Here at Hackaday HQ we’re no strangers to vintage game emulation ... We’ve covered [rossumur]’s hacks before, but the ESP_8-bit is a milestone in comprehensive capability.

[Jonathan Cauldwell] has come up with just such a tool that lets you do just that, for a variety of 8-bit platforms. [Jonathan]’s project is called the Multi Platform Arcade Game Designer ...

The story followed Link on his quest to save Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon. The game was played from a top-down perspective, and was the first of its kind to implement a save system ...