Introduce Yourself!

[Wedge4Life]

Hi, I'm Len (Age 30), from Uncasville, CT. Rob (Aka Dire 51), my partner in crime at West Mansion showed me this place. I've never really considered myself a collector, just a gamer (I do however, have a goal to collect every Star Wars game ever made. I've been into gaming damn near all my life. It all started with the PONG console my parents bought. From there it went to the 2600, Intellivision, Atarti 800 computer, NES, Genesis, Super NES, 32X, Playstation, and N64. Sadly, all I have left is the NES, Super NES, and N64. I've also wanted to get into import games, but I've never had the spare cash or even known where to start.

Some of my favorite games are:
Rogue Squadron (N64),
Gradius III (SNES),
Streets of Rage series,
Splatterhouse series,
Perfect Dark (N64),


- What you do in "real life"

Shiftless layabout... LOL

[NYLatenite]

Hello all,

I'm G.P., 32 years old, hailing from NYC but currently residing in scenic East Meadow NY. I came across DP around 1998 or so when I suddenly discovered that not only were there people selling all those great old games on Yahoo & Ebay, but in picking up the DP guide that there were other people as crazy as I am.

I've been a video game junkie for about as long as I can remember, going all the way back to that first dedicated Pong console dad brought home when I was about 5. I'll collect just about any video game system I come across, and as such while I don't have any complete collections (though I am getting close on the Odyssey 2 and the Atari 7800), I do have a pretty nice assortment of stuff from different systems. Unfortunately, I don't pick up as much stuff as I used to due to collecting becoming more popular (and causing a rise in prices) and less free cash as I get older. :)

If I had to pick my 2 biggest collecting blunders I'd have to say...

1.) All those ColecoVision games that I sold to a buddy in high school for $5 apiece so I'd have enough cash for a date. I've almost gotten them all again. At least i didn't sell Mr. Do's Castle! :)

2.) The fact that when I moved, I threw out all of my Genesis game boxes to save space. I still kick myself about this one on a regular basis - especially whenever I see "Room of Doom" photos of Genesis games all lined up. Must have been about 50 boxes...

What i do in real life isn't interesting at all, so I'm not going to bore anyone and I guess my claim to fame is having built a custom arcade cabinet from scratch about 5 and a half years ago. Right now my main hobby is fighting off the urge to build a cocktail cabinet to go with the first machine, upgrading the current machine so it's as unique as it was back in the old days before people started selling pre-build cabinet kits and trying to think of ways I could eventually turn arcade cabinet building into a job. :)

So there you have it - a big greeting to everyone and may Bira Bira watch over your hunts!

[Katy514]

Heya everyone! I just found this board, and it looks like there are alot of people who visit here. I hope to make friends with all of you! I am 26 Years old, and I live in San Diego, CA. I have been playing games ever since my daddy to me a Nintendo at age 13! I really dont know what else to say, but if I think of something, Ill be sure to let you guys now!

[kaeruyojimbo]

Hi everyone. I've been collecting classic video games since '97 but I've just now started checking out forums. I'm living in Wichita were my wife and I just bought a house so I finally have a real game room.

[Aboliax]

- Who you are
My real names Matt
- Where you live
I live in Tucson, Az
- How you found the forums
Tips & Tricks!
- What your favorite games are
Too many to name
- What systems you collect for
Gameboy, only. But I have decent collections of this gen and last gen systems/games
- What you do in "real life"
Full Time Student
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Uhh I got a game when I was 6 Super Mario Land for GB. Now, at 18, I have 70+ games for GB. I just recently decided to start trying to get a complete GB collection.

[Philflound]

Philip M. Dispenza Jr.
North NJ across from New York City
Age 34
Collecting video games since 1995. Before that I just played, played, and played.

I'm over 2000 games now in my collection if I can calculate correctly. One day I'll update Joe's list under my name.

Can't remember how I found this forum. Bought the last 4 DP Guides, though I would help contribute info. Probably found through a news group or by accidently searching the web.

My favorite games of all time are Dragon's Lair I and II, and the new 3-D, Front Line, Ghost and Goblins, and Elevator Action.

Love Time Pilot for the CV and also the original Mr Do. For the 2600, I'd have to go with Adventure, Raiders ot Lost Ark, and Haunted house.

Guess there's a lot more, with the Thief series by Eidos being my all time PC fav.

It's hard to say what I do in real life. Had a comic book/toy store, then ran my buddies, for a few years. Sell on Ebay for myself, and sometimes for others. I'm currently doing data entry for a temp agency, but am applying for a teaching position, or possibly trying to get back into the post office. I'm also organist in my church, trying to upgrade myself to a richer one. :)

[Chronic]

Hey all my name is Chronic...I found the boards after searching for Classic Video Games... The people here seem pretty cool, so I joined. 8-)

[Jedi805]

Hello everyone my name is Peter and I live in southern CA. I learned about D.P. from E.G.M. magazine. I always read the forums and liked what I saw so I said what the hell and joined. Glad I did. I started collecting around 10 years ago.

My favorite games are-
Ikaruga-Gamecube
Castlevania SOTN-PS1
Tysons Punch Out-NES
Marvel vs. Capcom 2-Dreamcast
Those are just a few.

Systems I own and collect for are-
NES-SNES-N64-Gamecube-GB-GBC-GBA-Virtual boy
SMS-Genisis-Sega CD-32X-Saturn-Dreamcast-Gamegear
Atari 2600-Jaguar-Lynx-PS1-PS2-Xbox-TG16-Ngage
NGPC-Game.Com-

[Disconnected]

Hello, my name is Rob from Santa Cruz, California. I am a long timer lurker and a first time poster. I mainly collect for Saturn, Megadrive, PC Engine, Dreamcast, Neo-Geo, Neo-Geo Pocket, Atari XEGS, and JAMMA. I don't really know how I got started collecting. The first thing I got was a Turbo Duo and it took off from there. My favorite games are Cotton, Lord of Thunder, Ys 1 & 2 for the PC Engine, Moon Patrol, for the XEGS and SNK vs Capcom for the Neo-Geo Pocket. I think I found the site a while back searching for Atari XEGS and JAMMA information. I am mainly into older stuff. I may play an RPG now and again for the PSX or PS2 though. I was one of the locals who showed up for CGE. You may have seen me hanging around the floor or the swap meet. Looking forward to being a regular poster.

Thanks.

[max 330 mega]

hey everyone,
im charley watts, im from virginia
i collect for pretty much everything, but i love sega saturn, nes, neogeo , and turbo duo.

my favorite games are the bubble bobble series, metal slug, bonk,dragon warrior, SNK fighters, and all shoot em ups.
im really new to the forums, for a long time i would just read all the stuff that everyone else wrote, but never get my own account, but now that i did im really glad.
im going to ecgx, so if anyone else wants to talk about trades send me an email!

[LazingBlazers]

I just realized that I haven't done this since I became a member with my all new, all true user name.

