I did (I think we sold it later on though, even though I still have the actual game cartridge), and played it all the time, even though I wasn't necessarily bad at it, I think I only beat it ONCE... there's a really good (and amusing) Let's Play of it where the guy kind of speed runs through it and takes a lot of short cuts, but I'm not really one for doing that.
I also had the original Legend of Zelda, but try as I may, I could NEVER figure out Death Mountain (the final dungeon), though again, thanks to Let's Plays, that can serve as reference.