/vr/ - Retro Games

Build your own shelves

http://imgur.com/a/Ie7SW

>>460590
who can tell me what is wrong with this picture?

>>460590
This here, if I had the space the first thing I'd do is start hunting down or building some cabinets

>>460615
bust a move?

>>460580
Get a few neat controllers, some arcade games, some other types of multiplayer games, maybe make it into a broader range entertainment room, not so completely antisocial.

Set it up as if at least 2 people will be using it at all times. A room always looks more attractive if it's made around having friends.

>>460678
>>460708

Yeah, this is pretty much for playing multiplayer. If it was just me I probably wouldn't bother

>>460615
It's in the kitchen?

>>460590

Building a proper arcade cabinet is what I plan to do when I move out. I don't mind emulating, but if I can get my hands on a real cabinet for cheap I won't hesitate to buy.

I might even be tempted to build a small compartment on the side of the one I make to house my booze. Just to justify having a cabinet in the living room.

>>460752
I want to make a reproduction X-Men 6 player cabinet.

That thing is just way too expensive to buy.

you will never own every single game

my actual arcade :P

>>461104
More like you will never play every single game.

>>461108
You posted this picture in another thread -- where do you live? I wanna play IDAS3 with you dude

>>461104
Are those on the floor? How in the actual fuck do you navigate in that place?

>>461196
Yeah, what if you want to play a game that's in the back of the room? Do you have to move everything?

>>461210
>Navigate your way towards the SEGA Saturn section in the back.

>Pass a 12x7 tower of Mario/Duckhunt cartridges

>Duck under the overpass of Collecovision games

>Pass the Mario/Duckhunt tower again

>And again

>Geno's maze music begins to play

>>461224
Imagine if he collects Top Gun carts.

>>461104
Thank fuck, i would enter a MASSIVE backlog dillema.

Get displays from stores they always look cool

These threads always depress me, I can fit my entire game collection since I was a kid on one tiny shelf.

>>461857
never too late to start your own fire hazard

>>461948
Are those those fucking J-List hentai napkins they send with everything?

I bought my friend some candy from their once and fuck was it embarrassing.

WHY DO YOU EVEN NEED NAPKINS FOR DRY CANDY

>>462071
Why do you need online candy? Its a paradigm, for sure.

>>462140
Because I live in the rocky mountains and cannot get squid candy.

>>462160
If you need squid candy, you must accept the napkins, for they are forever bound.

>>461948
It's nothing special, but this is my current setup.

It's in a bit of "limbo" right now; Not sure how to fit the small bookcase in, or if any of this is actually going to stay in this room.

1/2

>>462541
2/2
And of course, the Tower of TV.

>>462541
>>462558
Two NESs, a SNES and a Famicom Twin...not sure I follow you...

>>462574
I also have another SNES in the living room; It's pretty beat up though.

The FC Twin was/is my brother's. It had deathgripped an NES cartridge and he was having trouble getting it out, so he asked me to give it a shot.

He hasn't bothered picking it up any of the times he's been over in the past year and a half, so it's just sitting there, unused.

>>462619
I get having the same console in diff. rooms...just never understood those blokes with 2 xboxes stacked on top of each other next to 3 ps2s...Like, do they mod, or fix shit, or are they just vg hoarders?

OP here's some pretty cool wall art you could get framed cheaply and class up the place.

(Link won't take - search steve thomas zazzle)

I will definitely be getting some of these or something similar when i get my own place.

>>462706
>vg hoarders
2 NES
2 SNES
4 Genesis(1 model1, 2 model2, 1 model 1and I want a better model 1 or one of the better model2s if possible
2 N64
4Gamecubes
2 GBA SP
4 DS(3lites and a DSi; all of them are in various states of disrepair though)


And then you have people like this guy.

>>462706
Hardware hoarding you say ?

>>462774
>having a flag hanging inside your room
are you some kind of redneck

>>462992
No.

