Introduce Yourself!

[greedostick]

What's up all?

My name is Jeremy Forrest AKA Greedostick, I am 24 years old. I live in Columbus Ohio. I drive a shuttle bus for Riverside Methodist Hospital, which is one of the busiest hospitals in the usa (top 5).

I have been playing video games since pre Nes days, and started collecting about 8 years ago. Started going around flea markets buying all those nes games, then i discovered ebay and it was all over.

Now i own a few hundred games, some of my favorite games i own are

Turbo grafx
magical chase eng
dynastic hero eng
lords of thunder
bonk's revenge
neutopia 2

genesis
landstalker the treasures of king nole (favorite game ever)
shining force 1 and 2
splatterhouse 3
quackshot
devil hunter yohko

snes
secret of mana

neo geo
art of fighting 1, 2, 3
last blade 1 and 2
samurai showdown 2, 3, 4,
miracle adventure

many many more games i really like.

I basically collect for all systems. Right now my main focus is getting my near complete turbo grafx and neo geo collection done. after that who knows where i'll wonder to.

[sleepycal]

Hey there. I'm a collector/gamer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

I grew up playing on Colecovision, Sega Master System, Commodore 64, and Amiga.

I started playing again late during the Playstation's run ('99-2001). Stopped again. And then resumed with the PS2 in summer of 2003. By the end of the summer, I decided to start collecting classic games as well. The gaming and collecting has not stopped since.

I'm a big fan of the Coleco and Master systems. Also of anything with "Resident Evil" in the title. I'm trying to complete a NA SMS collectiong, while picking up any Turbo and Coleco games I don't have.

I'm pretty happy w/ the systems I have at the moment (considering there were so many systems I never had any exposure to). There's just so much out there. I feel no need to collect for every single system, etc. Might add an SNES model 2, and perhaps a game gear w/ master gear converter in the future.

These are the gaming systems at my disposal.
Commodore 64
Commodore Amiga 500
NES
SNES
N64
Gamecube
Game Boy
GBA SP
Sega Master Model 1-2
Sega Genesis Model 1-3
Sega CD Model 2
Saturn
Dreamcast
Colecovision
Turbografx 16
Playstation
Playstation 2
Xbox

[rarecube]

Hi my name is Cruzway.

And i collect games.

I collect snes games.

Because its Fun.

Fun Makes me happy.

Happy makes me hungry.

Hungry makes me eat.

Eat makes me drink.

Drink makes me PI - PI.

PI - PI makes me buy more RARE SNES GAME.


PI = Snes I GOT THE FORMULA OF HAPPINESS

[Xtasy]

- Who you are - My Name is Nick and im 13 years old


- Where you live - In the Uk about 10 miles from the second biggest city birmingham
- How you found the forums

My Good old friend google :)



- What your favorite games are

FPS/Rts some Rpg's and run and gun platformers like MetalSlug

- What systems you collect for

PSX,Ps2 Xbox Gba and starting for the SNES & NGPC and i would like to collect for the NeoGeo MVS


- What you do in "real life"

Im a schoolboy who er goes to school


- Any other interesting facts, like how you b
egan collecting, etc.


Ive been playing games for more time than i can remember My uncles started me off on Doom Rise of the triads (ZZZZHH eletric hand) and MK1/2/3 (FATALITY)



Thanks for readiny this

Xtasy

[van_halen]

My name is Johan, n' I'm mainly an NES collector. Yes!

[Beefy Hits]

HI there all new to the forums, but certainly not a new gamer.

- Who you are
First name is Greg, 28 years young.

- Where you live
In a small burg called Saint Francis, MN, about 1/2 hour drive north of Minneapolis.

- How you found the forums
Someone mentioned a deal they had with someone on here about Dracula X from the Neo-Geo.com forums. I've known about this place for sometime. I also came here to advertise an ebay auction for some games.

- What your favorite games are
Hmmm.. Well, at the moment, I'd have to say River City Ransom, Taiko Drum Master, Puzzle Link 2, and Star Ocean 2. All time favorites are Metal Slug X, Samurai Shodown II, and just about any Pinball game.

- What systems you collect for
I don't really collect for many systems, just play games, but I like to collect Dreamcast mainly.

- What you do in "real life"
I look for jobs, do some reading, play games, and watch lotsa movies and anime. I have a 2 year degree in Accounting and a 4 year degree in Telecommunications.

[crisssybwoy]

- Who you are
Cris. I've been gaming since I got a Spectrum 48k. Now have a decent collection of gaming platforms.


- Where you live
Manchester UK, currently in the process of trying to move/buy a house in Leeds UK.


- How you found the forums
Unsure, I've been here several times in the last couple of years, thought i was already registered but was supprised when I tried to log in & was not allowed :/


- What your favorite games are
Into Capcom Vs SNK 2 at the moment. Also favorites are, REZ, any of the Bust-a-Move series, Super Probotector, Both Shenmue games.


- What systems you collect for
Dreamcast, MegaDrive, SNES. Just got a Gamecube so may pick up a few titles for that. Also have other systems but dont really bother to collect games for them.


- What you do in "real life"
I'm a support worker with young homeless people, work in a hostel helping with finding people premanant accommodation & teaching lifeskills.
Look after my 2 kids.

[chux]

Hey there,

My name is chuck, I'm 26 years old, and live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I'm a last years student at the Utrecht School of Arts in the Design for Virtual Theatre and Games programm.
I got on these forums, because I am looking for some info on replacing a Jamma board in my arcade cabinet, and google got me here.
I am not that much of a retro game collector. I have an amiga 500, a NES, a PSX, a PS2 and a Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 arcade cabinet. But mostly I am interested in playing games on my pc. With First Person Shooters being my favorite.

[old engineer]

Hi, I'm old engineer, I've been meaning to join up here for a long time and now I've finally done it :)

...As for explaining what interests me in the console world, well I thought it best to post a link to my site, that should help to explain all...

www.oldengineer.info

x_x

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Hi, i'm Richie and i'm a game collector from Ipswich, UK

I was shown this site from a few sellers on eBay.co.uk, who all suggested maybe I give the site alook - Which I am now in the process of doing!

Some people may or may not know me from eBay - If the name doesn't strike you at first, maybe some of my following posts will refresh your memory (That's if I have had contact with you before via eBay)

[butchass]

hi my name is butch, im from lydiate (its in liverpool england, but i dont consider myself part of the area).

i was reconmended to the site gemini-phoenix (thanks!).

my interests are collecting dreamcast merchandise and games, capcom items, snes, gameboy, philips cdi, neo geo pocket and rare nintendo merchandise.

i hope to meet pal dreamcast collectors (im on ebay.co.uk username bhmlyd).

[Mafia Man]

- Who you are
Hi, my name is Joe and I am 15 years old.

- Where you live
I live in the US

- How you found the forums
When I surfing the net and I stumbled on this site. It's nice to know I'm not the only person who collects this stuff.

