How many of you are stricly sega-only collectors? [Archive]

Ye0ldmario

07-02-2009, 01:27 AM

I got my first sega genesis back in 1992. My dad bought it for me from a pawn shop (back when genesis was considered a ps3) as a gift. The only game I had was Sonic the hedgehog 2. Then, as time passed, I remember begging my dad to buy me Sonic and Knuckles and it was selling for $40 brand new, (i did end up getting it, somehow). I would rent games from blockbuster alot too. (ghostbusters, sonic 3, power rangers, true lies, terminator 2). I don't know, I was always a genesis guy when I was younger.

And what do you know, the majority of my classic game collection is strictly sega genesis. Genesis seems to be the easiest stuff to find nowadays.

From what I've seen it looks like super nintendo had a way bigger library then genesis did, but I'm not sure. It also seems like Super nintendo games hold value longer then any genesis games.

So is anybody else strictly a genesis collector?

digitalpress

07-02-2009, 01:30 AM

I own a complete Sega Genesis, Master System, Sega CD, 32X, and Pico collection. I wasn't a fan enough of Saturn or Game Gear to complete it but own the rarest titles.

Shorter answer... NO.

ooXxXoo

07-02-2009, 01:35 AM

I own a complete Sega Genesis, Master System, Sega CD, 32X, and Pico collection. I wasn't a fan enough of Saturn or Game Gear to complete it but own the rarest titles.

Do you own all of the SMS foreign titles as well, such as those from Tectoy?....Or just the US releases?...Just wondering :D ,
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p_b

07-02-2009, 01:45 AM

Strange username for a strictly Sega collector :)

Push Upstairs

07-02-2009, 02:34 AM

I do own an NES and Gameboy, but my largest collection of games is dedicated to the Genesis (Xbox is 2nd).

The 1 2 P

07-02-2009, 02:46 AM

I could never just collect for one company but I have games and systems for Genesis, Sega cd, Game Gear, Saturn and Dreamcast.

otaku

07-02-2009, 03:59 AM

not sega only but love collecting sega. Had the rare games for saturn. Had about 50 games for genesis and have owned most of sega's hardware at some point (need a nomad still) love sega

j_factor

07-02-2009, 04:11 AM

I'm not strictly a Sega collector, but my largest collections are for Genesis and Saturn. I collect games I enjoy playing, and those two consoles have the largest numbers of such games (with Playstation a close third). Sega systems tend to have the best versions of multiplatform games, and Genesis and Saturn in particular have a lot of "hidden gems" which I enjoy discovering.

By the way, in terms of US releases, SNES had a bigger library than Genesis by like 20 games. Not a whole lot. Worldwide they would also be pretty close, because SNES/SFC had a larger Japanese library with many Japanese exclusives, whereas Mega Drive had a larger European library with many European exclusives, and Mega Drive also had some Japanese exclusives whereas there were hardly any European exclusive SNES games. The edge probably goes to SNES, but not by a huge margin.

chrisbid

07-02-2009, 04:35 AM

exclusively a sega collector - no
primarily a sega collector - yes

crom

07-02-2009, 10:46 AM

for the longest time I refused to add a snes to my collection... thats how much I loved my genesis as apose to the snes...

Sonny

07-02-2009, 11:40 AM

My Sega consoles - Asian Multi-Mega,Asian Megadrive,Asian Megadrive 2, Asian 32x. (In the process of getting Asian MegaCD)

I am hunting for more Sega Asian games. They are becoming more rare these days.

Ed Oscuro

07-02-2009, 11:48 AM

Genesis seems easier to collect because Sega used durable game boxes, bless them.

Of course the manuals tend to get funky.

Me, I find myself buying a good mix of Super Famicom / Mega Drive, ehh, seems a bit heavier on the MD side though. For domestic, the last thing I bought was a SNES game (Run Saber, got one in good enough condition that I shouldn't want to do it again).

