My Collection Pictures

[Tempest]

It occured to me that I never post my game collection pictures over here on DP. I'm not quite sure what forum to put these in, so mods please move this if I'm in the wrong place. I thought there used to be a Room of Doom forum for such things?

Anyway, without further ado...


Part 1: My basement (changed around a bit since these were taken, but pretty much still the same). Sorry for the odd sizing, AA scales the pictures accordingly so I never noticed they were all different sizes.


The Entrance (with the famous banner):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom1.jpg


Boxed Games (left) 2600, 5200, 7800, 8-bit, and Intellivision:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom2.jpg


Boxed Games (right) 8-bit, Intellivision, Odyssey 2, Lynx, Arcadia, Vectrex, and others:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom3.jpg


The Computers (from right to left): PCjr, C-64, TI-99/4a, G4 Cube:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom4.jpg


The Computers (from right to left): CoCo 3, Vic-20, MSX 2+, Vectrex, Virtual Boy:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom5.jpg


Entertainment Center with the classic systems. (5200, Astrocade, Arcadia 2001, NES, SMS, 7800, Intellivision, Coleco Adam, Odyssey 2)
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom33.jpg


PCjr, Vic-20, ADAM, Colecovision, C-64 and Sega Master System Boxes:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom7.jpg


PC, GBA, and DS boxes:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom8.jpg


My Arcades (Deco Cassette System and MAME cab):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom9.jpg

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Some more basement pics:

My collection (part 1):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom10.jpg


My collection (part 2):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom11.jpg


My collection (part 3):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom12.jpg


My collection (part 4):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom13.jpg

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Now for the upstairs (part 2):

Establishing shot of the entertainment center and bookcase (out of date now)
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom14.jpg


Bottom of entertainment center (Neo Geo MVS, Saturn, and Genesis with Sega CD and slightly askew 32X):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom15.jpg


Middle of entertainment center (SNES, Dreamcast, PS2, Turbo Duo):

http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom31.jpg


Top of entertainment center (Gamecube, Turbografx & PS1 Games):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom29.jpg


Top of entertainment center (Dreamcast Games):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom30.jpg


Close up of the Apple IIe and games (IIe and IIgs):
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom26.jpg


Close up of the Amiga 1200:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom27.jpg


Atari 800XL and MSX:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom28.jpg




Closet with Neo Geo (MVS in shockboxes), Saturn, Genesis, and Sega CD games. There's about a foot and a half of closet on the other side that you can't see in this picture:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom23.jpg

[Ed Oscuro]

Michigan? I should roll around sometime!

You know, my biggest fear about having stuff in a basement is that it'll flood. If you've got a well on your property, know where the switch to turn it off is (and use that switch when you go on vacation).

Other than that, it's mostly from a time period outside what I play but I'd still not mind having some of those things. Right now I'm probably most envious of your CRT monitors though - playing arcade boards via an LCD monitor is no fun.

[Tempest]

And a few more from the upstairs.

Posters on my wall:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom19.jpg
Marquees:
http://www.atariprotos.com/temp/gameroom20.jpg


My modern stuff is downstairs in the family room hooked up to the HD TV (360, Wii, PS3), but I don't have a picture of that. I'm also missing a picture of the entertainment center in the basement. It's the same one as upstairs, but it has my 5200, NES, SMS, 7800, Coleco Adam, and O2 hooked up to it.


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[hellfire]

Holy shit.......

[Flashback2012]

Awesome. Rooms of Doom. :villagepeople:

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Sweet collection man.

Nice movie posters, get those suckers in some FRAMES!

[poloplayr]

Whoa....very very nice.

One of the cleanest set-ups and collections I have ever seen! But one part of me somehow misses that "cozy den-feeling" if that makes sense....guess that is easily fixed with a big comfy chair and lights out though.

All in all, one of the best ones I've seen!

[garagesaleking!!]

unreal.

[BeaglePuss]

Starts chant:
Show us the protos, Show us the protos!

Sidenote: What's with you referring to the Neo stuff as AVS and not MVS?

[tom]

Awesome indeed, but a VCS needs to be setup upstairs

[Joe West]

Whoa, that collection is Great..............:band:

[otoko]

Quite impressive. You got a great computer collection there.

[Baloo]

Starts chant:
Show us the protos, Show us the protos!

Sidenote: What's with you referring to the Neo stuff as AVS and not MVS?

He Means AES, the Neo Geo Home Console. At least, I think those are the AES boxes.

[Ed Oscuro]

Yeah, they don't look like shockboxes to me. Looks like a collection of US AES boxes. Kind of surprising to see so many Neo Geo games when the focus seems to be 8-bit! Somebody is loaded (or perhaps "was").

[Tempest]

He Means AES, the Neo Geo Home Console. At least, I think those are the AES boxes.
No actually I mean MVS (had a memory lapse there). Those are MVS carts in shockboxes with custom inserts. They're supposed to look like AES boxes. :)


I do plan on getting a couch downstairs and a mini-fridge (already have the coffee table). It's starting to look like a den already.

