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A TRS-80 at home, and Donkey Kong, Dig-Dug, and Ms. Pac-Man in the arcades (1981-1982).



The first system I remember was a NES at various friends and relatives' places. Random titles that were fun but I wasn't attached to, notably Duck Hunt. My own first system was a SNES that I mainly played Mario and Kirby on. I started getting passionate about games when I got a GameBoy and Pokemon Red at a local pawn shop. Then a N64 with Mario Kart and Smash Bros. By the time I got a PS2 with Tekken Tag for Christmas I was fully invested. 



Played a bit of arcade and atari, but didn't care much for gaming. Until my great aunt bought me a NES with Super Mario Bros. Feel in love, never looked back.



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