Introduce Yourself!

[Lifebringeroftorv]

Hello,

My name is Scott; I live in San Jose, Ca. I am 30 years old, and married. I started collecting about 5 - 6 years ago. When I was growing up, My parents made sure to keep my brother and I entertained by buying us an atari 2600. Ofcourse we played it so much, it broke and we had to buy a replacement. I don’t remember playing it much, but I am sure we did. We upgraded to a Commodore Vic 20, with the tape drive and such. I spent hours on hours on that thing. Now I wish I still had my original equipment)

Then instead of moving to the consoles gaming, I gained interest personal computer gaming. My parents bought me an Atari 520 st for my 7th grade Christmas present. I really wanted the apple 2e at the time, cause that’s what the schools had (what early brain washing apple was doing) :-D I had an Atari shop down the street from me where they would let you try before you buy. I spent HOURS there, "trying" all the games.

After that I was just heaving in to PC gaming after we upgraded to an IBM PS2, then to a 486, then the rest is history.

In middle of those years, I never owned a nintendo, but I love playing my friends. And I did not get another console game until I think I was 15 or 16 when I got a sega genesis. (Which I still have). I got really heaving into street fighter 2 arcade version and spent all my time at 7-11s and arcades doing the street fighter craze at the time. So Street fighter 2 came out on the super nintendo, I HAD to buy a SNES just for that game. Then other of the "newer consoles" slowly ended up in my home.

One day at work, We were talking about old games and such, and that gave me the "bug" to look for an old Atari pong system. (pre-ebay) I had no idea where to find one. So I put an ad in the paper saying "will buy old pong systems 20$" that same run of the paper someone was selling one for 50$ and I did not know he was selling one. But he called me up saying he had one. I drove to the guy’s house and he plugged it in, and everything worked. I was about to give 20$ and he said, "my ad I wanted 50$" between my wife and I, we only had about 37$. So I offered it to him, and he excepted.

So from there, I started looking for systems at Flee markets, garage sales, and thrift stores.... and ebay. I don't know how many systems I have, but I know I am still missing allot of systems. If I see something in the wild, and I don’t have it. I will pick it up (console wise). Carts are a different story; I will pick them up if they are cheap and or fun or rare. I have a fairly large collection in my opinion, but not as big as most people out there.

Well, that is all I can think of right now. Sorry for the grammar and spelling errors and the lack of flowing thought.

Scott

[katchoo]

Tell us any or all of the following:
- Who you are -Sharen
- Where you live - Palatine, IL
- How you found the forums - chunky told me
- What your favorite games are - ddr, kingdom hearts, guitaroo man, harvest moon, vib ribbon, drum expert (don't remember the actual japanese name)..
- What systems you collect for - all the games i've bought lately are for the japanese ps2...
- What you do in "real life" - q/a software tester at SBC
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc....umm, i'm crazy about anything japanese...i've been playing video games since my older brother got an atari 2600 wayyyy back in the 80's...if you want to know anything else just ask.

[Gamereviewgod]

Wow, after nearly 150 posts, I realized that I haven't done this yet....

Hi,
My name is Matt, a 22-year old gamer in Toledo,OH. I own about 3,000 games (haven't counted in awhile though). I'm more or less a Neo-classic gamer, but do have a 7800 and Intellivision hooked up. My game room is a massive basement area and you can check out the pics here on the site. My parents actually found the site and ordered the 6th iteration of the guide for Christmas one year. I felt compelled to contribute, and I do, nearly daily now. I've written a whole lotta reviews for the site and love to do it. Outside of gaming, I'm a huge Godzilla fan and love basketball. I work at Toys R Us currently, but hope for something better (I.e, writing for a mag/paper). I also own nearly 15 animals of various species and find it quite an intriguing hobby. I'm always willing to talk about any of my interests so drop me a line if your bored.

[Wily]

Hi you crazy collectors ^_^

My name´s Daniel, I´m from Germany and 25 years old. Formerly I only took a look at the game rooms, and now I decided to register myself on this board. I started in 1984 with video-gaming. I played Pitfall on my big brothers Atari when he was off ^_^

My first own computer was a C64 (1987) and my first own console a NES (1989).

I collected since 1997 all I could get, but now I calmed down a bit, sold much of my collection, coz it didn´t fit in three rooms then. Now it easily fits in two rooms and I just kept the items I really wanna play with - I realized it´s better by now... but that´s just me - I stay in business. Greets to you all!

[swlovinist]

I finally edited my intro after over 5 years! My name is John Hancock(yeah really!) and I am 32 years old. I now curretnly live in Washington after living in California 25 years. I am currently married and have a son on the way. I started collecting about 15 years ago; focusing on NES and Sega Genesis. About 10 years ago I became more serious, and I now own over 120 different systems and 5,600 games. My favorite systems are the Sega Genesis ,Bally Astrocade, and the Turbo Grafx 16. I am only missing a few obscure systems of the last 35 years. I have twelve complete US collections. I am part of the Northwest Classic Game Enthusiasts. I also am a writer and like to publish a quarterly free publication called the Northwest Gamer. I also help out with a Portand retro game show as a NWCGE staff member.

[miles]

Hello, my name is Robert. I´m 24 years old and live in the Ruhr Valley in Germany. I started collecting 5 or 6 years ago. My first experience came in the form of a pong clone, then it went on with the Atari 2600. Then came the homecomputer time (C-64, Amiga) and i returned to videogaming with the SNES. I currently own 20 different systems and about 220 games. I recently started to focus my collecting on the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis), for which I currently own 60 modules, 10 CD and 4 32X games. But at the current tempo of games coming in, I think I might try to go for a complete set (PAL only, of course). I also have a decent DC-collection (with the focus on good games). I also like to collect games, which were only released in Europe (or just Europe and Japan), [so I might one day come to the USA and have you guys selling your kidneys (and souls, mothers, etc.) for my games. :D ]

[pimpbot1976]

- Who you are: My name is Richard. I was born in 76'.
-Where do you live: Vancouver, BC, Canada
- How you found the forums: Can't remember.
- What your favorite games are: Mike Tysons Punch Out, Rygar(NES),
- What systems you collect for: Atari 2600, Vectrex, Intellivision, NES, 3DO, Colecovision, Game Gear, Turbo Grafx 16, Game & Watch, Master Sytem, Mega Drive, Mega CD.....................
- What you do in "real life" : I am a lazy Government Worker
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. : I began about 3 years ago when I started playing my old NES again.

[Daltone]

- Who you are Eddie

- Where you live Near Liverpool in the UK

- How you found the forums Erm, who knows? Probably looking for Mega CD reviews


- What your favorite games are Shining Force CD (Mega CD) , The Pandora Directive or Under A Killing Moon (PC)

- What systems you collect for Mega Drive, Mega CD and Dreamcast mostly..

- What you do in "real life" Erm, I go to school...

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting Intersting facts are only for interesting people...

[FrankLee]

Hi my name is chris or FrankLee whichever you prefer. I found DP when i was looking for a complete list of Sega genesis games. and now i just started collectiong...I own Nintendo, Playstation, Playstation 2 and a sega genesis i only own about 40 or 50 games right now but im looking for some more.
In "real-life" i go to college for electronics technology in harrisburg PA.

[Trellisaze]

Nick, here, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I'm 24, working in software development, and still enjoying the bachelor life.

The first games I remember playing were Buck Rogers on the ADAM and Captain Comic on the PC. My interest in gaming in general didn't really pick up until I got a NES, though.

My favourites have traditionally been RPG's, point-and-click adventures, and sports games. I've enjoyed games of every type, though, except for flight-simulators (probably stemming from my awful experience in merely getting the plane up and flying in Jetfighter).

While I was in university, I pretty much got out of gaming. To make up for that lost time, right now I'm basically collecting whatever I can get my grubby paws on.

The PS1 and DC seem to have the most stuff easily available here, so I've been grabing mostly stuff for those lately. Well, maybe not the DC so much recently, since mine seems to be going through one of its random laser decalibrations.

Other systems that I've got hooked up are the GameCube, NES, SNES and Genesis. Got a GBA for portable fun, and a Lynx that I'm not sure even works since I never got any games for it.

Oh, and I shouldn't forget the Virtual Boy. Best $30 I ever spent.

[MissMeow]

Hey! So my real name is Amber and I am actually the fiancee of boatofcar (YAY!). He helped me find this message board and tells me about it ALL the time. I like video games... my faves to play are Grand Prix, Freeway, Tetris, Dr. Mario, and Kirby's Avalanche. I don't collect anything, I just enjoy playing games with my sweetie. :-D In real life I am graduating from college and looking for a teaching position...

oh... I am going to the video game convention in Las Vegas this summer...

so that is just a little bit about me!

[IntvGene]

300 posts later... I'll finally introduce myself. I'm such an ass.

My name is really Ryan Amos. I use the name INTVGene because I love the Intellivision, and Gene was always an alias I used when playing video games because I thought it is a strange name and it was kinda a joke at the start.

Anyway, I love video games, both new and old... although I think that the golden age has definitely come and gone. One of my favorites is Thunder Castle for the Intellly, you should give it a try.

I am 29, and a teacher in Canada. I like these forums because there are some good discussions about games both new and old. I think I just stumbled on here from a google search someday. Anyway, that's about it.

[Abe Honorable]

Who you are -Erik Marcum
- Where you live -Arkansas, then back to OKC,OK in about a week
- How you found the forums -don't remember.-I actually registered here about a year ago under a different name (caracal, fossa?)
- What your favorite games are -
I don't have a list but here's my fave's from a handful of systems:
2600-Yar's Revenge
NES-SMB3
Genesis-Gunstaar Heroes
TG-16- Flinal Lap Twin
DC-Red Dog

- What systems you collect for -none at the moment, but I am interested in the "loser's" of the original console wars.
- What you do in "real life" -Car sales.


I am a hobbyist and a member of several boards. Currently I am reading up on PCB designing and other stuff.
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[Gary Gnu]

Greetings,

My name is Mike and I live in Warren, MI. I am 29 years old, and I have been actively collecting over the past three years. However, I actually started collecting around 13 years ago when I would go the goodwill stores looking for flannel shirts during my “grunge rock” period. During that time I would pass by the electronics section and I would always see an Atari or other game system. It made me remember how much fun I had with my Atari 2600 when I was younger and I started buying something every time I would go. I bought everything from the Odyssey to the Colecovision, but I eventually stopped when I went to college.

One day I happened upon this website, and it’s been an obsession ever since. I have been a lurker here for a while, but decided to come out into the open :D . I collect everything from the Odyssey to the Playstation, but I mostly focus on the Atari, SNES, and Genesis. However, just like any other obsession, I am always open to collecting new things :D .

Since I pretty much spent my youth in the arcades, my favorite game of all time is Galaga. However, Ghosts ’n Goblins still takes most of my quarters even to this day. I’m just not good at that game, but every time I see one, I can’t resist playing it. Other than that, I'm always looking to trade my games and to meet new friends.

[Needle]

Good evening!

My name is Nick, I'm 24 and currently living in San Francisco. I'm currently a graduate student in games animation, but barring any unforseeable circumstances, I will graduate at the end of June, at which point I hope to get into the games industry and make a difference.

When I was very young, my parents bought me a ColecoVision, and I would play Lady Bug for hours and hours on end. After that I got my first Nintendo system, and my collection of games started growing. As I got older, I would still stop by stores and look for NES games I had never heard of. Although I never really considered myself a collector, I did in fact begin to amass a fairly respectable library.

I stopped collecting for many years during college, thanks to money woes typically associated to struggling college students. :) Now that it appears I'll fairly be leaving that sordid world, my interests have been renewed. I recently purchased a Bally Astrocade, and immediately my passion for vintage gaming consoles came rushing back.

Although I hardly consider myself a hardcore gamer, I love games more than anything in the world, and could talk about this sort of stuff for days and days without ever getting sick of it. I probably won't post much, but I assure you, I'm probably reading.

--Needle

[Qixmaster]

Who you are - Josh

Where you live - Eugene OR

How you found the forums - My bud kevincure

What your favorite games are - qix, ninja gaiden 2, zelda 2 the adventures of link,

What systems you collect for - Nes, SuperNES, Virtual Boy, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, N64 and gamecube. Any and all nintendo, that's it, strictly nintendo. I even have pizza boxes with mario and luigi on them.

What you do in "real life" - I am a full time 19 year old community college student and I work for a magazine company called The News Group distributing magazines in certain stores. Sounds cool, but it sucks.

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc - I began collecting about umm...4 or 5 years ago. I had just sold my nes two years before I started collecting so I could buy new stuff (yah! dumb me). Then i spotted A nes with about 40 games at a garage sale for 10 bucks, I offered them 5. They took the price just as well as I took them :D. Ever since then I have been on a constant quest for anything nintendo related. Sure, I was in the phase for a while where i wanted to collect every system. After I got my first 3DO I realized how shitty some systems were, so I sold what i had accumulated (other then nintendo stuff) on ebay, including a couple of atari's, jaugar, sega cd,32x and a geni, an intelivision 2, a couple PS1's and a few master systems. I'm always short on cash, so I am constantly searching out a good deal at garage sales, goodwils and st. vinnys so I can clean up, piece togather and sell other systems (as well as other crap that sells) and make cash to fuel my habit. Well that is me.

[TokenGamer]

Hello!
My name is Ryan and I live in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I'm 26 years old and a graduate of the Photography and Advertising programs at Sheridan College.
I didn't know what I wanted to do after graduating so i went on a 2 year vacation accross Canada, Europe, United States and Mexico. I thought I would have figured out what I want to do with the rest of my life by now but I havn't, so I'll keep on gaming till I fugure it out. Buying and selling games is how I make my living.
I've been playing video games since the early 80's. I started on my cousin's Atari 2600 and eventually got my own Colecovision for christmas. I quickly became master of Time Pilot, Donkey Kong, Carnival and Smurfs. I graduated to the NES when it came out and couldn't stop playing SMB and Zelda. All of my own games and systems where eventually thrown out or given away and I totally forgot about video games when I discovered GIRLS!!!
After I had fully explored women, I rediscovered video games at a local yard sale! I picked up an Atari 2600 with a bunch of games at that yard sale. The following weekend I went to yard sales specifically looking for games and systems and the rest is, shall we say, history.
I started selling games to fund my trip to Europe. After returning from Europe I decided to start collecting every home console and game ever released commercially. No computers, imports, prototypes or homebrews. I own 30 different systems and I'm approaching the 3000 games mark.
I'm currently upgrading alot of my games to meet my goal of having a near mint or better collection with every game being complete. In doing so, I discovered the DP site in January and quickly ordered a copy of the DP Guide. I have learned alot about games from this site and hope to learn alot more. Next year I plan on going to the show in Vegas and in Philly.

[Suerte]

Hello, I'm a life-long gamer from Connecticut. I'm 20 years old and currently studying web design at a local community college. I enjoy gaming, both retro and new age. My tastes range from 8-bit classics like Rygar to Battlefield 1942. I happen to be a part of several clans, including www.gamespy.com's Gamespy Forums [GSF], and a Battlefield 1942 clan [oTc]. Right now I'm just looking to sell some stuff I've been saving, but perhaps I'll stick around. ;)

[Ed Oscuro]

Yes, I happen to be a member of [oTc] myself. Welcome aboard, Suerte!

[ladyengaine]

- Who you are: The Lady Engaine, of course
- Where you live: Somewhere in the midwest
- How you found the forums: I know moycon. Well, actually, I've bounced around on various gaming sites for a couple of years now.
- What your favorite games are: Anything for the NES, SNES or N64...but I'm really just a sucker for 2600 River Raid, any Zelda game, and anything written with the Sierra "adventure game interperator"
- What systems you collect for: NES, 2600, SNES...and sloooooooowly for the N64 and Gamecube
- What you do in "real life": Mild-mannered housewife by day, lycra/spandex-wearing super-heroine by night.
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc: I started collecting because...well, I wanted to play all the games I kept hearing about! There is absolutely nothing interesting about me.

[stargate]

- Who you are: My name is Joe

- Where you live: Central Massachesetts

- How you found the forums: don't remember, surfing for classic game info I suppose

- What your favorite games are: currently Castlevania IV, Mike Tyson's punch out, Contra III, Devil's Crush, Pitfall

- What systems you collect for: anything. I currently have several 2600's, INTV, NES, Genny, SNES, TG16, PSX, PS2 and an Atari C-380 pinball unit.

- What you do in "real life": Insurance Casualty Adjuster. A steady decent paying job for a company I live down the street from and treats me well. Could be worse.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc: I am 32 years old and have been playing since PONG. I grew up down the street from a mall arcade that I literally lived in since I was old enough to walk there myself. I am happy to be able to say that I lived through "the Golden Age of video games" as a child. Many many fond memories and the main reason I still collect.

[Funk Buddy]

Who you are: Jeff 34yo
Where you live: Born in Missouri, lived in Washington State until 2 years ago now back in Missouri. Should have never moved back!
How you found the forums: From GameFaqs.
What your favorite games are: Too many to list!
What systems you collect for: Saturn, Genesis, Sega CD, DC, N64, NES, PS2, XBOX, Turbo Duo, GC, plus several handhelds.
What you do in "real life": Work in the family business of selling jan/san supplies.
Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.: Been playing games since pong I guess. I just really got into collecting around 5 years ago. The flood gates opened when I bought a Saturn and discovered imports! I just got into the Nintendo systems and my collection is small for now, but I'm working on it.

[digitpress Jim]

Hi,hows everybody doing.My name is Jim"Video Game Master"Combs I am 17 years old
and live in Westminster,Colorado.I have been collecting and playing video games my whole life.I collect everything that has to do with video games and collect for every system.I love and respect
all video games everyone of them with all my heart and soul.Video games are what I was born and put on this planet for.I would do anything for video games.As of right now I have 1557 different video games.I am so honored to
be in this months "Tips & Tricks" magazine
100th/June 2003 issue in Collectors closet section for the room of doom pics,thanks so much to Joe Santulli for making that possible for me.I drew him an incrediable picture of classic video game characters for him and his digital press web site to show my thanks.I still owe
him big time though.I study about video games all the time.I know everything from the classic 1958 "Tennis for Two"and before to current and future info.I hate to sound like a know it all and you will never hear me brag.I love video games so very much with all my heart and soul.If you guys.girls have any questions about video games please feel free to post me a message or e-mail me at "thevideogamewiz@aol.com.Also you guys can check out my room of doom pics on the "Game Rooms"section of this site. :D :-D :D :-D :D

[Duncan]

Heh. Two Coloradans in a row...

Who I am -- I'm Duncan, 23 years old and a game fan since around 1985 or so.

Where I live -- Colorado Springs, CO, though I was born in Nebraska and lived there until 1986.

How I found the forums -- Well, I ordered up the DP Guide one day after taking a quick look at the web site. Having found the book immensely useful, I went back to the site for a longer stay and managed to find the forums. So here I be...

Favorite games -- Definitely Gran Turismo or anything Zelda-related. Overall, though, I'm generally a fan of platformers and driving games. (Still looking for a copy of Test Drive II for Genesis...)

What I collect for -- Well, I'm not deep into collecting at the moment. I have a lot of GameCube games at present, and I'm planning on wrenching an NES and around 40 games from my brother at some point. I've also got a Genesis, Game Boy (both Advance and Color), and my beloved RCA Studio II (currently in non-working order). It was my very first video game experience way back when, so don't laugh! In future, I'd like to have a Super NES (something I wanted as a kid and have never fulfilled) and maybe a ColecoVision (so I can span all the important eras). I have also recently become hooked on Sega Master System stuff, since I picked up a Power Base Converter and some great carts for cheap.

What I do in real life -- Still in school, actually, gradually slacking my way towards a communications degree (hopefully by next year). Besides that, I work at a major retail chain in the electronics department (which basically helps feed my gaming addictions).

Other interesting facts -- My major interest in life is automobiles, which might explain the Gran Turismo fixation. It also explains why I've listed www.mazdaworld.org in my signature; I serve as a moderator/contributor there. (If you own a Mazda or just want to talk cars, feel free to join us!) I'm also a big fan of the Megatokyo webcomic ( www.megatokyo.com ).

Having said all that, I'll sign off!

Duncan :D

[Timepants]

Hi!

Who I am: My name is Mark, and I'm 17 years old.
-Where I live: Missouri
-What my favorite games are: Games that blend action and adventure well (Metroid series, Castlevania series etc.), puzzle games (Devil Dice, Tetris Attack, etc.), RPGs and action RPGs (Legend of Zelda, Chrono Trigger, Alundra, etc.) , and shooters (Space Megaforce, Ikaruga, Contra series, etc.). I like other stuff, too. =P
-What systems I collect for: My collection is still very small (I have 196 games at the moment). I currently own: NES (30 games), Super NES (48), Nintendo 64 (23), Game Boy Advance (18, including original Game Boy and GBC games), GameCube (9), PlayStation (53), PlayStation 2 (15), and Game Gear (2; this one needs some serious work. Luckily, my local Slackers CDs and Games has a rather large selection of Game Gear games). I hope to start seriously collecting (games and additional systems. I really want Sega systems... Maybe NEC systems, as well) as soon as I get some money and/or a job.
What I do in real life: I homeschool and I mow lawns for pocket money. I hope to get a job soon.
-How I started collecting: Well, my parents bought an NES in 1987 or 88 (hey, I was a baby! I don't remember). Some of my earliest hazy memories are of playing Super Mario Bros. That was the start of it all. I've played Nintendo for the vast majority of my life, and now I'm looking to broaden my horizons, as I've mentioned.
I hope once I post some more I won't come off as so humorless. :-D

[Mustang93]

hello all...my name is sean. im from central nj and i found these forums by way of the Videogame Connections website. im currently collecting just for NES but i do have games and consoles from Atari 2600 to 3D0 and from NES to Gamecube. my favorite games are the NES Super Marios, Goldeneye, Metroid Prime, various Zeldas, Missle Command, Kaboom and a ton more. in real life i like baseball, music, 80s toys and art(i go to an art college). i started playing videogames in the early 80s on the 2600 and started collecting a little over a year ago when i found my old NES and remembered how fun it was and thought how much fun collecting could be. well thats about it, see ya around.

[devilman]

- Who you are. Devilman aka John
- Where you live. Near Stoke in England
- How you found the forums. Bored on a night shift and went wandering round the net
- What your favorite games are. Too many to name
- What systems you collect for. Mainly 16 bit era but I collect for over 20 formats
- What you do in "real life". I'm a Computer Operator. Dull, but there's plenty of time inbetween shifts to go game hunting
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Interesting facts? Hmm.. I run ConsoleMAD.com which is a site geared to helping collectors find that long lost game. It's still kinda small but one day... ;)

[captain nintendo]

well thats funny i never noticed this forum before....
my name is Rick Johnson a.k.a. Captain Nintendo
i live in El Mirage, Arizona ( in Phoenix)
i found the forums via my good friend Scott Williams a.k.a Tynstar
well as my name implies i love nintendo games ( the 8 bit are my favorites)
i am addicted to p.s.o and love the final fantasy series.
i mostly collect 8 bit nintendo games,systems and accesories.
but also have alot of ps1 games....i am also working on a genesis collection too.
My "real life" job is a elementary school plant foreman. my job duties are to make sure the campus is running properly and to maintain the buildings and equipment on my campus to ensure the children have a wonderful place to learn and play.
i do collect arcade games and actually have been playing roller hockey for more than a decade (organized) i love g 1 transformers and most good 80's
toys as well....."by the power of greyskull"

well thats me Rick " Captain Nintendo " in a nutshell.... thanks for taking me into the fold :D

[nellwyn5]

Who you are: Jay M. I am 24 years old.

Where you live: Currently in Inami, Japan but I will soon be returning to Chester, NY

How you found the forums: I was bored one day at work and I did a search for videogame collection pics. It led me here.

What your favorite games are: My favorite game series of all time is Metal Gear, but I like too many games to count. Current obsession: Taiko no tatsujin.

What systems you collect for: Right now I have a NES, SNES, SFC, Cube, Atari 2600, GBA, Dreamcast, Wonderswan, and 2 PS2s (Jap and US). I'm looking to buy more systems when I get back to the states including a TG16 and a C64.

What you do in "real life": At the moment I am a member of the JET Programme "teaching" English in Japan, but I have a 1st class ticket to unemployment come next month when my contract runs out.

Any other interesting facts: Well, my goal is not to collect every game ever made. I don't even care about packaging. I have this idea where I want to create the perfect collection where I can sit there and know I am surrounded by gaming greatness. I have been a gamer since I was about 4 with my C64 and now I am ready to step my addiction up into collecting. It kind of sucks, though, since I already had perfect collections and SOLD everything but my PS2 to do things like pay the rent in college. Now I am buying everything back and enjoying every minute of it. I also recently got engaged to a beautiful woman in Japan who is a closet gamer (loves the Mario-san and FF action) and is helping me reclaim my ultimate collection.

[GaijinPunch]

- Who you are. GaijinPunch
- Where you live. Tokyo
- How you found the forums. Referred by other users - namely Geelw and MaxLords
- What your favorite games are. Hide-n-go-seek...er... wait a minute...
- What systems you collect for. My "collecting" days are kind of over (no space... at all...) but I do buy for any system if the game is good.
- What you do in "real life". Systems Engineer for a small company. Fun, but stressful at times.
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Interesting facts? Translated for www.dreamcast.net (dead now - not my fault) some years ago. Fun, but was a lot of work. Also have a site at www.classicgaming.com/japangaming which I'm having some difficulties with now... and not getting much help. :)

[Sanriostar]

- Who you are
Known as Geoff Voigt, the guy responsible for the Fri. night Beer n' Gaming parties for CGE 2000 and 2001, and attempting to get SC3 off life support.

- Where you live

San Gabriel, CA

- How you found the forums
Joe S. Prodded *ZAAP* (Ouch!) Me *ZAAP!* to Joing the DP Forums this morning *ZAAP!*

- What your favorite games are
Jumpman, Archon, Super Pac-Man, Q*Bert, Robotron, Tempest, Super Metroid, and the latest good FPS.

- What systems you collect for
Lots and Lots. Focusing on 2600, C64, Inty, and DC

- What you do in "real life"
Art Student in LA

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Working on intergrating video games and Art. Recently found out its never too late to go after dreams.

[Cranduit]

I'm Rich from Indiana.
I found the forums at work because there is nothing else to do here :)
Some of my favorite games are Link to the Past, Contra, Halo, and Dark Age of Camelot.
I collect for all Nintendo, PS2, DC, X-Box, and probably some that I am forgetting. I mainly collect for NES though.
I work and am a student (at least when I leave my room).
I'm one of those game store employees that yanks the valuable game off the shelf and buys it.

[GaijinPunch]

- Who you are
Gaijin Punch
- Where you live.
Tokyo, Japan
- How you found the forums.
Referred by Max Lords and Geelw - two guys I've known for a while.
- What your favorite games are.
Ugh... uh... man, don't have the energy right now. I like 2d platformers the best, but am up for anything that's made well.
- What systems you collect for.
Don't collect much as it were, but I'll go for anything.
- What you do in "real life".
Systems Engineer - my group was recently fired and went with roughly half that group to form a new company.
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Interesting facts?
I run http://www.classicgaming.com/japangaming which geelw has generously contributed to. I let it go unupdated for a long time, but am back into it now - if you've got a chance, swing by and check it out.

[ECWSandmanECW]

My name is Brian, im 15,from Pennslyvania, will be a sophmore in September. Mostly play Playstation/Playstation 2 , but will occasionally play the classics.

[jose.yoshitake]

- Who you are
José Maurício de Faria Yoshitake
- Where you live
São Paulo/Brasil
- How you found the forums
Browsing the internerd. (internet)
- What your favorite games are
Turtles! (in the first place.)
And a hundred others...
- What systems you collect for
Odyssey2,Odyssey3,2600,Intellivision,NES,SNES,PSX
- What you do in "real life"
Java Developing
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I begun collecting when I started my professional carreer = $...,
but I'm still a gamer. I collect just to have the classics at hand to play anytime.

[Odin]

- Who you are

Hey, I'm Shane (aka, Odin or Odie as some like to call me)... I'm 22 and reside in Ontario, Canada...

