History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist
@historyofhyrule.com
Melora Hart. Zelda archivist & publication campaigner for 23+ years. Art, books, manga, the retro & rare. Into Zelda? I've quietly been the source for a lot of what you know. https://linktr.ee/historyofhyrule disabled/artist/animal nerd/gardener/hiker
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Hi, I'm Melora, the main source of scanned #Zelda art & out-of-print publications since The Internet. I was also the lead campaigner for Zelda manga & art/info books to exist outside of Japan. Join me as I try to create a gallery of every piece of licensed Zelda art via collecting & with your help!
You might recognize this art from the #Zelda 1 guide, Tips & Tactics, but a few years back the original artist, Sho Kobayashi / こばやし将, posted photos of the originals on twitter @show_kob & I love them because it shows the original art included neon pink: which doesn't usually scan or print well
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You might recognize this art from the #Zelda 1 guide, Tips & Tactics, but a few years back the original artist, Sho Kobayashi / こばやし将, posted photos of the originals on twitter @show_kob & I love them because it shows the original art included neon pink: which doesn't usually scan or print well
It's rare to get a full set of dungeon map art for all 9 levels in the original Legend of #Zelda so this little guide is a gem for that reason. I just cleaned & added them here: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
600dpi full guide, & 2400dpi RAW/edited art uploading, here: archive.org/details/guid...
600dpi full guide, & 2400dpi RAW/edited art uploading, here: archive.org/details/guid...
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's rare to get a full set of dungeon map art for all 9 levels in the original Legend of #Zelda so this little guide is a gem for that reason. I just cleaned & added them here: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
600dpi full guide, & 2400dpi RAW/edited art uploading, here: archive.org/details/guid...
600dpi full guide, & 2400dpi RAW/edited art uploading, here: archive.org/details/guid...
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Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
@ozidual.bsky.social, who is an amazing scanner and archivist, just finished scanning this rare Family Computer Special, vol 4, and let me know there was a little bit of Zelda content in it that I didn't know about, including a small 4 panel comic ❤️ archive.org/details/fami...
Family Computer Special Volume 4 (600dpi) : Tokuma Shoten : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Family Computer Special Volume 4 scanned in at 600DPI with a Fujitsu fi-7460 and cover scanned in at 800dpi on on an Epson V550.PDF in Adobe Acrobat. CBZ...
archive.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
@ozidual.bsky.social, who is an amazing scanner and archivist, just finished scanning this rare Family Computer Special, vol 4, and let me know there was a little bit of Zelda content in it that I didn't know about, including a small 4 panel comic ❤️ archive.org/details/fami...
I've been stitching together the 2400dpi scans I made from the 1987 #Nintendo wall calendar. It's slow going BUT I did get the art for Super #Mario 2 repaired & cleaned!
When I'm done the RAWs & repairs will be on my Internet Archive page: archive.org/details/@his... (Links to more stuff in my bio)
When I'm done the RAWs & repairs will be on my Internet Archive page: archive.org/details/@his... (Links to more stuff in my bio)
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I've been stitching together the 2400dpi scans I made from the 1987 #Nintendo wall calendar. It's slow going BUT I did get the art for Super #Mario 2 repaired & cleaned!
When I'm done the RAWs & repairs will be on my Internet Archive page: archive.org/details/@his... (Links to more stuff in my bio)
When I'm done the RAWs & repairs will be on my Internet Archive page: archive.org/details/@his... (Links to more stuff in my bio)
My heart feels like its being ripped out. He's still this puppy to me. Today I made the calls to have a grave dug here & for his vet to come to our house on the 18th
As painful as this is I know I saved his life & the lives of his siblings: please adopt and don't shop. So many dogs need a chance
As painful as this is I know I saved his life & the lives of his siblings: please adopt and don't shop. So many dogs need a chance
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
My heart feels like its being ripped out. He's still this puppy to me. Today I made the calls to have a grave dug here & for his vet to come to our house on the 18th
As painful as this is I know I saved his life & the lives of his siblings: please adopt and don't shop. So many dogs need a chance
As painful as this is I know I saved his life & the lives of his siblings: please adopt and don't shop. So many dogs need a chance
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Translated first page... will work on the others tonight. But it seems to be a comedy based around starting the second quest and the characters being slight parodies of themselves. Link to google doc I'll be updating:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Selda and Ling's Second Quest
<top banner> A one-shot story of adventure! <Main headline> Princess Selda and Ling's Second Quest <Small Summary> The young man's name is Ling. The princess is Selda. Long long ago... as all tales...
