Legend of Zelda – The Ocarina of Time (GameCube)

Right, well, I’m in the Forest Temple and it’s quite beautiful. It’s a pity the european N64 was saddled with such ropey composite output. OOT on the GameCube benefits from the ‘Cube’s gloriously sharp and vibrant RGB output, and it really makes this particular dungeon shine – loads of rich greens and bright flowers. Anyhoo,

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Addendum

We now have an entry date set for the new purchasers. It’s tentatively placed at 7th April. Obviously, because we’re not buying, we can be pretty flexible about it, but April is good for us. Its all very exciting really!

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Relief!

We spent all day Saturday and half of Sunday frantically cleaning and sweeping in preparation for potential purchasers coming to view our house. The good news is that it’s sold! We came to an agreement on price. We’re absolutely delighted as we’ve hit the amount we wanted for it, and it’s happened early on too.

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Legend of Zelda – Ocarina of Time (GameCube)

And so it continues. I popped back to Hyrule and was just in time to see Zelda galloping off at a rate of knots, with Ganondorf in hot pursuit. Luckily, she managed to drop off the eponymous Ocarina of Time and the Song of Time on the way. A quick dash to the Temple of

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Legend of Zelda – Ocarina of Time (GameCube)

Gah! The mini boss in Jabu Jabu’s tumtum is a nasty little beggar. I finally discovered it can be a one hit wonder if you which it’s glowy bot with a deku stick. Trouble is it’s blindingly difficult to get behind. Surprisingly, the dungeon boss was dead easy, but a huge amount of fun –

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A minor panic.

Well, I had a brief panic yesterday. I read on the DIMIA website (as you do when you’re tired of waiting and busy yourself looking for things to worry about) that I could have got another 15 points as my occupation is on the MODL list. As it happens, I neither need the points nor

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Legend of Dora the Explorer – Ocarina of The Map

Still not out of Jabu Jabu’s Belly, but I have managed to get stupid fish girl to the sacred stone. Unfortunately, she was sooked up into the ceiling by a noodly appendage. I’m now stuck at the mini boss. I had been thwapping him in the coupon with the boomerang but then couldn’t get behind

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Legend of Zelda – Ocarina of Time (GameCube)

Oh no! I think the ennui may be coming back! Played this for about fifteen minutes last night, but got really frustrated in Jabu Jabu’s Belly and switched it off in a fit of pique. I’m such a contrary sod at times. It was purely down to me being rubbish, of course. But I was

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