The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, SNES (1991)

Approximately 4.61 million copies sold

A Link to the Past is my favourite game. I’m sure I’ve mentioned that about 50 times across numerous articles I’ve written here in the past couple of years, but I’ll say it again: A Link to the Past is my favourite game. I’m pleased it appears in the five best-selling games — it deserves it — but I’m rather surprised it doesn’t feature a little higher.

A Link to the Past released for Super Nintendo in 1991, and while it was the first Zelda game that I played (c’mon, I was only three when it released!), the series had already been well-established by that time. It’s one of the top 10 best-selling SNES games of all time, and still does well to this day thanks to its virtual console release.

It’ll also be on the Mini SNES when that releases next month, so if you’re lucky enough to get your hands on it, you’ll get to experience what might just be Link’s best adventure yet. Well… apart from Breath of the Wild. Maybe. I can’t quite make my mind up.