UK/English Collectors!

[Cauterize]

Lets see you all! How many of us are there? and where r u all from?
i was considering puttin up a notice in a local gameshop to attract retro gamers so we can meet n trade games.... good idea?

[anagrama]

*raises hand*

There's a few of us here - off the top of my head; Vroomfunkel, Mayhem, gleavepaul, chaoticjelly, Arcturius and probably others I've missed (apologies!). I think I'm the only one in the North East, though...

[Mayhem]

As they say, been around the block a lot collecting wise :)

I know many more collectors in the UK who aren't on here... other places to meet etc...

[wibble]

I'm from Buckinghamshire - I'm sorting out some colelctors meetups as I type, well I will if the person booking the venue calls me back..

[wibble]

Damn, double post somehow.

If anyone fancies coming to a meetup in south bucks (m1 corridor) pm me, I'll happily pick you up at the train station etc..

I'm aiming for the first Saturday in october.

[Pedro Lambrini]

I'm from Edinburgh. Been collecting for a wee while now, mostly SNES and GBA but am now expanding a bit. I don't know of a single person in my area who collects as well, it gets a wee tad lonely sometimes although I do have what market there is to myself :D . My girlfriend just doesn't get me when I get all excited when I get something new she just pats me on the head! It would be nice to share the fun with others...

[tom]

There's me of course, Thomas Holzer, I used to have the biggest VCS collection in Europe.

I lived in the UK for 17 years and I loved England especially for video gaming. I started the fanzine 8/16 in 1987 (for ST and XE), which lasted 6 years. I have written articles in many fanzines (Retrogames voted me 'Best Writer of the year'). I had 53 letters published in many UK gaming magazines, and my gaming collection extended to over 1000 (Not now, I had a good clear out) original games.

I recently moved to France, and I won't be returning to the UK ever, so I think I don't count anymore.

Thomas

[anagrama]

I know many more collectors in the UK who aren't on here... other places to meet etc...

Yeah, there's other boards that are full of UK/European collectors - NTSC-UK, Rllmuk (does that still exist? Don't think I've been there since the Great Edge MegaJet Purchase a few years back ;) ). Lots of folks on Assembler too...

[Predatorxs]

Hey fellas you can include me! in the list, I'm in Manchester and collect mainly for the US / ntsc Snes, my collection is on the way to being complete, about 80 or 90 games till i complete the snes collection.

I'v also started collecting for the GC / Ntsc as well!..

:vamp:..XS

[Cauterize]

hehe good to see you guys... i thought nobody would reply except anagrama!
the only meet i can think of is the CGE UK that was 2 days ago i think... in london.. next year ill be there!

[wibble]

hehe good to see you guys... i thought nobody would reply except anagrama!
the only meet i can think of is the CGE UK that was 2 days ago i think... in london.. next year ill be there!

We used to run Britmeet (britmeet.co.uk) every summer - so the UK CGE claim to be the first in the UK is patently bollocks.

I think we may be back next year ;-)

[towerofsong]

*raises hand*
i'm here...quietly...

[The_EniGma]

u forgot me

I live just outside bham in the west mids

in a small town called Smethwick in a borough called Sandwell

Winner of one of the most rundown Boroughs in the uk award :D

[LaRésistance]

I recently moved to France, and I won't be returning to the UK ever, so I think I don't count anymore.

And i thought that i was the only one from France (or leaving in France) here.

[Pedro Lambrini]

I recently moved to France, and I won't be returning to the UK ever, so I think I don't count anymore.

And i thought that i was the only one from France (or leaving in France) here.

It just shows you! I thought I was the only person from Scotland here until I posted a topic asking for Scots to come forward. None did but I was informed there are, indeed, other Scots around here somewhere. I wonder which natioalities are only represented by one person here...

[Mayhem]

@Wibble - oh really (regarding Britmeet)? I went to at least one of them, if not two. Milton Keynes Hockey Stadium? Where I got my Vectrex and a copy of Giana Sisters on C64 :)

[wibble]

@Wibble - oh really (regarding Britmeet)? I went to at least one of them, if not two. Milton Keynes Hockey Stadium? Where I got my Vectrex and a copy of Giana Sisters on C64 :)

They were bloody great days and I'd have liked to make the CGE thingy - but sadly work is making demands on myself until early septemeber...