- What your favorite games are
Super Mario RPG and Rollercoaster Tycoon Loopy Landscapes are my all time favorites. A few others I can think off the top of my head is Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie, Clash at Demon Head, and Quackshot.

- What systems you collect for
Whatever system I can get my hands on.

- What you do in "real life"
I go to the movies, play sports, play musical instruments, read, do lots of homework that I don't want to do, and going to the city.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Hmmmm....lets think. I'm a multicelluar mammal whose body is about 70% of water. I can be very sarcastic at times and I'm a bit on the frugal side. I started collected when I stumbled on a website called Antseeze (sp) Domain. When I saw the NES section the games looked really cool, so I brought back my old systems. Now I go yard-sailing and flea marketing looking for more stuff.

[Hams]

- Who you are
Hi, everyone calls me Hams

- Where you live
Australia

- How you found the forums:
Its been really hard to find a good forum online, while searching for info on 'Famicom' i came across a discussion about 'Post subject: Famicom A/V Mod Question'. Congrats on a great site & forums. Its amazing the knowledge pooled here.

- Favorite games:
Metal Slug, Mario Brothers, Zelda, Just started re-palying Windwaker last month, Survival Horror - Resident Evil's (Gamecube), Burgertime, Harvest Moon & Metroid Prime on the Cube, Super Famicom: Kiki Kaikai - Moon Night Story, Ninja Kun, Yosshys Island, Zeld Link to Past ect....

- What systems:
Snes & Super Famicom, Famicom, Game & Watch (& other handhelds.. gakken, yonezawa ect), Neo Geo Aes, Gamecube, Colecovision & Atari 2600

- What you do:
Im the Hip-Hop buyer for a record store.
Fave artists: (golden Era Rap) Diamond, Main Source, Gangstarr, Beatnuts, Lord Finesse, O.C, Kmd, Pete Rock, King T, Low Profile, Alkaholiks, Krown Rulers, Tuff Crew, 45 King......so on...

- how you began collecting, etc:
Got my first Game & Watch 'Vermin' around 1980 for a birthday, then later Gakken's 'Trojan Horse', G&W Manhole & Parachute. These started the ball rolling, later NES, Mega Drive and so on..... friends had Atari's, Vectrex's & Intellivisions... But started collecting mid 90's. Its always a toss up between games or vinyl

Hams

http://www.stonesthrow.com/records/covers/QUASIMOTObasic.gif

[stayne]

Who you are:
Peter Stayne (Pete Milkman in rl) wrxpete in IRC.

Where you live:
Chicago Suburbs

How you found the forums:
Katchoo

Favorite Games:
Rolling Thunder (arcade), Dragon Warrior series (NES), Rygar (all 3: NES, Arcade and Lynx for different reasons), Phantasy Star I (SMS), Parsec (TI 99 4/A), Munchman (TI 99/4A), Shadow of the Beast (Lynx), tons more...

What systems:
NES, Lynx, Atari 2600, Gameboy original, TI 99/4A, PC, some PSX and PS2, Arcades

What you do:
Web administrator for a newspaper company.

How you began collecting:
Heavy arcade rat from the mid 80's to late 90's, heavily into NES and Lynx for a while during that time.

Pete

[Mad Chemist]

- Who I am

- Charles, though I tend to go by my nickname "Rick" offline.

- Where you live

South Carolina

- How you found the forums

Someone posted my web site address on here somewhere and I started getting e-mails. :)

- What your favorite games are

At the moment, Star Ocean 3 on the PS2, but that may be because it took so many years to come to the USA. Some older favorites are Major Havoc, Marble Madness, Mad Planets, 1943, Xevious, and Lifeforce from the arcade.

- What systems you collect for

Atari: 2600, 7800, Jaguar
Colecovision
Bally Astrocade (Want some shrinkwrapped games? Let me know.)
Vectrex
TurboGrafx-16/Duo
Sega: Genesis, SegaCD, 32X, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Gear
Nintendo: SNES, Virtual Boy, Game Boy
Sony: PS1 / PS2
Handheld games

- What you do in "real life"

Teach chemistry.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

I've been collecting since the early 90s. I used to post on rec.games.video.classic and hang out on the #rgvc IRC channel in the old days. In South Carolina, the large flea markets used to be good sources of all the old systems, though that well has mostly dried up in recent years.

A few of you may already know me as "that guy with a bunch of Astrocade stuff". At one time, I had more than a thousand copies of "Bally Pin". :)

[Frankie23]

Hi, I just registered to answer someone's question, but I'll probably post every once in a while. Been using the dp guide for a while to search out unusual games. I'm just a big fan of games in general, not caring much for genre or system distinctions. Just very easily amused, I suppose.

Oh, my collection is here, if yr curious: http://www.tempco.org/games-list_ex.htm

[DreDBanGeR]

- Who you are
I'm DreDBAngeR . DreD for friends :D 29 year old PC gaming freak with a very wide interest in games, I try allmost all types of games and thus sometimes have a game or 2 I don't like... but I bought it anyway ( bargain bin sales are Stalked Ferociously by me )

- Where you live
I'm From Holland bout 15 minute drive from Deventer, in the nice town of twello

- How you found the forums
I was looking up a link for The Kunkel Report and ended up here :D

- What your favorite games are
The Panzer general series ( + all mods ) Patrician 2 & 3 Railroad Tycoon 2 & 3 ( just picked up 2 in the bargain bin ... wooohooo 8-) ) Civilization series , Neverwinter Nights, Morrowind, Diablo I & II, etc .. etc... etc....

- What systems you collect for
PC only, My first PC was a commodore pc10 III ( with a whopping 5mhz processor :D ) have tried some consoles .. but never got the hang of all those buttons... and Pc games tend to be relativly cheap compared to the consoles these days.

- What you do in "real life"
I work on a Farm as a helping hand and in a showgarden as a gardener ( besides sitting behind my computer i like to be outside once in a while)

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Not really a collector But a games fanatic, So I buy a lot of games for 5 Euro, some good some bad... oh well I can allways use em as anti stain plates under my hot cups of coffee :D


in short I hope to do a lot more gaming in my life

[Amy Rose]

Wheeee, first post! :)

- Who you are

I'm Emma and I'm a 19 year old female gamer.

- Where you live

AUSTRALIA, babeh! Perth, Western Australia to be exact. Hellhole of game lovers. It's super difficult to find games here.

- How you found the forums

My friend showed it to me. We've got a smaller sort of thing on a forum we're both a part of, where he is mod, and I love posting there so much I decided to find a bona fide fully fledged retro forum.

- What your favorite games are

I AM A COMPLETE SEGA NUT. My collection is really lacking at the moment since I've been poor pretty much my whole life, but I'm struggling along as best as I can =) Top 10 games of all time:

Final Fantasy IX, Bubble Bobble, Fantasy Zone, Sonic & Knuckles, King Of Fighters EX 2: Howling Blood, The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Super Mario 2:Yoshi's Island, Sonic CD, Soul Calibur II, Maniac Mansion.

