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My copy arrived yesterday. Thank you!

I've seen you suggest this theory before that pure hobbyists are zero dollar rom players. I don't know where you get this idea, but I completely disagree. For one thing, whether people like it or not, roms are illegal. Are you suggesting that the truest test of purity is whether you're willing to break the law for your hobby? I don't think you are, but then your definition needs work. I say a pure hobbyist is the one who places the primary objective of their hobby as the sole motivator. There is zero thought toward a return of expenditure, i.e. no investment whatsoever. The money spent on the hobby is a means to an end.

I am reorganizing my collection, and thought I would snap some pictures of my FDS games. These are all still new and sealed. I am especially fond of the pair of Zelda games and the Super Mario Bros.

Added complete TMNT for NES to the search list.

Bump!

I believe there are two disc variants, as well. There is a white label disc and a shiny label disc. I believe the first coincides with the black disc and the second with the shiny disc, but that would need to be verified.

Have you considered the re-release for the 3DS?

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Welcome to VGS! Joel is always with us in spirit.

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Glad to see another member make the transition. Welcome!

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The only answer I can honestly give is the everything before the PS3 and 360. Once games started needing DLC and updates, my interest evaporates in the collectibility of a whole generation. I still pick up CE's of some games, but I don't consider the game itself to be collectible anymore.

I just played through the first Luigi's Mansion on GC this year, and I rather enjoyed myself. I have played but not beaten Dark Moon. I could see myself buying LM3 sooner than later, but definitely not a day 1 purchase for me. I am thinking a year 1 purchase.

Count me in the category hoping AES carts come down in price. There are a bunch of shooters I want to eventually pick up for it and play through.

Don't hate the player, hate the game (grader)?

LOL, making money, even off collectibles, isn't immoral. The rest of your post, describing being open and up front: that's the part that makes you a moral guy. Some people tend to equate all profit as some kind of dirty thing, but that's just bunk. How you make a profit is the determining factor.

Left to right: Biscuit, Coffee, Yuki Coffee and Biscuit hanging out. Coffee is the really friendly one. Also, our dog, Pepper.

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That makes you a decent person, but the people doing this probably see you as a chump who missed his golden opportunity.

It's hard to gauge if there are more collectors entering the hobby than leaving. Lowering prices would suggest the supply is increasing again, which I assume means more people are unloading collections than starting them, but that's for more educated people than me to suss out. @Bronty I agree with you, to a point, that collecting is the height of materialism, but I think you're ignoring how emotions can play into collecting. Given that games contain an experiential component, though, and are not simply tchotchkes to set on a shelf, some collections can be multidimensional. That guy buying an NES Barbie cart with no intent to play it is buying a tchotchke, but someone buying a Super Mario Bros. 3 cart because they want to play it, have it to look at, and wax nostalgic whenever they see it is buying both a collectible and something linked to the human experience. The NES Barbie cart may even be looked at in a different light, where an NES cart set is the goal, and Barbie merely a piece of the puzzle. One doesn't need to appreciate every piece of a puzzle to find satisfaction and enjoyment out of the finished whole. I would argue that true materialism is buying something simply because you can, and show it off simply because you have it. When items become status symbols rather than part of meaningful actions in life, then the acquiring thereof is materialistic.

It's worth noting that almost every hobby ends up going this route. As soon as you have items in your hobby that can be seen as investments, along come those catering to that crowd. Services like WATA, VGA/AFA, CGC, etc., are all about "protecting your investment".

I love GOG, although it seems the acquisition of older games has slowed down a lot in the last couple years.