[Predatorxs]

I know there will probably be time constrants (ie, work, going on holiday, etc etc), But wouldn't it be cool to all meet up at the Next CGE?!..!

Yeah i know there's all of a year till the next event!.. But it's an idea all the same! :P

:vamp:..XS

[Cauterize]

...wouldn't it be cool to all meet up at the Next CGE?!..!

Damn Right! We shall! we will have to get liek paper signs sayin Digital press dudes or something... mayeb postin pics would be a good idea..... did anyone actually go to it this year?

[richmond]

iam the only welshy? :)

[wibble]

Guy's, I'll be posting details in a min but I've got a Bletchley/Milton Keynes/South Bucks meetup on the 2nd of October 2004 lined up (halls booked etc) so if anyone wants to meet up, let me know.

[Mayhem]

I think I'm currently free that day, and it isn't too far now so perhaps I'd be able to make it :)

[wibble]

I hope you to make it Sir and uphold the C64 banner....

[importaku]

Yaay someone else who lives in Leeds.

Hehe i live in Leeds too :D

Its a shame the uk dosent seem to have really massive retro shows like you lucky people in the US have.

Although i have very few items that could be classed as retro i do like old videogames

[pr8cjb]

I live in the deep recesses of the South West, collecting mainly Sega stuff 16 bit upwards, though I have a SNES, N64 and VCS that get some use. The Mega-CD is my personal passion - 8 left to get a full PAL set! Sadly most game stores except "Game" have yet to move this far down the country...

[jono]

I hail from South Wales. I only know of about 2 maybe 3 other people in my local area who collect. Oh well leaves more for me i guess :D .
Also where do most pf you get your stuff from? I still find that the boot sales in my area are pretty good for finding stuff. In the past couple of years i've found tons of stuff.

[Cauterize]

I only know of about 2 maybe 3 other people in my local area who collect.

Also where do most pf you get your stuff from? I still find that the boot sales in my area are pretty good for finding stuff. In the past couple of years i've found tons of stuff.

2 or 3 people, thats a lot really... i have no "enemies" in my area LOL

Best places i find are car boots, 2nd hand shops and friends really... also some game shops do some good deals...

[Predatorxs]

But just think of all the people that collect but don't know about DP or even worse haven't got Net access??

there could be people on your very street that might be... crazy Video game collectors LOL

:vamp:..XS (..........I'm Rick james Bitcchh!)

[Cauterize]

But just think of all the people that collect but don't know about DP or even worse haven't got Net access??

there could be people on your very street that might be... crazy Video game collectors LOL

ARGH YOUR SCARING ME! STOP! hahaha
i hope there isnt.... LOL theres this really annoying guy at the local car boot sale that buys the games he see's then goes back to his stall n sells them at high prices, i might kick his ass!

[jono]

I got the same problem as you. There are a few dealers at the car boots i go to you are always trying to grab the games. Just yesterday i missed out on a snes with super bomberman 2, starwing and super return of the jedi for under a tenner. The woman who bought knows that i go for the older systems and she stood there smirking at me as she bought it. I've seen her buy a megadrive with a bunch of games for a fiver and then try to sell it on her stall for £35 at the same boot!. I don't mind though, i managed after haggling with her at a different boot to get Mario allstars, Mario kart and Mario world 2 Yoshi's Island off her for a tenner. She probably paid a pittance for them though.
I do notice however most of the dealers in my area tend not to even look at N64, Dreamcast, Saturn or Snes stuff. I've seen them just walk by without giving them a second look. They always go for the playstation and megadrive games. Anything they don't recognise they just walk away, which on one instance meant that i bagged a boxed virtual boy for a fiver. Oh how i laughed at them that day.

