Introduce Yourself!

[Chemdawg]

- My name is Ben B
- I'm from Minneapolis, MN
- heard on some other games site post that DP was the place to go for retro gaming
- My favorite games are Super dodgeball, super metroid, pretty much all the zelda games, turtles in time, Contra, Mega man X and i know i lot of people are gonna hate on me for this but i can't deny world of warcraft ( char:chemdawg, server: winterhoof)
- the systems i collect for are mostly nintendo one's,mostly NES and SNES i really grew up on nintendo, loved sega too but nintendo just seemed to always hold a special place in my heart (lame i know lol)
- I'm a college student majoring in Human services
- Grew up on games, was a gamer until i got to highschool and learned about the wonders of drugs and sex and kinda just forgot about games, but as of recently when i was moving i found all my old games in some boxes remembered all the good and bad times i had playin these games, poped in a few games and fell in love with them again. i collect these games now to play them, not just to collect them, cause thats how this started. My collection didnt start as a collection, i just loved to play games, i quit for a while and come back to find i have a pretty decent collection in the making and didnt even know it. so im a noob to this retro game collecting, but noob with a pretty good start atleast.

[parallelprophet]

Hello!

My name parallelprophet comes from the parallel processor in the Neo Geo.

I am from TN and am in I.T. work.
First system owned: Atari 5200
Systems owned: 20
Newest Systems: PS3, Wii, PSP, DS
Fave System: DREAMCAST (followed by SNES and NEO GEO)
Fave Game Series: Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, Mario, Zelda
Fave Genre: FIGHTING (followed by platformer and action)
Currently Playing: SF IV, MGS4, Prince of Persia, SFII , Metal Slug 7, MK vs DC Universe.
Other hobbies: Guns, hunting, fishing...oh and did I say guns?

Look forward to meeting everyone...!

[Typhoon_Timmy]

Im Typhoon Timmy from Corpus Christi, Tx found Digitpress through my boss who runs Play Again Classic Video Games.

I love alllll kinds of games, but fighting games are my favorite. Street Fighter and the lot are some of my faves, but I also like tons of oddball games. I collect games that I think are fun (best kind) and Saint Seiya and Castlevania games. Working on a complete Castlevania (need the amiga version soooo bad)

So thats me, running a game store and just joining the forums here.

Helllllo everyone.

[~日本~Densha~]

Name: Phil
Age: 25 (soon 26)
Job: journalist/musician
Hobbys: Games (mostly classic gaming but also nexgen)
Japan (Games,Girls,Movies,Music,Language,Anime,Food..eve rything)
Music (Jrock,VisualKei,Jpop,Cpop,Kpop,Krock,Classic,Rock ,Progressive
Rock/Metal,OST Music..etc)
Guitar and Piano (Guitar for over 8 years now)
Watching Movies
Writing (Short Stories, Reviews (job),Lyrics,Poems)
Drawing (Mostly Anime influenced style)

Fav. Musicians: One Ok Rock,Heidi.,Versailles,Bump of Chicken,Akira
Yamaoka,Joe Hisaishi,Dear Cloud,Clazziquai,My Aunt Mary,NELL, Angela Aki,Yui,Wang Lee Hom,B'z,Kagrra,Ayaka Hirahara,
Alice Nine.,Ikimono Gakari,No Regret Life,William Fitzsimmons,​
Coldplay,Jon McLaughlin,LOS​T IN TIME,Reamo​nn..etc

Fav. Movies: Chinese Ghost Story,Butterfly Effect,My Sassy Girl,Silent Hill,BraveHe​art,Lump Sugar,Parasi​te Eve,Heavenly​ Forest,Kabhi​ Alvida naa Kehna,Hum Tum,Kal Ho naa Ho,Hana-Bi,C​asshern,Yeon​riji (Now and Forever),Jac​kie Chan Movies,Weddi​ng Crasher,V for Vendeta,Tita​nic,All Ben Stiller Movies,Metad​e Fumaca,Harry​ Potter, Pirates of the Caribbian,Fa​ntastic Four,The Mummy and the Mummy Returns,Dawn of the Dead (1978),I am Legend,Unbreakable, Benjamin Button,Forgetting Sarah Marshall,Dragon the Story of Bruce Lee,kikujiros summer,Udon,Tenshi no tamago,Sono toki wa kare ni yoroshiku,Gachi Boy..etc

Fav. TV Shows: Taiyo no Uta,Tatta Hitotsu no Koi,Sekai no Chuushin de,Densha Otoko,I am Sorry but I love, A love to kill,Friends​,Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi,Detriot Metal City,Two and a Half Men,Scrubs,M​onk,Supernat​ural,Hercule​s,Lost,That 70's Show,Grey's Anatomie, Ugly Betty,Dawson​s Creek,King of Queens,Angel​,Buffy,Coupl​ing,Ghost Whisperer,De​sperate Housewifes,H​eroes,How I met your Mother..etc

Fav. Food: Japanese, Korean, Indian and Italian.

Console own: 25
First Console: Game Gear
First Computer: Commodore 64
First Games: Wonderboy,Sonic,Ninja Gaiden
Fav. Consoles: Famicom,Mega Drive,Dreamcast,Pc-Engine,PS2,Saturn.
Fav. Genres: Japanese Rpg's,Survival Horror,Point and Click Adventure, Action Adventure,Shmups,Beat em Ups.
Fav. Series: Tales of... (Symphonia,Abyss...etc),Biohazard,Silent Hill,Castlevania,Falcom Games (Ys..etc).
Collect: Mostly Famicom,Mega Drive (jap),Pc-Engine,Densha de Go Games and Sumo Games.
Most Wanted: MSX,SEGA MARK III, NEO GEO AES,SHARP X68000,360°,DS.

Now at the moment I am writing for a music magazin called SKUG. Beside that my main goal is to work on my music career. And over all that my BIGGEST goal is the go to Japan and form a rock band there :band:
Japan means so much to me. I grew up with this hole culture. All I was mostly interested about since I was a little boy was Japan or has to do with it.
I feel more connected with Japan as with my own country. It is hard to explain it to someone who don't know how I feel about it. So this is my big BIG GOAL. Now I start to learn japanese. I am just at the begining but there is allways a start, right?

So thats me. ^_____________^
So HI TO EVERYONE~

[JackElam'sEyes]

Just thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Kyle
I'm 19
I'm from Maine
I'm temporarily working at a group home in south coast Mass
In the process of going to school for film production

Interests:
Video games: I grew up playing Atari and NES but I enjoy playing everything up to the 360.
I'm currently collecting NES, Dreamcast, Gamecube, and 32x but will pick up anything that looks good.
Favorite games: Guardian Legend, Nightshade, Mega Man 6, and Dead Space just to name a few...

I'm a huge film nut that has a pathetic passion for trash cinema. My preferred areas of film are westerns(American & Italian), giallos, Tromaesque trash, and Japanese Yakuza & samurai flicks...

