Does anybody here have complete NES, SNES and N64 sets?

[Jumpman Jr.]

Hey,
My ultimate goal since I started collecting about 3 years ago has always been to get every NES, SNES and N64 game ever made, and I was wondering: Has anybody already done this?
Post if you do, or if this is your goal (or something similar to this).
Also, discuss if you have them all CIB, loose, or whatever. I'm very interested in hearing what people have to say.
The only person that I can think of that might have all three is DreamTR.

I'm just interested because I'm getting fairly close. Currently I have:

NES - All of the carts, missing 200 boxes
SNES - 500 or so carts, about 250 boxes
N64 - missing 50 boxed games.

[Trebuken]

3 years to get those collections is quite an impressive accomplishment...sounds expensive too...

I'm not nearly as far as you, espeacially with boxes..

All N64 games, about a third boxed.
550 NES, very few boxed.
230 SNES, only a handful of boxes.

I think DreamTR could include all the other Nintendo Systems as well...

[DreamTR]

I do have all three collections for SNES, NES, and N64.

NES and N64 are all CIB. SNES I need 3-5 boxes and that's it.

I do have CIB Game Boy, CIB Game Boy Color, CIB GBA minus 4-5 movies and Surf's Up, and CIB Virtual Boy. Working on GameCube....

[Mayhem]

Cube is really all about the money... there isn't anything truly rare unless you want to spring for stuff in cardboard outer boxes, the console pack-ins (eg. WW/Ocarina combo, or WW/MP combo) and/or get the demo kiosk discs (which once #25 arrives, I will have the full set!). Hovering on the 40 left to go mark here myself...

[tom]

every NES game, or every USA NES game?
The total (worldwide) NES library is over 2000, according to Nintendo.
I think no-one here has complete (every country exclusive ) NES, SNES or N64 libraries

[Jumpman Jr.]

3 years to get those collections is quite an impressive accomplishment...sounds expensive too...

Heh, thanks. NES, SNES and N64 only account for just over half of my entire collection though :-D.

Oh yeah, I have a CIB Virtual Boy collection as well. I thought about including it in the original post but I figured it was too easy to get... or something.

DreamTR: You're the man.

I'm sure if I'm still collecting in 5 years I will go for a CIB Gamecube set as well. Gameboy/GBC/GBA is just insanity.

[boatofcar]

every NES game, or every USA NES game?


Everytime this comes up, you say this. Do you think the responses will be any different? 95% of the members on this board collect NTSC only.

[dougman999]

I'm at 540 or so for NES (cart-only, I"ll pick up boxes here and there, but it's not a big priority) and I just recently started N64 after realizing how much easier it is to do (289 or vs. 778 or so for NES). I'm at maybe 15 to 20 on N64 games, but this one I want to go for CIB.

[Mercapto]

Im just starting so i'm aiming "low"
I'm looking to complete my Virtual Boy and Jaguar list then move on to N64. I'm European so just collecting NTSC is hard, more so cos we dont have thrifts, pawnshops or garagesales, so I'm using retrostores and some websites for now. To complete anything that way I need to be a millionair :P

[RugalSizzler]

Personally I wanted to do this one time but I got tired of the idea itself. I don't need every single game I nly need the ones that appeal to me as you do.

I mean that in it self is kinda pointless. In terms of reselling them al to make big buck then I guess yes but then again why bother?

Also the only way to really do this is probably join some kind of pack and the last man or woman standing gets everybodys collection.

[nationgamesdepot]

I have a full NTSC NES set with all the licensed and unlicensed game including all 66 Sachens, and 6 test carts. I need about 100 boxes and 193 manuals to have it fully CIB (just counted manuals today in fact). I have most the PAL exclusives as well, plus about 200 other PAL titles. I am going for a full CIB set from every region worldwide.
~~NGD

[Porksta]

Who was the guy that bought the factory sealed Stadium Events on ebay for 3 grand?

[nationgamesdepot]

Bronty-2

[swlovinist]

I have posted this before, but I thought I would give an update.

