Sadly, I can´t relate as much as I´d like because I´m not that old but I had a similar experience with Zelda Ocarina of Time, I was impressed because of the huge freedom the game gives you, even if Oot is a linear game tho.
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Absolutely love OoT, I want to say that on many lists it is regarded as one of the best, or the absolute best, game of all time.
I wouldn't recommend going back to play the NES Zelda as it is very dated now, but the SNES version is still a lot of fun and operates in a similar way to original Zelda.