My favorite actors are Buster Keaton, Klaus Kinski, John Wayne, John Saxon,
Lee Marvin, Jack Elam, and Walter Brennen.
I play guitar mostly but I dabble in few other instruments occasionally.
I listen to everything but lean towards NWOBHM, Death, and black metal.
Favorite bands are King Diamond, Accept, Sigh, and Morbid Angel

I'm excited to join this friendly little community of game enthusiasts and would also love to talk to anyone who also enjoys some of my mentioned interests.

[The Shawn]

Just thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Kyle
I'm 19
I'm from Maine
I'm temporarily working at a group home in south coast Mass
In the process of going to school for film production

Interests:
Video games: I grew up playing Atari and NES but I enjoy playing everything up to the 360.
I'm currently collecting NES, Dreamcast, Gamecube, and 32x but will pick up anything that looks good.
Favorite games: Guardian Legend, Nightshade, Mega Man 6, and Dead Space just to name a few...

I'm a huge film nut that has a pathetic passion for trash cinema. My preferred areas of film are westerns(American & Italian), giallos, Tromaesque trash, and Japanese Yakuza & samurai flicks...

My favorite actors are Buster Keaton, Klaus Kinski, John Wayne, John Saxon,
Lee Marvin, Jack Elam, and Walter Brennen.
I play guitar mostly but I dabble in few other instruments occasionally.
I listen to everything but lean towards NWOBHM, Death, and black metal.
Favorite bands are King Diamond, Accept, Sigh, and Morbid Angel

I'm excited to join this friendly little community of game enthusiasts and would also love to talk to anyone who also enjoys some of my mentioned interests.



Hello man! My best friend lives on Kings mountin! your a lot younger than me so you prob. wouldn't know him, but welcome to the community! Well he is into death metal so maybe you do, Dominic Nuavo ring a bell?


Either way man, welcome! Good to see another Mainer here...

[JackElam'sEyes]

Ha, I live only a few minutes from there. My grandfather lives right on Swetts pond near there. The name unfortunately doesn't seem to ring any bells but I can't say I know really anyone who lives in that part. I didn't even realize there were other death metal fans in Orrington...we are few and far between within the woods of Maine. Since you're from Newport you know of any local metal groups in ME?( the doom band Ocean and a few BM groups are the only one that comes to mind right now) The Bangor area is smothered with hardcore and that just doesn't tickle my god damn fancy one bit. Thanks for the welcoming!

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Just thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Kyle
I'm 19
I'm from Maine
I'm temporarily working at a group home in south coast Mass
In the process of going to school for film production

Interests:
Video games: I grew up playing Atari and NES but I enjoy playing everything up to the 360.
I'm currently collecting NES, Dreamcast, Gamecube, and 32x but will pick up anything that looks good.
Favorite games: Guardian Legend, Nightshade, Mega Man 6, and Dead Space just to name a few...

I'm a huge film nut that has a pathetic passion for trash cinema. My preferred areas of film are westerns(American & Italian), giallos, Tromaesque trash, and Japanese Yakuza & samurai flicks...

My favorite actors are Buster Keaton, Klaus Kinski, John Wayne, John Saxon,
Lee Marvin, Jack Elam, and Walter Brennen.
I play guitar mostly but I dabble in few other instruments occasionally.
I listen to everything but lean towards NWOBHM, Death, and black metal.
Favorite bands are King Diamond, Accept, Sigh, and Morbid Angel

I'm excited to join this friendly little community of game enthusiasts and would also love to talk to anyone who also enjoys some of my mentioned interests.

I echo The Shawn's welcome, Jackelam. It seems that you managed to get all the New England metalheads out of the wood works tonight.

[gamecollectman]

Hello everybody, new to the digitpress world. My name is Ty ,i am 28 years old and i am from the great and cold state of Wisconsin. Well a lil about me, I am a college grad as of today :D, On the side from my regular job I am a game collector. I've been doing it for about a year now searching primarily for NES games, and i must say it is an addiction thats hard to kick. ;) I am also on nintendoage.com My name on there is also gamecollectman.

[Minilu]

Let's see. I'm Lorrie from South Texas, found the forums through a ton of aimless clicking about. My favorite game, despite its being panned by virtually everyone, is Quest 64. I'm not that hardcore a collector, but I'd say, Atari 2600, SNES and NES and my favorite, N64. I'm a student in real life, planning on doing something with animation in the future. Known as the video game guru in my family. I began playing video games when I was a wee little one, playing the levels my older brother had already unlocked, and 12 years later, the tables have turned! ROFL

[obesolete]

Hey,

I'm Obesolete from Toronto Canada.

I've been collecting for most of my life, but never started taking it seriously until i ran into my now almost husband again after years so not seeing each other since highschool.

Together we've been collecting mainly nes and snes carts with a total of 150+ nes carts and 80 some-odd snes carts and consider them our pride and joy.
We also have several hundreds of gameboy/DS/SP/ps1/2/3/cube/dreamcast/xbox games scattered among the house/in our parents basements.

our second bedroom has become a shrine to classic gaming and also my workshop for my Etsy store Closet Monsters where i sell custom plushies.

[pfp]

- PFP
- Upstate NY b/t Syracuse and Buffalo
- Referred here from CAG to get some questions answered about a collection I bought
- the Mario Kart games, Symphony of the Night
- I collect classics and personal favorites for PS1, PS2, SNES, N64, GC
- I run an game store on eBay (I also have a day job doing tech support, but the game store is the main biz)
- Not too much, the store pretty much eats most of my free time.

[JanLazer]

Greetings, all!

Name is Keith, aka Jan Lazer. I'm a 26 year old father of one boy and one to-be-girl(July 14, expected) from Leduc, Alberta, Canada. I've been playing video games since I was 2 years old...Started off on the Atari 2600(which I still have) and the Commodore Vic 20/64(also still have).

My favorite game of all time has to be Wonder Boy in Monster Land for the Sega Master System(which is also my favorite system). I'm currently in the process of finishing an entire US release collection for the system and am only about 10 games short(pending a deal I'm in the process of making). After that is finished, I'm planning on doing the same for all Sega systems, as I possess every one of them except for the Saturn.

My drive to collect games is not just for my own personal pride/amusement, but also so I have something to pass down to my children, as I know for a fact they will remember their father as that 'crazy gaming, hair metal listening idiot'.lol.

