I'll have a look at the drama
As a lad I used to be decent at Outrun in the arcade, used to have the top score for months in the arcade over the Island ( the arcade on the bend had the game forever , was it called carousel arcade ? ? ? )
I had a C Vic 20 ( mum and dad couldn't afford the C64 the next year ) aswell, moved onto a Electeron ( as we couldn't afford the BBC micro ) to play on Elite , must have been around the time consoles were leading the charge then, but had to convince the folks that a home computer was important for school
I was fortunate enough to have both NES and Master system consoles, by the time and Megadrive and SNES came out I was working, so could save my own money to buy them ( though my SNES came from a dubious source )