/vr/ - Retro Games

Got any rare games?

You have a lot of games and you will make a lot of people happy by selling those but I have to ask you one question... will you miss these in the future?

>>3682160
Lots, off the top of my head (these are all boxed) snow bros, conkers bad fur day, final fight 3, harvest moon, megaman 7

>>3682162
I will, but I'm becoming less materialistic as I get older and plan on using the money to fund a year of traveling, and theres a few I'll never sell like my childhood copy of earthbound or monster rancher 2

Did you ever play them or was it more for the sake of simply collecting them? If you did play them what were some of your favorites that you owned?

>>3682167
You think you will make enough to fund an entire year of leisurely travel? That's pretty optimistic to say the least.

>>3682167
Well at least you're keeping ones that mean a little more. I've done this before and I'm still trying to recover what I've lost. I didn't really care that much until I had a family but now I want them to have all the games I had growing up. Enjoy that trip anon, you're going to have a lot of money to spend on it.

>>3682170
I played a lot of them, can't say I got to all because like I said this is literally 1/4, maybe 1/5 and I play a lot of pc games as is. I've played TONS of gems I never knew about growing up while collecting like total carnage or actraiser, I never sold my original snes collection and started collecting shortly after n64 came in so it was 50/50 on for the sake of and actually playing them, I knew it was a investment.

>>3682172
I have a lot more then pictured, trust me its not totally optimistic, and I don't plan on staying in hotels and living lavish while I'm traveling so it should be doable.

Couple more pics for anyone interested, I'm in the process of putting it movable containers so I can bring it to these buy/sell conventions, I still need about 10 more or so bins.

>>3682182

take it to a museum instead.

>>3682184
>>3682182

Wow, nice games, anon.

Do you have an estimate about how much money you would get for it all?

>>3682184
>>3682182
>CiB Snow Bros, Wacky Racers, TMNT III, Megaman 7, Final Fight 3.

Lucky son of a bitch, why would you wanna give this to people who will resell it or hide in in a hipster millenial VGA coffin, or destroy it if they could not sell it to some millenial, or using it as an E-celeb prop.

>>3682182
I wonder how many MM7 boxes even exist at this point. That thing alone is worth a couple plane tickets. I feel lucky just having the cart.

>>3682151

>>3682207
I don't want too, I just want the money to travel desu.

Help /vr/ out. Start a BST thread and give us first dibs.

>>3682224
Yeah thats def a option

>>3682206

Yeah, after pricing the games out individually (and adding a nice little profit for myself) I have come up with a total price of around $15,000.

>>3682245
Thats not me (op) lol

>>3682210
You're going to regret that shit so bad. Where do you plan to travel?

>>3682249
>>3682245
But hes still not wrong either (op) lol

>>3682237
>>3682224
and when people do, we get just shitposting, suppsed entitlement, and brocken promises.

>>3682252
I'm gonna start in wales for a few months, the netherlands after that, south korea, maybe japan, not 100% yet

>>3682184
>>3682182
>>3682151
Are you that awesome dude who actually has over 100 NES games CiB in nice displays that you even got suggested to open a exhibit video store for showing?

>>3682259

Traveling is gay and a waste of money.

Why would you wanna see some faggot Asians anyway?

>>3682261
Nope, not me, but I have over 100 boxed games, and I've got about 200 empty NES boxes I've yet to fill.

>>3682259
I'm just saying... realistically, travelling to those places may not be as great as you've built it up to be. I've done quite a bit of travelling through the years. I'd much, much rather have the money I spent on that shit back. It's very, very underwhelming.

>>3682274
I haven't built it up that much and it won't be my first trip to a chunk of the places I'm going but I do understand what you mean.

>>3682282
Just keep in mind that some of the things you have may just seem like material items. Pieces of plastic in oversized tupperware. To others though they may be priceless pieces of history.
It's your stuff though. I really wish I still had my collection. Memories don't last as long.

>>3682287
Well like I said a bit higher up, there is a few pieces that I won't sell, the ones that are actually important to me.

>>3682167
>childhood copy of 22 year old game
>selling games for a year of backpacking
Somewhere in the last 22 years you've made some bad life choices.
Anyway, your best bet is to sell the bulk as a lot on ebay. You could make a few $ more selling at those conventions and loose money on gas and waste a lot of time but that's be retarded. Just get rid of this shit and get on with your plans.