- How you found the forums

Somebody posted a link to here on another site (it was to one of the collection pics they had submitted)...

- What your favorite games are

Well, I have many. I'm a big RPG fan. That's mostly all I play from the newer consoles... with the exception of great stuff like GTA: VC and Dynasty Warriors. I like a wide range of stuff from older systems, though.

- What systems you collect for

I'm not a hardcore collector like other people. I just tend to buy games that I'd like to play. Due to the fact I have a hard time parting with any game I own, I ended up with a collection spawning hundreds of games. The systems I have numerous games for are PSX, SNES, NES, and DC.

- What you do in "real life"

I wander aimlessly as I'm not sure what I want to do with my life. Yeah, currently working jobs that suck, but it's all good...

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

I started collecting games, 'cause I have the urge to blow my money on something... and why not games? Well, I have a love for gaming, so like, yeah... >_>

[demen999]

- Who you are
I can't say, I might have to kill you.

- Where you live
New York, NY

- How you found the forums
Searching for CDX troubleshooting pages

- What your favorite games are
PSO, Animal crossing, Berzerk, Shanghai Mini.

- What systems you collect for
Ohhh man... Everything Nintendo, Everything Sega, Atari 2600, TG16, Ps1 & 2, Neogeo Pocket, Colecovision.

- What you do in "real life"
Graphic Designer

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I began Collecting as soon as I was able to buy my own games, even more now with jobs, spend most my days looking at game stuff.

[Spottedkitty]

- Who you are
My real name is Alastair and I’m 25 years-old

- Where you live
Close to Birmingham in the UK

- How you found the forums
Just though my usual trawls of the net looking for Console stuff. Wasn’t hard to miss. :D I've actually been a lurker for quite a while. Also post at ASSEMbler (http://assembler.roarvgm.com/) quite a bit.

- What your favorite games are
Halo (I am not ashamed), Streets of Rage series, Bubble Bobble (and it’s sequels to a lesser extent), The New Zealand Story, Tetris…

- What systems you collect for
Focusing mainly on the Sega 8/16bit era though I do plan to branch out at some point. I have a few other non-Sega systems but they’re really only because I got them free somehow or had them and never sold them

- What you do in "real life"
Web Devloper

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Just your usual Nostalgia trip. I was a little disenchanted with the current crop of games and had stopped playing for quite a while. Then one day I decided to get a cheap MegaDrive from eBay and the rest is, as they say, history and a large dent in my savings. My own current (small in the case of many here) collection can be seen here – http://www28.brinkster.com/ahconsoles/ - bare with the site though as it is a free space one.

[Vibrii]

- Who am I?
I'm Elissa and I'm 19

- Where do I live?
That's classified =p

- How'd you find the forum?
From Kevin, aka Ubersaurus :3

- Favorite Games?
Oh I have tons: Resident Evil 0, Galerians, Final Fantasy 7,9 and 10, Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, Jet Grind Radio, Legend of Zelda, The Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time, Eternal Darkness, Parodius 3, Kirby Superstar, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Soul Calibur II, Maniac Mansion, Castlevania IV, Mr. Driller, Shinobi, Donkey Kong Country, Spy vs. Spy, Primal, Wipeout XL, Metal Gear Solid, Bust a Groove, Super Smash Bros. Melee.. and probably a bunch of others that I can't remember =p

- Systems?
Well, I only have a Playstation, Playstation 2, GBA and Gamecube.. Unless you include the NES and SNES emulators. o,o

-"Real Life?"
Nothing really.. I lost my job back in February and I haven't had luck finding a new one since. I go back to school at the end of August.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Nostalgia trip. *nods sternly* Was missing the classic Zelda, had no idea what I was doing when I played it.. lol. =p Mind you I was like 7-8 years old.. Since then, I've always loved video games. <3 Nothing else really interesting..

And that about sums it up for me! Holau to all! :)

[bizounce]

Who loves ya, El?

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

Hello my name is Alex I am 17 years old living in British Columbia (that is in Canada). I am only a student in High School hope to eventually create computer or console games. I am not a big colector more likely a player. I have experience in 3 consoles, PC and online games (espically Runescape and online arcade, and NES emulators).I have an NES and 4 games
2 standard NES controlers 1 NES Advantage and 2 quickshot joysticks for the NES don't know if the NES works though. When I get a job I will probily start collecting games. My favorite game is Starcraft for the PC. I am a mom a Dad and a Brother (he also plays games his favorite game is The Sims).That is all.

[Prismpunk]

Who you are
- Where you live
- How you found the forums
- What your favorite games are
- What systems you collect for
- What you do in "real life"
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting

-Jon Lustig, 16 years old
-Forest Hills,Queens in the city that never sleeps.
-I found these forums by the way of neo-geo.com where I regularly post
-My favorite games would have to be either the metal slug series , Super Mario Bros., Command and Conquer or Xenogears
-Right now im trying to collect for the neo geo home system, dreamcast and sega genesis although occasionally I get games for other systems. I have about 15 systems ranging from an nes to the ps2 and even the ngpc and ngh
- In "real life" I am a High School Student
- My Grandparents first bought me an snes at the age of 5 and its been bliss every since. My parents always blame them for my obsessive gaming habits heh LOL

[atomicthumbs]

Hello! My name is Mark (atomicthumbs)! I live in La Crosse, Wisconsin! Yay! I found this forum from finding out how to submit my Room of Doom (which I will in a week or two). I have a real problem of liking most everything (or at the least finding redeemable qualities in bad movies and games) which makes making a favorites list nearly impossible. Some of my favorites include (in no order)...

Bionic Commando (NES) (actually, this is the game I enjoy the most)
Donkey Kong (GB)
Tenchu (PSX)
Phoenix (VCS)
Moon Patrol (TI-99/4A)
Tomb Raider II (PSX)
EarthBound (SNES)
Final Fantasy VI (SNES III version)

Hell, I could go on forever!!!! I'm sure I'm forgetting tons of my favorite games like V-Tetris (VB), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2) and Dragon Warrior (NES). Can't ramble on forever, so I'll continue...

I collect games for all the systems I have, and I'm on the look out from time to time for systems that I don't have and want (which would be all)...
In real life? Well, I waste away most days at Blockbuster (it's been six long years dealing with the scourge of the civilized world), though I will be going to film school to hopefully make something of myself (I musn't fail. The outcome of failure is too horrible to imagine).

I've been playing video games all my life. I'm only 25, but I've seen and played a lot. My folks had an Atari 2600 and my best friend had a ColecoVision when I was growing up. In 1985, my brother got an NES for christmas (as did most of you). My best friend had a SNES and my other best friend always had anything Sega! Funny... I never owned a system until I was 19 and bought a Sony Playstation. The first game I got for it was Tomb Raider (before the hype). I love that system.

For some reason, I just felt the need to keep collecting. So, gradually, piece by piece, on my own (no parents to buy my xbox), over the last 5 1/2 years, my collection has grown to 29 systems (plus 10 very, very interesting Pong units) and over 1,030 games (everything hooked up to a TV and most split to the 2nd TV). Keep in mind that I also started collecting movies at the same time (I have these two major vices). At the time I started collecting games, I started collecting movies. I now have over 900 vhs and over 150 dvds. Needless to say, it's not easy or cheap collecting both games and movies. I must say, for not being rich or even that well off ( I work at a freaking video store), that this isn't bad for a relative upstart kid with a bad habit of collecting and a love of games!

[Chromizone]

Hey I'm Chromizone ( Chrom or Chromi for short )

I'm fourteen and absolutly love classic video games.
with an impressive collection of video games ( more then 800 ) and a system count of ( drum roll please ) 50. I can say I'm doing okay for only a year and a half's worth of seriously collecting

I'm from the GTA ( greater toronto area ) and proud of it!

my holy grail find is a : BOXED ntsc master builder cart for atari 2600 ( its a rairity 8 )

My favourite system... : (as of right now) sega dream cast ( sega cd a close second )

what I do in real life? : I'm going into second year high school ( and lovin every minute of it! )

how I found this site? : through people on atariage ( but I waited almost a year to sign up here )

coolest system I own : a coleco gemini ( I have rairer stuff but love that little coleco clone! )

systems I collect for? : to many to list! I have TONS and I'm on the prowl for a vextrex among other rarer systems ( it never ends! )

I'm am currently a member on these other gaming related pages
www.cgcc.ca
and www.atariage.com

looking forward to seeing you all around in the forums and getting to know all of you.

[The Manimal]

Who you are


THE MANIMAL

- Where you live

OHIO

- How you found the forums

WEB BROWSER

- What your favorite games are

MEGA MAN III (NES), DOUBLE DRAGON (ARCADE), ARCADE GOLF (ATARI 2600)

- What systems you collect for

NES, GAME BOY (ALL VERSIONS), SUPER NES, GENESIS...I HAVE A SEARS TELE-GAMES (ATARI 2600 CLONE) BUT I DO NOT COLLECT FOR IT, A N64 BUT I HAVE NO GAMES, AND SOME PLAYSTATION GAMES THOUGH I NEVER BOUGHT THE SYSTEM.

- What you do in "real life"

COLLEGE GRADUATE SCOOPING FOOD ON PLATES, WASHING DISHES, AND MOVING PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS OUT OF MY WAY.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DOESN'T DECIDE TO BUY A SYSTEM UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE AND GAMES AREN'T AVAILABLE ANYMORE.

[Chromizone]

Dude you don't always have to use caps. So don't. It's like the number one unwritten rule of forums/chat rooms. No you know.

You are the weakest link! goodbye...

LoL no seriously I'm sorry to rag on you about that its just annoying.

Glad to see more new members joining and I hope you have a ton of fun.

ciao.

[The Manimal]

I understand that :)

I have run several boards in my time online.


I on occasion use CAPS and I understand in 'net-speak' it is considered yelling...but in THAT particular case....I was using caps as contrast to the questions.


I do not like using 'quotes' and going through that hassle. Likewise, if someone asked something in all caps, I would reply in lowercase.

[MegaDrive 20XX]

Storm Riding my way into yet another Message Board Forums, I hope this place proves to be cool. I already noticed quite a few names in the members list as either droogs or aquaintaines from the Ng.Com scene, thus I guess I'm late to this party. It'll be nice to have yet another home away from home... I tried the Higher Voltage Community and left it... Tried the GameFaq Community and left it. Thus I hope this place rocks. For those who know me already from my Blitzkreiging of the Internet all I'll say is you know what's up with teh MD20XX... and for those not well versed in the Storm Rider :)

Been gaming a long time now. Since 1984 having owned practically every system ever put out save the Vectrex, FM Towns Marty, GP32, and the Bandai Playdia. Other than that I've owned them (game systems) all at one point or another, though as my "Call Sign" / Handle indicates my true passion is for the Mega Drive / Genesis system that I shall be playing in the year two thousand and (X) something (X) hence MD20XX has arrived!

[The_Piper]

Hello

Who you are
Joe
- Where you live
Greater Boston
- How you found the forums
friends
- What your favorite games are

(old) Unreal by far is my favorite game ever,I play it online every day.Also Mortal Kombat 2 + 3, and GTA 3, etc etc etc.
For the older stuff I mostly like the shooting games like Missle Command.
- What systems you collect for
All
- What you do in "real life"

I am a postal worker

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

My 1st system was pong in 1979.My parents then bought us an Atari 2600 not long after.
I began collecting very slow, by simply keeping my old games when I got newer systems.I guess it picked up speed around the time Sega Genesis died
and many quality games could be found for under $5.I always went to flea markets and knew I could find games there.In 1996 I believe,I got a coleco + 9 games for 50 cents.I played the games and enjoyed them.
Ever since that score I'd say, I have been a rabid collector.I found a 2600 Ewok Adventure proto at a thrift store.

[Zubiac666]

Hi!
I'm Mark and I'm interested in Nintendo stuff(everything).
I also play drums in two bands:Hardcore and Death Metal.

[Richter Belmount]

(introduces self in this topic as well)
Hello , im Andrew from cali ^_^ yet another geek who loves anime and video games , I am 16 years old soon a sophmore next year, Im a sarcastic fellow at times and really social(even when I dont have a damn thing to talk about)

my current fav anime is Full metal panic, .hack//sign

current fav games DDRMAX , Resident evil(gc),metroid prime,
earthbound , evo the search for eden , chrono trigger , Un squadron
,castlevania symphony of the night

Fav movies: the terminator movies , Any movies with clint eastwoods character the man with no name is in ,the magnificent 7


And I am here to Become a bigger game collector and find out whats scarce or not
heres a list of my games
http://users.ign.com/collection/slate66

[1bigmig]

Who you are: Marcus
- Where you live: PA
- How you found the forums: Cant remember, Ive been lurking for a while
- What systems you collect for: NES, SMS, N64
- What you do in "real life": Graduate Student

Glad to be here! :-D

[Ruffie]

Who you are: John Loch, 37 years old

Where you live: Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus

How you found the forums: Before this internet stuff I used to get the Digital Press newsletter. I got out of active collecting of retrogames for awhile, but have recently started again, so I decided to look Digital Press up.

What your favorite games are: Ultima Online, Mario Kart 64, Super Mario kart, Doom, Crazy Climber, Bard's Tale 1, Tempest, Ultima IV, KC Munchkin, Pick Axe Pete, Adventure, Galaxian, Gorf, Omega Race, Nine Princes in Amber, Forbidden Forest, Haunted House, Solar Quest, Cheeky Mouse, Lords of Conquest, The Legend of Zelda, The Empire Strikes Back, Wizard of Wor, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Stampede, Miner 2049er, Sword of Kadash, Satan's Hollow, Military Madness, Faxanadu, Powerslave, Tomb Raider, Tail of the Sun, and so on....

What systems you collect for: I have almost every old system and have given up on finding much more for them thatn I already have. I might seek out some of the missing games I want on Ebay. Right now, I am putting my energy into repairing an old arcade Tempest machine I found for dirt cheap, and buying some classic Coleco mini-arcade handhelds from a co-worker who claims to have them in his attic but keeps putting off digging them up.

What you do in "real life": Chef

Any other interesting facts: When I was a kid, we all wanted Ataris. My misguided parents got me an Odyssey 2, though. I made the best of it, and found some really great games for that system. My friends and I stumbled across the Easter Eggs in Killer Bees about 2 weeks after I got that game. I have a ton of promotional Odyssey stuff, including flyers for many games that have the box cover on one side and details on the back. I also have all 6 issues of Odyssey Adventure Magazine, as well as correspondence sent to me from their offices. On the last page of the last issue of Odyssey Adventure, my tip for the game Invaders from Hyperspace is printed. Imagine my surprise when I found the same tip on the Easter Eggs section this site, with myself credited! Thanks, Digital Press!

John Loch

[J.P.]

- Who you are
I Is Jon-Paul

- Where you live
Surbiton, Surrey, in the sunny UK
*Thats ENGLAND for those who don't know* :-D

- How you found the forums
Mentioned By Devilman in another forum

- What your favorite games are
If it moves, shoot it, if it doesn't shoot it anyway, if that fails, its probrtbly a wall.
On PCs i have a liking for Real Time Stratergies and First person shooters.

My all time fave games are proberbly M.U.L.E., Lords of Midnight, Zybex and Worms, Command and Conquer and Doom!

- What systems you collect for
Atari 2600
Atari XEGS/130XE/800XL, usdoubled 1050 disk drive, regular 1050 disk drives,
Amiga ECS/AGA systems, CD-32 +SX1
Sony Playstation (big grey first style)

- What you do in "real life"
I support users on a UK Dial up Unix Shell system and internet provider. Yes I HAVE had to support a commodore 64 user getting to his e-mail! @_@

[Ed Siegler]

- Who you are
Ed Siegler

- Where you live
Outside of Philly, near where the PhillyClassic convention is held (for the time being).

- How you found the forums
I've heard all the nasty rumors and wanted to check it out. Been watching for a while.

- What your favorite games are
Pretty much anything for the 2600. Circus Atari and Kaboom to name two.

- What systems you collect for
Strictly the 2600.

- What you do in "real life"
An engineer for a local Pharmacutical outfit. I keep the heat and the A/C going so they can make the drugs to make you feel better...

[Dirty Tiger]

Aloha, I am 29, newly married, work for a small consrtruction co.

I got into gaming about 6 mo. ago. I thought it would be a good "@ home"
hobby for my new found domestic life. I bought a PS2. Now I am fully hooked on gaming. I bought a NES a few months later so my wife and I could play the games from our childhood.

I don't consider my self a collector.....yet. I am more interested in pursuing the best gaming has to offer. I do avidly look for good deals on PSone/PS2 and NES classics. I am on the verge of diving into the world of Game Boy.

I really enjoy this site. Many sites are flooded with flaming immature fAnBoY$ panting over Diane Mizota...(not that I blame them) but this site seems like a more "grown up" source of info.

[adaml]

Hey all,

My name's Adam Lamontagne. I usually just lurk on these boards, with an occasional post here and there.

Not much of interest to say...I just turned 30, been married for almost 4 years, trying (unsuccessfully) for children, blah, blah.

I am within 29 games of playing through every US-released NES game. I'm not saying I've done it without cheating, which I have for a lot of them, but I have played through all but 29 of them. Unfortunately, a majority of the 29 games left are those damn Koei historical strategies and other damn hard games, like Overlord. I've been playing NES since about 1986 and it has taken over 17 years, but I am closing in on my quest.

Otherwise, I'm just your average shmoe.

[thegreatescape]

Ahoy Hoy
The Great Escape here, migrating from the Gamefaqs boards (dont bother looking for intelligent life-forms in the next-gen board, ugh)
- Who you are: Shaun Smith
- Where you live: Melbourne, Australia
- How you found the forums: looking for something about golden axe 2 i believe. stumbled onto the reviews, and hence the forums.
- What your favorite games are: Rocket Knight Adventures, Sonic series, Darkstalkers, and anything by SEGA and Namco (among others)


- What systems you collect for: Mega Drive, Saturn, Master System, Dreamcast and NES Shmups
- What you do in "real life": Uni Student: Interactive Multimedia (whatever that means)
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. :

I had (still have) a good friend who worked at a video games store a couple minutes from my house, and everytime he worked (usually sundays/friday nights) id come in and waste time. Then when stupid EB offered to pay more for rent of the location, the store had to close. On the day before they closed, me and this friend went through the store and got whatever freebies we could get our hands on. We ended up leaving with a trolley full of crap, which included several mega drives and games.
That was about 9 months ago, and since then ive been collecting. Most of my systems are in my home-made arcade cabinet with mega drive arcade controller and the usual joypads. i love it =)
I also have a small site with Megadrive and whatever else- http://darkstalkers.spyw.com

[Biohazard]

Hi, my name is Jeroen Post and I am 20 years old. I live in Amsterdam, and that's in the Netherlands.

I found the forums while looking for some rarity lists for a few Sega consoles, and I found the relevant information on this site.

My all-time favorite games include:

(Saturn) Panzer Dragoon Saga, Guardian Heroes, Torico Gekkamugentan
(Dreamcast) Shenmue series, Soul Calibur, Skies of Arcadia
(Master System) Castle of Illusion, Golden Axe Warrior, Streets of Rage
(Megadrive/Genesis) Sonic 3, Shining Force II, Zero Wing

I collect videogames for Sega systems (have some Nintendo and PS items though), and mainly the Saturn and Dreamcast.

In a few weeks I'm starting a job at a videogameshop, with a store in Amstelveen and Amsterdam. My main interests are: Sega, collecting videogames, movies and listening to good music ;)

I started playing videogames at the age of 4, when I played the 2600 at my grandma's house. The first console I owned was a NES, and from that time I played for several hours a day. Over the years, I have collected about 18 different systems and about 420 games for them. I know it's not much, comparing to some of the HUGE collections I've seen here, but I am quite satisfied with it ;)

That's my story.

[SecretAgent007]

Hello,

My name is Rege (actually, it's Regis, like the guy on TV). I live in Pennsylvania, US. I found the forums much by accident while searching for "cheap NES games" on google.

I was at the mall in EB with a friend and on the way out passed "the bin" of old NES, SNES and Genesis games. That sparked a conversation between my friend and I of the old NES days. That weekend, I returned home for a family reunion and, while unable to get the old NES away from my brother, I was able to snag about 35 (of the good) games. Unfortunately I had to purchase an NES from eBay (actually not too badly priced), which works like a charm. So, about 4 weeks in I have a not-too-shabby collection of about 45 of the best (in my opinion) NES games with a couple (slightly) rarer ones.

I'm currently a student majoring in journalism and thus don't have alot of extra cash (atleast that doesn't go towards the bars and pizza). So, while I have found myself searching eBay for the rarer games and better deals, I wouldn't neccassarily call myself a collector at all.

My apartment also has the SNES, Genesis, N64, Gamecube, DreamCast and PSX2, within its doors of which only the N64 and Gamecube are "mine."

[lostsage]

i'm back...

name is alan, from newmexico, and avid dreamcast player. been away for a few months, traveling, teaching, trying to make money. now things are settled. so i'll leave this short and say it's good to be back.

[Rule Of Thumb]

Howdy,

I live in Huntsville, AL.

I found this website while searching for pictures of game rooms.

My favorite console games are 8-bit sidescrollers and I mainly collect NES games.

In "real life" I write software for car radios.

[XpOsUrE]

Hello everybody, I just want to say I love everything about this place so far, and am amazed at this great forum you can bet I will be here a while :D , anyways just want to say hello to everyone here.

[gwaine]

My name is Benjamin and I live in Richmond, Va. I don't remember how I found the forums, but it seems to me that the entire digitalpress site wasn't that high up in the google results (I've been collecting a long time and only recently found this site).
My favorite games for the PC are Ultima 2,3,5-7, Star Control II, Gettysburg/Antietam, Master of Orion, Half Life, Duke Nukem 3D (so fun to play over a LAN in college), Caesar III/Pharaoh, BF1942, and Medieval: Total War. My favorite console games include Warsong, Lunar SS for Sega CD, Herzog Zwei, Rygar, Phantasy Star II, Military Madness, and Powerball.
I collect for the NES, SMS, SNES, TG16, Genesis, Sega CD, PSX, Lynx, Gameboy, PC-Engine/SuperGrafx, Saturn, Dreamcast and N64. I'm not buying any new game systems. I have to stop somewhere. :)
I'm the IT Coordinator for the APVA, which owns the property that the original Jamestown fort existed on and which we're currently digging up. I'm building web stuff for them and doing day-to-day computer stuff.
I began collecting because I heard that they were doing a remake of Lunar for the PSX and that brought me back to the Sega CD days. I went to the Working Designs web site and they mentioned that the Sega CD version was selling for a pretty penny on eBay. I had never been on eBay, but I went and searched for Lunar, and 4 years later I'm still hooked on collecting (and eBay :/ ).

[JackDark]

Name:

Jack Dark

How you found the forums:

EGM

What your favorite games are:

http://www.jackdark.com/games.html

What systems you collect for:

Everything but that dirty ol' XBox.

What you do in "real life":

I have a "real life"?

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.:

Just check out the above link, lot's of info on my favorite classic games, plus plenty of other drivel about Jack Dark. Mostly I play games and make music.

[Jasoco]

Let's see.

Jason Anderson
Doylestown, PA.
New to the collecting world.

Would post game counts. But it's lat.. early, so here's my site.
http://www.jasoco.com/gamelist.php

[Sotenga]

Name: Sotenga, AKA Nintendo Dreamstation, AKA Mike
Place: Very boring slice o' Pennsylvania
How I'm Here: Link from OPCFG
Favorite Games: Umm... every game in existence? Seriously, I got a lot.
Collect for: NES, SNES, Genesis, PSOne, N64, Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube, XBOX, every Game Boy ever made
Real Life: So boring, everyone would fall asleep reading about it. So I won't go there.
Miscellany-us: I'm a hardcore emulator, MAME is my God, visit other great vintage game sites like the OPCFG and ClassicGaming. Movies and Music also rock. Reality shows and Bill Gates are the utter banes of my life. I love Emoticons... :D :D :D :D :D

[Flack]

Name: Flack (aka Rob) from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

How you found the forums: Link from Slashdot.

What your favorite games are: I have lots and lots of favorite games, but my all time fav' would probably be either vs. Excitebike (NES), Shinobi (Arcade) or Paradroid (C64).

What systems you currently own: Pong, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Odyssey II, C64, SX64, C128, Apple II, TI99/4A, NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, Dreamcast, Playstation, Playstation II ... and a GP32 (very cool little handheld that runs a lot of emulators, including C64, NES, Atari ST, and others). I'm also currently building a MAME cabinet (who isn't/hasn't). I have owned as many as 15 arcade video game cabinets, but I'm currently down to three (Shinobi, Bucky O'Hare, and Arachnid Darts).

What you do in "real life": In real life I work for Lockheed Martin as an employee of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) as a Senior Network Engineer. I'm 29, married, and a father of one. I have a dedicated "video game/computer" loft which has six consoles hooked up (PS2, Dreamcast, N64, SNES, Sega Genesis, Atari 2600) to a projector and surround sound system. Sure, DVDs look great on it, but so does Mortal Kombat.

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.: I was born in 1973. We had a Pong system when I was 4, followed quickly by an Odyssey 2 and an Atari 2600 (I still have all those original systems). With a 20 month old son I don't get the gaming time in that I used to, but I'm looking forward to finishing my MAME cabinet and playing some of the old classics with my son in a few years. I occasionally buy and sell arcade video games, usually through local auctions.

Flack
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[OldSchoolGamer]

:D
My Introduction.......
Just joined and Just sent in photo for member photos so here is my intro to conclude it all........
My REAL NAME IS: Rob Daviau, I currently reside in British Columbia Canada in a city called Kelowna. I have been visiting these forums as a gueast for a couple years now, I discovered it because I'm always searching for sites about Retro Gaming and I finally decided to join this fourm. my Favorite games aren't so much classics, don't get me wrong, I've been into classics since I saw PONG and the Telestar Home gaming system. I've owned just about every home system ever made, but anyway, being a videogame addict AND Horror buff my favorite games are the Resident Evil Series. Unfortunately for me that means at some point, even though I don't want one I'll have to get a game cube as I hear RE on the Cube is amazing. I Don't have the money to collect for seperate systems nowadays so I stick to mostly PC and emulated, mame etc, But I emulate and play games for just about every system 8bit on up. Just wish the PC did better Saturn Emulation, I mean jeez if it can emulate 3d capcom arcade games.........
Currently I'm unemployed having moved here last Oct from Toronto but hope to improve my PC once I can afford it. I love Horror, SciFi, StrongBad Emails, Emulation, Retro Gaming, oh, and I'm 35 and will be getting married in Vegas this upcoming October....thank you, thank you very much!!!!!

[undead455]

:P Hi my name is Travis aka undead455. I am 26 yaers old and have been collecting for about 2 years now. I currently have 31 systems and 350 games. My favorite systems are the Atari 2600 and the 8 bit Nintendo. My favorite games are Defender(arcade & 2600), Zelda, Bubble Bobble, etc. I have too many to list.

I live in St-Hubert Quebec Canada and I work production at Krispy Kreme. My other hobbies include cars and computers.

Me and my girlfriend's website www.undead455.ca

[ChuckthePlant]

I am a 35 year old architect/graphic designer from Seattle, who became a father a year ago. My stay at home, take care of the boy, lifestyle kindled a desire to return to the games of my youth. After a gift of a Nes and cartridges and a 2600 purchase and then that damned DP guide I caught the collecting bug. After lurking on this forum for a few months I decided to join.

I collect about anything I can get. Limited finances have got me concentrating on NES, boxed N64 game collection, Playstation I and Dreamcast with the occasional 2600 thrown in. I am very game agnostic and could not describe which game types would be my favorite. Platformers, schmups, RPF pretty much any game except sports titles.

[Black Arts Viper]

NAME: Luke

HOMELAND: Australia

AGE: 22

INTERESTS: Cartoons, Comics, Computing, Drawing, Movies, Music, Video Games

FAVOURITE GAMES: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Metal Gear Solid, Raiden I & II, Super Mario World

[Jasoco]

I'll introduce myself a bit better this time:

My name is Jason Anderson. I live in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Lived in Lambertville, New Jersey for 20 years until March 2000.

