Did you ever try Gargoyles Quest? That definitely gave me some of the same vibes.

Adventure of Link was an awesome game. Was a massive step forward from the previous iteration and introduced me To the whole the random encounters While exploring. That could be tedious but was so much fun to explore the map! My personal favorite for Zelda games of that era.

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They’re still fun games. They have a pretty straightforward gameplay, if that’s the type of game you like (dungeon crawler), I say go for it.