>>3682385
Not really, its not like I don't have the money to do it from other means, I just don't really want to spend it and I just don't care about these as much as I used too.

>>3682259
>few months in Wales

Enjoy your sheep I guess

>>3682151
Don't do it OP. I'm not even a collector I prefer emulation for most games but I've got a feeling you're gonna regret it unless it's for a very good reason and I'm not sure if some one time travelling would be worth it.

That's if you really own all those games and really plan to do all that and you're not some troll who just googled that image and made up the whole story. It happened before on this board ...

>>3682259
>the netherlands
Don't walk home alone get a taxi or you will be robbed

>>3682172
This. Does OP not have a decent job? Retro vidya is valuable, but if you have a well-paying job, you'll make more money in the long run by just saving, unless your budget is really tight.

nice collection

>>3682167
I had that mentality about 2-3 years ago and sold off almost all my games. Worst choice ever, and I am now rebuilding it because after the travel and you get back home you realize it wasn't about materialism that made you keep them, but the general interest and nostalgia that is nice to come home to after you start your career. For me especially I love trying to make old games work, trying to see how artistic directions changed generation to generation, and a general learning hobby of what tech was being sold when. If I were you I would get a decent paying job first, save like a normal fuck, then just find a place to store them until you inevitably want to play around with your collection again.


tl;dr: You're fucking up.

>>3682274
I have traveled and lived abroad and I have to say you must have been just walking through those countries or something because I had an amazing time overseas.

>>3684552
This and this!

>>3684525
I think it's become pretty clear that OP is just another frogfag attention whore looking to cash in on the current /vr/ circle jerk mentality.
He's got a shit job, if any. Lives with his parents. Invested his life savings in ebay vidya. Wants validation that it was all worth something.
It wasn't. He should sell the shit. Travel the world for a "year". Come crying back to mommy in a few months when he runs out of cash. She'll remind him what a special little snowflake he is and start the vicious cycle

Did the same thing long ago OP, I'm 27 now with a kid and I'm rebuilding a collection since I want my kid to grow playing old stuff with me.

I regret selling my shit.

>>3682151
piece it out and price it up. sell on amazon if you can because people generally pay more on there because they don't trust ebay because their friend got ripped off once.

take advantage of geeks with money and the bubble.

maybe research a little more about where you want to go. a month in wales seems excessive. a week or two would probably be more than enough unless you have family there.

i've been selling off my collection lately and i've managed to move to a better place in the city and get a nicer car. that's way better than having all of my storage space taken up by ancient plastic that is essentially worthless. if i ever want to play retro (which is rare, i've essentially played enough to satisfy me for life) i thank the stars that i can just fire up an emu and game as much as i want without having all of that useless plastic stuffing up my place.

good luck op

>>3685810
the computer you're currently typing on is more than capable of playing everything retro. hell even a wii with a few emus would be a good choice cause i guarantee your kid is gonna puke or shit or get snot on your precious vintage plastic.

>>3686650
>im a casual with low standards

>>3687617
ok man whatever but don't say i didn't warn you when your kid blows snot all over your precious plastic or pukes on a controller. make sure to leave your nice vintage games out too when the lil shiteater has their mischievous friends over so they can steal or break that plastic you hold so dear.

a kid barely knows what planet it's on, they're not gonna care if they play on a computer and there's a few ms of input lag or that they aren't playing "the right way" on a medical crt.

keep collecting and hoarding tho m8 have fun being a dweeb.

>pulls a huge wheelie and kickflips away from this weapons grade autism thread

>>3687645
that's why you don't have kids

>>3685810
OK reddit
What makes you think your kid will give a fuck
If any thing just grab A couple easy mascot platforms games

>>3687648
I do and they love playing nes on a wii with their tiny shitmitten hands. it's great because new controllers are like 5 bucks when they step on em or drop them in the toilet.

>>3687674
the kid won't ever know the difference. if you absolutely must have the authentic experience for your little pissbrat, get a flashcart and let em play on a backup console.

