/vr/ - Retro Games

>>352543
J-James?

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Not much, family was pretty poor, just some of the ps1 stuff is from my 'childhood'
>How much is re-purchased?
nothing
>Crown jewel of the collection?
sealed cd-i zelda games

>>352597
Sealed? That might be worth quite a bit. Awesome!

>>352597
>Sealed
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zelda-The-Wand-of-Gamelon-CD-i-1993-/221209104116?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3381170ef4

Had a pretty big ps1 collection.
Even had some rare japanese games and some europe-only games.
Had to sell everything to pay debts.

>that feel

>>352640
would anyone really pay that much?

>Collections.
I collect for the PS1 and Saturn. I have: Saturn- 32 games and PS1- 125 games

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
About a fifth or so of my PS1 collection is from my childhood, mostly SquareSoft RPGs. The Saturn is almost all new since I've only had it a year and a half. My uncle gave it to me two Christmas' back with a few games, almost none of which I liked. Traded them all in except for Tomb Raider and Sega Rally.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
Oh tough. Can I have multiple answers? In terms of rarity: Panzer Dragoon Saga for the Saturn and probably Suikoden II or maybe Elemental Gearbolt for the PS1. In personal terms: Virtual-On for the Saturn and XenoGears for PS1.

Also, sorry for not posting pictures. I did take them, but the site or CAPTCHA or something keeps eating them.

I kept every video game related thing from 95 till the present, I have everything intact save for some original SNES/N64 boxes which makes me mad to this day that the child me threw them out.

Crown jewel? Either Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday for the SNES- my first game. Or, Steel Battalion controller+game.

>>352675
Other cabinet

>>352662
Those are nice. I wouldn't sell them.
Too bad they don't have that plastic cover, or do they?

>>352685
>shrek

>How much you kept
Probably less than half that I've had in the past. Fortunately, I've kept most of my consoles, but man do I have such a smaller game collection.

>How much is re-purchased
Not much. The only game that comes to mind that I had to repurchase was MK Trilogy on the N64. First one broke.

>Crown Jewel
Perfect Dark, and that's because of the story behind it.
Tl;dr version:
>Nignog steals my perfect dark
>Week goes buy, can't find him or the game
>Give up and buy a used one from EB Games
>It's my copy
You can't beat that.

Enclosed picture is the only thing I have that shows any of my retro stuff. Can't take any new ones because phoneaka camera is broken.

>>352704
Please don't tell me you blu tacked them games to thee wall

>>352716
Blu-tacked and taped with packaging tape to make sure they don't fall.
Don't worry, none of it is touching anything other than the cases, so no harm done.

I'm too poor / lazy to put a shelf for them up there.

How much have you kept from your childhood?

Allmost nothing, i was a PC gamer, so i would say some boxed games like Ages of Empires, Heroes III...and some game boy games(pokemon, zelda...)

How much is re-purchased?

Allmost 99%, sending all my loose games because i need money, keeping the boxed/mint ones.

Crown jewel of the collection?

My favourite pieces are some bigboxed PC/Amiga games(Monkey Island...)

In terms of money, maybe my mint super nintendo DKC1 pack, or my Sakura Card Captor game boy color limited edition, i can stare at it for hours...

>>352685
Is that a Steel Battalion controller?
I wish i had one.

>>353024
Yea it is, it's pretty badass, I have an Xbox to USB cable and I've been meaning to use it with Hawken, but I don't have a gaymen computer so I never get around to doing it.

Steel Battalion is probably one of the most challenging, yet rewarding games I've ever played.

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
2 games and a couple of consoles of my collection of over 300 games are from my childhood

>How much is re-purchased?
Everything else

>Crown Jewel?
My near-mint boxed Rayman GOLD with all the trimmings.

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Nothing. I lost everything I owned when I went into foster care.

>How much is re-purchased?
Several thousand percent more.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
I dunno, probably Lunar 2 or Vay for Sega CD, or my Neo Geo, or my TG16. Or The Misadventures of Tron Bonne.

>>353229
>>Crown jewel of the collection?

My Working Designs collection for the Saturn, SCD and PSX

>>353265

>he never made wizardry

I never throw anything away... So I have 38 years worth of collectible crap...

I suppose this is my crown jewel for video games. Single owner Panzer Dragoon Saga.

I didn't keep anything from childhood. My mom kept our NES, SNES, and PS1, though. She gave me the SNES and PS1 recently, and though the PS1 only had a few games (Lunar 2 being the only one that stands out), she kept all the SNES games in working condition. Battletoads, Space Ace, Zelda, Street Fighter 2, both Lufias, Super Mario World, a Super Gameboy (with Pokemon Blue in it), Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario Kart, Equinox, and a couple others.
Not sure which game is the rarest or most would consider the "crown jewel", but my personal favorite is Lufia 2. I still have a save where I beat the boss of the Ancient Cave on the first try (had the Catfish Jewel and Gades Blade, which was hard to get because I wasn't playing on Retry mode, and then got lucky picking up a lot of blue chest items and insta-kill spells to take out the dragons when you get to floor 80). Sadly, the only game that still has the box it came in is the first Zelda for NES.

>>353287
10/10

>>353272

I'm glad he didn't, because he would have been the most powerful wizard the world had ever seen.

>>353317

But he would've used his powers for the greatest good mankind had ever seen.

Sonichu in Super Smash Bros Universe

>>352675
those Packers statues

>>353248
Oh, I am acutely aware of how shitty it was to have been able to play Working Designs games in my youth, but be too poor to be able to buy them.

And now that I have money, they're still out of reach for the most part.

I never sold a single one of my games or consoles. Heck, I even kept the boxes for most of them.

My most cherished piece is probably the Super Starfox Weekend cartridge my parents bought me from Nintendo Power. I was the highest scoring player at my location and still have the T-shirt and jacket I won from it, so that cart represents an awesome memory

>>352597

We meet again!

