Naturally, when I played Gold as a 6-year old back when it was originally released, most things went over my head. However, as I play Heart Gold now, all the memories come flooding back in, I remember each route as I travel along. The nostalgic feeling is incredible, and HG does an excellent job of recreating the experience for me, I love it! I also played Pokemon Blue when that was first released, but there's something about Gold that makes it much more important to me.
Some memories from Gold:
-Training a Jumpluff to level 85 after accidentally releasing my starter into the wild
-Wondering why my level 72 Graveler wouldn't evolve, despite seeing pictures of Golem
-Bug catching contest!
My current progress in Heart Gold:
Badges: 1
City: Violet City
Pokemon: Lvl. 16 Bayleef, Lvl. 15 Gastly, Lvl. 13 Wooper
*Yes, I do have a friend who I can trade with to evolve my upcoming Haunter into Gengar :-)
**And that's with 6 hours 35 minutes played so far...I am taking my sweet time with this game and exploring everything possible.