I'd never even seen this game before! Zelda 2 is my very favorite Zelda game to re-play, and I saw this mentioned in a list of games similar to it.
The game bounces back and forth between a Zelda style top down action exploration game and an auto scrolling shoot 'em up. Both are great and a lot of fun. The music is good, the graphics are great, the game is hard but fair (so far), the main character is flippin awesome, a cyborg who transforms into a spaceship. There's tons of weapons and rooms to explore.
The biggest drawback is the password system is atrocious, but hey, we have save states nowadays.
Did anyone here play this a lot growing up? Can you beat it?
Can you recommend any other games that remind you of Zelda II? That’s also one of my favorites.
Did you ever try Gargoyles Quest? That definitely gave me some of the same vibes.
Well, the Game Boy is my favorite, so I was really excited to get Battle of Olympus, probably the most Zelda II game for Game Boy. Just reading the instruction manual I was like, this is Zelda! It appears to be a direct port of the NES game.
But if you just want more Zelda II, I recommend loading up some of the incredible rom hacks, some of which are entirely new games!
https://www.romhacking.net/?page=hacks&category=&platform=&game=753&perpage=20&order=&title=&dir=&hacksearch=Go