>>353383

>>352543
>How much have you kept from your childhood?

Nothing from before I was 12 because of foster care and general dysfunction. First summer back with my dad I mowed lawns all summer long to buy a used ps1 and snes with some games.

>How much is re-purchased?

A bunch of ps1 games that my friends brother stole from my house.

>Crown jewel of the collection?

Don't really know. I have a lot that I love, but have always been more of an enthusiast, and not a collector so everything gets opened and played. So I have nothing that is worth more then a few hundred I'm sure.

I wish my house had a basement, I would make it my own. Instead, I have to fit everything in my tiny bedroom. Including my computer desk.

>>352685
I want that Steel Battalion set so bad, its right under Panzer Dragoon Saga on my list of stuff to buy next.

>>353287
Damnit

>>353391
>Games falling under the Dreamcast
WWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

>>353428

Closeup on the shelves that have /vr/ related games I guess. Haven't gotten any new ps1 games since these pics anyway I don't think.

>>353443

Part two.

>this thread
i like video games, but Jesus...I don't want to end up as some 30 something year old living with my parents with all these video games

>>353447

Snes and n64 games before they got relocated because of drawer being filled with psp and vita games.

>>353437

Wait what?

>>353448

Just do it like I did, get a job and get an apartment!

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Sadly not a great deal, the Master System, Mega Drive, Commodore 64 and Sinclair Spectrums all went. Mostly got my Sega Saturn and Dreamcast still.

>How much is re-purchased?
Nothing.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
Panzer Dragoon Saga, with the cardboard case for the two boxes.

>>353476

>>353448
You're saying that like its a bad thing.

>>353383
Has your collection grown alot?

I know mine hasn't

>>353448
The longer you stay here, the longer you seal your fate as a perma-neckbeard.

>>353431

And here are my games.

Recently got 12 free NES games, like Ninja Gaiden, Contra, Dragon Warrior ect ect, and I got a TMNT fighter for the SNES for free too.


Also got Monster Hunter for the WiiU, but who cares about that? I tried buying Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon yesterday, but GS was sold out.

>>353669
>3264x2448

Oops... I hope your browsers can resize pictures automatically.

>>353669

>xbox original games mixed with 360 games

Not even jelly. OP's pic looks like my collection except it's mostly PS2 and Xbox.

>>353493

Ah, that. Not really falling, out of pegs to fasten my shelves with.

>>353618
It's actually grown a lot, really a lot.

>>352543
>>352685
>>353265
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>>353391
>>353428
>>353443
>>353447
>>353459
>>353476
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>>353669
I'd like to display my glorious collection like these some of these pics, but I'm too scared about getting robbed. Don't you guys worry about security? Do you have any extra protection or can some crackhead break in while you're at work?

>>353759

Sure they could, but hey, it's only videogames!

>Commodore 64 + about 40 games
>Mega Drive + about 20 games
>Game Gear + 8 games (had to get new GG off ebay as the other was stolen years ago)
>Gameboy Color + 15 games

not into collecting, especially games/systems I didn't play as a kid. It may be sacrilege, but I'm happy playing emulated roms on my 32" LCD

besides, neither my C64 or mega drive look good on anything other than a CRT, which I don't have

>>353783
Uh bro, these are clearly collectors. Losing your collection is kind of a big deal if you're a collector.

>>353797

Hey, I'm
>>353383
>>353391
>>353476
>>353493
>>353783

And sure it would be sad, but to the point, it's only videogames after all. Everything can be replaced with time and effort. I'm more concerned about the usual stuff like photos of friends and family and other personal memories/mementos.

>>353759

>>353669 here

I live in a ghetto, and I can't even walk to my girlfriends without getting jumped by multiple black people at once. My protection at home is two dogs, a Pitbull and a Rottweiler.

Black people have an inherent fear of dogs for some reason, so the most that gets stolen is mail from the mailbox.

>>353717
I hate my DS Lite. The d-pad just feels so cheap and my shoulder buttons have been non-functional without constantly blowing forcefully into them for a while.

Is the original DS any better? Or would you recommend the DSi XL? I have a 3DS XL already, so I was thinking about the original DS for the GBA slot.

>>353759
I'm pretty sure I can protect my shit, and my local reputation is admittedly a little terrifying for reason I won't go into. If that doesn't work, my landlord and my half-sister keep tabs on the property when I'm away, and know that they will be rewarded for preventing any bullshit from befalling my stuff.

Also hey, one of my Dreamcasts is at the bottom edge of the photo.

>>353794
though I would be interested in getting a Vectrex

those things look the shit!! I watch too much CGR

>>353845
thas racist

>>353448
30, Married, and have my own tiny ass place. Old picture I re-shelved the living room and made more room. Maybe i'll take more pics when I get back home.

>>353856

That's not a easy choice. I would try to get a gba sp with the good backlit, unless you're trying to play pirated gba with a DS flashcart. But concensus, don't go for original DS, sucks in so many ways. DSi XL don't have GBA slot as you might know but is otherwise the best DS-version. Hard choices.

>>353837
>I'm more concerned about the usual stuff like photos of friends and family and other personal memories/mementos.
Luckily this isn't the sort of stuff most burglars would target. Nicely organized games would be perfect, though. Everyone knows games can be resold and a lot of non-scene people think all oldschool games like NES carts are worth their weight in gold.

I've kept all of my Super Nintendo games. Traded some N64 games and most of my Game Boy Color games were stolen. The last game was Pokemon Red and I gave that to my cousin along with my original Atomic Purple Game Boy Color.

He proceeded to never play it but still broke it. Little cunt.

But I ordered another one, same version a few weeks ago and I just got it today, CIB. Just waiting on Kirby Tilt & Tumble and Pokemon Puzzle Challenge to get here.