TonyTheTiger

07-02-2009, 12:01 PM

I always thought of myself being the last person who'd catch the collecting bug. I've always just bought whatever interested me at the time rather than set out to finish a goal. But recently I think I do have a goal I eventually would like to complete, albeit there's a somewhat practical reason for it.

I want to obtain all the various Genesis hardware models. Yeah, I know that sounds crazy (and sadly expensive) with things like the Teradrive and Aiwa boom box out there but I want to do something practical with them. I want to compile a comprehensive "bible" about them. Write down as much information as I can get from actually owning the things. Then I want to do a video/audio comparison by making recordings from each to see what the differences might be.

Zebbe

07-02-2009, 12:40 PM

The edge probably goes to SNES, but not by a huge margin.

According to Guardiana, the worldwide titles for MD/Gen are 1046 (and many are probably duplicates), while there are 1450 or so SFC titles (that don't include western exclusives). So there are many more SNES/SFC titles.

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I only collect Mega Drive (Mega-CD, 32X). I will do so for some years ahead.

iycon

07-02-2009, 12:55 PM

While i may have about 19 different systems my favorite to collect for is the Genei. I fell in love with it when i bought it back in 1992. I felt Sega's controllers felt more naturally in my hands, and that feeling carried over the the other system i love to collect, the X-Box (witch I consider to be the inheriter of Sega's legacy after the death of the Dreamcast)

Genesis--225 games
Xbox-- 197 games

Ed Oscuro

07-02-2009, 12:59 PM

I want to obtain all the various Genesis hardware models. Yeah, I know that sounds crazy (and sadly expensive) with things like the Teradrive and Aiwa boom box out there but I want to do something practical with them. I want to compile a comprehensive "bible" about them. Write down as much information as I can get from actually owning the things. Then I want to do a video/audio comparison by making recordings from each to see what the differences might be.
Sounds like what I was planning (but way more comprehensive). We should compare notes sometime!

The A/V equipment to do it justice (I'm not sure mine will, it should squeak by though) could be expensive if you don't already have it and resort to eBay. Got lucky and got decent deals on my X-RGB 2 and the Sweetspot YUV/RGB Capture Card.

TonyTheTiger

07-02-2009, 01:18 PM

Yeah, once I get into the thick of it I wouldn't mind working with somebody. I made a couple of audio recordings using a computer. I know video stuff will be a bit more complicated.

PresidentLeever

07-02-2009, 01:34 PM

I collected almost exclusively MD/Gen games until about 6-7 months back, and now I have all the games I want (except for a few rare shooters, but Kega emulates them well enough). It's probably my favourite console, and the games are usually cheap and in good condition. I'm at 122 games atm.

Now I'm picking up a few PS1/2 and GBA games that I really want, but I've no intention to start collecting seriously again.

Sailorneorune

07-02-2009, 04:36 PM

Not exclusively, but there's just so much to love about Sega. Got a few of the expensive games, but it's just mostly stuff I like to play (except Project Justice. Like almost all Capcom fighters, it is no fun at all on single player).

Genesis favorites include Shining Force 2, Pulseman, Alisia Dragoon, El Viento, Gaiares, Phantasy Star IV, Sonic 1-3

Sega CD favorites include Popful Mail, Shining Force CD, Earthworm Jim Special Edition

Saturn favorites include Bubble Symphony, Magic Knight Rayearth, Astal, Vampire Savior, X-men VS Street Fighter, Last Gladiators Digital Pinball, Panzer Dragoon 1-2, and Saga

Dreamcast favorites include Shenmue 1 & 2, Sakura Wars, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Crazy Taxi, Space Channel 5, Chu Chu Rocket, Soul Calibur, Record of Lodoss War

cyberfluxor

07-02-2009, 07:23 PM

When it comes to Sega systems I really like the ease of collecting for the Genesis. There are a lot of games to choose from and its library of games are relatively cheap. Besides this aspect and it being of the larger Sega collection sets I have the Saturn is my favorite of the line. It's hovering around 110 games including EU and JP imports. Just something about the Saturn sticks out above other game systems and only seeing myself down sizing that system as a last resort. With that said, my top company is Taito and all of their goodies that lie across the board. It's amazing how many ports of Bust-A-Move (Puzzle Bobble) are out there!

vgc

07-02-2009, 08:21 PM

I'll Collect about anything but Sega Genesis is my Favorite. Mike : )

Policenaut

07-02-2009, 09:20 PM

I love the Sega consoles but specially the Master System, which is the console I am focusing right now for collection. I collect (mostly) for every other Sega consoles but I am having a TG-16 bug right now.

