Retro Game Collecting

[Anonymous No.8552138]

Do you agree with it?

[Anonymous No.8552150]

>>8552138
If you have money to spare, why not?

[Anonymous No.8552182]

I've got about 20-30 games for each system I have, and I'm happy with my library, so sure

[Anonymous No.8552191]

>>8552138
How exactly would one disagree with collecting?
Unless you're a literal commie who disagrees with the notion of property in general.

[Anonymous No.8552192]

Seeing those displays that say "Nintendo" and "Super Nintendo" instead of the consoles' proper names always trigger me for some reason everytime I look at this image.

[Anonymous No.8552198]

>>8552138
Collecting retro titles for the sake of turning a profit later is not very lucrative, they only increase in value at the same rate of inflation which makes them a poor asset. I dont recommend it for this purpose. collecting for the sake of collection, sure, why not.

[Anonymous No.8552210]

i'm emulation so i don't give a fuck.

[Anonymous No.8552232]

I don't collect and I think it's honestly an extremely poor use of money, but doesn't bother me the way it seems to bother other people.

What does bother me is people failing to understand that retro collecting and retro gaming are two completely different hobbies that just run parallel to each other. Whenever I hear someone say stuff like
>How are they going to play all of those games?
>Don't they know they can download roms for free?
I know I'm talking to the dumbest person in the room. Would you ask a coin collector when they plan on spending the money or a stamp collector when they plan on mailing them away? Would you ask a person with a library why they own more books than they could possibly read? That's obviously not the point.

Also I think the claim that they're collecting in the name of "preservation" is the biggest cope of all time. Literally the flimsiest justification for spending thousands of dollars that there's ever been. If they cared even a little bit about preservation they would be dumping the roms and making high res scans of the box and other materials, but they don't because that's already been done ten thousand times before. Retro collectors are the biggest bunch of saps in the world, and boy oh boy do they have deep pockets.

[Anonymous No.8552261]

Eh, I don’t think it’s the best use of money, but if it’s what you’re into, go for it.

[Anonymous No.8552265]

>>8552232
Physical objects are better preservation than any amount of online roms. It's keeping the actual object preserved. Museums don't curate pictures of artifacts, they have the real thing.
"Preserving" roms while not caring about the physical game media is like preserving rare books by copying them into a text file then getting rid of the actual book.

[Anonymous No.8552269]

What I find funny is the amount of collectors that pretend they aren't collectors here. If you buy games, have a small library, you have a collection, therefore you are a collector. You don't need to have a full set or need a cringe display to be a collector. People seem to think there are good collectors (those who buy games to play the games they like) and bad collectors (people who buy games just to take photos with them), they always do the "I'm not like the OTHER collectors" nonsense. And really, it's also kind of silly to assume that people with a collection don't play any of their games to begin with. Even if they got into it for "the wrong reasons", their heart had to have been in the hobby at one point or other.

[Anonymous No.8552278]

>>8552265
Right but I'm saying, 99.9% of the people who collect and claim they're doing so for preservation are doing literally nothing in the name of ACTUAL preservation
a cartridge sitting on some nobodies basement shelf rotting away does exactly as much to preserve that game as throwing it in the trash

[Anonymous No.8552281]

>>8552269
You’re right, we’re all collectors to some extent. To the extent that OPs picture shows is on a different level though, it’s more of a hobby vs obsession stance.

[Anonymous No.8552283]

>>8552278
That one anon did dump their ps2 demo disk for preservation recently. Bless his heart.

[Anonymous No.8552286]

>>8552138
I mean I've got plenty of stuff that's stored in my basement from when I was a kid, but every time I step foot on a retro game store, I just laugh at the pricetags, turn 360 and walk away
Why would I pay a minimum wage for a busted loose cart I already have downloaded into my PC anyway, for a game that'll probably take 30-40 minutes to finish

[Anonymous No.8552287]

>>8552278
A cartridge sitting on a shelf is being preserved and kept in circulation. Even if it doesn't make it out of his possession until he dies 60 years later, it's still a copy of that game being kept in existence.

[Anonymous No.8552289]

>>8552138
I only buy games I can get dirt cheap, I use everdrive etc for everything. For NES & SNES era it's a lot of JP stuff, whereas PS2 and OG Xbox can still get a lot of games for a dollar each

[Anonymous No.8552292]

>>8552138
Yeah. I'd love to one day have a whole room full of old games, and at least have the notable ones. I can't really afford it though. Especially since the best time to collect was like ten years ago when they were getting sold for dirt cheap at garage sales and shit. I currently have a modest collection of around 200ish games that I got when I was a kid.