The crown jewel of my collection is my copy of Super Starfox Weekend. Sorry about the shitty camera quality.

And even though it's not retro, if I can ever sell all my 360 games, I'll be getting myself a Mother 3 Game Boy Micro.

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
A lot of my Genesis stuff is from childhood. I'd say about half of my complete Genesis games (A lot of which aren't pictured) are the ones I've owned since childhood. N64, which also isn't really pictured, is practically all stuff I've owned since I was a kid. I unfortunately sold off and rebought a lot of my PSX stuff I've had as a kid, but the FF8, FF9, and Tactics are still the same copies I've had since childhood.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
Probably my CDX and Snatcher.

I really need a better place to put my Saturn games.

>>353759
I doubt crackheads have much use for vintage gaming systems, let alone an ebay account to auction them on. plus the logistics would be a nightmare

>>353845
Dogs might be a good idea for me then. Too bad they take so much maintenance.

>>353890
more recent pic before the shelving.

>>353873

Vectrex are really really cool, I love my machine and want more games for it! Hard to come by in good shape with complete boxes and overlays.

>>353905
>Luckily this isn't the sort of stuff most burglars would target.

I saw some video on /v/, a famous youtuber was invited to a CoD convention as a guest, and when he got back home, one of his subscribers completely annihilated his home, stole ALL his video and computer equipment, and broke the vase that his dead mothers ashes were held in and scattered the all across the apartment.

>>353915
>logistics
1 sack marked "Loot".
1 arm to scoop everything in.
Not complicated. Pawn shops take video games. Even crackheads are aware that old games are valuable.

>>353869
>and my local reputation is admittedly a little terrifying for reason I won't go into

get_a_load_of_this_guy.jpg

These threads are like blue balls for me. I started a museum with my collection.... But I did keep a few things. Most importantly, I've kept my crown jewel: 50+ bare EPROMs representing 12 different games. 10 are Colecovision games, 3 of which are unreleased, 7 of which are either almost complete, or molested with debuggers.

1 set of ROMS was an unreleased ADAM game, Dragon's Lair.

The final set of ROMS was the holy grail: Cabbage Patch Kids Adventures in the Park for Atari 2600. Never before seen. Never released. There were 12 revisions of the game from start to finish, each on its own bare EPROM.

So, if you want to find good stuff, go to flea markets. That's where I found these EPROMS, for $27. They were hand labeled and all were 100% intact when dumped, despite haters.

Get yee to a flea. The best stuff is always in the booths that have little to no videogame equipment. These folks tend to have things and have no idea what they are. I found these in 2008 at the Laney College Flea in Oakland CA. It's the single best flea ever for videogame stuff.

Mark MacDonald, from EGM, had his storage locker repossessed in like 2010, and it all showed up at this flea. Including the Elemental Gear Bolt gold gun. I didn't get any of that stuff though.

>>353901
I have an SP, I was just thinking it would be convenient to be able to play GBA games on my DS, and the added GBA functionality for Pokemon SoulSilver and Platinum was nice. Then again, those games don't require the shoulder buttons or a perfect d-pad.

Didn't realize the original DS was so bad, though. Guess I might go for a DSi XL when I get the chance. I really only need a DS for my flashcard that my 3DS doesn't support.

>>353925
Jesus that sucks. When virtual arguments turn into irl activity, you have to worry about the sanity of the perpetrator.

>>353759
>work

>>353932
I recently picked up a Mario figurine like that. It is Mario with a blooper. They were selling it for $1 and I could tell by the artwork style that it was old. I'm not a figurine guy, though. Are those worth anything?

>>353932
I have yet to have a worthwhile visit to a flea market. It's always cheap vidya no one cares about or PS2 Madden games for $50.

>>353925
Link to video?

>>353950
They are originals, from like 1991. Not worth a mint, but an awesome find. Probably worth about 25 to 30$. Oddly, those figures raised in value from original sale price, while most NES games are still down from their original $50 price, even in box. Certainly not Zeldas and such, but a sealed in-box copy of Zoda's Revenge is now worth less than the $50 original sticker price.

Remember that when investing in game stuff: most game collectables haven't even held their original value.

>>353869
Now that's an amazing patch. I bet you can into space with that.

>>353957
Like I said, the booths with obvious game stuff tend to suck. You want the guy with a van and a buncha tangled boxes of cables and VCR's. Those guys can have burred treasure if you dig.

>>353965
Nice. Thanks for the info. Mine isn't in perfect shape, but for $1 it was worth it.

>>353925
>broke the vase that his dead mothers ashes were held in and scattered the all across the apartment
Oh my.

>>353959

This was a few years ago, I don't even remember the youtubers name.

>>353932
You're not going to find stuff like that in the midwest, though. I'd like to live in California to take advantage of the omnipresent cheap tech, if not for all the assholes and shitty laws.

Here you go /vr/ another one I kept: A signed soundtrack from Katamari Damacy. Keita Takahashi and Yu Miyake sent me this as a thank you gift.

Probably my second-most crown-jewel because I never asked for it and it was a gift.

>>353967
In Poland, they take ten soldiers, stand them in a row on a hilltop, and tell them all to jump as high as they can. Whoever jumps the highest becomes a Polish Space Marine, and that is as close to space as he will get.

>>354013
>assholes and shitty laws.
LoL, there are assholes and shitty laws everywhere. If /vr/ wants to organize a road trip to the Bay Area, Id be happy to provide a tour of the flea market I mentioned. There are a lot of others to visit, too.

I found an ADAM at the Laney flea, in the box, $30. I found a GameCube NPDP and a test GameCube, $5 a piece. I found an in-the-box Odyssey 3000, $5. Two Nintendo Game n' Watches, $30 a piece (There's one booth where the guy gets great stuff, but knows what its worth...)

