Introduce Yourself!

[luffy744]

Hello there, I'm luffy744 (a screen name, obviously, since my mother was considerate enough to not put numbers in my real name). I'm 22, live in California, USA, and I'm a gaming addict.

It started in late '87, when we were visiting my aunt and uncle, and guess what my uncle brought home one day? A brand spanking new Nintendo Entertainment System along with Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (and back then, they even gave you *2* controllers, along with the game, when you bought a new game system). When my turn came up, I promptly ran straight, right into the first goomba. My first video game experience lasted all of 3 seconds, but that was enough to hook me (at 4 years old, it took me about 8 trys to get past that first goomba!). The following year would be spent begging and pleading for a Nintendo of my own (since this uncle lived hours away, playing his wasn't an option) and going over friends houses to play their systems. Then, Christmas 1988, what does Santa bring me? A Nintendo, Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (I loved that movie). 17 years later, and that is still the best Christmas ever.

Later on I would go on to get a Super Nintendo at launch (Not exactly sure how mom payed for that one...), but ended up returning it when I beat Mario World in a week (it didn't occur to me that I skipped over about 60 levels of gameplay goodness) and used the money on more NES goodness. But then about a year later I believe, Street Fighter 2 came out, and I ended up with another SNES, and made the horrendous mistake of SELLING MY NES AND ROUGHLY 25 GAMES TO FUND IT. I'm still kicking myself, though I ended up rebuying a NES years later.

So yeah, for the first chunk of my gaming life, I was a Nintendo fanboy (it's hard not to be when you start out with the big N at 4 years old). I eventually branched out with the Sega Genesis and Sony Playstation, but no one could touch the holy Nintendo in my mind.

Flash forward to the present, and I don't have a favorite company, thought these days I really wonder why I never saw the brilliance of Sega back in their Genesis days (too busy with Final Fantasy, Donkey Kong Country and Chrono Trigger I suppose, so the time wasn't exactly wasted! LOL )

Today I own 16 different consoles/handheld systems @_@ including PS2/GC/Xbox and roughly 300 games. My current plan is to reduce that to maybe 250 (get rid of crap/mediocre games) and begin my serious collecting of Sega Saturn, Neo Geo AES (I think I hear my wallet scratching at the door, attempting to escape LOL ) and PC Engine, because those are the ones whose game libraries most interest me at this point.

And for my own quirky mini-collection, I've set out to get a copy of every single Super Robot Taisen (a looooong running series of Japanese strategy rpgs that take the characters and robots from dozens of different anime and squish them all into a single game universe) game. This game collection spans about 10 different systems/handhelds, though I have all of them aside from the Wonderswan, so that's not a big hurdle for me. Plus, there's no big hurry on this mini-collection, since I intend on playing each of them, and each one takes me roughtly 25-100 hours to get through (plus add on the hours of anime watching to get the most out of each game!).

And I'll stop talking for now, as I'm sure most of you were -_- ing half way through this post. LOL

[BenJahrvi]

My name is Rohan and I hail from the outlet capital of the world, Reading, Pennsylvania.

I was born on 18th June, 1979. At that time the big arcade hits were Asteroids, Galaxian & Space Invaders.

My interest in video gaming all started in 1983. I started with the Atari 2600 and the Coleco Adam.

My very first system was a Coleco ADAM. It came packaged with Sega's Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom. The games I owned for it were Spectron, Mouse Trap, Cosmic Avenger, River Raid & Pitfall. My ADAM died in 1991. I am currently looking for a stand-alone ColecoVision. :(

My second system was a Sega Master System. I loved the arcade conversions. The best game on that system was Out Run. I also loved Enduro Racer, After Burner, Global Defence, R-Type & Time Soldiers. I also loved those credit card-sized games. When I owned a Sega Master System, most of my friends owned Nintendos. My first SMS died in 1994. In 2002, I inherited an SMS from a friend who had no use for it. I am currently looking for Zaxxon 3D, Space Harrier, Shinobi, Power Strike, Time Soldiers, Fantasy Zone, Ghostbusters, TransBot, Vigilante, Rastan, Cloud Master, Double Dragon, Wonder Boy & Wonder Boy in Monster Land. :D

Because i felt like an outcast of society, My Third system was a Nintendo Entertainment System. I loved Super Mario Bros., Contra, Donkey Kong & Duck Hunt. To this day, my little cousin loves playing Duck Hunt. In 2003, My brother found me an ultra-rare top-loading NES. :)

My fourth home system was a Super Nintendo. I loved Donkey Kong Country and Still love that series to this day, because it was a landmark game to have such fancy animation. :)

My fifth home system was a Nintendo 64. My brother and I played GoldenEye 007 & Mortal Kombat 4. I also love the Cruis'n series, but not many games were released for the N64, because Nintendo stubbornly retained the cassette format. :angry:

My sixth system was a Sony PlayStation 2. This was the first game console to sport DVD playback. originally, I wanted to get a Sega Dreamcast, but Sega got out of the system business. I played NBA 2K2, NFL 2K2 & Crazy Taxi.

My seventh system was a Sega Genesis, which I bought in 2003. I love to play the first-original Mortal Kombat to this day. I recently added a 32X adapter and got Star Wars Arcade & Virtua Racing Deluxe. I am looking for Space Harrier & Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000. I am also looking for a Sega CD.

Now you've heard my home console stories. Let me tell you about the handhelds I played.

My first handheld was a Game Boy. Despite the monochrome screen, I loved their selection. I loved to play Tetris on the road.

My second handheld was a Game Boy Colour. I played Super Mario DX on it.

