{"id":97179,"date":"2026-11-02T21:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97179"},"modified":"2026-11-02T21:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:51:00","slug":"zelda-ocarina-of-time-google-easter-egg-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97179","title":{"rendered":"Zelda: Ocarina of Time Google Easter Egg Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Google just got a <u>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time<\/u> Easter egg that transports you back to the 1998 version of the search engine \u2014 complete with blue links for results.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The remake of the Nintendo 64 classic comes out this Thursday, November 5, but you can find the secret on Google now if you type \u201czelda\u201d into the search bar and press enter. This makes the Master Sword appear in the bottom-right corner of the screen. <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-313219616\"><img alt=\"null\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><figcaption data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 jsx-479945570 article-image-caption\">Type &#8216;Zelda&#8217; into Google and you&#8217;ll see the Master Sword from Zelda pop up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Click the Master Sword and it gets shoved into its pedestal, an audio effect plays, and the screen distorts to pull you through time. Now you\u2019re back at the old, useful, minimalist Google that showed search results as a series of blue links for people to click on.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-313219616\"><img alt=\"null\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><figcaption data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 jsx-479945570 article-image-caption\">In 1998 Google presented search results as a series of blue links.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">What you\u2019re seeing is Google from 1998, the year the original Ocarina of Time launched. It was the year of the Saving Private Ryan movie, the rise of teen pop icons like Britney Spears and breakthrough television shows like Sex and the City. The Boy Is Mine by Brandy and Monica would have been blasting from the stereos of passing cars, kids would have been playing with Furbys, and everyone was rocking a Nokia. Ah, nostalgia. Google\u2019s 1998 version even has the \u201cI\u2019m feeling lucky\u201d option, which would just take you to a random search result.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As Nintendo has pulled back the curtain on <u>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake<\/u>, we\u2019ve begun to get a better understanding of how this Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive will look and feel to play. IGN has already got you covered with an <u>extensive hands-on preview<\/u>, as well as a roundup of <u>all the changes we\u2019ve noticed so far<\/u> compared to the N64 masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">While you wait, check out a <u>special episode of Nintendo Voice Chat<\/u> where we dive deeper into our Zelda preview. Meanwhile, Eiji Aonuma, producer of the Zelda series at Nintendo, recently admitted some of the younger members of his team had never played the original game, but insisted that was very much a good thing for the development of the remake.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img alt=\"Kirk McKeand Avatar\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/oystatic.ignimgs.com\/src\/core\/img\/social\/avatars\/ign.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 1x, https:\/\/oystatic.ignimgs.com\/src\/core\/img\/social\/avatars\/ign.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;dpr=2&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 2x\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Kirk McKeand is a Contributor on IGN News. 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