- What systems you collect for

NES, SNES, N64 (cart only), Mega Drive/Genesis (bless you converter!), Master System, Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, Sega CD, Neo Geo Pocket Colour, Gamecube, PS1, PS2 (complete or as close as I can get), all the Gameboy types

- What you do in "real life"

I write, look for work, hang out with my friends, typical boring stuff. =)

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

I've been collecting since I was about 8 years old. The Mega Drive and Sonic The Hedgehog changed my life forever. I <3 Sega. I also have an unhealthy obsession with Dance Dance Revolution. :embarrassed:

I guess that's it. Cheers for reading!

[Tatsu]

Here I go with my first post. Hello to everyone!! Some interesting (?) facts about me:

- Who you are / - Where you live
I'm 26, female, living in Bern / Switzerland, playing videogames for about 15 years or something. I love my NES and S-NES but have other Consoles like PS1 and 2, Mega Drive, GBA, Dreamcast and Saturn.

- How you found the forums
Link from another Forum

- What your favorite games are
RPG but also plattform games / scrollers like Probotector, Mega Man, Mario, Sonic and so on. And shooters like Life Force, Darius Gaiden... What I dislike the most are sports games and first person shooters.

- What systems you collect for

I'm not really a game collector. I do look around for new games for all of my systems, especially the NES, but most of the times I don't buy games just for the collectors value. Ok, if I see a cheap rarity I but it but I allready spend to much money for my vinyl and CD collection, so I have to slow down with games.

- What you do in "real life"
I work in a tax office.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

My first console was the NES, which I still have. A lot of games for that console are just great!! Like Castlevania, Life Force, Probotector... The NES and the S-NES are sort of my favourite consoles but the new generation stuff from Nintendo is not my cup of tea. Don't like the styles of a lot of the games that are coming out. So I'm more into PS2 and I'm also thinking to buy an X-Box if I can get one for cheap. My latest buy is the Saturn, I only have two games for it but I can allready say it is a great machine.

Anyway, hope I will have a lot of fun with all of you! 8-)

[snoopthree]

Hi Everyone!

My name is Evan Malik, Im 37 and Live in Las Vegas, Nv. I've been into video gaming since I was a kid thanks to parents who didn't understand the games but couldn't resist a good beg from me!

In the past I used to do a lot of collecting for the 2600, and some handhelds I wanted as a kid but could not afford then. I don't do that anymore in earnest unless I see something in the wild for a decent price. Ebay killed most of the market for me, as my version of collecting includes playing and paying several hundred dollars for something that may get beat up I couldn't justify. So I decided to go for (literally) broke, and now I collect arcade games, I only have 4 now, and will probably have to have a 5th be for a Mame setup as there is simply no room. Except of couse unless I find a full-sized pinball game! The games I have now are:

A Gyruss cocktal machine I got at a swap meet for $50.00, I also found a fully woking Circus Charlie board for it in an "Arcade Graveyard" in the desert.

An upright Battlezone machine

A Tempest Machine

And a cocktail Pinball Game called Family Fun

I currently have an X-Box, Gamecube and Dreamcast hooked to the big screen downstairs, and a Jaguar with Tempest 2000 in the upstairs game room. (Yes like a fool all my Arcade games are upstairs). I Hope to get a Nuon DVD player so I can have each "generation" of Tempest in the game room.

In real life I am a customer service rep for a credit card company, basically when you have a problem with a bill or a late fee, I'm the one on the other end of the line to help.

I've been married over 9 years to my wonderful, and understanding (she made me say the 2nd part), wife Michelle. I have two great Kids, my son Kyle is 6 and likes football soccer and Xbox. My daughter Kira is a bit over 2 and loves to watch and play with the Tempest machine! (The chip doesn't fall far from the circuit board in my family!)

Other than Video Games we love action or sci-fi movies, and going to Disneyland park whenever we can!!

That's me for now, updates as upgrades happen in life!!

Evan J. Malik

[FireTiger]

I'm also Jamie (and also female ;) )
everything is in my profile but:

I'm a student in Jax FL
I'm about the consles of Atari
I got refered here by another forum

Ummmm- check my sig for trades and the consolidated AA recomended trader's list, will be doing that for this board also.

[hobbes13]

My name is dan....yeah

All I really collect is Nintendo stuff, especially NES

this is all i got to say

have a nice life, all!! :)

[hswwsh]

Hello there, I'm Howard Scott Warshaw.

I'm a videographer/photographer/writer in San Jose, CA but most of you might know me better by some of my products from back in the early '80s

I designed and coded Yar's Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the infamous ET game, and the finally-now-being-released Saboteur for the 2600.

I also created and distribute the documentary "Once Upon ATARI" (www.onceuponatari.com) which details all the amazing stuff that was going on behind the scenes while we were making the games. All the things Atari tried to desperately to hide ;)

Joe Santulli told me about this quite a while ago, and after only 32 pages of introductions since his, I'm here!

It's cool to be on now and I'll be popping in here and there to say hello.

Dig you later,

HSW

[EricRyan34]

Eric from Rochester, NY and i like games, to bad i dont have much time to play them :(

[tmlfan]

Hi

Phillip, I am in Ontario Canada. am a member of cgcc.ca.

collect snes and nes and dabble in all other kinds of games

[Tribaldemon]

Who you are
Steve, 19

Where you live
Perth, Western Australia. AmyRose lives with me ^_^

How you found the forums
AmyRose said good things, I've been using the rarity lookup for a little while

What your favorite games are
Ooh, hard. Fantasy Zone series, Panzer Dragoon series, Bubble Bobble, Worms series, Capcom vs SNK 2, King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood, Danan the Jungle Fighter (:D), Sonic Series, Mystical Ninja (one, two was ok but no where near the comic genius of goemon's first 64 outing :P), Operation Winback... I could probably go on. I love games :D

What systems you collect for
Pretty much every (mainstream) console from the NES and SMS onwards.

What you do in "real life"
I study Software Engineering full time at university and work two customer service casual jobs- one at a liquor store and one at a game store that specialises in second hand games.

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I've always had a soft spot for games, but I couldnt really collect until I got a job when I was 16/17. SMS was my first console at age 8 and as such it holds a special place in my heart :) As you can probably tell I have very similar tastes to Amy, which is a blessing when it comes to gaming sessions but a curse when it comes to trawling op shops and the like :D

[atwwong]

Hi Everyone!

My name is Tony. I started classic videogaming with the Atari 2600 and still own the one my parents bought for me back in 1980. I'm mostly into hacking now, and frequent AtariAge. I just finished making the Haunted Adventure series (with lots of help), and you can take a peek at it here:
http://atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=61074

I also work full time, attend grad school, and am married, but no kids yet!