I am a Mac user who used Windows up until September, 2000 when Windows finally crossed the line. I collected old Macs from 2000 to 2002 then stopped when it became an expensive hobby. Struggling to find somethjing new to collect, a month ago I bought a Genesis and started myself on my new hobby, Video Game collection. I find it more fun, less expensive and more fun. I shifted my online presence from mainly Mac Forums to mainly Game forums.

I am currently slowly buiding up my NES collection and Dreamcast collection with SNES and Genesis on the side. Then I'll move to N64 and somewhere in there I'll go after the Sega CD, 32X, Saturn, Jaguar, Turbo Grafix 16 and all the rest of the mid-80's to late 90's consoles. Maybe when I'm old and gray and have collected them all, I'll move to what's left of the pre-NES consoles. Whatever hasn't disintegrated into a fine powder. ;)

Oh, and maybe handhelds.

[linlhutz]

Who you are:
Ryan Updegraff, 28 on August 18th. Where are my presents?! LOL

Where you live:
Williamsport, PA (Home of Little League Baseball...Weeeeeee!)

How you found the forums:
That damned TheRedEye. I'm so sick of hearing his name these days I could vomit. :P

What your favorite games are:
Panzer Dragoon Series, anything NES, Utopia, Halo Co-op(Yeah I like Xbox, shut up @_@ )

What systems you collect for:
Mostly Sega Saturn and Mattel Aquarius

What you do in "real life":
Electronics Technician for L3 Communications(formerly Northrup-Grumman, Formerly Litton)

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.:
Started my gaming life when i was about 5 years old with the Atari VCS. When I hit 8 my parents bought me a Mattel Aquarius. Boy was I in heaven! My brother and I pitched in for a NES in 1986. Bought a Genesis around 1993. A Sega Saturn at launch. A N64 (if only for Mario 64 and Goldeneye). Xbox at launch. Too many arcade games to list.
I'm the current owner of California Raisins Prototype for the NES. Owner of the long since dead segasaturn.org.
Never been to a CGE :(
I AM going next year no matter what! Hope to meet you all there!

[Digital Database]

Hi, I am Digital Database, I am not at liberty to say my name online, but I am an avid gamer, and a small time collector.

I hope I can get to know some of you guys in the future! :-D

[lendelin]

My name is Klaus, I'm a college teacher (Political Science), 45, I'm a native German (wiss an accent). I've been living in the US since 1989, mostly in Milwaukee, WI where I currently reside.

I was hooked onto videogames since I discovered the first warp zone in SMB for the NES, that was back in 1989. Since then I just LOVE videogames, they fascinate me, they are great entertainment. I'm also very interested in questions which go beyond playing - the history of videogames, market economics for games and companies, the development of the game industry and what the future will hold, and the conditions of game development back then and now.

I'm more of a videogame player rather than a collector. However, I can relate to the mindset of a collector. I'm pedantic with a capital P, and If I'd collect it would open floodgates - and that scares me. :) What prevents me from crossing the line is my aversion for avarage or even bad games - I just don't want them on my game shelves, a bad game almost hurts my feelings. I'm subscribed to three mags - Nintendo Power, Gamepro, and Game Informer. By just playing I collected so far around 220 games. I have also a nice collection of game mags (Nintendo Power, EGM, GamePro, all mint, around 700), and around 120 strategy guides (all mint) from the early Nintendo Power Guides and early Prima Guides in black and white - I'm a map fanatic. For all the game systems themselves I have still the boxes in mint condition with all the advertisements....and, like a true videogame nut, I have also a gameroom.

Here's a list of the games I have (all complete, all mint, noteworthy: I finished all the NES and SNES games):
http://users.ign.com/collection/lendelin

[98PaceCar]

Hi everybody. I guess I should go ahead and officially introduce myself. Already met a few people at the CGE this year, but there's a bunch more people to meet!

- Who you are
98PaceCar aka Darren Sulfridge

- Where you live
Dallas Texas

- How you found the forums
Found the forum from a link on the cgexpo.com page. Started reading the CGE info and just tracked back to the main Digital Press site.

- What your favorite games are
Too many to list.. Right now: Halo , KOTOR, Warlords (arcade), Galaga (arcade), Millipede (arcade), Mortal Kombat (1-3 arcade), ...

- What systems you collect for
I'm mainly an arcade collector, but I've also got a couple 2600's, Dreamcast, Xbox, 3DO, C64, a couple Amigas, NGPC, and GBA.

- What you do in "real life"
I'm a Powerbuilder/Oracle programmer writing programs for utility companies.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc
I've been a minor collector since I got my first 2600 in the early 80's (which I still have and use!). Spent some time in the NES world and have dabbled in just about every console out there. Started collecting arcade games about 4 years ago and am up to 20 uprights, one cocktail, one pinball, and about 40 boards for various other games. Currently restoring a Star Wars upright, Defender, and Asteroids along with a few other minor projects.

[miaandjohnrule]

My name is John , I am 24 years old. I live in Concord , OH. I've been collecting for about three years. I started collecting when I got out of the Marine Corps and picked up all those games of yesteryear. I found these forums searching for some good classic gaming sites.

My fav games are Ikaruga (GC) , Goldeneye(N64) , Gunsmoke , 1942 , Balloon Fight , Ice Climber , Galaga (all) , Tecmo Super Bowl , Baseball Stars (all nes unless noted).

I collect for NES , SNES , N64 , GC , SMS , Genny , TG16 (just started) , GB/GBA

I worked Armed Security at a Secure Facility.

My first systems were Intellevision and Atari Computer , long since discarded :( I love video games new and old. Just glad to find other people like me somewhere.

[ozyr]

David Flemming, from SouthEastern, WI.

Found the forums years ago, as a lurker, and just recently started posting.

My favorite video games by system (mostly old ones):
2600 - Robot Tank, 5200 - Wizard of Wor, 7800 - Alien Brigade, Jaguar - Iron Soldier, Lynx - Pinball Jam, Astrocade - Incredible Wizard, Coleco - Q*bert, Invtellivision - Tron Deadly Discs, Odyssey2 - Pick Axe Pete, Vectrex - Mine Storm.

As far as collecting, I have a decent sized variety of older systems. I don't collect for many modern system, aside from the GBA SP and the Nintendo GameCube. My favorite system is the Odyssey2. I grew up with this system, and it has grown on me over the years. Just can't get enough of it. I started collecting foreign games for the O2 last year, and am still going strong trying to complete my collection. All other systems I have I just collect games that I really like to play. No real big rare items (at least, none that I haven't sold off in the last few years).


In 'real life', I have a number of jobs that I do. My main job is as a Computer Operator for a large international corporation. Ok job, but I've been doing this for too many years, and it's getting boring. But it pays the bills.
On the side: I maintain websites for a few clients, run a very small Macintosh consulting service, am the President of a gaming club (The Fellowship of the Black Spot), Edit and publish the 'Ink Blot' gaming newsletter, plus other things too numerous to mention. This is one reason why I'm so darn busy.
You can check out some of my web stuff at www.ozyr.com or www.fbshq.org.


I started collecting/playing video games when the RCA Studio II came out. My mother got it through BostenStore, where she worked. Loved the sytem back then, hate it with a passion today (it's crap). My second system was the Atari VCS, which died the first day I had it! Ended up returning it and buying an Odyssey2 instead. I haven't stopped playing the Odyssey2 ever since. Of course, as the years have gone by, I''ve been collecting for more and more systems. It is a fun hobby, but it can get expensive. Most I ever payed for a game was $262! Hope that never happens again. One nice thing, being 'Single', is that I don't have have anyone complaining about all the space that the games are taking up (four+ big rooms and counting).

[Isometric_Bacon]

- Who you are
Hi, I'm Isometric Bacon and I'm a 18 year old male, currently in high school. I've been addicted to videogames ever since I was a child, and it show's no sign's of stopping anytime soon :)

- Where you live - Australia Mate. Adelaide, South Australia to be more specific. Needless to say, I don't think i'll be going to any of your meetings. ;)

- How you found the forums

I followed a link on DCemulation.com forums through a thread that was asking for a good videogames forum.

- What your favorite games are

Ooh. Far too many to mention. You should know that you can't ask an avid games player that question. At the moment though, Ghost's N Ghouls takes the cake. :)

- What systems you collect for

I don't really 'collect' per se. But I buy games I want for my Xbox/Dreamcast.

- What you do in "real life"

Study. *cough* (if you could call it that :P)

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OUR NAMES ARE CHRIS & KAROL FATHER AND SON WE ARE COLLECTING MEMORABILIA TWO YEARS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT WE DOES TOGETHER.
WE ALSO BUYING LOT OF MEMORABILIA NENTENDO & ATARI AND IF SOMEBODY HAVE SOMETHING TO SALE WHIT FUN EMAIL ME PLEASE.


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[Clarknova]

Lets see .


1. I am 22 , I live in Las Vegas and am married .
2. Currently i work at a Computer sales and repair shop , and i am hoping to goto school soon ( if i can get a stinking loan :P )
3.I started playing games when i was 4 years old , i remember getting a atari for my birthday .can't remember which one though .. but my love for videogames grew like wildfire over those years in the 80's .. I am completely devoted to playing games and i am starting a collection of my own. Thanks to the internet i can share my stories and experiences with you all here at digitpress.com
4.I currently own , PS2,Xbox,Gamecube,SNES,Nintendo 64,Sega Genesis,Gameboy SP.
5. I have been looking at forums for classic and new video games ..i believe this is the best one i can find :) people here are nice and helpful and don't flame you for being "basic" to the collecting interest. I can't wait to see more of you in my posts !! :D [/list]

[skot]

skot hanna
edmonton alberta canada
from a friend
specific games or genres? games, i dunno. genres, fighting, shooters, strategy, whatever.
damn near everything.
i work in an independant videogame store.

[CitizenWhite]

David White

South Carolina

[Balloon Fight]

Hello everyone.

I am a highschool student, who collects games with a passion. :)

My first system was a NES when I was a kid. I then moved on with the Super NES, and the received an Atari VCS.

Systems i collect for: NES, Atari 5200, Virtual Boy, Super NES, Master System.

Current favorite games: Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Balloon Fight (thats a given), Halo, Galaga, Dig Dug, Galaxian, Capcom vs. SNK 2.

My favorite genres have to be arcade and fighting.

I knew about this site a long time ago from a friend but never joined the forums until now.

[careerbellman]

Hello, My name is Jim and I live in San Francisco, I dont think there are any classic gamers in this city, havent seen any. Anyways I love music and old video games and Horror movies. Im into Hammer movies, anything with Vincent Price, John Carradine, Jack Palance, Peter Cushing. I love really bad Barbarian/Fantasy movies as well. I love my cats and my girlfriend, and would love to trade games and VHS and DVD's with people.

[wcmiker]

Hello everyone.

My name is Mike and I live in South Milwaukee, WI.

Someone at http://www.gametz.com told me about these forums. I check them a lot but rarely post.

Some of my favorite games are Earthbound, Suikoden I+II, Pirates!, Civilization, Halo, Space Harrier, Super Mario RPG, Snatcher, Super Mario Bros. 3, Outrun, and Nights Into Dreams.

The systems I most enjoy collecting for are Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, NES, and SNES. I am currently going for a complete collection of Sega 32X games and have 8 more to go. (Already have Spiderman)

In "real life" I am a college student. Currently unemployed but during the summer I had a pretty fun job in an IT Department for a 1500 employee company. I am majoring in computer science and hope to someday become a computer programmer or to work in IT.

[ubikuberalles]

Well I've been here a couple of months so I might as well introduce myself.

My name is Charles and I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA (you won't believe the number of people think New Mexico is in a different country). I'm a Unix and VMS system admin for a Semiconductor Fab and I've been involved with computers since I was a teenager. I'm 43 and I guess that makes me one of the geezers on this forum (In my day we didn't have fancy computers to play video games. We had ROCKS! And we liked it! We loved it!).

I've been gaming off and on now for about 28 years. I started with the arcade games and then later on computers and then home consoles. I don't remember clearly the first arcade game I played but I do remember when I played my first computer game. It was 1976 and it was Star Trek on my fathers computer: an Altair 8800 (hence my alias). I was hooked. My father couldn't afford both a video terminal and a printer so he got a printer with a keyboard attached. I must of used up at least two reams of paper playing nothing but Star Trek and that was back when computer paper was expensive.

My next gaming experience happened when a friend of mine bought an Atari 400 in 1979. It came with Star Raiders. I camped out at my friends apartment many a time and he kicked me out at least couple of times. So I didn't play the 2600 until after I was already hooked on the 8-bit and when I did I wasn't impressed. But I played it anyway and discovered that gameplay on the VCS was better with some games than the Atari 8-bit (Super Breakout for example).

Since then I've bought the Game Gear, Lynx, Jaguar, Atari 7800 and the Game Boy systems. Until 1998, however, I would consider myself a casual gamer, playing maybe a couple hours a month on average. Then I went to World of Atari in 1998 at Las Vegas. I had no idea that many people were still into Atari computers and games and, as a result my own interest in gaming climbed rapidly. My current colletion is now probably four times in size then what it was in 1998.

The Game Boy systems are my latest acquistion (Game Boy, Game Boy Color, GBA and GBA-SP - I got them all) and I've been playing Tetris, Links Awakening and Brain Games, which I just got at CGE2K3. I've also been playing the 10-in-1 Atari system I found at Game Stop. Every once in a while I play Galaga via MAME on my PC. I tend to play more of the classic games since for me game play is what it's all about. My favorite game has to be Defender on the Atari 8-bit. I rule that game on the 8-bit (but I suck on the arcade version). I love Joust too, especially on the Lynx.

I've known about this site for a couple of years now after I bought the 6th edition of the DP guide at either CGE2K or CGE2K1 (can't remember). It was only recently that I joined the forum when Retrotaku showed me all the neat topics that have been posted.

I collect for the systems I listed above but lately I've been thinking about getting a Dreamcast. Retrotaku just bought one and I want to hear his thoughts before I take the "plunge" (not much of one - Dreamcasts are cheap! $30!). I don't own a modern console system and probably won't until I can get one for under $100. If the next game crash comes I'll be there buying up some consoles. LOL

[RoboticParanoia]

I hope no one gets made at me for bumping this up...like a lot of other boards I go to...if you bump an old topic, they get mad at you. But oh well... I might as well introduce myself.

My name is Lane. I've heard about this website for a long time, but I've never really taken a chance to go here. I have never boughten a print edition of DP, because I can never find one around here.

I am intrested in retro games (recently bought a NES and a SNES back into my collection), Prototypes (never bought anything off of EBay though, because mainly of underage reasons and the consulting of the parents, because they'll think I'm buying porn), and unreleased games.

And that's my story.

[nesuser2]

It just dawned on me that i've been here for 8 months or so.......and never did one of these.......or maybe i just couldn't find it. but here it is......

- Who you are

I'm mark......that's me

- Where you live

NW Ohio, a town called St. Marys if that means anything to anybody

- How you found the forums

searching for info on sealed NES games, i stumbled across a yahoo link to the ebay insanity forum on the old board........then it took me a month to find the link at the top of the page, thus leading to the NEW board!

- What your favorite games are

the unaskable question, NES is what i really love. basic stuff, i dont mind if a game takes 10 years to complete as long as i feel like i'm getting somewhere everytime i play it, and there aren't 100,000 buttons to remember. but, i do like some games with 100,000 buttons......just takes time for me to get into them.......and it's an ugly addiction once i do.(old megaman, SMB, power pad games, and alot of black box nes titles were really great, o ya.......MT's Punchout)

- What systems you collect for

seems like everything but sega really, i like sega stuff i just never got into it. (NES, and newer systems mainly but i have about every other system between.....to stack up in the back somewhere)

- What you do in "real life"

man.....another tough one......i'm the weird guy.......that makes monuments. not likely that i'll stir up any business here as i hope everybody is in good health......but thats what i do. and since all the supplies and tools are readily available, i also clean up metal.......like car parts and junk like that.....rusted stuff that needs the rust to be gone :) and i blast stuff into field rocks, family names for people to set in front of their house, school logos.......blah blah.....weird stuff LOL

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc

not anything really interested, but i find it fascinating......i never ever have time to play and watch all the games and movies i buy......yet that doesn't stop me from unloading every spare dollar i have into it. it's kind of a bad obsession but i guess it's better than crack.......maybe this is what crack is like?

[Voodoo]

Greetings, fellow gamers.

It was nice to get a warm welcome to this website. I found it while Googling for video game rooms. I used to think we had a lot of games, but our collection is nothing compared to some of these I've seen! I'm in awe.

I'm from the great state of Tennessee, and am in my early 30's. I work as a Web developer / project manager. I am happily married to a gorgeous woman, who is also an avid gamer (she's Aremid23, who posts here as well). We have 2 labrador retrievers who like to play games too, although their idea of playing games is limited to licking the controller while I'm in the middle of a boss fight :P

It's hard to pick a favorite game. Contra (NES) is probably my all-time favorite, with Tetris (NES), Dr. Mario (NES), Toejam and Earl (Genesis), Devil May Cry (PS2), Silent Hill 3 (PS2), Final Fantasy X (PS2), Kingdom Hearts (PS2), Halo (Xbox), and Splinter Cell (Xbox) being other favorites.

I'm not really a serious collector. I just buy games that I want to play, regardless of what system. We have 25 consoles (for now), and we buy for all of them whenever we find something we want to play.

My desire to start getting this serious about gaming came after I met my wife. I have always played games, but as I got into my 20's, my gaming habit had been reduced to the occasional GoldenEye frag-fest or Mario Kart 64 race with my friends. Then I met my wife, who was also into games. She really brought back my love of games. Now, we play and go shopping for new games together all the time. Life is good.

[lucavi]

- Who you are
steve z

- Where you live
outside cleveland ohio

- How you found the forums
someone mentioned it on www.nesworld.com

- What your favorite games are
mostly rpg's, and golden tee of course

- What systems you collect for
whatever carts i can find for really cheap. mainly nes

- What you do in "real life"
mri tech

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
"interesting" no.

[Werewolf]

Hello everyone, I guess this calls for an introduction ;)

My name is Richard Paquette, I’m 28 and from Derby, Connecticut in the USA.

I was informed about this site from a friend (Kidnemo) on www.the-nextlevel.com forums, I was in search of something I really wanted badly and I was told I might find some help here :)

I’m mostly into RPGs and Strategy RPGs, though I will play almost anything from shooters to sports and everything in between, Squaresoft is my favorite developer amongst the bunch, but there are quite a few others I like as well :) I also love games with werewolves in them, undoubtedly my favorite gaming werewolf is none other then Jon Talbain of course ;)

I collect games for many different systems, mostly 8-bit up though, but I have a good selection from NES to import systems and arcade boards as well. I have a very nice collection of Squaresoft titles from way back to their beginning to more recent as well as a almost complete collection of every Final Fantasy game ever made :-D

In my real life I do design and drafting as a CADD Operator, the company I work for does primarily restoration and rehabilitation of existing structures, some of the jobs we work on include historical landmarks such as the New York Stock Exchange and the US Capitol Dome in Washington DC, we also do work for businesses and various other projects as well.

I play video games and collect them as well, I’m active in the gaming community and have done several beta tests as well as evaluations for one of the gaming developers which is pretty nice :)

I started playing game in the arcades and over my friends house, my first gaming system was the Atari 2600 which I loved to death… damn joystick boots wouldn’t stay on though :P I didn’t really start collecting till some time after though, right around the beginning of the 32-bit era, I hardly sold my older stuff so I had a decent amount of games already to start with, sometimes I’m a bit obsessed with collecting but lately I cut down… no really ;)

I work a lot and really don’t have much free time, so unfortunately gaming is somewhat limited now for me… but I love to game when ever I get some free time from work :)

I’m an easy going person usually a mellow guy whose somewhat quiet as well, I’m not perfect though and have regrets on past misdeeds… but through them I’ve become a better person I believe.

I love nature and animals, I’m particularly fond of wolves… I really can’t explain why but I have some sort of deep feeling for wolves, it is something that I feel in my heart that just is right and very familiar when I see them which also explains my love of werewolves… not the stupid horror movie monsters, but rather a werewolves of nature and how I feel inside.

So that’s pretty much it, I value family and friends, love nature and it’s creatures as well as try to help those I can, I’m certainly not the greatest but that doesn’t matter as long as I’m happy and with those who care about :)

[aremid23]

Hey fellow gamers!

First of all, I'd like to say how cool this thread is. What a great way to learn more about everyone! Now on to me...

I am a 26 year old gamer (a girl gamer). I live in TN with my husband, 2 Labs, and 2 Tabby cats. I learned of this site from Voodoo (my husband's name on this site) when he emailed me the link to this site while I was at work one day last week. I was thrilled to discover that this board is as lively and friendly as it is.

Hmmm... my fave games. I'll try to keep it short. I consider both individual games and/or its series to be my favorite. Most of these are my fave series of games. They include:
Super Mario Bros. (nes)
Castlevania
Mortal Kombat
Silent Hill
Devil May Cry
Kingdom Hearts
Ninja Gaiden
Tony Hawk
Phantasy Star Online 1 & 2 (xbox)
Onimusha
Ms. Pac Man
SSX Tricky (GCN)
Golden Sun - my first completed traditional RPG

We collect for all the systems we own (http://voodoo_game.tripod.com). Our collection isn't as huge as most collectors' because we mainly buy them because we want to play them. Lately, we've been buying alot of games for the current consoles. My next system purchase (I hope) is going to be a Sega Saturn import.

When I'm not gaming, or giving much attention to my 2 doggies, I'm working:( I handle the accounting for a wholesale company. Nothing spectacular, but it pays the bills and buys me games.

I started playing when I was about 4 or 5. I got hooked on my cousin's Atari 2600. My parents were great enough to support my gaming obsession and buy me one of my own. When the NES came out, it was all downhill from there, lol. Any Mario game probably holds the record for most hours played. I remember my brother and I staying up late many nights playing and/or beating any given Mario game.

I never started "collecting" until the mid 90's... around the 32-bit era, when I learned about used game stores. I started buying NES games that I had usually rented or borrowed from a friend, but never owned. I was, and still am, estatic when I met my husband in the late 90s and learned of his gaming interests and we began collecting together. Needless to say, we were perfect for one another:)

I have always been partial to Nintendo, but love playing and buying other systems and their games!

As a girl gamer, I always made alot of friends (yes, mainly guys) and they were surprised when I could actually 'play'. I've never been afraid to admit that I absolutely love video games. I take my GBA SP to work with me all the time! Although girl gamers seem rare, I never classified myself as such. I'm just a gamer, who can usually hold her own. And fortunately, most gamers that I meet, only notice me as a "gamer". So that's cool.

[rbudrick]

Hi Folks,

I know that this is my 676th post, but I realized when talking to NESuser2/Mark Spring, I realized that I never did properly introduce myself. My apologies. Mark was telling me about when he started collecting, so I told him my tale. Here's a recap:



Hi Mark!

Doing a little cleaning here just before I logged on myself. LOL Making room for more games...sigh. It's incredible how I constantly run out of room and find yet another way to consolidate all my crap.

I remember when I was 13-14 (I'm 25 now), I had about 35 NES games and I thought I had this huge collection....one day my best friend moved away...Smyrna, GA. Well, he was and is still one of the most knowledgeable and skilled gamers I know, and we talked all the time over long distance. Back then there was no 5c per minute stuff. Well anyway, I got this $400 phone bill and my parents almost shot me. I took my friend's ass-crappy 1 speed bike and trekked it 6 miles to sell a bunch of my games.

Well, I vowed that would never happen again, so around '96 or so I really began to actively collect. I can't believe I've only been on the forums for a little over a year, I think....

The last year or so has seen my collection get enormous. I have nearly 30 systems,and probably 1500-2000 games. I really have no clue how I store it all. If my room wasn't so cramped, I'd add some pics of my collection to the gameroom pics on the forum.

I graduated from college in 2000, and I've been paying off school loans and trying to save for a down payment on a house while staying with my folks....seems to be working out...plan to be outta here in a couple years *knocks on wood.* I really should pay more toward bills and less toward games, but...well you know LOL LOL LOL LOL

Hey, I think I'll paste the above few paragraphs into the introduce yourself section of the forum, since I never really did get around to that. Better late than never.

-Rob

So that's me, folks. I got a BS in computer information systems, yet instead of really designing them, I sell them....well, I work as a corporate account manager at PC Connection and sell anything computer related...so let me know if ya wanna buy something (price match me and I'll beat em...definitely want you to get the best deal...after all, any computer stuff you buy just ends up being for games anyway, LOL) ! I'll hook you up just for being a DP member! You guys have helped me so much, I try to give back whenever possible.

I look forward to chatting woth you all.

Game On!

-Rob

[Zach]

My name is Zach, and I live in Nashville, TN, the Music City. And that's exactly why I'm here - to play music. But that's off topic.

I've been playing video games since the age of 3, and I got into collecting about 5 years ago when my long time obsession with the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2 reached its all time high. I used drool over the few screen shots I saw of "the Real Super Mario Bros. 2" and I dreamed of having enough money to buy a "Nintendo Disk Drive" from one of the companies advertising in the back of Electronic Gaming Monthly. When the internet really got going (with poularity of the World Wide Web) I started researching the Famicom Disk System and eventually took the eBay plunge a bought a system. Through other channels I was able to import a brand new AV Famicom (they weren't all over eBay, yet) and after some serious drive belt replacement projects, I was up and running with the floppy disk version of Mario 2.

Things have really snowballed since then, and I've gotten into all things Atari, I've acquired several Japanese systems (Super Famicom, Mega Drive, Green Pokemon GBA) and games, and I'm afraid there's no looking back.

I'm staying somewhat up to date with my Dreamcast and GameCube, and it's all I can do to keep myself from buying both the PS2 and XBOX. I just don't give the games I already own the time that they deserve, so I don't feel right about buying more hardware at retail prices.

To fund my collection habits, I work for myself as a web designer and programmer. I'm into computers, of course, but not so much for gaming. I've had some great runs with Doom, Quake, and Sim City, but my heart will always belong to consoles.

In my spare time I play and sing lead in an original rock band (No country music for me! Nashville's "rock scene" is actually huge!)

I have a BS in Computer Science from the University of Evansville, in Evansville, IN.

I'm not sure how I came across DP, but I submitted a "Lore" entry that made it into the Sixth Edition of the collector's guide. I love this site and these forums, and I'm happy to finally be a part of the action.

I currently have 16 consoles and a dedicated MAME computer hooked up via a network of AV/S-video switches to my entertainment rig. All of the RF-only systems have been modded to output composite or S-video. Check out the pic in my signature!

[sisko]

Like rbudrick, I never properly introduced myself either, so here goes....

I live South of Detroit, MI but am going to relocate to Phoenix, AZ in a matter of weeks.

I initially found this site while trying to dig up some facts on the laseractive. From there I searched around and found these boards.

My favorite games are the Zelda and DDR series, but I also go for any decent FPS.

I really don't collect for a particular system, I just buy what I like and will play. I've got all of the the mainstream consoles, but am more fascinated by the obscure ones.

I really don't do anything in life. I just graduated from college with a degree in Computer Information Systems, and finding a job right now is real tough. My goal is web design, but I'll take just about anything short of McDonald's right now :)

I was always a big game fanatic, but my parents never really saw it. We jumped from 2600 to NES and thats where it stopped. Once I got a job I bought an N64 and there has been no stopping me since!

I got a kick start "collecting" once I started working at Funcoland. Working there definitely had its benefits! Once I was able to score Dragon Ball GT for only $50 and FF2 Super CIB and FF3 Super CIB for only $20 each, I started getting into it. As soon as I landed two decent Saturn lots for a mere $10 I was hooked!

I'm not a collector by any means compared to most of these guys, in fact, I plan on parting with most of my stuff recently. But I find these boards an excellent means to finally communicate with some people on the same wavelength.

[Delgrace]

Hallo.

My name's Jai, or Delgrace, which coined from my middle name and sorta stuck. I've been a gamer for, uhh, a while. Grew up with the Master System, which over in New Zealand and Australia did pretty well. Loved my Master System, and the few games we had (me and my family were pretty poor back then, and couldn't afford much). My cousin had a Mega Drive (err...Genesis, I guess), and my other cousin had a Super Nintendo. I sorta envied them both 'til I ended up with a Playstation later on.

