I has hard at it on Super Mario Land and Tetris on my Gameboy, aged 4.
I disagree with the hypothesis, I used to put in a good 35 hours a week playing games until aged 15-16.
Aged 27 now, hardly play any.
* Proof I was a real gamer, was that I scratched my Gameboy with a pen-knife aged 4 after losing too many lives on Super Mario Land against that damn "cloud" second last boss. How's that for rage quit. You would also find various bite marks all over the Gameboy.
I must have finished Super Mario Land over a hundred times. I only got games for Xmas and Birthday.