Cheers! :)

[InsaneDavid]

- Who you are
InsaneDavid, 23 :)

- Where you live
San Jose, CA originally

- How you found the forums
I've read them for awhile but I came across an article that Sean Kelly wrote when looking for something unrelated in a Google search. I hadn't stopped by his page in a long time, went to do so, found it wasn't there. - figured it was time to register for the forums!

- What your favorite games are
Illusion of Gaia (SNES), Starblade (Arcade), StarTropics (NES), Sprint series (Arcade), Aero Fighters series (Arcade / NeoGeo), Ridge Racer series (multi), Shenmue (DC), Grandia (PS), Daytona USA (Arcade), Virtua Racing (Arcade), Sega Super GT / SCUD Race (Arcade)... pretty much anything - favorite genres are shooter, platform, driving, action, and good ol' multiplayer beat-em-up.

- What systems you collect for
Nearly anything from the Atari VCS forward, mostly NES stuff. Small collections on each platform (although I dumped the Jaguar stuff last year) but nothing super spectacular compared to the extremely hardcore game preservationists out there. I collect what I find (and care to seek out) and enjoy, I think that's pretty much the root of every gamer's collection.

- What you do in "real life"
Ack.. @_@ "real life" .. forgot I had one of those. After a rocky parting of the ways with my former employer I've been somewhat self-sufficent painting and repairing consoles and selling games. I also to freelance writing about the industry from time to time.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I started my affair with video games at age 2 with the Activision classic Grand Prix on the 2600. (that actual cartridge that started it all is my most prized gaming posession) Got into NES collecting because as I began to get older and 16 bit gaming came and so forth I began to realize that the universal appeal of games to everyone wasn't there like it was during the NES days. (at least to someone my age) I remembered back when every kid at school (including myself) would either know themselves or know someone who knew every NES game that was currently out... and missed that.

[JesterDev]

- Who you are

Michael Baca

- Where you live

Pueblo Colorado

- How you found the forums

I acutally found them years ago, and registered. I don't remember how I found them. However I lost track of my username/password and been lurking for about a year or so. :)

- What your favorite games are

RPG's, Arcade.

Robotron 2048, Tempest, Bogey Manor (anything that has to do with ghosts, haunted houses etc).

Ghost House (TG16)
Just about any 2600 game.


Big fan of Arcade Classics as I pracically grew up in an Arcade. :)

- What systems you collect for

Atari 2600
SMS
NES
SNES
TG16
3DO
Arcade
PC (Abandonware (Actual games not just the files))
And anything Odd (I.e. Costom NES's from Japan etc)

- What you do in "real life"

I'm a Addictions counselor. Everyday I see people addicted to drugs and try and help them, yet for some odd reason I can't fix my addiction for carts. @_@

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

I suppose it all began for me the first time I stepped into an arcade perhaps 25 or so years ago. I was about 7 years old and the smoke filled, darkly lit room filled my senses like nothing before. Shortly after that for X-Mas my uncle bought me an Atari 2600 with 30 some odd games at a flea market. I fell in love. :) So I guess that's when I started collecting. I still have almost every game I have ever bought/was given, traded for...

In anycase my uncle worked in an arcade for several years and that's where I spent virtually my entire childhood. I later worked there also under the table for free games and $10 a day.. Hey I was only 12 years old. What more could I ask for?!

As the years went by I entered an won a local Temptest contest which first got me interested in Twin Galaxies and the like. Sadly like many of the arcades it closed down. I ended up with a few machines before the rest where taken to the dump, sold or some other uncertain end. Got my Tempest! :) Anyway, my collection is not huge by the standards placed here, but over all I have what I love and them some.

[Insaneclown]

- Who you are
My name is Jason and im 24 years old.

- Where you live
I live in Canada.

- How you found the forums
I found these forums from a member I know on another forums that told me to join...so I did.

- What your favorite games are
What a question...geezzz so many to list but Ill only list some. Metal Slug 2, Streets of Rage 2, Super Double Dragon, Halo 2, Contra, Wild Arms...etc.

- What systems you collect for
Sega Genesis, Sega Master System and Neo Geo AES.

- What you do in "real life"
I work at a grocery store doing price changes and stocking shelves. Yeah...Iam a hard worker...lol.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Well I didnt start collecting anything till about 2001...anytime before then I was just a gamer 24/7. I kinda lost interest in games for about 3 years then I came back. I just started going to second hand stores that were selling used games...but they were in mint/near-mint condition and bought them up as they were cheap. Thats where it started when I bought my first Sega CDX...since then...I havent stopped collecting. Gaming has been my life.

[sven666]

- Who you are
sven the shooter king ;) hehe 22yrs old.

- Where you live
way up in sweden

- How you found the forums
ive been a collector for years, for some reason ve never registered here tho??

- What your favorite games are
im a shmup nut, thats all i play, faves are probotector (NOT contra), ESPrade, Cybenator/valken and pretty much all of Raizings stuff..

- What systems you collect for
nes,snes,MD,DC,psx,ps2 and ofcourse arcade.

- What you do in "real life"
actually just quit my job as a technician at ericsson

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
not really, big music and motorcycle freak..

ive always played videogames, but didnt start collecting untill roughly 4-5years ago, picked up a SNES and some games for a little retrofun and i was hooked..

[jasonegitto]

Hello, Jason Egitto here from Rome NY. I am 18 years old and have been playing games since I could pick up the controller, which was around the NES age.
I have a dream to collect all games for every system, but with my poor amount of money saved up I wont be acheiveing that dream too soon. Right now I am trying to find complete lists of all games released in the US, for any system that has stopped making games. I have all of the Nintendo lists (from Nintendo.com). Anything will do, but I want them to be pretty reliable. If anyone could find official lists, like the ones from Nintendo.com (or any reliable lists), please PM them to me.
Thank you... Egitto.[/img]

[anagrama]

Right now I am trying to find complete lists of all games released in the US, for any system that has stopped making games. I have all of the Nintendo lists (from Nintendo.com). Anything will do, but I want them to be pretty reliable. If anyone could find official lists, like the ones from Nintendo.com (or any reliable lists), please PM them to me.


Check the Online Rarity Guide link above (or on the DP front page) - here at DP we've got lists for just about every system you can think of, and probably a few you can't :) They're all more reliable then any 'official' lists which almost always have a few omissions or error in them.

[kaustik]

Well, after a long time reading, I have finally descided to post. My name is Stephen and live in St. Louis, MO USA. Came across DP a few years ago when searching for some part numbers for the Atari Jaguar. Games I am currently playing are Fantazy Zone II for the Master System, Tempest 2000 on the Jag and for some reason I am hooked on Kaboom! again.

I have a renewed interest again in collecting classing games and am starting from scratch... again.

Systems I am currently collecting are:
Atari 2600
Atari Jaguar
Sega Master System
Sega Gensis
Sega Dreamcast
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
3D0
X Box
Playstation 1 & 2
Gamecube

Currently in extended layoff from a software company that was sued to death. Back to painting/rehab work for now but it has given me the free time to get back into gaming :)

I'm now kicking myself in the ass for what I have sold and given away over the years. If I could only have it all back.

