My childhood home had a lot of electronics around because my Dad was a bit of a gadget guy. Every now and then, we'd go to a small electronics shop where my dad would negotiate prices and extras since he apparently knew the owners. If we bought a portable game system, we'd always get extra batteries for free. Actually, I was more interested in hooking up a couple of VCRs to copy tapes-if I remember right, a guy at the video rental store actually explained to us how this was possible. The double-VCR monster was a bit messy with RCA cables everywhere, but it worked.
I also liked playing video games on our Atari 7800 and Nintendo.
Engadget, Growing Up Geek: Iyaz Akhtar
