The Most Impressive "Wing" in Your Personal Museum

[digitalpress]

Alright gamers, a little collecting talk.

Those of you who are really into the collecting aspect probably consider your collection a mini (some are not so mini) museum of sorts. NES games over there on the shelves, Coleco tabletops unexpectedly placed on that table, a wall dedicated to Sega games... of course it's a museum. And each nook and cranny is a "wing".

So taking your whole collection/museum into account, what do you think is the most impressive aspect of it? A complete set of Virtual Boy games, a tidy stack of PS1 demos, a nicely arranged gun rack of light guns, that DP-rated "9" game with a light shining on it... even a not-so organized bin of CD-i games? What is it? What would be the one facet that you'd simply HAVE to share with another "curator"?

Time to share.

[Scoots]

I really enjoy seeing all my Famicom games together. The label art and different colored carts are really cool when seen as a group.

I get a kick out of my joystick collection too. Lots of uncommon stuff, my favorite being my Tron 2600 stick.

[NoahsMyBro]

Well,

I tend to think my collection is pretty weak. I always think of the things others DO have, rather than consider the strengths of my collection. Having said that up front, I am pretty proud of my collection of homebrews. From the first time I saw Pong I was amazed, and wanted to know how such a thing could be done. Realizing it was just regular people, mere mortals, that were able to pull videogames off, I wanted to do so.

As time went on and I grew up, and I learned what was necessary to get things on to the screen, I became somewhat awed at what people accomplished.

SO, when I first discovered regular people, in their homes/basements, were able to write and produce real cartridges, I was floored. The pace of homebrew releases has picked up to the point that I can't afford to get them all, but I have an entire shelf of homebrews - 2600, 5200, Colecovision, Vectrex. It's the pride of my collection. It has a signed Castle Blast, QB, QB:SE, Koffe:Yellow Kopter. It has SCSIcide in the anti-static bag. It's got Thrust+ SE in the fancy shipping box with foot controller. Alfred Challenge. And many others.

It's nothing a mainstream/civilian would appreciate, but hopefully other videogame geeks would be impressed.

[kai123]

I always point out my Starfox Super Weekend cart. :D Other than that I have a fair amount of games for all systems. I try not to limit myself.

[Raccoon Lad]

I'd say my SMS stuff of course, but to confine the focus even more, would be the complete Sega Card collection (minus box variations)
Includes:
All 7 US SMS cards Complete
Euro Bank Panic Complete
Euro Great Soccer Complete
Aussie Boxed Hang On Complete
Ghost House pre-release demo card Complete

[Quintracker]

Usually the first thing people stop and stare at is my playstation playable store display. After that they take a gander at my nes collection, then promptly evacuate themselves. LOL

[Scoots]

My Vectrex never fails to impress either.

[maxlords]

I don't have anything really "on display" so to speak. Typically, they come in and get overwhelmed in general by the sheer volume of games. When my Super Neo 29 MVS candy cab shows up in a few weeks, I'm sure it'll be that that they all see first :D

[bigdaddychester]

My Vectrex never fails to impress either.

you beat me to it Scoots, so I'll go with my Bally Astrocade and my measly collection of 5 games that I have had since Santa Clause brought it to me many many years ago...

[gamergary]

My shelf of all my systems except it is missing my 2600,ps2, and one other system at any given time.

[larsoncc]

The museum analogy is great.

If my collection could be considered a museum, it's a Children's Museum. LOL

I believe in the educational value of my systems (as far as the hobby is concerned), and as such, most of my systems are in a playable state. Likewise, many of my games are the "popular", non-rare titles.

I "squirrel away" the titles or systems that are rare! Anything that I don't want damaged, I hide.

In fact, I'll take some ridiculous precautions. I keep items in plastic bins (to avoid sunlight and any possible water contact), inside plastic bags (so they don't rub against other items), with silicon packs to keep out humidity (for manuals)... I have a CD unit that's wrapped in bubble wrap...

