My childhood gaming was spent losing to all my Genesis games and readily developing my crazy run n' gun gaming strategies. I still pull out my MK 1 Genesis for some more pain.
I'm also a huge arcade freak though always limited in what I can find nowadays.Still freeze anytime I hear Galaga, OutRun, Robotron 2084, attraction cues- or Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, my favorite game of all time.
I love pinball machines, but the first to admit I'm middling at best. No supple wrist. ;)
Still play my old Genesis, PSX, N64, and Gamecube. I always buy the console after they've been dead a few years. I started doing this because I noticed how cheap they were as a kid once discarded and that they were just as fun.
And my Game Gear's screen finally died recently. Noooooooo!
BTW worst SW game ever: Yoda Stories, Game Boy Color. The horror.