It's heaven out here for a collector. Plus, you could visit themade.org

This receipt, along with selling my copy of Harvest Moon 64 was probably the worst thing that I ever did as a kid. I've got about 90% of it back so far. I bought HM64 for 40 bucks (used). played it, loved it (still one of the best games I've ever played in my life) and when I felt like I should sell my nintendo 64 in anticipation of getting the gamecube I sold hm64 along with all the other shitty games I didn't care about. The cashier gave me ten bucks for it, turned around and slapped a 40 dollar sticker on it. Even he was like, wow, you just got fucked kid. Since then I've held onto and neatly organized everything I've ever purchased.

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
All My NES SNES and Genesis consoles and games Unfortunatly im missing my PS1 and all its stuff
>How Much is Re-purchased?
None yet. looking for a good PS1 bundle on ebay
>Crown Jewel of the collection?
My In Box Special Editon of Quake II

I just brought a NES and it can with the fantastic adventures of dizzy
How do I set this up?

My collection isn't big, but my crown jewel would probably be my Pokemon Blue cart. It's the same one I've had since I was a kid, the battery still works, and it was my first real foray into gaming, and laid the foundations for everything I love in video games today. Without that little cart, I wouldn't be here.

I have Miyamotos autograph on a gamecube
That or the Zelda cd-i games is my crown jewel

How much have you kept from your childhood?

Everything I had that I didn't somehow misplace or lose. I know there are some N64 games and PS1 games I have that must be in a box in the attic somewhere that I missed. I never sold a single one of my childhood games though.

How much is re-purchased?

None.

Crown jewel of the collection?

Tomba for PS1

Most of my 64 games are from my childhood i rare if ever sold any games i usually traded if anything

>>355498

>nothing is in alphabetical order

>>355524
Way to much work
get your autism privilege checked

I have kept nearly all games from my childhood. The only exceptions are James Bond: The World is Not Enough and Command & Conquer for the N64, which I gave to a friend who really liked them. However, most of my retro games are not from my childhood. My first console was a N64. Before that, I was exclusively a PC gamer. My current collection of N64 games is also much larger than my childhood one.
Nothing has been re-purchased, because I only have given away those two other games.
I have no idea what my crown jewel is. I mostly concern myself with having fun with my collection rather than having a value set to it.

>>355602
>Not taking the time out to organize your shit

>>355654 here,

Also, many of my Genesis games are complete in box. It's just easier to put them in a picture like this without the boxes.

>>355654
Have you played any of the Sakura Wars games? Are they good?

>>355712

My moon is not nearly good enough for them, but I have played through the first one with the help of a translation guide. I really enjoyed it, but it's definitely not for everyone. Sakura Wars 2 is still sealed, and I am going to only open it when I would be able to play it without a translation guide. I just got 3 and 4 a week ago and I haven't gotten around to burning a Dreamcast boot disc, so I don't know what they are like. I also played the localized Sakura Wars 5, and enjoyed it a lot. In the end, you either need to know a good amount of moonspeak or you need a translation guide. I really like this series and think that it's a shame that it never came out outside of Japan (with the exception of 5).

I guess if you like turn-based combat and enjoy VNs, as most of the games are in VN form, you should give it a try.

>>355851
I'll be sure to check it out when I'm somewhat good at moonrunes.

>>353918

Looks pretty comfy

>>355879

Not retro, but I know that the first and third ones were remade on the PS2 with massive graphical improvements and tons more content. Go for those, since every aspect of the game was improved in the remakes from the graphics to the gameplay to the video quality to the audio quality to the amount of story content to etc. I'm pretty sure the PSP also got remakes of the first 2 games.

How much have you kept from your childhood?
My SNES and N64 plus 7-8 games for each .All original boxes

How much is re-purchased?
Perfect Dark for N64 and Cannon Fodder for SNES

Crown jewel of the collection?
My copy of OoT. Nothing special I know it's for sentimental reasons

God I really need to update this. I have a lot more shit now, having added a Genesis to the family.

>>356181
>Jlist

>>356229
lol. Jlist was handing those out at SDCC12. just decided to keep them for some reason.

Circa 2006-2007. Lost my house in 2009 and went completely broke for a while between jobs, and had to sell everything but the arcade cab and the Genesis, which are thankfully still with me. Not pictured that I had at the time was a NeoGeoPocket Color, a GBC, GBP, a Dreamcast from another region and a different model Genesis.

RIP ;_;

>>356285
Is that a yellow game gear?

Man I wish I still had mine. I was the only non-game boy kid in my town.

>>356181
>Fatal Frame
Mah nigga.

>>353869
'Murrica

>>353890
>>353918

Your wife must love you a lot, bro.

>>356454
Aw yeah. The only horror series I hold above Silent Hill.

>>353918
Just beautiful.

muh battlestation

>>352704
>>Nignog steals my perfect dark
>>Week goes buy, can't find him or the game
>>Give up and buy a used one from EB Games
>>It's my copy
>You can't beat that.


I fucking swear I've seen this story before years ago, exact wording

>>357707
what keyboard is that?

I have around 15 PS1 games from my childhood but only the cases of Fighting Force and Gran Turismo 2 survived. I've rebought shitloads of PS1 games due to nostalgia and now sold about half of them because a lot of them sucked or just weren't really special enough to keep a physical copy of. I'm slowly pruning down to the very best (and eagerly awaiting PSIO because I don't like emulation). Here are a bunch of my good games

I don't 'collect' like a collector, so my crown jewels are more the thing most special to me - a japanese copy of SoTN

>>357769
Leopold tkl MX blues

>>357769
also these

>>357783
Oh, and these too. Pokemon yellow, the yellow pocket, GBC and the mario games are from my childhood

>>353459
very jealous of your snes collection bro awesome games

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Super Mario RPG and Tales of Destiny

>How much is re-purchased?
Pretty much everything else.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
I really don't have anything worthy to be called a crown jewel.

