If I find myself in an arcade today, I look for Ms. Pac-Man.
I grew up on the NES, SNES, then PS2, XBox....idk
I won a tiny trophy for being the best in my daycare in Super Mario Bros. I never owned SMB2, but my neighbor did.
I was a big gamer my whole life, but only when it was too dark to play outside. I'd never pick video games over playing outside/sports.
Since starting Whoa Nellie and having no free time on my hands, I pleateaued at an extra Xbox 1 my brother gave me. The last games I played a lot were Tropico 5, Red Dead 2, and GTA 5.
My favorite games growing up were Super Mario Bros, the NCAA games, and Ken Griffey Jr baseball on the SNES. I edited all the rosters back when that was a challenge to do. The Dodgers were good because they had Piazza's rookie season (1993).
I'd play Rampage and try to do all the levels in Bubble Bobble when I had friends for a sleepover. Those were the days.
Then in high school, we'd endlessly play Goldeneye (4-player) into the wee hours.
Playing my little brother in video games was just an opportunity for him to go nuts, because of the 4-year age difference. We'd play Gauntlet and I'd shoot the food so he coudln't get it, and he'd freak out. I wasn't a very nice brother in that respect. I can still hear the phrase now: "red warrior shot the food!"
