I have been a gamer but for the first two years of my life.
My first memorable gaming experience was Deja Vu on the family Macintosh 128k. I think I was about 3 or 4.
Before age 5, I had beat (or finished every level of) over a dozen video games.
I bought my own SNES when it was released in the US (I think I was about 5 or 6 then, completely broke after that).
I completed Super Mario World 100% 3 days after I bought my SNES.
I have owned primarily Nintendo systems because of the first party games.
My console and handheld collection includes: ColecoVision, NES, SNES, N64, Playstation, GCN, PS2, Wii, GameBoy, GBC, GBA, GBA:SP, NDS.
In 4th grade, I learned of and wrote games with the ZZT gaming utility.
None of my games were released, but I still have the floppies to which the games were backed up.
I write my own PC games in Java and C++.
I am now a Computer Science student in my junior year. When I begin my career, I hope to enter the gaming industry.