Nice meeting you all.

[Maddrox]

I never did intro myself, but my name is ken and I collect all kinds of video game stuff. And especially Psychopathic Stuff.

[xghstst0riesx]

Hi, I'm Pat. I live in Urbana-Champaign where I attend the University of Illinois during the school year, and Chicago during breaks. I found out about these forums from the DP Advance guide. I collect for SNES, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast and Gamecube mostly. I'm also super into music, mostly hardcore, indie, metal and the like.

[CartCollector]

Hello, my name is CartCollector and I am now registered to post here! I found Digital Press by looking on Amazon for a good classic game rarity guide. Since then, I have embarked on a collecting quest that left me knowing a lot more about gaming than ever before! AND a lot more games than ever before! You cannot have too many (good and/or rare) games! I am starting to sound like a Odyssey2 add!

Favorite games? Hmmm... Donkey Kong Countries 2 & 3 are great, though 2 is a bit hard at the start. I liked and finished Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, and Super Mario Sunshine. I got started on Super Mario 64, but some directions are vauge. And of course, I like the one that started it all, Super Mario Bros. Currently I am hooked on the Time Crisis series, but mostly on Crisis Zone. Harder than the others (especially Challenge mode) but the bullet damage shown onscreen is BEAUTIFUL.

[.:EseGamer:.]

- Who you are: Hello everyone, my name is Ruben aka EseGamer.

- Where you live: I live in East Oakland, CA (USA)

- How you found the forums: The way I found these forums was that one day I was searching for pictures of people gaming collection & I just came across here.

- What your favorite games are: Some of my favorite games are GTA: San Andreas (Vice City & III), Need For Speed Underground 2, Star Wars (All Of Them), Tony Hawk 1-2-3-4, Sonic (All Of Them), Mario (All Of Them), Resident Evil 3, Dino Crisis & so many more.

- What systems you collect for: I started collecting for all systems, but I'm focusing on PSone more right now.


- What you do in "real life": I'm a student right now.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc: Well I first started gaming when the nes first came out & continue gaming ever since. I admit that I never look at myself as a collector, just a person that love gaming & buys the latest systems & alot of gaming stuff just to impress myself & friends. But since I started coming here & seeing all the stuff these great collectors have, I was shock to see they are alot of good stuff they have & I don't, so I actually started collecting a few months ago & will continue until I can't no more. I just want to say thanks to the owner & members of these forums for the inspiration ya gave me to start collecting what I love to do. "Peace"

[Mud Turkey 13]

Hello. I'm Jeremy Slider, I'm 20, and I'm from West Virginia. I'm a college student at West Virginia University and I'm in the physical education teaching program here. I found out about the website when someone linked to it for the rarity guide, and then I just made my way to the boards. I collect NES games and I currently have 544 different carts. I started seriously collecting about two years ago, and since then my collection has gone from about 70 games to what it is now.

[Atari Charles]

Hi. My name is Charles, A.KA. Atari Charles. I am a whopping 34 years old. I was an ESL Teacher and English Tutor, but now I am a salesman dealing with gaming gear and Digital Cameras. I'm mostly into the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Vic-20, and NES. I hack Atari 2600 games in my spare time, have a huge interest is guitar pre-amplifiers(tube ones), and am interested in learning more about assembly language.

People either really like me or really hate me. I guess I have one of those kinds of personalities.

I have finished a hack of game called Cyplix, which I hope to sell online. There are a few contests going where you can win one of these carts.

[Kepone]

Sell Cyplix?

LOL

[s1lence]

Ok, My name is Ryan and I work at a car dealership( in service NOT in sales) I've been called the Mike Tice of service managers since I couldnt spend any money and I no longer have that job. I've been collecting games since 1995 when I picked up a toploader from Kaybee toys. Granted I had other systems, but i didnt consider it a collection. I then found my atari 5200 2 port in a box at my parents house and have been purchasing games/systems ever since. I'm 27 and have a fairly large collection of various systems and I'm working on collecting the games for them now.

Systems Owned: 12 Various Atari 2600's
1 5200
1 7800
1 Atari 400, 800 and Atari XE
1 Imagination Station APF1000
1 Intellivision 1
1 Colecovision
3 NES, One toploader two toaster
2 SNES
5 Genesis 1 and 2, 2 sega cd both versions, 3 32x systems
2 Dreamcast's
2 PS2
2 Sega Saturn's, US oval buttons, and Jap Version
1 3DO
1 TI/99
1 Channel F
3 Mattel Aquarius
1 RCA Studio II
2 Sega master systems
1 XBOX and 1 Gamecube
Various handheld systems as well, and two pinball machines

So like I said I have lots of systems, and are slowly collecting games as time and money allow. I also have to defeat a webblocker in order to look at this page at my work, so I would say I'm hooked.

I'm working on getting pictures of my collection posted, I just forget to do it when I get home.

[Cauterize]

.......

[Cauterize]

double post argh

[captmcblack]

Heh, what's up all?

The name's Jonathan; been lurking this place forever since a couple of my friends from another forum (http://www.hooligansofthenight.com) like to swing by here, but finally registered when my buddy Drexel923 convinced me (read: threatened my life with various razor-ish objects). :P

I'm 21, a full-time college student, a full-time wage slave @ a small company in Manhattan (I work there w/Drexel), and a Senior Editor at the small website http://www.gamenikki.com...good times.

I've been collecting games since well...forever. Like most little bastages from the early '80s, my first system was a Commodore 64.

...yeah, a C64. Badass little rig, that was. I still use the monitor as a game display. But yeah, I've been collecting since I was a little dude. Currently, I've got:

-1x C64
-1x Intellivision (model 2)
-1x Atari 2600 (model 1)
-2x NES (model 1/frontloader)
-1x SNES (model 1)
-2x Genesis (Model 1 and Model 2)
-1x Game Gear
-2x Sega Saturn (Model 1 and Model 2)
-1x Sega Nomad
-1x Sega CD (model 2)
-3x Sega Dreamcast (2x US, 1x Japanese w/out modem)
-1x N64
-1x GameCube
-2x Xbox (one modded, one unmodded)
-2x PS2 (one modded v4R/30001, one unmodded v10/50001)
-1x Atari Lynx (model 2)
-1x Atari Jaguar
-1x GB Color
-1x GBA
-1x GBA SP
-1x Nintendo DS
-1x Neo Geo Pocket
-1x Neo Geo Pocket Color
-1x GameAxe Color (pirate Famicom portable)

And a bunch of other loose crap, accessories, and whathaveyou. Anyway, I'm interested in collecting for everything, I love video games, and I hope to stick around and incessantly spam my po....erm, be a quality user on this quality forum. Catch y'all later, likely in any topic featuring Mega Man or Street Fighter since those are my fandom weaknesses. :)

[Mongoose]

What's up everyone, My name is Richard I live in NY; found the forums through my co-worker Drexel923, Been playing and collecting videogames for all my life minus the first 4 years, My favorite game of all time is the Timeless SEGA classic Space Harrier, I'm not going to hide so I'll just say it.... I'm a huge SEGA fanboy, I'm into all things SEGA!! I collect for all SEGA Systems, I own all their consoles as well as the game gear and nomad (I own the three current consoles as well). I'm always looking to expand my SEGA empire, so if you have any SEGA stuff that your offloading, feel free to contact me.

