Other than pin ball or actually having to go to the arcade, it was when my mom bought my brother and I a PS1, pretty sure we play crash bandicoot for days
First video game was when I was 6yo, hanging at the tavern my mom worked at...they got Space Invaders and my life changed...my mom never had another quarter until the early 90s.
For console, I got the 2600 and played the F out of Combat.