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(More customer reviews)Knowing the immense popularity of Zelda, you'd think at least a few people would have discovered The Magic of Scheherazade by now. Granted, it's a hard-to-spell title from an obscure company that only made six games for the NES (five of which sucked), but that just makes this a rare treasure from an unexpected source.
This game has a lot going for it. There's the action RPG element of Zelda (walk around an overworld stabbing/shooting guys; bosses; linear quest structure) along with the ingredients of a traditional RPG (HP/MP, leveling, magic, turn-based battles). It's the only game I know of from the 2D era that blended the two genres, and succeeded in making both modes of play fun. It's accessible yet has depth, is challenging yet fair, and the pacing feels just right (plus there's a save feature). As in all RPGs, random encounters are a fact of life, but in this game they're not an annoying pain in the ass (unlike in, say, Final Fantasy or Dragon Warrior) partly because they only happen when you cross between rooms and partly because they don't happen every 20 seconds.
On top of nailing the gameplay, Scheherazade also has a colorful cast of characters (your allies), a charming sense of humor, and a good amount of creativity in the graphics, text, and level design. Best of all, it's a music lover's delight. Seriously, load this game up and tell me if you've ever witnessed a title screen with a more awesomely harmonious opening piece. Having such a mesmerizing digital symphony by your side for 10 straight hours (5 if you've done it before) makes the adventure that much more of a pleasure.
The plot is typical save-the-princess cheese, but who cares? All you need to know is that next to Super Mario 1 and 3, Zelda, 1943, and Double Dragon II, The Magic of Scheherazade kicks more ass than any game on the NES.
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