Anyway, my name called John. I live in Wisconsin, and I am currently 24 years old. I'm known as LazingBlazers or lazingblazers on this site, as well as eBay and Yahoo!. I am also known as LazingBlazers or fuk2The2ndPower on Xbox Live. If you see me at one of those other places, give me a shout out. I've actually been an on and off member of this message board for a while. I used to be known as Johnny Arcade, and something I can't remember even before, back when this was on the EZBoard system. Anybody remember? Anybody care? I doubt it.

For my gaming tendencies, I like the TurboGrafx-16 a lot... I've got a pretty nutso collection. Once I get a first hand grasp of what the Commodore 64 is all about, I might get into that too. I also appreciate the current gen stuff a good deal, but it's just not quite the same to me. However, that still doesn't put a stop to me blowing money on it.

Other things that I enjoy are Bruceploitation, Anthrax, Chevrolets, fishing, different types of exercise, and lots of etc.

Here's looking forward to some good discussion on the forums!

[Jehuty]

My name is Nick and I'm from Perth, Western Australia the most Isolated city in the world or so they say. I've been browsing these forums for the past few weeks and this place seems to be one of the best forums on the net so I have joined.

Anyway I wouldn't consider myself a collector as such more of a gamer with a pile of games (260+).

And so it begins.

[Fuyukaze]

Hi, my name is Clint and I'm from Texas. I colect everything I can get my hands on as far as console games go. I enjoy cart based games over CD based as I have had more CD based systems die on me over carts. This said, I dont like the N64 much because the controlers tend to break on me often. Biggest colection is in the PS1 but the DC, snes, and genesis close out the top 4. I have been playing console games sense 82 on the atari 2600 and started colecting then but gave up and only started back with the PS1.

Curently colecting for-
Atari 2600
NES
SNES
Lynx
GB
GBC
GBA
Master system
Genesis
Saturn
DC
PS1
PS2
X-Box
Imoports/domestic releases of anime based games.

[youngamer]

hi im keith i live in pa . im probably the youngest in the fourm (13, id like to be proved wrong though)

im the only classic game collector in my school ( i get made fun of A LOT :angry: )

[Stealthlox]

Hi everyone!

My name is Mike and I'm an avid collector. I've had a passion for games since the Odyssey 2 and have been collecting game systems since 95. I've got over 500 games and try to keep my collection focused to North American releases only. I used to work in the Insurance industry, but relaized that wasn't my thing and changed careers. Currently, I'm a Game Designer for a AAA studio and am much happier as I can develop the content I have such a passion for. I look forward to contributing on these boards and will be a frequent visitor.

Favorite games:

Y's Book I and II
Sky Kid
Castlevania SOTN
Star Control II
Panzer Dragoon Saga

Favorite System:

TurboGrafx 16

I need:

A NEO GEO AES
Channel F
BallyY home Arcade
Adventurevision (someday....)
Emerson Arcadia
Laseractive

Thanks!
-Mike

[Jive3D]

Allow myself to introduce...myself.

I'm Jive3D and I'm obsessed with games. I'm a normal 24 year old dude. I get up in the morning and drink coffee then take the subway to work. I live in Manhatten, no I live in the constant state of videogame obsession, wait I already established that.

I'm a big fan of all systems, well almost all systems. It first started with a game of Pac-man in California, circa 1984. My Dad told me that I played it for about a half hour (without a quarter) When the parents gave me a few washingtons, well it all started there. After an unhealthy obsession with a Super Mario Bros. arcade machine, They finally got me an Atari 2600 (my first system, still in it's "prime" I might add). Later came the NES and almost every system after that (but not always when they came out, I wasn't totally spoiled, I have collected a lot in the recent years, gotta get back all of the good games that I was stupid enough to trade to funcoland back in the day ^_^*!)

You can check out my game collection in the link below the clever Snatcher sig. Those are all of my legitimate games. I'm very much into the, uh, seedy type of game aquisitions, but I still fully support the industry by purchasing a healthy amount of games. Boy I can't wait for Donkey Konga to come out! I just pre ordered Shikigami no Shiro II for PS2, I'll be buying Megaman Command Mission, hopefully I'll be able to buy Shenmue Online, Silent Hill 4 and Megaman Collection on GBA if capcom stops delaying it. Sheesh!

Right now I have my Gamecube w/GBA player, PS2, Dreamcast & the roomate's Xbox hooked up to my TV. NO I have yet to purchase an Xbox. I did purchase my first Xbox game a few weeks ago (SHENMUE II). Nothing else other than Halo has somewhat perked my interest.

I'm into niche games and some maintream stuff. Most of my games are from Japanese developers. I actually boycotted any game by an american designer until GTA came out which actually renewed my faith in non Japanese gaming. That's probably not true to a T as far as boycotting US and Europe developed games (Except Wipeout which is my favorite series of games) But I did have little faith in games that didnt come from Japan for a long time.

I could go on and on but I'll try to sum it up with a few interests, which will include game genres and hobbys alike.

Survival Horror, Electronic Music (not that crap that gives dance music a bad name but the good stuff like DJ Shadow, Hybrid, RJD2, Jamiroquai, Plump DJs, I could go on), Almost anything Japanese. I speak a little Japanese - took some courses in college. I'm a DJ, I'm not big into scratching, but I'll do it when it's appropriate. I'm also a big fan of the Japanese surealist fiction author Haruki Murakami, Great stuff. I'm a movie buff too...where do I stop, where do I begin? Also, The Aquabats are seriously the best band in the world (and they are not Electronic either, which almost breaks my code of ethics. I guess that's what Silly Co-Cal Ska Super Heroes will do to ya)

I'm going to stop here, oh wait, I'll also say that most of my friends are not gamers at all. My girlfriend SOMETIMES will try to play some games, but other than that I only get a 1 player experience most of the time. So if you live in NYC and want to play some Pac-Man vs, shoot me a PM.

[McSega]

Hello! My name is Dave and I live in Suwanee, GA. It sounds hickish, but its in the most heavily populated county in Georgia. I'm 20 years old and go to art school for computer animation. I found this website a while back actually, but never surfed around the forums. As soon as I started looking at some posts, I knew this is the place for me. I'm a middle school gamer (thats what I call it), or games from the late 80s til the latest wave of consoles hit. Im sure there is a technical definition, but I don't know it. Haha. I don't really have a favorite system, but I love everything Sega, hence my name. I just genuinely love games, and I collect for myself and not to resell later. I just want to amass as many games as I possibly can before I croak. I currently own an NES toploader, regular NES, SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, 32x, 3do, PSX, Saturn, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance SP, PS2, Gamecube and a gaming PC. I have had two X-Boxes but they never did anything for me, so I sold them. Ha.
My favorite series of games is Resident Evil, I've amassed quite a collection of those games. I also love Doom games, mostly on PC, but I grab the console ones for sh*ts and giggles. My favorite game period is Tetris.

[jescis]

Hello, I'm Jeremiah Norris

I've been collecting NES games since ~1990 something. I'm 27 years old. I sold/ got rid of my NES in favor for the AV famicom. which works really great. I also have a Famicom disk system, and a moded SNES, a genisis, a playstation, a gamecude and a N64.

