What is the one thing in your collection that you are most proud of?

[ZP3]

We all have our own collections, and within these collections, there are certain things that you value more than others. It could be a certain game, or accessory, or even a console that is for some reason special to you, for any reason. For me, it would be my collection of all the main Pokémon games released on Gameboy systems. I recently found the last one I needed to complete the set (Pokémon Gold), and I am so pumped. So, again, which part of your collection do you value more than the rest?

[Zing]

I am most proud of the fact that I have no chaff in my collection, and only games that I will play or have played and enjoyed, instead of arbitrary items that have no entertainment value.

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

My handheld collection, and my sub collection of fighting games.

[ZP3]

My handheld collection, and my sub collection of fighting games.

Pics of handheld stuff? I'd be interested in seeing it!

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Without a doubt my autographed "Marcus" puppet.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b328/FrankieViturello/Uploads%20via%20Pixelpipe/2010-03-26175732.jpg

Can't imagine that anybody who isn't a hardcore MEGA64 fan would appreciate it, but since I am one of those to an extreme degree, it is my favorite item.

[bb_hood]

I have the copy of Final Fantasy for nes that I rented like 4 times when I was a little kid. Its the game that got me into RPGs and really held my interest in the nintendo nes. Ive played it for hours and beat it multiple times. Its also the game that got me started in collecting nes games again later in my life.

It still has the rental sticker from the place that rented the game out, its located like 10 minutes down the road from my house. Funny thing is I found the cart at the local salvation army many years after the rental store closed.

[recorderdude]

As of now, my most prized item is my pristine CiB copy of McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure. It's not the rarest game, not the best TREASURE game, hell, not even from my childhood, but you know what? I don't care. I absolutely love it. It's one of the most creative games I've ever played and I can't help but smile every time I go through it again. I'd sooner part with many of my rarer cartridges and discs than with ol' Ronald.

[BricatSegaFan]

As of now, my most prized item is my pristine CiB copy of McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure. It's not the rarest game, not the best TREASURE game, hell, not even from my childhood, but you know what? I don't care. I absolutely love it. It's one of the most creative games I've ever played and I can't help but smile every time I go through it again. I'd sooner part with many of my rarer cartridges and discs than with ol' Ronald.

Lol. I heard good things about that game. Would that explain your avatar?

[recorderdude]

Lol. I heard good things about that game. Would that explain your avatar?

Nah, that ronald is from the GameGear port of Mick and Mack as the Global Gladiators. I only chose it because it's disturbing. Think I'll put TLA ronald up there instead.

[PreZZ]

My Pier Solar investor edition us edition. Only 800 made, and people who bought it will never let them go for a reasonable price! Good luck finding this one in the wild!

[Yago]

Hmmm. Probably convincing a seller at a Flea Market to sell me his Vectrex for $10.00. I also have Texas Chainsaw Massacre on the Atari 2600. So those 2 things for sure I am most proud of.

[teh_d3th_st4r]

My 1974 Atari Qwak! Prototype, and my factory sealed copy of Earthbound.

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

Pics of handheld stuff? I'd be interested in seeing it!

I can take the pics but I don't have a hosting site to upload them to.

[Solo_Skywalker]

I know its not super rare but I'm proud of my Square Button Original Famicom. You don't see them around to often and I think it's a neat part of Nintendo history having been recalled and all that jazz.

[ProjectCamaro]

I don't go out looking for rare games/consoles but I have to say I love my Top Loader NES, it's been modified for AV output, an LED light when it's powered on, and I had all the caps and such replaced on the board to make it more reliable.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I can take the pics but I don't have a hosting site to upload them to.

Photobucket is free! www.photobucket.com

[ZP3]

I don't go out looking for rare games/consoles but I have to say I love my Top Loader NES, it's been modified for AV output, an LED light when it's powered on, and I had all the caps and such replaced on the board to make it more reliable.

Thats impressive! Was the mod on that expensive?