The protos are long gone. Sold them off over a year ago. Although they were never really on display, just stuck in tubs. :)

The reason the 2600/7800 is downstairs is because everything is organized by era. Classic era (2600 to NES) is downstairs, Neo-Classic era (Genesis/SNES to DC) is upstairs, and modern stuff is in the family room. Computers are also downstairs. The 8-bit and MSX are the only exception to the rule. They're upstairs for space reasons.

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[garagesaleking!!]

where do you eat? haha.

[Tempest]

BTW I am having a little get together in mid-September. Check the Events section on AA for more details.

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[digitalpress]

Looks awesome, Matt!

If you find some extra time add to the gallery HERE (http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php).

[thunderkid]

:yipes: Thats an awesome collection. It just looks so beautiful all sorted out like that. :love:

[MaypoBandit]

How did you attatch those marquees to the wall? I've got a few but have never found a good way to display them...

[Superman]

Nice layout and in three different locations! I wish I had that much room to display my items.

[Pantechnicon]

I'm mostly a loose-cart collector myself but I am especially impressed with your boxed 2600 collection. Hell, I don't think I've seen that many boxed VCS carts in one place since K-Mart circa 1982.

[Ed Oscuro]

No actually I mean MVS (had a memory lapse there). Those are MVS carts in shockboxes with custom inserts. They're supposed to look like AES boxes. :)
*facepalm*

Not having seen shockbox spines before this, I'm a bit surprised to see how much they look like AES games. It's still impressive - even though MVS games are far and away cheaper, that's still obviously quite the investment. Especially with the shockboxes which ain't free. If I were to go into MVS collecting, I'd probably do something dumb like insist on matching boxes and serials (and end up with a grand total of one kit, lol).

So, where's the candy cab? Or do you play them some other way, like via Phantom 1?

ALSO! Nice collection of Atarisoft IIe games there (the orange boxes smack dab in the middle of one picture) - did you get those back in the day or more recently? I saw and bought the same fourteen games on eBay a while back (and there was a discussion here a few years ago about how many Atarisoft games for the IIe were released). Any chance we could get a picture of the Track & Field controller while you're at it?

[Tempest]

So, where's the candy cab? Or do you play them some other way, like via Phantom 1?
Well my MVS fixation is english labels with intact serials. That adds a bit ot the cost...

I have a consolized MVS system. Longhorn made it for me about two years ago. It's on the bottom of the entertainment system.

As for the marquees I just used those 3M wall sticker things. Those four are mylar and plastic so they're light enough. I haven't figured out how to hang the glass ones yet.

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[Ed Oscuro]

Well my MVS fixation is english labels with intact serials. That adds a bit ot the cost...
No doubt! Impressive as heck to imagine that anybody is able to find them though after the years most have been neglected / abused.

Consolized MVS = goodness. Arasoi also went that route IIRC. You're getting a lot more bang for your buck than I am with the AES Gold that I have (unmodded so crap video and mono audio, yuck).

Updated my post earlier, any thoughts on that other stuff?

[guitargary75]

Looks great!! Like setup.

[Tempest]

I've updated the pictures a bit with the new entertainment center shots.

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[Tempest]

*facepalm*
ALSO! Nice collection of Atarisoft IIe games there (the orange boxes smack dab in the middle of one picture) - did you get those back in the day or more recently? I saw and bought the same fourteen games on eBay a while back (and there was a discussion here a few years ago about how many Atarisoft games for the IIe were released). Any chance we could get a picture of the Track & Field controller while you're at it?
I got those off ebay years ago when they first started popping up. I believe this is the complete set, the documents I've seen seem to corroborate this. There are a few prototypes floating around though like Mario Bros.

The track and field controller is the same as the 2600 one. They just included a funky little adapter that plugs into the paddle port inside the Apple. Not very convenient. You'd think they'd just use the joystick port.

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[TheRealist50]

That is simply amazing. My jaw dropped at the first shot of your boxed Atari games. Congrats!

[retrocollectorguy]

Nice collection! I really like the computers aligned one by one aside each other. Reminds me somewhat of my old classroom lol.

[y-bot]

Wow Matt, your collection is insane! I'm jealous of how much room you have.

y-bot

[Octopod]

I would be scared to have a basement game room. What if a water pipe bust!? Nice collection though.

[houstonlibrarian]

Man this is unreal. I can only imagine the time and money spent to put something like this together.

[SegaAges]

I am currently setting up a game room in my basement as well, and wow, you have alot of room. Nice collection.

[Tempest]

Man this is unreal. I can only imagine the time and money spent to put something like this together.
Honestly I don't know. This collection has been growing since 1996 so it's hard to say how much I've invested in it. Probably a lot less than you'd think since prices were a lot lower 10 years ago when I got the bulk of my stuff. :)

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