Video games: in the beginning

My first encounter with video games was on the atari. Pac man and donkey kong and pong. My brothers and sisters would all gather around the TV and watch the simplest games for hours - Pong - two sticks and a bouncing ball. Then came the original nintendo. I couldn't wait to get home from school and play Mario Brothers. Nintendo marked the day my skin started to grow pale. It was only temporary though, because the console was on loan from my brother's friend. Finally, when the super nintendo came out, my frugal mom bought us the original nintendo console and we played mario brothers and zelda until our fingers ached and developed callouses.