[Crystalian]

Recorderdude, you don't even know what disturbing is....

http://radicalgraphics.org/collection/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Meat&id=11553_Birdie_Grimace_McDonalds_Ronald_McDonald

:puppydogeyes:

[recorderdude]

Recorderdude, you don't even know what disturbing is....

http://radicalgraphics.org/collection/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Meat&id=11553_Birdie_Grimace_McDonalds_Ronald_McDonald

:puppydogeyes:

I personally find media more disturbing when being disturbing is unintentional, like tons of early children's cartoons and records, (and gamegear nightmare ronald), this being a prime example:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjIj8vxiWoo

[Bloodreign]

My copies of Bubble Bobble Part 2 for the NES and Liquid Kids for the Saturn, I especially hold Liquid Kids in high regard, it's one of the finest Taito side scrolling platformers out there. And the Saturn port is pretty much perfect from what I've read and can see.

My copy of Bubble Symphony for the Saturn is also a nice prize, it too is damned near perfect (I hear it is arcade accurate).

[Satoshi_Matrix]

For me, it's owning the absolute gem of a game that is Shantae CIB.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/videogametradertv/Rarity%20Zone/Shantaeboxandgame.png

I picked it up exactly on its release date in 2002 because I was really anticipating it (IIRC IGN and a few other sites had previews and I thought it just looked stunning) and I paid my $39 for it. Nowadays, it's shot up in value like mad, but regardless of its, value I feel proud of being own of the people who supported it when it was released. I'm happy in that my money went to the creators, not to some guy on ebay selling it for several fold what it was originally sold for.

[ZP3]

For me, it's owning the absolute gem of a game that is Shantae CIB.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/videogametradertv/Rarity%20Zone/Shantaeboxandgame.png

I picked it up exactly on its release date in 2002 because I was really anticipating it (IIRC IGN and a few other sites had previews and I thought it just looked stunning) and I paid my $39 for it. Nowadays, it's shot up in value like mad, but regardless of its, value I feel proud of being own of the people who supported it when it was released. I'm happy in that my money went to the creators, not to some guy on ebay selling it for several fold what it was originally sold for.

Thats awesome. I wish I would have saved the boxes to my Gameboy games...

[Xander]

My Pier Solar investor edition us edition. Only 800 made, and people who bought it will never let them go for a reasonable price! Good luck finding this one in the wild!

Same for me :). I got robbed in october and they raided my collection. The only thing I was really worried about was my copy of Pier Solar, suckers only took the playstation stuff.

[ProjectCamaro]

Thats impressive! Was the mod on that expensive?

I didn't think the price was to bad but if you're interested here Jason's website where he has everything listed. He does it out of his house and his turn around time is 24 hours.

http://www.game-tech.us/

[markusman64ds]

Definitely my boxed copy of Bomberman 64: The Second Attack! for Nintendo 64. I played this game a lot during my childhood, and it turns out that it's pretty rare now. My copy is only missing the manual.

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[BricatSegaFan]

Mine would be my $5 CIB copy of Grindstormer I happened across at half price books :)

[PreZZ]

Same for me :). I got robbed in october and they raided my collection. The only thing I was really worried about was my copy of Pier Solar, suckers only took the playstation stuff.

:( c'est chien sa! toujours checker kijiji quand sa arrive yen a qui sont assez cave pour l'afficher

[ZP3]

I didn't think the price was to bad but if you're interested here Jason's website where he has everything listed. He does it out of his house and his turn around time is 24 hours.

http://www.game-tech.us/

He does his work for a lot cheaper than I expected. Give this man some attention people!

[8-Bit Archeology]

My favorite item would have to be my Atari LYNX handheld. My cousin let me use it when I was in the hospital as a youngin. For the longest time I searched for one. [before I was into eBay and local classifieds]. Two years ago I finally found one at a pawn shop. Not only was it in perfect shape it had the box, manuals and even a game Checkered Flag complete. I now have it in the center of my shelf set. And when I get my game room set up my framed Checkered Flag poster will be the first thing you see.

[BetaWolf47]

My factory sealed copy of The Battle of Olympus for NES. It's not my favorite childhood game or anything. Heck, I didn't even hear of it until probably around 2007. But it's the best NES game I discovered since I got back into classic gaming after over a decade. As soon as I ran into that sealed copy during a craigslist transaction, I had to have it.