Girl here. I get the hype about collecting old games. I love collecting and playing them myself.
But if I were to enter a guy's room that looks like this I'd get turned off so damn hard

>>462995
What else? Patriot? Lmao
Why do you need a flag, bro? Compensating for something?
Nationalism and patriotism is out you xenophobic asshole

>>463001
Response

>>463005
I live in America, I'm of German heritage, and I support states rights. Not a republican btw.

>>463016
No reason to hang up flags. Your German heritage should teach you not to be proud.
This is REALLY silly. Having flags of your state is a cry for help. It means that you're not independend

>>463001

I wouldnt sweat this. Ive had a few broads enter my room at my PARENTS house no less with a similar collection and still got it in.

dont sweat the woman. especially over your glorious collection.

>>463042
Go back to reddit, asshole I don't need some scrub preaching at me.

>>463042
Feel free to ignore this dipshit folks, he's not worth talking to.

>>463060
Yeah whatever floats your boat.
Pro tip: Most people don't give a shit about their heritage or proud origin.
Why?
Because it's dense and fucking stupid. Just becaues your mom decide to place you on a certain ground doesn't mean you suddenly have holy bonding with the place - especially within HUMAN MADE borders

>>463001
>Girl here.
No one cares.

>But if I were to enter a guy's room that looks like this I'd get turned off so damn hard
You are not representative of all girls either.

Sage because responding to obvious attention whore.

>>463080
put your trip back on

>>463127
>>463091
This is some really stupid shit to get so rectum ravaged over.

>>463001
I'm a girl too, and I think it's awesome.
>all dose gaems right there to play

If your girl doesn't enjoy your vidya, there's tons of others that will.

>>463159
So people still being proud of being on planet earth is nothing to get mad at? These are the kind of faggots who caused war for thousands of years.
>MUH BORDERS
>MUH COUNTRY
>MUH HERITAGE
Who the fuck cares where you're from as long as you don't hurt the law? Who the fuck cares if you're born a meter next to Texas and still consider yourself Japanese?
Nationalism is a social construct - exactly like nations themselves

>>463190
I like how Americans think that stealing the land makes them the rightful owners

>>463190
>Who the fuck cares where you're from as long as you don't hurt the law?
Who the fuck cares if people care about where they're from so long as they don't hurt the law?

>>463190
this. 4chan is proof enough that a united world would work. but people still insist on imaginary borders and constructed nations. i am all for throwing away every country's flag and title everyone ''earthling'' since that's the only reasonable live form we are.

>>463271
>not naming ourselves 'earthicans'
earthling swine

>>463271
>4chan is proof enough that a united world would work
But anon, haven't you seen the thousands of people feeling a sense of propriety over their home board?

This is an older picture of my setup. Most of my games are stored on built in shelving on the side of my TV stand, and in multiple compartments that are built into the desk. I also have two ottomans that double as "disguised" storage containers. I try to keep the room looking clean and clutter free since I'm a bit of a neat freak with a touch of OCD.

>>463309
put your trip back on

>>463101
10/10

Nice collections and game stations here. I was proud of my old collection:
arround 20 games for NES, SNES and N64 (each of course, and tons of games for Dreamcast, GameCube, PS1, PS2 (all pirated, yeah, here in my an original game would be around 150 dolars). Around 14 games for GBC, but had to sell almost everything. At least still have my GBC with all it's pokemon games yey!

>>462071
They were handing them out at SDCC last year. I just kept them for some reason

>>463190
You seem perturbed.

>>463291
>not terrans

>>463001
While the "I'm a grill" part was a bit annoying, my girlfriend fully endorses my collection, and goes out hunting for games to add to it in her spare time, so fuck you.

>>460613
>>460580
Have you even played all of those games? I don't see the point of collecting games if they aren't going to get played.

>>462992
I have the Assassin's Creed III American flag in my room, but that is far as my patriotism goes.

>>Lucky you >.>

I've been trying to get my gf to play vidya with my for the longest time to no avail

roll

>>463503
what

>>463503
dude /vr/ is serious, this thread is not a doubles one....

>>463501
goddamnit, I was trying to reply to ParkerPeters post.

>>463530
Oh lol. Yeah, shes really cool. She collects for gameboy herself. It isn't much, but she has 3 systems and several games CiB. Most of them were incidental finds though, strangely enough.

