Maybe because we all know what that acronym actually means (well, most of us, anyway).

I still have hand-drawn maps!

You're KIDDING! Girl, you are a hoarder! lmao

My family said something similar when I hauled out my old, meticulously-drawn Zelda maps when they bought me a GameCube 2 years ago, complete with the Zelda Collector's Edition. I fired up The Legend of Zelda and was ready to go! hahahahaha

Who needed maps? I had them all memorized! I figured a map was a cheat, and who wanted to cheat? LOL

I don't think maps are cheats if you draw them yourself!

Oh my gosh! Barbara do you know that the only thing that kept me out of prison when I was a kid was Zelda games?? Aaahhh its nice to know I'm not the only female. tee hee. (PS do you have any Zelda memorabilia? I have some shirts, a mug, wall decals and a bunch of action figures.)

wow lol i missed the early zeldas but the latest one on the n64 was sweet i beat it and i intend on getting a Nintendo Wii here soon with the newest zelda games. Anyhow i was addicted to a game called Dungeons of Daggorath on the Commodore 64, and yes i have an emulator and the game rom lol. I played it during class in college.

Oh yea, i also had hand drawn maps as well as i took pictures of the map on my tv screen with a camera because when you changed levels it showed you a map briefly for 5 seconds lol. Born a nerd, grew up a nerd, probably die a nerd.

I also played a text based "mud" (multi user dungeon) for probably a good 5 years till the realm finally shut down (very depressing i made so many good friends there) Oh the memories.