I currently have a boxed US N64 collection, only missing 16 manuals for the set.
I have a US Nes set, and missing about 170 boxes.
I have about 400 Snes games, but am not going for a set.
Other sets that I have include:
Odyssey 2(US complete and boxed, inlcluding multicart, Ralph Baer signed Pinball, and several hombrews
Sega Genesis(complete US collection only missing about 30+ manuals and 9 boxes)
Sega CD(complete US collection with demos and extras)
Sega 32X(complete US collection)
Sega Master System(Boxed US collection, missing about 10 manuals)
Game.com complete collection including systems, all CIB
N-Gage(complete US collection including Sega Rally, some great promo items, online exclusives, reviewer copies
Nuon(missing just a box and manual for of all things merlin racing)
Tapwave Zodiac(complete sealed collection)

My next set will be either Virtual Boy(1 away) or 7800. I kind of took a break from my sets to spend too much money on my new room of doom 3.0. More importantly, I have been enjoying actually playing alot of my games. I will post pics hopefully soon.

[tom]

Everytime this comes up, you say this. Do you think the responses will be any different? 95% of the members on this board collect NTSC only.


Well, it's not 'every NES game ever made' then, is it. I'm still hoping, maybe one of these days someone here will actually collect 'all NES games ever made'.
(BTW, Japan is NTSC).

[mydjsobad]

Well, it's not 'every NES game ever made' then, is it. I'm still hoping, maybe one of these days someone here will actually collect 'all NES games ever made'.
(BTW, Japan is NTSC).


If you're really gonna be an ass about it, Japanese carts don't count because they're for the Famicom, not NES.

[Mayhem]

I'm sure if I'm still collecting in 5 years I will go for a CIB Gamecube set as well. Gameboy/GBC/GBA is just insanity.

Another convert... in the future heh. I just figured go for it whilst the iron is hot (ie. software is ON the shelves). A lot of my purchases have been no more than $10-15 each, yeah cheap bastard but it keeps the costs down. Only stuff I've sprung for full price is games I wanted to play or I know will be horrible to find in new condition later on (such as those games in the outer cardboard boxes).

[Jumpman Jr.]

Another convert... in the future heh. I just figured go for it whilst the iron is hot (ie. software is ON the shelves). A lot of my purchases have been no more than $10-15 each, yeah cheap bastard but it keeps the costs down. Only stuff I've sprung for full price is games I wanted to play or I know will be horrible to find in new condition later on (such as those games in the outer cardboard boxes).

Thats the problem with me. Canada = you can't find cheap Gamecube games anywhere. Everybody thinks everything is OMG RAREZ

[ubersaurus]

Well, it's not 'every NES game ever made' then, is it. I'm still hoping, maybe one of these days someone here will actually collect 'all NES games ever made'.
(BTW, Japan is NTSC).

Aside from the fact that Japan is Famicom and not NES, it's a total pain in the ass to find any rarer stuff for the fami outside of Japan or Japanese auction sites. Hell, a lot of the more common stuff is pricier outside of Japan.

That said I'm pretty certain that there are Japanese collectors with every famicom game. Stores still stock them pretty readily, so they aren't that difficult to locate. It's just a matter of money for a lot of em.

[tom]

famicom -NES
PC Engine- Turbografx-16
Megadrive- Genesis

Different names for same consoles.

I collect Sega Megadrive, I don't care if it bares the name Genesis on it only because it originates from the USA, it's still Megadrive.

[Vectorman0]

famicom -NES
PC Engine- Turbografx-16
Megadrive- Genesis

Different names for same consoles.

I collect Sega Megadrive, I don't care if it bares the name Genesis on it only because it originates from the USA, it's still Megadrive.

Maybe that's how you see it, but I think that a majority would disagree with you on this. At least in terms of collecting, as it was brought up in this topic.

[DreamTR]

tom: on this board when someone asks that, they are referring to a complete North American collection of Nintendo based games, not Japanese. You've been beating this about a bunch of times EVERY SINGLE TIME SOMEONE ASKS.