If I can get back the original hardware that owned as a child (I sold it to my cousin a few years back) that in itself will be the greatest jewel of my collection. Having the original N64 and SNES that I grinded my teeth on all those years ago would be amazing.

>>357843

I'm more mad that I only have 2 boxes left, and that a few games have gone missing to time. Like Lufia 2.

The only pal game there is terranigma btw.

>>357803
>gameboy camera

Shit is fucking scary

>>352543
>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Every game except the Saturn ones my brother scratched up, and my original Sonic & Knuckles which I later traded for Earthbound before people started jewing over that game.
>How much is re-purchased?
If you're talking about used games I bought, then I guess pretty much every game I bought for a system that was discontinued when I bought the game.
>Crown Jewel of the Collection?
A sealed Panzer Dragoon Saga, and another that is opened but in great condition.

I bought the PDS's with the money I made off of jewing out common SNES games like Megaman X3, Earthbound, and Chrono Trigger

Apologize for no pic, my phone is busted and I have no webcam.

>>352662
The covers look so much better than the actual gameplay.

>>353265
guys...
what is cwc doing now?
is he living a normal life or something?
how did he not become a wizard?

The only thing I have is a few gbc carts with the labels torn off. I was too young for the nes but it's my favorite system to play and collect for now.

>>357997
He went under gender change therapy last I heard of him.

>>354031
a thankyou for what?
who are you?

>>357997

He spent his life searching for poon. He does not deserve the title of Grand Wizard

Ok, I have a few. Ill start with my little NES collection. I only started collecting about 6 months ago so my collection isnt the best but I have a few cool things.

>>358076
Now for SNES.

>>352685
shrek is love. Shrek is life.

>>358090
Very small GameBoy collection.

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
My original NES and SNES with a handful of games for each. My mother sold most of my games and all of my other consoles when I moved out.

>How much is re-purchased?
Most of my games.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
It's not worth anything special, but my NES toaster. It's the same one I got when it first came out. At the time it was my dad's and I had to get permission to play it from him, so it was always in good condition and since then I've personally refurbed the whole thing.

Money wise, it's not worth much. But when it comes to nostalgia, it's fucking priceless to me.

>>358112
N64. I also have a boxed LoZ: OoT gold cart but not with me.

>>358125
Missed pic like a dumb.

>>358138
Last is the PS1 games.

All of my childhood. No boxes, though, didn't learn about their value until the Gamecube and DS rolled along.

I need boxes bad.

>>358076
>>358090
>>358112
>>358138

cool stuff! no offense though, but i kinda groan on the inside when I see PAL format games. I feel like it's not a real collection, probably cause im so used to NTSC-U titles.

this pains me every time I say it. I have nothing from my childhood. I used to have a ton of NES, SNES and Genesis games, but moved so many times and my mom pretty much "losing them" in the moving process every time. N64 are actually original and the SNES box as well. But I started buying again around '99 back when Gamestop sold NES and SNES games. I got some deals there.

>>358169
Even when I was a kid I didn't go full retard and throw away boxes. I always loved manuals and boxes, and I will never understand how someone, regardless of their age, can equate throwing them away with a good idea.

>>353717
nice record player

>>358209

>>353717
Dat DS Phat...

Mine snapped in half a while back. It still works, but ITS SNAPPED IN HALF.

>>353890
your waifu i presume?

>>358185
Yeah, I really dont like the SNES games and will definitely replace them when I can.
I prefer the PS1 boxes though since they arent just crappy jewel cases.

I regret selling my SNES, GB, GBC, and GBA games, and all my old consoles. When I was 12 or 13 I didn't have a sense of nostalgia and couldn't imagine I'd want to revisit those old games since I had a shiny new PlayStation 2.

My collection sucks, but I'm slowly getting there.

I guess my 'crown-jewel' is Rez for PS2 as it's such an incredible game. As for pure value, it would be .hack//QUARANTINE (also quite good).

>>358275
same here. I remember trading in some of my old games to a shop to buy Pokemon cards.

>>358323
haha yes. And the things I did end up keeping out of perceived future value (Pokemon cards) ended up being pretty much worthless.

>>358323
also, nice snes collection, illusion of gaia is so underrated

>>358337
yeah. Some regret but hey

>>358385
i remember finding an illusion of gaia tee at my local flea market a few years back.
i wore that thing so much, it was just SO RAD!

>>358432
That shirt came bundled with the game, actually.

Also holy aspect ratio

>>358443
yeah, i don't know how to adjust that shit...

>>358432
you mean.....THIS?
i agree, easily best gaming apparel ever

only downside for me is people thinking it's for gaia online...

I have not and never will sell my gameboy games.

I only have a little under half of my childhood games, and I did a lot of renting.
My collection is nothing impressive anyway, so no picture.

>>358250
Yeah man mine has a snapped hinge, it sucks.

>>358515
>dat micro

I'm so jelly

>>358550
Thanks bro.

Sealed Xenoblade: I reserved it at gamestop and got the little book with it. Later that week I downloaded the game to my hacked wii so I never opened it. It's amazing it goes for $150+ now.

Samurai Spirits 2: Traded a mint copy of Suikoden 2 for it when I was around 14-16, back when the game wasn't worth so damn much. Looking back it wasn't a horrible deal, but I still wish I had kept suikoden 2. Gotta own one Neo Geo Cart Right?

Samurai Shodown NGPC: I own around 10 NGPC gmes. They all came in a blue plastic package with the system from an eBgames back in the day, when SNK was liquidating all their unsold stock.

Pikmin 2: I've had a number of copies over the years, but this is complete and it's one of my favorite gamecube games.

Pulseman: Purchased for full price at Acen 2006

The Misadventures of Tron Bonne: Kind of cheated with this one, but I bought it for around $60.00 when mega man legends 6 got announced. Later I found anoither copy at a garage sale for $1.00, so I guess it all evens out.