>>463548
The extent of my gf's gaming is Sims on the computer and Animal Crossing on the GCN....

>>463556
At least there is animal crossing.

>>463501
>mfw my wife is playing Tomb Raider on my 360 in the game room right now (and she's really good).

This is me btw >>463326

>>463556
Mine does both of those but is also hugely into Fallout, Mass Effect, and Skyrim on the 360.

>>463585
mine used to play nes LoZ and metroid with me and loves the GC for some reason. has become more casual recently and likes the bongo games. has no issues with my collecting or playing of collections. also plays roller derby and gives great head.

/me wins.

>>460728
correct, if there is one thing pcbs hate its moisture and temperature changes. also bad for the monitor

>>462786
What exactly is going on in this picture?
Are the consoles connected?

>>462985
insistently that's the number of playstations I had die on me before buying a ps2. sony lasers are such unreliable shit.

>>465336
Using the stacked GBPlayers as the GBA/controllers for Four Sword Adventure

>>463498
>Have you even played all of those games?
>implying the rooms in question are OP's

Come on, son, wake up.

>>463001
in case you were wondering, this is the same person who was shitposting about nationalism

lol

>>460580
>I'd appreciate any ideas you guys might have to fill it with
Fill it with a decently equipped computer filled with ROMs from every system that you use to emulate things instead of continuously throwing away money on old technology. Hook this to a widescreen projector.

>>469636
>suggesting roms and emulation
enjoy your poor sound and flaky gameplay even on the best emulators

>>470064
Says the guy who hasn't used an emulator since 2004.
What happens when your old hardware breaks down and the only replacements to be found are selling at exorbitant prices?

>>461104
Technically that's just hoarding, he won't even get to finish 1% of that shit
What a waste, lot of good games out of circulation because someone decided to go full autism

Owning every game is just a gross display of power...owning a truly varied and quality collection of good to great games that you can keep in a realistic amount of space is what I can respect.

Any retard with 40,000 dollars can buy an entire NES, SNES, and PS1 library...but of the thousands of games you will now own, you'll still only have 100 to 200 games actually worth your time, or you'll be willing to commit to winning and completing.

>>473791
It's okay he will die soon then we can loot his corpse and take all his vidya games

>>465673
Really all of those are working fine apart from 1 which no longer reads discs

i treat my collection like that of a hunter. they were all my prey, and i have defeated them all.

>>473809
If there was any justice in this world I'd get to be neighbor with that guy

>>473814
Hopefully it all get given to goodwill when he dies

>>461104
Hmm...
>messy tile flooring
>fluorescent lighting
That's a game store or warehouse, methinks.

>>461948
fire hazard you say? (it's a rats nest at the power strip i swear... yay for rocker switches on power strips)

>>474062
>Dat Pikachu N64

dunno if its cool or what but its mine.

>>474323
and the games are on the back of the room

>>474323
>dat symmetry

Anon... I...
Comfy/10 would game with

>>474326
>Framed picture of AVGN
Respect lost.

>>460615
About 15 too many buttons for that game

>>474323
move the tv to the left just a bit

it's really pissing me off

>>462789
>>462789
>>462789
Holy shit boys we got ourselves a racist. Look at the flag on the wall.

>>474507
>plays Japanese games
>racist

What's the best way to store controllers?
I hate having them like this,.

>>474586

I have them like that as well.
The cables are too annoying to put them in a shelve.

-get good tube TV
-don't get games that you not gonna play
-console/game boxes just take alot space, sell to hipsers.
-do not buy japanese games just because they are cheap (snes CIB games 4-10$) you not gonna play those anyway
-you never gonna have all games that you want
-dont use ebay (jews)
-keep room clean and tidy
-get some good shelves (no IKEA)
-make room chill as fuck.. or do you wanna just hoard all games and make your room looks like pawn storage?
-never ever buy game just to show off.. no-one really care

and sorry my poor english.

Not mine, but I like this guy's setup and he posts this pic in every battlestation thread.

Yeah I know, retro consoles on an LCD.

