Sounds about like me, I couldn't afford a new Atari 2600, so we picked one up used. Mother bought my a NES new and a Saga Genesis later on as they came out. I enjoyed them both. I never bought a gaming system for myself, I got into computer gaming instead. I bought a loaded Alien and then later started building my own PCs. Well, I did end up buying a PS3 but only because it was slightly cheaper than a Bluray player.