I'm not sure what became of my Master System, but my cousin's SNES broke somewhere down the line, and my other cousin gave his Mega Drive to my grandparents when he bought a Saturn. Then his Saturn broke (they're all a bit rough), and the rest is history. That was all a few years ago.

Now, in better times, we're a bit richer (although not by much), and I get the odd bit of money. I wanted to get back to my Sega roots, so I bought a Saturn sometime last year. Of course finding old Sega games is a major pain in the ass over here in Australia, so I've yet to break even 10 titles. I was also meant to go garage sale hunting for the first time in years today, but I woke up at 12, so that was pretty much out of the question (which was disappointing, because there was one just down the road somewhere and I hope I didn't miss anything good). I'll probably have to find some good pawnshops or something.

But now I'm rambling. I'm a Sega man at heart, but I'm wise enough to know when something makes good tradebait, so I'll pretty much get anything I can if it's good and I can afford it. My collection is...tiny (as in, tiny tiny), but I'm only 15, so I've still got a few years ahead of me.

So hi.

[Carnivol]

Tell us any or all of the following:
- Who you are
I'm Stian "Carnivol" Schultz.
Collector of mostly anything, day-dreaming dude and creative bastard.
18 and a half year old...
But still with the experience of many generations.
Quick learner and fast typer (type 'o holic)

- Where you live
Norway, the country with a copyright on overpricing!

- How you found the forums
Through Martin (Nesworld).
He posted some stuff about this place...
(every once in a while, but it's first now that I decided to join-in myself)

- What your favorite games are
Oh... Difficult one...
Mostly any game that keeps me entertained...

- What systems you collect for
Any, all, everything!
Give it to me and I'll take it!
Offer it to me and I'll trade for it (or buy it if I got money)
Drop it on the ground and I'll pick it up, tell you I found it, and either tell you to give it to me or claim my 10% finders fee!

- What you do in "real life"
I'm currently a student at RID
(Reklame, Illustrasjon og Design/Commercial, Illustration and Design)
Already got some papers that says I'm an artist...
Yeah, that's what I am. A creative artist... Yay ^_^
Also, I'm currently sys-admin for my class (and therefor get extra papers for that 8-) )

Earlier, I did some freelance work for some different places, doing reviews and previews of games... So I've gathered a huge collection of crap through the years... Yeah, the decided to send me mostly the crappy games and let me do those... Well, atleast I got some goodies/freebies ^_^

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Hmm... I'm not realy interesting... I guess...
But I quickly notice details, I quickly learn, and I've basicly been raised by games... So... I'm just continuing my life of gaming...
And trying not to forget the past... (even though certain parts could've been forgotten, if I ever got the chance to chose so)

Danke, that's about it.

Oh, yeah, if you see someone named Carnivol somewhere else...
I guess that it's like a 110% chance that it's me...
I'm everywhere baby!

[Toucan]

My name is Bryan Roppolo and I go under the handle "Toucan". Hopefully I can get this image I have of a Toucan here for use with my Avitar. As to my location, I am in Pittsburgh, PA and not too far from BuyAtari who's in Cleveland.

I found these forums by way of Joe Santulli himself. As you might know me from comp.sys.ti or rec.games.video.classic as a TI-99 and Tomy Tutor collector. I'm trying to get some pages made of these wonderful systems, since it seems many don't know much about them in the classic gaming circles. Happy to be here!

Toucan

[mr_jiggles_13]

hey guys, im logan and im 14, i started collecting when i was 4, i have beaten most of my games(i have a pretty big collection) i recently into a game called record of lodoss war for Dreamcast, its kinda like diablo 2 which is my favorite pc game. i have a nes, snes, genny, dreamcast, ps2, my own pc, and a gba sp, i really do like to trade, so if you want any game for any of my systems(i will either have it or can get it) i live in wisconsin rapids, WI. im looking for an xbox and will hopefully get one soon. i go with the same handle on www.fatmangames.com (mr_jiggles_13) and im doajigglehead on the tecmo forums. i really like this site, it suites all my needs

[xfactor1984]

My name is Adam Hofslund and I am 18. I live in Bossier City, LA. I found the forums searching the web for classic gaming sites. My favorite games are Castlevania: symphony of the night, the sims, baldur's gate dark alliance, ninja gaiden series on nes, and the castlevania series on the nes.The systems I collecto for are: atari 2600, atari jaguar,ps1,ps2,nes,n64,snes,gamegear, gameboy color and advance,sega dreamcast, genesis, sega cd, sega 32x, and the sega master system.As of the moment all I do is go to school until I graduate this year then im off to college.I began collecting when i went to a local gamestore and saw all the classic stuff i grew up with and I was inspired to collect.

[hikura]

Good evening.I am new to the board.A friend of mien recommened me to this page.I am long time gamer that dates back to 1980.Been playing video games since then.I do prefer the RPG style games and the survival horror genre.I just wanted to say hi and look around.I do own an older puter so i do have access to some puter games plus i own a PS2 with an extensive collection of ps and ps2 games.I do own a saturn with a few good games.

[kainemaxwell]

Hey, I'm friends with Hikura from another board. i suggested he come here since he had some video game questions and things topossibly buy and sell. Be gentle with him since he's new. ^_^

[Zap!]

Hello guys. I am Ter Micharoni in Staten Island, NY. I'm sure Joe and a lot of you remember me for my old fanzine, Zap!, which was produced in the early 90's. I did a search for my name and it's mentioned on this board like three times (for giving hints). I started gaming in 1979, and today have over 500 games, 500+ video game magazines, dozens of gaming toys, over 20 systems, three computers, and tons of misc. posters, catalogs, books, codes, fanzines, etc. My name has also appeared in EGM and Electronic Games. I also hold the top score for Monster Lair for the NEC Turbo Grafx CD-ROM. I have several sites, and the main one is in my sig below. My favorite game of all-time is Ys: Book I and II for the Turbo Grafx CD. Well, happy gaming!

[Fuel Injected]

Hi, im lazy --> http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19592

[Gareee]

Damned! can't remember all the questions now! LOL!

[Gareee]

Thanks Gawd for Cut n Paste! LOL!

Tell us any or all of the following:

- Who you are
Gareee, Gary Tabar

- Where you live
Waynesville, NC

- How you found the forums
Hunting for info on sega saturn emulation, and Nights into Days specifically

- What your favorite games are
Havta Be Bounty Bob, and all the cool Synapse titles for the old atari 800 computers, Unreal Tournament, Undying, Alice, Joust, Mario, Zelda, Diablo, Unreal, Drakken

- What systems you collect for
Manily emulators and roms for the old game console systems, because I still have a WHOLE closet FULL of my old computers, disc drives, and discs.. atari 800, 1200xl, happy drives, amiga 1200, WAY too much trouble lugging those around all these years...
I'll dump them SOME day... Yeah, RIGHT! LOL!

- What you do in "real life"
Currently living off the Wife (actually we saved up bought a new home, and land, and I'm developing it full time.)

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I go back to my original VCS, Pong, and my 1st love, my old atari 800.
I did a little game graphic for a company on it, worked for Walt Disney World for 13 years, worked with Disney project animation for a little while, and am now loving the mountains in NC...

[Maikeru]

Hello everyone, my name is Michael, though most call me Mike. I have been into videogames since I was seven years of age. I just recently started getting into SNK games and bought myself a Neo-Geo AES. When I am not playing the Neo-Geo I am playing my Dreamcast or Super Nintendo. I am graduating from hishschool this December and I plan to go to a four year college. I still have some love for 3D gaming but for the most part, 2D gaming is where its at. My favorite fighter of all time is Last Blade 1, a true classic.

[tabbs]

From around a corner you're sure wasn't there a moment ago, stroles a creature of infinite beauty, power, and wisdom.She pauses, adjusting the brim of her hat whilst her wandering eyes move gingerly over the crowd. The faint glimmer of a mischievous smile forms upon her countenance...

"Hello everyone," her voice is soft and reminds you of a joyful song from deep within your callow years. "I am Tabbs. One might recognize me as the Master of the Universe, or one might not. After all, it is not every lucky mortal that has the pleasure of spending time with a deity."

Once more, a playful smile flashes across her features. "I make my home where I will, moving freely through your world." She pauses, emiting a quiet chuckle, "Perhaps I should say my world . . ." With a wink and a nod, she moves further into the room. "While wandering amungst you, a particulaly boisterous young man dirrected my attentions here. You may thank him as you like, but your time is mine at present."

The light seems to shift and follow her in movement about the room. "One might ask why a deity would bother with such a place? I do hope you not so arrogant to hold this place above that which grants you life." With these words she turns abot, her eyes piercing though each of you. "When I am not seeing to it that the universe stays in balance or toying with human lives
, I do enjoy the occasional video game." She emits another soft giggle before piping up once more. "OR . . . perhaps I'm just here for more meddling??"

It seems she has fallen silent, though she attracts no less of your attention in such a state. Working her way through the room with a light nod to the occasional mortal, she moves for the corner through which she came around. Reality shifts before your eyes as she dissapears behind what is now a solid wall. You rub your eyes, glancing about at those around you, each asking the same silent question . . . "Have you all gone mad??"

[chadtower]

My name is Marshall Mathers and I'm an alcoholic.

[Jason One]

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[harmonicaman]

howdy i'm will "tater salad" collins
i live down here in austin, texas, and i'm 17 as of now, i drive an old tempo, and have a girlfriend who's way too hot for me, but girls like those artsy guys i guess. i play harmonica and sing, and actually make money off of that, i'm also an aspiring writer, and actor. if i can make good on any one of em though i'd be glad, musician, actor, or writer. renaissance man.

i've been playing videogames since i was three first game i played was zelda on the nes, and i actually followed the console wars until recently when i got so into the neo geo that no other consoles matter that much anymore, i came here to sell my heavy barrel cabinet, as i have no room for it any longer, but alas, no one is buying. all i want is $200 and you to take it away, and it's yours. my favorite games are as followes:
fatal fury special
king of fighters 97
zelda link to the past
chrono trigger
earthbound

[Hypnotuba]

- Who you are

Hi, I'm Doug, just some guy.


- How you found the forums

Hmmmm. . .I think probably while lurking at AtariAge.


- What your favorite games are

Here's some. . .Rez (DC), Panzer Dragoon Saga, Tempest 2000 (Jaguar), Kaboom!. . .the list is long and changes. Right now I'm playing Border Down on DC and the Star Soldier remake on my new Gamecube!


- What systems you collect for

I guess I don't collect specifically to get a complete collection for a particular system or anything. In my early Jaguar days I was on the road to having a complete collection. The games were cheap, and the then new Telegames releases were readily available (IS 2, Towers 2, etc). . .but I decided that I was being nuts and stopped. :)

I go through phases of what system holds my attention: I went through a JPN Saturn phase from like 2000-2001, when the discontinuing of the Dreamcast led me to leave the Saturn a bit to start buying up all the then cheap (and good) DC games I could. Earlier this year I went through a small phase buying Japanese CD games for my TurboDuo.


- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

I still have my 2600 (well, Sears Tele-games!) that my parents bought me when I was young, as well as my NES, but for various reasons I stopped gaming and missed the very end of the NES era, the SNES/Genesis era, and the 1st half of the PS/Saturn/N64 era (I know! what was I thinking?!?. . .apologies to all other systems from those eras not mentioned). Anyway, I got back into gaming in 1997 when the Jaguar was being blown out for $30 at Kay-Bee. I figured I always liked Atari as a kid, so I picked it up more out of nostalgia than anything.

When I got the system I purchased Dino Dudes and Supercross 3D and proceeded to be unimpressed. Then I went back and got Tempest 2000 and was like, "Oh! This is what has happened in gaming since I've been gone!"

Since then I've accumlated many systems and games, keeping up with newer systems, and trying to get good games I missed from the past. I guess I'm a collector via being a pack-rat in general! I try to buy games that I will enjoy to play, but will nonetheless hang on to games that I dislike. Someday I'll have a huge sale and unload a ton of stuff. Maybe when I'm 60. . .? :)

Whoa. . .how's that for long-winded. Sorry! At any rate, I'm glad to be here!

[Sofa King Gud]

I was just activated 5 minutes ago... Makes me sound like a robot...
Anyways, I'll make this brief:

- Who you are
Wes Bond, a.k.a. Sofa King Gud

- Where you live
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

- How you found the forums
I used the search engine Google, to find rarity lists and video game collector guides, and I found this wickid site.

- What your favorite games are
Varies from week to week. Right now, its got to be NBA Jam, Rock N' Roll Racing, and Jimmy Connor's Pro Tennis Tour (SNES).

- What systems you collect for
SNES, NES, Genesis, Playstation 1 and 2, and Sega CD.

- What you do in "real life"
I'm a student/jock, thats why I usually like classic sports games a lot... Don't want to give away too much info. :P

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Not really, but I just got back into classic gaming. It's funny, because Classic games relax me after a long day, and today's more modern games don't, go figure.

[King Ghidorah]

- Who you are
Hello eveyone! My name is Chuck. I am 35 and have been gamer for about 25 years and have been collecting for about 15 years, if my math is correct. I have, at last count over 1800 games.
- Where you live
I live in Cleveland Ohio.
- How you found the forums
Would visit often, but I finally decided to register.
- What your favorite games are
Hmm, I guess old school for me. Shmups, action and some RPG's.
- What systems you collect for
That's a tough question, but I guess it would be Sega Saturn and PCEngine/TG16.
- What you do in "real life"
Work for an insurance company.
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Favorite companies would have to be Sega and Capcom. I also am into Godzilla and in general Japanese culture. My favorite game (at the moment!) is Panzer Dragoon Saga.
Thanks guys
Chuck

[GrayFox]

-Who you are

The name's Carey, and yes, it's male gender oriented in this case. I'm also 18 years old and come from Waukesha, Wisconsin.

- How you found the forums

I just happen to find them one day looking around.


- What your favorite games are

From the recent generations, I'm huge fan of the Metal Gear Solid games, and also a fan of Metal Gear before the current ones.
Metroid Fusion and Metroid 3 are easily up there for my favorite games, and also Zelda: Link to the Past. Mega Man 2 is classic in my eyes still, just because its where I started to play like mad. And, gotta love Mario Bros. 3. Oh, and of course, almost every single Sonic game.

- What systems you collect for
I try and collect as often as possible, but I run into lots of expensive games here in Wisconsin. Anyways, I collect for NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, Playstation, Playstation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, N64, and Game Boy (advance).

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I don't have many interesting facts, and I don't know how I began collecting. Just one day I felt the need to just buy games, and since then I've been trying to get games I've desired to play, or games that bring back that good old nostalgia.

[pRoto]

-Who you are
Chris, 18, currently living in Austin, TX and studying Computer Science at the University of Texas (Hook 'em!)

- How you found the forums
Google lead me to another classic gaming site which lead me to this wonderful community

- What your favorite games are
The Mega Man series by far, I fell in love with video gaming through MM2 + 3. Although they began to mess up the classic game formula in the late games of both original and X series, I still find myself coming back for more! Also, all of the Mario games tickle my fancy (with the exception of 2 and Sunshine..). And of course, who can forget the lovable Bubble Bobble/Rainbow Islands games!

-What systems you collect for
As you can see, I'm pretty much a diehard NES/SNES collector, although I do have current systems like PS2/GC and HAD DC/Saturn for a while..

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Just a few months ago I read the announcement for Mega Man X7...and I began to hate my parents for making me sell my old video game systems and games a while back! Since then I've been on a furious hunt to reclaim my childhood :), spending all of my available funds on whatever I can find. I've always been a packrat, so I do have a complete and consuming obsession with finishing my collection to the fullest, which I thought was pretty rare until I found this forum LOL !

[brykasch]

Age-29
Location-Springfield, Mo

Well, I have been a gamer since about the time I could crawl. Had jsut about every system through the years, and sold way to many of em:) I was the type when the new systemscame out I would sell the old stuff usually get a pittance and move to the newest. That stopped about 7 years ago when I discovered import games and some that never made it over here. I basically have a set list of games I want for each system, and a couple I am working on complete runs for a couple of systems (dreamcast, n64, virtual boy). I am a big rpg fan, and have been since my d & d days as a kid ( I would still play if I could find a group that didn't disgust me or scare me lol). I have a wife of almost 3 years and yes I sucked her into the dark side (pso for the dreamcast did it) she plays alot of rpg's but she likes platformers and will try most anything game wise.

If you are a collector and live in my area give me a holler I am starting up a local collector's group.

[Berserker]

Hey everybody, my name is Nate and I'm from Michigan.

I've always been a gamer since I can remember, literally some of the first memories I have are playing a Coleco Vision.... which unfortunately has long since broken :(

I own an NES that I've had since I was three, and I'm about twenty now, have got about 30 or 40 games for that, I'll work up a list later I spose... I also own an SNES, a DC, a Genesis, an N64, a PS1 and a Gamecube... mostly I've been sticking to the good ole' NES though.

I'd LIKE however to get into collecting of Super Famicom, Neo Geo AES/MVS, as well as more NES, SNES and maybe some DC. See I haven't gotten into the collecting aspect until recently, which has mostly been fueled by reading these boards :)

and well I guess thats about as much introducing as I'll be able to pull off at the moment, but I do hope to be posting here much more often and hopefully burning some hard earned money on gaming in the near future!

[Bloodcat]

Hmm.. guess I need to do this thing again.

Who am I? The infamously grouchy Bloodcat.

Why am I grouchy?

I am neither oldschool enough to want it to be 1982 again, but not newschool enough to be happy with the current videogame climate.

I am more than happy to gripe and yell about Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and how much I hate real time in my strategy gaming.

My first videogame memory is in 1980 when I was 6, playing Space Invaders on a neighbor's Atari 2600.

These days I do the odd bit of retrogaming, while picking up what I hope will be the choicest videogame morsels of today. Usually I end up with a buggy mess of wasted potential like Star Wars Galaxies and become more depressed than usual.

I'm cheap, I despise preordering unless I get something cool for doing so, and I try to support wierd and cult games, which end up being great ideas yet horribly implemented like R.A.D. and Titans of Steel.

I currently do my main gaming on the PC, with a side order of Gameboy Advance, X Box, PS2, and Gamecube.

My system collection includes:

Playstation 2
Gameboy Advance,Color, Original, Player, E Reader
Neo Geo Pocket Color
Sega Master System, 32x, CD, Genesis, Nomad, Dreamcast, Power Base Converter and Saturn
X Box
Atari 7800
A rapidly aging 1900 Athlon with a 3 years old Win 98 install
An Amiga 500 in need of a monitor or an A520 adaptor
Intellivision, ultra ugly Sears version
Nintendo NES, SNES, N64, and Gamecube

My last console game count was over 350 and I was afraid to even begin counting PC games.

As I am a middle child of gaming, with my own obstinate personality forged from mostly buying the stuff I wanted to before anyone else did anyhow, I fully expect to unintentionally upset or offend those folks with more delicate personalities when it comes to their videogames. I apologize now, and request that my sig line is taken into account before I am yelled at. :)

Favorite games?

All time arcade is Atari Vector Coin Op Star Wars.
Current favorite is Knights of the Old Republic.
In the middle of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Disagea, Star Wars Galaxies, and Neverwinter Nights: Unretide expansion.

I currently reside in gamer hell, aka southeastern New England states region of the USA. Unless you think casinos are gaming. I don't. And I work at one. It does make me want to kill the dealer in Intellvision Blackjack though. Because he is a yellow and more facially expressive version of me.

Thank you and I hoped I passed the audition for the 2nd time. I went into lurk mode for the last 14 months or so..

[Anonymous]

Yo, gamers -

I'm Brendan, and I hail from the east. I was born near Chicago, then moved to Idaho Falls, ID, then ended up near Wilmington, NC for awhile, and finally, I'm here.

Unfortunately my reason for being here at the forums is originally because I wanted to plug (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20507) my convention, MAGFest (http://magfest.org/). But on the bright (?) side, it seems I've found everyone is it a little bit more geared towards games in the ways that I am, and respects the classics a bit more than, say, the folks over at the G4 forums (at least, so far). So you might be stuck with me for awhile.

Games that have made a big impact (some of these may sadden you; apologies in advance) on me to date that I can think of at the moment are: Arcade: Tempest, Sinistar, Dragon's Lair, Ninja Turtles, Mortal Kombat, Spy Hunter, STUN Runner, Hard Drivin, Marble Madness, Gauntlet, Sprint, Dance Dance Revolution
PC: Nethack has redefined my view on all PC games.
Atari: Most of the initial 2600 release classics / arcade bring-homes (Crystal Castles, Space Invaders, Asteroids), as well as lots of the early Activision releases (and Pitfall II).
Nintendo: Zelda, Contra, River City Ransom, Mario 2 and 3, Mega Man 2 and later, Pinball (ducks)
Sega: Alex Kidd, Spy vs. Spy, Columns, Y's, Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Other inspirational games: Final Fantasy, Bubble Bobble, Tetris, BC's Quest 1 & 2, Bomb Squad, argh too many games
I collect for, er, okay, I'm not going to answer this question, but instead I'll say that the newest system that I actually OWN (we have every system in existence <u>somewhere</u> in this house between my roomies and myself) is an original PlayStation.

In real life, I am a Pizza Delivery Boy. Non-paying jobs include running MAGFest and developing open-source software (see sig and/or website).

I watch anime and sci-fi, rarely use my TV except for videogames, spend a lot of time working on computers or playing around with linux/unix, write music, and, uh, stuff.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Hey everyone, My name is Ryan and im just about to be 15 (October 25th). I have been a member of the AtariAge forums sense about July under the same name, and decided to join the community over here! The systems I own (I dont collect for ALL of them, but most) Atari 2600 (around 150 games) Genesis (around 50) PS1 (20 or so) N64 (15) GameBoy Color (a measly 6 games) GameGear (3 games) PS2 (25) and am a HUGE computer gamer (I have a GeForce 4 4600 Ti, if that means anything to anyone), its impossible to estimate how many games I have bought throughout all the years. I have been playing videogames sense I was 3 and am an all around nerd. I look forward to meeting some of you, and a few I recognize from AA.com :D

[TNTPLUST]

Well lets see....

I'm 35 years old. My first game system was the Atari 2600. I went on to acquire an Odyssey 2, TI-99 4/a, C64, and an Amiga 500. Although I still have all my original systems and games, the act of collecting is rather new to me. In 2002 while planning my 11 year wedding anniversery to Las Vegas I noticed that CGE would be there at the same time. This was perfect since my wife is a diehard Keno player and I only gamble a little. There I got the collecting bug. When I got home I dug out all my old systems, brushed them off, and started them up. By the 2003 CGE I was collecting in full swing. Currently I am trying to finish my TI collection :D .

I cut my computing teeth on the TI, C64, and Amiga. I went on to get my Bachelors degree in Computing and an MCSE. I worked in the IT field in the LA area for 10 years putting in 20hr days and logging 300 freeway miles a day for ungreatful, spoiled, corporate types. In 1998 I had enough so decided to have a nervous breakdown @_@ .

Then a funny thing happened LOL this 30 year old burned out Agnostic found work in the oddest of places A Christian school. I now teach K-8
computer studies. This year I added a new elective, "Classic Gaming". I'm having a blast and reliving my youth 8-)

[IcewynG]

My name is Eric, I am 31 years old and I live in Quebec City. I have been collecting videogames for about 5 years now, even though I sorta took a break for the last two years, now I am back into it. :D

My first videogame was an Atari 2600, back in 1982. My and my brother got that as a Christmas present and we just played the crap out of Keystone Kapers and Decathlon. Those were fun times... we went on and got a NES and C=64. Ahh...being young again! 8-)

Favorite games? Well, I am more of a Fighting/Racing/Sports gamer. I have to say SoulCalibur (DC) and the Virtua Figther series are among my favorites. Arcade wise, my favorites are Battlezone and Bubble Bobble. Favorite system? I have to say the Saturn... with the Vectrex as a runner-up.

I'm collecting 3DO/Saturn/PSX/DC and some NES stuff. I've got a small collection (used to be a good one but had to sell a huge chunk of it away...and boy, do I regret that! hehe @_@ ) . What got me into collection is when one of my exes gave me an Atari 2600 Jr with 10 carts that her grandmother had... while doing some research, I discovered videogame collecting and that was it! I was hooked LOL

[gleavepaul]

Hi im paul, Im from Manchester England (uk not new england) Age 22

Started gamng when was about 12 I got a mastersystem 2 which was ace!
Since then had amiga cd 32 the eventually got a ps2. Only really started collecting properly since new year. my collection includes:-

Sega- uk/jap Megadrives. Uk Megadrive2 and megacd. 2 nomads.uk Saturn. UK Matersystem1 and 2. 2 Uk dreamcasts. Gamegear

Nintendo - uk nes. uk snes. uk Gameboy

Atari - UK Jag

Sony- Playstation1 (all three types) Playstation 2


For all of the above about 370 games

[pango]

Hi I'm Pango. I'm mostly into pirate and unliscensed Famicom and NES games. I'm also a huge MAME fan though. My MAME collection is somewhere around 2,700. I've submitted this review for DP http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/missworldnude96.htm

[larsoncc]

I'm Chris. Larsoncc. I'm a video game collector with well over 2 dozen systems, and well over 500 games. At some point, you just stop counting and start playing.

Back in the day, I wrote several fanzines using the Vapor moniker. Two of my more well known fanzines were The Panic Zone and Codename: MegaZine.

I currently write and direct Fatman Games (www.fatmangames.com). It's spiffy. It's an actual company now. So, it's like a fanzine, but better, because people can't take my house if I say something bad.

Arnie Katz said that I bring a "punk rock sensibility" to game fanzines, so I kicked him in the nuts. I actually talked to the guy once on the phone. It was fun.

I wrote for some music fan magazines, too - I managed to score an interview with Mike D from the Beastie Boys. I was completely incompetent during that interview, which makes for a fun story. That is, if pain and humiliation are fun.

Anyway, I ditched the whole fanzine thing, because I couldn't hack that and school simultaneously. Printing all of my fanzines out took money. I was eating noodles and butter. It wasn't a hard choice.

I decided against journalism, because I thought that journalists were completely arrogant, misinformed, corporate spoon-fed babies. Additionally, you can make more money bagging groceries. So, I switched to Computer Science instead. I found out that a lot of people were just like me - all this time, I was a closet geek behind a chiseled physique and massive popularity.

I'm so chiseled that I had to open a site called Fatman.

Assuming this forum doesn't eat my name / password combo again, you'll see me post occasionally.

[robotriot]

hello, i'm hannes, 20 y/o and i live in germany.

i stumbled across this site when i was searching the web for video game collectors rarity guides, it's cool that there's actually a rather big community around that subject.

i started out with an a500 at age 12 (pretty late and pretty newschool, i know ;) and i'm mainly a c= fan. i concentrate on collecting cd32 games, but also normal amiga disk games. i'm also currently expanding my collection to other systems, but i really just started. i've got a c64, c128, a500, a1200, cd32, cdtv, gba+sp, xbox and a vc4000, the oldest system i own atm.

when i'm not collecting, i like to do pixel graphics (like my avatar) or digital paintings, i'll start work as a graphician at a gamecompany next month.

[xolik]

Hello all! I'm Xolik (z'oh-lick) and I'm from beautiful Sothern California. I came across this forum while googling around on the job and liked what I saw. My favorite type of games are usually RPGs but I sometimes enjoy a good shooter. Currently I'm trying to get my hands on every game released in the US for the Turbo-Duo and console Neo Geo. When I'm done with that, I'd like to gather up Atari 5200 and lynx games.

In the real world, I work in IT for a University doing optical imaging work. It's pretty neat stuff! :D I like working out and am currently trying to tone myself up a bit. I may not post a whole lot at first. I prefer to lurk more and get a feel for the board. Thanks!

[mizarkgram]

Names Mike, from Mississauga Ontario. I have been collecting video games since I was a youngster (Around 8 years old). Back then, I did not have the cash flowing in, and didnt REALLY start my collection until I was 16 (3 years ago). I have amassed the following systems using cash from working at a grocery store:

NES, SNES, Vitrual Boy, Game Boy, Game Boy Pockey, Game Boy Colour, N64, Gamecube, Playstation, Atari 2600, Jaguar, Sega Master, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Gear, 3DO, Turbo Grafx16, and (If you count it) a Tiger game.com.