Sega 4 Life

[Cirrus]

I guess this is where I say hello.

My name is Mark. I live in Akron, Ohio, in the US. (Actually, a suburb, but Akron is somewhat recognizable to people from the area.) I found the forums after hearing about (and ordering) the Rarity guides. I have both of those books now, and they're great.

My all-time favorite games are Star Ocean 2, Dr. Mario, Metal Slug X, Dig Dug, Saturn Bomberman, Radiant Silvergun, Final Fantasy 6 (3), Suikoden 2, and Mega Man 2/3.

In general, I tend to love RPGs and great shooters. Recent games I have gotten into are Morrowind, KOTOR 2, Prince of Persia (the new ones), and the Wind Waker.

I collect games for the NES, Gameboy, GBA, Saturn, Genesis, SNES, PSX, N64, Dreamcast, Atari 2600, and to a lesser extent, Gamecube, Ps2, and XBOX.

Mostly, I play my MAME cabinet, which I just finished building last month. I recommend that everyone gets around to doing this someday. I have some great tips on how to get it done quickly. I did most of the work in 1 weekend.

In real life, I am a registered nurse in a CCU. I was married this summer and I am 24 years old.

My first game system was an Atari 2600, followed by an Apple 2/e, and finally a Nintendo. However, much of my young gaming took place on my friend's commodore 64, with his amazing huge boxes of cracked games.

Anyway, I came here in refuge from such terrible sites as Gamefaqs.com. Help!

[retroman]

real name is Clint...im 26 and live in baltimore, MD...i love all gaming retro and new....it is my hobby...i am married and have a son who is 2... and another one on the way...

[jpred88]

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forums.

My name is Paul and I'm from the UK. I'm 17 and I have the following consoles:

SNES
Nintendo 64
Gamecube
Xbox
PSone
Dreamcast
Saturn

I have only just started collecting (mainly N64) and have about 150 games at the moment.

[MikeBoh8]

My name is Mike. I'm from New Orleans, LA. My favorite NFL team is the New Orleans saints. I'm 18. my favorite games are halo 2 and tiger woods 2005. My favorite old game is NHL 96 and Street Fighter 2 Turbo.

I have over 100 games. at least 30-40 of them are sports.

[starchildskiss78]

Hey everyone...

My name is Paul and I am from Mobile, AL.
I work for the county government. (All I'm willing to say...sorry!)
I found this site as a result of just trying to locate information on some of the older systems.

I currently collect for the NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega Dreamcast, Sony PS One (to a small degree) and N64 (to a smaller degree.)

I like a little bit of everything when it comes to games. (Oddly enough one of my faves is Monopoly for the NES!) My girlfriend likes the Mario games, Zelda, Kirby, and Pokemon.

Well, I think that's it....hope to talk to y'all soon!

[bum-man]

Hello, my name is Brian Dick and I live in Lockport, NY just outside of Buffalo

I have been a collector of video games (and computers too) for years now and I still have many of the games I grew up playing including my 2600 Sunnyvale Woody in the box and my Colecovision w/the Adam expansion module.

I don't really limit my collection to a specific system(s), I collect what ever I can get my hands on in the "Wild". Here's a link to my listing of systems:

http://www.old-computers.com/club/collectors/consoles.asp?c=3909

In real life I work for a bank and do computer programming on a number of systems and I am married with three young boys.

[Grim_Reaper_Bostock]

Name's Mike. I'm from Calgary, Alberta. Formerly registered as the_wizard_666, but after changing my email address, I never got my verification email. Figured instead of going through the process of finding out who to talk to and trying to figure it out, I'd just open a new account. So whoever's in charge, feel free to dump the old account...I'll just run with this one, unless it's against some forum rule or something. Anyway, I digress.

Although I collect games for many systems (lost count around 15 or so and don't feel like doing an accurate count...probably 18 systems owned, games for 20...something like that), my first love is my NES. I've only been actively collecting for 3 or 4 years, but in that time I've amassed a small but respectable collection of NES games (168 unique titles at last count, with over half at least partially complete and 1/3 or so complete) with some of the highlights being a boxed Big Nose Freaks Out and a complete Uncharted Waters.

Anyway, I'm rambling now...I'll just finish off that since I'm trying to focus on the NES, I'm perfectly willing to trade from my other collections for anything I need.

[jslithy]

Hi my name is Jason and I'm a student living in Chicago. Lately I've been collecting for Sega systems, especially the Saturn. I came across this site while searching for a good video game forum. Looks like I found one!

I mostly play rpgs and shoot 'em ups. My favorite games are from raizing and falcom.

[shalashaska]

Hi, my name is Chris and I live somewhere south of Orlando, FL. Found the forums a few months ago and lurked for a long time, finally deciding to register. My favorite game(s) is just about everything under the sun, But I'm a big fan of the Metal Gear series. Most of my collection is from the PSX and onward era, but I generally collect for whatever looks cool. I also have a nice strategy guide collection too.

My actual job is working for one the local Gamestop's. Nothing better than talking about games all day long, Right? :D

[Super Mario Fan]

Hi, my name is Michael Edmunds, and I am located in Archbald, PA (near Scranton). I have been playing video games all my life starting out with an Atari 2600, back in the day. I now have around two hundred games spanning over most of the Nintendo Systems. I hope to see all of you around the forums.

[Ideal Minds]

Hello All,

I am "Ideal Minds" My name Is Yosh from Jakarta, Indonesia.
Started in the world of collecting since 1979 from the days of Home micro computer Games such as Tandy, BBC, Sinclair, Amstrad and moving on to collect console hardware and its games ever since its release in early 80's I am still actively collecting hardware and games until present day in 2005.

My occupation since I done university and Post Grad studies, is Self Employed managing a small but pretty efficient Internet Solutions company and a family run property investment company.

I got to know of this forum thru a dedicated console collector website at http://assembler.roarvgm.com

[Zoe F]

I'm Zoe, I'm 17 and live in Illinois. I found the forums a long time ago, but never felt pushed to join until now.

My favorite games would be an ever changing list, but my pretty much permanent top three are Legend of Zelda: Link to The Past, Shenmue II, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Followed by many others, which includes in no particular order, Contra, Super Mario World, Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, Sonic 2+3, Air Zonk, and more...

I collect for pretty much anything, though the bulk of my collection is NES titles. I own over three hundred at the moment. I also have rather decent collections of plenty of other systems. Having almost 800 games total.

