Way back in 1984 I got what I consider my first collectable game, a boxed copy of slot machine, then a year later a friend of the families took my mom to an Atari store to buy x-mass gifts via her discount there.All the while I belonged to the Atari Age Club and bought all but one of the exclusive games from them.Then there was a ten year hiatus until I found E(vil)-bay and really started collecting.