[Anonymous No.8552293]

>>8552286
>Why would I pay money for a painting when I could just look at photos of it instead

[Anonymous No.8552338]

>>8552192
You mean Nintendo Control Deck and Super NES Control Deck?

[Anonymous No.8552349]

>>8552287
It's literally not in circulation and in 60 years it will have corroded to nothing

[Anonymous No.8552352]

>>8552338
Exactly.

[Anonymous No.8552367]

>>8552138
collecting is fine
but if you plan to have a physical-only collection to play games, you're going to have a bad time

[Anonymous No.8552371]

>>8552349
I'm not biologist, but I doubt plastic and metal will corrode to nothing in 60 years.

[Anonymous No.8552376]

>>8552367
>you're going to have a bad time
I went full physical and have no regrets. When do I start having a bad time?

[Anonymous No.8552378]

>>8552138
who cares

[Anonymous No.8552382]

>>8552371
Chemist, you fucking idiot

[Anonymous No.8552390]

>>8552376
you have an entire mansion full of arcade games?
holy shit

[Anonymous No.8552404]

>>8552349
>corroded to nothing
Unless he has been blowing on and getting saliva onto the cart, corrosion is a non-issue.

[Anonymous No.8552417]

>>8552265
All things worth looking at in a museum are uniques, whereas video games have been made by the hundreds of thousands, if not millions each. There's no need to preserve individual examples, plus they're meant to be played, not looked at, and the hardware experience can be imitated.

[Anonymous No.8552438]

>>8552349
If something is owned by a collector, it's in circulation. It's still in the collector market and will eventually be available for purchase again.
And you're retarded if you think cartridges will "corrode" or degrade in any way if kept inside. With the exception of capacitors and rubber belts, electronics last essentially indefinitely if unused and stored in a cool dry place. I own calculators that were built in 1970 and sat in some old persons musty garage for decades, and switch on and work just fine.

[Anonymous No.8552443]

>>8552417
>All things worth looking at in a museum are uniques
They weren't when they were made, they became unique because retards like you think anything more than 3 years old is worthless and throw everything out.

[Anonymous No.8552449]

>>8552138
Why do you ask?

[Anonymous No.8552463]

>>8552232
>How are they going to play all of those games?
I collect videogames and tend to buy too many to play, but I do oppose people who collect them as some kind of trophy to show off with no intention of playing them. Graded copies are so retarded as well.

[Anonymous No.8552473]

>>8552443
>paintings, sculptures and other artwork weren't uniques
Or are you seriously telling me that some 30 years old chunks of plastic that have been made by the millions have already become rare enough to deserve being put in museums, or will ever be rare enough for it? Things that usually end up in museums besides unique artwork are those that are 500 to thousands of years old and dug up out of the ground. Nobody gives a flying fuck about 30 years old mass production plastics, or will do so in the next 200 years.

[Anonymous No.8552474]

>>8552438
you realize cartridges have capacitors in them right

[Anonymous No.8552492]

>>8552265
>Physical objects are better preservation than any amount of online roms
Do you actually believe this? They won't last forever.

Dump them and make a billion copies of the ROM. That's the way.

[Anonymous No.8552494]

>>8552474
you realize those are the easiest electronic components to replace to the extent ANYBODY can do it, right

[Anonymous No.8552497]

>>8552286
>turn 360 and walk away
If you turned 360 degrees you end up facing the same way you started, newfag.

[Anonymous No.8552501]

>>8552473
Art museums are a relatively small minority of museums.
>are you seriously telling me that some 30 years old chunks of plastic that have been made by the millions have already become rare enough to deserve being put in museums
Yes? Sure there's not likely to be a shortage of Super Mario + Duck Hunt anytime soon, but there are unique and rare games. Stuff like the Nintendo championship cartridges have both extreme rarity and historical provenance that would justify some sort of display.
Things don't have to be exceedingly rare to be in a museum anyways, just old and interesting enough that people want to see them. There's tons of museums out there that focus on manufactured objects from the last century, including electronics and technology.
I'll guarantee you that all the big computer museums have a C64 on display. Is it rare? No. Is it valuable? No. It's there because it represents an important part of the history of computing, and because it's uncommon enough that people don't see them in everyday life.

[Anonymous No.8552507]

>>8552474
I've never in my life seen a cartridge that's stopped working because of an expired capacitor.

[Anonymous No.8552513]

>>8552497
HOH

[Anonymous No.8552517]

>>8552497
please be bait

[Anonymous No.8552571]

As long as it doesn't affect your humanity, I'm okay with it.
The day you boast on the interwebs about how you got your market-illiterate "friend" to sell you his NES collection for 4 pennies, you have lost a part of what makes you an human.

