I saw ads for the Atari VCS 2600 and I wanted one. A trip with my mother to a Funkberater (now RedZac) store got me a… Soundic cart system with the Submarine cartridge and a MotoCross cartridge.
Funkberater also officially sold the Philips Videopac but I can't remember why I didn't get that one - maybe too expensive.
Didn't take long and next christmas I had an Atari VCS 2600 with Asteroids and Space Invaders cartridges which were totally new on the market back then on my wish list but my parents said no deal. I was already always home when my mother arrived from work and every day she rang the doorbell down below at the house entrance. And every day I opened the door and listened when she came up the stairs. One day I noticed her going down to the cellar first before she came up to the second floor. Next day first thing I did was going down the cellar, opening that old cupboard and there it was… a boxed first generation Atari VCS 2600 and my two cartridges along with it. Joy! 2 weeks prior to christmas I already discovered my present!
Later I bought Defender, Pitfall!, Cross Force, Xonox Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak, Spider Fighter, Vanguard, Moon Patrol and Ms Pac-Man. These were all games I bought for the 2600 back then.
Sweet memories!