>>3682167
>traveling
You mean your wife wants to go on vacation, and she told you to sell your old games?

>>3687686
if he wants to spend a month in wales and go to japan and korea, i doubt he has a wife.

>>3682259
You fell for the traveling meme
Why not open a gaming store?
People will trade you their dopest games for pennies on the dollar

>>3687706
that sounds sweet until you realize you're going to be dealing with sad losers all day.

>>3687693
sorry, a few months in wales. god knows why. if his wife was involved, he would have said london, paris, venice, and shit like that.

really wondering what the fuck he's gonna do for a few months in wales other than go sheepwatching and get blasted at the village pubs. netherlands is a strange choice too norway is so much nicer and personally i'd rather go to fucking iceland again rather than spend another minute with fucking dutch but whatever it's his life

>>3687645
>i'm a bitter angry poorfag
Sucks to be you faggot. Sounds like all the kids you know are retarded if they can't notice the lag on your shit setup.

>>3688243
not bitter or angry or poor. just seems kinda silly to let a small child play retro video games on original consoles.

have you met a preschool aged child before? they know how to pick their nose, watch tv, scream, and eat tater tots. a really smart one could name like 30 animals, sing 5 songs, or form a compound sentence. their hands aren't big enough to comfortably hold retro controllers either but they can play on a wii.

this is just reality m8. not really sure how wise it is to sit a kid down with a nes when they can't hold the controller or it hurts their hands and force them to play little samson on a bvm. that child probably isn't going to notice any significant difference. i mean the fucking thing still believes in santa and isn't coordinated enough to pass the turbo tunnel or any other game where lag would be an issue.

keep having a children's hobby tho m8 and spend money from your boring af stem job on worthless plastic. the world needs a good cuck like you to stay inside and greentext to faggots like me on a scottish penis sculpting forum ;)

>>3688594
Sure you're not bitter or angry or poor. You rant on a gook toon image board because you're so happy with your so called life.

>>3688594
This fag is so mad.

>>3682151
You gonna scalp gullible faggots for all their worth like every other reseller in existence?

I bet you will, fucking scumbag.

>>3688594
This is irony right? I mean you're saying its silly to let children play retro games and then a paragraph of nonsense later you call it a children's hobby.

But honestly a lot of these games were designed for kids, I was playing SNES games when I was 5 years old. So it makes perfect sense for kids to play them. I know a guy who works at a rec center and they have a SNES the kids play all the time.

I'm interested in some of those games, what's the best way to get in touch?

>>3689862
You know, I was going to sell them rather cheaply, but that's a much better idea!

Honestly, what was I thinking? Taking it up the ass on this really sounds retarded when I can do the logical thing and make some motherfuckin' money.

Thanks, Anon!

But yeah, the >scumbag thing is always a riot; forget about:
Murderers
Pedophiles
Rapists
Crooks
Cartel Members(drugs, violence, legal corruption, etc.)
Wacky cultists
Vile humans in general(angels of death, abusive, hate-filled individuals)
The Uber-rich and elite that suppress lower and middle-class.

Corporations flagrantly shitting on our planet, and the creatures inhabiting it(battery farms, unsustainable fishing, etc.), making it into a literal unlivable dump.

Etc. etc. etc...

You could've chosen anything, but your boogeyman is resellers.

Fuck you.

I'm serious I would like to buy some of those games from you, how can I contact you?

>>3682172
>>3684525

These posts.

>>3685802

...and this to some extent.

Flight attendant here. If you're already in the US you're going to run out of money very quickly. Funding your ENTIRE travel expenses to go to UK, netherlands, and fucking South Korea and Japan on the sale of a bunch of videogames will not cut the custard. Japan is expensive. You'll lose all your funds by the time you reach europe.

Sell and save your money, hopefully you can be even the least bit more practical with your financial decisions.

>>3690030
OP is, like always, a faggot
>>3690003
Get in touch with this anon

>>3689908
Yeah this
I hate when people act like old consoles are ducking collectors items not to be played with

>>3690912
>Flight attendant
And I thought I was the oldest person here at 47.

>>3690030
t. fucking scum.

>>3690030
>But yeah, the >scumbag thing is always a riot; forget about:

>Crooks

That's literally what you are, fucking faggot.