[Anonymous No.8552646]

>>8552232
>Also I think the claim that they're collecting in the name of "preservation" is the biggest cope of all time.
extremely low iq take
even if their personal reasons are selfish it's still a form of preservation because you have multiple decentralized personal databases of games. if somehow every rom online disappeared tomorrow, you would still have 1000s of nerds with full collections on their computers

[Anonymous No.8552672]

>>8552138
I have a broken brain and just enjoy collecting and games was a good one because I missed a lot growing up. I would collect mostly in the hopes of getting around to playing things because I noticed some games I wanted to try getting expensive. Now everything is fucking expensive and I am just fed up with it. I sold all my Saturn games because I plan to get a MODE and will probably get rid of the rest this year because I may need to find new work.

The speculators and investors have ruined another fun thing.

[Anonymous No.8552715]

>>8552138
Personally I think it's a waste of money and storage space, but whatever. ROMs are way more convenient for actually playing the games unless you're a total autist about accuracy.

[Anonymous No.8552730]

>>8552646
based zero reading comprehension retard

[Anonymous No.8552732]

>>8552293
Unironically yes.

[Anonymous No.8552734]

I had been doing it till about 2016. Just because I like the games. Hadn’t seen how high prices went so I recently started selling some of my collection because it’s like 5x what I payed and I don’t need all the stuff.

[Anonymous No.8552750]

I find stuff all the time in my area but I hit the stores and pawn shops hard. I visit at least 5-6 stores/pawn shops per week (Goodwill..etc). I rarely post because I reserve posts for something that was really rare or an extremely good deal. Also try hitting yardsales on craigslist a couple times a month. Those are super hit-and-miss, but if you hit one, you will most likely not pay more than $2 for any given game and sometimes you can get some quality titles that way.

I also have family members who are avid yardsale people and they find games/systems for me. I laid out a basic set of rules for them to follow when buying stuff which include 1. Never pay more than $5 for a system, 2. Never pay more than $1 for a game, 3. Do not buy anything pre-Nintendo (Atari, Colecovision etc), 4. Don't buy any sports games. I probably miss out on quite a bit by laying out these rules, but I also avoid being burned (I obviously reimburse them and offer to fix their computer etc). As a result of having them find stuff for me I got a lot of 45 NES games for 10 cents each, a GBA with 10 games for 5 dollars and some really good PS2 titles for a dollar each (MGS 2, 3, God of War...etc). So if you know anyone who yard sales, get in with them.

[Anonymous No.8552762]

>>8552750
>3. Do not buy anything pre-Nintendo (Atari, Colecovision etc)
this is the #1 sign of a pleb

[Anonymous No.8552764]

>>8552730
hoarding plastic isn't that different it's still being preserved

[Anonymous No.8552775]

i wish i would have kept all my childhood stuff, and i wish i would have started collecting ps2 and ps1 stuff like 10-15 years ago but i missed the boat and that's ok. i sold off most of the games i have (except gameboy because im weirdly attached to it) and am enjoying the flashcart/backup life now. eventually ill probably spring for some ODEs

[Anonymous No.8552812]

>>8552750
what part of the country do you live in? It's been at least 10 years since I've seen a console at any yardsale that wasnt at LEAST 20 bucks

[Anonymous No.8552843]

>>8552191
Collecting entertainment media without the skills to develop that media is a mental illness. For example: owning a music collection and not being a musician or composer.

If you can't create something out of the knowledge contained in the games on your shelf then you have no business owning them.

[Anonymous No.8552846]

>>8552138
People can spend their money on whatever dumb shit they want

[Anonymous No.8552851]

>>8552138
No problem with it assuming you actually play the games you collect, and also assuming you don't hoard multiple copies of shit like a fucking asshole.

[Anonymous No.8552864]

>>8552843
I'm putting this post in my collection of the most retarded takes I've ever heard

[Anonymous No.8552869]

>>8552843
this is why i fucking hate libraries
fucking posers, learn to write

[Anonymous No.8552880]

>>8552864
You can't refute it

>>8552869
Libraries are not individuals.

[Anonymous No.8552885]

>>8552138
Collecting an assload of games just to fill a wall is sperg shit. Just buy what you like to actually play.
Also, people who do this never insure their collections because they're retards. One fire and this dude is fucked.

[Anonymous No.8552892]

>>8552880
what about personal libraries

[Anonymous No.8552896]

>>8552138
It is zogged now.

[Anonymous No.8552907]

>>8552892
Fiction libraries are just graveyards for books that were read once and for impulse purchases.

[Anonymous No.8552921]

>>8552851
>>8552885
Smartest posts in the thread. At least play the shit you collect, even if it's only completing it once then not touching it again.