[itsbillyjoe]

:snipersmile:
yup, name is Billy Joe. believe it or not, i got the name from the late johnny cash.
no, johnny is not my dad. my dad met cash before i was born in a bar in wash. dc.
they were playing guitars together, when johnny asked my dad if he had any kids.
dad replied, a couple daughters. johnny said no son?, dad said nope. johnny said,
well if you ever have one, name him Billy Joe.
its all my dads ever called me since.

what do i do:
dad taught me the guitar, now i write and sing and tour some.
i do security work when im not on the road.
married with 3 boys, and i have 2 daughters from x.
i love to hunt and fish and shoot archery.
when i was younger i street raced alot, spent the money i won
on the cars i had, which were: 1970 nova, 1969 nova, 1967 nova
1969 camaro, 1972 ss nova, 1967 chevelle. yes i do like fords and
dodges and all cars, but i dont race anymore, so i have none.
but i would like a couple back and a hemi cuda.

i have spent countless hours gaming. i guess you can say i started on
atari pong years ago, was first video game i played.
but i love to race, and i am boss at grand turismo (hope i spelled it right)
24 hour le mans (dreamcast), i play ace combat, played all series.
resident evil, all of em'. yup even mario. ive played alot of games.
now i play alot on the net at pogo.com, i play pogo bowl. i must be
getting old. but im pretty good at it. and i play on full tilt poker.

well thats me, not much, but still kick'in. 48, feel'in gr8 - well so far.........

[bananajohn]

Hi, I'm angelo from belgium.

I'm nearing 30s, and am salesman.

I have been collecting only recently, and my main collected items
are a still-packed copy of amstrad's Terrorpods, and Dragon for the jaguar.

I have found this forum through a link on lostlevels.
My main ambition is to own a real prototype game that differs of the released version.

I write some articles for http://retrotrivia.net since short, but not much is up
there yet.

[adam_devry]

My name is adam I work for a theme park call usf. I rember playing space invaders on the 2600 with my dad and then he got me my first nintendo with mairo and donkey kong classics.The best game to me is ghost and goblins one of the hardiest game for the nes. I am collecting for every system but I kinda have this thing for mickey mouse games. I have to have them all the most. I found this site in a video collectors magazine

[andyt31]

Hi, my name is Andy and im 30 years old. I come from a small town near Peterborough, UK.

I dont really have a favorite genre of game. Im not too keen on flight sims etc.

I have a medium collection of machines at home. List here. (http://retrocomputers.wordpress.com/my-computers/)
My favorite machine is the Amstrad CPC6128, closely followed by the BBC Model B

For a job, im a infrastructure analyst. I look after Linux and Windows servers as well as the LAN/WAN etc...

[XColossus]

Hi all,

One of those younger members around here, glad to be in a community of help and friendliness =)

A bit about me

My name is Jonathan, almost 15 years
From Australia
I play a variety of consoles including ps2, n64, snes, and pc
Favourite game at the moment would have to be Need For Speed Undercover for PC or Soul Calibur for DC

See you guys around!

[retrobenj]

hey im benji im 22 from england southwest always wanted a collection and have recently just started some items i have required master system plus boxed complete, binatone tv master plus some games. Love hunting for bargains and playing games. Back to the future and ghostbusters are my fave films and favourite games are simon the sorceror, terminator 2 c64 and shenmue.

current generation just doesnt tickle my fancy...

Benj

[Robocop2]

Howdy all,
Name's Marlow' I'm from Texas
long time addict first time poster. I was pretty big into games back in the late 80's early 90's then my mom made me sell all my systems and games to finance a computer since it could play games and do school work. I picked the habit back up in the late 90's with a PSX and an N64 and have been back ever since, mostly on the 360 nowadays, I have always been a die hard shooter fan.

I recently got the bug to reaccquire some of my lost childhood and picked up another Genesis to go with the games and SNES I bought off my brother a few years ago and am in the process of getting that all set up, still looking for a reasonably priced TG16 (while I lived through the NES era, I always had a soft spot for the 16 bit machines moreso) I found this site while perusing the net.
I'm currently about to be a first time father just in time to convert another to the cause. In my daily life I'm an insurance adjuster and husband with a game widow for a wife ;)

[skyzoo]

Greetings all!

My name is Manu, from Barcelona, Spain. I'm 32.
I collect all kinds of games, arcade cabs, jamma pcbs, console systems, computers... since i was 15!

...For sure, this forum will improve my English... well, I hope so...


SkyZoo

[Aerond]

- 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.

Hi everyone!! Ok, here we go with the roundtable test...

- I´m Daniel, 24, from Spain. Easy Going guy here :) Happy to be here!
- I live in El Escorial, a village 50kms. away from Madrid, the capital
- I found the forums looking for an online guide on pricing :p
- At this moment I´m a lot into japanese music games, specially hooked on Taiko no tatsujin. In general, I love racing (mainly sims), sports, strategy, platform and puzzle games :)
- I don´t collect a lot... but I would say Master System, Mega Drive (not as much), and starting a collection on Wii :)
- I don´t have a job right now... Studied for TV and journalism, but is hard to find something... just looking for something to fit in. Would like to get into the music business in the future.
- I don´t think I´ve began collecting at all! I just have a bunch of games I like and I´m proud of, that is :) But I´m into many, many things... photography, video games, music... lots of things really :)

Hope I meet many people here and learn a lot!

[balkiry]

Hi, I'm Sean from Sydney Australia. I stumbled across this forum when looking for advice on how to fix an old console of mine. It's great to find so many passionate gamers in one place!
I have a decent collection of Sega stuff (7 consoles and counting) which I have mostly accumulated as it came out. I've only recently got back into gaming and am trying play "catchup" by collecting some classic games I missed out on, as well as making a slow re-entry back into the current console generation. I probably began consciously collecting when I first got into ebay and nabbed a copy of Shenmue 2 for DC.
At this moment my all time favourite games would be Sonic 2, Nights, Resident Evil CV and Resident Evil 4.
In real life I work for a television network :D

[Namnuta]

- Hi im Cam
- I live in Calgary,Alberta Canada
- Found the forums through Neo-Geo.com
-My favorite system i collect for is My neo Geo AES. I have a fairly large collection, with some rares.
- IRL im an Engineer doing Geophysics in the oil patch


I started collecting after i bought my AES. A friends of mine said "OMG, you have a Neo Geo ,You should start collecting all the old systems". So i did and my collection has gotten quite large, much to my wife's dismay.

Aside from Video games, i keep a Marine Fish tank (165 G Display, with a 90 G sump) with about 13 different types of hard and soft corals,reef fish and inverts.

I am also into wake boarding,cars, Arcade cabinets, etc.

[retrogamer96]

I'm Harley from the state of Missouri. I'm 13, but I've been collecting rare classic games for about five years. I enjoy playing older games over the newer ones, since they're usually a lot more challenging and a lot less complicated. My favorite game of all time is GEX (Playstation One), a game I grew up with. Other favorites include Bonk's Adventure,Air Zonk, Donkey Kong Country and Super Mario World.

[Battroid]

Hi, I'm Battroid. I've been playing and getting bored with video games for years. I've finally came to the conclusion that these new systems are getting just too complicated and taking all the fun out of gaming. So, I've finally dusted off the ol' Super Nintendo and I'm having a blast revisiting all these great games. This forum seems like the perfect place for me to get involved and keep up on the goings on in the retro game world. Looking forward to chatting with all of you.