[Nubiandaze]

Hey All,
My name is Dan and I'm 31 years old. My username is nubian or nubiandaze. I have a decent collection of classic games. The best of my collection includes these:

The whole collection of Vectrex games
13 New Old Stock Nintendo game & watch game,
30 boxed Lynx games
A couple of Neo Geo Pocket games
6 Dreamcast games
Wonderswan Final Fantasy II
Atari 2600 games
A few Sega Megadrive game
Around 60 Commodore 64 games (only pirates mostly)
30 Atari ST games (originals)
3DO game

Consoles:
Dreamcast
Commodore 128D
Sega Megadrive
Apple Macintosh
Wonderswan
Atari 2600
Atari 1040 STe
Neo Geo Pocket
2 X Atari Lynx units
3DO
4 Vectrex units

That's about me. I Always like trading. I live in Australia and I want to acquire some more Neo GeO games. I really want to get GEX aND Samurain Showdown both for the 3DO. I have around 90 feedback on ebay @ 100% and my ebay usernane is nubiandaze.
Regards,

Nubian.

[Sonic Hog]

Hi,
My name is Pete, I'm From Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
I collect anything from pong's to computers. (I have a 386 PC that takes mega drive cartriges).
you can see what i collect here:
http://www.old-computers.com/club/collectors/ordis.asp?c=3855
I started collecting a few years ago while working in tech support, people would ask if i wanted thier old computers.
I'm an electrician by trade and also a qulified network engineer.(both handy for collecting)
I got my nickname years before i started collecting, and years before I had ever played the game.(came from something totally unrelated)

[Mr•X]

Hi All

My Name is Mr•X, and I have been lurking for a while, but decided to finally join. I enjoy modern games and classic gaming alike, and my favorite console is XBOX.

-X

[Habeeb Hamusta]

Hello. My name is Habeeb Hamusta. I am an illegal alien. I come from pakistan. I moved here to Virginia U.S.. I currently am staying in a house with some other illegals. But whatever...

Anyways, I like The SNES.

[Red Shadow]

Hello.

I'm a gamer from Edmonton AB, in the vast wastelands of Canada. I found the forums through a friend of mine who posts here. Not sure what handle he's going by, as I just got here :P

I enjoy most every kind of game save for sports and RTS games. If it involves Megaman or ninja's, I'll play it if I can.

I find it hard to classify myself as a collector. If I had to place a label on myself, I'd say I'm a very casual collector. I buy a lot of games, new and used, current and classic, but I only buy things I like. I don't buy for value or to resell or auction later. I mostly keep the stuff so I have access to it when I want to play it.

Lately, I'm into SNES games, as I was younger when the system came out and couldn't afford a great deal of the best games. Now that I have a steady income, I'm always on the lookout for anything fun, as well as the remaining games I've sold off over the years that I haven't bought back yet. Besides that, I have the usual Xbox, PS2, and GC combo, some common classic systems, and a DC that sorely needs attention.

In "real life", I'm an Assistant Manager at an EBGames here in town. It's probably the best job I can hope for right now, as I never did the whole college thing. I like it, though. I get to talk about games, play games, deal with games, and at the same time, be one of the people sitting at the mouth of "the beast". Working for a corporation makes you feel dirty once in awhile, but I do my best to "keep it real" and make sure I'm helping out as many gamers as I can.

The rest is pretty boring. Not sure how much I'll be posting here, but I'll make an effort to lurk the forums and be creepy at social gatherings. See you around. Stay frosty.

[SebasC]

Well Hello.. im Sebastiaan.. just bein 21 years old and living in ALmere, The Netherlands.. found the forums just by accident i guess and since it about retro gaming (also) i got stuck to it :P

Well my favorite games are Super Mario Bros... and the entire Zelda collection (except for the CD-I versions those were totally bad for my health) I collect mainly for all Nintendo consoles... NES Mostly.. being my first console i owned :)

In real life i have a girlfriend (ARE YOU SERIOUS!! hell yeah i am :P) and i work at an subscription agency... (or however you guys call it) so im sitting behind the pc all day... pfffff.. I like to hang out.. go out partying till early in the morning :P well.. what else? hmmzz i like gaming... (ARE YOU SERIOUS AGAIN?? Ofcourse i am :P) Right now im playing Zelda The Wind Waker & Zelda: A Link To THe Past (SNES).. so keeps my busy ..

any other interesting facts you ask? Well... uhmm not really.. i began collecting just last year i guess.. thats when i dug out my NES from under piles of dust and started thinking.. well this is swell aaaaaah what the hell.. my collection is still very small but for me its satisfying.. i dont have a huge room like some of the collecters around here do :P still living with parents so.. :P well thats bout it :D

[Neonsolid]

Gone.

[drivefast1690]

Howdy, Im Garrett aka drivefast1690
I live in Cincinnati ohio
FFVII, FFVIII, KH, Legend of Zelda, SMB2 would hav to be my favorite games
I colllect games for Ps1,ps2, Nes and im starting to get back in genesis
Im cunrrently a unemployed Senior in high school and thats about it.

[Kat604]

Heya, my name is Kathleen. I'm New York born and raised, currently in the forgotten borough of NYC., which lacks good thrift shops. Been a gamer since my mom finally relented and got me an NES circa 1988. Final Fantasy fangirll, but not psycho about it lol. Also went to ECGX last Saturday and had a blast!

[UK WOMBLE]

Hi

My names Simon, 25 years old, from the UK , near London..

Im a HVAC commissioning engineer by trade, but also recently started a business selling refurbed laptops, which is what i spend most my time doing lately..

Been posting on AA about a year now (Under the same name), thought it might be a good idea to sign up here as well...

I collect for the 2600, fairly seriously, but play most other older consoles as well.

Favourite games is a tricky question, but warlords on my 2600, RTYPE and galaga '88 on my coregrafx and Turrican on the genesis are getting the most playtime at the moment....

Play a lot of online gaming, mostly FPS, at the moment battlefield vietnam mostly, though call of duty exp.pack coming next week so that could all change !!


Si

[RanChan]

Hello all!

My name is Ann, I'm from Dieppe, New Brunswick in Canada. I'm 20 years old and currently go to University of Moncton for culinary arts. My interests are simple, I like video games and anime. If I can, I like to have both, with the Nippon Ichi stuff out there as well as earlier anime based games like Magic Knight Rayearth on the saturn, or all those great older Sailor Moon games.

My favorite anime is Ranma Nibunnoichi (where I got my nickname from) and I listen to a lot of J-pop music, like Namie Amuro, GLOBE, and Two-Mix. For domestic stuff I like Ashleigh McIsaac, Barenaked Ladies (naturally), Andrew W.K. (don't laugh!) and a lot of other bands. I am sort of everywhere on the map musically.

And... yeah! Hope not to be a bother to all of you.

RanChan

[Black Dragon]

AND FINALLY FOR MY 100TH POST!!!!!!