Last year, I replaced the Game Boy Colour with a Game Boy Advance. I love the Classic NES lineup. esp. Super Mario Bros. I got my brother A Game Boy SP for Christmas of 2004, because he still loves Super Mario Bros. to this day. :D

I got a Sega Game Gear this past year, because I love the French comic book character Asterix. I also love Pengo, Ninja Gaiden and Star Wars.

I would also like to add a Saturn and Dreamcast to complete my Sega system collection.

I only like the Star Wars games on the Gamecube.

I would also like to add an XBOX.

[manuel]

Hello fellow gamers.

My name is manuel (yeah, I registered with my real name :D ), I'm 26 years old and I'm from Germany.
Currently I live in Japan at my wife's (she's Japanese) grandpa's place until October.

In the first place I didn't mean to be a collector, but over the last 2 years I got me a little collection of hardware, because it's quite cheap to buy used game stuff in Japan. I don't have that much games per machine though.

Currently I own the following consoles and handhelds
2 Gameboys
1 Gameboy Color
1 Gameboy Pocket
1 Gameboy Advance
1 Gameboy Advance SP (Famicom edition)
1 Nintendo DS (pure white)
1 NES (European version)
1 Famicom
1 Twin Famicom (black)
2 Super Nintendos (1 European, 1 Japanese)
2 Nintendo 64s (1 European, 1 Japanese)
2 Gamecubes (1European, 1 Japanese)
1 Playstation (Japanese)
1 Game Gear (Japanese)
1 Master System (European)
1 Mega Drive I (Japanese)
2 Saturns (Japanese)
2 Dreamcasts (1 European, 1 Japanese)
1 PC Engine (Japanese)
1 PC Engine Duo-RX (Japanese)
4 Neo Geo Pockets
1 Neo Geo Pocket Color

For all that systems I own about 180 games, most of those for the SNES, which is my favourite I think.

In real life I'm still a student. My major is Japanese studies, my minors are Chinese studies and Linguistics.

I started a blog some time ago about my stay in Japan. There are some photos of Nintendo HQ in Kyoto, so I'd be glad if you had a look at my blog. :)

[safa1]

I collect all american and jap. systems from the 2600 and newer. I am more of a system/console collector than a game collector but I have 500 or so games.

My favorite system of all time is the xbox.
Followed by the Saturn.

[n8littlefield]

Well, I just joined so I figured I'd introduce myself. I currently collect only NES (other than my current gen PS2 and DS) but will likely start either 2600 or 7800 collecting w/in the next few months.

My systems I've owned in the past have been Odyssey 2, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, C64, NES, GB, GG, Genny, PS1, PS2, Cube, GBA, DS. We currently just have the NES, PS2 and 2 DS's (one mine, one my wife's).

I play about every type of game except most current-gen RPGs due to me tending to hate cutscenes.

[antium]

Hi,
My name's Adam, and I'm from England. I collect games for pretty much any system, new or old.

I found this forum through goooooooogle :D

[eggwolio]

I haven't read all of this thread, but I'm Mark.
I live in a Chicago suburb although I spent most of my life in Texas. I'll be 24 in a month(exactly) and I'm a broadcasting student.

I like games a lot. Pretty much all of them.

I found this place through a google search for info on the Generation NEX.

[readANDlearn]

'ello, i was turned on to this site while looking for a rarity listing of SNES games on the gamefaqs.com message boards.

Im not a series "take every single moment of the day about gaming" person, but i do love to play any thing i can. So far i have a NES, SNES, gamecube, and sega in my bed room, i have a PS2, and three of those old "pac-man and many other games" in one joy stick, hooked up in my living room, my brother has the PS in his room, and im about to get a xbox, and just cant wait for the revolution and PS3.

I am 16, going to turn 17 in Nov. I have a younger sister and brother, at the moment im playing soccer for my high school, and applying for a job at Sam Goodys.

I ussually use game sites for faqs and tips in the Message boards, but some time i stay around to talk.

and as of right now im still the newest user on this site.

:)

[mezrabad]

What the hell?

I NEVER posted in "introduce yourself"? I would've sworn I had.

Short and sweet:

Firstly, I'm a Father and a Husband.
Secondly, I'm a Videogame Player.
Everything else is tied for third.

I'm working on playing through every game in order, year by year, starting with 1972. After almost three months, I'm up to 1977. I will probably take a break after 1979 to figure out play/acquisition strategy for the 80s and to sell off most of my stuff from the 70s. Check out my Blog to see a person obsessed.

I'm not a "collector". I "accumulate" with "intentions to play and eventually sell or trade but only after I've played it 'enough'". At the moment I've got more games than I think I could ever play within a lifetime and still be able to get away with calling it a "life". This, however, doesn't prevent me from trying to play them all anyway, nor does it seem to dissuade me from buying more.

[infamous lunchbox]

Hi all. I have been a member for a while, but have done nothing but lurk for years. I am a avid gamer and have all of my favorite consoles. I range from the 2600 to the PS2/GC/Xbox. My personal favorites are my Neo Geo and my Sega Saturn. Played my first game at age 5-6 on the TI-99. My dad bought one for my brother, and I played against him all the time. I used to collect, but now I have given that up in favor of only owning games I truly like. My personal library (or collection as you will) spans about 700 titles right now. Down from a massive 2,500 or so. I sold a lot of crappy games. Anyhoo started posting a bit more and thought I'd say hey. Oh and I am 25 years old, live in Utah, in school, a movie buff (mostly sci-fi, horror and b movies though).

