Memory is wild sometimes. For instance, I can remember what I was doing when I first saw the Indiana Jones game on Atari 2600. I can remember the first time I played E.T. as well. Neither was great games, lol.
Pac-Man was quite horrible. I did not experience Donkey Kong on the Atari 2600 till many years later and by then, any chance of being impressed was long gone.
RE: Fan Fixes Atari 2600 Version of Donkey Kong in Homebrew Remake