Does age make a difference to the experience one has?

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I just finished off the MediEvil series - I once considered getting them as a child, but ultimately decided to get other games - they were awesome, I enjoyed the humour in the first one particularly and the funny accents. But on some youtube videos people say how they adored playing them as a child... and I know I adored playing many games myself as a child, and they do seem somewhat different playing them as an adult.

What if the games are only played as an adult, though? Did I miss some kind of enjoyment that I could have got if I had chosen to get MediEvil at 10?

I don't because everyone has a different opinion.
For example, I wouldn't have played or even watched games that are based on horror and games like really bad violent stuff as I would have had nightmares as a child.
When I got to the later end of my teenage years, I can handle and play these games without having a nightmare occur.
So really in my opinion, it doesn't really matter of your age, if you enjoy the games you play, why should it matter?

Depends, what is a child, what is an adult?
Is an adult "one who has acheived basic adult thinking capabilities" about 14-16+?
Or is it an independent, responsible person with family, work,etc.?

I don't know, really... sometimes in my case it seems to mean "a person who can't possibly enjoy anything as purely as they did before they finally found out the cruel situation life put them in" - so, even though I try to enjoy things I like did before, or even concentrate long enough like I did so well as a child, adulthood to me seems to be nothing but the sure initiation of the process of death while alive.

I find I often enjoy things just the same assuming the game from my childhood is on par with the games I play now (I am a bit of an idealist.)

There's no straight answer for that question. Age can factor into one's perception of certain games, particularly if one has never played them before(I'm quite fond of checking out non-nostalgic retro titles). An adult, a teen, and a child might perceive a game differently. I fail to see how one could miss certain things as an adult that they would pick up as a kid, but the opposite can be true. If nothing else, I think certain games might appeal more to children than adults, and adults who remember playing a certain game as a kid might still have nostalgic feelings towards it, which is something you would be missing.

I think checking out a game now, as opposed to back then, can give one a clearer perspective, because their judgment isn't clouded by rose coloured glasses, and so, they can be mindful of certain flaws a game has, that those who loved it back in the day might not notice. Then again, so many gamers now, including some who have been gaming for 20+ years, claim they can't go back to games from past gens, because they're madly in love with the here and now. Personally, I think they, and the here and now, can get a room, but to each their own. Gamers who fit that demographic can have their judgment clouded by whatever the modern gaming equivalent is to rose coloured glasses, and can use terms like "it hasn't aged well", which seems to mean that it isn't enough like modern mainstream games for their tastes. As someone who doesn't care for most mainstream games nowadays, and often ends up enjoying diamonds in the rough more than the misnamed "AAA" titles, I tend not to think of past games in terms of CoD. However, I can't say my judgment can't be clouded by my prism of experience. For example, as someone who never checked out FFVII back in the day, I just can't get into it now, and actually prefer FFVIII. Everyone has an opinion, but I think it's much easier to approach a game impartially if one doesn't have a bias against a certain era, and hasn't played the game before, or anything else in the same series or franchise.

I dunno. I remember playing pinball machines and Pong myself when I started out. I like a mix of vintage and modern stuff, I can easily play "Adventure" just as much as FF7 or FF8 or even World of Tanks. I also like to play the old games I had for my Apple //e like the Ultima series.