12 years later...
I grew up in the late 70s-early 80s with Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision, etc.
I was in college when the NES came to market, and I was far too busy with school to have much free time for videogames.
I do own an NES with a few carts and enjoy it, but it just doesn't have the same sentimental value to me as my pre-NES machines.