I think I have a similar experience, just a few years off.I didn't grow up with nes or snes but my parents did. Took me a while to find out that my parents used to be gamers because during childhood, gaming was basically banned. I didn't learn until later on in life that the reason why it was banned was because it was tooooo addicting (for them lol) like my mom sold her entire snes collection and my dad just hid his sega genesis and nomad. Gaming only picked up for me when I got my first computer. After a decade of multiplayer gaming, I'm finally starting to play games that I had missed out during my childhood and let me tell you, holy shit these games are fun. Would life be any different if I had access to these consoles growing up? Probably, but either way I am sure I would still have fun.
Whenever both of my parents retire, Im gonna setup my parents consoles ( will prob emulate snes cuz its too expensive to buy) and be like "You cant die yet mom/dad, you're gonna have to beat all these games in your library lol".
Omg I remember watching those youtube trailers on repeat as a kid. It looked so cool and made so much sense to combine parkour and fps. Never got to play it though :/ I don't think I have ever been as hyped for anything after Brink.