Hey its me and I planned to introduce myself for my 100th post;

My name is really Lou but I am called or known as Black Dragon, and or Shadow Dragon, I am 16 and yea I know I am young but really really really smart!!!! I am a Goth so for those wondering and I am a Starting collecter,
I found my way here by Achika's website Vidgame.net which I give do credit because is a great console website!! I have a NES, Xbox, genesis, an atari 2600 somewhere lol, N64, GB, GBC, and this computer for now and I am looking for a Famicom with all the computer add-ons, and of course the 1990 NWC cart I want so bad!!!!! Also my friends are game collecters and anime fans as am I too, FLCL is my favorite anime
and the simpsons is my favorate show!!!!! I do have a GF and yes she a goth too a hotttttttttt gothic GF :D 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My favorate games are all the mario games, chips challenge, simpsons hit & run, GTA4,
the simpsons arcade game :D , and alot more!!!!!! I do work with electronics alot and make things really cool things, I am into rock music and metal my most favorate bands are AC/DC, Linkin Park, and Metallica!!!!!!!!!!

I think thats all for now but now you finally know me I guess lol!!

Rock on!!! 8-)

[El CiF]

hello hello!
noah be my name and i come from a small town in illinois called chicago
my 5 favorite games are
1. Metal Gear Solid
2. Zelda Ocarina of Time
3. Perfect Dark
4. Starcraft
5. Final Fantasy 1

uhhh dont really have much of a collection yet but im workin on it!
im tryin to build up a sega collection ive already got a dreamcast and a few games for that

p.s. i play final fantasy XI my char is Ketil on fenrir server drop me a /tell!

[stressboy]

Hello, my name is Jeremy, also known as Stressboy. I am 27 and currently work as a contractor for the government. I live in Vancouver, WA.

I currently collect for any system I can, although I am really just starting out. My older consoles are Atari 2600, ColecoVision with ADAM module, and an SNES. The SNES is the same one I got for $200 new back in 1991. I also have an N64, Playstation, Dreamcast(not working), PS2, Gamecube, and XBox.

My favorite games have to be some of the older Final Fantasy games(including 7), the Metroid series, Kid Icarus, Ico, A Link to the Past, Strider, Secret of Mana.. to name a few. I have a hard time trying to figure out which game I would consider a favorite, since a lot of games I like for different reasons.

My first gaming experiences have to be playing on my friends Atari 2600 when I was a kid, and also sitting down and doing the trench run in the old Star Wars arcade game. Also, Pac Man was my life when I was about 5 - 6years old. My first console was a Coleco Vision with the Atari 2600 adapter.

[Psycho Mantis]

Hi everybody! My name's Psycho Mantis. I like collecting lynx ann Saturn games.
Some of my favorite games are: Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2,
Gitaroo Man, Disgaea, Grandia 2, and Earthbound.

[Berty]

Hi, i'm berty! I mostly hang out at the segaxtreme message boards... mostly (aliens). Anyway, i collect a lot of Japanese saturn stuff and i love games made by treasure, especially alien soldier, guardian heroes, radiant silvergun and ikaruga.

I am a Ph.D student (no really) at griffith university australia and i am working on my own video game.

Fav Games,

Panzeer Dragoon Saga
Tetris
Advance Wars
(Treasure games above)
Guwange
Master of Orion
Sonic the Hedgehog
Resident Evil Remake
Silent Hill 2

[grimbal]

I've been on the forums for a little while and realized I never introduced myself.

My board name is grimbal but my birthname is Heath. I was introduced to Digital Press by icbrkr who is a close friend of mine. I did some heavy collecting in the late 90's but after my first child was born I drifted away from the scene and sold A LOT of stuff off. Well the bug has bit me again and now I'm back into it full steam.

I collect pretty much anything gaming related. My current systems are an Atari 5200, NES, SMS, Sega CDX, 32x, SNES, PS1, PS2 and GBA SP. I also have 3 arcade cabs .

See you on the boards. :)

[stuffedmonkey]

My name is Lee. I'm a 26 year old computer geek, married, and living in Washington DC. I used to collect systems and games, but I ended up selling most everything and getting out of gaming for a while. I started getting back into SNES stuff via emulation at first, but then I wanted to go back and get the actual games. I liked emulation, but found that the controls were just a little off in timing - and for some games, that really didn't work. So right now I'm beginning my collection again!

[sirgeoph]

I'm Geoff. I'm 20. I live in New Orleans, LA. I work for The GameTrader (http://thegametrader.com), where we buy, sell, and trade games. I'm the head of the web department (don't complain about the site -- I didn't make it, working on a redesign). I'm an NES fan all the way. It's defintiely my favorite system. My favorite game is (as cliche as it may sound) Super Mario Bros. It's a game I can beat over and over and never grow tired of it.

As of now, I own these systems:
NES (frontloader)
NES (toploader)
SNES
N64 (black)
N64 (translucent smoke black)
GameBoy
GameBoy Advance SP
PS2
XBOX
GameCube

I'm the founder and webmaster at Eight-Four.com, a site dedicated to the modification of consoles, and no, not like mod-chips, but adding LEDs, painting - making what's old, new again.

[klausien]

I realized that I never said a formal hello, so here we go...

I'm 26 years old and currently searching for a position in higher education after putting in my time in the rat race of NYC. I live with my girlfriend in Somerset, NJ, right outside New Brunswick, home of Rutgers University, where I got my Bachelor's. I hope to settle near here someday. It is on the doorstep of everything the east coast can offer.

I primarily play action heavy games from the 8, 16 & 32 Bit eras. I love shmups (my current avatar is the Kanji for tate, or vertical). I hate sports games (made a coaster set out of crappy PSX sports games). My personal take on the game industry is that it is in a downhill slide from artistic expression to stagnation for the purposes of mass consumption and greed. Gaming is starting to look like present day Hollywood. Loads of crap with hidden gems hidden throughout.

I have always been meticulous about my stuff, going back to my first console, the Sega Master System. (I did not have a VCS, but my best friend did and that is where I got hooked on playing. We also played a great deal of Sierra adventures on his Tandy 1000, and later P60!) I have generally supported the underdog, being an early adopter of both the TurboGrafx 16 and the Sega Saturn.

Collecting was inevitable with that kind of philosophy. I started in earnest in 1997, in the ashes of a massive sell-off the year before where I dumped a good 80% of my collection before leaving for college. Since then, my collection has blossomed into a modest 700+ games for all systems from the VCS to the XBox, with a total of only 3 sports games (Virtua Tennis & 2k2 for the DC, and Neo Turf Masters for the NGPC. Quality, not necessarily quantity.

My collection is a hands-on affair. Games are useless if they aren't played. They betray their purpose when kept sealed. The only sealed items I have are doubles.

That's me in a nutshell. I should have been born Japanese.

[weirdguy]

I've been lurking here for a long time, and will have trouble following all the action since this if the 5th forum I am a member.

I'm a Neo Geo fan, I own a MVS 2 Slot. I collect mainly NES, got the moajority of next gen consoles (i jsut buy games for these system, I don'T collect for them :) ).

