Gotta make ROOM...

[Aswald]

In order to make room, you have to get rid of one of your consoles (we'll stick with consoles for now). This assumes you have more than one, which most of us do. This includes all games and accessories.

Which would it be?

I have:

CV
2600
5200
7800
NES
Intellivision.

This is a tough one. An obvious choice would be the 2600, since the 7800 plays most 2600 games. But that's MOST games, not all. Some of the better ones I cannot get running on a 7800.

The CV is obviously going nowhere, and- contrary to what some at Atari Age might think- neither is the 5200 (there's just something about it that captures a good era in gaming). Besides, I've put far too much work into the thing!!

I also like the Intellivision, even though it's been years.

Really, then, it's either the 7800 or the NES. The NES has Elevator Action, Galaga, Gauntlet, and others, but the 7800 has Food Fight, Dig Dug, Joust, Xevious (I prefer the last two to the NES), and such.

So, for me, though it's close, it would be the NES. Although I would consider the 2600, so it's not 100%. Hey- now that I'm posting this, it's a really tough question. So if you can't fully decide, I'm sure in no position to say anything!

[vivaeljason]

I've got the SNES, N64, Xbox, X360, PS2, and Wii; admittedly not the most vintage collection, but whatever.

For me, this is incredibly easy. Given that I've got the 360 and that it plays original Xbox games, the original Xbox is gone.

[mobiusclimber]

It doesn't play all Xbox games tho, or even many of the ones most people would want it to play.

I have: NES, Famicom/FDS, Master System, Turbo Grafx, Genesis/32x, CDX, Mega Drive, Mega CD, Amiga CD32, PC Engine CD, SNES, Saturn, PC-FX, N64, Dreamcast, Playstation, PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, Wii, 360... not to mention handhelds.

Out of those, I would get rid of the Xbox & everything with it. I never play it and probably won't ever again after I get around to playing KOTOR. Besides that, the Gamecube could go, but there are a small handful of games I wouldn't want to give up, even tho I don't play them anymore.

[vivaeljason]

A fair point; even not including the backward compatability issues, I would still get rid of the Xbox; I never play it.

[sebastiankirchoff]

I have: 2600, Intellivision, Odyssey2, NES, Genesis, SNES, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, N64, Xbox, 360, Wii, and some handhelds. I would probably get rid of my Odyssey2, since I never play it and I really wouldn't miss it. The Wii would be next, since the only game I play on it is Brawl, and even that has gotten old.

[portnoyd]

game.com. Have all games, all but one of the games we have are sealed and I can rebuy most of the collection in under 5 minutes.

That's not really fair though.

[Mobius]

GameCube... Got a Wii to play all the games, so it's already boxed up, as it is.

But that was too easy, maybe I need to make it harder. Out of my older systems:

NES
SNES
Virtual Boy
N64
Master System
Genesis/CD
Saturn
Dreamcast
Turbo Duo
3DO
Jaguar/CD
Neo-Geo CDZ
Amiga CD32

I think I would drop the CDZ. It would be the Jag CD, but I think I want to keep it to try out some homebrew one of these days. The CDZ was underwhelming, and I'd rather have an MVS, anyway.

[Ed Oscuro]

I love these "case my house" threads.

Ehh...I'd probably gain the most space from dropping my PC or X68000 systems. The games are huge, and many are heavier than the average PC game with a tiny manual. On top of that, I could get rid of some rather obscure support equipment that's needed to just get it running on a TV, get rid of the MT-32 synths, and so on. On the PC side, well, there's oodles of stuff to drop there, even though I've gotten rid of a PC monitor recently. Come to think of it, I have at least three Macintosh monitors (including one all-in-one system) taking up space, too. Lots of worthless stuff!

[Icarus Moonsight]

I still need to add systems, but if it were a do or die deal, then N64 or Xbox for me.

[aaron7]

I've got:

Like... 10 2600's
Few 5200's
Some 7800's
NES toploader
PS3

What would go? All the Atari stuff. I'll keep the games (for now) but I can't remember the last time I had the urge to try and hook one up...