
The Genesis was the first console I ever owned. My downsatirs neighbors had one and they'd invite me down to play every so often. I was working second shit in the warehouse at LL Bean at the time, and there was nothing on TV after I'd get home from work and all my friends were asleep, so I got the Genesis to give me something to do to wind down after work. I still have that console, and it still works. I also have most of my carts (some mysteriously vanished, we had a house guest with a drug problem and I think they may have pawned a bunch of my games for drug money).