This board is awesome. Glad I can discuss videogames without v's bullshit.

>>358541
This guy here.

I want something good to play my GBA games on. Right now I use my fat DS with a broken hinge. I have an SP (not backlit) but those don't have headphone jacks.

Any tips?

>>358667
>tfw my gamestop had a copy of xenoblade
I didn't have the money and now it's gone.

>>358667

Mega Man 6: I loved it as a kid, but most of the games I grew up with on NES were really late released like it and bubble bobble two. I'm just happy to have a copy to play with. Hope to find a boxed copy one day.

Harvest Moon 64: oldest game I still own with majora's mask. Every person I ever lent the game to loved it to death. Surprisingly nobody ever stole it from me.

Mega Man X3: no manual, but I bought a boxed coopy for $100.00 cash from a mexican flea market last year. EVERYTHING was overpriced like this, so I actually ended up getting a deal like this. When you see loose copies of super mario world for $500.00, the things actually worth money seem to be the ones that slip through the seller's fingers.

Earthbound: Bought it for $3.00 from a korean video store that was closing down around 2005, never played aside from me, though it had a huge gash where I failed to remove the sticker properly, it's a reminder to myself to never take labels off old games if i'm not 100% sure I can do it. Great game, still love it.

Boxed Legend of zelda oracle of Ages: $3.00 at a Disc Replay, pretty proud of this. One of the few times I've been able to find a deal like this at one of their stores. They're usually impossible to find deals at. Still looking for seasons.

>>358731

Woops, capcha ate my picture.

I've got pretty much nothing. All of my old NES/SNES/etc. games I gave away to friends and family.
Between emulators, GOG, Steam and old-fashioned piracy I really have no need to own physical copies of anything.

>>358759
B-b-but collections?

>>358738
Jesus Christ, you weren't kidding about that EB sticker.

And I thought poorly removing the Gamestop sticker on my SMRPG causing a small gash was bad.

>>358773
>>358738
If you ask the person selling you the game they will usually take the sticker off for you.
They're trained professionals. No harm will be done.

>>358667
mega man legends 6 eh? how was MML 3 then?

>>358738

God hand: Favorite PS2 game, hands down. I played the import on my newly hacked swap magic PS2 at the time, and was so in love with it that I reserved it and bought it the day it came out.

Clover shut down the very same day...

Saturn Bomberman: My only good saturn find in the wild, I found this in a lot with 15 other crappy saturn games. It's memorable because it was in an area I usually don't bike to for garage sales, and because they had guardian heroes, panzer dragoon, etc, and they had sold them all on eBay before they put these for sale. Seeing saturn games of any kind for sale at a garage sale is something you don't forget.

Max Anarchy: Great PS3 game, payed $90 for it and played it for 2 months non stop until the japanese lost interest. Never sold it hoping the american release would last for another two months. Americans got tired of it after two weeks.

Phalanx: $3.00 at a pawn shop, worth it for the box art and poster alone.

Nights into Dreams PS2 Pack: Comes with a cool book, was later released as nights into dreams HD.

There's more stuff, but this is what stands out to me, that and my diddy kong racing cart, but you've all seen that by now I'm sure.

I basically just started Collecting NES titles about 2 months ago on a whim. Excuse the shit qaulity, but a mere 111 NES games hardly seems worthy of anything but a Cam phone.


>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Sadly none, which sucks given I know we owned Ducktales 2 and Little Samson.


>How much is re-purchased?
So far from my youth about 5 games..which minus Ducktales 2 and Samson is my 8 year old me's Library.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
At current sad to say The Jetsons: The Cogswell's Caper. Got it for 10 bucks and the Cart looks damn near perfect.


I think I am doing okay given when I decided to collect I only had a Toaster, SMB3 SMB/Dh, and Castlevania. Now I have a top Loader I found at a yard sale for 30 bucks, no dogbone controller though. Don't get to Chase much due to being a stay at home dad.

>>358813

"mega man legends 6"

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ You know what i meant!

>>358781

They barely even sold it to me, I'm lucky I got it at all. The sad thing about it is I HAD a second copy of earthbound I found in a van in wisconsin for another $4.00, but I was stupid and sold the better looking cart for $40.00.

>>358723

You better reserve Pandora's tower too, same situation. Doesn't that come out in like a week? I've got my copy reserved, do you?

only game I've ever repurchased:
FF7 PC version

Gave it away for free after getting a PS2 and the superior PS1 version of the game. But I regretted it later just for the novelty of the thing and the weird shaped box.

However, all of my N64 collection was made during the PS2 era, and the my Genesis/SCD collection started from scratch last year.

I don't sell games unless they are garbage, like a handful of awful PS2 games I used to have, and Super Mario World Advance 2.

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Almost everything.
>How much is re-purchased?
Pretty much nothing.
>Crown jewel of the collection?
Clay Fighter Sculptor's Cut, 2 copies of F1 Pole Position, Krazy Kreatures proto, extensive homebrew/repro collection, Huge Insect by Sachen

I'm rebuilding after a flood so no pictures at the moment. The games' stuff wasn't affected, just relocated for their own protection. They are on loan to trusting homes.

I've kept everything, since after selling, of all things, Bases Loaded for the NES I had terrible remorse and vowed never to sell off a game again.

I've built up my collection again since friends gave me the stuff they didn't have room for. Sega CD, Genesis model 1 with master system converter, a Nintendo 64. Had to get more games for them, so I picked some of the classics up.

I don't have a "crown jewel", but I have things I like. I have a Sega Nomad, which is neat. Popful Mail is fun and probably the best game I own for the Sega CD. Azure Dreams for the PSX is awesome for those who lie dungeon crawlers and terrible dating sims.

>>352597
Damn dude I see you in every one of these topics. You must like looking at other peoples shit as much as I do.

