>>ywn have a massive video game collection filled with thousands of titles from all generations and hundreds of consoles at your fingertips to play whenever you feel like it. Why even live?

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Anonymous Sun Feb 19 23:13:51 2017 No.3810829 [Reply] [Original]

>>ywn have a massive video game collection filled with thousands of titles from all generations and hundreds of consoles at your fingertips to play whenever you feel like it.

Why even live?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 23:19:50 2017 No.3810839 >>3810829 75% of games ever produced are absolute garbage

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 23:23:32 2017 No.3810846 >>3810839 this and that seems like hell honestly. Like, I collect games, but I only get the ones I'll actually play / get cheap. Having all these options and nothing to want or work towards.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 23:33:36 2017 No.3810862 >>3810829 >implying i would honestly want that outside of scalping the collection Just buy consoles and flashcart/mod them. It's the same experience with more convenience.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 23:51:35 2017 No.3810881 >>3810829 most those games are shit people dont even bother to emulate there is 20 or less retro consoles worth owning 2600 NES Gen SNES TG16 NGEO 3DO PS1 STRN DC GBC GG TurboX Nomad NGPC The rest is collector stuff that never gets played.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 00:03:25 2017 No.3810906 File: 223 KB, 1240x1156, keyball controller v2 406.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Why even live? To one day, hopefully, make something as awesome as this.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 00:21:27 2017 No.3810957 Having a collection that large would be an immense burden in more ways than one. Also, roms.

Anonymous Mon Feb 20 01:28:10 2017 No.3811046
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>>3810829
I never got the point of this. Like >1% of that collection is anything worth playing. The rest is just shovel-ware or crap tie-ins.

A dozen games for a console can be incredibly solid collection. Going for quantity over quality like this is a waste of time, space and cash.

Anonymous Mon Feb 20 01:32:28 2017 No.3811049

>>3810829
>Oi mate, whaddya wanna play?
>i don't know, megaman i guess?
>k, gimme a minute
>spend 10 minutes moving extremely rare limited edition jewel case games that would easily turn to dust if touched even slightly
>eventually grab Megaman 2
>find way back to couch
>friend has up and left
>You spent two hours finding a fucking game
>at least i have other games to take my mind of of it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 01:33:42 2017 No.3811050 >>3810829 I wish I could walk barefoot and feel the plush cartridge between my toes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 01:45:26 2017 No.3811063 >>3810829 >what is emulation

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 02:34:41 2017 No.3811126 >>3810829 >tfw nothing will quell the pain of mortal existence

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 02:39:30 2017 No.3811130 I have about 400 games, and as long as I can keep getting them cheaply I'll keep buying them.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 02:48:52 2017 No.3811139 >>3810829 >Why even live? For all the usual reasons. Added bonus is to play those games.

Anonymous Mon Feb 20 06:07:58 2017 No.3811339
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>have a scarce collection of games while growing up
>get bored of newer games during 6th and 7th gen systems
>start collecting games for those older systems you still had
>end up getting nearly complete collections of games for NES and SNES and buying up systems like MegaDrive and N64 you didn't have as a kid
>get bored of collecting games, buy flash carts for your systems and start sell off your games
>I still have 90% of games I used to have playable on the actual hardware, finally have room things other than video games (this feels very liberating) and acquired shitloads of money while selling my games

I have no regrets of selling my stuff but for some reason I'm also happy I went through the collectorfag phase. I guess what I want to say is that I basically have completed the cycle and understand both sides of the argument of whether or not having ridiculous video game collection is worth it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 06:36:56 2017 No.3811352 >>3811339 >nearly complete collections of games for NES and SNES Sounds legit

Anonymous Mon Feb 20 07:34:36 2017 No.3811386

>>3810829

I have a curated collection of roughly 800 games, overwhelming majority are games I like, a few are interesting, some are bad that I have a history with. Still have another 60-100 games from past systems I'm looking for on the cheap, but I don't need more than a single thousand titles to have a massive, enjoyable collection.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 08:01:26 2017 No.3811416 >game collection there's a fine line between collecting and hoarding. most collectors i've seen on the internet are actually hoarders.