[Anonymous No.8552931]

>>8552885
>Also, people who do this never insure their collections
Homeowners insurance would generally cover this sort of stuff, it's not rare and expensive enough to require being insured separately. If it's not totaling more than half the value of your coverage on the house it should be fine.

[Anonymous No.8552937]

>>8552232
This attitude needs to die, you think your helping the situation with game prices but your not, all your doing is justifying the prices. Everything about market prices is fake and gay.

[Anonymous No.8552945]

>>8552843
Shit take. Not everything in life needs to be some kind of learning experience. Sometimes people want to have a thing to do as a break from what they do for a living. Being so obsessed with you work that you surround yourself with it even at home is also mental illness.

[Anonymous No.8552968]

>>8552843
As a church organist and composer with a ridiculously large library of scores and music releases, based

[Anonymous No.8553015]

>>8552945
>Being so obsessed with you work that you surround yourself with it even at home is also mental illness.
Sounds like you're so obsessed with work that you misunderstood the post.

A hobbyist programmer has more of a right to physical game media than most of you faggots do.

[Anonymous No.8553020]

>>8553015
>You don't design automobiles so you should walk.

[Anonymous No.8553030]

>>8553020
That image suits your reading comprehension.

[Anonymous No.8553086]

>>8552497
>newfag
This must be bait.

[Anonymous No.8553231]

>>8553015
>You don't make your own toilet paper so you shouldn't wipe your ass

[Anonymous No.8553717]

>>8552843
Do you even think before posting
>You are not allowed to buy a record if you can't play guitar!
Retard

[Anonymous No.8553725]

>>8553086
Sounds like you're the newfag

[Anonymous No.8553782]

>>8552138
It was a poor-fag hobby for a long time, so anyone getting asshurt about it was either poor to the point they couldnt buy games for under $10 or didnt get into it until super late.

Buying games just to set on a wall backdrop for your yubtub channel shit or "geek cred" is pretty faggy though.

[Anonymous No.8553817]

>>8552138
Sure, when it's to play and preserve (I mean people who dump roms and materials, not the shitheads who sit on shrink-wrapped games because "dumping will drive down the price"), collecting is a neat little hobby, so long as you can afford it.
The games should always come first, though; I've got no respect for those speculator retards scrambling to cash in on the latest tulip bulb or fags who want to decorate their walls with N64s.
Also, to all the idiots comparing physical collections to art museums; yes, you're right, just like seeing the Mona Lisa in-person is the optimal experience, playing FF7 on an actual Playstation and a CRT in a dark-lit room is the optimal experience, but similarly, seeing the Mona Lisa through a picture of it online doesn't decrease its beauty or diminish the technical mastery of the work, and more people can come to appreciate it that way. Gaming is worse off than fine art in that it doesn't really even have a Louvre; it has sweaty neckbeards rich from soul-crushing IT jobs that hoard games in their basements, and while yes, that is preservation, and yes, that is objectively better than letting shit rot in a landfill, it's not great, and kinda misses the point of preservation: to share with future generations.

[Anonymous No.8553959]

>>8553817
This is my new favorite way to look at it. If you want to just check out the game do it the easiest way and if you love it then make it a point to play it on original hardware. It is like taking that trip to the museum to see the painting in person.

[Anonymous No.8554096]

>>8552404
Who would do that?

[Anonymous No.8554265]

>>8552507
because they didnt expired yet,are you seriously this dense in your everyday life.

[Anonymous No.8554268]

There's a thin line between collecting and hoarding.

[Anonymous No.8554275]

>>8553717
Yeah, you're not, poser faggot, throw out your useless collection or pick up a violin for once in your pathetic life

[Anonymous No.8554284]

>>8552843
What a retarded example. Making music is something that requires a talent that most people don’t have, yet every single person on earth can enjoy listening to music.

[Anonymous No.8554287]

>>8554268
No there isn't. More then a dozen physicals is way too much for me and even then you should let those go. 100% emulation or bust

[Anonymous No.8554289]

>>8554287
Kill yourself

[Anonymous No.8554305]

>>8554287
>t. decorates his house like this and calls it "minimalist"

[Anonymous No.8554307]

>>8554305
Looks comfy.

[Anonymous No.8554321]

>>8552138
Not really. These days, I only hunt down physical copies of games I like, but only if the price is reasonable.

[Anonymous No.8554335]

>>8552843
Good call, that's why I pirate everything.
I started pirating books too, even though posting here qualifies me as a writer and entitles me to book ownership privileges.

[Anonymous No.8554338]

>>8554335
If your shitposts are funny enough, go for that library bro, hone your craft

[Anonymous No.8554423]

>>8552138
Buying random shit you like is the point of having money so if you have spare cash go for it.