I began collecting a few years ago when I bought Bee 52 for the NES. I decided that I would collect all the unlicensed games because unlicensed games were cool. After a while that changed into collecting everything NES releated, which later expanded to every game available to me.

[Game_over]

Hi, my name is PJ, also known as Game_over
I've been playing videogames since I was taking a crap in dipers. I was able to play and beat Zelda, and Super Mario Brothers, at the age of 5. I am 18 and I like Modding, Sex, Retrogames, New games, and every thing in this industry. I am aspired to be a Game Creator. It may seem like it, but I am not really a nerd, or any thing like that, I am just passionate about games.
I have all current and classic systems that was released in the US.

I am not a "Fan Boi" I am Just a Gamer

[Lovely Assistant]

Hello. My name is Samantha. I'm not much of a collector, I mostly just play video games and make video game related crafts. My boyfriend Cryomancer is the collector.
I play mostly RPGs, Platformers, and I'm just getting into first person shooters.
The first game I ever played was Smurfs for the ColecoVision. My favorite games are Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Zelda(I do collect Zelda games for some reason), and Casino Kid.

[Funked for your enjoyment]

Hello, my name is Ian. I am 24 and reside in Tennessee with my wife and daughter. My wife and I both enjoy gaming though we are more players than collectors. I am into every genre, and even those games that might be considered genre-less LOL I am more a Sega man than anything else, but I do enjoy every system I own, which includes most since the 8-bit days, save the Xbox, which I have no real interest in at this time.

I love the forums here, and have come here for info for a bit now. Decided it was time to jump in and join the fun. :)

[tuxedojoe]

Hello everybody! This is my new name; I had an older account here, but I haven't posted in about a year so decided it was time to start fresh.

My name is Joe, I am 15 years old, and I currently reside in a quaint little (little as in less than 1.8 sq. mi.) suburban town about 27 miles north of NYC. I found these forums quite a while ago, most likely through some google searches.

Currently, I am trying to limit myself to collecting only boxed N64 games and boxed SFC (Japanese SNES) games, despite, I oft times find myself buying Dreamcast, Genesis, Saturn, and Gamecube games. I also collect anime DVDs and manga. My hobbies tend to leave my wallet gasping for breath.

My favorite games include, but are not limited to: Super Mario RPG: LotSS, Zelda: OoT, Zelda: ALttP, Donkey Kong Country 1 + 2, Shenmue I + II, Jet Grind Radio, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Skies of Arcadia, NiGHTS: Into Dreams, Diablo II: LoD, Final Fantasy Tactics, Mario Kart 64, Harvest Moon 64, and undoubtedly some others that I am forgetting as of now.

As far as "real life" is concerned, most of my time is occupied by high school. This is mainly because I commute (via mass transit) to NYC to go to school, about an hour each way. Couple this with the few clubs that I belong to, and I can easily have a 13-16 hour day. No time for gaming!!! AH!!

I really want to become a part of this community because I really enjoy retro gaming and everyone here seems very pleasant. I want to make use of the buying/selling forum in the future as well. I probably will not be doing much in the way of trading or selling, for my collection is too small to do so yet, and my finds are few and far between.

I hope I assimilate well, and maybe make some good friends along the way!

Thanks!

[Damion]

Hello to everyone :)

My name is Robert I live in Las Vegas, nevada

I'm married to a very very gamer friendly wife and we have 5 kids.

My side of the family collects Games and systems so as of now I'm playing catch up with my father he owns most everything console (aside from the Neogeo hehe) and I frequently play on Xbox live with my father.

I'm a gaming hobbiest, There almost isn't a system I don't collect for I just recently came into a NeoGeo Home system, which is something I've been drooling for since It first came into being. Other then the neo I own all the latest systems as well as a Sega Saturn, N64, PSone, Dreamcast, Sega Genesis + CD, Neogeo Pockett.

I found these forums doing some google research on MVS Neogeo carts and it's popped up a couple of times when I've googled for some supergun projects. So I've lurked in it a few times and felt it was time to make an account and join in on the fun.


thanks for reading :)

[Socheata]

Hi everyone!

I'm Socheata (yes, that's my real name) and I'm hailing from Fresno, Cali. I'm 18 years of age attending Fresno City College as a freshman.

Alright, enough on my personal life. :P I'm a regular over at . And I'm a staff writer/message board moderator over at <A HREF=http://dpadjunkies.com>D-Pad Junkies (http://hooligansofthenight.com>Hooligans). I've been browsing message boards for a little over four years now. And I've been gaming for nearly 15 years. The consoles/handhelds I currently own are as follows: Nintendo (regular), Nintendo (top loader), Genesis (Model 2), SNES, Sega Saturn, PlayStation (two of 'em), PSOne w/Sony LCD screen, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, PStwo, GameCube (Jet Black), Xbox, Game Boy Pocket (Yellow and Black), Game Boy Color (Pink and Torquoise), Game Boy Advance (Arctic White), Nintendo DS, and a Neo Geo Pocket (Blue). I'm not much of a PC gamer, but I do have a decent rig (Intel Pentium 4, 2.8GHz, 120GB hard drive, 512MB RAM and some crappy pre-installed video card).

I enjoy playing all types of games. Music, FPS, action, adventure, fighting, weird-style Kamatari Damacy-type video games... Yep, I love 'em all.

QOF spoke good of this place. But I never joined up until now. So I should give a thanks to her. :)

[snkryo]

Hello, I'm the new guy and this site rocks with that old gaming smell (good smell). My name is Jose and I'm from Chicago, IL and I hope to make a few friends in these boards. 8-)

[CreamSoda]

Hey everyone, my name is David I live in Kingman Arizona, I'm 16 and I currently work at a Grocery Store. lol

Systems I like, All of them really(But Dreamcast is my favorite)

Systems I own...

*=complete with box/manual/inserts.

Atari 2600
Intellivision
NES
SNES*
Ice Blue N64*
Indigo GCN*
GameBoy
GameBoy:Pocket
Purple GameBoy:Color
Purple GameBoy:Advance
Nintendo DS*
Genesis "High Definition Graphics" model*
Genesis Model 1x2
Genesis model 2x2(one complete)
Sega CD model 2
Sega 32X
Black Saturn model 1
Japanese Grey Saturn model 1*
Dreamcast*
GameGear*
PS1*
PSone*
PS2*
Xbox*

Not the biggest system collection by any means, but still not bad.

I hope to engage in some interesting topics, and meet some new friends here on the forums. Plus enjoy the countless resources of this site. :)

[uncontrollable_0bsession]

Hi, gang.
i'm Nat and I live in Texas. The way that I got introduced to the forum was through my boyfriend, who is an active member of the website. (Although he has 36 posts, he checks the website DAILY so I consider him active) Lol
Oh, and for all of you who are just sitting on the edges of your seat just WAITING for me to tell you who it is, it's ChronoTriggaFoo. Yes, the only reason he's dating me is because I like video games..... Lol J/k >_>;
Although if someday he told me that was why, I wouldn't be surprised.