[SexyKitten]

Hey everyone my name is Amanda. I am 23 years old and I have been poking around this site for a few months but never had the courage to join. this morning I just figured what the hell. I primarliy collect Nintendo games and have only been collecting for about 3 months. I currently have about 160 Nintendo games. Here is my pic

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/sliop24/159965600_l.jpg

[drcurtis]

Hello,

My name is Tod.
I live in Indiana.
Found the forums on a web search but bought the Digital Press guide at the 5th annual Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas.
In real life, I'm an orthodontist.

I got an Atari 2600 in 1980 or so at the age of 8. I've also owned (originally):
TI 99/4A (learned BASIC programming in 4th grade, thereby ruining any chance of a proper mindset for elegant programming).
Commodore 64
Nintendo NES
Sega Genesis
Atari Jaguar (pre-ordered, received Christmas Eve one year, what a disappointment)
Nintendo 64
Sega Dreamcast
and the newer consoles.

I have always had a collector's mentality, but usually ended up trading in my systems and games toward the price of even newer systems. Then, in a reckless display of irony, I'm forced to repurchase these games for my collection.

My true collection started in earnest when I had the fortune of buying out the entire NES stock from a local video store about 3 years ago. The owner would buy every game available, carefully open the box, remove the cart and manual, and re-shrinkwrap the box to put on the store shelves. So I ended up with about 375 very good condition boxes, 450 different games, and 350 pretty beat up manuals. Some others had already picked through and bought some games, but he did have a number of the hard to find ones. There was even a Peek-a-boo Poker instruction sheet in the stack of manuals, but no cart. I imagine at one time they had the three Panesian titles in the store.

In the meantime, I've grown a decent collection of most consoles and quite a few games. There's really nowhere close to where I live that ever has any potential for me picking up any great finds, so I'm relegated to a life of ebay sniping. My goal is to complete an NES collection.

My favorite games are RPG's. I spent many late nights with Ultima IV on the commodore 64, and loved the original Dragon Warrior. I have fond memories of Super Mario Brothers 2, as well as the N64 and GameCube Marios. I hope to open a game store in the near future; I've already gotten the corporation setup but my day job is keeping me a bit too busy lately.

I'm also interested in anything that goes along with the Nintendo World Championships; I just think it's ultra cool to collect.

Thanks,
Tod

[hegyak]

I am Alex Klaman
I live in solano county
I found this place from RetroYoungen
I love Metal slug 1-4 and X and Everything Sega makes.
I try to collect for systems that I currently own. The only exception is the Sega 32X and Sega CD.
I work in the Solano college's computer labs and at the local "arcade."
I also play D+D and Zatch Bell CCG if I can get someone to play me. Not as popular as MTG or others I guess...
Since I am in the labs until closing monday wendsdays and fridays I am going to be a lot more offen.

I don't know when or what I started with but I do rember getting my Genesis when it first came out. I think my first actual collectable game Knuckles Chatoix. I do have a long scar down the center of my chest from open heart surgery when I was just a few years old.

[Mr. Flibble]

Hi! My name is Mr. Flibble and I am a flightless waterfowl. I'm originally from the Antartic region and I'm kinda between residences at the moment.

My longtime friend AltairBoy showed me this website. In fact he introduced me to the whole idea of retrogaming. Earlier this year when he took me to OVGE and I met all sorts of cool people. Since then I've been to CGE2K5 and I've met even more fantastic people there. I think both the CGE and DP people are the best!

My favorite games are Galaga and Galaxian. I love shoot-em ups. I like video pinball games, especially Midnight Magic on the XE game system. I'm really good at the game probably because I have, er, you know...flippers.My favorite arcade game is the Star Wars one where you fly an X-wing and try to blow up the Death Star.

Anyhoo I don't do any collecting. AltairBoy has plenty of games and I just use his stuff. He doesn't seem to mind.

Other then that my favorite activity is meeting people especially gamers at events. You gamers really shine at these shows. I hope to meet more of you!

[Spinal]

Hello! Well, here I am :)
I'm Michele/Spinal, I live in the Uk and study computer science at college here. I found the forumns from a link in the Mercedes-Benz Owners club forum (www.mbclub.co.uk).

My favorite games are Zelda (any and all -except 4 swords:P) and Killer Instincts... oh and GoldenEye 64, and Mario on the original GameBoy, and... bah practically ann Nintendo games :D

I collect ANYTHING that has a nintendo stamp on it. From the first playing cards ninty made to their latest consoles!

Interesting facts... hmmm, well I played with my first console after an accident where the doc's wanted to amputate my arm. I managed to keep my arm, but it was firt paralised, then semi-paralised. They recommended I buy a console and "excercise my brain-hand co-ordination" with it... the rest, is histo...nay, the rest, is retro! :)

Michele

[almostgotthemall]

Hey there

[IdolNinja]

Hi all. My name is Mike and I'm from Dearborn Heights, Michigan. I'm a network engineer and have been into gaming my whole life really, ever since I got an Atari 2600 as a little tyke. I don't know if I'd really call myself a collector. I just really enjoy playing a lot of the older games (and newer games too!)

I currently have my 2600, SNES, and Genesis hooked up in my computer room, and my N64, Dreamcast, Cube, Xbox, and PS2 in the living room. Right now I'm looking for a Sega CD, a working NES (both of mine died recently), a Turbo Duo (my Turbografx died a while back) and some of the conoles I never had a chance to own like the Intellivision, Colecovision, and Saturn. I'm also hunting for games for all my older 16-bit systems that have mysteriously disappeared throughout the years that i've been itching to play again. I think Landstalker and Gunstar Heroes for Genesis are probably at the top of my (need to relive the magic) list. :)

I've been reading the posts here for a while and it seems like quite a nice bunch of people. I'm looking forward to doing some trading and outings and maybe some gaming as well. I've also been thinking about doing some local hunting via thrift shops and stuff if anyone local here in Michigan is interested in making a weekend day of it.