Gameguy

07-02-2009, 09:40 PM

I pretty much like the Genesis the most, but I also collect other systems from other companies.

Iron Draggon

07-03-2009, 01:58 AM

j_factor

07-03-2009, 02:25 AM

According to Guardiana, the worldwide titles for MD/Gen are 1046 (and many are probably duplicates), while there are 1450 or so SFC titles (that don't include western exclusives). So there are many more SNES/SFC titles.

I'm not seeing that information on Guardiana...?

Zebbe

07-03-2009, 02:43 AM

http://www.guardiana.net/MDG-Database/

grolt

07-03-2009, 10:04 AM

While SEGA is my main collecting raison d'etre, I still try to get all the good games for other systems. I'll only buy me a crappy sports game if it's from the Master System, Genesis, 32X, Sega CD or Dreamcast, though. ;)

Joe West

07-03-2009, 10:31 AM

Only certain Sega Games

Ye0ldmario

07-03-2009, 11:17 PM

Are there any actual RPG's on the genesis that are like final fantasy and dragon warrior? I haven't seen much in that genre on genesis. Mostly just arcade games.

swlovinist

07-04-2009, 01:25 AM

Huge Sega Collector here. Going for the entire US collection, including stuff after the Dreamcast. Scary thing is that I am will probably have the set hopefully near done in the next five years. I have a complete SMS, Genesis, SCD, 32X collections(I am down to like 4 manuals for the Genesis). I am six games away from having a loose cart collection of Game Gear, 80 games from a Saturn US set, and 40 games from a Dreamcast set. I pretty much collect everything, but a decent chunk of my collection is Sega.

Pics of my Sega Wall:

http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/swlovinist/?action=view&current=DSCF2791.jpg

http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/swlovinist/?action=view&current=DSCF2793.jpg

j_factor

07-04-2009, 01:29 AM

Are there any actual RPG's on the genesis that are like final fantasy and dragon warrior? I haven't seen much in that genre on genesis. Mostly just arcade games.

Phantasy Star IV is your best bet. There's also II and III of course. Not much else, as most Genesis RPGs are different kinds. Mostly action-RPGs, some strategy.

tomaitheous

07-04-2009, 01:40 AM

Not a Sega only collector, but Genesis is usually high on my list. I never go for complete collection of any system, just games I like... mostly. Genesis games can be had for cheap still (in my area), which is nice. Other than that, mostly NES and almost never SNES. Well, for local shops anyway.

Loremaster

07-04-2009, 02:49 AM

Phantasy Star IV is your best bet. There's also II and III of course. Not much else, as most Genesis RPGs are different kinds. Mostly action-RPGs, some strategy.

There's also Shining in the Darkness, though it is sort of a hybrid dungeon crawler. I think there were a few others, but they escape me at the moment.

I collect for NES, SNES, and Genesis on the "stuff from my childhood that I never got to own when it was new" front, and the Genesis is my largest collection at 25 games [not counting the duplicate Sonic 2s.]. I'm just going along slowly, picking up a game here and there. Nobody around here even REMEMBERS the Genesis, if you can believe that. I was talking with a "retrogamer" friend of mine, and she had no idea that the thing even existed. Silly scenester, take off that mushroom bracelet.

I'm really wanting to grab a couple of the rarer ones like Panorama Cotton, but I'll probably have to settle for doing a marked repro due to budget.

darkslime

07-05-2009, 04:02 AM

Nah, I don't enjoy sega games much but that is probably cuz I never owned one as a kid. I do have like 10 genny systems now because you fnd them so cheap though.