[Anonymous No.8554705]

>>8552843
Here.
Looks like I made a bunch of talentless and lazy faggots mad over their plastic toys.

>>8554284
>Making music is something that requires a talent
Lol no it doesn't, have you heard modern pop? They literally sample children's songs now. Stop being lazy and convincing yourself that achievements are out of your reach.

[Anonymous No.8555009]

>>8552138
NO

you will own/collect nothing, and you will be happy!

you will live in the pod!
you will pay 60%+ taxes!
you will eat the fucking bugs!

fight climate change you fucking bigot!

[Anonymous No.8555012]

I don't mind it but I'm not interested in it. Personally I just emulate and have a few flashcarts for platforms I particularly like.

[Anonymous No.8555263]

>>8552390
>tfw grade school me thought that Dazzler was retconned into Jubilee for the 90s cartoon

[Anonymous No.8555413]

>>8552843
Gate-keeping this hard over media deliberately created with the intention of it to be enjoyed by the masses is a wildly delusional thing to do. I hope you have a better day tomorrow, get some fresh air and go for a walk.

[Anonymous No.8555427]

As long as its done for the love of the game, it isn't done out of financial irresponsibility and you intend on playing the games; getting upset at someone for that would seem ridiculous.

I myself only collect games I've:
>Played, beat and loved
>Played and have yet to beat
>Have always had an interest in getting into but was blocked by hardware and didn't want to emulate

My collection, including the games I have and have listed that I want to get. Its only gonna be on the low end of 500 games, spanned through most mainstream Nintendo, Sega and Microsoft consoles, as well handhelds. Compared to what is usually shit on here, its pretty modest.

[Anonymous No.8555640]

>>8555427
Even if I owned every game that I’ve ever played or wanted on every system I can think of, it’s still less than 490 games. Did you actually play all of these games?

[Anonymous No.8556092]

>>8552138
>Do you agree with it?
On which one of it's many opinions?

[Anonymous No.8556107]

>>8552138
I regret not immediately ditching modern games in the 7th gen to focus on retro collecting, that was probably the last time these games were affordable.

[Anonymous No.8556110]

>>8552138
What does this even mean?
Why does this thread have so many responses?

[Anonymous No.8556124]

>>8554705
>Lol no it doesn't, have you heard modern pop?
anon you and both know that he meant making good music. Don't be retarded on purpose.

[Anonymous No.8556185]

>>8552138
if it makes you happy and your lifestyle allows for it, it's a cool hobby. i'm married and have a kid now, so i had to get rid of a lot of my collection to free up space in our house for my kid. i kept the classics and the good stuff for him to play some day if he wants. i will settle for emulation for the time being.
>>8552843
if WWIII does break out with the Chinese and the Russians, the government needs to scoop you up and learn how to turn your autism into a chemical weapon.

[Anonymous No.8556209]

>>8556110
>What does this even mean?
Do you agree with the concept of owning vintange video games?
>Why does this thread have so many responses?
Because people are interested in the topic.

[Anonymous No.8556313]

>>8555009
Honestly the concept of ownership in this meme has nothing to do with having a gigantic archive of consoomer goods. The future will in fact give you unlimited access to enormous amounts of entertainment media, you just won't actually own a single thing. It's a subtle difference.
Anyway collecting for the sake of collecting is kind of autistic/obsessive and it is very rarely a healthy hobby for people who do it nowadays. I'm OK with it in theory and I actually think that serious collectors are doing a great job since they will probably archive the goods better than a museum or other state institution, but far too many people are becoming "collectors" out of this consumeristic compulsion because their life has no meaning.

[Anonymous No.8556326]

>>8556313
>too many people are becoming "collectors" out of this consumeristic compulsion because their life has no meaning.
The only reason anyone has a hobby is to add meaning to their life, you stupid fuck.
If people really found enough meaning in doing jack shit all day, no one would have hobbies. But surprise surprise, people feel more fulfilled when they actually do something with their time.

[Anonymous No.8556403]

>>8552390
No I don't collect shitty games. I play based console formers and rpgs

[Anonymous No.8556424]

>>8555009
Schwabposting doesnt even make sense here. The apt thing would be renting games via nintendo online or gamepass, or buying digital games where access can be revoked in the future. Someone who downloads the entire NES romset owns those files and Schwab can't take them away. He owns them, they're his

[Anonymous No.8558290]

>>8552138
I love collections like these but I hate the people that drive up the prices through grading. Fuck grading companies.