[gwaine]

I have the copy of Final Fantasy for nes that I rented like 4 times when I was a little kid. Its the game that got me into RPGs and really held my interest in the nintendo nes. Ive played it for hours and beat it multiple times. Its also the game that got me started in collecting nes games again later in my life.

It still has the rental sticker from the place that rented the game out, its located like 10 minutes down the road from my house. Funny thing is I found the cart at the local salvation army many years after the rental store closed.

That's a cool story! My most prized piece is a shrinkwrapped copy of Phantasy Star 2, hint book and all.

[SparTonberry]

For me, it's owning the absolute gem of a game that is Shantae CIB.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/videogametradertv/Rarity%20Zone/Shantaeboxandgame.png

I picked it up exactly on its release date in 2002 because I was really anticipating it (IIRC IGN and a few other sites had previews and I thought it just looked stunning) and I paid my $39 for it. Nowadays, it's shot up in value like mad, but regardless of its, value I feel proud of being own of the people who supported it when it was released. I'm happy in that my money went to the creators, not to some guy on ebay selling it for several fold what it was originally sold for.

Yep, I'm sure I'm one of many people who can remember regrettably passing that one up many times over at EBGames. :( Being released after many people assumed the console was dead (and buried in shovelware when it was alive), it was probably easy to look at the box and assume it was just some game based on a NickJr/PBS show nobody's heard of. :P

[Tanooki]

For me it's the NES Sharp TV. Lucked into this in a dragged out pingpong of email and calls between Dec 2011 and Jan 2012 when I finally got it. It's like in near perfect shape, nothing missing on the body, two controllers and a remote (lightly damaged with a crack on the side) and initially came with 7 basic common games and an orange zapper too for just $225 (plus a 150~mile round trip in time/gas) to get it. Former owner was one with no kids, adult in the military used it during the NES boom in the 89-90 era then just as a bedroom tv for years before just shoving in a back room to collect dust so it was cared for.

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[GamerTheGreek]

My atari 8 bit series in most special which is why it's the only series I didn't sell off.

My xegs system is the prized system cause its the first game system I've ever had

My most prized games would be mogul maniac on a romox reprogrammable cartridge. I got that with 3 other romox released games with a rusted out Atari 400 for 1.00. That one cart is a crown jewel since I've never seen another one.

Blue max pole position and qix are my favorite a8 games I can play them all day.

My lone non a8 collectible item is an Atari 2600 pitfall cart autographed by David crane. I got it on atari age after the cge in 2002 or 2003 I forget the year. I debate trading or selling it but its just so cool to have someone that cool and meant so much to video games I haven't had the heart to sell it.

I hope that my greatest finds for this series are yet to come

[tom]

a Romox Mogul Maniac, that's awesome. And rare as f*ck as Amiga only had a prototype version for the A8 computer ready. Well scored, a once in a life-time.

Mine's still my game.com modem
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=377096&g2_serialNumber=2

and my Teradrive:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=193634&g2_serialNumber=2

my 1973 Odyssey games:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=370742&g2_serialNumber=2

and my 3DO Blaster
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=363470&g2_serialNumber=5

and my VCS stuff I'm most proud of:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=194784

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[thom_m]

My favorite item is my SNES asciipad. It was the first pad I ever used for the system back in the day, when I only had a famiclone at home and played SFII on rental stores. I was thrilled when I found it, specially because gaming stuff is much more expensive and hard to find here in Brazil.

I'm also very fond of my NES, because I was a famiclone kid (as most brazilians), and of the modded Genesis (s-video, stereo sound AV jacks+ region switches) I got from DP member ooXxXoo; aside from being a Genesis and not a Mega Drive, it's nearly impossible to get a decent mod job done here - and the one on my genny is superb.

[ZP3]

a Romox Mogul Maniac, that's awesome.

Mine's still my game.com modem
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=377096&g2_serialNumber=2

and my Teradrive:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=193634&g2_serialNumber=2

my 1973 Odyssey games:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=370742&g2_serialNumber=2

and my 3DO Blaster
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=363470&g2_serialNumber=5

and my VCS stuff I'm most proud of:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=194784

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That Teradrive is awesome!

