Shooting an apple off one's child's head of the story is in the legend of William Tell, supposedly happening to start off the Swiss revolution, written first in the 15th-century "White Book of Sarnen", then in Aegidius Tschudi's 16th-century "Chronicon Helveticum", and later the basis for Friedrich Schiller's 1804 play. Tell is arrested for failing to bow in respect to the hat that the newly appointed Austrian "Vogt", Albrecht Gessler, has placed on a pole, and Gessler commands him to shoot an apple off his son's head with a single bolt from his crossbow. After splitting the apple with the single shot (supposedly on November 18, 1307),
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past the Past" was critically acclaimed upon release for its graphics and gameplay, and has since been recognized by critics as one of the greatest video games of all time. In 2005, IGN editors placed it 11th in its "Top 100 Games", while readers voted it to 5th place. The following year "Entertainment Weekly" chose it as the best game of all-time. Members of GameFAQs ranked it the 4th best, and readers of Japanese magazine "Famitsu" ranked it 31st in a 2006 poll. It also placed 3rd in "Electronic Gaming Monthly"s list, 23rd in "Game Informer"s, and 3rd in a best