In total, I have about 290 games for these systems, and am nowhere near giving up on my little adventure to collect mroe and mroe games.

[Geddon_jt]

My name is John and I've been enjoying this site for some time now, just never posted :).

I am a 25 year old law student and gamer/collector. I specialize in SNK Neogeo games, but collect for basically all systems. You can see my "master list" of Neogeo games at www.neo-geo.com.
Glad to be here. :)

[gamegirl79]

Hello everyone, I'm Jackie. I'm 24 years old and I've been gaming since I got an Atari 2600 for Christmas back around 1984. I then got an NES in 1988, and it still is my favorite console system. I remember playing so much Super Mario Bros. in the basement that my mom actually brought food down to me so I would eat. LOL

And the rest is history....

Today I work as a computer/network technician, and I enjoy my job. I like playing first person shooters on PC, every other type of game I like to play on consoles.

[vulcanjedi]

Signed up for this over a year ago and finally getting around to posting something. I think :)
Anyway, I was 18 when the VCS came out so you can do the math. vulcanjedi.com is my home page about games for the last 30 years. I list 44 different systems and 800+ games I have in my collection. Mostly consoles. Mostly Sega. I consider my sega demo system 6 cart switcher my best $2 yard sale find. My vectrex and Sean Kelly multi cart would be my next prozed possessions followed by my Digital Press volume 5 book and anniversary T-Shirt :)

I'm a QA Engineer IT kinda guy. Available for contract Quality Assurance work :)

Game On
Mark

[stack99]

Hello everyone, my name is Gary I am 28 from Connecticut. I am a network admin, and an avid gamer. I have been gaming since I was 7 or 8, when my family purchased the oddessy 2 system, from there, I went on to the mastersystem, and I have had every system since, Videogames are the best.... and this site is very nice, kudos to those who set this up. :P

[RiotoftheBlood]

I'm Kevin, and I'm 23. I live in Portage, Indiana, which is near Chicago. I found the forums through buttasuperb, who I have met twice and built a CPS-II system for.

My favorite games are Valkyrie Profile, Vampire Savior, Mega Man 2 (NES), and just about any KOF. I was heavily addicted to DOOM and DOOM 2 (mainly on the PC, but started with 32X) for 3 or 4 years starting in early 1995. Oh yeah, Quake 1 and Hexen II are also way up there. But I'm generally more into consoles than PC.

I collect for: CPS-II, Neo-Geo (both MVS and home cart), NES, Game Boy, SNES, Saturn (imports), PS1, and Dreamcast. I also have games for Neo Geo Pocket Color, Genesis, PC, PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, and Naomi.

My job is electronic repairman for ISG Burns Harbor Plate (steel mill). This eventually led to me becoming interested and involved with arcade hardware. I've designed and built two CPS-II systems for home use and I have Naomi hardware that is yet to be used.

I was at CGE last year. I decided to visit my relatives who were living in that area and CGE happened to be on the same week. I wish I could have stayed at the show longer than I was able to, though.

My little site, with pictures of my collection, and a procedure I wrote to change CPS-II batteries: http://home1.gte.net/res0k0yu/collection.htm

CPS-II systems I have built (the silver one is mine, the blue one is buttasuperb's): http://www.sgrepository.com/modules.php?set_albumName=riotoftheblood&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

[Emdkay]

I'm Brent and currently situated in northern NJ. I run http://www.emdkay.net where I sell mame marquees for new or rebuilt arcade machines. I'm obviously mostly into the old school and current arcade scene, but I've had a plethora of console systems including an Atari 2600, 7200 pro, NES, Sega Master/Genesis/CD/32x, Atari Lynx, Gameboy, Turbo Grafix, SNES, and right now own a PS2, Xbox, GC, Dreamcast, and a couple mame arcade machines.

I heard about this board from http://www.arcadecontrols.com in their message board. The two sites are great compliments to eachother. I look forward to killing quite some time on here :rocker:

[bensenvill]

-Hey all, I'm Tj
-I'm from chicago but finishing school in Milwaukee
-dont know how I got here but its like AA (you just dont put someone with an addiction in a room with a dozen other addicts, thats not progress!!)
-My Fav's are Xevious (atari), Marble Madness & Pipe Dream & Maniac Mansion (NES), and Super Puzzle Fighter 2 turbo & Tail of the Sun (PS1)
-I collect (In order of my addiction) NES, SNES, Jaguar, 7800, VB, TG16, 3DO, GB
-College (best 6 years of my life) and in a few months I'll be done and have my computer engineering degree
-I'm finally getting to play all those NES games I drooled over as a kid but my parents would give me (to give you an idea of how sheltered I was, I played metroid for the first time this week, same with zelda).
but apart from games, I am an excentric person and build some off the wall stuff. I've built battlebots, a SOLAR POWERED HYDROFOIL, converted my vaccum cleaner so its remote controlled (next is the mini-fridge). I am also big into aquariums (specifically coral reef tanks and salt water fish).

~Tj

[ATARI 2600 TROLL]

Hello, I am the Atari Troll From Atari Age (for those who know me)
Don't have much to say other than I love Atari 2600 collecting. I have a few odds and ends on my web page. Check em out if you like. Cheers all!
:-P

[Dragonmaster Ein]

My name's Joel. I'm a first time poster. I'm 25 and I live in the Dayton area in Ohio. I'm a 2nd year High School Digital Media teacher (juniors and seniors). So I cover things like graphic design, web design, 3d graphics, animation, digital video production, and digital audio production.
I have to say that my interest in video games growing up led me to getting into digital media and, in turn, teaching. I occasionally have to make sure I don't get too off topic in class about games with the students :) Although teaching many of the tools that are used in game creation makes for some fun classroom decorations. (game posters, ect.)
I've been into gaming since the Atari 2600 when I was about 3 or 4. After that, I moved on to the NES, SNES, PSX, and PS2. In the last year I changed from being a 'one console man' when I bought the GC and Xbox to go along with my PS2. Now, I own the following consoles:
Magnavox Odyssey 400, Atari 2600, NES, Turbografx 16, SNES, Genesis, 32X, Sega CD, Playstation, PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance SP, and Neo Geo Pocket. I do a little PC gaming too, but not much.
My favorite games are fighters and RPGs. I also get into action/adventure games and music based games like DDR and Frequency/Amplitude. My favorite games are Ms. Pacman, Street FIghter II series, FF7, FF8 (yes, I actually really liked that one), Lunar, Tekken 3, Street Fighter III, and... well- there's a ton I just can't think of right now. BTW, my Xbox live name is Phat 32 (bad computer techie pun) and I typically only play Capcom vs. SNK 2 on Live.
My other hobbies include anime, movies, learning new software (working on Maya, Avid, and Acid Pro now), starting projects that i never finish with newly learned software, and writing.
Well, I found out about the forums through my friend Kid Fenris, who I used to work with.
btw, my avatar is from a horrible Zelda commercial from the 80's. Maybe I'll put it on the web sometime and post a link.

[SpasticFuctard]

I'm Adam, I collect console games like I collect comic books. I consume them at an absurd rate and discard them into vast and deep piles of obscurity. I have been an avid games since before I could read, my TI-99/4a and my Atari 2600 being my earliest friends. Though I'm more of a PC guy then anything else. *gasp* I know Joe IRL, so I thought I'd come and be flamebait for a bit.

SF - Where delicate electronics go to die.

[VACRMH]

Feel like i'm at AA LOL

"Who you are"

Ryan :) Nice to meet you

"Where you live"

Crofton, Maryland. About 20 minutes from Annapolis

"How you found the forums"

Was looking at the rarity lists, thought i'd find some nice people here

"What your favorite games are"

Lunar, Vay (Alot of Working Designs Games) Puzzle Fighter, Guilty Gear, Willy Beamish, Leisure Suit Larry, Bushido Blade...yada yada yada :)

"What systems you collect for"

My 2 favorites would be Sega CD and Playstation

"What you do in "real life""

School, Work... nothing too great.

"Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc."

I started collecting because I wanted to get back all the games I foolishly sold when I was younger...


Well, nice to meet everyone, I hope to become a regular on these boards

:)

[loopyeddie]

My name is Eddie Morin. I live in Omaha, NE. I found this site by trying to find a complete list of NES games. Boy, did I find it. Favorite game has to be Windjammers for Neo Geo. a close second: Bump n' Jump for Intellivision. I am a student. Kind of. I fail a lot. An interesting fact? My mom had a massive (120+) Intellivision collection before I was even born. As soon as I could, I played it. I couldn't help but be into video games for the rest of my life!

[§ Gideon §]

-dont know how I got here but its like AA (you just dont put someone with an addiction in a room with a dozen other addicts, thats not progress!!)


lol! True. I'm 18 and a slight addict. I started collecting for similar reasons as VACRMH--to get back all the games I sold for an N64 as an 11-year-old.

I program in my spare time, as a Comp Science freshman of Western Michigan University.

<-- Guess where my current avatar comes from!

[GamecubeFreek]

Hi. My name is Matthew, Im 17 and live in California. I write video game reviews for my schools newspaper, which are vastly underappreciated by the editor in chief, yet loved by most others. I hope to write for a professional video game magazine one day, but until then, I shall slave over my own low budget magazine (and I do mean low budget).

I love all genres of video games. My favorite is probably platformers. If I had to choose a least favorite, It would be RPG''s, more specifically MMORPG's.
My top five favorite games are as follows.
1. Castlevania 3 2. Link's Awakening 3.Jet Grind Radio 4. Nights 5. Mario 64

My collection consists of 17 systems and about 250 games. The walls of my room are virtually nonexistant because they are completely covered by posters and whatnot relating to video games. I also have a pretty decent collection of video game collectibles. I have a lot of action figures, and recently I found and bought a Donkey Kong sleeping bag from the early eighties.

Anyway, bye

[Blendo75]

Hello, my name is Marco. I'm 28 years old and the first game I ever played was on an Odyssey. Not sure which Odyssey it was or even which game it was. It was a space-invaders type of game. You controlled a man, though, instead of some sort of gun and you walked back and forth firing upwards at... hmm I dont remember what the enemies looked like. I do seem to remember there being barriers that protected you from fire (a la space invaders). I remember playing it and I remember when I died my character turned different colors and this frightened me (hey I was probably about 4 at the time). It was fascinating to play the game, but also very disturbing for some reason. My Dad spent some time checking out the various game systems and what games were available, we didnt quite get the concept that certain games would play on certain systems but I think a Sears store clerk explained it pretty well. Somehow my Dad got it into his head that Atari was the way to go... Thank God because if we would have gotten an Odyssey I would have been stuck with it for the next 10 years or so!!!
This would have been in 1979 or 80? I'm thinking 79. Christmas of 79 I opened up all of my presents and no Atari or anything. I was pretty disappointed but then... what's that poking out from under the couch?? Shades of A Christmas Story.. it was an Atari 2600 (Sears Telegames version). It came with Space Invaders and Target Fun. Much two player fun was had with those games. I was hooked. Hooked. Completely hooked. I remember falling asleep while watching the color cycling that displayed while you werent playing the games. Around this time I started playing arcade games too. Thankfully the arcade in my town had stools so I could reach the controls.

The Telegames unit also came with paddles but no game to play them. I remember getting Street Racer for my birthday the next year so we could have something to play with paddles. A pretty so-so game but I played it anyway because my options were limited, I dont remember having many games at this point. No one else had an Atari in my neighborhood (this was around Wheeling WV), but my cousins who lived in Toledo had one and they brought some games when they would visit. I remember playing Cannon Man/Human Cannonball and Circus Atari. I think it was the next Christmas that I got a pair of keyboard controllers and Concentration. Funny, I hadnt even played Combat yet! One of my friends had a Bally Astrocade. I thought that was pretty advanced at the time, Wizzard of Wor for it was very cool.

It may have been that Christmas when a couple of my neighbors got (real) Atari's. I remember being at a friend's house and playing Football, Baseball, Basketball... Indy 500 (I thought the driving controllers were KICK ASS for some reason), Missile Commmand. I remember getting Basic Programming (hey I already had the keyboard controllers) around that time. I remember when Pac Man was released, got that one for my birthday. I remember when Pitfall was released, got that one for getting a good report card. The Atari was really taking off... one Christmas I got about 10 games, all good ones like Megamania, Star Wars ESB, etc. My friends at that time or in the next year got Q-Bert, E.T., Ms. Pac Man, GI Joe, every Activision game you can imagine, yadda yadda yadda... see our parents had a deal worked out where everybody bought their kids different games so we could all trade. Except for Star Wars ESB, we all had a copy of that.

Then something changed. Colecovision? I was astounded by the graphics. Parents wouldnt get me one. Atari 5200? WOW, you can PAUSE the GAME!! I couldnt believe it. Parents wouldnt get me one of those either.
(As for the Intellivision, I never knew anyone who had one until well after the crash) My friends and I were becoming acutely aware that the Atari 2600 was a sinking ship. Some sold their Atari, got a Coleco and an Atari adapter. One of my friends actually got an ADAM.
I started playing Atari a little less. I got some new games here and there (really cheap) but not as many as I should have. I felt "weird" about playing the Atari at this time, it just seemed so out-dated. Dont get me wrong though, I had some good times with Star Raiders and Tapper around this time (also Reactor and I even played and liked Fireworld!). I was impressed by the later-generation Atari games like those and Crystal Castles, I could tell that they were good games. Some of my friends got into the C-64. I started doing bad in school, couldnt pay attention, etc. so my parents took my Atari away (I hadnt been playing it that much, I guess they were just desperate). I was gameless for a few years and then I got a C-64, this was either 87 or 88. I started trading games with kids at school and something odd happened - -

Someone for some reason game me an Atari 2600 game. Now I had been around the block with the Atari and I figured I had seen every game ever made but this was, uh, cant remember the name but that Farmer game from US Games.. oh yeah GOPHER. Not only had I never heard of Gopher but I'd never seen a "US Games" game before. Something clicked in my brain "Hey, there's Atari games out there I've never seen before? Cant be". Of course I drug the Atari out of the basement to play it. It sucked, but still I was bitten by the bug, I wanted to see what other Atari tapes (I still call them tapes for some reason) were out there. I remember getting Earthword.. "Ooh now I have Earthworld and Fireworld!! I wonder if anybody has Waterworld?" No one did, dammit. I managed to scrounge up a BUNCH of games from kids at school and people my parents knew (I didnt know this at the time but they were all common/uncommon with the exception of Tapper, Gremlins, Rubik's Cube and Pengo which I didnt know were rare, lots of people had them where I lived). A lot of kids started getting NES systems (except me) and this further enouraged them to give up their Atari tapes. I had quite a collection going although I didnt realize I was a "collector" of "classic games".

Then one day I found something.. a list of all known Atari games, even unreleased ones... it was VGR's rarity list. I think I got it off of some BBS with my Amiga. Immediately my Atari collection looked very small and my collection of R's, ER's and UR's was even smaller! Maybe this was 1990-1992? Until then I didnt know about games like "Chase the Chuckwagon", which back then was the big holy grail (I thought). Hell I thought I was the ONLY one looking out for Atari games until I saw this list. The rest of the story I'm sure you know - I started actively SEARCHING for games. I'd go to flea markets, thrift stores, etc. for the sole puprose of finding games. I didnt have too much luck finding rare ones though although I did find a few. I was on the internet in 93 or 94 and got a lot of classic game info. I remember reading and posting to RGVC. Eventually I got a Super Nintendo, first game system I actually owned since the Atari 2600 (my parents were so evil!!). This broadened my horizons quite a bit. Soon I was collecting SYSTEMS as well as games.

Atari will always be my first love though. Every other system I only want certain games. For the Atari 2600 I'd take any game I didnt already have. Childhood wish fulfillment perhaps? My last collecting goal was to get all of the Atari picture label games but I could never find a picture label Flag Capture.

[v.g.lover]

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 10:52 am Post subject: Hi

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Hi. My name is Alex. I'm only 15, but I love classic games and systems. My friends make fun of me for this, but I don't care. I love games. Everyone said I was crazy to like content better than grafics, but they are the crazy ones. I started off with 1 system when i was 4. I never collected till 2 years ago. Since I am younger and usually broke, I don't have as vast a collection as some of you other members, but I still pride myself on mine. I have only 250 games for my systems, and they still increase weakly. I hope some day to live up to you other members, but here's what I have for now:

Atari 2600
Coleco Telstar Alpha
Colecovision
Commodore VIC-20, with the cassette game port
Intellivision (freezes when I start it up, can anyone help?)
NES
SNES
N64
Gameboy (One original gray, one yellow)
Gameboy Colour
Master System
GameGear
Genesis, with plug in side Sega CD
Dreamcast
Turbo Grafx 16 (Busted)
PSONE
Xbox
Neo Geo Pocket Colour
And I also own a 1982 Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong Tabletop arcade game, as well as one full sized arcade: Shadow Warriors.
List of my games here: www.angelfire.com/crazy2/mygames

[tholly]

I'm Tony Holly. I'm from Drums (my friends like to call it the Boondocks), Pennsylvania.

I don't remember how I found the forums. I was probably just searching for random shit someday and came accross it and have been reading the boards ever since.

I have played video games for as long as I can remember, but I have only started collecting last year, so my collection isn't too big, I'm still working on it, but I'm proud of what I have so far.

I buy games for any of my 23 systems. I don't buy a lot for any one system specifically, but when I see something I want I pick it up. I guess my big goal (like most people here) is to get all the US NES games. I would also love to complete my MVS collection (I only have 5 so far) and would love to start an AES collection, but with college that isn't gonna happen right now.

I guess my favorite system is NES, but I do love Nintendo stuff in general.

In real life I go to college. I'm sure you can figure out which one if you check the internet site listed below. I am studying Psychology and plan to become either an Industrial Psychologist or a Child Pscyhologist.

I guess I started collecting when I bought my PS2. I realized that I couldn't not get a Nintendo system, so I had to pick up the GC too. Then, since I had those, I couldn't forget the XBox. Once I had these, I wanted to get all the US Nintendo Systems (I still need the toploader and would like a gold N64 instead of my plain black one and would like a Pokemon N64 just for shits and giggles). After all that, I realized that I didn't have enough NES games and started getting those and have been buying stuff ever since.

I guess another big thing for me was last month (Oct. '03) I picked up a 4-Slot MVS. I had been reading and reading about SNK for awhile and bought a NGPC to give SNK a try and knew I needed one. When I found one for $350 w/ 4 games and memory card reader I couldn't pass it up.

I guess I talked about everything I wanted.

[Emperor_Jim]

Hello everyone! My name is Jim Johnson and I'm from a small town called Wonder Lake in the state of Illinois. I recently graduated college, just two days after my 21st birthday in fact, in June. I would be an entry-level computer programmer, but those jobs are really hard to find right now - so I've been working for my friend's small business in computer consulting. This gives me time to play my classic game systems, and to hunt for more!

I first started collecting as a kid when I got my NES back in 1986. Many games that I got I still have complete in boxes.. I guess I planned well for the future ;). After the NES, I got the SNES and Atari 2600. I got the Atari from my next-door neighbor whose son had passed away, so playing it felt special, because it was like I inherited it. After that I got the Genesis, Game Boy, Playstation, PS2, GameCube, and recently the GBA.

I've gotten into the groove of seriously collecting for the Atari 2600, NES, and SNES about a year ago. I found this place a few days ago by searching for collecting classic games, and I think I will be happy here!!

[Solid Snake]

Hello, my name is Frank. I'm 17 years of age, living in the small town of Stittsville, outside of Ottawa, Ontario. Stittsville is famous for its year-round Flea Market, which has the honor of being the largest indoor/outdoor flea market in Canada. It is there where I found a job help out at one the (permanent) indoor shops, a place which sells mostly vinyls (records) and books, but also contains a good selection of CDs, video games, consoles and old Star Wars toys. I've mostly been a PC gamer for the last few years, never owning a console until I bought a PS2. My brother (also a member of this forum), bought a SNES, a Genesis and a Sega CD off of of friends (he got the Genesis from the place I work at). I'm also after a Dreamcast, and I'm going to pick one up the first chance I get. However, most of my moolah has been put towards my record collection. In the last two and a half months, I've purchased nearly 80 classic records. Being a big music fan, the rest of my money is going towards getting a guitar/amp/etc.

I have been a member of various forums before (Forumplanet, Deadites.net, Encyclopedia Metallum, Iron Maiden official, Blind Guardian BB, Warmachine BB, etc.), and I hope to stay with this one for a while.

My favorite game is Metal Gear Solid (hence my screen name).

[username]

Hey everyone! My name is Jess, and I'm 22 year old college student from CT. I found this forum during my ongoing search for a particular NES game (Bio Miracle by Konami, if you haven't already seen me mention it a billion times already :) )

I currently have the following systems:

1) Atari 2600
With it: about 30 games, and the paddles - all of which I scored for the low low price of free. I was at my friend's house a few years ago, and I found all of her Atari stuff under her bed. I was like "You have Atari?!" and she just said "Yea - you want it?" like it was just some useless junk. So of course I took it. The TV adaptor piece was missing, and I kept putting off getting a replacement. I finally got an RF adaptor last weekend, and I've been playing it ever since! I do need new paddles though, so if anyone wants to get rid of any, feel free to let me know :D
Some of the games I have:

2) NES
With it: about 40 games, the zapper, and the Power Pad. Most of my games are pretty bad and/or really strange: Knight Rider, King's Knight, Anticipation, Snake Rattle & Roll, and MappyLand, just to name a few.

Funny story about how big of a dumbass I am: a few years ago I bought Gyromite at FuncoLand because it was cheap and I was bored. So I took it home and tried to play it, and started getting really pissed when I couldn't get anywhere. I had my suitemates try it too, and we were all like "What the f*#k is wrong with this game?!" So after a few more attempts, I thought to go online and research it. It took me awhile because there was basically nothing on the internet about it. When I finally found out that you needed a robot to play it, I couldn't stop laughing. But even so, I can't bear to part with the game...yea I'm weird, I know. :)

3) I also still have my old Game Boy from about 1988-1989, but the sound barely works and the screen fell off. I only have about 7 or 8 games for it, and I really only take it out to play Link's Awakening.

I'm not an avid collector, but every once in awhile I'll take a trip to FuncoLand and pick up some random Nintendo games just for the sake of entertaining myself. If I had to pick just one favorite game, I'd say Dr. Mario for NES - for some reason, I never tire of its repetitive nature.

aaaaand I'm done :D

[Dragoon]

Hi, Right now I'm working on my awesome collection of unbelievably rare Nintendo stuff. Expect to see me selling games now and then so I can get new additions I've been searching for. I've never spent a lot of time at collecting all this stuff but every so often stuff works out and it has been going well enough to make a good site. I wanted to get on the Board because I haven’t registered to one for a while though... "I have been watching this one and thinking oh I'd like to add to that topic", or "I know the answer to that". Anyway... I'll be setting up a up a new game room right now and browsing the topics and stuff...((^_^ Thank you

[DarkSol]

Tada!!! Howdy everyone. I'm Ian... and I am a 21 year old college student and veteran of the United States Navy. Oh yeah, I'm in Virginia. I honestly can't remember how I found the forums and now it's my homepage! Well, my favorite games of all time are the Shining Force series (but only for the Genesis)

I collect for the SNES, NES and Genesis. However, I collect systems as well. My friend Jon asked me one day, "Dude, how come you have a Saturn and yet you don't play it?" I just told him that the fact that I own a XBOX, PS2, NGC, Saturn, Genesis (Model 1 & 3), NES, DC, and a GameAxe is sweeter than playing the games. However, I do like scouting around for old NES/Famicom games that haven't dumped yet or pirate carts. (I have an old Mike Tyson's Punchout for the Famicom that actually has him in it. All other versions I have been able to find do not include him due to the time it was released in Japan, the contract between him and Nintendo was up.)

Like I said, I'm in college, but I just got this sweet job at a toy store. w00t me! :rocker: Plus, after the holidays, I might get this sweeter job at the local arcade!

Enough about me, I know I'm boring! :D

[purenergy]

Hello classic gamers,

My name is Brad Prillwitz (purenergy), and I live in Sherman, Texas (about one hour North of Dallas, Texas.)

I've been reading the forums for a long time, but haven't posted much. I can't remember when I found the Digital Press site. Possibly through the newsletter?

My favorite games: (not anymore, as my collection has been sold.)
Atari 2600: Skeleton+
Atari 5200: Miner 2049er
Atari 8-bit computers: Jumpman
Atari 7800: Tower Toppler
Atari Lynx: Chip's Challenge
Atari Jaguar: Tempest 2000
NES: Super Mario 3
SNES: Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2
Gameboy: Tetris Blast
Gameboy Advance: Wario Ware
N64: Rush 2
Gamecube: Hudson Collection Vol. 3: PC Genjin (Bonk's Adventure, Import)
Sega Master System: Montezuma's Revenge
Game Gear: Devilish
Genesis: Sonic 3
Saturn: Last Gladiators Pinball
Dreamcast: San Francisco Rush 2049
Playstation: Driver
PS2: Katamari Damancy
Vectrex: Frogger
Intellivision: Diner
ColecoVision: Jumpman Jr.
Neo Geo: Viewpoint
Neo Geo Pocket Color: Crush Roller
TurboGrafx: Devil's Crush
Turbo CD: Gate of Thunder
X-Box: Halo

I collect for any system listed above, but currently, I'm looking to complete my Dreamcast collection. (update: my colelction has been sold, due to tough economic times. Hope to start collecting again someday.)

In real life, I'm an assistant manager for a major retailer. Not the greatest job, but I'm happy.
(update: now working another job that I won't mention, because it sucks and pay is low.)

I've been in the gaming world since my parents bought a Pong clone, back in the seventies! The first system that I purchased was a ColecoVision, which still works today. I remember spending hours playing Pepper II, and Mousetrap, back in the good ol' days. :)
After the crash in the mid eighties, I bought everything from a mail order retailer called Video Take Out, located somewhere in California. They even had some rare goodies like Atari Video Cube for the 2600, and some hard to find 5200 games.
Video Take Out kept me informed of what was about to be released, and I bought my first NES from them.
I will never forget trying to get R.O.B. to balance those spinning tops! And, R.O.B. ended up in the trash a few years later, when nobody wanted him. :(

I enjoyed meeting classic gaming fans at the CGE shows that I've attended (CGE99, CGE2K1, CGE2K3), and it's great to find more classic gaming fans at the Digital Press site!
And, the Oklahoma Gaming Expo in Tulsa this year was fun. Nothing like CGE, but because it was smaller, it was more personal. I would like to see more competition at any gaming event, kind of like the couch at CGE this year. Not for any prizes, but to enjoy the games more, and have a more "personal and up close" event.
(Every gaming expo has been a wonderful event to remember, not the games, but the people who enjoy the games!)

Happy gaming!
:-D

[purenergy]

Double post,
sorry
:-D

[Reptone]

Well, I am Reptone. My username is named after my amp. Uh, I play guitar and collect for the lynx, 7800 (well, trying to) and the nes. I found these forums after a slight problem with another site. Anyway, my favorite game is california games (for the lynx and 2600). I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Uh, I guess thats all I have to say.

[soupforare]

I'm James Mondor, 21, from the wonderful dead factory town of Southbridge.