I don't have any plans for getting all of the Super Famicom or Nintendo 64 Japanese exclusives (they never interested me), but one day I will try and go for all of the Famicom games, or at least attempt it. I have around 650-700 different Famicom games right and another 70-80 or so Disk System games, however, this topic is for North American released games ONLY.

JumpmanJr: Thanks =) I also have CIB Virtual Boy US (and Japanese for Tom's info); forgot about those!

[Adol]

It is just harder to get a complete Famicom set than NES one.
Mainly because they are 1200 games or so.
Getting loose carts is 5 times easier than complete ones.

And some Famicom Disk system games are $800 worth too, like Clu Clu Land.

But right,ppl here generally talks about North American collections.

[DreamTR]

Adol, I don't collect loose games, almost my entire collection for everything I have is boxed.

Also, in terms of CIB NES North American collections, there aren't many. I would say of the 20 or so people with all the carts, "maybe" 3 of them have CIB.

Regardless of whether or not a certain country is harder to collect for than others, it is all relative. You like collecting Japanese things. I am sure most Japanese would collect Famicom over NES, and I am sure it is easier for them to obtain stuff in Japan than it is for us, and vice versa, but that is NOT the point of this thread, what collections are harder, etc.

I live in the USA, I collect North American releases, and only interested in certain Japanese/European stuff, simple as that. This thread was started for talks about North American releases, not what is harder to collect and whatever, because everyone collects what they want. You collect sealed games, I collect prototypes, we all collect what we want =)

[mailman187666]

for the N64 collectors: I have that Stunt Racer 64 game complete (but not mint...x-rental). I know it was a rental only so I'm willing to trade it away for any of the N64 collectors who needs one. PM me if you want it. The only full set I'm going for is Saturn so I can let this one go if it'll help any of you guys.

[tom]

tom: on this board when someone asks that, they are referring to a complete North American collection of Nintendo based games, not Japanese. You've been beating this about a bunch of times EVERY SINGLE TIME SOMEONE ASKS.

I don't have any plans for getting all of the Super Famicom or Nintendo 64 Japanese exclusives (they never interested me), but one day I will try and go for all of the Famicom games, or at least attempt it. I have around 650-700 different Famicom games right and another 70-80 or so Disk System games, however, this topic is for North American released games ONLY.

JumpmanJr: Thanks =) I also have CIB Virtual Boy US (and Japanese for Tom's info); forgot about those!


Yeah, I guess thats the difference between European collectors and US:
I grew up with VCS and only half of the 2600 library arrived in Europe. Many titles just weren't released in Europe, especially Germany. You had to collect USA-only titles like Krull, Snoopy, Crackpots (many more), and believe me, before internet, this was far more difficult (Sending cash in $s to Best Electronics, hoping they don't cheat you out of it, or it gets lost in the mail, trying out different mail order companies in Antic, sending girls as cash for gaming trades with Joe Santulli in the early 90s, BBS'ing Atari HQ trying to place an order with a 300baud acoustic modem...etc). For me, a complete VCS collection was that, the whole library, US releases, Euro releases. Otherwise, a half VCS library (all European releases only), would have been a 'complete collection' and I couldn't accept that.

BTW, I even collect games for systems which never had a European release, like, for example, the Virtual Boy. I can't just say, 'Oh the VB was never released in Germany, therefore I don't collect for it. It wouldn't interest me'. Of course it does.

As long as someone here states ' I collect ALL NES titles' I'll ask: Are you sure? (As the Famicom is a NES, according to I, Videogames (the TV programme), the Famicom only had to be re-named because Americans don't play with the family). Go figure....

[DreamTR]

Tom, well yes, since you are in Europe, it is way different, but being this is a site conjured up in North America, we tend to group them in that sense. You also have to recognize PAL and NTSC TV differerences, as well as language barriers. Worldwide release is just not feasible for most collectors because they simply do not care, or the games don't mean much to them from their childhood years, but you act like I collected only in the internet days or something, I know how hard it was, I'm in my 30s, I've been playing arcade games and going to game stores since then, this is the only time I've had disposable income, and again, we are not even talking about Atari, this is strictly Nintendo games. There were a few people that bought those games you discuss from companies, via mail order, things are much different nowadays with the internet.