Anonymous Mon Feb 20 15:14:39 2017 No.3811897
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>>3811126
Shit mane, that hit me deep.

If I was being perfectly honest, vidya is just an excuse to keep myself from really living and risking being hurt.

I never asked to be born /vr/. This shit ain't worth it.

Anonymous Mon Feb 20 19:17:20 2017 No.3812357

>>3811386
Depends on what you're collecting for. Years ago I put together a set op SNES ROMs that I actually liked and would play. It was nearly 500. I'm sure PS1 would have similar numbers. All the other retro consoles would easily give me another 1000. Including more modern stuff there'd be thousands more.

>>3811416
>fine line
More like huge gap. Or rather gaps. Salary and age. If you're and adult with money having a bunch of games is collecting. If your a poorfag underage that guy is hoarding.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 21:38:05 2017 No.3812645 File: 43 KB, 471x234, 1487644685449.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3810829 B-but... I do!

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 20 21:44:12 2017 No.3812667 >>3810829 I've already accepted this, thus started to put all my shit on bootleg cds, hard drives and flashcarts. I'll worry about the 7th generation later. Of course it's not the same, but better than not being able to play at all.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 21 01:55:22 2017 No.3813073 >>3810839 Right? That said, my collection is quite respectable, even if missing some real gems.

Anonymous Tue Feb 21 03:46:01 2017 No.3813207
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>>3810829
>tfw I never owned legit games until recent
I don't feel anything about collecting legal copies, the only thing I care is reliable play of pirate copies.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 21 19:25:38 2017 No.3814635 >>3811897 Life is fun, dawg. You can do it and don't let anyone tell you you can't. Now go conquer your dreams and take a vidya break. Someone out there is thinking about you.

Anonymous Tue Feb 21 19:28:42 2017 No.3814638

Even if you're a collector, you only ever need to collect a fraction of that.

1433 games were released on PS3. I own about over 100 and I am VERY forgiving to shitty games.

And if you're collecting multiplats for every system that hardly deviate from one version - you're insane.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 21 19:33:24 2017 No.3814643 >>3810862 >It's the same experience with more convenience. Emulation even more so.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 21 20:19:51 2017 No.3814726 File: 437 KB, 1224x918, Basement.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3810829 i have around 1,350 or so physical games.

Anonymous Wed Feb 22 00:44:26 2017 No.3815075

>>3810829
As others already pointed out, most games ever released are shit, also nevermind the money, big collections can can be a huge pain if you don't have enough real estate, or move frequently for whatever reason.
The best thing you can do is gather the very few games that are good and/or pose some significance either for you or for "history" as a whole, then get a flashcart for the rest.
For a start at least, if later on you improve your spending capacity/real estate situation, and you think it's something you can enjoy, sure why not, video games can be as good as any other collectible.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 22 01:17:27 2017 No.3815109 >>3815075 A big collection is only a problem if you're a displayfag. I have thousands of games. Nearly all are packed away in boxes and are easy to store and move.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 22 01:22:14 2017 No.3815114 >>3815109 This. I don't collect anything, but if I did I would only display the shit I'd frequently want to play. Or whatever would impress somebody I know. Everything else would be tucked away somewhere safe for whenever I needed it later. If ever.

Anonymous Wed Feb 22 01:23:52 2017 No.3815119

>>3810829
I just want to be friends with someone like this so I can treat their house like a museum or library. Why the fuck would I want to fill my home with this plastic bullshit and waste tens of thousands of dollars on meaningless toys when I could take advantage of someone stupid enough to?

Anonymous Wed Feb 22 01:30:49 2017 No.3815126

>>3815109
By moving frequently I meant every 6mo-1yr.
I started collecting in a period of my life I had to move every 9mo average, at first I didn't mind it that much, but everything adds up after a while, especially as your collection grows and you also grow older.
I've settled down for about 5 years now and damn it felt so good not being bothered by such a constraint.
I might have to start moving frequently again soon, though.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 22 07:49:43 2017 No.3815294 Does anyone remember old Tips & Tricks magazine? At the end of every issue they had a Room Of DOOM and it seemed impressive back then but now it's just a waste.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 22 08:31:35 2017 No.3815296 All a gamer needs is Retroarch, a No-Intro romset and a set ot Redump-verified PSX isos. Fuck those crammed basements and those hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in physical copies that are mostly just rotting away.