[tom]

Thanks
came directly from Sega, London
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=379480&g2_serialNumber=2

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[ZP3]

Thanks
came directly from Sega, London
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=379480&g2_serialNumber=2

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I can honestly say I've never seen one of those in my life. Were they very widespread at release?

[tom]

Japan release only.

UK had a Amstrad MegaPC :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/AmstradMegaPC_Advert.jpg

read it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_Mega_PC

Found a pic of my ex-MegaPC
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/amstradmegapc4_zpse2a7bb4c.jpg

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[DDCecil]

Definitely this, the only picture I have of my dad's store from 1998. If it wasn't for it, I probably would of never even thought of collecting video games in the first place.

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/2935/dadstore.png

Game-wise? My complete Odyssey2 collection. It took a decade, but I finally completed it.

[xelement5x]

It's amazing that you've got the original monitors for the Teradrive as well. I've seen the units themselves but having the original monitor is a real rarity. Those normally got tossed or people didn't want to import them due to the weight. The fact that you've got a set is quite commendable!

[Poofta!]

My RPG collection. I have every RPG released for several consoles (PS1, GBA, SegaCD, PSP) as well as all the PC RPG greats and all the limited/collector's edition Japanese import Playstation Final Fantasy releases. A couple of Square's Millennium Collection releases and all kinds of rare import limited edition RPG releases for various consoles from various countries. everything is mint and complete of course, including the big box PC games.

examples of the rare FF psx stuff:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=338570
http://colecciones.elotrolado.net/fotos/media/9472

[postulio]

I'm a big fan of my green Sony Playstation debugging console...

some info here
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?48396-Recieved-my-debug-station-today!

[ZP3]

Definitely this, the only picture I have of my dad's store from 1998. If it wasn't for it, I probably would of never even thought of collecting video games in the first place.

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/2935/dadstore.png

Game-wise? My complete Odyssey2 collection. It took a decade, but I finally completed it.

What became of your Father's game shop?

[Words iManifest]

My CIB Missle Command for the Atari 2600, it was our game of choice for the family to gather around Saturday night and see who could get the high score. Loser made the popcorn. I can't tell you how much we all played/enjoyed that game, one of my earliest gaming memories that I will treasure for a lifetime.

[DDCecil]

What became of your Father's game shop?

The really short version: In late November of '99 my dad sold meth to an undercover cop and the place was shut down.

I like to remember the good times, though. Seeing the (fabled at the time) Tengen Tetris come in, getting a Japanese Saturn and learning about all the games we never got here, and the greatest thing of all-time: Catching a guy stuff an empty CD case down his pants when he thought no one was looking.

[Mark1983]

My centerpiece has to be my NES Top Loader. It's un-modded and works like a champ. I got it for a pretty damn good deal too. Very proud of it! I play it a bunch, along with my SNES and N64.

[ZP3]

The really short version: In late November of '99 my dad sold meth to an undercover cop and the place was shut down.

I like to remember the good times, though. Seeing the (fabled at the time) Tengen Tetris come in, getting a Japanese Saturn and learning about all the games we never got here, and the greatest thing of all-time: Catching a guy stuff an empty CD case down his pants when he thought no one was looking.


I'm sorry to hear about your father.
However, I bet that place had some great times...wouldn't it be awesome to own a video game store?

[Cornelius]

It would be awesome to own a successful video game store, but that is a tall order. And even then, it wouldn't always be awesome. Say, like the 27th of march.

[ZP3]

It would be awesome to own a successful video game store, but that is a tall order. And even then, it wouldn't always be awesome. Say, like the 27th of march.

What happens on March 27th?

[Hwj_Chim]

My Pier Solar investor edition us edition. Only 800 made, and people who bought it will never let them go for a reasonable price! Good luck finding this one in the wild!

This! My posterity copy will never be sold.

[Haoie]

My Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete boxset. I sure miss Working Designs!

[Cornelius]

What happens on March 27th?

Sorry just saw this. Some crazy lady let her autistic kid smash a collectible into the counter, repeatedly, at Joe's store (DP).