#1 I’m almost 40

#1. Had to go to a distant friend's house to play it because no one else had a Nintendo yet.

God I'm old...

No phantom hourglass then?

First ever was #1, first one I beat was #11 though

I was around for 1, didn't play any until 5, and have only played 5 and 6.

I had never played a Zelda game (or even any nintendo game except wii sports and mario kart wii) 3 years ago. Decided to try ocarina of time 3d on an emulator and got hooked. I still need to play majora's mask and skyward sword of the 3D games and I have a few 2d Zeldas left but overall it has been a great experience and awesome journey, and I have also branched out and played all metroid and 3d Mario games and consider myself a Nintendo fan now.

Edit: this post has actually inspired me to boot up a link to the past and give it another chance and I realised part of why I didn't get into it originally was the input lag that can rather easily be mitigated in retroarch. Having a great time

#2 for me

Unrelated, but what Zelda should i play, I've retired on link to the past, and minish cap

Link to the Past, for GB Advanced. I could never finish it.