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Translated first page... will work on the others tonight. But it seems to be a comedy based around starting the second quest and the characters being slight parodies of themselves. Link to google doc I'll be updating:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Didn't want to jinx it before it was in my hands but I managed to find a beautiful copy of this 1987 #Nintendo calendar with a piece of #Zelda art we had only seen in Art & Artifacts miscredited as for the 1994 re-release of Z1
AFAIK this is the earliest official illustrated face we have for Ganon!
AFAIK this is the earliest official illustrated face we have for Ganon!
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
US: If you can afford to: donate to a food bank/pantry/soup kitchen or directly to individuals/mutual aid
Here's a location finder for the first 2: www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-blog/...
To make your $ go further: orgs get better bulk prices than food drives (but check their CEO pay if you can)
Here's a location finder for the first 2: www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-blog/...
To make your $ go further: orgs get better bulk prices than food drives (but check their CEO pay if you can)
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
US: If you can afford to: donate to a food bank/pantry/soup kitchen or directly to individuals/mutual aid
Here's a location finder for the first 2: www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-blog/...
To make your $ go further: orgs get better bulk prices than food drives (but check their CEO pay if you can)
Here's a location finder for the first 2: www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-blog/...
To make your $ go further: orgs get better bulk prices than food drives (but check their CEO pay if you can)
Any recommendations for a good friend for something I'm looking forward to?
I’ve been editing a podcast, and I kinda wish I had Premiere instead of iMovie. But its not so bad. I used to edit videos using that built in Windows program.
Also if anyone has recs for a podcast, I’d love to hear them!
Also if anyone has recs for a podcast, I’d love to hear them!
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Any recommendations for a good friend for something I'm looking forward to?
I love them so much <3
Currently re-cleaning up the art from the 1986 Million Publishing guide archive.org/details/guid... now that I made 2400dpi scans.
It has some of the cutest enemy art for the series.
Currently re-cleaning up the art from the 1986 Million Publishing guide archive.org/details/guid... now that I made 2400dpi scans.
It has some of the cutest enemy art for the series.
November 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I love them so much <3
Currently re-cleaning up the art from the 1986 Million Publishing guide archive.org/details/guid... now that I made 2400dpi scans.
It has some of the cutest enemy art for the series.
Currently re-cleaning up the art from the 1986 Million Publishing guide archive.org/details/guid... now that I made 2400dpi scans.
It has some of the cutest enemy art for the series.
I've been a little busy and scattered but I pulled together a very quick post from the older posts we made here about the #Nintendo Museum's #Zelda exhibit and the thoughts about the "new" art discoveries a few of us had: historyofhyrule.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Nintendo Museum's Zelda Art and Updates From the Past Few Months
First, real quick: I keep forgetting to update here but Bluesky , the gallery , and Archive.org have all been getting pretty frequent updat...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I've been a little busy and scattered but I pulled together a very quick post from the older posts we made here about the #Nintendo Museum's #Zelda exhibit and the thoughts about the "new" art discoveries a few of us had: historyofhyrule.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
This is from a Mario and Link Nintendo Power folder that @artofnp.bsky.social had made a beautiful high-res scan of & I patched the sword. I don't think it's been online as a stand-alone image #zelda #nintendo
I've been doing art repairs while I'm redoing the gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
I've been doing art repairs while I'm redoing the gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is from a Mario and Link Nintendo Power folder that @artofnp.bsky.social had made a beautiful high-res scan of & I patched the sword. I don't think it's been online as a stand-alone image #zelda #nintendo
I've been doing art repairs while I'm redoing the gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
I've been doing art repairs while I'm redoing the gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
I did another round of clean-up on this beauty for the gallery, which is owned and scanned by @artofnp.bsky.social and was drawn by the extremely talented @yoshimiru-hoshi.bsky.social Most of you will know it from the #zelda US Tips & Tactics guide or Nintendo Power.
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I did another round of clean-up on this beauty for the gallery, which is owned and scanned by @artofnp.bsky.social and was drawn by the extremely talented @yoshimiru-hoshi.bsky.social Most of you will know it from the #zelda US Tips & Tactics guide or Nintendo Power.
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
Group effort when we got together & repaired this #zelda art. IkhanaKingdom, @mrtalida.bsky.social & @rupakoopatroopa.bsky.social contributed scans of various merch & @jeffersontaylor.com did an incredible job compiling & cleaning to make the best looking & most complete image of this we've ever had
October 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Group effort when we got together & repaired this #zelda art. IkhanaKingdom, @mrtalida.bsky.social & @rupakoopatroopa.bsky.social contributed scans of various merch & @jeffersontaylor.com did an incredible job compiling & cleaning to make the best looking & most complete image of this we've ever had
I spent last night cleaning up this map insert from the #zelda 1 packaging & added that art to the Internet Archive downloads here, along with my beat-up copy of the insert for the Japanese 1994 re-release: archive.org/details/game...