[Motherbrain]

Hey everyone. My name is John and after lurking for a while I finally joined up today. I've been a fan of video games since getting an Atari way back when, and have become a huge Nintendo fan since getting my first system in 1986. At the moment I'm only actively collecting NES and SNES stuff, but I do have an Intellivision and hope to get an Atari 2600 in the very near future.

I run a pretty new website at www.8bitmadness.com that currently includes a bunch of cool NES stuff but I'm hoping to expand to SNES in the near future. NES was enough work as it is though. :)

In addition to being a classic gamer, I collect action figures, play a little bit of bass and guitar and am a big baseball fan. Don't laugh at me, but I'm a life-long Royals fan. ;)

Anyway, just a quick bit about me. This is an awesome place and I'm glad I finally joined!

John

[counterfeit3w]

Hello,
I am James, age 22, from North Carolina. Graduated in May '08 with dual bachelorette degrees, which are utterly useless at this point in this wonderful economy. Currently I am employed by the county as a sales clerk. I did not begin hordering/collecting video games until the last 6 months. I try to collect as cheapy as possible by hitting up pawn shops, flea markets, craigslist, etc... I find I enjoy the hunting more often then the finding, mainly because I don't find much. I have had some luck in the past couple of months amassing my collection.

The collection really has no rhyme or reason. If I see something I like for the right price I'll try to purchase it. The collection spans from the Master System to the Wii. I prefer to collect for the SMS/NES up to the 64.

So far:
Consoles: 10 (excluding Sega CD, 32X, SMS II, 2nd Jaguar)
First Console: NES/ First Console bought for collecting: Sega Genesis
Fav. Console: Dreamcast or Genesis
Fav. Genres: Varies, used to be into Racing Sims, but I'm all over the place now
Collect: NES, SNES, SMS, Genesis, SegaCD, 32X, Dreamcast, Jaguar, and 3DO
Most Wanted: Turbo Grafix, and lots more games

[j1e]

Hey everyone. My name is John and after lurking for a while I finally joined up today. I've been a fan of video games since getting an Atari way back when, and have become a huge Nintendo fan since getting my first system in 1986. At the moment I'm only actively collecting NES and SNES stuff, but I do have an Intellivision and hope to get an Atari 2600 in the very near future.

I run a pretty new website at www.8bitmadness.com that currently includes a bunch of cool NES stuff but I'm hoping to expand to SNES in the near future. NES was enough work as it is though. :)

In addition to being a classic gamer, I collect action figures, play a little bit of bass and guitar and am a big baseball fan. Don't laugh at me, but I'm a life-long Royals fan. ;)

Anyway, just a quick bit about me. This is an awesome place and I'm glad I finally joined!

John

Hi John! Nice to meet ya :)

I see you're a Royals fan. I'm the same way with the White Sox (and I live in a small town in Arkansas :) I'm sure you already know, but we start the year off playing each other in Chicago. Looking at the Royals squad this season, I believe they're going to be pretty tough. Good luck ;)

-Mike

[notsonic]

what up.

im justin, 22, from nj. ive given the digital press store some decent business and ive only been there twice.:-D

i have too many games, too many systems, and too many arcade games. im running out of room and really need to overhaul my basement.

im working on a computer engineering degree at rutgers, with electives such as VR, AI, and CG.:wink 2:
im hoping to put that towards either medical rehab or of course, video games.

i think the majority of gaming peaked during the 16 bit era and hasnt been the same since. fighters and platformers are the best kind of games, and fps just doesnt do it for me unless its on a pc.

i spend most of my time on neo-geo.com.

some of my failed attempts at websites include an arcade tech site and a graphical move list site for fighters.

http://eden.rutgers.edu/~notsonic/movelists/base/index.shtml

[blaketaya]

Hey guys I'm Blake. I came here to look for nes multicarts after gametz told me that I couldn't ask for them there. Like most of you guys, I'm running out of space to store my stuff.

[psychobirdkiller]

My name is Nikki. I live in southwest Missouri. I always loved the NES but never really got into collecting until after September 11th. After that, my husband started getting deployed a lot. I got bored and started hanging out at flea markets and comic book stores in my spare time. Consequently, I have a completely awesome Transformers collection. One day I decided to make a list of all the games and systems we had and I realized I had a crapload of those too. I decided to start referring to it as my collection so it would sound like I did it on purpose. Luckily, my husband completely supports this hobby (because he's a boy) so we currently have:
5 Intellivision games (no system yet)
Atari 2600 w/47 games
NES w/21 games
Gameboy w/5 games
SNES w/5 games
Atari Lynx w/6 games
GBA and GBSP w/15 games
30 PS games
Dreamcast w/15 games
Sega Genesis w/23 games
Sega Game Gear w/7 games
N64w/13 games
2 PS2's w/49 games
2 XBOX's w/24 games
Gamecube w/1 game
2 NDS w/18 games
2 PSP's w/22 games
Wii w/10 games
PS3 w/3 games
XBOX360 w/3 games

I've also gotten into some other old electronics and have acquired a C.E.D. player, a betamax, and a laserdisc.

I like platform games. I love Mario and Spyro. Puzzle games are cool too. I don't really have any MISB or rare games. With the Transformers, I am good and don't open things. Video Games are my fun/get to touch and play with everything hobby.

[gameRaTeR]

Tell us any or all of the following:
- I am Teh 1337 GameRaTeR or simply known as Kevin Santos!
- Ridgefield park new jersey =l
- From the store and from a school buddy called dylan or you may know him as dastardly dylan
- Ooh it varies but i like the ff series and half life
- My dream is to collect all consoles and all their classics. i have a great amount now!
- Managerial assistant for taxes(Dull for a gamer no?)
- As a kid i was born 92 and i had a nintendo when i was 4. I was armed with secret of mana, earthworm jim and mk3. I Fell in love with gaming. it kept me a good boy and made a 2nd world for me. From then on i said "Wow! If i like these games then that n64 must be good too!" And kablam. I collected that gen's consoles and now im going back into the other ones. I have the SNES NES N64, Sega Genesis Odyssey 2, Atari 2600, Tournament 2000, Ps2, Gamecube and a few hand helds!

[punkrockdave]

I'm Travis, i live in Idaho(its as bad as you've heard), for funds i make terrible techno, i found the site through Google pertaining to a question i had about my deal of the century Dreamcast (2 controllers with vmu's, a jump pack, and about 30 games for $75 i couldn't pass it up) so yeah that's me in a nut shell

[Johnny Pow!]