I hope to contribute what little knowledge of retro-gaming I have and my love for video games in general to this website as much as I can.

I am indeed a young'un, tipping the scales at 18. I grew up quite sheltered, and my mother thought that Disney was the devil's work so I didn't get much exposure to gaming until my later years. Actually, not until I was about 11 or 12. I was introduced to my first RPG when I was about 13 or 14. In that short while, though, I've become quite a fan. Anime is my true passion, and drawing is something I do well, but gaming (and perhaps even collecting?) come in a very close second.

Thank you for staying with me this long. And if you didn't, well.... you suck. Then again, if you didn't make this far, and you're not reading this, would you indeed be offended that I'm offended that you didn't read it all the way through? Huh?! ......... well, I'll leave it at that.

Deuces!

[Alex Galious]

Hey ya!

Great site. My names Alex and I'm a newbie here. I'm a studen and I'm from Holland. I've already seen I've got some catching up to do; lot's of info here! It's great to se so much activity around "vintage" gaming. I really enjoyed the download thingies. As a matter of fact I'm listening to a Contra medley right now. And those video's! Great stuff! Btw: Contra kicks ass! It's one of my favorite MSX games ever. Speaking of which: MSX! Remember it? If you do: what do you remember?!

Anyhow: Konami did some really great stuff on the MSX! Everybody -and I mean EVERYBODY!- should play SD Snatcher once! This is truly -and this is not just because it's MSX- one oof the greatest games ever!

Well, I think I'm gonna have a great time on this forum! And I hope I can answer all your questions concirning MSX ;)

Ciao!
Alex

[esteban_]

Hi folks,

My name is esteban / steve and here's the scoop:

- Where you live
Lakewood, CA (next to Long Beach)

- How you found the forums
By accident several years ago.

- What your favorite games are
hahahahahahhaa. too long to list :)

- What systems you collect for
all platforms, but an empasis on pre-1993 consoles / computers

- Any other interesting facts
I grew up in Bloomfield, NJ and remember picking up an early issue of Digital Press at a local comic book/D&D shop. The store was somewhere in Verona or Montclair... and there was a crazy dude named Carl that used to work there. Anyway, I had no money and Carl suggested that I grab some flyers and zines. I had never seen a videogame zine (only music zines)... so Digital Press was pretty kool. All I remember about the issue is that TG-16's Blazing Lazers was profiled in it.

Anyway, now I am working on two sites that TG-16 fans might dig:

TURBOPLAY MAGAZINE ARCHIVES (http://home.comcast.net/~turboplay-magazine-archives-tg16/) ..... Offers brief histories of TG-16 magazines and lots of page scans for your reading enjoyment. I need help sorting out the publication histories of DUOWORLD and TURBOFORCE (and acquiring issues).... so any help would be greatly appreciated.

BASE NECTARIS (USA) (http://home.comcast.net/~base_nectaris_military_madness/) ..... Everything you ever wanted to know about Nectaris, Military Madness and Earth Light (turn-based strategy games from Hudson Soft). I am pretty sick-to-death of this site, but I will continue to work on it every now and then.

peace.

[otterpop]

Hello, My name is Otterpop/Erik, I'm 25 years old from Ypsilanti MI. I found the forums through cheapassgamer.com, and have been lurking for about a week or so. Right now I'm collecting for Atari 2600, NES, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, Gamecube, Gameboy/GBC/GBA, Nintendo DS.

In real life I'm work desktop support for a large university medical school, and work on motorcycles and play video games in my free time. I'm currently in the process of buying my first house which will have a dedicated video game room.

[Solar77]

Hey. I'm Brett from Newark, Delaware. I'm not sure how I found the forums. One day I just ended up here somehow. It was probably eBay related.

I don't really collect for any system in particular. I just pick up games that I either like or think I will like. I also buy in the wild and sell on eBay to pay for my excessive gaming habit.

I love RPGs, my favorite series being Lunar, followed by FF. I've beat many an RPG in my old age and won't stop until I've beat all the good ones.

The only current gen console I own is the X-Box. I just can't justify paying $50 per game when there is so much cheap goodness waiting out there. Right now I spend most of my gaming time on the PS1, althoug my modded Saturn gets regular workouts as well.

Anyway, that's about all there is. Love the site.

Brett

[suznjak]

I'm Jack,The biggest game pimp alive.Aint no stopping the pimp-o-licious smack down i will lay to get the games i want.All haters must bow down to my pimp status.My collection is nothing to joke about.You will all worship my dreamcast collection,for i have every dc game ever made,rather it be import or limited edition,i have it.Psx?all most all of em.nes all the good ones.You get the pimping picture.ALL BOW TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-)

[coojam]

Hey I'm new here. Well I've been cruising around the site for about a Week now, however this is my first night on the forums. I came to the forums tonight with the intention of asking a question in regard to the Hanimex's rarity (or lack thereof). I thought I'd use the search tool first but it's down so I'll post that q when the search engine s back up.
Anyway My name is Jamie or Coojam (old High school nickname). I'm mainly a sega collector, but Am planning to move into other areas. I currently own a Sega master system (and a stack of games), A sega Dreamcast ( and 4 games), and I've got a Suturn coming down from Aucland, so I should have that in a week, and just purchased today a "Hanimex TVG070G TV game programmable" console with some games.
I am constatnly strapped for cash which makes collecting difficult.
Anyway I look foreward to chatting ith you all at a later date
Oh and By the way I live in Upper Hutt, inthe suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand
Take care, Coojam

[My Generation Toys]

Tell us any or all of the following:
- Who you are
- Where you live
- How you found the forums
- What your favorite games are
- What systems you collect for
- What you do in "real life"
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.


My name is Sigfrido
I'm from Wisconsin
I found this link from an awesome GIJoe forum www.yojoe.com
My favorite games are Burgertime, Tecmo Super Bowl, ESPN X-Games and Madden 2005
I collect Atari, Intellevision, NES and Game Cube
I'm a college student and run my online store
I started by not being able to let go of my original Atari even when it was broken. That to me was a clear indication to me that I needed "help"

[Saturn2]

Hello everyone!
My name´s Lars and I´m from Sweden in Europe and I have just started to build a Jamma test rig. Since my experience with arcade projects and electronics in general isn´t so good, I thougt why not join a game forum so I can get help when ever I run into problems or just isn´t sure about something. Anyway when i play games (if I´m home and not in any arcadehall) it´s mostly console type RPG´s (especially the Final Fantasy and the Shenmue-series), but i also like games like Crash Bandicot and Sonic the hedgehog.
Well where I live there are not alot of places were you actually can play old arcadegames so when I began to search for info about the test rig I found this place. Hopefully, if my test rig will work, I will try to build a adapter so I can play old NeoGeo MVS games like Metal Slug (one of my favourite arcadegames). :D

Best regards, Lars
(Is it called arcadehall? O_O )