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HAHAHA, you're right though. This is going t o be a more targeted collection AND it will make any of the wild finds that much sweeter!

This was SO good. Sobering, but good! THANK YOU!

@GPX - I love that, thanks!

Thanks @CasualCart, I appreciate it. It's been cathartic to even just talk about it and helpful to get a better game plan!

We do have some amazing places to eat. Cajun food is the best!

I agree with this, I think I just need reframe my collecting for 2023. I'm not a modern systems guy personally (though I'm not knocking it). I like your take on it. I will just enjoy the journey, forget what's behind, and collect what I'm able.

I really like this @Renmauzo, thanks!

I agree with WATA, as I know many do here. If carts have indeed plateaued, that would be fantastic. At least it means we've hit the ceiling and time will tell. There's only so high they can go before they will level off.

This has solidifed my resolve. I won't be selling off again unless it's legitimate hard times. I will store it as necessary if I ever decide that "I'm done." Like I said, I've done this a few times and I don't think I will be likely to sell off again. I've just got to change my tactics and be in like a marathon rather than a sprint. This is much like the housing market. You're either in because you want to be or you're out but you're not IN to make money. I was never in it to make money. The only selling I did (outside of selling out my entire collection) was to bring the cost down of what I paid for everything overall.

That's absolutely true and I didn't even realize I was doing that. I would like to one day get a MOSTLY complete NES set but I would more likely pick up the games that I really want first in specific conditions or packaging.

^ That made me literally laugh out loud. Thanks!

I hope this is allowed I checked the forums to see if there was any kind of state or city posts or something like that and didn't see anything. Are there any collectors from South Louisiana? I'm specifically in the Lafayette area and would love to meet up or hang out or something.

I collected off and on (and sold and started over) several times between 2005 - 2011ish or so. When I last sold everything, we just had our second son and we didn't have room and we had a new child and... and... and... I was mainly focused on Nintendo (NES) and Super Nintendo (SNES). I would pick up anything I could find, though, but those were my primary systems. I would routinely find games and systems at Goodwill or on Craiglist and would often make enough selling what I already owned to pay for what I didn't. Once I got out of collecting I would only pick up stuff I truly found in the wild for a good price. Fast-forward a few years to the last 6 months or so... I'm trying to get back in and I'm getting so discouraged. The prices have SKYROCKETED since I was last collecting. To see cart only games going for what I could get CIB for back then, CIB going for crazy amounts; it's almost enough to make me not want to get started again. I fortunately started out with a Nintendo console and Super Nintendo console and a few games for each. I still mourn (and truly ache) for some pieces of my old collection. One big regret was selling my Nintendo Power collection. I had volume 1 - 63 and a few others. It was a once in a lifetime find at Goodwill and paid pennies for each issue. Most of them were covered with clear shelf paper and were in great condition. I will NEVER rebuild that. I look back at my collection then and it wasn't much, but I miss it and I'm trying to slowly rebuild. I worry a bit that the days of that rush of finding games at thrift stores or flea markets or pawn shops may be almost gone now but I'm not going to lose all hope. I love places like this and I sincerely want to be a part of the community more. Just had to vent that a bit, thanks for taking the time to read and commiserate.

Title says it all. I'm looking for any/all of the above. If you have any or all of them, please let me know!

Thank you so much @Jfreakofkorn

Thank you so much!

Thanks everybody. I'm looking forward to being a part of, what looks to be, a great community!