>>358275
I had REZ for PS2 at one point... I sold it to Game Crazy for $2.50 in store credit. Can't remember what I bought.

>>359370
>How much have you kept from your childhood?

Like 98% of my childhood shit is still in my possession. I do regret having sold my clear play it loud Gameboy and a few shitty ps1 games. I'll never rebuy them because they were shit and I don't want to play them but they were gifts from my Mom and I'm a sentimental twat.

>How much is re-purchased?
None. Like I said I've kept most of my shit.

>Crown jewel of the collection?

My copy of Snatcher for the Sega CD, my two Mega LD games for the Laseractive and my Memorex VIS are probably my most favorite items.

>>359404

>>359412
I need to take new pictures. These are about a year old. The towering shelves of consoles have been rearranged to make more space to add one more shelf to get some shit off the ground.

>>359420

>>357751
I've been re-telling it since it happened many, many years ago, so there is a chance you've seen it on /v/ before.

>>358849
>2 months ago
>111 games and a top loader


where the fuck do you live unless you're just playing FMV

>>352543
Kept all my N64, PS1, and Game Boy games from childhood (minus 2 N64 games my brother lost ;_;), had to rebuy all my SNES games after stupidly selling them for the N64. I *would* still have all my NES games if my little brother didn't lend them to a friend who moved away without giving them back, but I've since rebought all of them. I once sold my NES for $5 to a friend but later traded pokemon cards for it back, so the NES I have is the same one I had in kindergarten.

>>359412
where are those shelves from? they look nice and perfectly fit games...i'm stuck with a bookshelf and loads of empty space between the shelves

>>359576
The one on the left is at least 10 10 years old and was from K Mart and the one on the right is from Wal Mart They're just CD/DVD shelves. To tell you the truth I'm happier with the shelf rails and wall mounted shit in the next picture. I can adjust them any size and if I gave a shit I could finish the wood and pretty them up a bit.

>>353912
nice unsolved rubik's cube faggot

>>352665
>Panzer Dragoon Saga
I would exchange sexual favors for that game. It's one of the few games that I want that's actively eluded me.

>>353717
>turntable lid doesn't completely cover LP
Disgusting.

>>359621
hmmm

>>359627
p-pls....

i never throw away or trade in my games. i do however store them when the emulation is decent enough to save space. having all my systems laid out in a room is nice, but like this thread shows, it takes up an entire room.

>>358723
I got a copy for $60 from Gamefly during a free trial. You could try that.

>tfw I've been pirating for as long as I've been playing vidya
>tfw I will never have a childhood collection like everyone else

I have a pretty decent collection but I want an arcade cabinet badly. Even though I probably don't have room for it.

None of that MAME shit either. No, a real classic cabinet. The good games are so hard to get a hold of. If somebody has one they usually never want to sell.

Ideally I'd get a Super Mario 3 cabinet but holy shit are they rare.

>>360326
I want a Sega Astro City cab. In the mean time I might gather some parts and build a super gun and start collecting arcade boards.

>>360342

I checked Ebay for a Super Mario 3 cab and all they have is one that's in a damn pac man cabinet and painted black.

One day.....

>>360362
Are there any gaming conventions and shit around you? Might want to start networking with arcade dealers and collectors. Also check Craigslist I see a lot of arcade cabs pop up on mine for pretty decent prices more often then not. I still regret not getting the $40 Daytona USA cab.

saw this pic some time ago that got me interested
but i dont seem to find these particular thick dvd cases
does anyone know how these are called or somewhere i can find them?
and yes, i am european and universal game cases are a no no for us, unfortunentlly

>>358090

I am saddened by all the pal people that don't have the best snes game released, Terranigma.

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Virtually everything. Still have my original SMS and Atarti 2600.

>How much is re-purchased?
Very little. I've rebought DK64, Conker's Bad Fur Day and Majora's Mask due to theft some ten years ago, but other that nothing.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
Probably my near mint PAL copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga. I don't even dare play it. I just emulate.

>>359716
You're probably not here anymore, but I'd like to know how exactly to do that?

>>362917

>Outlaws
>Boxed

MAH NIGGA

There is a disturbing lack of mustard race in this thread.

>>362917
>PC version of Soul Reaver
I'm sorry you had to go through that. I truly am.

>>362917
>pc games will never come in big cereal boxes ever again

>>362917
I wonder if physical copies of modern PC games will be valuable in the future given how popular Steam is.

>>362917
>Myth II

awwwwwww yeeeeeeeeee.

>>362938
Don't be. I played through the PS1 version, couldn't even get the shit port working on XP.

>>362953
I know I'm going to repurchase physical copies of some of the games I have on Steam. Maybe a dozen of them.

>>362917
>arcanum
i wanted to like that game sooo bad but it was shit.

>>362938
... Also it appears I have TWO copies of that game.

>>362953
physical copies will be illegal. how dare you try to own software someone else created.

>>362986
Should've tried harder. It's good.

>>362975
I played through both, and it's really impossible to configure the controls in a way that are anywhere near as comfortable as with a controller.

I still beat it on both because the game is fucking awesome, but I'll never touch the PC version again.

It will be the first game I buy when I get a Dreamcast, though.

Would you mind taking a pic or two of the entire box? Just the side of it looks sexy.

>>363003
can't get past the first town. i just get crazy bored right after character creation. maybe i'll try again tonight.

>>363013
Sorry, no camera at the moment.

>>362953
Would they be worth anything given that most physical copies of modern PC games are cheap DVD cases with a single-page warnings insert and a disc?

>>363029
Skyrim had a color manual and pseudo-burlap map.

>>363029
>dat faux-leatherbound famous adventurer's correspondence manual that came with Hero's Quest

>>353428
May I ask where you got that bookcase? And are the shelves adjustable?