[Anonymous No.8558314]

>>8556424
>Someone who downloads the entire NES romset owns those files
Digital ownership is meaningless and cope

[Anonymous No.8558318]

>>8556326
Hobbies are complementary. If you think your life's meaning is collecting videogames then I'm sorry for you.

[Anonymous No.8558320]

>>8558318
Nigger, he said
>add meaning
Meaning, it is complementary, not the sole reason for existing

[Anonymous No.8558406]

>>8558320
0+1=1

[Anonymous No.8558425]

>>8552138
>do you agree with it
What does that even mean?

[Anonymous No.8558430]

>>8552843
I look forward to seeing your toilet collection anon
On account of all the shitposting

[Anonymous No.8558431]

>>8558314
Pot, kettle

[Anonymous No.8558434]

>>8558314
Mate, what do you think a video game is

[Anonymous No.8558459]

>>8552843
Based
Still making losers mad lol

[Anonymous No.8558465]

>>8552269
Fuck your shit. Lol
I'm a coomlector and play every game I buy. No shame about it.

[Anonymous No.8558472]

>>8558320
I said
>many people are becoming "collectors" out of this consumeristic compulsion because their life has no meaning.
he said
>If people really found enough meaning in doing jack shit all day, no one would have hobbies
by this he's implying that hobbies are what give people meaning, otherwise it's just "doing jack shit all day"
my idea is that your life should already have a meaning, and hobbies are complementary, in that they are not necessary but a past-time.
I am not saying that hobbies are worthless or that they're not supposed to be something that enriches your life. My original point is that, as I said, too many people are becoming "collectors" to compensate for a total lack of meaning in their lives with compulsive consumerism. This is dysfunctional and not good. If you are happy with your life and become a collector because you enjoy it, I have nothing against it and I also said that collectors are valuable to have because they are passionate people who preserve things that would otherwise be easily lost.
I don't get why sometimes you make a clear point about something and some retard barges in and skims over the post without understanding shit but starts ranting over something that is not pertinent. It's like they're looking for a fight or maybe I've struck a nerve since without collecting Funko Pops they'd kill themselves or something.

[Anonymous No.8558495]

A fool and his money are soon parted.

[Anonymous No.8558504]

>>8558472
>It's like they're looking for a fight or maybe I've struck a nerve since without collecting Funko Pops they'd kill themselves or something
Lol look how hard these faggots have to defend their bookshelves of plastic and silicon that could fit on a flash drive. If they were actually happy and content with their choices then this thread would be dead for want of replies.

[Anonymous No.8558537]

>have complete mame collection instead of walls of crap on single hd.
>no dust, no crap at home.
kek. get with the times, man.

[Anonymous No.8558540]

you can literally have any retro title ever, on your rig. why the hell would you collect crap that will eventually break and be worthless junk. you are dinosaur, already extinct. deal with it.
i did. i collected, i saw my errrors, i sold, now i am a happy camper.

[Anonymous No.8558592]

I like NES and N64 but hate SNES.

I feel like SNES was not needed. Just a cash grab of a system

[Anonymous No.8558597]

>>8558537
same but my pc just crapped out so now i have nothing to play aside from wave race on a gameboy pocket

[Anonymous No.8558661]

>>8558592
You weren't there so you wouldn't understand. The jump to home 16 bit was crazy.

[Anonymous No.8558708]

>>8552138
i collect snes games and LP's, its fun to collect things you can actually use and enjoy
i also have a super famicom since i realized the games are like a third of the price of eu\us versions and i dont really give a shit about moon runes in mario and zelda and mega man
related question; does anyone have a good app to keep track of your vidya collection?
yes, i have managed to buy a second copy of a game because i forgot i already had it; more than once

[Anonymous No.8558775]

>>8553015
Your not a farmer so you aren't allowed to eat food

[Anonymous No.8558781]

>>8552138
It's cool but it's not for me. I'd rather not have the stress of worry about damage or theft or having a ton of shit to haul around if I move. Also, I'd rather spend that money on something actually useful like land. I love games and I love retro. I'm just not a consooomer.

[Anonymous No.8558783]

>>8558775
>Has no reading comprehension

[Anonymous No.8558815]

>>8558592
It's the opposite for me. SNES is peak soul. It represents the pinnacle of 2d.

[Anonymous No.8558819]

>>8552937
>Everything about market prices is fake and gay.
Found the mouthbreather

[Anonymous No.8558836]

>>8558783
Well I'm not a writer so I'm not allowed to read

[Anonymous No.8558842]

>>8558781
>consooomer
This word is so overused that no one has any idea what it means anymore. It's not consumerism to buy secondhand collectibles.