[Cauterize]

I got the same problem as you. There are a few dealers at the car boots i go to you are always trying to grab the games. Just yesterday i missed out on a snes with super bomberman 2, starwing and super return of the jedi for under a tenner. The woman who bought knows that i go for the older systems and she stood there smirking at me as she bought it. I've seen her buy a megadrive with a bunch of games for a fiver and then try to sell it on her stall for £35 at the same boot!. I don't mind though, i managed after haggling with her at a different boot to get Mario allstars, Mario kart and Mario world 2 Yoshi's Island off her for a tenner. She probably paid a pittance for them though.
I do notice however most of the dealers in my area tend not to even look at N64, Dreamcast, Saturn or Snes stuff. I've seen them just walk by without giving them a second look. They always go for the playstation and megadrive games. Anything they don't recognise they just walk away, which on one instance meant that i bagged a boxed virtual boy for a fiver. Oh how i laughed at them that day.

Its really annoying isnt it.. it tears apart our hobby in a way... if i find out what he collects ill go lay a crap on it or something to let him know how i feel! hahaha... or i could just buy it n break it infront of him.....
:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
Damn im evil... i wouldnt mind a collector like one of u lot around as we could trade games n meet up to fight for our lives on mario kart together!

[Cauterize]

also another point about this is, they are actually screwing themselves outta cash as we are the only ones buying this stuff really!!!

[Predatorxs]

But just think of all the people that collect but don't know about DP or even worse haven't got Net access??

there could be people on your very street that might be... crazy Video game collectors LOL

ARGH YOUR SCARING ME! STOP! hahaha
i hope there isnt.... LOL theres this really annoying guy at the local car boot sale that buys the games he see's then goes back to his stall n sells them at high prices, i might kick his ass!

Go.. whip that maaaaaaaan's Ass!! ( My best StoneCold Line LOL )

To be Honest i don't go to car boots like i use to, but when i did i got sum really nice finds!.. and not always Gaming stuff!..

But one of my last finds, was a US snes with 11 or 12 us games and 2 or 3 converters, for a £5 that was very, very nice!! when i gave the guy a fiver, i asked him to hold onto it. ( So i didn't have to carry it around ;) )

Later when i went back, i picked my stuff up, he said he had this little carry bag thingy, for £1, it was a Gameboy carry bag with a nice clean GB and a handful of games as well as a light and magnifer!! :-P

:vamp:..XS

[Cauterize]

ha u lucky thing!
well good news is this idiot sellign these games has had to reduce them coz he cant sell them and he didnt seem to buy anything i wanted today luckly... hopefully his car will reverse onto him when he is packing up...

[jono]

Damn it, it happened again this morning! Missed out on a megadrive with a crapload of boxed games for a fiver. At least i got a Lynx this morning with 4 games for £2. All the dealers ignored it.

[Cauterize]

At least i got a Lynx this morning with 4 games for £2. All the dealers ignored it.

Nice one mate, i think lynx stuff is hard to come by over here!

[jono]

I rarely see any Atari Lynx stuff. Hell i've only seen maybe 3 or four upclose before and two of them where broken. And up until 4 months ago one of them was nailed to a wall above a collectors stall in a local market!
Anyhow i bagged some more stuff this afternoon.
Art Alive, Megagames 3 and Sonic and knuckles for the MD, a mark 1 master system, bad dudes versus dragon ninja and double dragon for the nes, Laser ghost for the MS and finely a Teddy Boy Sega card for the master system 1. I havn't seen one of these cards for nearly ten years.

[Vroomfunkel]

A meet? Ooh! Sounds groovy

I reckon I could make MK for 2nd October .. PM / Email me if & when there are confirmed details etc.

I've got freinds in MK so I could drop in and see them too :D

And if anyone is after sealed PAL / jp Mega CD games then come along with some good trades 8-)

Vroomfunkel

[wibble]

I reckon I could make MK for 2nd October .. PM / Email me if & when there are confirmed details etc.



It's all confimed, check the Jollyfest posting in this folder for full details.

Wibble.

[Cauterize]

A meet? Ooh! Sounds groovy

I reckon I could make MK for 2nd October .. PM / Email me if & when there are confirmed details etc.

I've got freinds in MK so I could drop in and see them too :D

And if anyone is after sealed PAL / jp Mega CD games then come along with some good trades 8-)

Vroomfunkel

I need a Mega CD First :embarrassed: :embarrassed: :embarrassed:
The one thing i cant seem to get hold of! i even have some games for it!

[THXII38]

I live in Bedford, England, and am always pleased to meet fellow retro collectors.

Mostly, I am not free on Saturdays though.

