I was nine years old when I first came to know about The Legend of Zelda.
My grandparents had just bought a N64 and quite a few titles for it, so when I asked if I could play it, they said go ahead. I sorted through various titles before settling on the game Ocarina of Time, only because the title just jumped out at me. I spent the better of four summers exploring every corner of Hyrule before they sold their N64.
I lost contact with the series until about two years later, when our neighbor lent us his copy of Twilight Princess for the Gamecube. Since then, I've been hooked back in and I don't plan to leave.