[Anonymous No.8558862]

>>8558842
>collectibles
Sorry but this is a consooomer mindset. I don't care about owning "collectibles". I keep things because I use them. But that's it.

[Anonymous No.8559514]

>>8558842
Isn't a collectable a fine example of consumerism?

[Anonymous No.8559631]

>>8559514
No. A consumer uses goods he buys. A collector keeps them for as long as possible, in many cases not even using them. In some cases, collectors don't even buy the stuff they collect.

[Anonymous No.8559665]

>>8558434
Something I can hold in my hands

[Anonymous No.8560278]

>>8556313
>It's a subtle difference
no it's not.
>>8556313
>Anyway collecting for the sake of collecting is kind of autistic/obsessive and it is very rarely a healthy hobby for people who do it nowadays. I'm OK with it in theory and I actually think that serious collectors are doing a great job since they will probably archive the goods better than a museum or other state institution, but far too many people are becoming "collectors" out of this consumeristic compulsion because their life has no meaning.
i almost agree with this, but you can't presume someone's motivation or reasons for collecting physical media. it's not that simple.

[Anonymous No.8560285]

>>8552138
There's nothing I can do about it but whine on the internet.
As long as I have the systems and games I actually like to play on them, thats all that matters to me. Anything else can be emulated or Everdrived

[Anonymous No.8560429]

>>8556124
I think being retarded just comes naturally to him bro

[Anonymous No.8560829]

>>8552232
https://youtu.be/mnTU_hJoByA

[Anonymous No.8560857]

Hardware? Yes. Software? Full of speculation.

[Anonymous No.8560885]

I get really depressed every time I see youtube channels that have hundreds of games stacked up like this. I look at my library of 40 games per consoles (and only 5 consoles) and it makes me feel like I'm not a true gamer because of that and that pisses me off. It's one of the reasons I stopped using youtube completely.

[Anonymous No.8560943]

>>8560885
It could all go up in flames for them. Just be content with what you have. The only games I have are common ones to which I only use for testing systems I'm working on repairing. The market is inflated to all hell to where a flashcart for me is a godsend.

[Anonymous No.8560965]

>>8560885
you have a very low iq.

[Anonymous No.8561119]

>>8558592
>I feel like SNES was not needed. Just a cash grab of a system

[Anonymous No.8561182]

>>8558661
I was born in 1984 and got my first NES when I was 5 years old. And did not get another till the N64 came out. That’s probably why I don’t like the SNES. So I don’t collect SNES.

I tried to get into the SNES but just can’t stand it.

[Anonymous No.8561193]

>>8561182
>has the worst take on retro and nostalgia that doesn't align with anyone
>N64-kid
Yep, checks out.

[Anonymous No.8561195]

>>8552382
He didn't say he wasn't a chemist, smart one.

[Anonymous No.8561204]

>>8552138

I collect a lot of stuff, coins, stamps, toys, magic cards, autographs, blurays, i mean the list goes on and on and I think out of all of them retro game collecting is the most satisfying for me. I think its great, with all the bullshit that exists in todays world with NFT and Crypto, essentially "AIR" why not collect retro games. There really needs to be an in depth collecting documentary and I believe someone is making that, forget the name of it but supposedly is going to release soon.

[Anonymous No.8561205]

>>8561193
Seethe. He was probably a Genesis chad.

[Anonymous No.8561224]

If I had money I would invest heavily in toys and retro games. Anything vintage or retro you're gonna win in the end, especially with video games. Doesn't matter the generation either, look at the zoomers, they have zero ties to some of these games and they're playing and collecting them cause everything now days sucks. I swear if I had 50K I would gobble up every decent condition PS1 game I could find. I just picked up a mint condition parasite eve for $60, those prices are not going to last forever. Im just saying.

[Anonymous No.8561293]

>>8560965
no, just an inferiority complex

[Anonymous No.8561305]

Hate to say something so cliche, but retro game collecting was cooler when less people did it. Back when a handful of dedicated nerds had a more-or-less complete collection of all the normal games and had a few pieces worth showing off. Now that filling out collections is prohibitively expensive and everyone just has a bunch of expensive collections that are nowhere near a complete representation of anything other than their willingness to part with money, it seems kinda lame.

I say this as someone who has no interest in collecting games and just keeps my childhood stash around.

[Anonymous No.8561318]

>>8561305

So far the complaint Ive heard is that people will no longer have the experience of going out and finding something in the wild for cheap, but this relied on a dumb society practically giving their shit away for nothing. The days of finding a turbografx 16 with 10 games for $10 is gone.

[Anonymous No.8561550]

>>8552138
Just some games I want. I have no reason to own every game for this or that system. Better to get whatever cartridge or SDCard reader mod for a console and download the games and play them on their normal hardware.