I feel like I need to be here. Over the past year and a half, I've amassed kind of a big collection of systems. In no particular order:

ColecoVision (with modules 1 and 2)
NES
Genesis 2 (with Sega CD)
Dreamcast
Saturn (a black one AND a white one)
SNES
Atari XE
2600
TurboGrafx-16
The Philips CD-i I've had since 1993
3DO (two, actually: a working GoldStar and a dud Panasonic FZ-1)
X'Eye (with the classic "No CD" problem)
Neo Geo Pocket Color
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
PS One (the small one)
Wii (my one concession to modern gaming)

As for the rest of me, I'm a vintage tech freak, a thrift store fiend and flea market bargain hunter extraordinaire (that's how I ended up with most of these systems, not to mention half the stuff in my co-op). I live on Long Island, and I get paid to watch TV all night. No, really - I'm a master control operator. Oh, and I use way too many parentheses (I apologize for that). I've googled for things that have led me here a few times, and the last couple things I've googled led me to read into the forum a little more...so here I am - officially.

[SPAZ-12]

Hello, my name is Nikita. I am 19, and currently studying engineering at the University of Calgary (Canada).

I started collecting video games about a year and a half ago. I'm most interested in hardware, and tend to only buy games that interest me, and that I intend to play. As such my ratio of games to consoles is pretty low, I own about 250 games, which works out to about 10 per console on average.

So far I have acquired the following consoles (the Wii and Gamecube are my brother's):

Magnavox: Odyssey (1973)
Atari: Super Pong, 2600
Coleco: Colecovision
Nintendo: NES (toaster and toploader), SNES (versions 1 and 2), N64, Gamecube, Wii, Virtual Boy (in the mail), Game Boy (original, pocket, advance SP, and Micro)
NEC: Turbografx 16 (with turbo booster in the mail)
Sega: Master System, Genesis (models 1 and 2, and 32x add on), Saturn, Dreamcast (with Samba de Amigo, one of the best games ever!), Game Gear
Sony: Playstation (both case styles), PS2
Microsoft: Xbox (Silver edition)
Zapit: Game Wave
Xgamestation (more of a learning console)
An MVS arcade board and Jungle Hunt arcade PCB, currently making a supergun to play it.

I've been reading this site for awhile now, but some things have come up with my collecting that I need to ask questions about, so I finally signed up for an account. Other things I like are collecting old electronics (reel to reel players, laser disc, etc.) and working on a number of projects (often electrical in nature).

[alexander4488]

Inspired by the AVGN, I satirically rant on shitty video games. Type (Game Dude) at Youtube or even Google to find my Youtube channel. I am now at film school to learn how to make my videos better. All video game reviews currently posted were made before I went to film school, so they're decent. Take a look anyway, if you'd like.

PS: I was formerly known as the Annoyed Gaming Geek, but I changed the name because it was too similar to the Angry Video Game Nerd.

[Mandrake]

Im french/italian.i'm crazy too.im an otaku,a gamer,a retrogamer,a computer fan,a book worm a(here i putted a black hole that has deleted 99% of what i said),a apprendist patissier and a lot more!!!!

I registered here because...i dunno i just liked the topic

[IceDrake]

I'm Bryan. I live in NJ and go to college in NY.

I don't collect for any systems right now. I own a Genesis which I got when I was about 5. I only had 3 games for it (Sonic Spinball, Virtua Racer, and Ms. Pac Man). I bought the 4 Sonic games (1, 2, 3, Knuckles) about 5-6 years later at Funcoland and Adventures of Batman & Robin when it was in the bargain bin at Toys R Us.

I never owned a SNES and I wish I did. I played it a few times at friends' houses and loved it. I have played SNES and NES games on rereleases (I have all the Super Mario Advance games, Metroid Zero Mission. I got Donkey Kong Country, F-Zero, and Super Metroid on Virtual Console. Also recently got Chrono Trigger for DS and love it).

I found the site looking for reviews of the Retro Duo which I plan to buy soon. I'm going to buy the games I missed out on for Genesis, SNES, and NES. I'd stick to emulation but it just doesn't feel the same.

[Geohen]

Hello everyone

My name is George and I am a student at CU Boulder.

I have been playing games since around 1987 and started with the NES. I started collecting around 99 with the PS1 being my first focus. I had a really nice PS1 RPG collection that I had to sell to make bills when my wife got pregnant about 4 years ago. I have yet to replace them but have continued to collect and Sunday finally reached the 1000 mark. That joy was somewhat squandered on Monday when I was told the pain in my hands, wrists and arms may be rheumatoid arthritis, seriously hampering my ability to do most of my hobbies. The blood work comes back tomorrow so *fingers crossed*

I found this website looking for others who are video game collectors. Most of my friends have collections of around 30 games, friends I have online have 200 or so games. I wanted to find people who had closer to me. I also wanted to find a community that could help me focus my collecting a little but better because I would just buy games with no aim or purpose. Lurking around here for a while has helped me with that.

So yeah that is me. I look forward to interacting with fellow enthusiast.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Hi, I'm Billy Smith, but I'm better known on the interwebs as Dr. Gonzo. I hail from Annapolis, MD, and I kneel only at the altar of Shigeru Miyamoto. :P I've been gaming since I was 4 years old on my cousin's NES, and now I've actually got myself a job (sort of) as a gaming article writer at thatguywiththeglasses.com

I probably take video games a lot more seriously than I should, as i tend to actually study games in the same way one would study a piece of literature or a Da Vinci painting. My hope one day is to actually write a couple of academic books on the merit and value of Video gaming.

I own 17 game systems, and the game library grows everyday!

My top 5 Games:
Mario Bros. 3
Super Metroid
Doom
Zelda: A Link to the Past
Final Fantasy VI

[Nes4u]

Ben.

Prototype Hunter...

[NESGamer24]

Welcome to the forums!

This is a big place and it's sometimes easy to get lost in the crowd, but we really do want to know about you. This thread will serve as a "who's who" reference for the future so make your presence known!

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.

NOTE: posts here that are NOT introductions will be removed, so if you want to say hello to someone, start a new topic to do so.

Let us begin.

Hey Everyone,

Names Rob I live in South Jersey. Found the forums by seeing the AVGN post about being at the store last summer. (Not recently, remember seeing his event on his MySpace last summer, just took this long to make the trip up to the store) Made my first trip to the store this past weekend. I must say it is by far the greatest store I've been to. I have a bunch of systems but really collect for NES. In real life I work for a software company. Nothing much interesting with my life. I'm still into NES a couple decades later and enjoy playing it over other systems.

[Shaq-Funaki]

Hello everybody! Just found this site while looking for old-school games.

This is what I have:

-PS2
-Gamecube
-N64
-SNES
-NES

Thanks for reading

[KingGhidorah]

Been lurking for a while, decided to join up.
I have these systems.
-PS2
-NES
-Colecovision
-Atari 2600
-SNES

I play my NES and 2600 the most. I used to collect classic games hardcore got rid of 90% of my stuff about 5 yrs ago. Recently started picking stuff up again. Never going back to when I had 20+ systems though. I'm gonna pick up a Genesis and N64 soon enough but I still have a ton of games on NES to beat.

