Hi Peeps - your question brought back memories. I played and beat the original Legend of Zelda game - way back in 1989 or so. I had three young children at the time and was working full time and taking a full college schedule at nights, weekends and sunrise classes. We had originally gotten the Zelda game for the kids but I found it was one I could actually play and save my settings. I would play late late at night in between taking breaks from studying and writing term papers. Occasionally I would play when the kids could watch me but mostly it was a late night escape. I got little or no sleep during those years so Zelda was a way of staying sane. The kids knew they were not to use my "man" if they played the game but one day the baby sitter did and lost all of my treasures and weapons and erased everything I had taken months to acquire so I had to start all over. The day I beat the game I called all the kids into the room to watch me fight the final fight (sorry don't remember the names of things/creatures/characters) and rescue the princess. They all cheered. To this day they talk about it and though they are now in their late 20s they still say that their mom is the only person they know that ever beat that game. I've never played another video game before or since.