To my earliest memories I wasn't 8 years old when I started playing Ocarina of Time. But it could be possible that I might have played them
much younger with my blood family, the woman did told my new mother that I loved video games when I was with her and my blood mother was supposed to give me back my video games I had(She never did).
I believe I was around 9 when I got a gameboy color and a copy of links awakening dx. That is still my favorite game to date and I fell in love with the series ever since.
I was very young when I first started playing the Lagend of Zelda on the NES. It was one of my favorite games at that time. However it was when I played Ocarina of Time when I was nine or ten that I became a die hard fan of the franchise.
Brother was given an N64 and OoT, left it to me when he moved out, and after years of watching him play i got to do it and it was incredible. Changed me forever.
I must have been about 7 or 8 when I finally convinced my older brother to let me play his copy of Link's Awakening on the original Gameboy. I couldn't really figure it out at the time, but I still loved it. The rest is history!
I was 8 when OoT came out. I remember renting it from Blockbuster so I was probably 8 or 9. That was the first Zelda game I ever played, and I loved it. I remember I bought it shortly afterwards. I can remember celebrating every time I would clear a dungeon. Also I thought it would be over after I got the three Spiritual Stones lolz.
Also my mom thought video games were bad when I was little. I had to read all 123 Animorphs books to get my N64. That was the agreement she made with me.
My first Zelda game was Skyward Sword a few years ago. I loved it and immediately Got Twilight Princess (which has the best dungeons so far), then Windwaker HD. I have played several more since then, and am super hyped for BotW!
I was around 6 or 7 when my oldest brother (who was 14 or 15) downloaded an emulator for Game Boy and we played Link's Awakening and a Japanese Pokémon Gold before it had released in America. I had no idea how much that game would change me as a person. It really sculpted the base upon which the rest of my existence is perched.