Anyway that's it, I'm pretty boring :)

[spider-man]

Hey, I'm Gino, currently reside in Buffalo, NY. I've Been coming to this site for a while and just decided to sign up finally. My fav. genres are action and rpg's. For action, some games I enjoy are: devil may cry, berserk, chaos legion, gunstar heroes, contra, castlevania, sonic, megaman, and otogi to name a few. As for rpg's I like: shadow hearts 1-2, valkyrie profile, grandia 1-2, lunar 1-2, phantasy star 1-4, and shining force 0-2 (0 being shining in darkness :)). My systems that I have and collect for are: nes, genesis, snes, n64, psone, ps2, dreamcast, saturn, xbox, gamecube, gba sp, and pc.

I currently work at gamestop. I remember when I was real young, my brother gave me his comics (around 35), so for a couple years I started collecting them. Then when we got the nes with smb, I was instantly hooked LOL . Then after that, I just kept on gaming (with vid games as my main hobby). I also remember the time I gave my nes and genesis to my older sister to have (I had around 50 games for each system). To this day I sometimes wish I still had the games to play(the ones I haven't recollected yet), but I have already re-collected most of them and can find the rest in due time, and its good to know that I can introduce my sister to the wonders of gaming :)

[Promophile]

Haven't posted here yet. Its not like anyone will read this anyways LOL . I'm 18 years old, from Illionis, and collect for just about every system from NES onwards. As my name says, I love promotional materal, especially items send to stores just for display. I have a huge collection of video game displays, promotional posters, and lots of other goodies there were never for sale to consumers. Well thats about it!

[Chronodriftersx]

Hi I'm Chronodriftersx as seen to the left. I like NES RPGS and finding rare Nintendo stuff. Here as seen as my game that is on ebay right now. SNES prototype, an Unreleased game here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8137083558

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43347

[FriedCPU]

I'm Joshua from Ville Platte, Louisiana. 23 years old. Not a huge collector, but I try to get what I want here and there as I can. Not working right now. I don't have a favorite system, but it is close between the Saturn, PS1, and SNES. First games I played were on C-64 and it was Pitfall 2, thus my everlasting love for that game and system. Right now I'm working on getting into school for business management after my last failed attempt at higher ed. The only rare game I own that is worth bragging about is Dracula X for PC=Engine. I paid $50 for it back in the day. And I am not selling! It's my sole torphey so to speak.
I've been following digital press off-and-on for quite some time.

[Predatorxs]

Hi Gang,

I'v been here long enuff, so i guess it's time i introduced myself (My name is Mike), I'm from the UK (Northwest) and Collect for the US SNES.. ( My collection nearing completion / website due very, very soon Oct O4')

I'm bascially a Hardcore US snes collector, everything and anything snes related, snes promotional stuff, store display items etc etc this all goes on top of my Snes collection of games and consoles. I won't go on and bore you to death!.. my Website will paint a better picture..

As well as being a snes collector i'm a gamer too, Gamcube, PS2, XBox... i play it all (When i have the time!) :D

http://www.xs.dsl.pipex.com/avator/ms_ufo.gif..XS

[R4YNE]

Hi, I'm Valerie Rayne, I'm 17 years old and I live in the Netherlands. I don't work yet cause I'm still in school learning to become a cook. Some of my interests R Gaming and trying to cheat on systems, what ever system that may be, I enjoy playing Games but collecting them (just the ROMz, as a 17 year old I don't have the money to get me the real stuff) is my main purpose. I'm working on a site that I want to become the History of Gaming so if U got bits and pieces of info, especially about the big '83 crash, please send me some of it. Other than that, I'm just a happy teenage girl that has a Heart for older Gaming systems, especially the NES and Megadrive/Genesis systems.

Here's a list of the systems I own, most of them donated to me by my brother.

Atari 2600.
Nintendo Entertainment System.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Nintendo64 (bought it myself).
Nintendo Gamecube (bought this one aswell).
Nintendo Gameboy.
Nintendo Gameboy Color.
Nintendo Gameboy Advanced (and also this one I bought my self).
Sega Master System.
Sega Megadrive (that's Genesis in the USA but I think U already know that).
Sega Game Gear.
Commodore64 (I can't play Games on this one anymore, that red N64 expansion pack kinda cartridge in the back of the keyboard died).
Sony Playstation.
Im thinking about getting me one of those X-Boxes, just to be able to play Fable and Kameo....


What do I do on a daily basis??

I go to school and after that I do my homework, play some Games or watch some Anime (NOIR serie rules) or have a look on the internet, once I've done my thing I go to bed, that's pretty much about it, íf U got something to ask U can always find me here, and if it's really urgent add agesoflove@hotmail.com to Ur MSN Messenger, U sure can always find me there.

This was it, I'm gonna try and find me some more rare Emulated stuff, I hope I will have a good time here on the forum and I'll see U guys next time....

[ldkspardante]

What's up everyone? I'm new here. First of all, I made a post about the freeipod.com thing and I want to apologize to y'all if I came off as a spammer. It's just, I really did want to tell ppl about it. I know it's a pyramid scheme type deal, but oh well, a $7 IPOD would be worth it. Anyway, I'm here to introduce myself.

My name is Tony Comeaux. I am from Groves, TX, located in Southeast Texas. I have been into gaming for a long time, maybe not as much as others, but as soon as I was old enough to develop speech and motor skills, I was playin every kind of game I could. My first system was the Atari 2600. Then i moved on from there: NES, GENESIS, and so on. Here's what I have and have been into as far as games go:

System /Game #
Atari /55-60
NES /about 50
SNES /about 20
Genesis /15-20
Gameboy (from creation to GBA) /over 100
Playstation /45-50
N64 /about 30
Dreamcast /about 20 (I love Power Stone!)
Playstation 2 (my favorite) /about 50
Gamecube /10-15 (Kind of lacking in this department)
Xbox /less than 10 (same here, but if you have
Halo, what else matters?)
PC /about 30

Well, I guess that's about it. I know those numbers aren't as high as a lot of others. Insufficient funds can be a pain in the ass. Oh, and before I go, DigitalSpace, I completely agree with you: Eliza Dushku is a total babe. Later guys.

[ldkspardante]

Oh, by the way, I go by Dante.

Thanks

[postulio]

hi guys,


my names Vlad
im from nYc.

i knew of this site for a bit, but i never registered on the forum.

i collect NES, SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, 32x, Odyssey 2, GC and im trying to get all the US PS RPGs.

im 19, and go to college studying Civil Engineering.

i also work as a PC repairperson guy.
yeah.

[JasonMewes2001]

Lets do this again!

Name: Mike Maynard
Age: 17
Location: THE INTERNET... A direct subsidiary of Rhode Island.
Favorite Games: Gradius 3. Axelay. Tony Hawk's Underground. Ikaruga.
Favorite Genre: Shoot em ups right now are most fun, however, I do play some sports and music games. It depends upon my mood.
Collecting: I dont collect much, and what I do collect is usually from prizes or gifts. Once I get a real job I can start working on a bigger, badder collection.
Systems I own: Dreamcast currently is the only system I own, since I had to sell off most of my systems and games due to lack of money during the two summers.
Systems I want: Atari 2600, Gamecube, N64, Nintendo, SNES, PS2.
Currently looking for: Cheap PS2s and Gamecubes.