>Be a spoiled little shit
>Parents would always buy me the newest console + tons of games
>Everytime I received a new console I would either throw away the old one or just stuff it in storage, eventually becoming discarded or lost when we moved
>NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega CDX, N64, PS1, Dreamcast and all of the games for them lost forever.

I'm a monster.

>>363161

Forgot to add my sega saturn and all of my handhelds I owned over that period of time.

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Everything from every system aside from the NES. The NES games in our family disappeared for some reason.

>How much is re-purchased?
Almost all of my NES collection, at least that I'm aware of. Still need to pick up Galaga. Don't really feel like getting the Sesame Street games I had for it.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
I don't really care about the rarest games I have, but my most-prized game ever since I was a child is CIB Kirby Super Star.

I need to make new pictures of my stuff.

>>364053

>>364065


my rarest stuff would be some Neo Geo AES games, and my sealed copies of Sapphire and Sylphia for PC Engine

>>364093
AES games aren't rare, it's just that faggots want $700 for them unless they're Nam 75 or Blue's Journey.

>>353717
What's the blue one with the two d pads next to the neo geo?

>>364449
I'm not him, but that's a Bandai SwanCrystal.

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Only a few GB and N64 games

>How much is re-purchased?
A lot of the SNES/NES games I have now at the 3rd time I've owned them, maybe 4 for a few that I lent out and never got back.

>Crown jewel of the collection?
MMX3 cart-only worn label, nothing too special. I'd kill for an entire set of Mega Man/X boxed and mint, though. I can't seem to find any other copies to gauge my sealed Toshinden 1 Non-GH/CD-case size's value, but it probably can't be much.

>>367123

>>367131

>>367138

>>367148

>>367156

lost my NES with about 40 games and my gameboy with about 40 games as well in a garage sale around 1998-1999 to pay for a n64. this was all i had up untell that point because my family could not afford much growing up.

i later repurchased a NES and have more than bought back all my missing games except a few i didn't care about too much like seicross.

the gameboy however is in a much sadder state and i have yet to buy back the games i really miss from it, but i do have some nice games for the system.

received a gamecube around 2003 as a early christmas gift, received it with windwaker if i recall.

all other systems obtained have been purchased by myself by either mowing lawns or after i got a steady job.

you virgins do know that hard drives have gotten pretty big, right?

you could have normal rooms and shit

>>367250
>>>/v/
>>>/vg/

>>367250
a girlfriend is not that hard to obtain, only downside is she swiped the t-shirt she is wearing in this picture... (not a big deal it gives a 10% discount to a non-local store)

>>367250
b-but I do have a normal room. I stash my shit in extra drawers I don't use. under my TV.

>>367291
>Amiga
>Atari 2600
>NEO-GEO
>Nintendo 64
>Nintendo DS
>NES
>SNES
>GB
>GBA
>GC
>SEGA GENESIS
>SEGA MASTER
>PSX
>PS2
>TURBOGRAFX

Actually, I appear to be in the correct place.

>>367308
No one cares dude, we're not reddshit.

>>367338
just responding to them.

>>367250
>rom elitism

>>359535
Virginia, and a lot of my stuff was donation from friends who kept all this stuff for some reason and decided I was good home for them after I said I wanted to collect. I think I have spent maybe 150 bucks total out of pocket for what I have. I also have a side Mission for atari 2600 games, which is harder and easier at the same time. Hard due to lack of variety, easy because when I do find something in the wild people seem to be willing to give them up for a quarter at yardsales and the like

My job just got in Die Hard Arcade and Shinobi Legions today, $30 and $20 respectively.

I'm pretty much sold on Die Hard, but should I get Shinobi? Heard it wasn't nearly as good as the older ones.

>>367308
Dude, I work at one of those stores. It's a fucking rip off.

We overcharge on almost EVERYTHING and the upper management treat everyone like ass.

>>367250

>>353924
I would love to get one again! Spent many hours playing Asteroids the proper way with that little box!

>>352675
>KB, 2048x751, image.jpg)
>I kept every video game related thing from 95 till the present, I have everything intact save for some original SNES/N64 boxes which makes me mad to this day that the child me threw them out.
>Crown jewel? Either Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday for the SNES- my first game. Or, Steel Battalion controller+game.

I'm pretty sure you're the admin of Kevin on FB.

>>356181
Dat dragons face

itt people who will never move around and see the world. Because they are too attached to piles of meaningless plastic/cardboard.

>>358051
No he didn't. He's living as a "tomgirl".

He can't even admit to being fucking transgendered. Just.. wow lol. All the more lulz for us, but he needs to get shit together.

>>353502
and not only that but

>implying most of us haven't moved out of mom's, and don't have lives

Classic video games, to me, are an escape from my job and personal life lol.

>>370360


lol what a narrow minded view - I've seen lots of places and enjoyed many things in life.

yet I don't feel the need to look down on others...

I kept everything, well except for the boxes before the N64. I think I lost a game or 2 on the NES, I remember having a mickey mouse game that disapeared I don't know why...

I never sold any of my vidya

wow

>>367871
in nebraska/iowa area?

i don't go there often because it's not local but you can find some nice things for cheap if you know what to look for.

the lincoln, nebraska stores however are just plain terrible

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
Nearly all of the stuff I had during my childhood I've kept. I Only the stuff I didn't like or would never come back to.

>How much is re-purchased?
90% of my NES collection is repurchased, and my Megadrive ones will be as well.

>Crown Jewel of the collection?
Tombi! 1 and 2, near mint condition; and a boxed copy of Jazz Jackrabbit 2.

>>371229
>dat everything

brb changing panties

>How much have you kept from your childhood?
some ps1 games, super scope, and gb tetris. almost all my gb, snes, psx, and ps2 games are gone.
>How much is re-purchased?
I emulate snes and gb but I'm rebuying some ps games I loved.
>Crown jewel of the collection?
sealed copy of sega bass fishing