Oh how we love lists.  We love to look at these things so we can tell what some people love and get some semblance of what they hate by excluding things.  I have been playing and collecting games since I was barely walking, it was something my uncle and older brother surrounded me with.  I had all kinds of gadgets from an Apple II and Commodore VIC-20 to Odyssey, Intellivision, Microvision and Atari.  But of course none of those would compare to the late birthday present I got on October 19th 1985.  My Mother and Aunt took me into Manhattan and we went and got me a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)...

I almost exploded from the joy this system gave me.  They instantly had a tool to keep me in line...All it took was one threat "Do your homework or no Nintendo" - Bam, homework done..."Eat your vegetables or no Nintendo!" Damn it! They got me, swallow that damn Broccoli...