[THXII38]

[quote=jono]I got the same problem as you. There are a few dealers at the car boots i go to you are always trying to grab the games. Just yesterday i missed out on a snes with super bomberman 2, starwing and super return of the jedi for under a tenner. The woman who bought knows that i go for the older systems and she stood there smirking at me as she bought it. I've seen her buy a megadrive with a bunch of games for a fiver and then try to sell it on her stall for £35 at the same boot!. I don't mind though, i managed after haggling with her at a different boot to get Mario allstars, Mario kart and Mario world 2 Yoshi's Island off her for a tenner. She probably paid a pittance for them though.
I do notice however most of the dealers in my area tend not to even look at N64, Dreamcast, Saturn or Snes stuff. I've seen them just walk by without giving them a second look. They always go for the playstation and megadrive games. Anything they don't recognise they just walk away, which on one instance meant that i bagged a boxed virtual boy for a fiver. Oh how i laughed at them that day.

I wouldn't mind a retro dealer at a car boot sale, that would be fine. Someone with lot's and lot's of old skool stuff, priced accordinly, great. It's the people that play at being dealers that I don't like. That just stick stupid prices on the few video games, and refuse to haggle, it's a car boot sale for goodness sake! And the amount of people that try and sell DVD's from poundland for £5 beggars belief, altough I have to smiles sometimes, cos I often see them trying to sell
to me stuff which they have bought at the local auction house, which is often stuff that I put in to sell. LOL

[Vroomfunkel]

Hey, cauterise! I can do you a Mega CD 2 as well if you want :D

Got a boxed one under the bed that's gotta go. Could bring it along to Milton Keynes if you're interested? ;)


Vroomfunkel

[jono]

God i see loads of dealers here in wales at the boots trying to sell those damn poundland DVD's for a fiver. Some have tables covered in them!
I've also now got some competition at the boots. I was talking with son of one of my dads friends about my games collecting and how i sold stuff on ebay. I sometimes buy a system even if i already have it just to get the games that came with. I then usually sell the system on ebay keeping what i want. Anyhow yesterday i saw the guy at a boot pulling all these saturn games out of a box. I rushed over but he had already grabbed a mint copy of Virtua Fighter kids. In desperation i bought the whole box of saturn stuff (£12!!!!!!) hoping for a few finds after he walked away. Luckily I got a few games to bulk out my collection and i finally got hold of a offical backup memory cart(boxed)!!! I've decided now never to tell anyone else about my hobby.
:angry:

[Ed Oscuro]

I collect English SMS games, and I was in GB two years ago, does that make me qualify? :D

[Cauterize]

hehe hmmm.... we will have to see about that... LOL

Im a die hard SMS'er too :) over halfway to the full set now :)

[jono]

How hard are the Sega cards for the SMS Mk1 to find? In the past month i've found 2 boxed, F16 Fighter and Teddy Boy.

[anagrama]

How hard are the Sega cards for the SMS Mk1 to find? In the past month i've found 2 boxed, F16 Fighter and Teddy Boy.

They're all uncommon-to-rareish. Bank Panic, Great Soccer and the boxed Hang-On are the hard ones to get, but any of them are pretty nice finds.

ps - 17 SMS games to go for the full Euro set ;)

[richmond]

where abouts in south wales are you from jono? would that market stall happen to be toy army?

[jono]

I live in a village near Abergavenny. Its about 15 miles away from Newport.

[Arcturius]

hehe yeah I'm in the UK from Bristol infact I know of a few other collectors here but they are mostly after Dreamcast stuff which is knida good for me as my DC collection is near done (bar European Cover/Disc varients). I fact one of them I know lives just a few streets up from me (about 2-3 minutes walk away) and another lives in the downstairs flat (though he's more of a casual collector) I'm collecting PAL Saturn stuff at the moment mainly (Lynx/Jaguar though not as hardcore on those) as well as anything else that catches my eye really

[Marco]

Ah you Britons, forget Britmeet, CGE-UK, whatever, and join us for the real fest in Holland:

EuroCon 2004 (http://www.eurocon.info)

:D

Cheers,
Marco

[anagrama]

Ironically enough, it would probably be cheaper for me to get to Holland than it would Milton Keynes - I can get the ferry from North Shields to Amsterdam for something like £40 return. Not to mention the 'obvious benefits' in that choice of location ;)

[Marco]

Well, we're not in Amsterdam this time round, but in Scheveningen a.k.a. Holland's Blackpool. Holland is small though, so a trip to Amsterdam sure would be do-able :-P

Cheers,
Marco

[chaoticjelly]

Did someone mention my name LOL

Sorry guys I was too busy buying all the games you missed to see this post :-P

I am in Lancashire... allthough I study in Liverpool !
So my location changes sometimes !

