/vr/ - Retro Games

I'm 30 years old this year and still own consoles and games from when I was 10 years old. I have about 1500 games.

I have not played a single console in over a year, instead I built a home emulation machine. I got most the parts for free from work, silent cooling, a nice plain black mini itx case for it. I have a real SNES gamepad and a wireless 360 controller. It's hooked up to the TV in my living room. It has 4TB of storage and with all the free parts only cost me £150.

As someone with a wife, 2 kids and a third on the way it's awesome to be able to stretch out on the sofa after everyone is asleep and play for a few hours. But with all my responsibilities and bills to pay I can't justify spending £40 on a 25 year old game which I can play anyway with the original controller no less. Feels 99% the same.

So I'm slowly selling off my games collection for over valued prices on ebay. I can probably pay £10-£15k off my mortgage. This stuff is too valuable to keep. I'm not a reseller but I am taking advantage of the retro madness.

On the plus side the high prices mean people who buy games will take VERY GOOD CARE of them and preserve the games I love so much.