I could because I did.
I was into LoZ as a kid, and AoL for a time... then, I just wasn't much into videogaming. It was expensive to get systems. I was more into reading books and watching television shows and I was into anime. I didn't play A Link to the Past until 10 or 12 years after it came out. In fact, the reason I'm here being a Zelda-fangirl today was because I got the chance to play a friend/relative's GameCube as a fourth-of-july lark a few years ago, fell in love with the copy of Twilight Princess he brought over, my guy and I just happened to be in a rare good spot with money at the time, so he surprised me with a 'Cube and TP three days later on my birthday.
Then I borrowed my friend's Collector's Disk and found out just what this "Ocarina of Time" business was all about and the rest is me-becomming-a-slathering-Zelda-fantatic history.
I droughted for a good long time between "favorite childhood games" and rediscovering the franchise. The fansploshion was wonderful. If I had to do it again, yeah, I could.