gaming things which shouldn't be collected?

[tededfred]

Do you feel that there is anything gaming related that shouldn't be collected? Why?

[Jibbajaba]

Copies of Enter the Matrix.

[boatofcar]

Generic Preplayed PSX cd liners from EB.

[MegaDrive20XX]

giant 4-5 feet Standees ( I had three, Resident Evil, Maximo, and Star Fox)

It looks cool at first..then you realize...that it's not worth the space in your house...feels like the Christmas Tree that wasn't taken down

[Cmosfm]

the old Super Mario Bros Ice Cream bars with the Bubble Gum Nose.

I know they'd be cool to have, but you'd have to keep em in the freezer and hope the power never goes out.

Of course you can keep just the wrapper though

[tededfred]

lsdj, nanoloop and other similar items. They may have limited productions or whatever. But they are tools created by hobbists for other hobbists to make music. Not to sit around in a collection.

[Crush Crawfish]

Sports games, broken games, video game underwear

[-hellvin-]

The only thing I can think of that people collect that I have no fathomable interest or see a reason for is dedicated pong systems.

[punkoffgirl]

Old tissues or utensils used by game programmers.

[Querjek]

Game.com

[Sosage]

Any CD/DVD games from Blockbuster. Not only do the majority of the games have the classic "renter got hungry and scraped the shit out of the non-label side with a fork" marks, but that damn decal they put directly on the disc for theft protection is pure evil.

[Dr. Morbis]

"Greatest Hits" variations.

[Hovoc]

The only thing I can think of that people collect that I have no fathomable interest or see a reason for is dedicated pong systems.


i fail to understand this


i like my super pong unit :hmm:

[RetroYoungen]

Game.com

Took the words right outta my brain.

[classicb]

Olsen twin games

[Push Upstairs]

Video Game shirts.

One or two is nice but anything beyond that is excessive.



And we all know posters are where its at anyway 8-)

[DigitalSpace]

Sports games, unless it's a game you enjoyed playing back in the day, or you're going for a complete collection for a certain system. Also, it's not worth it to get every Madden game for SNES because you can.

Also, Pokemon merchandise. There's too much of that stuff rotting away at Goodwill.

And then there's the Army Men games, a franchise that shouldn't have seen a game beyond the N64 lifespan.

And lastly, SMB/Duck Hunt carts. You only need one, unless you're making bitchin' furniture like MarioAllStar2600.

[MarioAllStar2600]

Sports games, unless it's a game you enjoyed playing back in the day, or you're going for a complete collection for a certain system. Also, it's not worth it to get every Madden game for SNES because you can.

Also, Pokemon merchandise. There's too much of that stuff rotting away at Goodwill.

And then there's the Army Men games, a franchise that shouldn't have seen a game beyond the N64 lifespan.

And lastly, SMB/Duck Hunt carts. You only need one, unless you're making bitchin' furniture like MarioAllStar2600.

Which by the way I plan on finishing up my table tommorow. 8-)

And I have a wrapper for an old Super Mario ice pop. LOL

[Flack]

What about videogame crap from the dollar store?

I don't need Mario pogs, thanks.

[vincewy]

Any edible video game related merchandise, don't they ever get rotten? I know a few Neo-Geo freaks collect SNK.

Others on the avoid list include N-Gage, sports games (unless you need to fill them to complete collection of a game library).

[-hellvin-]

The only thing I can think of that people collect that I have no fathomable interest or see a reason for is dedicated pong systems.


i fail to understand this


i like my super pong unit :hmm:

not nostalgic, don't interest me personally, nothing else to say really.

[classicb]

The only thing I can think of that people collect that I have no fathomable interest or see a reason for is dedicated pong systems.


i fail to understand this


i like my super pong unit :hmm:

not nostalgic, don't interest me personally, nothing else to say really.

I'm too young for them to be nostalgic too but I think some of them look cool. Plus its the orgins of home video games how can you call that not worth collecting. :hmm:

EDIT:

plus I would rather have a Pong System than an Olsen Twin game

[-hellvin-]

The only thing I can think of that people collect that I have no fathomable interest or see a reason for is dedicated pong systems.


i fail to understand this


i like my super pong unit :hmm:

not nostalgic, don't interest me personally, nothing else to say really.

I'm too young for them to be nostalgic too but I think some of them look cool. Plus its the orgins of home video games how can you call that not worth collecting. :hmm:

EDIT:

plus I would rather have a Pong System than an Olsen Twin game

Well, I understand your point. I took the question more as of a what would you not collect, not what should not be collected. I've seen em in thrifts quite a bit and I just never pick em up.

[ghostangelofcky]

Autographed underwear by video game programmers. '
Unless it was from Atari circa 1979. Maybe :hmm:

[Arcturius]

Pretty much anything EA have done since the 32-bit era >.<

[jwl]

Shipping Boxes for video game related stuff.

[classicb]

Pretty much anything EA have done since the 32-bit era >.<

I'm going to reverse that...althoughj barely

[TRM]

Shipping Boxes for video game related stuff.

It depends on the box, actually. I would be interested in some of these from the NES era.