[McGuffin]

Hi this is MacGuffin here, I have still have Playstation 2, will be buying a a new system soon, but will always have an interest in classic gaming

[hoaryhag]

Hi all,
I am into classic gaming and collect genesis/cd/32x, snes, saturn, dreamcast, and ps1 so far. I also have a neo geo mvs and sega stv but have yet to build my supergun. I look forward to chatting with all of you!

[MattK]

Hi, I'm MattK. Long time reader of the main site, first time poster. The mrs and I recently decided that it was time to start building a joint games collection, as our individual collections have been a bit ravaged over the years by family, moving house, etc. so we're basically just looking for the stuff we want in nice, neat condition.

As for the real world, I live in Australia, I'm a freelance writer that focuses entirely on gaming. I write a couple of opinion pieces and reviews each week for one of the larger ISP-run gaming sites down here. I'm 25 and engaged to a lovely lady who is also very much into gaming. Between us we own every majorly successful console since the NES, with just under 1,000 games total. According to our little list, we have about 1,400 games we're tracking down to add to that collection, or replace items that aren't up to our standards, so I reckon it's going to be a life-long quest.

[123►Genei-Jin]

Oh well, I'm not really into introduction threads but here it goes:

I'm from Costa Rica and I've been collecting stuff from time to time, not really an avid collector but mostly collecting games I really liked back in the day or games/systems I/my parents couldn't afford back then. I currently have:

Atari 2600 (broken :( )

Sega:
Master System
Genesis
[JVC] X'eye
Japanese Saturn
Japanese Dreamcast

Nintendo:
NES
[Sharp] Twin FamiCom

NEC:
Super Grafx
Core Grafx 2
Super CD-ROM

Sony:
PS1 (broken)
Fat PS2
Slim Limited edition (white)
Launch 60GB PS3

M$:
Xbox 360 (jasper)

I'm willing to start collecting Neo-Geo MVS carts (can't really justify AES prices)

[saimo]

Hi all,

this is Simone from Italy. I'm a C64 and Amiga and - of course - videogames lover ;)

My love for videogames was born when, as a child, I first looked at those shiny things that the C64 moved across the screen. Since then, to me computers have been like canvas for painters... I ended up creating several videogames and also lots of other weird stuff - from developer libraries to virtual machines. The last projects I have been working on are a retro-flavoured game I just published for AmigaOS 4 and Windows and a crazy game for C64 (which is near to completion, but I can't tell when I'll ever find the time to finish it).
Besides the computers mentioned, I also had the chance to appreciate a few titles produced for the NES, Master System, GameBoy(s), SNES, Neo Geo, etc.
I must admit I have not played tons of games in my life... but only because I like creating them more!

For the very curious ones, something more about me can be found on my personal website: http://saimobvq.interfree.it/saimo/index.html.

saimo

[Ajax]

Hey I'm Ajax. Apparently I have been on here before, but I don't remember. So I am doing a new introduction.

My systems

Atari 2600
Intellivision
Coleco vision
Nes
Snes
tourbo grafX 16
3DO
Sega master system
Genesis (both additions)
32X
Sega CD
Dreamcast
Playstation
nintendo 64
PS2
Xbox
Camecube
Xbox 360

I have doubles of most of them. Anyways ... Hi

[shanec86]

Hey im shane. Im from Victoria, Australia.
I have always loved playing with electronics/computers/videogames etc. But only recently have decided to increase the collection somewhat.

I currently have:

Sega Master system 2
Sega Megadrive 2
NES
SNES
Nintendo 64
Playstation 1
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
Nintendo DS
NDS Lite
Gameboy Pocket
Wii
(and a lot of PC's)

I hope to add to my collection soon with Mega CD, 32x Attachment, Nintendo64 and lots more games as i know a few people with these :)

about 6ish years ago i had an Atari 2600 jnr, 3x Commodore 64's, and a fully boxed Spectravideo SVI-738 MSX with a ton of options/peripherals.
I sold those and a few other computer bits for a measly $140AUD

And now i hate myself for it lol

thanks guys :D

[PacmanPlush]

Hello, my name is PacmanPlush. :pimp:

I'm 25 years old, though some accuse me of having been born yesterday. I was in fact born today, by which I mean 25 years ago today. :pimp:

My favourite game is Bionic Commando. :sob:

I am anxiously awaiting the next-gen Bionic Commando. :pimp:

[Ultimate Jman]

I'm Jon,

Current systems:

360
PS3 (60GB)
SNES
NES (Boxed)
N64
Wii
DS Lite (Gold Zelda)
Game Boy Advance

183 games total.

I'm a major Dr. Mario fanatic, I've scored 1 million more than 15 times, with a high score of 1.5 million. Right now playing Forza 2 and Fable II. I got my first 360 in Jan 06 so I was lucky enough to get the "Ultimate Jman" gamertag.

[withalligators]

Hey all,
Your standard introduction...
Me:
I'm a herpetologist that likes to work with varanids, crocodilians, vipers, and elapids. As a a wildlife biologist though, I also like most critters. Lately I have been working for a wildlife documentary production in Thailand. I took some time out to travel around and climb a bit, and now I'm back in the US for a while. I'd like to unload a big chunk of my collection (mostly doubles and stuff I'll never play again) here and on other sites before I go back to the jungles. When that's all petered out its back to ebay 'sigh'.
My collection:
3DO
Atari 2600 / 7800 / 5200 / XE
NEC TG16 / PCE / TGCD / PCECD / TGSCD / PCESCD / ACD
N64
GB / GBA / DS
NES / FC / FCDisk
SNES / SFC
Virtual Boy
Sega DC
Sega GG
Sega Genesis / MD / SegaCD / MegaCD / 32X
Sega MS
Sega Saturn
PSX
NeoCD
and some random stuff like the ActionMax, Game.com, Pong systems, CD-i, FM Marty Towns II, PCFX...maybe that's it.
Saturn and TG16 / PCE are my favorite systems though I rarely play either anymore.
My favorite series of games are the Contras and Castlevanias, though the latter seem a little uninspired as of late. i used to love jrpgs as a kid (dragon warrior, phantasy star, etc.) but I have no desire to play them any more but dig a good arpg once in a while (like princess crown). When I can post it, you should buy my stuff. Here's a pic of one of my favorite snakes, the Central American Eyelash Viper, Bothriechis schlegelii , which I found near the Panamanian border of Costa Rica. Enjoy.
Thanks,
Alex

[sillyspheres]

I'm Brad and I discovered the site and store through my buddy. I am 28 and received a NES for my 6th birthday along with Mach Rider and Pro Wrestling. I stayed seriously into gaming since with:

SNES
N64
PS1
PS2
Various GameBoys
DS
Virtual Boy
Turbo Duo
Wii

My favorite systems are by far the Wii, DS, and SNES. I am in the process of organizing my collection so I can pare it down to be a little more manageable (yes, that is probably sacreligious here :-) To that end, I dumped a Sega Tower and a bunch of loose Genesis, Game Gear, SNES, and N64 games at DP earlier this month.