Jesus, er, Scott(clubninja)... Brother and fellow Öyster Boy came down from upon high and bade me to the NECG meet.
I had read the forums before, but decided to join after meeting all the happy peoples! ^_^

My favourite games are mostly shmups, Tempest, Gyruss, Yar's Revenge. I do like 8/16-bit rpgs, as well as crpgs. I don't collect as much as play, so if I have some crazygonuts rare that you want, but I think is a horrible game... you've a good chance of getting it. :D
I try to stick to 2600/5200 stuff as far as consoles and C64/128/Amigas on the vintage computing end. I don't really have the space for much else.
My first console was the 2600, started playing that when I was very young, and have been since. That says something for the games, I've been playing them for ~20 years and I still love 'em!
As far as "modern" systems go, I mostly stick with gba. I've got a DC.. that's the newest home console. I wouldn't mind getting into GC, but I'll probably start poking around for TG16 stuff before then.
I'm a ham, KB1FJQ, though I sold my rig last year :P

I do commercial photography and internet sales for Gordon Music, inc.
I make shitty music of various types. Synth patch programming is more fun for me than actual coherent musical creation. Though, I am trying to learn organ.
I wuuuuub synths, if you've got some, broken or not, that's good trade bait. :D
Synth list for those interested:
Yamaha TX802, WX5, AN200
Alesis S4
Korg Poly-800 II
Roland MS-1
HardSID
(rare!!!11omg!)Commodore FM Expander w/ keyboard
I had a Roland JX8p, she was mint, I wish I didn't sell her, but I wanted money for a Monomachine (http://www.monomachine.com)... which I ended up not being able to afford :(

I like beers you can chew, and scotch whisky, but I don't drink too much anymore. :roll:

okies, enough rambling. Take care all ^_^

[rhiohki]

ahh yes. I have finally made the plunge to join another forum. I have been using this site's rarity guide for some time, and I think it's time I should show some respect and join the community. I am actually a little annoyed I didn't do so sooner. In any event, everyone seems quite helpful and this site is a great resource in general so I just wanted to give the big "wave" to all on here.

I usually post on neo-geo.com, but I am starting to branch out to other systems as well i.e - Genny/MD, SNES, Sega CD, Saturn, etc.

I do have a somewhat solid Neo Geo AES collection if anyone is interested in the Neo. I know there are a couple of Neo members on here. I see you :D

Thanks for such a great site.

[Dangerboy]

Name's Jason Dvorak, born and raised in Chicago suburbs. Will be 27 in December.

My original video game journey began with the old Odyssey Pong machines, but it wasn't until that fateful day my dad brought home the 2600 and Pac-Man. After claiming how good I was in the arcade, he handed me the controller, and I died within two pellots. My father looked at me and said, "I thought you said you were good at this?"

After almost getting out of gaming (I was down to a TG16 with 3 games around 1994), something inside me snapped and I had to have everything. I currently own about 3700 video games across 20+ different systems. This is all I do. That and draw a video game store comic at www.game-rave.com.

I collect for pretty much everything, but right nwo I am focusing and finishing up the entire PSX library (100 games to go for all 1240), the NES, and then the Saturn / Sega CD.

Currently I am an Assistant Manager at EB Games (we'e one of the good ones, honest!), but did 2 years with www.gameshark.com under the Interact banner and also ran my own fanzine (Game Rave) for 3 and 1/2 years before burning out on the monthly schedule.

I don't seem to have a specific favorite game genre, since it constantly depends on the mood I'm in. My all time favorite games list would include Kaboom, Haunted House, Final Fantasy 1 + 6,7, Metal gear Solid, Ninja Spirits...to name a few.

Having been asked if I were Captain N, I seem to havefound my calling LOL

I'll admit that I'm a very bad home body, and will eventually get my ass in gear and get out to the expos and stuff to meet other DP users, including the VideoGames Etc store. I just can't pull myself away from the games.

Here's to good times and high scores.

[GameAddict-UK]

Hey, just thought I'd take a few moments to write a little about my self, I'm 24 male, from the UK. Been into gaming for over 19 years first system I played on was a spectrum 48k. And the beloved game was the classic JetPak. Its a classic and if you've never tried it I would highly recommend that you do. After that I was hooked. My older bro borrowed the system off a friend and after a couple of goes I was demanding my own speccie system! Which my parents presented to me on my next birthday. After my years of buying magazines loaded with games on and seeing my collection mount, in between regular shopping trips to score the latest tape games and button bashing the arcades... systems I've owned since..

spectrum 2+, spectrum 3+, megadrive (genesis), mega cd (sega cd), sega 32x addon, sega saturn, sega gamegear, nintendo gameboy, SNES,nintendo 64, playstation, atari jaguar, neogeo pocket, pc.

I try to practice and play regulary.. but work life is very busy.. away from gaming I enjoy spending time, with friends, family, going to concerts, reading, music, socialising.

[1noohpyT]

- Who you are:::: My name is Tom

- Where you live::: I am moving to New Berlin which is in Wisconsin

- How you found the forums:::: I found it while viewing stuff at gooddealgames.com

- What your favorite games are::: I love all and any types of RPG games..

- What systems you collect for::: I am interested in Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Genesis, pretty much anything is good by me.

- What you do in "real life" :: I work for XEROX The Document Company..

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.:: I guess I started when I got my first game system and started playing PONG... The next game I had was where I had a rifle attached to the system and was out in the wild hunting deer and other wildlife animals..

Well that's a little about me and my stuff.. See you guys/gals on the boards..

[GameGuru]

Hey all, I am the GameGuru and I live in Minnesota. I actually stumbled across this forum while searching for classic system info in Google. I actually own and run Nostalgia Gaming (http://www.nostalgia-gaming.com) and even though we are not a big site we are such lovers of classic gaming we try to update often. I own just about every system and my lastest addition is a totally mint Sega Nomad. Well not too exciting but that is me.

[crazyjackcsa]

Who you are
- Where you live
- How you found the forums
- What your favorite games are
- What systems you collect for
- What you do in "real life"
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc

My Name is Trevor Thompson, I live in Southern Ontario. I found the forums from gamefaqs.com . My Favorite Systems are Genesis, Saturn Dreamcast and GameCube, But I mainly collect for the Saturn, I used to have PDS, Burning Rangers and Shining Force 3 but durning an unemplyed stint I sold them, I'm Now trying to get tehm back. My total Collection stands at 80+games. In real life I'm a DJ at a radio station in Chatham website.. 630cfco.com I also own a 71 Buick Riviera. I began collecting when the Saturn started to fade away, mainly to collect games few people have ever heard of on a system that seemed ignored.

[Rynex]

My name is Isaac (like the Metal Soldier), I'm 22 years old, married and I live in N'awlins; New Orleans for those of you who're unhip...

I stumbled across the site a few weeks ago and lurked for a bit before I registered... Ironically, I saw the site in EGM a day or two after I found it.

I'm currently collecting for anything I can afford but I prefer 16/32 bit systems and computers. I currently own (with fav games):

Atari 1200XL - Panther/S.W.A.T.
Atari 1040STf - Jinks
Commodore 64
Atari 2600 - Mario Bros.
Atari 5200 - Pole Position 2
Nintendo NES - Super Mario Bros. 3
Atari Lynx - S.T.U.N. Runner
Sega Genesis w/ 32x - Lightening Force a.k.a Thunder Force IV
JVC X'Eye - Snatcher
Atari Jaguar (now dead) - Iron Soldier & Tempest 2000
Sega Saturn - Galactic Attack & Galaxy Force II
Neo Geo Pocket Color - Match of the Millenium: SvC
Sega Dreamcast - Rez
Sony PS2 - Einhander & Thunder Force V/ Xenosaga
Gameboy Advance - Sonic Advance
Fave game overall: Final Fantasy VII

In real life, I'm a producer. I make hip-hop tracks for the money (to feed my gaming habits, of course), but I produce Drum'n'Bass/Jungle for the love of the music. I'm currently desparately seeking a PC-FX w/ Team Innocent, Battle Heat and Tengai Makyo.

Also, Thunder Force heads will know where my screenname comes from ;)

[Milk]

I'm a 19 year old Bio major from New York City. I found the site while looking for info on Bio-Miracle Bokette Upa. I love platformers, shoot 'em ups, beat 'em ups, Rogue-likes, and the occassional console RPG. I don't actually collect, since I have very little money to do so, but I do enjoy the emulation scene. It's allowed me to play games I could only read about when I was a kid.

I was a huge gamer growing up, but then I hit high school, and begging my parents for a 200 dollar system and 50 dollar games quit being a viable option. Most of the people around me looked upon video gaming as something you grow out of, or as a male thing (unfortunately, my genitals are of the opposite variety). I did save up for a few Gameboy Color games during this period, but it was mostly a long dry spell. Then I got a computer when I graduated high school (via some money I'd won at the graduation ceremonies), and I discovered emulation and GameFAQs.

I have a definite bias for the 16 bit, Sega vs. Nintendo era, but I find that the earliest days of gaming are beginning to fascinate me.

I like picking up interesting bits of information on the industry.

[Sauza12]

Hi Everybody! My name is Mike and I live in the always entertaining city of Detroit. I've been collecting video games ever since my mom got me a Nintendo on Christmas of '85, and it's only gotten more obsessive from there. At the current time I have around 500 games for 23 game systems. Right now I am trying to complete my 32x collection and I am also slowly chipping away at my Genesis collection.
Other than being a video game junkie, I have become strangley dependent on football, which is odd considering that the Lions couldn't play thier way out of a paper bag. I also love hockey as do most people from Detroit, and have been playing it for about 12 years now. Thats it for now. I'll see everyone on the message boards!

[themessage]

Hi, I'm Austin, 19 years old, lived in Florida my whole live, saw snow once. Leaving for basic training in the Air Force in January. My plan is USA for 4 years, then Japan for 2 years, then I'm out :). I've lurked around in the forums for about a year.

Only had a NES (20 games)and then a Genesis(4 games..), then N64(3 games). Because I didn't really have any good games, I never got into consoles that much.

Most of my gaming came from PC games, Ultima Online, Quake 2/3, Diablo, Baldur's Gate. Collecting started about 2 years ago when I got a job. I just wanted to see what I've been missing, stuff I've only dreamed about. I collect for every system, and so far I have about 400 games and 15 systems.

I'm a real die hard Splinter Cell fan, I've made a stealth walkthrough on GameFAQs. Right now I'm trying to finish a video of my walkthrough, so people can download it before I leave.

I love Action RPGs...Neverwinter Nights, Zelda, Illusion of Gaia, KOTOR, etc.
Then stealth games, Tenchu, Thief 1/2, Splinter Cell.
Others include: Castlevania, fighting games(Samarai Shodown, MK:DA), NBA Street, Road Rash, 1080 Snowboarding.

Favorite game of all time: Ultima Online, never played it on OSI, just all the free shards. Stopped playing a while ago since free shards like to refresh and delete everything every year or few months. I'm dying to play it when I get out of basic training.

I haven't played too many games, and I hate emulation. I'm still missing out on all the popular stuff. I've never really played a turn-based RPG before, I've love to, but I don't have time to get into any right now.

Currently though, just got a Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, and Metal Slug X. My family is paying for the $120 AES as a christmas present(I have to wait till the 25th!), and I bought the NG CD for $30, then Metal Slug X for $75. And of course I'll pick up each Samarai Shodown :). Also I'm finally getting a GameCube for christmas, then I'll shell out the money for 1080 Avalanche, can't wait.

[Ze_ro]

Hi, my name is Brad Johnson... I've been a regular on the AtariAge message boards for quite some time, and only recently decided to start posting here too. I have no idea how I originally found out about this board... I've known about it for a long time, but never bothered with these forums for some reason.

Anyways, I'm 23 years old and grew up with a ColecoVision and a C-64. A while back, I was having problems with insomnia, and decided that it would be cool to find an old Atari 2600 so I could play video games at night instead of just lying there (I have no idea how I figured video games would solve my insomnia :roll: ). About a month later, I managed to find an Atari and a few games... eventually things snowballed into a full-blown collection, and I now have about 12 or 13 systems hooked up in my room alone, and a room full of old 80's computers downstairs as well.

My favorite systems are the Dreamcast, Jaguar, Vectrex, ColecoVision, and of course, the Atari 2600. I don't generally bother with newer consoles, but I did get a Gamecube a while ago. I don't think I could even list all my favorite games, since there are just so many... but some of my absolute favorites are 80's arcade games such as Moon Patrol, Berzerk, Wizard of Wor, Major Havoc, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Bosconian, Frogger and so on... Thank god for MAME! :)

--Zero

[Spoony Bard]

Hello. Long time lurker, new time poster. Name is Ron Huffine, from Colfax NC. 21 and gamer for almost 15 straight years now (Christmas is the aniversary of my first system, Sega Master System). I used to have a great collection of games for every system since NES and SMS, but had to sell a number of them to get through a rough patch (Did manage to keep the SAT, SCD, SMS and some of the Gen games though). I don't remember how I found this site, but I love it. I hope to rebuild my collection or sell it completely to someone who can appreciate it.

And the moment I find a working arcade OutRun deluxe (moving) for sale, I'm sold.

[Schenley]

Hi. I'm A.J. (Schenley was a fraternity nickname). I'm a 35 year old teenager living in central New Jersey. I'm getting married (again) in April. I own a computer networking company - on my 7th year in business! (OK, that's enough 'personal' information. :o

My history of gaming:

-The first game I saw was Space Invaders in (roughly) 1979. It was in the game room at the campground where my family stayed all summer. It was so much cooler than the pinball machines, and always had a line of kids waiting to play.

-In 7th or 8th grade, while all my friends were getting Atari 2600, Intellivisions, and Colecovisions, my parents decided that I couldn't get a 'mindless' gaming system, but instead I could get a newfangled home computer. They thought that I could actually learn something. I decided on the Tandy Color Computer. It had a whopping 4K of memory, chicolet style keys, no hard drive, or even a floppy drive. And, it only cost $400!! I would stay up all night long typing in programs out of magazines and then spend a week looking for bugs or typos - just to play a corny sub hunt game with huge blocks, and only 16 colors. Eventually I progressed to the much improved Coco3, with 128K! I also got a floppy drive, so I could buy better games. The games I remember most are Poltergeist (http://nitros9.stg.net/poltergeist.html) and DoodleBug (a LadyBug ripoff) (http://nitros9.stg.net/doodlebug.html). I also liked Donkey King (http://nitros9.stg.net/donkeyking.html). (You should check out those links! Ahhh, nostalgia)

-Along this time, I spent some time at friends house with their 2600's and Colecovisions. On the 2600, I can remember Dragster, Haunted House, Pitfall2, and the extremely lame PacMan. I don't remember much from the Colecovision, but I do remember playing it (now that I have my own - more later).

-In high school, I got a job at Henry's Playland - an arcade on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights. I rode my 10-speed bike 12 miles each way. I was introduced to tons of new games - Spy Hunter, Defender, Dragon's Lair. I can vividly remember calls of "Body Blow, Body Blow" from Super Punch-Out. I never played that then, but now it brings back memories of that summer when I play it.

-I also rode to the local arcade which only stayed in business about a year. There I played stuff like Tron, Galaga, PacMan, Joust, and Mr. Do!

-In college, I spent a whole year playing Indiana Jones (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=I&game_id=8186) and Chase H.Q. (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=C&game_id=7318)

-After my freshman year, I got into PCs and didn't go to arcades much. Eventually, I started playing only PC games - here are my favorites chronologically: Duke Nukem 3d, Grim Fandango, Quake III, Half-Life, Max Payne, GTA3 Vice City, Simpsons Hit & Run (currently playing that one...)

-Fast forward to now. We decided to have an 80s themed Halloween party, so I really wanted to get into the spirit of the 80s. I started buying retro stuff - a magic 8ball, rubik's cube, Coleco's handheld football and baseball games. I saw the Atari 10-in-1 game (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000645DD/102-1103261-9987366) that's out now, and immediately bought it. Once I played it, though - I thought how cool would it be to have a real one? I started looking online, bought a couple 2600s and a Colecovision on Ebay. I also ran into a little program called MAME - that's it, I was hooked. I built a custom arcade cabinet for the MAME setup - with a 21" monitor, Hanaho's Hotrod joystick panel. That was a HUGE hit at the party - I got three serious offers from people wanting me to build them one!

I will eventually get some pictures of my game room up on my web site. I've got a pool table, electronic dartboard, bar with kegerator, the MAME cabinet, and a 52" TV with the Colecovision and 2600s. I also have a table set up with the old Cocos - one that I got on EBAY, and one I dug out of my father's attic. Oh, by the way, I was PacMan, and my fiance was Speedy (the pink ghost) for our Halloween party. Check out the pictures on my web site. (www.griglak.com/Galleries/031031_Halloween) You can see the MAME cabinet...

Well, that's enough blabbing for now. Hope to 'meet' a lot of you on the forums...

-=A.J. "Schenley"

[Sph1nx]

La de da. This reminds me of those mixer type games you end up playing at various social functions.


20 year old poor as dirt University Student doing B.Comm / Comp Sci joint degree.
Extra cash goes towards my nes collection. Aprox 300 in so shes getting there.

- Ralph "The Goofy Newfie"

[Speedy]

My name is Rob, 22 years old. Living in the Netherlands (Enschede).
First found those ultimate gamerooms (think by a lucky Google click) and after that i found these forums. Love to read a bout other people who collect nice stuff :)
In real life i'm a student (something with computers :))

Favorite games are mostley Nintendo games or Nintendo style games. Besides that i love Gran Turismo 3 :)

I don't collect for a particular system, period or brand. Everything i get my hands on and is a console is welcome in my little collection (from homecomputers to nextgen's). But Nintendo and Sega systems are my main thing. I also prefer hardware instead of games (and i like the hardware boxed)
Currently i'm owning the follow systems:
Nintendo: NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Gameboy and GBA (all boxed)
Sega: Mastersystem, Megadrive, Megdrive II, MegaCD II, Saturn, Dreamcast, GameGear (all boxed)
Atari: 2600 and 7800 (both boxed) (also got an 1040 STf with box)
Sony: Playstation and Playstation II (only box i'm missing ... the Playstation box :( )
(and for the rest an C128, but Homecomputers are not my thing)

Started collecting for about a year ago, together with a mate. Got most of the main systems. To bad i don't have such a budget to buy specials or console's like an AES or PC Engine etc. (those are expensive bitches in Holland/Europe). For those systems i've got about 175 games. Nothing special i think (maybe my near mint Lunar Eternal Blue for Sega CD wich i get for free together with a saturn :))
Also got about 80 pc games, but i quit "collecting" them since they put all games in DVD boxes here in europe.

[retroplayer]

Hi i,m rob 23 years old, i,m that mate of speedy. Ive been also collecting for a year now and the collection is getting bigger and bigger. I life in the netherlands(almelo) it,s a city next to enschede. I mainly collect and i,m not playing games the whole day.

My collection about now consist the following systems.

Nintendo: NES,SNES,N64,GC,Gameboy,gameboy pocket, gameboy advance sp, and a few game and watches.
Sega: master sytem 2, genesis 1,2,mega cd,32x,gamegear,saturn,dreamcast
Atari: 2600 3 different versions,7800,65xe,800xe,1040,lynx,jaguar.
Misc: coleco vision, oddesy2, cdi, etc I can,t think of everything now. But almost every thing is boxed and in a goed condition. And over 500 games.
http://users.ign.com/collection/jawa600 but not everything is listed here.

I,m still a student at the same study as speedy.

I,m hope to read some great stuff here on digitpress. And wil post some thing in the future.

Play-on retroplayer.

[skittles]

Hey everybody, what's up? My name is Jeff and I am an 18 year old college student from Canada. I have just over 200 games (http://go-acct.com?go=<a href=)" onmouseover="window.status = 'goto: games (http://go-acct.com?go=games)';return 1" onmouseout="window.status=''">games (http://go-acct.com?go=games)</a> in total across 8 or so consoles. I have only been collecting for about a half a year and am loving it :D
I am hoping to get into the console/electronic repair business upon completion of my Electronic Engineering technician course, mainly so I can buy consoles dirt cheap and fix them up myself :-P

I wish this site continued success in the future and hopefully it will get better every year!

[QBert]

Hello fellow gamers!
My name is Chris, living in cold Canada. Edmonton to be exact.
Ive been hangin around here for a week or so, taking in all that is here!
Ive just recently started "collecting" but have been into gaming pretty much since I was young. I sold off all my coleco, NES and SNES collections years ago and now am trying to get them back. This is a great hobby and Im glad to have found this site! I wont write a novel, but just wanted to say hi.

My collection so far includes:

Intellivision with 36 games
Genensis with 5 games
SNES with 30ish games
Dreamcast with 6 games
Xbox with 23 games
Halleys Comet arcade machine
MAME arcade machine I built

So a decent start, but OMG some of you guys ARE GODS!

Glad to be here!


Chris

[melanie926]

Hey all, Im Melanie. I live in the tiniest of town on teh Norht Shore of Lake Superior.... being in this palce really limits my video gaming buying options (really only online shopping) but i still lik eto play the gold old ones now and then... gotta love the NES and SNES...... anyways... just thought I'd introduce myself. I really have only started my collecting, but soon i am going to expand my collection to inculde more than age-old Nintendo favs.

[melanie926]

Hey all, Im Melanie. I live in the tiniest of town on teh Norht Shore of Lake Superior.... being in this palce really limits my video gaming buying options (really only online shopping) but i still lik eto play the gold old ones now and then... gotta love the NES and SNES...... anyways... just thought I'd introduce myself. I really have only started my collecting, but soon i am going to expand my collection to inculde more than age-old Nintendo favs.

[Ring_King56]

- Who you are : Greg
- Where you live : Fairfax, Virginia
- How you found the forums : I recieved an email from a friend with a link to the gameroom pictures, and that was all she wrote!!! Ive finally found a forum were I belong, I am one of the few in my circle of friends that loves video games, I mean going all the way back to the Pong system.
- What your favorite games are : Atari Combat, Indy 500 (tag mode), Adventure. Coleco Vision: Looping, Smurfs (I loved that game), Miner 2049er, Artic Adventure. Arcade classiscs: Ring King (hence the name) Commando, Yier of Kung Fu, Kung Fu Master, Karate Champ etc...
- What systems you collect for: Atari2600, Coleco Vision (with atari adapter), Inellivision (actually I only have the intellevoice, strange) Nintendo, sega genesis w/32x, Turbo Grafix16, 3do, N64, Ps1, Dreamcastm Ps2, Xbox
- What you do in "real life" : Network Engineer for GMU
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Well I currently run a local recording studio with 4 other partners, Love cars, and love video games, I havent been into the classics because I didn't know of sites like this, but now IM BACK!!!!
Great site, and god bless ya for havin this!!!! :D

[Ring_King56]

- Who you are : Greg
- Where you live : Fairfax, Virginia
- How you found the forums : I recieved an email from a friend with a link to the gameroom pictures, and that was all she wrote!!! Ive finally found a forum were I belong, I am one of the few in my circle of friends that loves video games, I mean going all the way back to the Pong system.
- What your favorite games are : Atari Combat, Indy 500 (tag mode), Adventure. Coleco Vision: Looping, Smurfs (I loved that game), Miner 2049er, Artic Adventure. Arcade classiscs: Ring King (hence the name) Commando, Yier of Kung Fu, Kung Fu Master, Karate Champ etc...
- What systems you collect for: Atari2600, Coleco Vision (with atari adapter), Inellivision (actually I only have the intellevoice, strange) Nintendo, sega genesis w/32x, Turbo Grafix16, 3do, N64, Ps1, Dreamcastm Ps2, Xbox
- What you do in "real life" : Network Engineer for GMU
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Well I currently run a local recording studio with 4 other partners, Love cars, and love video games, I havent been into the classics because I didn't know of sites like this, but now IM BACK!!!!
Great site, and god bless ya for havin this!!!! :D

[Nebagram]

- Who you are

Nebagram, optional definite article at the front. Real name is Ben and I like all things that involve videogames and "Countdown".

- Where you live

Lincoln, England- not exactly a hub of videogame activity but I get by.

- How you found the forums

Followed a link from an RPG gaming site. The sad thing is, that was four months ago and I've only just registered... :hmm:

- What your favorite games are

Anything with "Mario" in the title :D I guess I'm just a Nintendo whore, really, but Mario games have been tip-top for 18 years (say what you will, I personally couldn't put Sunshine down) for a reason.

- What systems you collect for

Mainly old Sega and Nintendo- I own- Megadrive, Saturn, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, and my most recently acquired pride and joy, an Atari Lynx Mk 1 (with AC adaptor so no going bankrupt on batteries! :D )

- What you do in "real life"

I work for a software firm. A perk of this is that one of our support technicians has a massive (and I do not use italics lightly) collection, he's the only person I know who practically drooled over his 520ST when it arrived in the post. He's also offered to flog me his Atari Jaguar when he gets bored of it :D

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc

I only began seriously collecting when I entered gainful employment two years ago, but I've racked up a modest amount of games (137 at last count, plenty more on the way, though) in that time, but I've been playing ever since the days of "Video Pinball" and "Missile Command" on the Atari 2600. That was 1987. I was 4. I am still yet to properly grow up. LOL

So, in summing up, hi. :)

[Nebagram]

- Who you are

Nebagram, optional definite article at the front. Real name is Ben and I like all things that involve videogames and "Countdown".

- Where you live

Lincoln, England- not exactly a hub of videogame activity but I get by.

- How you found the forums

Followed a link from an RPG gaming site. The sad thing is, that was four months ago and I've only just registered... :hmm:

- What your favorite games are

Anything with "Mario" in the title :D I guess I'm just a Nintendo whore, really, but Mario games have been tip-top for 18 years (say what you will, I personally couldn't put Sunshine down) for a reason.

- What systems you collect for

Mainly old Sega and Nintendo- I own- Megadrive, Saturn, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, and my most recently acquired pride and joy, an Atari Lynx Mk 1 (with AC adaptor so no going bankrupt on batteries! :D )

- What you do in "real life"

I work for a software firm. A perk of this is that one of our support technicians has a massive (and I do not use italics lightly) collection, he's the only person I know who practically drooled over his 520ST when it arrived in the post. He's also offered to flog me his Atari Jaguar when he gets bored of it :D

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc

I only began seriously collecting when I entered gainful employment two years ago, but I've racked up a modest amount of games (137 at last count, plenty more on the way, though) in that time, but I've been playing ever since the days of "Video Pinball" and "Missile Command" on the Atari 2600. That was 1987. I was 4. I am still yet to properly grow up. LOL

So, in summing up, hi. :)

[BoOchan]

duuuude.
edited.

[BoOchan]

woah damn.

[zZSuperRetardZz]

Who you are : Manuel

- Where you live : - Just a little bit north :roll: of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

- What your favorite games are : Shenmue (Yu Suzuki is a genius), Phantasy Star 3 and up, Shining Force (beat em all,memorable game!), Final Fantasy Series, Unreal Tournament series, Earthbound (too bad they stopped the series), and almost any RPG.

- What systems you collect for: NES, SNES, Game Gear, Sega Saturn, Game Boy, Sega CD (just started out my collection and got a bunch of rare games for $10 including Snatched!!!), Xbox, PS2, GBA, Gamecube, PC, and hopefully im not missing anything x_x .

- What you do in "real life" : I'm a student -_- *blah*

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

Well i've been playing video games since I was 3 when my dad got me hooked on them. The first game I beat was Mario Bros. (everyones first right?) when I believe I was 4-6 around there and the Legends of Link. I began collecting as soon as this Game gear at this video game store caught my eye and was something at the time I never heard of. I bought it anyways and ever since then I've been buying old video game stuff whenever I could get my hands on em! And thats me O_O

[zZSuperRetardZz]

Who you are : Manuel

- Where you live : - Just a little bit north :roll: of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

- What your favorite games are : Shenmue (Yu Suzuki is a genius), Phantasy Star 3 and up, Shining Force (beat em all,memorable game!), Final Fantasy Series, Unreal Tournament series, Earthbound (too bad they stopped the series), and almost any RPG.

- What systems you collect for: NES, SNES, Game Gear, Sega Saturn, Game Boy, Sega CD (just started out my collection and got a bunch of rare games for $10 including Snatched!!!), Xbox, PS2, GBA, Gamecube, PC, and hopefully im not missing anything x_x .

- What you do in "real life" : I'm a student -_- *blah*

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

Well i've been playing video games since I was 3 when my dad got me hooked on them. The first game I beat was Mario Bros. (everyones first right?) when I believe I was 4-6 around there and the Legends of Link. I began collecting as soon as this Game gear at this video game store caught my eye and was something at the time I never heard of. I bought it anyways and ever since then I've been buying old video game stuff whenever I could get my hands on em! And thats me O_O

[youruglyclone]

- Who you are: Stan

- Where you live: NYC

- How you found the forums: EGM...ironically the article laughed at collectors who bought on ebay...funny people here at digit press seem to think otherwise

- What your favorite games are: Rockstar's "life sims", pretty much anything nintendo, sega, bemani, weird games (think pepsi man and segata sanshiro), I'll play anything except those "numbered" sports games (but stuff like streets is dandy!)