[Doku_san]

Hello
- My name is Jacob in real life, and I am 15, and about to take my trial year 10 exams.
- I live in Sydney Australia, and there is no-where for me to get old games.
- I found the forums because I was looking for a Super Nintendo Rarity list.
- My favourite games are for The Super Nintendo and The PSP.
- I'll collect for anything if I can get my hands on it. I have recently begun collecting my Super Nintendo games again, because my mother sold my old one when I wasn't looking. I miss my old games..
- I go to school. Currently on holidays for another week. Then Impending doom.
- My first console was a Sega Master System. My first game was some Alex Kidd game I think. Hey I was 3 years old at the time. Then my grandparents got a NES and I played that when I saw them. It kinda took off from there.

[toby]

Hey,

My name is Tobias and I'm from Germany. I'm 15 years old an go to school.
During my endless travels through the internet, searching for a rarityguide for NES games, I found this page. Mainly I collect Nintendo stuff, but I'm getting interested in Atari at the moment. My father gave me an SNES console as a present in 1994/1995 I think. The game I played most was something with Yoshi (I can't remember the complete name). I enjoy playing any kind of games, the new PC games a well as old NES games.

[unwinddesign]

Will anyone read this? Probably not, but figured I might as well throw my hat in the ring. Five minutes 'til I eat some breakfast. LOL

I'm Nick, would be that on the forums, 'cept it's taken. Oh well, my eBay user id will do for now. And, uh, the name of my amazing website. I'm from the US of A, in case anyone was wondering.

I'm 16 years old, and thankfully, I'm not one of those "omg wtf lolz INTERNETZ HAHA" type of people. No worries here.

What do I hope to contribute to the community? Hopefully some tidbits of knowledge (mainly Dreamcast...I know the going price of every single US game, amongst other things @_@) and some sales items. My bud and I run an internet business buying/selling old Sega games (Sega CD and Dreamcast). Ironically enough, I'm not really that big of a Sega fan -- it just rolled around that way. A few of you have probably bought something from me on eBay, or off another forum (I frequent Dreamcast History, DCPawnshop and DCEmu).

Oh, and I bought the Digital Press Advance guide. That's gotta give me a few points, right? :P

[Emuaust]

Hey all,

Long time board member of sites like gamefaqs and smspower( dont hold the gamefaqs thing against me!) and have been a lurker on these boards for probably 18months.

Finally got around to joining, a bit about me,

My name is Scott I am a manager of a Independent games store in Mount Gambier, South Australia.

I collect practiclly everything,(mainly sega)with massive collections of practiclly every console I have I thought id join for the buying and selling market as there are a few things that i cant get locally!
:D 8-) :D

[Flock]

Hey im 16, male and currently living in Melbourne Australia. I've been playing games since i was about 6 starting with the Mega Drive. About 8 months ago i found my megadrive, turned it on and only planning to have a quick game, i beat all of sonic 2 :) . i guess i was bitten right then, i went and got out a 2600 a friend had given me a few years ago, that i had only played a little then forgotten about. so over the past few months ive been collecting snes and 2600 (i got a snes for $12) ive got about 35 2600 games, there great to pick up and play for like 15 minutes each, and i can get em for a few dollars each. I'm a huge nintendo fan, i did desperatly want a snes for years as a child though never got one, though did get a N64 that christmas, maybe im compensating for that though as im rather avidly collecting snes, currently have about 30+ games. I bought a nes off ebay last week, and cant wait for it to arrive. btw, i also own a ps2 and gamecube. look foward to many great times on the forum!

[Rikster]

Hi i'm rik, i'm 20 years old and i'm from the netherlands (holland). I'm collecting consoles for some years now! my first console was the snes, i bought it when i was about 8 years old! My english aint that good so i'l just show you a list of my collection

Nintendo:
nes
snes
n64
gamecube
gameboy pocket
gameboy color
gba 2x (one inside a display)
gba sp
virtual boy
nintendo DS

sega:
mastersystem 2
megadrive I
megadrive II + mega cd
saturn
dreamcast 2X (one display)
gamegear

others:
xbox
playstation
psone + sony screen
ps2
psp
atari jaguar
atari lynx 2
neo geo pocket color
philips videopac
philips cd-i

and many more to come, i hope :D

[tornadostormxl]

hey my name is kevin and i came here because i collect rare games

[Truffle]

Hello!

I love collecting games , especially obscure stuff.
None of my friend are into it, they think Im wierd, and my boyfriend only really plays his Xbox. I thought I might have a better chance of finding peope who think rooms full of games are sweet here ;)

My favorite systems are

GameBoy
NES
Vectrex
Atari2600
Intellivision
SNES

and I love strategy/ RPGs.

[Thetik]

Hey everyone my im Alex and im 17. I live in Toronto Ontario. I am presently using several forums and in one of the forums i somehow found this siter. Someone was asking were they could sell thier stuff other than that forum and different ppl posted forum sites... My favourite sysyms have got to be SNES, NES, GEN, PS1, and N64. Im not really a fan of very old sysyms like atari and stuff. In real life i am a student...attending high school.... I am kind of a noob collector and dont have much games... but that will soon change considering i found this site and cgcc.
thx everyone :cheers:

Thetik

[Gamebrain]

Hello everyone. Heres a bit of background info about me

My name is Mike. I'm 17 years old and live in the suburbs of Philadelhpia. I am a big video game fan ever since I was 3. My biggest collection of games for a single platform is 80 for the PS1. I have 15 different game systems and counting. I will be attending VGXPO this year so check it out!