I'm just getting back in to collecting so I figured I would put up my for trade/sell/offer list. I'd like to trade for NES or SNES games but I'm open to offers for any of it. I can send pictures of anything you're interested in just let me know! God bless! For Offer/Trade Game/System Condition Box Included Manual Included Nintendo GameCube (GameCube) Very Good No No Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (GameCube) Good Yes No Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus (GameCube) Very Good Yes No Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (GameCube) Very Good Yes No Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo 3DS) Very Good Yes Yes Duck Dynasty (Nintendo 3DS) Good No No Nintendo 3DS XL (Nintendo 3DS) Good Yes Yes Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo 3DS) Very Good Yes Yes Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Nintendo DS) Good Yes Yes Captain America: Super Soldier (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes Cars: Race-O-Rama (Nintendo DS) Good No No Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes Deal or No Deal (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Dynasty Warriors: Fighter's Battle (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No FIFA 06 Soccer (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No John Deere: Harvest in the Heartland (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes Lego Battles: Ninjago (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Nintendo DS) Good No No Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes Lost in Blue 2 (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes M & M's: Kart Racing (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Madagascar (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Marvel: Super Hero Squad (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS) Good Yes Yes Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes Nintendo DS Lite (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Power Play: Pool (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Professional Fisherman's Tour: Northern Hemisphere (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes Retro Game Challenge (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Sonic Classic Collection (Nintendo DS) Very Good Yes Yes Space Invaders Extreme 2 (Nintendo DS) Unopened Yes Yes Star Wars: Battlefront: Elite Squadron (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Decepticons (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Wreck-It Ralph (Nintendo DS) Very Good No No Super Mario Party (Nintendo Switch) Excellent Yes Yes Cabela's Big Game Hunter (Nintendo Wii) Good Yes No Cabela's Monster Buck Hunter (Nintendo Wii) Good Yes No Chicken Little: Ace in Action (Nintendo Wii) Good Yes No Microphone -- Wii Speak (Nintendo Wii) Very Good No No Monster 4x4: World Circuit (Nintendo Wii) Good Yes No New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo Wii) Excellent Yes No Nintendo Wii (Nintendo Wii) Good No No SPRay (Nintendo Wii) Good Yes No Wheel of Fortune (Nintendo Wii) Very Good Yes Yes Wii MotionPlus (Nintendo Wii) Very Good No No Wii Play (Nintendo Wii) Very Good Yes No Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo Wii) Excellent Yes Yes Wipeout: The Game (Nintendo Wii) Good Yes No Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PlayStation 3) Very Good Yes Yes Sony PlayStation 3 (PlayStation 3) Very Good No No The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- Special Edition (Xbox One) Very Good Yes Yes Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Xbox One) Very Good Yes Yes Lego City: Undercover (Xbox One) Very Good Yes Yes Madden NFL 15 (Xbox One) Good Yes No Rocket League (Xbox One) Very Good Yes No Stardew Valley -- Collector's ion (Xbox One) Excellent Yes Yes Wanted Games Console Game Other Nintendo Power magazine (Volume 1 - Volume 55) GameBboy Super Mario Land Gameboy Super Mario Land 2 GameBoy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fall of the Foot Clan Gameboy Tetris NES A Boy and His Blob NES Adventures of Bayou Billy NES Battle Toads NES Bubble Bobble NES California Games NES Castlevania NES Castlevania 2 - Simon's Quest NES Castlevania 3 - Dracula's Curse NES Chip N Dale's Rescue Rangers NES Contra NES Darkwing Duck NES Double Dragon NES Double Dragon II - The Revenge NES Dr. Mario NES Fester's Quest NES G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero NES Ghosts N Goblins NES Golf NES Ikari Warriors NES Little League Baseball - Championship Series NES Little Nemo - The Dream Master NES Maniac Mansion NES Mega Man NES Mega Man 2 NES Metal Gear NES Metroid NES Mike Tyson' Punch-Out!! NES Monster Party NES Rad Racer NES Road Blasters NES Skate or Die NES Smash TV NES Star Tropics NES Super Mario Bros 2 NES Super Mario Bros 3 NES Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt NES T & C Surf Designs NES Zelda II The Adventure of Link SNES Actraiser SNES Donkey Kong Country SNES F-Zero SNES Joe & Mac SNES John Madden Football SNES Jurassic Park SNES Mortal Kombat SNES Mortal Kombat II SNES NBA Jam SNES Sim City SNES Star Fox SNES Super Mario All Stars SNES Super Mario Kart SNES Super Mario RPG SNES Super Metroid SNES Turn and Burn No Fly Zone Super Nintendo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV Turtles in Time Super Nintendo The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past

I was on NintendoAge in the bygone days of when it was great. I fortunately didn't see the downfall of NintendoAge as I got out of collecting for a while. I only held on to a few thins right at the end and sold everything else. I've got the bug again and I'm slowly building up a new collection. I want to have the same sense of community and nostalgia and information that it once was and better. I would love to contribute to this sit in some way but for now I'm going to lurk and check things out. Shoot me a message and say hey and I look forward to getting to know some people on here!