Justin

Not a kid, but my father was a competitive Pac-Man player at bars in the 80s. That was his game.

A few years later in the mid-80s he and I loved Pole Position for the 2600 and at the Time Out arcade at the mall.

While I was amazed by Combat and Space Invaders when I first played them on my uncle's 2600, my first love in gaming was Pac-Man followed closely by Q-bert. I had them for my Gemini and adored them. Megamania was a close third; mainly because the ship reminded me of the Enterprise.

Great question… it’s difficult to answer but my first video game loves are all coin-ops: Star Castle, Defender, Robotron. TBH, the 2600 games I played as a kid didn’t grab me as much as the coin-op games.