:eek 2:

As for swapping gatherings...
8-) I am not very cool 8-)

[Vroomfunkel]

So then ... is this thing definitely on? And who is definitely going? Also, is there going to be a Megadrive set up there? Is it worth my bringing along my Megadrive Action Chair for people to see / try out? :D

Vroomfunkel

[Ruudos]

This sounds interesting , especially since I live quite close to Scheveningen.

British people can also take the ferry from Harwich to Hoek van Holland.

[wibble]

Ah you Britons, forget Britmeet, CGE-UK, whatever, and join us for the real fest in Holland:

EuroCon 2004 (http://www.eurocon.info)

:D

Cheers,
Marco

Yeah I would have a few years ago marco but apparently you didn't do day visits according to leggy so I was prevented from joining you in Blackpool.....

[wibble]

JollyFest is Deffinately on!

If people can bring a Few TV's that'd be very nice indeed, it'd help out a lot.

Cheers

[Mayhem]

When and where though? My weekend schedule is looking VERY packed until Xmas now (in between another gaming meet, Eurocon, RV4.5, a trip to the US for Thanksgiving and more!).

[hydr0x]

This sounds interesting , especially since I live quite close to Scheveningen.

British people can also take the ferry from Harwich to Hoek van Holland.

damn ruud i'm in that region every year, i love hoek van holland, have been there soooo many times since i was a baby LOL

[Ruudos]

My uncle and aunt (+ 2 cousins) live there. It's like 30 minutes with the bike.
Many people consider Hoek van Holland here as a part of the Westland, but officially it isn't (it's part of Rotterdam).

[hydr0x]

My uncle and aunt (+ 2 cousins) live there. It's like 30 minutes with the bike.
Many people consider Hoek van Holland here as a part of the Westland, but officially it isn't (it's part of Rotterdam).

i know it belong to Rotterdam, i know that region quite good, i've got relatives in Rotterdam, Schiedam, Spijkenisse, Capelle aan den Ijssel, Maasluis and some other cities (Hengelo...) and i'm over there quite regularly 1-4 times per year

[lurpak]

I'm from Edinburgh. lonely sometimes although I do have what market there is to myself ...

not when Im running around ingleston market at 8am on a sunday morning.. saying that somone beat me there this sunday, there was nuffin!!

:eek 2:

edit/ BTW... yes an organised meet would be fatastic. though I think a group going across to amsterdam sounds even more fun !!

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I think I more than qualify for inclusion!

I'm from Ipswich, Suffolk, and collect pretty much anything - So long as it's factory sealed!

I don't claim to have the biggest collection around, but I will claim I probably have the best condition collection for the things I do have! I believe it's not quantity that counts - It's quality!


And i'm pretty sure I am one of the biggest collector's in Ipswich. One of mind - Not "THE" biggest (Although I believe I know of at least three other people who could possible claim that title!)


Wouldn't really trade anything (As my stuff is perfect) but would definately be interested in paying cold hard cash for anything that takes my fancy...

I'd definately be interested in a simple "Show and tell" though!

[Cauterize]

im def the"Retro Boy" of Leeds! Hell, even Gamestation call me that!
And as for holland, nice place, went there on an art trip with school last year, apart from there was some wierd guy in amsterdam, had socks up to his knees and he was chasing small children.... and no im not joking!

[lurpak]

forgot to say, Im mainly in warrington although Im in edinburgh weekly or rather weekendly. I only collect videopac, but pick up anything to trade
will travel anywhere for a meet, happy to fill a van with the crap in my attik and offload it to you guys..

[asnozz]

im at uni in Plymouth UK, but i come from the cambridge area 8-)

you may have seen me at assembler/shenmuedojo :D