[tom]

Tom, well yes, since you are in Europe, it is way different, but being this is a site conjured up in North America, we tend to group them in that sense. You also have to recognize PAL and NTSC TV differerences, as well as language barriers. Worldwide release is just not feasible for most collectors because they simply do not care, or the games don't mean much to them from their childhood years, but you act like I collected only in the internet days or something, I know how hard it was, I'm in my 30s, I've been playing arcade games and going to game stores since then, this is the only time I've had disposable income, and again, we are not even talking about Atari, this is strictly Nintendo games. There were a few people that bought those games you discuss from companies, via mail order, things are much different nowadays with the internet.


I was just using Atari as an example. I could have said NES (and believe me, the small NES library we have here in Europe, not easy even now for a NES collector). You guys have it to easy nowadys, I've seen a whole Japan DC collection on ebay...if I only had the money.

[Mercapto]

I'm a DVD collector that only ever used the Internet to buy stuff. Internet or not, Japan, China and Eastern Europe are still a hard place to get anything from, the language barrier is huge, babelfish doesnt help at all.
But yea, European collectors seem to have it the hardest, the prices in itself are 7x higher here for old "crap" and we have huge shipping costs getting something from the US to our doorstep. So really I have to be 7x richer to get the same collection ;)

[DreamTR]

No one's denying it's not harder, but Tom, again, I implore you, I am old school, so I've had it difficult too. My first system was an Astrocade, imagine trying to collect for a system where some people only release quantities of 20 or less for some games, and most everything elese is not documented correctly.

[tom]

I envy those hardcore video game collectors who even collect Genesis titles from Brazil, or NES titles from Taiwan.

[cyberfluxor]

My current status is far from complete but oh well. I believe I've broken the 150 mark, which around here is pretty rough finding different games now. All I stumble across really are bad games not worth a pick-up (gamer first, collector one & a halfer) or those I already own. Oh, and sometimes those freaking crazy over-priced "rare" games. The local market here has changed a lot since I first got into NES titles to where it's just another system to buy for and best off playing what I have.

[l_lamb]

I have a complete US N64 cartridge collection plus five demo unit carts; I'm missing 26 boxes and 31 manuals. I'm at 584 NES carts and 281 SNES, mostl cart only. Game Boy/GBC I'm at 574 with 448 complete; 181 GBA games all complete along with 14 GBA videos.

[Adol]

Adol, I don't collect loose games, almost my entire collection for everything I have is boxed.

Also, in terms of CIB NES North American collections, there aren't many. I would say of the 20 or so people with all the carts, "maybe" 3 of them have CIB.

Regardless of whether or not a certain country is harder to collect for than others, it is all relative. You like collecting Japanese things. I am sure most Japanese would collect Famicom over NES, and I am sure it is easier for them to obtain stuff in Japan than it is for us, and vice versa, but that is NOT the point of this thread, what collections are harder, etc.

I live in the USA, I collect North American releases, and only interested in certain Japanese/European stuff, simple as that. This thread was started for talks about North American releases, not what is harder to collect and whatever, because everyone collects what they want. You collect sealed games, I collect prototypes, we all collect what we want =)

I wasn't speaking about YOUR case,especially, i was answering about the Famicom thing. It is definately easier to get a NES CIB fullset than a Famicom one.

Too, personally a BOXED game isn't sufficient for me,it has to be complete,which means CIB, with instructions :)

As well, I don't collect sealed games at all, you're mistaken.

Finally i completely agree with you: everybody collect what they want, consider a fullset complete the way they want.
Again, don't take it personally, i never meant to speak about your case.
I just took the topic at a point your post was the last one posted.

[DreamTR]

No offense taken Adol, I know you did not mean it that way, and I completely agree, CIB Famicom to complete is 100X harder than CIB NES.