- What systems you collect for: pretty much games of interest, but nothing before the NES...don't know why

- What you do in "real life": Small business owner (incidentally not a game store...thanks gord!), and current jobseeker

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. First Game in the US was Popeye game&watch (I'll never get rid of that), but also I can't seem to part with anything I own...packrat mentality

[The S]

- Who you are : The S, God of Noga, college student
- Where you live : Tacoma, WA
- How you found the forums : Tips & Tricks' Jason Wilson, on G4
- What your favorite games are : Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PS2), Dead Or Alive 2/Hardcore (DC/PS2), Street Fighter (PC)
- What systems you collect for: Any and all. I'm trying to collect many systems as well as games
- What you do in "real life" : What the Hell is that?
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. : My parents were gamers in the late '70's, so naturally I became one. I only recently began collecting seriously, because I have a dream to make a video game museum...

[dmhawkmoon]

Well according to my register date I am not new, but my account didn't work til I e-mailed about it today.

- Who you are : Bryan, 22 year old college student
- Where you live : NJ
- How you found the forums : Because I'm into retrogaming and own some "weird" stuff. I also live near a guy I know as Chris1 over at Neo-Geo.com, and he's mentioned this site before. His collection is massive; one of the biggest I've ever seen.
- What your favorite games are : Metal Slug 1-5 (Neo-Geo), Super Monkey Ball (GC), Shikigami no Shiro 2 (GC), Ikaruga (GC), Breath of Fire V (PS2)
- What systems you collect for: I only buy games that I will play (with rare exceptions), and I own about 12 or 13 systems. My most impressive collections are on the Neo-Geo and Gamecube, but still it's only games I like.
- What you do in "real life" : Philosophy Student and president of the club at Rutgers University, work in a supermarket
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.: Got a NES at a young age. Been amassing games ever since. Super Monkey Ball showed me the light and led me back to retro games and arcadey games.

EDIT: "chris1" = "videogamerdaryll" on here

[FF6]

Real name is Alberto aka Jr

Started playing games around the time Nintendo came out. Got so hooked on it I was called Nintendo freek. But whenever anyone needed help on a game I was the one to be called. The funny thing is that I didn't own a nintendo game but had tons of games. I would just play at friends houses.


Final Fantasy 3 (6 in japan) is my all time favorite game. Still have the game. I hear it's worth some money. I think I saw it on ebgames for 45 dollars. Cool.

that's about it. Oh, I love House music. Use to dj but still have my equipment,

[Chingaling]

Hello everybody....long time visitor of the forum and decided to join.

[charitycasegreg]

- Who you are
Greg

- Where you live
Wisconsin

- How you found the forums
Searched for price guides on yahoo I think

- What your favorite games are
Super mario 3, Mario world, Sonic 1-S&K, Megaman 1-x3, DK country 1-3, Resident evil, Excitebike, Sonic for SMS, and some I forgot about probly.

- What systems you collect for
Well I was bon in 1987 so I didn't play atari, colecovision, intellivision and those other old systems. I use to always play Nintendo, genesis, and snes back when I was little. I always liked the older systems and I just recently started collecting. I collect nes, snes, sms, genesis, atari 2600, as of right now. I hope to get a sega cd and a sega 32x soon. If I come accross older systems at garage sales or from friends I'll buy them. Ebay is too expensive though.

- What you do in "real life"
Unemployed right now. I just skateboard and hang out with friends and play old video games.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I always liked old games so I decited to start collecting a few months ago. I had a start already with my genesis, and 2 nintendos and a few games. I mainly just ask friends for games and systems and buy them for cheap or get them for free.

[Pacmaniac]

My name is Keith, 34, and a huge huge PacMan and Colecovision fan. Just joined today after my buddies got me a Colecovision for Christmas. When I opened the box I got the same feeling of excitement that I had when I opened my old Colecovision on Christmas way back in 1982.

I have all the new current systems but spend most of my time playing the old stuff on my PC. Thank God for emulation!

[suppafly]

Hello! I have been a member of the forums since July 2003, and have dealt with many other users in buy/trades...but i hadnt noticed this thread to introduce myself.

My name is P. Sahui . I live in Yucatan, in southern mexico.

I found the forums via some messages over at SegaXtreme. My favorite systems are all SEGA systems, specially the Genesis, Game gear and 32x. I also love modern consoles. I love action and racing games. I play SOME Rpgs, but i dont have so much free time to finish them.

I collect for Genesis mainly. I will try 32x soon too.

Now about my real life...im 26 years old, and i have a college degree on psychology, but i currently work in a big newspaper as an editor. Other of my real life interests are history, literature and progressive rock music. I am a calm person, but i like to joke a lot too. Let me know if you ever come to Mexico for vacations, i can show you around for free :D

[Klendathu]

Hi,

Im Klendathu.

Im 27 years old
My hometown is Evansville In
I've been collecting for a while
I collect NES,SNES,NEO GEO,SEGA MASTER SYSTEM, GENISIS, SEGA CD, PS, PS2, N64, ARCADE, GBA, DC, Thats about it.

My current favorite is TribesAA for the PS2. Im in a clan <E>Xterminators we have forums the website is http://www.tribesaa.com <---very fun

My other interests are movies, paintball, baseball, <---GO CUBS ,eating steak etc.

I found the forums searching for rare games on google.
My largest collection is my DC games over 200.

I am a logictics enginer<----Fancy term for Dock Worker
Well thats about all.

Till next time, Lub YA

[baddseed]

Who you are
Bruce

Where you live
San Fernando Valley, CA

How you found the forums
Google search for users groups

What your favorite games are
All Mario, All Sonic, Godzilla DAM, Mortal Kombat, Venture, Super Pitfall, Zaxxon, Mousetrap, Barnstorming and everything else.

What systems you collect for
Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, SMS, Genesis, Palystation 2, Game Cube, Gameboy Pocket and Advance, NeoGeo Pocket Color, Game Gear, Game.com, Lynx, Odyssey2, NES, SNES and N64. I also collect 70's and 80's classic handheld games.

What you do in "real life"
I edit Cartoons.

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
My wife got me a NES at a garage sale, So I started buying all the games I had when I was a kid. Then I started buying all the systems I used to own. It sort of took off from there. Now I own over 500 games for over 20 systems.

[Algol]

Who you are: Algol
Your favorite games: Asteroids, Tetris, Super Mario Kart, a few others I can't think of right now.
What systems you collect for: My system collection includes Atari VCS, Atari 7800, NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, SMS, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, NGPC, Game Boy B&W, Game Gear, Virtual Boy, and PS2.
What you do in "real life": High school student
Any other interesting facts: I am the proud owner of a toploading NES that came along with two dogbone controllers, a NES advantage, and a whole box full of games for $20. 8-)

[Larry Adams]

My name is Larry Adams.I live in Indiana. I found this excellent place one day
surffing for info. on video game rarity lists. I purchaced a Nes in 1985 I think.
Christmas present for my 6 children. Began buy sell trade to finance hobby.
I collect ---nes 275 ---sms 31--- gen 165--- sega cd 28---32x 6---snes 175-
T16 28---gameboy 11---gamecom 6---atari 2600 37---n64 28---dreamcast
Favs. Donkey Kong Country 1,2,3, snes---Baseball Stars,1,2,nes---NBA2K2
Dreamcast---Double Dribble---Shenmue---Zelda Ocarina---THANK YOU,DP !

[redcurrie]

Hi, my name is Laura and I'm an....whoops, wrong forum! :D

I currently reside in Texas and was referred to DP by some of the guys on AtariAge when I was looking for a pricing guide. As with others, I buy/sell/trade to support my hobby (or as Dave Barry said, "There's a fine line between hobby and mental illness."). Anyway, I was searching Miss Piggy on e-bay one day when a "Pigs in Space" Atari cart popped up. I remembered all of the good times that I had playing Atari as a kid and well, that was it. Well, a 2600, 5200, 7800, NES, SNES, N64, GBA, PS1, INTV, TI-99, multiple Pong unit and a Genesis later, here I am. The games that I play the most at this moment are Pokemon Puzzle Challenge for the GB and NES Dr. Mario. Yep, puzzle games are definitely my thing! To support my habit, I help pharmaceutical and medical device companies get their products FDA-approved and on the market.

I am always looking for new stuff and currently have a massive trade list so please take a look! A link to it should be in my signature.

[bjk7382]

Hi, my name is Laura and I'm an....whoops, wrong forum! :D
I am always looking for new stuff and currently have a massive trade list so please take a look! A link to it should be in my signature.

Hey, its redcurrie from AtariAge! I have been here for a while, but don't post very much here. I guess I like atari more, and post over there a lot.

[downfall]

- Who you are: I'm Nick. I'm 19. I also go by "rawisjericho54" on the GameFAQS Message Boards, but have only been into collecting for a few months (as of Jan. 04)

- Where you live: I'm from West Virginia.

- How you found the forums: I just found the link on someone's links page and was impressed from there on.

- What your favorite games are: Sure, I'll go for the games that everyone else marks out for: Super Metroid and River City Ransom. I actually grew up on those games however, unlike a lot of people. Aside from that, I'm currently enjoying everything about Contra: Shattered Soldier.

- What systems you collect for:

Mostly NES, but I pick up what I can find. There's not a lot around here anyway. I really just started collecting in August of 2003, and my collection has tripled since then, so I'm doing pretty well for myself.

- What you do in "real life":

I'm a graphic designer for the state Division of Tourism.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc:

I've always enjoyed games, and really only got into collecting shortly after I got my current job. I could never afford it before, even though it was something I always wanted to do. Not that I can really afford it now, but I make do.

[D-Lite]

I've been trolling the Digital Press site for a while now, but decided it's time to step in....

- Who you are
I'm Dean Dragoli in real life, dragsy on eBay, and D-Lite on several other sites.

- Where you live
Bay Area, California, just south of San Francisco. Originally from southeastern Connecticut and still have family over there

- How you found the forums
Joe is a Turbo-List member and saw some links to his site through that list about 2-3 years ago

- What your favorite games are
Well, don't really need to list all of them, but the Zelda series is slick, and I have a soft spot for anything Bonk related

- What systems you collect for
Big Turbo Grafx guy here and all a Neo Geo Pocket kinda guy. Lots of other Neo Geo stuff too! I'm actually the NGPC mod over at Neo-Geo.com as well

- What you do in "real life"
I'm a synthetic organic chemist at a biotech company. About 75% of my time is at the hood doing chemical reactions. the other 25% is at my desk, of which about 50% of that time is checking the forums (!)

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Like most people here probably, played lots of games in the 80's during the boom. Got out of it for about 7-10 years and got back in during the eBay era which made buying back all my old Turbo stuff easy!
I do lots of Turbo Grafx/Duo modifications, so that is a bit of my tech freak side too.

[Raworrare]

Hello I usually go by my initials MS3 , I'm 24 and live in Ca. I rent out a room right across from a dairy so the cows are mooing as I type. Right now I have a job changing tires which is pretty easy and pays well. I play my SNES most of the time since I got the most games for it. Been trying to beat the last boss on Demons Crest which is tough. Have a sega, satun, n64 , Turbografx 16, neo geo pocket, gba, atari 2600, cdx and a xbox. Finally collected all the megaman games for snes. Looking for a hood for my car a 66 dodge polara since the one I have flew off on the freeway and got ran over (didn't do that the owner before me didn't have the hood secured) Well have a nice day.

[Nicola]

Hi!
I am Nicola, student, 23, from Italy. I collect everything I am able to find away from ebay (ebay looks like cheating my collection). Started playing on a c64, owner of 1600 single games from various format (expecially mega drive). I hate almost all japanese imports. My favorite games are: Frontier, Super Mario World, GTA vice city, all Mario Karts, Link's awakening...
When I was young I usually destroyed all the boxes of my games. Destroyed a pong for fun. One day one of my friend suddenly vomited on my snes (USA version) while playing mario kart with me.

[classicvidgamer]

Hi I'm Eli, 35 years old and I live in San Jose, Ca. I found out about this web site after attending CGExpo a few years ago. So yeah I've been lurking around for quite a bit!

My favorite games are Chopper Command (atari 2600), Raiden Project (PS1), R-Type (TG16), Mario Cart (SNES, N64, GC), Castle of Illusion (Genesis), Space Dungeon (atari 5200), House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast),
Rygar (Lynx, arcade), Robotron (arcade), Tron (arcade), Phoenix (arcade), ...

I collect for Atari 2600, 5200, Lynx, Jaguar, Intellivision, Colecovision, NES, Gameboy, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Turbo Grafx 16, Sega Master System, Genesis, Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, Xbox, and Neo Geo Pocket. I also own a Vectrex but since I bought the multi-cart I don't actively collect for it. Also have a Game Gear and a couple of games but again I don't actively collect games for it.

In "real life" I work in the Semi Conductor industry. Very boring!

I had an Atari 2600 in the early 80's and loved it. I even bought the Supercharger when it first came out! I got Communist Mutants from Space for the Supercharger and couldn't stop playing it! Soon after, my neighbor got a Colecovision and I fell in love with it! But money was tight and I couldn't afford to keep buying games. So I sold my Atari 2600 thinking I was going to upgrade to the Colecovision but it never happened.

I was not living in Silicon Valley at that time (I was living in a small town outside of Modesto, CA) so it was fairly easy to move on with life and forget about home consoles. I did continue to play the arcade games at the local pizza parlors though but would not own a console system again until someone bought me a SNES during the 16 bit wars. Slowly but surely I started to get into collecting. Now it seems I'm collecting for just about every system out!

Oh well I'm enjoying every minute of it! :D

[8-Bit Master]

- Who you are: Matt
- Where you live: Maine
- How you found the forums: AdamG works at my local Gamestop and told me about it. :)
- What your favorite games are: Super Mario 64, Resident Evil, Castlevania 3, Super Mario Bros. 3, Doom II, Adventure, Space Invaders, Frogger, Mega Bomberman, Gunstar Heroes
- What systems do you own: Atari 2600, Odyssey2, NES, Master System, TG-16, Genesis w/ 32X, SNES, Game Gear, Saturn, N64, Game.com, Dreamcast, PS2, Game Boy Advance, Gamecube, Xbox
- What you do in "real life": trainer and cashier at a grocery store
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.: I have played video games since very early on in my life. In fact I remember playing Flash Gordon, Riddle of the Sphinx and Spiderman on my uncle's Atari 2600 when I was about 3 years old. My love for video games never faltered as I grew older. I know have a 1000+ game collection spanning 20 different systems. I'm currently trying to get all US released NES games and I have over 500 right now, which means I've got another 150 - 175 to go. :roll:

[Red Warrior]

Greetings from the Hoosier state! My name is Danny, and I'm from a small town in southeastern Indiana. Born and raised here... and still living here actually.

I was born in March of 1979, and unlike most people here (I'm assuming), I didn't grow up with an Atari 2600. When I was 3, my dad purchased an Intellivision, and my brother and I played the crap out of it... so much to the point that dad had to hide the system every once in awhile so we'd go out and play. Hardcore from birth we were. LOL
So hardcore, in fact, that at the age of 4, I posted a score of over 500,000 points in Happy Trails (Activision game) for the Intellivision. Those of you who aren't aware of that game won't understand the big deal, but that's ok... I'm certainly proud of it. To this day, my older cousin tells me that was one of the most unbelievable sights he's ever seen... a 4 year old beating the crap out of Happy Trails. :D

Ok, I'm sorry. Enough bragging.
I've always been a hardcore gamer. Was playing arcade games at the age of 3 (Dad had to hold me up so I could see the screen). Started home gaming with the Intellivision, then Atari 5200 (Yes, my gaming career started on the two consoles with the worst controllers ever), NES, Super NES, Game Boy, N64, PSOne, Dreamcast, PS2, GBA, Xbox, and GameCube. After the Intellivision and Atari 5200 broke, dad threw them out, but we still had all the other consoles. My status as a classic game collector started a few years ago when I longed to relive childhood Intellivision memories, so I got on ebay and, over the course of a few months, purchased 4 Intellivision consoles and 88 Intellivision games. After that, I was hooked, I wanted to own everything! Luckily, I'd already built up a pretty good collection over the years, so I had a good start. Since the Intellivision buying spree, I've accumulated another Atari 5200 (with working controllers no less), an Atari 7800, all 3 Sega Genesis models, a Power Base Converter for Master System games, and looking forward to getting a Colecovision and Atari Jaguar... and anything else I can get my hands on.

My all time favorite games include:

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Intellivision
Metroid - NES
Pac-Man - arcade
Galaga - arcade
Super Metroid - SNES
Final Fantasy III/VI - SNES
Metroid Prime - GCN
Toejam & Earl - Genesis
Gran Turismo 3 - PS2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - PSOne

My collection currently consists of nearly 1000 games, and can be seen in its entirety (updated regularly) at:
http://users.ign.com/collection/razuma

Well, that's me in a nutshell. Great to be among my own kind. :)

[Mechafreek745]

Hi I'm Brad From Cincinnati Ohio,

I've Known about this website scince early 2003, just have never really been a big net head.

I work at a Gamestop over here and have been a huge fan of anything gaming, anime or mecha related (ie my screen name) I've played a lot of the classic games, and still play them along with the newer ones, My favorites would have to be Steel battalion, and Metal storm.

I collect games for The Nes, Gameboy, Dreamcast, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, 32x, PS2, PSX, Import ps2/psx/dc/GC, GC,

Well thanks for letting me join and Ill be seeing you on the forums.

[JB Lars]

Hey everyone, I'm new here. I made a post in another thread, but was encouraged to make one here, so I'm gladly doing so. Every forum should have one of these threads, really.

- Who you are
My name's Justin, and I'm a couple o' weeks from 31. I go by JB Lars or JBLars (or even jblars) everywhere on the 'net.

- Where you live
I'm in DeKalb, IL now, but plan on moving closer to the city this summer. With any luck, I'll run into some of you nice people at the Midwest Classic this year.

- How you found the forums
Oh, who knows? DP's been in my bookmarks for years, I'm just now de-lurking.

- What your favorite games are
Off the top of my head, and in no particular order: H.E.R.O., River Raid, Krusty's Super Funhouse, Seaman, Skies of Arcadia, Crazy Taxi, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Tempest 2000/3000, REZ, SOCOM II.

- What systems you collect for
All of 'em. Bar none.

- What you do in "real life"
At the moment, not a thing. Anyone hiring? ;)

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I'm not even sure how I began collecting. I unearthed my old 2600 right around the time I got a blowout Jaguar at KB Toys. I lived in Norfolk, VA at the time, and through hanging out on RGVC's IRC channel, I met the illustrious AlanD, who's collection blew my little mind. (Seriously, check out his 'Room of Doom' pics, and then take my word that as incredible as those photos are, it's even MORE impressive in person.) I've been a garage sale/thrift store/flea market/clearance sale whore since then, and the rest is a blur.

I wanted a Commodore 64 as a kid, but got a CoCo 2 instead. Also, when the NES was in full swing, I still had a 2600. I didn't have a then-current console to call my very own until I bought a PlayStation in '98. So I'm chasing the opulent youth I never had. I also eat sweets before meals, stay up past my bedtime, and leave the refrigerator door open for minutes at a time.

I also collect CDs, comic books, superhero RPGs, really cheap guitars, and any other useless crap that catches my eye when I'm out looking to expand the game collection.

[joetomnj]

Hey Everyone, I'm Joe Tomaskovic from central NJ.
Everyone who knows me as JoeTomNJ. I guess you can say I've been into gaming since before the Atari 2600 (I remember the old Pong games on TV)
I work for NJ Transit as a senior lot attendant and Finally got around to coming here. :above me:

[Mac-Abre]

WHO YOU ARE
- Charles, call me 'Mac' for short...
WHERE YOU LIVE
- Texas

HOW YOU FOUND THE FORUMS
- Been by the site quite a few times and figured it was time to jump on and get some help

WHAT YOUR FAVORITE GAMES ARE
- Sinistar, the Blood Omen / Soul Reaver series... hmmm... too many really to list

WHAT SYSTEMS YOU COLLECT FOR
- NES, Super NES, N64, GameCube, Gameboy / Color / Advance, TurboGrafx / TurboDUO, Playstation, Playstation 2, XBox, Sega Master System, Genesis, Saturn, Sega CD, 32X, Dreamcast, Atari Jaguar, 3DO

WHAT YOU DO IN REAL LIFE
- Work for EB, studying to be a mortician

Anyway, glad to be on board and looking forward to working with you folks! :)

[MaRiNe]

Hi my names Matt, and I'm a cartoonist (http://marine.strippers-corner.com/), and a raging heroin addict. I mean video games.

Been playing since I could fit a colecovision controller in my mouth at like age 2. I've beaten so many games its not funny, and wasted most of my childhood messing with games.

I like Rap Music, Insane Clown Posse, and Prince. Favorite movie: Pulp Fiction and if I could get quoted on one thing: 'It was like this when I found it, honest!'

And as for my favorite video games: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong Quest, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Final Fantasy Tactics, Zelda: OOT, Contra, Ganabre Goemon 1&2, Dig Dug, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, The Sims, and I've spent a great deal of time playing counter-strike.

[Steven]

- Who you are
I'm still trying to figure that one out myself!
Seriously, my name is *gasp* Steven, I'm a 20 year old who grew up on 8-Bit NES, SuperNES and Genesis. Great times they were! Such innocence back then I recall.

- Where you live
California

- How you found the forums
FunkBuddy

- What your favorite games are
Saturn Bomberman, Puzzle Fighter, any Street Fighter II game, any World Heroes game (yes I'm a big WH fan -- maybe the biggest you'll ever come across!), Slam N Jam 96, Fire Pro Wrestling 6 Man Scramble

- What systems you collect for
Saturn and DC.
Saturn I have 170 games and counting. Just started on DC, have 6 at the moment.

- What you do in "real life"
Go to CSU (CA State University), play and watch basketball, act as a side hobby

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
If it weren't for Saturn I wouldn't be into gaming today, period. Saturn's my favorite of all time. Recently, after a TWO YEAR HUNT, I finally got my hands on 34 issues of the legendary UK-based SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE and today it remains the prized jewel of my collection.

[Kejoriv]

- Who you are
My name is Keith Rivers and I am from Massachusetts. I am 22 years old and a recent college grad. I need a job.

- What your favorite games are
Halo, Mario Kart, Super Mario 3, Donkey Kong, Zeldas, Amped, Tiger Woods

-Systems:
I have a Nes, Genesis, Snes, N64, Xbox, Dreamcast, and Gamecube. I collect games for all the systems. I am also on the look out for any console system that I dont have. I have about 300 games.

- Any other interesting facts:
My main collection is Mad Magazines collectibles. My ebay name is also Kejoriv.

[SegaTecToy]

I forgot to introduce myself earlier:

Hi, I'm Cesar, from Brazil. I live in Manaus, a city in the heart of the amazon forest, and I'm studying computer science. I'm just starting my collection. I'm a Sega fan (fan, not fanboy!) But I like many other companies too. (except Sony because their hardware isn't reliable)

I have a DC, a Saturn and a N64 and some games for them. Of course I have a PC too and some neat games to play on it. I have about 60 games, most of them boxed and mint. (not that important but I like to have them in these conditions).

I give my old systems (2600, SNES, PS) and games to some friends before I became interested in collecting. I kick myself since them...

[Sand_monkey]

Hi!

I'm James from London, England. I love Heavy metal music, Anime, Manga and I'm addicted to calssic computer/console systems and RPG's.

I own (only what I can remeber) an:
X-Box, PS2, PSX, N64 x4, Dreamcast x2 (it's not dead damn you), Mega Drive, Mega CD (Again... not dead!), NES, SNES, C64, Amstrad CPC 464, Radofin telesports III, Grandstand adam color 3, Game Boy Color, Game boy advance, Master system, AJAX TG-621 Pong machine , Spectrum ZX81, Spectrum ZX, Commodore Plus 4, Master System 2, Jaguar.

Well that's all I can remeber for now... I do have LOADS more though :P

I'm also studying "Computer science: Games and graphics" at university :)

[8 1/2]

Hi, this is my first post here... interesting site for sure. I'm mainly a shmup freak, and so that's where most of my "collection" lies. If it's fast and deeply challenging then you'll find me there.

Fave shmups: Elemental Master, Esprade and Dodonpachi dai-ou-jou
Current favorite system: tie between Gamecube and Japanese PS2
Just getting into: PCB gaming.

[AMG]

Hello everyone. Names Andy. Been gaming since the days of the 2600.
I'm a game collector/player.

Systems I have:

Atari 2600 (Tele-Games)
NES x 4
SNES x 2
N64
Game Cube
SEGA Genesis x 2 (Gen 2 & 3)
SEGA Saturn
SEGA Dreamcast
PS1 x 3 (two are old models)
PS2


Nice board, glad I found it.

[puxley]

Hey everybody -
I live in the sun-blasted desert, where I work in radio and play gigs with my surf band, The Sonars.

I was a big gamer as a kid, and got back into the hobby a few years ago.
I've been to the last 3 CGE's and I look forward to the next.

I really enjoy my Atari 7800, Colecovision, and Intellivision the most, as well as plenty of PS2.

I stay away from cute-mascot jumping games, especially those where you must kill others with your butt.
I love space games, anything where I get to fly a space ship and blow stuff up! I also dig RPG's, survival horror, and some puzzle games.

The classic games I'm best at: Berzerk, Sinistar, Bosconian, Tempest, Joust, and Gyruss.

I look forward to having some laughs!

[TheClapLI]

Hi, My Name is Mike and I'm from Long Island New York. I came across this website last year when I decided to get started with a NES Collection. First off I'm really impressed with the way people act on this board and are quick to help each other out. Anyway, I've been collecting for a year now like I said and usually use EBAY and Gamestop and the occasional thrift to build my collection. At last count I'm up to about 260 games. Since I just started I'm sticking to American Games and Systems and mostly the ones I had growing up and sold off. Atari 2600, NES, Sega Master System, Genesis, Dreamcast, PS 1 and 2, All Gameboys, Virutal Boy, SNES, N64 and Gameboy all have a place of honor on my "Shelf Of Doom". I hope to get some more Atari Systems and Turbo Graphx 16 by the year is up as well as Sega CD, Game Gear and 32X. I'd also would love to come across someone who can tutor me in the ways of NEO GEO and maybe help me start a collection with that.

About Me: I'm a drummer in a Punk rock band called "The Clap" and I work at Costco (Pretty cheap games there). If I had a choice of jobs I'd definitly want to write music for games.

Why I collect: Mostly I started collecting cause when I was little my family wasn't to well off and when all my friends had NES I had an atari and then when I got a NES we really couldn't afford to many games. I think now that so many games are so cheap, I'm trying to compensate for my poor upbringing...jk...no matter how many games I had, I was happy, and no matter what I say, I mostly collect cause I love it, I love hunting for the games, and I love playing them when I can...I'm also very anal about things and the games give me something to fuse over...just try to move one of my NES carts out of Alphabetical order and I'll cut your hand off!

[joeshmoe713]

Hi everyone!

I am Joe, age 14, and I live in a town called Pleasantville (no kidding!!!)

One day, when I did a google search for some retro-gaming stores, I stubled apon these forums. I love this site and the forums are great!

As far as games go, I am a big RPGer. Most of my favorite RPGs are on my Super Nintendo. It just has so many awesome games. Super Mario RPG LotSS; Chrono Trigger; Earthbound; FF6; and others. Right now, I am playing through Mario RPG... again! I love it!!

Right now, I am working on my Super Famicom collection (imports). There are just so many games released for the Japanese market that werent released here. Also, in the near future, I think I will pick up a dreamcast for 15-20 bucks, get a boot disk, and play some imports.

As far as my real life, school takes up the majority of my time. I take the train to school every morning and home every night. This means 12-hour days. Then there is studying and homework. After that I play games, watch anime, read manga, or draw. My anime and manga collection easily beats out my games, but I love both equally.