Cool

[The Spelling Wizard]

Hello. I am The Spelling Wizard.

[William_the_Saint]

Hello. My name is William.
I reference this site alot so I thought I might as well join and see if you people are as depraved as I sometimes become.
I collect post crash video game systems, anything before that was before my introduction to games. I like to create custom vinal decals for each of my console and matching controllers. This my offend some of you hardcore collectors, but I like my champions to be unique (and I keep it tasteful).
In closing I am currently playing Metal Slug 1st Mission for Neo Geo Pocket Color, I am not ready for the Gamecube to die and every time I touch a Playstation controller I feel like I should wash my hands (you cannot deny the library though).

[johno590]

Hello.

My name is john (if you couldn't tell from the username) and I've been looking at this site for a while, and finally decided to join. About me... I'm 20 years old, I live in Murphy, NC.. I went to WCU for 2 years and then dropped out, now I live at home and just work two jobs, going back to school soon though.

I am also a member over at rfgen. I haven't been collecting all that long, but I have been into video games for as long as I can remember. I have almost 150 games for all kinds of different systems, and I am adding games almost every single day. Recently I've been buying just to buy, but its getting kinda expensive. I mostly have for the SNES because it is what I grew up with.

[mr_pollock]

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[metalichris]

What's up guys and girls my name is Chris. Just started my collection about 2 months ago. All RPG's for NES, SNES, and PSX! I found this forum while looking on Google for a price guide for video games. I go to college, and work for the college. While I'm at I was started surfing this forum LOL
cause I work in a computer center.

[KingCobra]

Hi, new person here :D

39/Male/constrution

Fav games are of the 78' to 85' Arcade coin-op days, Nes/SNES/Genesis/CDX/Atari Jag/Dreamcast and PS2 are what I've got and a butt load of games :P

I used KingCobra as a username because I have 98' Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Roush.

That's it, see you on the boards.

[CaryMG]

My name's "CaryMG" & I'm from New York City.
I run my own gardening business.

I was GOOGLEing around to see if there was a one-stop shopping place for "Super Nintendo" stuff when I found a place.
It had a "Message Board" option, I clicked on it & was bought here! lol

My favorite machines are ....
> IntelliVision
> Classic Macintosh
> AMIGA
> Super Nintendo Entertainment System

My favorite games are ....
> "Bowling" ["IntelliVision"]
> "BurgerTime"
> "BattleZone"
> "Galaxians"
> "Red Baron" [Arcade]
> "Tempest"
> "Star Wars: Arcade"
> "B-17 Bomber"
> "Beauty & The Beast"
> "Captain Blood"
> "Continuum"
> "Out Of This World"
> "Donkey Kong Country"

I started collecting when I bought my first system -- and I hold on to 'em 'cause the games and systems rock !


Later!
CaryMG
:) :) :)

[colonel_chambers]

Hi guys and girls.
My real name is David, i'm 20 and a university student. I live in the U.K
My favourite console is the NES :D But I also love the SNES and N64 and too many to mention.
I joined here as I read about this place on the NES files (where I post under my real name) and it looked good so I signed up.
Incidently I noticed some people from there are on here too 8-)
Look forward to making many more posts!

[Alska]

My name is Ron Burley and I hail from Garner KS which is a small town near Kansas City, KC.

As for games...lawd have mercy what haven't I played? I have gone through stages of collection-ism and hording as well. Started out on an Amiga 1000 and it all escilated from there. (Yeah, I had an Atari 2600, 5200 and Coleco but the Amiga really opened my eyes to gaming...seriously!)

As I grew up I became more and more nastalgic. I collected upright cabinet and a few cocktails. I was able to boast having a Tron, Galaga, Pac Man, Mr. Do, Berzerk, and various JAMMA games in my basement. Sadly, marriage and real life required me to sell them all (at a nifty profit I might add).

So, now I simply play whatever I can get my hands on. Emulators, JAMMA cabs, consoles, PC, and even and Amiga game now and again just to whet the palatte (Killing Game Show...mmm...Psygnosis gooooodness!)

So that's about it...hope to post more on the rest of the board...

[Valhalla]

Hello all, my name is Tom Cooper, and I come from the land down under (Australia if that wasn't a give away!). I'm 19, 20 in a few days! Currently studying IT and hating it, gonna go for a big change next year.

Been gaming since about 1990, when our family got our first SMS for christmas. Played many games on NES before this, but the SMS being the first console I (we) owned, has a special place in my heart and is still my favourite. It was the only console we owned until 1996 when I bought a Mega Drive with the money I received from birthday gifts, and my obsession with gaming just snowballed from there. The next year I got a SNES and a Game Gear, then next year a N64, then the next a PS1. And so on...

I don't really "hardcore" collect for any particular console, though I am proud of my SMS collection which stands at 105 different games, and about 11 swaps.

Even though I grew up with Sega, I have no preferences of one console over another (except SMS). I view all consoles as a means to play a game, hopefully a good one!

Anyway I've been lurking around here for about a month and this place seemed like it had a damn good community of gamers, not people who play just one console and bash the others cause theirs is "the best", but true gamers who play anything if it's good and intelligently critisize if something deserves it. GameFaqs this aint'. That, and I feel compelled to post in the topic about NES RPG's and reccomend STED: Starfield of memorable relics, the NES answer to Phantasy Star.

Well I hope to have a good time here!