[Fryeguy]

My name is Josh Frye, and I'm from Jackson, MI

I'm am mostly a console collector. I really only buy the games for each one that are good or highly recomended.

I'm 24 years old and have been collecting for about 5 years. My family had an Odyysey 2 when I was young and that is how I got into collecting. My family had a bunch of games and a couple Odyysey 2 systems, thats how all this got started. I wanted to experiece every console made. So far here is my list.

Atari 2600
Atari 7800
Atari Jaguar w/CD
Odyysey 2
Intelevision
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Gamecube
Turbo Grafx 16 w/o CD
3DO
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis w/CD w/32X
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Pioneer Laseractive
Phillips CD-i
Playstation
Playstation 2
Xbox

Hopefully to own more :)

[Djfinny]

Tell us any or all of the following:

Who you are - My name is Dave (aka djfinny)

Where you live - I live just North of Boston, MA

How you found the forums - A friend of mine recommended that I check out Digital Press, it's about time I found you guys/gals !!

What your favorite games are - Pretty much everything, arcade, RPG's, RTS, sports, strategy etc

What systems you collect for:

- Atari 2600 (original wood grain)
- Atari 5200 (4 port)
- Odyssey 2
- Intellivision w/ Intellivoice
- Vectrex
- Panasonic 3DO
- PS/1
- N64
- GC and GBA
- Xbox
- PC

I have several or more carts/CD's for each console (and growing) around 100+ titles right now

What you do in "real life" I work in IT as a procurement specialist in a very large financial institution.

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc: I'm 36 years old. I believe the first arcade type game I've played was in 1976 - I it was Tank or Bi-plane. Some of the other "console" .... ( PC's) I have owned over the years which I hope to collect again someday are:

- Radio Shack TRS-80 model 1 level 2 16k RAM
- C64
- Apple 2e

As a kid I had compiled about 2 years of Electronic Gaming magazines (from 1982-1984 ish) all near mint, nicely bagged and boxed. I then went off to college and came home to discover that all the old PC's and magazine I collected over the years were thrown out accidentally by my mom.... I've been collecting ever since.
Recently, I'm been looking to get more involved in the Gaming Industry (a possible career change?) I've also been look for sites that are looking for classic game reviewer's - if anyone could recommend some places that are accepting submissions, I would certainly appreciate it.

Nice to meet all of you and good luck with your collections/hobbies. BTW - We are not geeks, we're just misunderstood, at least that's what I tell my wife. :roll:

DJ

[XxMe2NiKxX]

My name's Nick, I live in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, I found the forums by googling classic games, My fave games are the zelda games (with the exception of Zelda II), Shining Force, 2d sonic series, and Columns. I collect for all systems following and including the 8-bit revolution, up until the Sega Dreamcast (I don't collect playstation, though). In real life, I am a digitized Space Invader ship. I shoot things that make a *bmp* sound.

[Kaboomcult]

Hi my name is Jim and I am 24 years old living in western mass. I am collecting for the NES and 2600 right now. After selling off my collection a about a year and a half ago I am getting back in the game. (selling my stuff is one of my biggest regrets) if you live in Mass and want to see about trading or just chat PM me... really I am willing to trade with anyone so PM me for my growing trade list...

thanks
Jim

[Proclus]

Hi! My name is Philippe, I'm 23 and I live in Montreal, Canada. I found the forum through a Google search.

I sold all my systems except for my Colecovision back in 1996, but bought a used NES in 2000 and a used Genesis in 2004. I only collect games for these two systems now, and 95% of the games I have bought this year have been action games.

I'm a philosophy student.

For those interested, I have written a piece entitled "My life as a video game player", which gives a more detailed account of my gaming experiences.

http://www.epinions.com/content_4041646212

Thanks...

[joshnickerson]

Hello. My name's Josh. I'm 25, I currently live in Georgia, and I came across this forum through the Room of Doom from Tips and Tricks Magazine.

I started gaming when I was a wee lad of 5 when my dad got an NES (with Super Mario Bros!) for Christmas the year it came out. It was the gateway system that led me to a lifetime of gaming that had me follow almost exclusively Nintendo consoles. I have all the Nintendo consoles, from the NES to the Gamecube. Some of my prized pieces include a complete boxed Virtual Boy, a standalone demo version of Soul Calibur 2, and a limited edition Ice Blue Gameboy Pocket.
You can check out what I've got here (http://users.ign.com/collection/joshnickerson) if you like. Currently, I have a friendly rivalry with a pal of mine to see who can build the biggest NES collection... he's winning... so far.
When I'm not gaming, I'm usually trying to sharpen my skills as a graphic designer and a cartoonist.

[J2games]

although new to the forums, some of you might know me from my Ebay Store or new website: www.j2games.com! (Ebay j2_discounts)

I'm one half of the J2 - Jay... the other half being Jamie... J2 (real creative, huh?)

J2 is actually a small conglomerate of a few companies that we co-own, real estate, landscaping, interior design, renovations... don't ask. My first love though has always been video games!

I can remember the Christmas morning we opened out Odyssey2 and although secretly wished it was an Atari 2600... we were still glued to the tv and KC Munchkins! I still have that Odyssey2 (in the box with all the packins and every game for that system... jet forward 20 years and it's now 1000's of games for tons of systems! (gee, is there a 12 step for people like us?) I did finally get my Atari 2600 (actually 5 of them) and a 5200, 7800, Lynx, Jaguar, JagCD, MasterSystem, Genesis, Nomad, GenCD, GameGear, 32X, Saturn, Dreamcast, Intellivision (with the voice module,) NES, SNES, N64, the Cube (I LOVE THE CUBE) GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance, Gameboy SP (all the colors), (pre-ordered the Gameboy DS), Colecovision and my beloved Odyssey2 with voice module. (and if you want to count this... still have EVERY issue of Electronic Games magazine back to the Star Wars issue, Sept 1984!)

Once I started selling on Ebay and seeing what the demand was, I decided opening a website and trying to bring not only the everyday titles, but the rarer and hard to find titles to the people might work!

Can you believe all of this is a second job too! Although not the super programmer type, for the day job I build databases and analyze sales performance for a little telecom company and guide the salesforce to better results. (hey, it pays for my "habit!")

kewl to meet everyone. hit our site when you can www.j2games.com. we love to hear from people and love feedback as we develop the site into something collectors will love!

oh, and hey Joe, wished we had met in NJ. Just moved from South Orange a month ago to beautiful Atlanta.. and as of today, Oct 18th... it's still a high of 80! (won't be missing those NJ winters and happiest when I sold the snow blower!)

[buttasuperb]

Hello, my name is buttasuperb and I am a rom whore.

[morphx]

Hello, my name is Chris and I'm a gameaholic.

Long time owner of the DP guide, but rescent poster.