[Anonymous No.8561684]

>>8552138
Let me answer that question with a question:
Wouldn't you want those games being saved from a landfill?

[Anonymous No.8561728]

>>8560885
You are funny dude. I have around 250 retro games myself now. And i am getting near the point where its all too much and it depresses me because i am running out of space. Also the more games you own the less you value your individual faves.

[Anonymous No.8561738]

>>8558815
>SNES the pinnacle of 2d.

The nintendo reality distortion field at work.

[Anonymous No.8562184]

>>8559631
Oh okay thanks! I assumed it was a form of consumerism as you are buying shit that generally has no real practical use

[Anonymous No.8562227]

>>8561684
>Wouldn't you want those games being saved from a landfill?
No because the data is backed up to the internet

[Anonymous No.8563602]

The problem is collection has made retro gaming very expensive, if people only bought games to play them, then the prices would be much lower. When there is no incentive for collection look how the prices fall, just take a look at any of the Fifa games you can buy them for £1. Obviously more popular retro games will have more demand but an old pokemon game should not cost more than £10-£15 at a stretch, the fact people are paying £100s for fucking pokemon emerald is insane.

[Anonymous No.8563637]

>>8562227
I don't want to see an original Mona Lisa destroyed even though I can look at one on Google
>>8563602
All of the high demand games, people want to play them. The number of people who buy games just to look at them is much smaller than you people think. The people buying them are all like you, they want to play good games, and some of them are willing to pay high prices for those games.

[Anonymous No.8563654]

>>8562184
You are confusing the concept of consumerism with consumption.

[Anonymous No.8564523]

>>8561193
>>8561205
I’m a NES Chad- both of you can shut up??? Lol

[Anonymous No.8564570]

I only collect games i already like or want to try because I've heard good things about. I think collecting for the sake of collecting is a waste of money.

[Anonymous No.8564574]

Is collecting cheaper in Europe (west or east)? I might just go there for games if it is.

[Anonymous No.8566090]

>>8552232
>Would you ask a coin collector when they plan on spending the money
Yes
>or a stamp collector when they plan on mailing them away
no, lol

[Anonymous No.8566091]

>>8552265
no need to keep the boom if you have the text stored digitally
you can republish/print the book from the digital manuscript, lol

[Anonymous No.8566102]

>>8552138
Nothing lasts forever

[Anonymous No.8566116]

Appreciating assets.
Actual joy from finding rare games.
Preserves our real culture (gaming)
A hobby which is actually fun

[Anonymous No.8566131]

>>8566102
that looks gnarly, gray ash goop in all those slots on the shelf

[Anonymous No.8566141]

>>8566102
maybe now he'll finally lose his virginity

[Anonymous No.8566245]

>>8566141
This happened to the guy twice, I shit you not.

[Anonymous No.8566287]

>>8566102
The fuck happened here?

[Anonymous No.8566320]

>>8552138
Sure

[Anonymous No.8566353]

>>8552473
>>8552417
Do you even go to museums anon? You are really fucking stupid.

[Anonymous No.8567578]

>>8552497
Either bait or irony. 8/10

[Anonymous No.8567627]

>>8558708
Gameye if you are an investissor faggot, VGCollection tracker if not

[Anonymous No.8567657]

>>8567627
>investissor
Lmao I'm retarded

[Anonymous No.8567669]

>>8561318
Yeah, they're basically wishing more people were stupid and would let them get ripped off by them. Somebody spent $400 on that lot and the fact that it ever went as low as $10 was because moms selling their kids shit had no idea there was a market for it.

[Anonymous No.8568115]

>>8566287
Can you not read?

[Anonymous No.8568168]

>>8552138
No, I do not agree with it. You should own nothing and be happy.

[Anonymous No.8568296]

>>8552473
Video games are already is museums, anon. The Cradle of Aviation museum on Long Island literally has an entire arcade exhibit, all playable, and hosts a retro gaming expo each summer where you can play even a Sharp X68000


https://youtu.be/XUNXYwZMS8E

[Anonymous No.8568518]

>>8566353
>millions of f40s
how embarrassing

[Anonymous No.8569261]

>>8568518
Just a reminder that this guy thinks museums operate on rarity and avoid plastic or mass market products.

[Anonymous No.8569349]

>>8552138
I wish prices weren't rape you in the ass-tronomical

[Anonymous No.8569365]

>>8564574
yes but 50hz so lol.

[Anonymous No.8570147]

>>8569261
Just a reminder that this guy btfod himself with his own stupidity and is now in full damage control mode coping like a mofo

[Anonymous No.8571603]

>>8569261
RIP living computers, that place was baller.