I bought mine when I was in highschool. About... 7 years ago? Yup, PS was out and I bought an Snes. Couldn't afford a PS, but the Snes had/has so many great games.
I've played other people's SNESes, and always enjoyed it.
The games that came with the console are pretty lame, especially Silent Scope (NO SCOPE!?), but I got a great deal, so I figured what the hell.
If .hack// didn't intentionally drop you into a world that's 3 levels above your level, I'd still be playing it. I'm not sure what dev team thought that crap up.