This is about 1/20th my collection thats currently inventoried online.
http://users.ign.com/collection/Urnik

Most of my pre-crash/post-crash systems are not inventoried...God I spent a most of my Funcoland paychecks in the store.

[eightbitonline]

hi, i'm dan. i've been a long time member of a much smaller forum www.cgcc.ca and until recently i'd been staying away from dp just 'cause of the sheer size of it. i'll try my best to keep up.

ps. - visit my website www.eightbitonline.com

[jsiucho]

Hi all,

Im Jose, I live in Miami. I found this site through SegaXtreme . I have been a Sega fan for many years. My first Sega was the Genesis,, bought it the week it came out at a hefty $189.99 at Toys R US. Then I got the Master System Converter and the Game Gear. Later came the Saturn.. I gave them all away during my college years. Couple months ago I bought back a Nomad, LaserActive with the Sega Pac, Derby Saturn, regular Saturn a Hellol Kitty Dreamcast and a Regular Dreamcast. My next System to collect will be the Neo Geo.

Great site
Laterz
JS

[Joe__49]

My name is Devin O'Brien and i'm from Chilliwack, B.C

I found this website by reading about it in a magazine.

My favorite games are Starfox 64, Super Smash Bros, Super Mario Bro's 3, Grand Turismo 2, Super Mario Kart, and Shining force.

I have a fairly big collection of 317 games and buying whatever game comes my way. And of course like any good collector should do, I never sell any of my games.

In real life im going to sardis secoundary, im in grade 11. And for my job I just do odd jobs. In the winter I do driveways with a snowplow on my quad, and in the summer I do landscaping.

As for hobby's, if im not working im playing video games or atving. As for how I got started, I was reading the very first collecters closet, and saw the room of doom, and being a competitve guy wanted to beat the guys collection, and thats how I started.

[Jasmine]

Who you are: I'm Jas!
Where you live: Stoke, It's kinda in the middle of England.
How you found the forums: Ran out of stuff to post on my usual boards, so got sent the URL for here, apparently it gets busy when most of England are asleep! :D
What your favorite games are: I love RPG's but something where you have to think a bit. I'm prob one of the only people I know that can't get into FF...
What systems you collect for:GBA, PS2, Gamecube and Mega Drive/Master System.
What you do in "real life": Holistic therapist.
Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. Not really - it just happened - what can I say????

[Twitami]

Hello all ! I have been rading this stuff for a long time, but decided to finally become official. My name is Brian, I live in Baltimore, Maryland, and I collect pretty much everything.

I try to focus on all game systems with interchangeable media, be it cd, cart, whatever. I have a few pongs, and a few Atari/Com 64 PCs, but consoles are my main focus. At last count, I had about 90+ consoles. I need to get a list and some pictures of my room (it is a wip, buty coming along great). Anyway, I am gonna make a few posts tonite while I look around (first being on that "mosr rare system" thread.

Thanks!

[Fleck]

Hello, all. I guess this is my introduction to a new forum a fellow vgers. I'll copy/paste the list and respond to it:

- Who you are - Well, I'm Fleck. Nice to meet you.

- Where you live - I live in Tulsa, OK

- How you found the forums - I have always come here for rarity guides for SNES, but thought I would try out the forums

- What your favorite games are - Way too many to list, but I am a big fan of the Zelda series, FF, and a few others

- What systems you collect for - I have Colecovision, Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Genesis/CD, Dreamcast, and PSX.

- What you do in "real life" - I sell advertising for a local TV affiliate

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. - I began collecting on accident, really. I was with a buddy at lunch and we were talking about how we enjoyed Contra for NES. I pulled out my NES to find the games were all missing. When I went to replace them, I obviously got carried away. I now own over 600 games for the systems I mentioned. You can check out my collection at http://users.ign.com/collection/fleck586.

[Ranger-X]

Hello, I'm not really new here, but I haven't posted in ages. So, without further ado:

I'm Dillon, and I live in Austin, Texas. I don't remember how exactly I came upon these forums; I think I was looking for information on game rarity. I have a lot of "favorite" games, but some of my all time faves are: anything from the Darius series, Metal Slug X, Axelay, Gundam Wing: Endless Duel (SF based fighter; japan only), Mega Man 2 and 3, Star Fox 64, TimeSplitters 2, Golden Sun 1 and 2, Contra, Super C, Contra III, Super Metroid... oh jeez, the list goes on, but I'm feeling lazy. I like basically any shooter, and a lot of RPGs also. There are only a few first person shooters that I really like, though. I don't really "collect", but I own games for GB/GBA, NES, SNES, Genesis, PS1, GCN and PS2. In real life, I'm a high school senior without a job, but now that I have a car I plan to look around for one. Like I said before, I don't really collect, but I started out with the NES back in 1990 or so. My first games were Contra, Captain Skyhawk, SMB/Duck Hunt, and Mega Man 2. From then on I was hooked. I guess I was born just in time to catch the tail end of what are now considered "classic" games.

[GamblinMonkey]

Hello everyone! I'm Brandon, in Omaha, NE. I found the forums because I was looking for some good TG-16 games, but I couldn't find a good review site. I then just started searching for good classic gaming sites to see if that could point me in the right direction, which was when I stumbled across Digital Press, again.

By again, I mean that I used to get the crude, though informative, black-and-white Digital Press fanzine years ago, before things like the internet were very common. I always loved reading through it, but as time went by I forgot about it. I was kind of surprised when I saw that you guys were still around and had this nice website.

My favorite games are... hmm... I have so many. I'd say that Fallout 1 & 2, Chrono Trigger, and Perfect Dark are at the top of that list. I'd list more, but this could go on for hours. ;)

I collect for most any system, although I tend towards the more obscure, less mainstream systems. Things like Virtual Boy, Sega Master System, TG-16, Atari 5200, stuff that never quite caught on. All together, I think I've got about 30 systems now, and most of the time I'll buy games for any and all of them.

In real life I'm an enlisted computer programmer in the US Air Force. That is a strange thing to do itself. People try to act like they're part of some elite fighting-force, but most of the time we just go to work everyday and sit in cubicles in our camoflage uniforms and combat-boots and write code.

I started collecting by just playing video games a lot when I was a kid. We got an NES when I was 3 or 4, and I was astounded by the fact that I could make the little guy on the TV (Mario in this case) move around by pressing buttons. It wasn't until some time later that I was at a Toys R Us when I saw a Turbo Grafx-16 for $25. I bought it just as they were putting them on clearance and within a few months, I had a pretty hefty stack of TG-16 games for cheap, which really fit my grade-school allowance budget.

Ever since then, I'd scour garage sales and flea markets and clearance aisles for old video games and obscure systems. I think the last time I counted, I had over 600 games, and like I mentioned above, 30ish systems.

That's about it, nice to be part of your little community here.

[Drakken]

Hi, everyone! I'm Josh, and I'm from Manahawkin, New Jersey. I'm 16, and I'm a junior in high school. I found these forums because of the recent Dragon Quest VIII Slime controller news (thread about it here).