[punqsux]

Hey everyone, my names chris, im a photo student from pittsburgh. i've known about these forums for a while, and wanted to come because ive heard many good things, and wanted to check it out.

my favorite games of all time would take me forever to spell out, but from the most recent gen my favs are animal crossing, powers stone, culdcept, tekken tag, capcom v. snk 2, nintendogs, metal gear solid 2+3, the 2d castlevania games, mario and luigi, and taiko drum master...just to name a few ^^

i dont know if i collect of any system, i guess it depends how you define collect, but i have over a dozen system, and over 1000 games (possibly 1500 now? i havent counted in a while..)

i dont know what else to say at the moment, but hi! ^^

[roghl]

Hi I'm Rog from Blackpool, UK.

I've been into games for the last 18 years or so and have a moderate collection 9around 300 games legit in boxes with just about all the major consoles going back to the C64 days.

[japancollector]

hello

i am remco from the netherlands

ín the past i was collecting eu nes,snes,n64,genesis(megadrive) gameboy ect games.I start witch gaming when i was 3 years old

Later there was posibility to import. So i sell all my eu games and start to collect japan import

I collect everything almost.Most japanvideo games and systems.

i have in my collection

x68000 ac hd (dont run 2 mb games XD) boxed witch manuals

cassetevision jr mint
famicom
famicom disc system
superfamicom
ps2
gamecube
megadrive
pc engine fx 2x
gamegear new
playdia
pikno2
saturn

and still some eu consoles

Now i collecting jp version games i discoverd many titels arent realesed in japan.So i start witch collecting games that aren't realesed in japan.i am big fan of konami ^^

my most searching titels from us are at the moment

contra force (factory sealed) or as new (yesterday auction i was bidding on http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8225335972&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT (me= agristar)

lone ranger factory sealed
metal gear 2 sealed

i am going buy in the near future a aladin system witch 7 games sealed for 85 dollars .If someone can get a cheaper one feel free to contact me ^^.Ofcource in same condition

also looking for a sealed rocket knight adventures

sorry for my bad english.

0_o;;; this forum is just too big

[Adrastos15]

Hello, I am Jose. I am from Idaho. I love playing games. More so than i collect. I have the old nes, super nes, n64, gamecube, sege genesis, x box, ps 2, and gba, and a ds. With well over a 100 games total.

I've been on here a few times checking it out. And you know this place is really cool. This place feels like i could post over and over again.

[Kemp175]

First off, what a great site, just happened to find it and i'm glad I did.
Anyways my name is Dane and im from good ol' soggy wet and rainy Washington. I've just recently got back into collecting SNES games. Some of my favs for snes are Uniracers, Super Mario Wolrd, all of DK's and TMNT: Turtles in Time.
I probably wont post much on here but I will always be looking in the market place for good deals on SNES games.

Take Care

[lincoln174]

Hey,

My name is Lincoln, and I am 15, and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I found the forums when searching for a quality rarity guide. My favourite games are mainly Konami games, espcially the Metal Gear (Solid) series, and Mario games. I collect for most systems, but I primary colect for Sega consoles. I am student, an I am in grade 10. My first console was a Gameboy, and the first game I bought was Super Mario Land 2:Six Golden Coins.

[chris110]

Hi i'm Chris,video games are my life! Thats all I do. So waz up
and good bye! :angry: :evil:

[jcheatle]

Yo, the name's Jesse, currently an English Lit grad student at IUP (Indiana U. of PA). My collecting focus is on the NES, been picking them up consciously since about 98 during my freshman year of college. Beyond that I've got all kinds of systems from the 2600 and Coleco to the PS2 and Gamecube. That's about it, it'd be cool to hear from collectors roughly in the Pittsburgh area. Peace.

[2Dskillz]

25 year old male, from Bedford VA. I am a computer operator (sit in the room with all the AS400s).

I have been gaming as long as I can ever remember. Collecting however is new to me. This site in the past few days has thrown some major fuel on the fire.

These are a few of my Favorite Games:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Gunstar Heroes
Ducktales for the NES
Mappy
The Silent Hill series

Truely I could go on forever, but this is a taste for varieties sake.

I currently have:
NES
Gameboy
N64 (pikachu edition)
Genesis
Jaguar
PSone
PS2
(hope to get a DS soon, since good 2d gaming seems to be coming back)

I also enjoy writing, attempting to play my bass guitar, and listening to David Bowie.

P.S. I have a tendancy to say "word" a lot.

[veln]

A few posts late but Hello everyone.

My name is Richard i am 22 years old and i live in KC KS

I play everything except sports games with a particular passion to RPGs, scrolling shooters, and quirky titles. I am attempting to collect every RPG released on a console or handheld in the US. I'm doing fairly well, i htink i am over half way though.

I have been trading on the interenet for about 2 and a half years now. Previously only on gametz. Although i have looked at this site many times over the last 2 years i only recently made an account.

My collection as well as some feedback and an outdated list of items i have for trade can be viewed here:
http://gametz.com/user/veln.html

Also i have 186 feedback on ebay under the name veln.

And most important of all my wife is also a gamer, she posts under my name at Gametz sometimes. She is a graphics designer and an artist and alot more interesting than i am hehe. In case anyone is interested here is her website http://www.infodust.com/back.htm.

I guess thats all for now :)

[Arkaign]

Hiya :) Nice site!

My name is Thor, I'm 28 from Carrollton (Dallas metro), Texas, USA.

I don't play very many games anymore, I haven't had the patience to finish one since Diablo II a few years back.

