Have ya'll beat both the first and second quest on the original Legend of Zelda though?
I remember Zelda II: Adventures of Link being touted as being pretty difficult. I beat it one summer so long ago. I did like the gameplay, but it was so different from the first game.
A Link to the Past was one that I bought for my dad for his birthday. He said that he would take any present wrapped in gold, so I got my mom to buy him a Super NES, then wrapped the box in aluminum foil and told him that I couldn't afford the gold foil.
Between my dad and me, we put so many hours into playing Zelda 1 & 3. I remember showing him my GameBoy Advance SP one Thanksgiving with the NES Legend of Zelda playing. He took it, walked away with it and played through a huge chunk of the game by the time we ate Thanksgiving dinner!
I later bought my parents a GameCube with the Zelda Collector's Disc. I am pretty sure that one had Zelda 1 & 2, then Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. Four Swords Adventures and Windwaker followed on the GameCube. I cannot remember if my dad had also gotten Twilight Princess on the 'Cube or not.
Have the Wii, WiiU, and 3DS games been good? I thought of getting that 2d/3d spanning revision of Zelda III, but still have not pulled the trigger on it.