Remember the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark? Yeah... THAT'S how I keep my "good stuff" - an anonymous box in a warehouse. Nothing to see here, move along.... move along...

[brandver3]

I always get the "whoa" for having 130 something Capcom games. Then there is my shelf of boxed portables. Complete Neo Geo, GB Color, GB SP, Nomad, Game Gear, and Lynx. I imagine in a month or two I can add and N-Gage, never opened, for $5. LOL

[eolsen]

probably my SNES shelf. I have around 100 games on just that one shelf...I know, nothing big to you guys, but it's my biggest collection for a single system

[Mayhem]

In pieces all over the shop...

NGPC collection - all 39 UK titles complete with many Japanese titles also, still gaps to fill but all the great stuff present and correct

7800 - all games, all complete. Just missing a couple of PAL releases where I own the NTSC ones instead

C64 - just the sheer number of original titles owned. Lots of people pirated, lots of people sold their stuff over the years, not many have still the amount of originals I have stashed in every nook and cranny in one room. Especially the cartridges, but that's also why I'm in charge of the DP sections ;)

[tholly]

My SNK Neo Geo MVS 4-Slot. I have not shown it to too many people as I have not had it that long, but that is what I like to show people as the "crown jewel" of my collection and people are usually impressed that I have something that large that you normally only see at an arcade in my house.

[ehall]

http://www.page.sannet.ne.jp/hhamamo/johor/chicken_wing.jpg

Extra Crispy. :D

[buttasuperb]

My MVS and CPS2 carts/kits. (Need to update that pic)

http://www.buttasuperb.com/cps2mvs/mvs/collection/mvscarts.jpg

No pic of the CPS2 stuff.

Also my MVS mini posters are quite badass.

http://www.buttasuperb.com/cps2mvs/mvs/collection/posters.jpg

[djbeatmongrel]

I have to the best wing in my museum (i like saying that) has to be my hardware collection. although my media collection is a moderate size (242 games currently) the hardware shines through. I own 11 consoles excluding different models or duplicates, 6 handhelds (including the original Mattel football-2 and a wonderswan crystal), and a street fighter 2: chamionship edition stand up machine.

its all about short circuiting the house :D

[suppafly]

Definitely my Genesis Collection...242 games rightnow....people always tell me it will take me years to play them all lol..

SOMEDAY i will have the full genesis US collection 8-)

[NE146]

Gah you can forget about me. For an old videogame freak I gotta be the suckiest collector around. :embarrassed: And even the collections that I do have that would be impressive if "displayed", they're scattered all over the friggin place (like for example, maybe there's a couple cool 80's jap handhelds in that shoebox under the bed) etc.

Maybe I could take a picture of that dilapidated wicker basket in the laundry room with a bunch of really dusty 2600 and 5200 games O_O

[christianscott27]

probably the handheld/tabletops, they just look cool. the playchoice 10 and vectrex minicade always impress. the big cart piles dont have the wow appeal despite being more valuable and complete. i guess its usually the totality and orderliness that impress people, the "some much stuff into such a small space" aspect?

[scooterb23]

Since I don't "display" my collection, and I don't usually keep my boxes...I tend not to have a lot to really show off.

People do really like my Virtual Boy...they always say "I always wanted to try it out, but never got the chance" 10 minutes later they just scream "MY EYES!!!! IT BUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRNNNNNNSSS!!!!!" :)

I also am more proud than I should be of my Video Pinball machine I got from nesuser2 last year :) I just love that thing.

Without a doubt though, I will be showing off my Segascope 3D glasses next time my friends are over :D (Thanks Cap'n!!)

[Balloon Fight]

Well the main thing that impresses, is the Galaxian Cab right in the middle of my collection, then there is the SMS stuff with a nice little SMS Girl unit, but my NES stuff will soon be the best though.

[goatdan]

Heh, I'd agree that the "biggest" things in the way of impressions with my collections are my two pinball machines and my Ms. Pac-Man.