In "real life," my hobbies include percussion/drumming, sports (especially basketball), video games, and DDR.

I absolutely love video game music, and I hope to become a vgm composer in the future. I run a vgm radio station, called The VG Experience (thread about it here (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44518)). Check it out if you like video game music!

My favorite game of all time is Chrono Trigger. I don't really "collect" games, but I have about 25 SNES games, and 130-something total.

[drdrew1469]

drdrew signin in for the first time, but have been a lurker for a long time. yes, I'm one of "those" people :P Love the whole scene and had to finally join in after reading a topic that I felt I could contribute alot too, see if you can figure out which one :-P Anyway, I'm in and ready to go, so, "Hello to all"

drew

[SuperGunGuru]

What's up everyone? I've been lurking for a few weeks and decided to register. I'm a huge fan of retro gaming. This pic should give you an idea of what I'm about.

http://www.msu.edu/~miekkawi/basementarcade.jpg

[GobopopRevisited]

- Who you are - Joel.
- Where you live - Illinois.
- How you found the forums - Friend told me about them.
- What your favorite games are - Conker's Bad Fur Day, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, EarthBound.
- What systems you collect for - HA! I wish, I haven't the money to actually collect.
- What you do in "real life" - Work at a local Retail Store "Farm and Fleet".
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. - Parents got me an NES when I was 5 bundled with Super Mario Brothers 3, that was my first forray in to the world of the Video Game.

[aftertheflesh]

My name is Kimberly, but you can call me Chainsaw :texaschain:. I finally made an account here on DP. I live in St. Louis, MO and I can't honestly say I collect games. That requires lot's of fun money that I don't have. I bought my PS2 less than a year ago (please keep the laughing to a minimum). One of my fav. systems ever is the 32X. I had to beg till I bled to get one for Christmas. It came with Doom and Cosmic Carnage. I didn't have a computer then, so that was my only option at the time for Doom. By the way, Jasmine, I can't get into FF either. In fact they make me want to rip my skin off. I love RPG's, but they are not what they used to be. Someone else mentioned Shining Force. Thank you for staying faithful! Genesis has some killer RPG's. The Phantasy Star series was great, then they put it online :( Currently I have a NES, Genesis, PSX, PS2, and a DC. I have access to gamegirl79's *cakes* systems that I don't have and my friend has a Neo-Geo pocket, NG arcade cart, 3DO, jaguar, and a saturn. He's always looking for a willing victim to play him in fighting games. He slaughters me, I have much shame. Other than that....I love PC gaming as well. I have no job to speak of (Thanks Bush), but when things are going properly I work in laboratory environments. Even after all these years one of my fav. memories is this: 2P Super Mario Bros. Stuck as Luigi......Hey Dad....there's a 1UP mushroom inside that hole....... :evil: Worked every time.

[ec_gamer]

Hey there,
my name's Court Milley. I'm from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I was one of the unfortunate kids who got an Odyssey 2 instead of an Atari VCS for christmas. Though I loved the console I grew up in a very small town and could never get any games for it. In an attempt to recapture my youth I picked up an O2 a few years ago with a huge bunch of games. It didn't stop there, I figured I wanted to grab all the consoles I played as a kid.

So here I am. It took me a while to come around to any forums. I am currently a member of the Classic Gaming Collectors of Canada forum, which is where I heard about this place. I love cgcc as it started to get tiring collecting by myself, it was great to discuss it with others. I am excited to get to know people here to see what collecting is like worldwide.

I've gotton most of the consoles I've wanted and have decided to try to gather one complete colection of North American releases for Colecovision, my favourite of all pre-crash consoles.

Talk to you all soon. :)
-Court

[Alucard X]

Hello everyone! My name is Tony from East Tennessee originally from Scranton, PA. I am 20 years young going on 21 in December.

I actually discovered this awesome site a few weeks back when I was googling for a site with some good U.S. release lists for games, and quickly bookmarked it. :)

My favorite game of all-time is Final Fantasy II for the SNES (Final Fantasy IV). Nothing even comes close even 13 years after its release, in my opinion.
I also love Age of Empires II; my favorite PC game. Oh yeah, and as you can see Alucard from PSX's Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night is one of my favorite characters.

I'm not into the OLD old consoles. I started heavily with my NES when my sister owned a video store back in the day; so I had 60+ good titles at a stone's throw away. ;) I still remember getting my first NES on my 5th birthday and playing Super Mario Bros. most of the night! That was the first game I really sit down to play and finished; I'm sure most of you can relate to that.

I'll play just about any game on NES, SNES, Genesis, SEGA CD, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Game Boy Color / Advance, and Sony PlayStation 2. I'm also a pretty heavy PC gamer. I'm not a console-hater of any kind, I just never really got into anything else. I used to have an extensive collection of games (around 500), but ending up selling all of them to help with the family bills here and there over the years. Thank God for emulation! :)

I just really love playing my video games and being around my friends. I also love taking nature walks once in a while and thinking to myself. I'm kind of a more "passive" type person, but I open up more day after day working retail.

I'll always be more then happy to chat with you classic gamers. They don't make the awesome games of yesteryear like they used to! LOL See ya around!

[YarsRevengeFan]

My name is Roger Stano, I am 31 years old, married with 2 daughters, and live in Monroe, Iowa. I work at Vermeer Manufacturing in Pella, Iowa as a Training Specialist. I provide training to dealership service technicians world-wide.

I found this site and forum by posting on AtariAge, where I had been a member since July 2001. I have always visited this website, as I think it is the premier website for classic gaming.

I collect for the Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx & Jaguar, TG-16, and PS2, as well as some PC games.

Favorite games are as follows:
2600 - Yars Revenge
Jaguar - AVP, Cannon Fodder, Tempest 2000
TG-16 - Galaga '90 I don't have it but I played it at Alan D's house and would love to get a copy of it!
PS2 - Harvest Moon, Katamari Damarcy, Midway Arcade Classics II, Final Fantasy X-2, and all of the Silent Hill Series!

I began collecting when I moved away from Iowa when I joined the Navy back in 1996. My friend Eric and I back in Iowa would play his 2600 and drink Orange Julius all night playing our favorite games. It took me back to my teenage years and I decided I wanted to relive those times over and over again.

That's about it! If you live in Iowa, especially around the Des Moines area, I would love to hear from you! Thanks for reading!

- Roger :D

[Ryaan1234]

Hi, I'm Ryan and I'm 13

I'm from Waco,(actually Robinson if you want to be more specific)Texas
I found this site when I was looking for a good game rarity guide.
The Shining Force series is my favorite.
I collect anything related to video games
I don't have a job
My dad sells on ebay so almost every weekend I go with him to garage sales(My dad's username is Vintageville) I started collecting when I found this metal mario bros. trash can at the goodwill. The most valuable items in my collecting are: Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong game watch(not game&watch), tabletop Donkey Kong game by Coleco, Shining Force 3 for Sega Saturn, Zelda and Donkey Kong Jr. Game&Watch, Sega Genesis 3 mint in the plastic and the box never been used, and Earthbound with game guide.