I am looking foward to talking with everyone here!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (Chinese New Year--Year of the Monkey)

[eldunko]

i'm eldunko...from one of three places: Windsor, Oakville or the Ottawa Valley

i'm usually found roaming 3 boards: cgcc, atari-age and macaddict. I'm really into anything that's old and electronic related. If i see an abandoned MacSE sitting somewhere i'll usually take it home...even though I already have like 4 of them.

Because of that, my collection is rather scattered, often times i have no clue what i own and don't own. It's gonna be my summer project...organizing my mass of like a million genesis and TG-16's

[Sakara]

Who you are

My name is Cindy, I'm a 18 year old computer tech student. I started out as a computer maniac and discovered the wondeful world of console gaming through emulation.

- Where you live
Canada, Quebec

- How you found the forums
Surfing around for information

- What your favorite games are
I didn't played enough games for console to have favorites, even if I still like my colecovision markman and regret my dead TI-99. So all my favorites are on computer, all the old classics like lemmings, incredible machine and keen.

- What systems you collect for
I acquired a SNES so I'll start there, but if I can grab other old system at my flea I'll probably expand my interrests, even if there are a lot of things to see on the SNES. I won't do full collections, I'm more of a gamer than a collector so I'm looking for playing value.

[Crush Crawfish]

Hello everyone! I'm michael.

I've visited these boards all the time and finally decided to write. I've been collecting games for a while now. I learned of this site after receiving the Dp collector's guide 7 as a present.

I own around 800 games total, and I eventually hope to own every NES game released in america.

My favorite games of all time are Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Mega man 3, Breath of Fire 2, and Sonic 2. I'm definitely a die hard mega man and chrono fan, and my favorite system of all time is the SNES.

I'm very happy to meet everyone! :D

[armezj]

I guess its my turn

Well...my name is Armez and I live in soaking-wet Seattle. I just happened along on this fourm by accident...(surfing the web for disscusion boards) and I must say it's pretty big in here!

I'm 28 and I've been playing since 4 (cousin had a magnavox pong type system) I loved it so much he gave it to me when he got his 2600. Buy my true vice is NES. I thought I had it bad, but looking at some of the pictures in here of gamerooms...whoa! I don't have squat! My wife is gonna love seeing some of these pics.

My NES collection is growing slowly...about 360 carts and 87 sealed...a few 3rd-party controlers, stacks of boxes and manuals...I try not to ebay it to much...I like the hunt.

Besides the NES, I do have other systems. All three Genesis systems, (the third one is still unopened) and about 13 games...I would love to get more, both SNESs with 11 games, an Atari jr? (the smaller black one) with 8 games. GameGear w/ 5 games, Original Gameboy,Gameboy color,GBA and GBA sp with 6 games left...I always trade these games away...I don't know why?

I'm trying to get my hands on some more handheld systems! Anyone on here have a Nomad/Turbo express/NGP/or Wonderswan color...let me know.


In my off time *wink*, I work graveyard for a retail company stocking merchendise...and training to be a fireman. Take a guess at when I sleep...more important, how much sleep I get a day.

I've met some really nice people from these types of fourms, but I hope to someday get together with some from my neck of the woods and play some games with them...maybe do some trading...who knows.

Enough of all my blah, blah, blah,...thanks for reading, and I'll see ya later!

[Jasoco]

I'm 28 and I've been playing since 4 (cousin had a magnavox pong type system) I loved it so much he gave it to me when he got his 2600. Buy my true vice is NES. I thought I had it bad, but looking at some of the pictures in here of gamerooms...whoa! I don't have squat! My wife is gonna love seeing some of these pics.
Wow... you have a wife? And she likes your hobby? @_@ :D

On behalf of the Lollipop Guild, Welcome to Retrogaming Roundtable.

[Sashanan]

I'm Sashanan, a 23 year old database programmer from the Netherlands, and one of those people lucky enough to have been raised on the Commodore 64. I'm an active forum member and contributor at GameFAQs, specializing in FAQs and reviews for the Commodore; always figured it's better to fill a gap and risk having a small audience than to write for Zelda or Final Fantasy and just repeat what a hundred others already wrote, and better.

I was referred to these forums by another GameFAQs member when I stumped them with a question about C64 music, one I hope I'll be able to get answered here (soon as I figure out the proper forum for it LOL ), but after that I believe I'll be lingering. This place already feels like home.

Quick gaming history: first touched a Commodore 64's joystick at age 3, back in 1983, when my father had bought one of the things. Initially could only play under supervision (first game I remember playing is either BurgerTime or Donkey Kong, can't figure out which memory is older), but from age 6 on or so I'd be allowed to play the thing in the attic on weekends, quickly finding my way around our tapes and later our disks. Around 7 or 8 I wrote my first crude BASIC experiments, compared to which Hello World is the height of programming creativity. Nonetheless, the baby steps I took in programming then earn me my rent today writing Visual Basic data applications.

In 1988 our family Commodore broke down, but obsessed as I was with another chance to play those games, I saved up for one of my own. After hoarding my pocket money like never before and receiving a little financial assistance from my dad when I came up short, I bought my own Commodore at the end of the summer of 1989. That one still works today although it's tucked away in a box somewhere right now, in favor of emulation that doesn't require me to get off my lazy behind and hook it up.

There's hundreds of games on the tapes and disks that "came with the Commodore" (at the young innocent age I had back then, I'd never even heard of software piracy and really thought you could just get games for free as long as you bought the computer), and so I've got many pleasant memories of good games, but a couple that stand out for me are Black Hawk, Gribbly's Day Out, Montezuma's Revenge and Spike's Peak. All (well, except the latter which gets pretty annoying at times) are games I still like to pick up and play, and I'm pleased to see I haven't gotten much worse at them with age.

These days I don't have as much time to play games as I'd like to, and spend much of it on PC and PlayStation RPGs, but the Commodore gamer in me is far from dead. I am convinced that, if I live to be 80, I'll still be playing Montezuma while my grandchildren run around with their virtual reality Unreal Tournament 2060 headsets.

Well, that about wraps me up. Good to be here, seems a nice place. *tips hat to retro gaming*

[kraboomba]

Hello, I'm Lance Gaddie from Kentucky. I'm 20 years old and I just starting collecting games for about 3 months or so. I had my orignal NES that I got when I was about 3, and I just said What the Hell, I'll buy some more games for it, and one thing lead to another and now I'm addicted. I have a measely 150 games now for the NES and a small random assortment for other systems ranging from the Atari 2600 to the GameCube.

I found this site by surfing the web one day for rarity lists, and I've been visiting ever since. I mainly try to collect for the NES but I buy anything that I can find that is relatively cheap, being a college student I don't have too much money. I don't really have a "real life" outside of my girlfriend, school, and videogames, I'm going to try to attend the Philly Classic in March and mybe the CGE but who know's.

I think this place is great, thanks for your time
Lance

[TheHeroOFTimeOot]

Hey everyone. My name is Jon. I am best friends with marty, Mario Allstar. I love Zelda and Everquest online.

[Arcturius]

- Who you are
I'm Arcturius DeRaptor though most friends just call me Arcty
- Where you live
Bristol, England
- How you found the forums
Been reading 'em a while just never got around to signing up
- What your favorite games are
Bubble Bobble (Any Format), Chu Chu Rocket (DC), Puzzle Bobble (Most Versions), Digimon Battle Spirit 1.5 (Wonderswan)
- What systems you collect for
Pretty much any I can get my paws on I currently have a near complete PAL collection of Dreamcast games (Only 6 to Find)
- What you do in "real life"
At the moment I'm unemployed but working on my DC Archive Website.
- Any other interesting facts
I have an unnatural collection of herp related items covering my workspace ^-^

[PapaStu]

Howdy all

*Im Steve and live in Fremont Ca...

*I got turned onto the forums by Dangerboy, when he linked me the PSOne Collection list, so im here to help with my knowledge and maybe score some cool games...and get edumacated in the land of games even more than i currently am

* Fav games..... I tend to play a lot i lke the Action/Adventure stuff, Platformers and FPS games, ive also got a thing for those quirky Japanese games that make it stateside... (Incredible Crisis or Mr. Mosquito Anyone?)

*I collect for the following systems.... PSOne, PS2, GCN, GB/GBC/GBA, XBox, DC, N64 and NeoGeo Pocket Color.... but i own a bunch more systems, they just arnt on the top of my collecting list...

*Real Life??? Well i worked for a Music Chain Company from fall of 98 up till mid Dec 03 when i shut down my 3rd store, im currently not working, and finishing up my last semester @ SJSU where i am graduating with degrees in History and Anthropology, and a Minor in American Studies, what i do beyond that, ive got no clue

* I've allways been a collector of sorts... but i really got started collecting PSOne games about 3 1/2 years ago as a way to release stress from the constant fighting with the then girlfriend...figured it was better to spend the money on games rather than her (even though she got me my PSX) before i just got lots of games and played a ton, but thats when the collecting really started

[King Moonracer]

Hi Everyone
My name is Alan and I am born and raised in Florida. I have been into games since I was a little guy. It all started with my cousins Fairchild, which i was very envious of even at the age of 5. Then my dad bought an Atari 2600 when I was in like 3rd - 4th grade. It was his until I started wiping the floor with him in Combat and Home Run, then it became mine. I moved out of gaming in the mid 80's to baseball ( I played and was a batboy for the Orlando Twins) until I got a Vic 20 and then a Commodore 64. Played that religiously until I left gaming again in the early 90's (even though i had a Super Nintendo, I think I only owned Mario World, Mario Kart, and Madden 93. Lucky for me my wife plays games as well so when we got our own place I decided to set up a game room, and the rest is history.

I own quite a few old systems now, though I really focus on the new systems more. I collect games I wanted to play but was to poor for back in the day, and spend a lot of time with my Mame machine and the new systems.

My favorite games are Mario Kart, NCAA Football, Super Pac Man, Super Mario World, Video Pinball (I had that down to a science) and JUMPMAN for the Commodore 64, my all time favorite. I hunt for old games quite a bit and sell some on ebay. I love reading everybodys finds for the week posts and favorite games. Maybe know that I conquered lazyness I will post my own.

[supahzonik]

i'm prince millington
im 16 and an avrage kid with autism
i need da respect :snipersmile:

[Jack]

Hey, Im Jack Collier (Yes, THE Jack Collier from namek.co.uk, krud.co.uk and jc-host.com)

Im here to find out what item you need to get, and where from, to give to the wizardy vampire thingy on level 5 (ghost of wizkids past) on Wizkid (amiga).

IF YOU KNOW THEN E-MAIL ME AT: admin@namek.co.uk!

I WILL REWARD WITH HOSTING!! I AM THAT DESPERATE.
I have been playing it for over 7 years, and can only get 8 kittens...

Jack

[PackratMarty]

Hello, I'm Marty and I am a packrat.I lurked for years, have posted a little lately and because I have been trying to send so many people this way I thought I would introduce myself.I'm a collector more than a gamer.I love the hunt.The first games I ever got into were Legend of Zelda anb Super Mario Bros. when I was young.I loved the Mario Bros Arcade that I would play after school at a local hang out.
My biggest collection is my NES collection at about 300 games, but I love anything Sega more and anything less collected (RCA Studio, ODYSSEY and O2)I just recently hit the 1000 game mark across all collections.I love to find game related items, a sonic flag, a pac-man coffee cup, anything like that.
I just turned 31.I'm a Mom, my kids have been trained in the hunt and we can fan out and cover a garage sale or thrift store in minutes.
I like to play Sonic games,puzzle games,old arcade games (spyhunter,burgertime,donkeykong,etc.)
My rarest game is O2 powerlords.I have a stand-up afterburner, and would really like to get another stand up as soon as I can find one I can afford.
If your in or near Columbus, drop me a line.

[nothingisttrue]

my name is kyle nonneman im from columbia missouri
i just started collecting stuff about a year ago i focus mainly on sega genesis/megadrive/cd games. i also am a experimental noise musican and have done a number of underground limited releases under the name nothingisttrue.
i found this board while looking for a sega genesis rarity list. im 19 years old.
my favorite games are little nemo (nes version),phantasy star series,dragon warrior,shadowrun,mother series(earthbound),digital devil games (persona etc),final fantasy series,xenogears,shining force,faery tale adventure, etc
and my favorite composer of videogame music is martin galway.

[Nintendo Penguin]

Howdy... I visit this site fairly often, but I am just now registered here. I also post on AtariAge.com and PlayNintendo.com.

I am in Orange County, CA and collect for NES, SNES, and GameCube.

[Black Rose Immortal]

Hello,

My name is Matthew, or Matt...whatever you wanna call me.

I found this site cus my freind told me about it, and said it was a good place...so far it seems like he is right.

I live in San Diego, and I attend a highschool there...

I like music and movies alot and I'm just starting to get back into the classic gaming scene...I'm trying to collect NES games and basically anythign I can fnid that seems fun and worth while.

[C White]

Hi I'm Chris from Ontario. I grew up playing video games from the Intellevision up to the Super Nintendo. I lost interest in games around 94 or so, and just recently stuck my toe back in the water when I purchased a used Dreamcast system. Now I have to find games for the darn thing. They are typically cheap when I do find them, but, man, are they scarce up here.

I found this site when I googled info on top games per system. This place is an invaluable resource for gaming information, especially for uncommon games.

[The_Pro]

Hey there, Martin Bedard here, 22 year old from Saint-Lazare, Quebec, Canada. Known about Digital Press for a long time but never remembered to type it in when sitting in front of the keyboard LOL . Saw a post about you guys on Twin Galaxies so I went for it. I like all types of games from the classic arcade titles all the way up to the modern ones. All genres except sports, if I can play with a couple of friends that's fine but otherwise i'd rather die than play a WWF or foot/base/basket ball game by myself. Play it in real life I say.

I'm a collector without a budget, I like the idea of it and when I see something for really cheap on Ebay I tend to go for it but that's all.
I do have a fair amount of games though, it doesn't count though cause they're for playing not collecting :P . About 20 games for each nintendo system. I even have the Virtual Boy... woooo :roll: . I'd like to branch out into other systems when I get rich and take over the world.

In real life I'm a University student who works part time at a pizza place. On the net i'm a regular at Twin Galaxies so feel free to ask about that or anything game related. I have a fair amount of world records so i'm pretty knowlegable in that department.

[Mr Burns]

Hi my name is Jason and I'm from Southwick, Mass. I've been a huge video game fan since I got my first Atari. I've been lurking here for awhile and finally decided to post. Systems I have:
Atari 2600
NES
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis
SNES
Nintendo 64
PS1
PS2

[roxybaby]

This is part introduction and part thank you.

I'm a senior in college who is scared of the real world so I decided to indulge in my childhood pleasures to give myself a bit of an escape. :) I lived with 2 PS2s, a PS1, a XBOX, a SNES, a NES and a Genesis last year (I had two male roomies, need I say more??) and it made me realize how much I missed my own consoles 2000 miles away at home. Now that all those wonderful boys graduated I live in a system-less house and I went stir crazy about three months ago. Back home, my N64 is in decent shape but my Genny is old and doesn't work to well so I decided to invest in a new one for my college apartment...

...which is where my thanks to you all comes in! I found this site from a google search last summer and since then you've guided me through buying a CDX and helped me keep myself from paying too much for some great games. So thanks!

I don't pretend to know a lot and my collection is a drop in the bucket comparably -- and I'll probably do some stupid things as I get used to posting on the forums. Sorry ahead of time. Nice to be here, though. :D

[LittlePopTart]

- Who you are : Harmony =)
- Where you live - Buffalo new york

- How you found the forums - my bf is always on it (enemy zero)

- What your favorite games are -mario,kingdomhearts,final fantasy,dark cloud, all the old games, and all the fun cool games lol

- What systems you collect for: nintendo,n64,ps2,gameboy (pocket,color advance),saturn,dreamcast,sega,sega cd...

- What you do in "real life" : student, worker, and raising a bunny lol

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. I was little and I got my first system Atari...then i got nintendo and gameboy...i was always on it with my uncle and my cousin. I had such good times i never parted from them. Now I started collecting stuff with my boyfriend because hes a huge video game nut lol ... and well now my journey begins with the collecting experiance.
~*~ I hope I did this right lol ...Harmony ~*~

[slip81]

Hi all, I've been a member here for a little over a month and figured that it's high time I introduce myself, so here I go:
- Who you are
My name is Scott Pacheco, I'm 22, I live in Rhode Island, and right now I'm attending Rhode Island College for art and graphic design, and my girlfriend Holly rocks

- How you found the forums
I found out about the DP after reading a short segemnt that Joe wrote for an issue of EGM a few months back

- What your favorite games are
right now my faves are FFVI, Castlevania: SOTN, Chrono Trigger, Mega Man 2, and the Sonic series

- What systems you collect for
Right now I'm trying to get a complete collection of SMS games, but I also collect for genesis, NES, dreamcast, Atari 2600, and I will soon be getting another Saturn, sega cd, atari 7800, and famicom, so I will collect for those also, and maybe C64 in the future

- What you do in "real life"
right now I'm a supervisor at a local dollar store, but after I get out of college I plan to movie into graphic design and/or illustration

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I've been playing games pretty much all my life, but didn't really start to seriously collect them until I joined this site. I also collect video game stuff like mags, posters, promos, figures, things like that. and I've also been collecting comics since I was about 5 or 6, I'm really into batman, but collect about 20 to 30 other titles ranging from new series to old ones.

[segagenesis1989]

Forgot to introduce myself so here goes. I'm 20 and reside in Michigan. I enjoy gaming on any platform but my favorite platform (also the platform I am starting to collect for) is the Sega Genesis. My first system ever was a ColecoVision that my dad bought at a yard sale back in about '88. My sister and I played the heck out of that system. Our favorite games that we had were Pitfall! and for some reason Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park. LOL I remember racing my sister from the bus stop all the way up the driveway, into the house and down into the basement to fire up the ColecoVision and take the first turn playing it. In 92' we finally made the jump to 16 bit systems with the Sega Genesis. I got it as a present for my 9th birthday. I never had very many games but remember playing a lot of different games that I rented. The few I owned were Sonic, Ms. Pacman, Ariel the Little Mermaid, Cool Spot, Aladdin, Toe Jam & Earl 2, Paperboy, and a few more. After 5 years and many hours of playing the Genesis, the R/F/ connector cord broke and I never bothered to get it fixed or replace it. Shortly thereafter, I sold it in a yard sale (wish I hadn't done that). About 2 months ago I was browsing eBay and thought I would check out game systems and came across the old Genesis platform for cheap. Long story short, I decided to start collecting for the Sega Genesis. Here is a list of what's in my collection so far:

Sega Genesis System 1 (Model MK-1601) w/ Original Instructions
2 Original Controllers
Original AC Adapter
Original RF Switch

Each game has it's original box with the original instructions:

American Gladiators
Animaniacs
Cool Spot
Liberty or Death
Ms. Pacman
Mutant League Hockey
Mystic Defender
NFL '95
NHL '96
Powermonger
Rocket Knight Adventures
Sonic Spinball
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition
Strider
Super Monaco GP
Tazmania
The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare
The Simpsons: Krusty's Super Fun House
The Simpsons: Virtual Bart
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Zoom!
Game Genie w/ Box, Inserts and Code Book

I've paid a little over $100 (including shipping) for it all.

Sorry for the long post, there's my story. :-P

[Push Upstairs]

I've been an on and off lurker on this site for some months now and i finally decided to join the forum :D

- How you found the forums

Hmm...I think it was a link on another forum reguarding the "Rooms of Doom" section on the site.

- What your favorite games are

Super Mario 3, Sonic and the Streets of Rage series. Probably some others i cannot think of at the moment.

- What systems you collect for

Genesis is my main system i collect for. I collect domestic and import games for this along with my Saturn.

The rest of my systems i collect for but not on the same level as with my Genesis and Saturn

- What you do in "real life"

I work at a game store 8-)

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

I gave up console gaming around '94 and stuck to PC games for about 6 years. In 2000 i bought a used NES (the 2nd one i have owned) at a garage sale and my interest in console gaming started up again.

[number6]

This is another great game related site for me to visit. Here are some facts about me:


Who you are

My name is Eric and I am currently 37 years old.

Where you live

A place called Arnold, Maryland. I live very close to Washington DC.

How you found the forums

There was a link to this site from www.twingalaxies.com and I followed it.


What your favorite games are

My favorite game type has always been strategy games. Currently I play quite a few RTS games on my PC.

What systems you collect for

Currently I only collect classic handheld/tabletop games from the 70's and 80's. I plan to also collect a few classic video game systems I never owned, but always wanted to.

What you do in "real life"

I work as a software engineer and raise my 3 kids with my wife.

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc

There's nothing all that interesting in how I got into collecting games. Though I think I have lived an interesting life so far. There is nothing I currently wish to share here about my personal life. Maybe when I get to know some of the members here a bit better?

[qbertandernie]

my name is luke, and i live in northwest ohio. there are surprisingly many outlets for used games here, and ive found them all(i think). ive been collecting since late 2000, and have amassed a ridiculous collection of games spanning 35 systems(over 2700 unique titles) and countless hundred label variations. i have kept track of the games from the beginning, and tracked the cost of each(so i know how much ive spent total). i remember when i went from casual gamer to collector.....

but my background first! when i was very young we had a 2600. i played the hell out of the 2600, as did my brother and parents. my favorite game then was demon attack, id play that for hours(i think game variation 8, where the projectile moves with the ship), but also played frogger, pacman - the usuals. in about 1985 my best friend got an NES system for xmas...who didnt? me thats who. the folks didnt have a lot of expendable income to drop on video games, so i was told to go play my atari. they claimed the NES would take up homeowrk time too. long story short, i was the only kid i knew without an NES and i would stay up til 4 am on nights i stayed over at their houses playing excitebike, battletoads and the like.

my bro bought a SNES when he was a senior in high school, and i bought some games for that, but wasnt more than a casual gamer. then one day i brought out my old atari to play, and ended up convincing some friends to let me 'borrow' their favorite 2600 games. still a casual gamer, but a resourceful one. this is how it started..slowly. one day i was walking around one of the local goodwills(referred to from here as 'the wheel') and spied 30 NES games for $1 each. i didnt have an NES system so i coudlnt play them, but damned if i didnt buy all 30 of em. that was when i consider myself to have become a collector. i coudlnt play these games, but bought them to have. to look at. maybe it was me striking back(ask jung, freud or joyce brothers or someone) at the oppressive parents, or maybe it was just the same thing that makes us all do what we do. so then i found a blinky as heck NES system and thought that was great and it spiraled from there.

Incidentally, the majority of the 30 games i bought at the wheel were adorned with the name 'PENNY YBARRA'. i still ahve many of those games. its like they have sentimental value or something. i dont know if i should hate ms. ybarra or thank her...
i guess shes responsible for starting it all...

so heres a terrible story for all of you. maybe youll learn a lesson or something. in my very early days of collecting(post 30 NES purchase, pre any other purchase) i went into a junk shop in a less than desirable part of town. all along the one wall were 2600 games. i, knowing nothing of rarity or that anyone else in the world cared about 2600, gazed along the commavid games and various other atari and xonox games and said 'man, ive never even heard of any of these games'... and the now horrible sounding "$5 each for atari games?!?"..those games were probably worth hundreds, though i only remember a few titles...so 2 weeks later the junk shop closes and has an auction and i thought it was the next week and drove by 2 hours after it started and saw it was this week and it was now over so i missed all of these games that were fantastic. i could have a rocking atari collection but i was stupid and sdidnt pay attention. oh well these things happen i learn my lesson! right?

fast forward about 2 years and im walking through the local savers(another junk store chain). my girlfriend spies something that looks a lot like a power pad, but its orange. she says "is that for nintendo?" and i, being a cocky i-know-everything-video-game-related-because-IM-a-collector say "nope" ....
so someone else got the family fun fitness pad. i did learn my lesson that time. now i look no matter what and have educated myself and continue to search out new information.

if anyone sees me refer to my girlfriend as a 'girlfiend', that is a term of endearment.

girlfiend, N. a female campanion that sometimes complains about the time and money invested in games and playing, then, after you convince her that she might like playing, usurps control of your system for (most commonly) a puzzle game.

"id really like to play the gamecube today, but my girlfiend has been playing EGGMANIA for most of the afternoon" but i will say eggmania is kinda fun...

i dont like buying off of ebay because most of the stuff i have bought from ebay comes in less than stated condition, and its no fun. some of the rare stuff you have to buy from ebay i understand, but anyone with a bunch of money could have a complete NES set in about 2 weeks. i enjoy finding the rare stuff at junk stores or mispriced at used games stores. i dont buy sealed items unless its to sell them because, though i hardly ever take the time to play my games, what if i really wanted to play the sealed game? then id have to open it and i can get much more for a sealed copy than an opened copy. not that i sell any game i dont have 2 of anyways.

my collection fills the larger of the two bedrooms in my house, and i am beginning to realize my collection neednt be as complete as i once believed. ive also ammased a bunch of doubles from garage sale buying (systems games, etc.) that ebay is going to see as soon as i find the time to test everything. with that money i should be able to complete my NES collection(63 games), virtual boy collection(2 games) and maybe ill spend the money to complete master system(42 games) and microvision(5 games).

someday i might get organized and try to submit photos of the game room for all to see.

oh yeah, im 25 years old. and found this site by looking for rarity guides. i printed those off to track the systems and games i dont have yet and checked in for about a year before registering.

i wonder how many have read this through start to finish? sorry for the long post, i dont know anyone else who collects, so you all are my only audience!

[minorleagueguy]

Ok, my turn.
My name is Matt Kistka (minorleagueguy). I'm 36 years old, and have been a "classic" gamer for 3 years now.
I live in Cheektowaga NY, a suburb of Buffalo NY.
I also belong to Atari Age, and found the DP site through them.Also, I bought the last guide(7th), and still read it every day!
I don't really have a "favortie" game, as all my systems get played on a regular basis.
I have the following systems hooked up to one tv in my rec-room,2600,5200,7800,o2,arcadia 2001,intelly,CV,astrocade,channel f, telstar adcade, and 7 different pong units.
My wife and I also have 3 arcade games in our rec-room, Out-Run, Tetris, and one that plays DK,Galaga, and Ms.P-M.
I am a produce mamager with a local supermarket chain in the area.

I guess that's about it, I look forward to talking to everyone here :-P


minorleagueguy

[gamerz]

Hi,
My name is Jeff, and i have been a member of AA for about 6 months, and heard of digitalpress from there. I am 38 and have played video games since the Atari 2600. A list of systems I own:
Atari 2600
Atari 7800
Nintendo nes
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Game Cube
Playstation 2
Sega genesis
Atari Jag
Atari Lynx
Sega Gamegear
4 differnt gameboys
X-box

Hope to be posting a lot on here. :)

[DigitalSpace]

Hey, I'm Josh. I'm from Portland, OR. As for my age, since I'm not going to be updating this post any longer, I'll just say I was born on September 24th, 1982 and let you do the math.

I found Digital Press in February 2004 while looking for a Super Nintendo rarity list.

I'm more of a gamer than a collector, but I still have over 750 games in my collection, including over 160 SNES games and over 120 NES games.

A list of video games and systems I own can be found by clicking the "Game Collection" link in my signature. There's also a link to my CD collection (mostly hard rock, classic rock, and metal) if you're really bored. LOL

In no particular order, here's my favorite games for each system I've played:

Atari 2600: Pitfall!
NES: Super Mario Bros. 3
Super NES: Super Metroid
Genesis: Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Sega CD: Sonic CD
Game Gear: Sonic Chaos
Atari Jaguar: Tempest 2000
Virtual Boy: Wario Land
Nintendo 64: Mario Kart 64
PlayStation: Gran Turismo 2
PlayStation 2: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gamecube: Super Smash Bros. Melee
Game Boy: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Game Boy Color: R-Type DX
Game Boy Advance: Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow
Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros.
Wii: Wii Sports

I am obsessed with video games. I don't want everything, just stuff I know I'd enjoy, making me more of a gamer than a collector. But there's a lot of games I'd enjoy, which means I'm going to have one hell of a collection. LOL Living in Portland, OR, there's a good selection of stores out here that focus on new and old systems alike.

So there you go. Keep on gaming! :)