I Have Been Chosen!!!
I have been playing Zelda 1 on original hardware and a CRT at that. It has been such an incredible journey that I’m towards the end of the game and decided that I wanted to give Zelda 2 a try. So I naturally went on the hunt to find a copy! I looked on GameStop website and they actually had a copy an hour away and I coincidentally needed to drive that way for work the following week. I checked the website again a few days prior and apparently my local mall GameStop also received a copy in stock!
So a day later I went to go to the mall and purchase it and the guy tells me that someone had already called in and placed a hold on the game. I knew there was another retro game store in the mall so I said why not try there then. Luckily they had 2 gold cartridges in stock! I was thrilled and purchased a copy!
Well I get home right, and I say “just in case, let me pop in the game and see if it works.” I turn it on, and there’s a save file already on the game. ITS MY NAME ON THE SAVE FILE!!! THE FILE WAS NEVER EVEN STARTED!!! I have never felt a more paranormal feeling, and I now feel obligated to begin the Adventure of Link and save Hyrule. I don’t have any answers as to how or why theres a save file with my name on it, but damn it feels cool as hell.