>>463326
I like how clean your room is.

>>475040
Man I'd be capable of leaving my room like that but it would get old real fast. I like having empty space while compressing stuff elsewhere. It takes motivation though, which I don't usually have.

>>462558
LOL I love the k'nex headphone stand.
You're an alright guy.

I'm not sure what to call it, but what is a good device that I can use to connect multiple video and audio outputs to and then be able to use a remote and/or switches on the device to quickly alter which signals go to the tv.
Sorry about the poor description.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to have all of my shelved consoles plugged in and ready to go and simply power one on and put in controllers rather than having to reach behind the tv everytime I want to play a different console.

>>475291
Or at least a name for such a device

>>470064
>2013
>Still thinking this

How's life under that rock?

>Ah, an asshole tripfag, of course!

You know, there's a special place where you can get a shiny nametag, have that low self-esteem massaged and post your worthless opinion where we don't have to read it.

>>>/reddit/

>>460580
#1 idea: only ever buy games you're going to play. Feeling compelled to collect, "own" full series etc.? See a doctor.

Seriously, what's your problem if some collectors don't play all the games they own? Do the cars collectors drive all the cars they own including the prehistoric ones? Do the G.I.Joe action figures collectors play with them? I'm not even a videogames collector and I don't find it fascinating either to collect games I won't play but I don't give a damn about what the collectors do. It's their collection, not mine.

Bear with me, I JUST moved into a new place not even three days ago.

1/4

>>476687
3/4

>>476684
2/4

>>475538

This. Otherwise it's a huge waste of space and money. You could probably keep your collection pretty moderate this way.

>>476691
4/4

Not ideal, but it's holding things together for the time being.

Pic Related

>>474484
It's just the angle of the picture

again, you will never own every game

>>477665
>even wanting to own all the games
I'll take the best of the best only, please.

>>476738
Get the fuck out, faggot.

all the games?

>>475291
A/V Switch Box

Be warned, cheap ones love to ruin signal quality and good ones can get quite expensive.

>>479625
The fuck is going on with that SMRPG poster?

>>480919
What are good switch boxes? I found a cables to go brand 4 in 2 out composite switch that has good amazon reviews. I like that I can route 4 sources to 2 televisions. I was a little put off when I found out both outputs are the same but that still seems like the best solution I can find so far.

What switch boxes does /vr/ use?

>>484356

Holy crap that controller sticker is totally extreme to the max!

>newer hardware will never be this rad

>>484381

Thanks. I thought it was pretty gnar. There was a thread about trying to dig up an archive of sticker sources, but It seems that collectors are hesitant to make the stickers available. What a shame.

Back to my question

What switch boxes does /vr/ use for a multiconsole set up? Is there a brand or model I should be aware of?

i have like 3 switch boxes... maybe 4
I have a digital one with a few smaller ones on either end....
its redicilous

>>474062
Whats under the master system

>>484356

>gameboy buttons on an NES controller

wat

Also, how the fuck do I find those controller overlays?

>>474323
Unf... That shit looks so comfy. 10/10

>>486986
i have them on my primary controller
also, nes buttons on my chiptune gameboyu

>>462558
tfw the magnets in the crt tv will drag on the gamecube laser.

>>488216
uh..... what

>>479625
>>477665


source anyone?

does still looks like it today?.

Unfortunately my stuff is still at my parent's house in my old room.

>>460615
Big Red should have a control panel with diagonal red and white stripes.

>>460590
Well thank goodness you're prepared for a fire.

>>484406
I pretty much just plug whatever I need at the time into a front Video 2 port.
If you don't have a TV with a front port, get one.
Though I can't imagine having an old RF-only TV with dials and knobs to manually adjust every little video signal.

>>474586
Put ones that fit in gallon storage bags. Only allow four of each in a drawer, rest go in EXTRA box. Pick up a cheap plastic cabinet thingy, sort by generation.

Least that's what I do.

>>474586
>>474774
constantlly wraping cables like that will ultimatlly fuck the wiring

>>474586
>>490940

Also, tie cables with rubber bands. Saves on wear and tear, and it's easier to store.