The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is an action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was released in Japan on November 21, 1998 and in North America on March 21, 1999. Ocarina of Time is considered to be one of the greatest video games of all time, and is frequently cited by critics as the best game in the series. This legend is set concurrent with the events of the original The Legend of Zelda, and thus the story parallels the one of the original game. The game follows Link, the protagonist of the series, as he travels through time to stop the evil Ganondorf from taking over the Kingdom of Hyrule.