Back when everyone else had an NES, we still had an Atari 400 (or rather, my brother did). I have lots of fond memories playing Missle Command, Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, etc. We musta gone through about 10 different joysticks with that thing. After I was married, in 1993, I finally got my first Nintendo platform, the Super Nintendo. I had always enjoyed the NES games, so I was "hooked" with NES systems all the way through, although, everytime they would come out with a new system, it took us about two years to switch because I was never one to like to have to learn how to use the new controllers. Not to mention the cost! :)