Icarus Moonsight

07-05-2009, 04:11 AM

Sega is a primary focus for me, but it's hardly a strict limitation.

Damaramu

07-05-2009, 04:30 AM

Ditto. My collection is very SEGA heavy, but I dig other consoles as well.

Iron Draggon

07-05-2009, 08:43 AM

swlovinist

07-05-2009, 10:33 AM

so will you go for all the imports after you finish all the US sets?

Probably not. Getting all the US games will be a good enough challenge for me. I probably will go after Some of the ones that I want to play, but not all of them. Money and Space are the other issues. My game room is very full(pictures are old). I only like to buy online when I cant find something locally. An import set would primarly have to be done that way and that does not sound fun to me.

guitargary75

07-05-2009, 10:45 AM

I am 20 short of a complete genesis collection. I have completed my master system collection with the exception of Alf. So to answer your question, No.

Baloo

07-05-2009, 10:59 AM

I used to be... but then Donkey Kong Country came out, and I could no longer resist the temptation to get a SNES... after that, it was easy to talk myself into all the other systems of the era, thanks to a lawsuit settlement

You were sued over video games?

I collect for all systems, but I'm no hardcore collector. I don't go and try to collect all games, or sealed games, and whatnot. I just try to collect the games I want to play CIB, but I will do carts. And then I try to put my games that have boxes on a shelf in a presentable manner. Genesis is one of my favorite systems, and I have the most games for it out of any other system (around 87 games for it) but I try to get games for all my systems, so they can all get a good amount of playtime, as I like most of them pretty equally. Unless I really don't like anything on the system, like Playstation, or if it's too expensive a la Saturn then I don't really bother buying games for it unless it's something I actually want for the system. With Genesis if I see a game that's CIB, I'll buy it and try it out, or if I've heard something about it, I'll try it. With Playstation though, I almost always just pass it on.

In short basically, I buy the games that I want for a certain system most of the time, and if I do buy orr recieve something else that I already have or end up disliking it, I end up trading it off or selling it.

The systems I have are:

NES
SNES
Genesis and Nomad
Game Boy
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advanced (w/ E-reader)
Nintendo 64
Game Gear
Saturn
Playstation
Dreamcast
Wii
Gamecube
Nintendo DS
Sega CD (Just traded for one, waiting for it to come in)

So for me, trying to collect for one particular system or even brand name for that matter just isn't worth it. I like to play games on all my systems really.

Atarileaf

07-05-2009, 11:13 AM

I'm not even close to being a sega collector. I have a small handful of genesis games but I never play them. I don't own any other sega systems. They just never interested me.

Nebagram

07-05-2009, 11:29 AM

I was pretty much exclusively Sega in retro terms until about 2004 when I picked up a SNES. Note that I am cheating here a little by picking up a second-hand N64 literally the month before the release of the Gamecube (so it'd still have counted as 'current gen'- at least for Nintendo fans) in the UK.

Ye0ldmario

07-06-2009, 03:23 PM

Adol

07-12-2009, 06:25 PM

I own a complete japanese Sega collection (meaning every title ever made for Sega Master System/Mark 3, Megadrive/Genesis, Mega Cd, 32X, Game Gear, Saturn, Dreamcast), so YES i love Sega.

But NO, i love video games too much, so of course i own as well many Nintendo/SNK/Nec/Atari/whatever collections :)

VG_Maniac

07-12-2009, 08:35 PM

Right now, the main focus of my collection is NES (around 470 games) and SNES (around 230 games)...although I am starting to get more interested in expanding my Genesis game collection as well. I primarily focus on collecting for classic systems, even though I also own systems like Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube, Xbox360, and Nintendo Wii. I buy a couple of games here and there for those systems...but right now I'm mostly concentrating on 8-bit and 16-bit era games. After I'm done with NES and SNES, I will probably mostly just focus on the Genesis, and from there I will move onto another system to focus on.