Also on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
Also on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I spent last night cleaning up this map insert from the #zelda 1 packaging & added that art to the Internet Archive downloads here, along with my beat-up copy of the insert for the Japanese 1994 re-release: archive.org/details/game...
Also on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
Also on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
When Nintendo released the newer #Zelda artbooks they used the updated booklet character art from (I assume) the 1994 re-release of the original game.
It's not bad art I just don't find it as charming as the original 1986 sketch-like booklet art of Link:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
It's not bad art I just don't find it as charming as the original 1986 sketch-like booklet art of Link:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
When Nintendo released the newer #Zelda artbooks they used the updated booklet character art from (I assume) the 1994 re-release of the original game.
It's not bad art I just don't find it as charming as the original 1986 sketch-like booklet art of Link:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
It's not bad art I just don't find it as charming as the original 1986 sketch-like booklet art of Link:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
Specialists still don't know what's wrong with my boy but the chemo, the last ditch shot, didn't have any affect. They were hoping if it was an autoimmune disorder attacking his spine it could help stop it
This was him after 12 miles just last year- now he lacks the strength for more than 2 stairs
This was him after 12 miles just last year- now he lacks the strength for more than 2 stairs
October 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Specialists still don't know what's wrong with my boy but the chemo, the last ditch shot, didn't have any affect. They were hoping if it was an autoimmune disorder attacking his spine it could help stop it
This was him after 12 miles just last year- now he lacks the strength for more than 2 stairs
This was him after 12 miles just last year- now he lacks the strength for more than 2 stairs
Sorting through my #Zelda 1 art to find the best versions of things for the gallery and was reminded of when #Nintnedo FINALLY gave us a really good digital image of this old photograph of the model of Hyrule, back when they made the Game Watch site:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sorting through my #Zelda 1 art to find the best versions of things for the gallery and was reminded of when #Nintnedo FINALLY gave us a really good digital image of this old photograph of the model of Hyrule, back when they made the Game Watch site:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
I've been working on cleaning up & organizing official & licensed art for the original Legend of #Zelda, because I'm working on re-doing the whole gallery, & I love the different artist takes on the bad guys. Here's Digdogger
Not much there yet but: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
Not much there yet but: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I've been working on cleaning up & organizing official & licensed art for the original Legend of #Zelda, because I'm working on re-doing the whole gallery, & I love the different artist takes on the bad guys. Here's Digdogger
Not much there yet but: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
Not much there yet but: www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
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#Linktober 19: Link
Haruhana & Nakano on androgynous Link character designs, 2017.
Source: Arts & Artifacts
#Zelda
#TheAdventureofLinkQuote, #ALinktothePastQuote
#HaruhanaQuote, #NakanoQuote
www.notion.so/06aaee32280f...
Haruhana & Nakano on androgynous Link character designs, 2017.
Source: Arts & Artifacts
#Zelda
#TheAdventureofLinkQuote, #ALinktothePastQuote
#HaruhanaQuote, #NakanoQuote
www.notion.so/06aaee32280f...
![PEOPLE:
- Yoshiki Haruhana, age 46. Character designer and art lead for many Zelda games.
- Yusuke Nakano, age 47. Illustrator for many Zelda games.
QUOTE:
Haruhana: [Looking at Adventure of Link art, straight-faced] He’s got some nice hips.
All: [Laughter]
Nakano: Link’s appearance has always been a little bit androgynous, and he has some effeminate traits as well. One might say that those traits are his roots.
Perhaps the fact that in the Japanese A Link to the Past commercial featuring Scha Dara Parr’s Zelda rap, the person dressed up as Link was female was also symbolic of that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreid7cswibuv7tug52savm2ipuax2zekydhwvnt5bca4e6uilyl4w6y@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
#Linktober 19: Link
Haruhana & Nakano on androgynous Link character designs, 2017.
Source: Arts & Artifacts
#Zelda
#TheAdventureofLinkQuote, #ALinktothePastQuote
#HaruhanaQuote, #NakanoQuote
www.notion.so/06aaee32280f...
Haruhana & Nakano on androgynous Link character designs, 2017.
Source: Arts & Artifacts
#Zelda
#TheAdventureofLinkQuote, #ALinktothePastQuote
#HaruhanaQuote, #NakanoQuote
www.notion.so/06aaee32280f...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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If you've ever offered to support me you could support him: because that supports what I do.
If you've ever offered to support me you could support him: because that supports what I do.