Once upon a time I devoured them though, and won a little thing called the NWC back in the last millennium, circa '90 ;)

Playing stuff like FF2 on the SNES, SF2 series in the arcades, those were probably the best times I've had with games, along with playing stuff like Mario party with my daughter. Sad thing about being divorced and 3 states away, I don't get to do that anymore.

Not sure where I'm going with this, so I'll sign off here .. great site, I'm off to wander the forums!!

[Hardcore]

Wewt to the NWC winner!

I'm Daniel, an aspiring Christian pastor and a married father of two. I've been a gamer now for about 27 years(my father started me when I could walk, putting me on stools to play his arcade games).

I've seen just about everything in the gaming scene, from the Atari 2600 to the ZX Spectrum. While I've hit a few crap titles here and there, in general, I've enjoyed my time, and still continue to do so.

I co-own and run a competitive gaming ladder site - http://www.stormgaming.net

I am most definitely Old School, sticking to emulators nowadays as I'm a little too poor to go hunting systems and games. If you've got places to help a brother out with downloading, feel free to PM, IM, or email me.

I've read horror stories from other DP users of harsh treatment from DP members. I hope not to have one of those myself as I post. I've been a longtime lurker, first time or so poster. :)

[expospourtoujours]

Hi all

Used to visit this site every know and then but I lost all my old information so I made a new account. Hope thats all right. ;)

When it come to gaming I'm not much of a 'retro' guy. I'm more into Dreamcast, Saturn, PS/PS2 sometimes 16-bit. I look forward to taking part in the community.

[hentaigamerkitty]

Hi :)

A little about me:

I'm mostly into rpgs and some survival horror. I collect nes, snes, and playstation games.

Currently, I own a NES, SNES, Genesis, Dreamcast, ps1, ps2, gamecube, n64, xbox, and gameboy advance. On rough estimate, I probably own about 350 games for them altogether.

I'm also into tabletop gaming, anime, and reading fantasy novels.

I'm 22, I work in law enforcement, and I'm a practicing eclectic wiccan.

I share my life with a plethora of critters including Anakin the shetland sheep dog, Diva the gender confused kitty, Muggle the bunny, frodo the fish, and 4 horses that I use for competitive barrel racing.

Hmm...I guess that about sums me up for now :)

I'm looking forward to participating on the boards!

[Mrpixels0]

Hello, my name is Russ and i live in Kansas have 4 Kids and work as server for the Machine Shed.

I like Classic Video games from the Atari 2600, Nes and Snes i currently only own 1 Nes and 1 Super Nes.

Oh yes and I like to play Around with a program callled Game Maker, it is pretty fun too.

well there is not a lot to know about me and i am kinda boring to say the least but there you go thats me :).

MP0

[EdEdison]

Hey, I found this site the other day Googling around for NES stuff. I'm from Massachusetts, and collect mostly NES/SNES/GC and Playstation 1 games. Mostly racing, extreme sport, action RPGs, and horror games.
Other consoles i love: gb, gbc, gba, gba sp, nes, snes, sms, genesis, dc, gc, psx, and the four best computers ever, maybe you've heard of them? Apple II, C64, Vic 20, Amiga.

I also write Mod music, so if you're looking for some good music for your next game release, hit me up! ;)

[princess zelda]

My name is Rhea. I am 21 years old and dating pacmanhat.

I just wanted to add that my favorite gaming character is yoshi. I love anything yoshi related. Whenever we play anything yoshi related I get to be him. My favorite yoshis are the black and white ones from yoshis story for the N64.

[alm0stfinished]

I like Nintendo and stuff.

oh, and my name's Aaron. Yeah.

[pacmanhat]

My name is Rhea. I am 21 years old and dating pacmanhat.

I just wanted to add that my favorite gaming character is yoshi. I love anything yoshi related. Whenever we play anything yoshi related I get to be him. My favorite yoshis are the black and white ones from yoshis story for the N64.

Hey you. I can't believe that username wasn't taken already (not that I'm complaining...it found a fitting owner ;) ).

[zerohero]

My name is Rhea. I am 21 years old and dating pacmanhat.

I just wanted to add that my favorite gaming character is yoshi. I love anything yoshi related. Whenever we play anything yoshi related I get to be him. My favorite yoshis are the black and white ones from yoshis story for the N64.

Hey you. I can't believe that username wasn't taken already (not that I'm complaining...it found a fitting owner ;) ).

Woa thats a good point. I shoud have named myself Link....

[Sparkles]

Hi there!
My name is Dawn Adey and I'm 23.
My boyfriend Ralph (Sph1nx) posts here a nice bit I think.
I'm mostly a modern console / PC gamer who sticks to the "typical" girl games. Sims, Nintendogs, Puzzle games etc. I love old school SMS games though. Alex the Kid is the best!
Since Ralph bought a DS I've started expanding my gaming a lot more and am currently addicted to Mario DS.
Figured Id start browsing the boards looking for stuff about games I can con Ralph into buying for me, and maybe (if hes lucky) get a few ideas for Xmas gifts for him.

:)

[ClamIAm]

I'm here.

[Apossum]

:cheers:

heya, heard about this place through cheapassgamer.com. I'm james, 24, collector when I have money, gamer when I don't. I'm from a suburb of chicago, but I'm moving to the city pretty soon. I own a Snes, Nes, Ps2, Xbox, Cube, DS, Dreamcast and an X'eye but my xbox tends to get the most time, since I'm a fiend for Live fighting games.

See ya around :-)

[dragonlord]

Nes-a-holic (don't know if that's his alias here or not) told me about this place, so I thought I'd join up. I have heard of it before he mentioned it though.