I am interested in collecting CIB KOEI for SNES games ATM and am trying to resurrect my Duo (the cables and controllers are somewhere at my parents' house).

thanks,
Brad

[Loremaster]

Hello all.

Been lurking here for a time, finally decided to join.

I run mostly Nintendo, with everything from NES up to Wii [minus Virtual Boy], broken only by my Sega Genesis.

I'm not too much of a collector per se, preferring to mainly stick to games that are just fun, as opposed to trying to get a complete collection. However, there are a few oddball titles I want [Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu comes to mind, simply because of the title].

Anyway, I'm an Engineering student IRL, so I'm pretty interested in the hardware behind the gameplay.

Hope to have a good time here.

[Torx]

Hello everyone, im Wes from Memphis, TN

I collect classic consoles, TI Calculators, MB Board Games, and someday hope to build a complete mini museum.
Heres my collection so far in pictures, though my newer consoles and some recent additions arent in the picture set yet. I update my collection every month or so
http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g291/TorxT3D/Consoles/

I got into collecting classic consoles in 1999 purchasing loose consoles, but in the recent years ive made strides to have boxes, paperwork, and the necessary pieces to make the console a complete vintage memory.

A couple favs
Fav Handheld - Atari Lynx - Electrocop
Fav NES Game - Faxanadu, Boulder Dash
Fav Overall Console - 3DO
Cartridge or CD? CD.
Fav SegaCD Game - Dracula Unleashed, Theme Park
Best Console Power-ON Intro - CD32 (music reminds me of the old OLD HBO bumper)
Fav C64 Game - Gianna Sisters
Fav TI Calculator and Game - TI-82 - Joltima

[StoneAgeGamer]

Hello I'm Ryan from the online classic gaming store StoneAgeGamer.com. I love classic gaming and this looks like a great forum.

[Baloo]

Hello everyone, I'm Baloo.

[ahuffman]

Hello everyone,

I am Aaron from Kansas. I have been into video games for about 20 years, but just recently started collecting seriously. I am in school right now studying networking. I found out about the site on Nintendo Age. I look forward to interacting with everyone :).

[retrogamecity]

Hi ! I`m Andy ,

I`m 28, I live in Japan, love snowboarding and basketball !
I run an online store called Retro Game City selling all the old classic gaming console , games and accesssories from Japan. Perhaps I may be able to help a few people with their collections? :)I also run an Ebay store under andy-games-japan doing the same thing. Great fun!

[oldskoolandy]

Hey everyone I'm oldskoolandy and live in Milwaukee, WI. I was directed to these forums from someone at GameTZ.com. I lurked for a bit and decided to join soon after. I enjoy collecting and playing and focus mostly on Sega Genesis, Sega CD, and Sega Saturn games/systems. I'm looking to start broadening my gaming horizons and expand into other systems and games.

[Reef-Hunter]

Hello all. My name is Owen. I've been a TI-99 enthusiast since the mid 80's and have amassed an exceptional collection of hardware AND software. I am also a TI-99 programmer. I have written several games and several variations of established games... For instance I created several Tunnels of Doom unique and original adventures to be used with the ToD game module produced by Texas instruments in 1981. For some of my many videos on computer programming, view my YouTube account. www.youtube.com/user/Opry99er. Soon I will be posting videos of my newest game release (still in BETA form) Lemonade Stand... an original adaptation of the Video Brain game of the same name.
I am a guitar player for my job. Sounds strange, but I play lead guitar for a band called Scarekrow (myspace.com/scarekrowmusic). I am on the road most of the time, but when I'm home-- I'm on my computer. When I'm on the road, I am on my laptop working on my ti99 emulator called Classic99. It is my goal to put out 3-5 totally original games per year for the TI99 until the day I die. =) Sounds interesting, doesn't it? (not really... just very obsessive). I love the TI-99. It makes my world happy. If any of you are interested in what it is and how to use it... eMail me or message me. =) I'd be glad to tell you all about it... I might even have a few extra computers lying around in case someone is interested in programming with me. Could always use a co-author on my NEXT work... I will be designing a TI-99 version of the classic game "Drug Wars." It will be more faithful to the PC version than the calculator version... because I have much more capabilities with my TI99 rig than are available on calculators. Thank you all, and I can't wait to get to know some of you.

Owen

[HardcoreOtaku]

Hi,
I'm new to the Digital Press,
I'm from the UK and into mainly PC-Engine, Saturn, Super Famicom and Neo Geo.

Looking forward to surfing the Forum
8-)

[Moi-Même]

Hey guys~ !!! ^_____^ Uwaoo~ >___>;

My name is Christian. I'm a 21 year-old SNES/SFC-freak from germany and I found my way here through one of the many advertisements for this page that other sites seem to link all over their websites!

First, let me tell you how I got into retro gaming. I mostly focus on SNES-games and I'd almost describe my passion for this system as pure addiction... Five years ago, I lost my SNES collection to a fire.. T___T; *stares blankly* At that point, I did not really have any rare items in my collection, but considering the huge amount of time that I had spent with those games It simply meant a lot to me... That collection was the very essence of my youth, and although that may sound weird to some of you I can not say anything different.. In order to overcome that loss I started to rebuild my collection, but once I got all my games back I couldn't put an end to this. :)

Today, my collection still expands. I focus mainly on SFC imports, for the reason that I adore many of the japanese RPGs. I am (desperately) looking forward to buying every single RPG that was ever released by squaresoft, wich is, so to say, my biggest goal~

Soooo~ why am I here anyway..? Since there are some nice german boards mainly concentrating on the SNES, one might ask for my motives of putting effort into another membership, especially because I'm not a native speaker.. First, though focusing on the SNES, I am also open for any other retro systems that are being discussed here. ^_______^; Second point is, I want to ... expand my horizon! I thought it would be a great experience to meet people all over the world who share my passion.

Finally, you need to understand that I am not a native speaker >____>; I only have what they teached me at school, and therefor you must excuse any language problems that I may have ~___~ pretty please >___>;

Now have a good day und liebe Grüße aus Deutschland. Sauerkraut!! =)

[Gooseberrysoda]

Hey, I'm Gooseberrysoda, but if I'm on here long enough (which is unlikely), you'll probably get to know me as Alex. Anyway, I'm a fan of both Sega and Nintendo, although my very favourite system is the 32X.

[BetaWolf47]

Hey, my name's Andrew. I'm 20 years old but have been gaming possibly since I was less than 2 years old. I've been a collector since 2006.