Anonymous Wed Feb 22 14:27:05 2017 No.3815730

>>3815114
I keep a few semi-rare things in a cabinet so I can take them out if anyone who comes out wants to see them. Or if an underage here can't believe everyone is as poor as they are and needs a pic. No point having them laying out in the open collecting dust if no one's looking. Or worse, if the wife is looking.

>>3815126
Moving a few extra boxes isn't an problem unless you're just trying to live out of a suitcase or something and have no home to go back to. In that case you're in a fairly rare situation. Even then, if space and moving was actually the issue you could put the stuff in storage.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 06:43:27 2017 No.3817172 >>3810829 Kek

Anonymous Thu Feb 23 09:39:43 2017 No.3817445
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>>3810829

The more you have, the less you will play. At some point you will switch from being a 'gamer' to being a 'librarian' and OCD about how the best to order games, make labels, build shelfs, etc...

I'm almost certain these people aren't happy, but are compelled to keep doing it, until it takes over a much bigger part of life than they intended it to be.

Imho, just collect the things that you get a fuzzy feel when you pick it up and go from there. I got some games I wouldn't even care if somebody threw them out the window, which tells me I should get rid of them.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 09:42:48 2017 No.3817452 >>3817445 What a weird gif. I recognize Goldblum from the fly: what's the other guy from?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 09:44:14 2017 No.3817459 >>3814726 Anon, if you're the /diy/ type I think some wall shelves on that barren left wall would look spiffy.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 09:53:05 2017 No.3817480 >>3810881 >3DO but not the SMS kek

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 09:55:03 2017 No.3817483 >>3814726 That's a nice gaming dungeon, me jelly But your shelves suck

Anonymous Thu Feb 23 09:56:37 2017 No.3817487
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>>3817452

kek... both actors are from jurassic park, this scene is even a part of the movie (well... kinda...)

The other dude is Sam Neill

>Hi I'm Sam Neill,
>you might remember me from movies such as Jurassic Park, The Horse Whisperer and Event Horizon

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 09:58:37 2017 No.3817494 >>3817483 lol i read 'german dungeon' and kept looking at the picture for clues... fuck me...

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 13:34:48 2017 No.3817764 >>3814726 See, this looks pretty normal to me. A nice normalfag man cave but with a fuckton of games. You are collecting the right way

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 13:40:20 2017 No.3817781 >>3810839 even that number seems to generous to me

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 13:47:44 2017 No.3817790 >>3817480 power base converter unless you want the fm sound

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 14:00:40 2017 No.3817817 File: 528 KB, 1224x918, DSCN0938.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3817764 i do plan to fancy it up eventually but i have quite a bit that eats up my time.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 14:02:53 2017 No.3817819 >>3817459 i figure i could replace those dinky shelves with proper bookcases eventually, i can't into concrete wall mounting.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 23 16:02:47 2017 No.3818106 >>3817790 Or a powerbase with FM if you want FM sound

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 24 12:28:41 2017 No.3819806 Honestly, I'd rather have a smaller collection with nice selections of good games for each console. I'm never going to feel the urge to play fucking Cool Spot or Eskimo Eddie.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 24 12:30:55 2017 No.3819808 >>3817817 you need to be over 18 to browse this website

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 24 12:31:47 2017 No.3819809 >>3819808 That's rude, maybe he's a dwarf.

>>	babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY Fri Feb 24 12:32:37 2017 No.3819813 >>3817817 I wish I had a second Steel Battalion controller

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 24 12:32:59 2017 No.3819814 >>3819808 >>3819809 that is my 2 year old son.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 24 12:40:38 2017 No.3819827 >>3819814 Does he get jokes better than you?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 24 13:27:03 2017 No.3819883 >>3819827 i got the joke but figured i would put in perspective.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 24 15:23:03 2017 No.3820084 >>3810839 75% of playstation games ever produced are absolute garbage *fixed it for you anon :x

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