How to make (complex) games?

Hello everbody!

I am a huge fan of Virtual Boy and I would like to program a game for it. But not as simple as the existing homebrewn games – I am not saying they are bad, I love Blox for example! 😀 – I would like to make something more complex. Like a platformer or RPG.

I have some programming skills, but not very much, and I am asking myself how complex games are realized. Object oriented I guess? But how exactly is a game – let’s say Zelda – layed out? How are the many aspects of the game realized and (most important) how does everything work together?

Maybe anybody as an idea of this and can explain it to me or point me to a place that can do so. Tutorials would be great!

Thanks, Bort