I remember waiting for it to be released, as my friend decided to get a copied-version. He was stuck in the Ice Cavern and so I (easily) helped him out with it, and fell in love. It made me want the game so badly, but it was still a month or two off from release.

I won't go in to a wall of text, because let's be honest no one here really cares that much; I do remember my first play through, and it was glorious!