Good post.
I joined in a bit later.
At school, around 1982 or 1983 we had a computer with a tape reader. A couple years later were apple IIs.
At home we started with an atari 2600. I remember staying up in the middle of the night during the summer and playing asteroids, missile command and defender.
My childhood was defined by the Nintendo and the Super Nintendo.
I think the height of my video gaming life was when I owned a Vive last year. (sadly I sold it... what a terrible idea)
I had to Google that. Looks brilliant. I am way out of the loop these days, although my children (especially my son) are obsessed...