My favorite Wing would be the Dreamcast one. I own all US released games except one (and I'm not actively looking for it because somehow completing it seems like it would defeat the purpose of having the collection) that includes Feet of Fury, the game that I helped to publish (shameless plug: Go buy it now at the GOAT Store, LLC if you haven't, it's seriously awesome!) I've also got a pair of Samba Maracca's, three or four ultra-rare homebrew releases, a bunch of imports and so on. The 'Cast kicks ass :)

My second favorite would be my Jaguar one. I own every Jaguar game released except the B&C ones (which I don't count) as well as every known label variation out there. I also have a ton of promotional material and so on for it. It's more complete than my Dreamcast collection, but I tend to play my DC a lot more.

I also enjoy my meager NES wing that's been around since about '88. The only new thing I got was an NES2, which I don't like and don't use (don't know why I'm keeping it) and one of those funky Sharp TV's with the system built in -- that thing is sweet. My wife owns Tengen Tetris, which was a birthday present that she actually enjoyed :D

[tynstar]

My Genesis collection. I have around 410 different games all but 6 are boxed. And all but 37 are complete. My Ms Pac Man coin op always catchs the eye.

[Goodwill Hunter]

The most museum-like part of my gameroom would have to be the group of oversize shelves that used to be a closet. I gutted it, took the doors off and installed 6 - 5' x 2' shelves. This allows me to store games along the sides of the shelves as well as the back. And the open spaces on these shelves are perfect for gaming collectibles and McFarlane figures. The tall shelves are perfect for my Saturn, SegaCD and longbox PSX games. Unfortunately, the open spaces often become weighstations for games that have yet to be logged into the database, but when it's cleaned up, it looks good.

Rich

[Sotenga]

I'm sure I've said this, but I'm a gamer, not a collector. However, I am fond of my Virtual Boy collection... I think I have at least seven games for the thing, but I haven't played it in so long, so I'll have to check again. I also have almost every Castlevania game in existence... well, at least 2/3 of the series. :)

[KirbyStar27]

my starfox super weekand cart, exertainment mountain bike rally, one of my 56 complete snes games, or my sealed War 3010 for SNES! :D

[GamecubeFreek]

I have one bookcase with well over 200 games on it (which happens to be the bulk of my collection), so probably that.

[ClubNinja]

Once guests get over the volume of stuff packed around, two specific areas generally get the most attention.

The Neo Geo MVS box I built, paired with the stack of cartridges, is a "favorite" wing. The people who don't know what it is find it very interesting, while the people who do know think it's great to have a 1-Slot cabinet packed into a smaller area. Also, the size of the cartridges gets people every time. Finally, the artwork that comes with MVS stuff caps off the whole museum vibe. Granted, I have most of the art stored away, it'll eventually be displayed.

The other wing that I'm proud of is the Sonic collection. This one has less "wow appeal" to outsiders because it's scattered all over the place, instead of in a single area. It's important to me, though, because the first Sonic is what finally drew me to consoles from PC gaming for good. Cardboard standups around the room, posters and action figures on the walls, and all sorts of games and variations within the collection, LCD handhelds, a couple plush guys, etc. No matter where you look in the collection, you'll always see a Sonic-related something. I like that.

[GaijinPunch]

Well, being married to someone who hates video games, my museum spends an awful lot of time staying out of site. Also, when your significant other is Japanese, you tend to follow Japanese rules of engagement when it comes to having people over... which means hardly ever. Besides... most of my friends aren't into games for the most part.

HOWEVER, there still are some things that can't be hidden. I've only got about 7-8, but my FM-Towns games literally take up the same amount of space as about 50 or so Saturn games.

Another part that sticks out: If one was to look on the top shelf of my 'book shelf' they'd notice about 500 A4-sized sheets of paper which are flyers, stored nicely in clear-file folders. If they were really sick, they'd open them up and notice that they were game advertisments, and wonder why I saved/purchased them. If someone were to peak at the receipts (even game collectors I'm afraid) they might have me committed.

[GaijinPunch]

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