TheGreatBlackCat

I won't sell it because I guess I own a Duo now, but I find PC Engine to have an underwhelming library sans a handful of video games. I was hoping for a pleasant surprise like how I discovered my love for Sega Saturn, but besides Ys and Castlevania: Rondo of Blood I can see why PC Engine has remained a relatively obscure console to collect for (in The States). I feel like you're not missing out on much.

I think people are misconstruing what I said. It was a hypothetical, I'm not the type to brag nor would it mean anything. I was only trying to illustrate how in the grand scheme of things we should be collecting for ourselves and I hope that we all are.

NostalgicMachine, it's funny, I think it's simply a part of life. Things change (however begrudgingly I admit). I can tell that even Pat Contri and other more established retro personalities are tired of game collecting themselves. A part of retro game collecting for me was about getting older and a refusal to let things go. I suspect that may be the case for many of us in the hobby. When we get over that hump and accept change I don't think preserving our youth in such a way matters as much. Anymore, lately, I want to enjoy my collection and to not try to distill a time and place in my life when I was (sometimes) happier. Nearly completing my wish list has killed most of the desire to collect anymore. I have everything I ever wanted as a kid and now I don't know what to do with myself. I guess I'm being a bit pensive on the heels of a new year and I don't mean to bring in such a heavier vibe to the thread.

I'm with you, I used to want complete libraries, but the hobby isn't as fun as it once was. Besides, like I said, that's an enormous amount of space in one's home dedicated to a console. I don't know what happened or when it happened, but collecting stopped being fun for me a long time ago. Maybe I've been going through the motions? Maybe it's because I'm down to the final ten of the video games I wanted on the list that I created years ago? Once my list is complete I think I'm going to buy CIB-only Famicom games and make it fun again with no goal in mind. I feel like I've been a slave to my vintage game habits for too long and I'm admittedly relieved that my list is nearly finished.

This is exactly why I am not shooting for full libraries anymore. I can feasibly complete my PlayStation and Sega Saturn collections for a few thousand each at this point; I own mostly every game anybody would want to play for those systems. I do not have the space and, outside of a few pricier odds and ends, I mostly need shovelware to create a complete library. For Saturn, I basically need House of the Dead, Mega Man 8, X3, Resident Evil, Lunacy, Sonic R, and one more higher end game. Playstation: Koudelka, Klonoa, Team Buddies, and one or two more higher priced games. After those small lists it would all be sports, wrestling, and shovelware titles. I am not dedicating space for video games I have zero interest in ever playing. Even if I wanted to brag about it, no one cares about my collection and it's even less likely that one of my friends would be impressed with a complete library.

OP, I'm sorry to hear, but my advice is to move your collection up into that spare second story room and to store any excess that you can't display in waterproof tubs. Over my 20 years of collecting I've read too many stories of mold, leaks, and floods ruining tens of thousands of dollars worth of items because they were stored in basements. It's for that exact reason why I created a game room out of my second floor office. I hope that most of your collection is salvageable and intact. Floods are up there on a list of worst fears for collectors. It's good to know that your insurance will cover it (thank God).

Jeevan, my availability for matches is virtually all day tomorrow and on Saturday before 3 PM U.S. Eastern Time. Followed up from Discord.

Will follow up shortly when I get home, Jeevan. You'll see me in the Discord.

Screw it, I'll get smoked, but count me in for the tournament. I'd love one of those gold cartridges. Is there any way to let the devs know that the ROM is not compatible with the Analogue Nt's (silver) jailbreak? I'm assuming there's a mapper that it's unfamiliar with and that the cartridge should work; any cartridge I've thrown at it works, including homebrews.

There's no licensing issue, LRG works that out well before production. The issue is that publishers have caught on with the more polished indie games. They get swept up and have their licenses bought before LRG even has a chance to make a move. It's telling that PlayAsia orders coincide with LRG runs; there's virtually no point to LRG with its open pre-orders and otherwise wanting to have the cards and labeling on the cover of a game. This is a long time coming, any indie game worth having works out a physical release with any number of publishers anymore. Furthermore, the quality of Limited Run's games has become worse since the pandemic shut-down ended. LRG's place is slowly becoming less relevant to the hobby.

I have to ask you, I'm about 1,000 games into my collection and I have more or less run out of games that I would like to collect, it's curated so there's little to no shovelware. I could easily complete my Sega Saturn and PSX libraries cheaply now because of how I went about it. At 1,000 video games I already feel that it would take a lifetime to play my collection and I own almost every game imagineable for most systems that one would want, which brings me to my question: How do you justify a collection 10,000 video games deep? You own multiple lifetimes' worth of video games and it would be impossible to play that many games to completion. This is no criticism on my part, I think it's cool that you're that dedicated to your hobby, but I'm already at my personal maximum. I'm interested to read your response!

I'll say this: My wife was the on-call substitute for Hell's Kitchen two times if any cast member dropped out before production. It's pretty commonplace to have NDAs and subcontracted casting companies having to keep quiet due to contractual obligations. My ex-girlfriend works for Netflix as a producer; she is familiar with all of the casting and production companies in the Philadelphia area. I'm going to follow up with OP (and then my ex) and I will be able to quickly suss out if he's real or not. Will keep you all posted.

LOL, well, I'm serious. To be honest, I'd love to know what show this is for and what platform.

I have a small dedicated game room, a 700+ game collection, and live in West Philly. Interested to know what your aims are.

Ouch on those cartridges, but the boxes and front labels are glaringly counterfeit. Report these guys. I reported a seller on Mercari the other day selling a repro of Snatcher for almost $300. I don't care about repro sales, but there was a clear attempt at making it seem like partially a deal/authentic to those who aren't as knowledgeable. I can't believe the eBay seller still has an account.