Interesting! I didn’t know Nintendo released a home video game console before the NES. And it was quite successful too, from what I’m reading. Perhaps the reason for my lack of knowledge is the fact that the Color TV-Game consoles were released only in Japan.
I think it was actually a NES, and one of my first games must have been Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt. I must have been 4 or 5 when I got the NES. When I got my hands on it, the NES was already past its prime (I received it from my cousin, who was getting rid of it when the next generation of consoles came in), but that didn’t stop me from having loads of fun. Didn’t care about graphics or the next big thing. Perks of being so young.