top-down perspective, but it still pales in comparison to "real" Zelda games. The CD-I titles, however, still have the dubious distinction of being the only games that let you play as Princess Zelda.