My real name is Ian, I'm 20. I'm from Ontario, Canada. I run my own video game website: http://www.ripgames.anxproduction.com

I also cover NES music (like play NES stuff w/ guitar, bass and drums) and make it heavy.

[malroth]

Hello all. I found this place when I was looking for a way to play burned games on my PC Engine Duo-R. I just recently bought it and was looking for a cheap way to play Dracula X.

...Still haven't figured it out yet.

[Kaypro_II]

I found this place while looking for information on how to repair my intellivision controller.
I have a few other old systems including: Atari 2600, Sega Master System, Genesis, and NES. I have 95+ games for the atari, and about 15-20 games each for the NES and intellivision.
My friends have some things like the Super NES and the Commodore 64 (and I too have some old computers, including Commodore PET, TRS-80, and Kaypros).
I have not bought games for anything newer than the PS 1 - new systems and games are too expensive, and I'd rather waste my money on things that are more worthwhile - like old games anyway.

[bridge]

Howdy. I have viewed the site many times, a friend told me about it. He would check it out when we were looking for video game info online. After him saying just register for the past few years my lazy a$$ just did. Great site. Been playing since atari 2600 first came out, intellivision, colecovision and never stopped. I also dropped many a quarter at arcades, pizzerias, a bike shop and other places that were good enough to have arcade games. I have most common systems and a great many games. I do not have any idea how many. It also has been my experience to have bought the same title more than once by sheer disorganized collecting. Luckily it has never been a huge hit. Then again I don't go around spending hundreds of dollars for a single title. Then again, ebay can help relieve my accidents. I don't have a master list of games I own because I bought some lots of games and never got to organizing.

[*TRICKSTAR*]

In case you don't already know, Im hu6800
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hu6800/album?.dir=1804

My old account is no longer valid.

[Retrox]

hi there,

i want to introduce myself:
i'm 24 years old,
live in germany near cologne,
love pc- and videogames (and internet too, of course),
like music and sports
and i'm glad to be in this forum

cusoon

retrox

[kingfender]

Hello,

I am 25 and form the suburbs of Detroit Michigan. My obsession with console gaming began August of 2004 when I decided to dump my emulators and get the real thing.
Before that my NES, Genesis and JVC X-Eye just sat in a box. Now my collection has grown to 11 consoles, 2 portables, and 323 games that are all connected to my 65 inch Toshiba. Every thing I obtained was purchased at local stores, garage sales, and donations form my friends. All expect my extension cables for my Dreamcast, those where bought online. I hard to say what my favorite game or system is, but I would cry if anything happened to my top loader NES. My goal right now is to get all of the American released console systems post 1984 and the “must have” games for each system. I enjoy reading the stuff here it give me ideas on what to buy next. Thanks to all.

[prismra]

My name is Dan, 26, from the Sacramento, CA area.

I love all videogames and I especially like older games (specifically PC games from the late 80's-90's and the 16-bit era of consoles.) I collect NES as well but my true obsession is SNES.

That's about all I can tell you right now.

[prismra]

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[Mark30001]

Hey everyone!

I'm Mark30001.
I am from Atlanta, Georgia.
I found the forums through ASSEMblergames (everytime I tried to access here, the site never came up).
My favorite games are Donkey Kong Country series, Star Fox 64, and Sonic Adventure.
I collect Sega Dreamcast development hardware/software.
I am a student.
I began collecting after finding Sega Dreamcast GD-Rs for cheap! :D

[Mark30001]

Hey everyone!

I'm Mark30001.
I am from Atlanta, Georgia.
I found the forums through ASSEMblergames (everytime I tried to access here, the site never came up).
My favorite games are Donkey Kong Country series, Star Fox 64, and Sonic Adventure.
I collect AOL (America Online) floppies/CDs.
I am a student.
I began collecting after finding a stash load of AOL CDs in my dad's house! :D

P.S. - My browser messed up, and I double posted by mistake. I'm sorry...

[Whiskers the Wonder Cat]

Meow everyone. I'm 20 years old. Live in the U.S. My best friend is Garfield. He always clean out my fridge everytime he visits, but I still love him anyways.

[lkermel]

Hayya !

My name is Laurent, I'm french, 32 and I am now living in California.
I found this excellent site, and most of all, this awesome community of gamers many years ago. Probably back in 1997. I have a deep passion for video games and I've been collecting them for more than fifteen years now. They require a fair amount of space. But most of you know about this unfortunate issue. I still wonder why I never subscribed and posted here though... anyway, here I am.
I am also the web-master of Video Game Den (http://www.vgden.com) a 'new' web site dedicated to Video Games. 'new' because its content is coming from two other of my web sites, much older, and I have merged everything together into one and bigger database. It now covers the PC Engine system and the Super Famicom with more than 200 game reviews, but expect more systems in the future.

Nice to meet you all !

[rjohnson]

Howdy.

been gaming since the first christmas that PONG came out... so i am not new to it.

Been playin old and new systems, looking forward to the 360... and others as they continue to evolve in speed and design.

Fav system is the DC as it was so underdogged in by the other two game systems (or is that 3)...but it was superior in what small library it had.... it had GREAT capcom support...

SOME day i'm gonna have to set down (haha) and figure out what all i have.... thousands of games by now...and growing daily...thanks to a throw away american society.

i think i have all of the 2600 versions (domestic anyway)...

well, keep playing!

enjoy




:D

[exit]

I've been using DP for awhile, but I just now got around to checking out the board. It seems interesting enough, atleast compared to the other board I took part of and quickly stopped posting on.

So I guess this is me saying hello.