My family wasn’t rich, but when I was a kid we had an Atari 2600 and a Commodore 64 at home. When I started high school, I got an Amiga for my birthday. My mom became a huge gamer, so she tried to keep up with the times. She got an NES and then a SegaGenesis. I really wanted the Mortal Kombat games but mom said no. I had to play them at a friend’s house. I was obsessed with Mortal Kombat. Anyway, I felt like I was lucky. Whatever games we didn’t have at home I could play at friends’ houses or at the arcade. The Dream Machine was easy to get to after school. Back then, the Dream Machine arcade often had better games with better graphics and sounds than a home console and if I couldn’t have a game at home, the Dream Machine had it available for me to play. Quarters were precious treasures to hold onto and then spend at the arcade!