...and how fun they used to be?
First I ever played was called Telengard on Commodore 64.
,....but what really started my Love was Dragon Warrior on NES.
Nothing was more satisfying than discovering those new lands or leveling up enough until you can kill the Dragon blocking the little tunnel to reach the southern parts.
The excitement of randomly encountering a monster that could take 5 minutes to kill, getting that heal off with 1 hp left and winning.
Those were the days..