I have these systems:

NES
NES toploader
SNES
SNES Jr
N64
Gamecube (model with component outputs)
Wii
GBC x2
GBA
GBA SP2
GB micro
DS
DS lite
Genesis model 2
Saturn model 2
Sega CD model 2
GameGear

I want a Dreamcast, Master System, and Nomad though x_x

[Mathius]

Hello everyone! I am new here and would like to introduce myself. My name is Matt, I am 31 yrs old, and I am from Frankfort,IN. I have loved gaming my whole life but I have entered a huge "retro gaming collector" phase recently. See, I have been debilitated with an incurable illness known as "AS" for the last seven years. I am able to still keep working at my job doing retail sales but that's about all I was interested in doing just to keep busy. Then back in Feb. of this year I bought my first laptop computer and decided to go to eBay and just check and see what kind of games are available for auction. That's when the retro bug hit me. I am actually excited now to come home from work and not lay my aching body down on the couch but get on eBay and other gaming sites to see what I can score. There is also three very fine retro game stores in my area with nice selections. I was always fascinated by the Turbografx and it's Japanese counterpart the PC Engine. These are my two favorite consoles now. Here's a rundown on what I have collected since February.

1) Turbografx w/CD-ROM2 add on w/ games
2)Sega Master System w/games
3)Sega CD for my Genesis
4)Super System Card 3.0 to turn my Turbo CD into a Super CD-ROM2 unit!(I thank Pat over at PompeyParsons for the Turbo CD and the Super System Card because he sold me both items at cost! He's an all around good egg.)

This list will surely grow over time. Now here's the systems that have been in my collection since their initial release.

1)NES
2)Sega Genesis
3)Super Nintendo
4)PlayStation
5)Nintendo 64
6)Sega Dreamcast
7)PlayStation 2
8)Game Boy Advance
9)Nintendo DS
10)Gamecube
11)XBox
12)XBox 360

I look forward to what the future brings with my new life. This forum will hopefully be a part of that. Thanks for reading!

[Epim]

Hi I'm new. Had thoughs of "silver spoons" more in depth recently (worries) - remember Edward's mansion stocked with arcade video games ? - and looked for some arcade boards with google, and found yours nice enough to stop by and say Hello.

But not still the forum I'm looking for ! Take care.

Edit : Well, lucky me, I just found it (and not with google)

[neoxeno]

Hello, I used a lot the pricing guide of DP in the past years and I've finally decided to be a member of this forum. My first console was a Colecovision and I fought in the 8bit/16bit war (SEGA vs Nintendo). I was on the Nintendo side back then :-D. Now, I'm a mercenary, I have no allegiance... freedom... hehe. Here's the list of the console I own:

Atari 2600 (Wood, Vader)
Atari 2600 Jr
Intellivision (I and II)
Colecovision
Leisure-Vision (Canadian version of the Arcadia 2001)
Vectrex
Nes (Toaster & Top Loader)
Snes (Normal & Mini)
Virtual Boy
Turbo-Grafx 16
Turbo-Grafx CD
Sega Master System (I and II)
Sega Genesis (I and II)
Sega Power Base Converter
Sega CD
Sega CDX
JVC X'Eye
Sega 32X
Atari Jaguar
Atari Jaguar CD
Panasonic 3DO
CDI (200 & 450)
Nintendo 64 (Grey & Pikachu)
Sega Dreamcast
Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo GC - GameBoy Player
Playstation 2
Nintendo Wii
XBOX 360
Playstation 3 (60Go Hardware BC & 80Go Software BC(MSG4 Bundle))

Tiger R-Zone Superscreen
Tiger Game.com (Normal & Pocket Pro)
Nintendo Game Boy (Normal, Pocket, Color & Light)
Nintendo GB Advance (Normal, SP & Micro)
Nintendo e-Reader
Sega Game Gear
Sega Master Gear Converter
Sega Nomad
Neo-Geo Pocket
Wonderswan (B&W & SwanCrystal)
Nintendo DS (Fat, Lite)
Atari Lynx II

[entryan]

Greetings Folks,

I've written about games for a while now, but have only relatively recently been involved in the production side of things. I've lurked for a bit, but introductions are always fun. Now then, on to the list!

Systems:

Atari Jaguar
Microsoft Xbox
Microsoft Xbox 360
NeoGeo Pocket Color
NES
Nintendo 64
Nintendo DS
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP
Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo Wii
Panasonic 3DO
Super NES
Sega CD
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Game Gear
Sega Genesis
Sega Saturn
Sony PlayStation
Sony PlayStation 2
Sony PlayStation 3
Sony PlayStation Portable
TurboGrafx-16


I also own three computers: Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, custom desktop, and a PowerPC-based iMac. I ran out of room a long time ago, and I'm currently struggling to find a way to store my old PC games - ahhh, big boxes - so that my house isn't a complete mess.

[DONNIemo]

Hi guys and girls, im new here (well to the forums atleast)

Im a game collector from Australia, I have a very large collection I would say now.

It can been seen in the collectors section here: http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=162630

Have a look and let me know what you think. I collect all sorts but mainly Jap and older games.

Nice to meet you all.

[Vkmies]

Hi everybody! My real name is Valtteri and im from Finland. I'm probably the youngest on this forum. I'm 14... ...and a retro-collector... Dont look at me like that! I have always been into older games and when ps2 and the xbox were new, it hit me. Why games arent the way they used to be? The FPS time started and i was sad 'cause populous died completelly and "heroes of might and magic 4" was a great disappoitment. I missed the first 2 heroes games and populous. I bought "return to the castle wolfenstein" and what do you know! When you beat the game you unlocked the whole wolfenstein 3d game! I actually played it more than the never one. I was really starting to get interested in older games. Watched some reviews and remembered the times i had with my sega genesis, ps1 and old DOS-games. I bought a NES and a super nintendo and now i might be one of the youngest collectors out there.

[Mac Tonight]

My name is Will. I'm a 28 year old retro-gamer from Northeast PA, USA.

At one time, I had a pretty impressive collection of rarities in perfect condition, but many of them had been sold off or stolen by my ex. In the past six years, I've slowly re-built my collection piece at a time.

One of these days, I'll take pics of what I have and start a Photobucket account. I don't really have anything too rare, but the interesting items that come to mind are Rubik's Cube for the 2600, Action 52 for the Genesis, Dragon Warrior 1 - 4 in box (but no maps or instructions) for the NES, Phantasy Star 1 - 4 for the SMS/Genesis (complete), and a pretty decent collection of SNES RPG in mint condition complete (Soul Blazer, Gaia, Earthbound, FF2, FF3, Chrono Trigger, Mana, Act Raiser 1 & 2, Zelda, Mario RPG, Evermore, Lufia 2 and a few others).

In addition to classic games, my girlfriend and I collect a lot of 1980's retro nostalgic items from our childhood. One of the prizes in my collection is a Mac Tonight translight that I have wired into a box that lights from behind. For some reason, I really dug the moon guy when I was a kid, thus the nickname.

We also collect cartoon cels and recordings of 1980s television with the original commercials still in the broadcast. I'm a member of a few trading communities that go to flea markets and buy any old looking VHS blank tapes in the hopes of discovering a block of Saturday Morning Cartoons or other 80s programming w/o/c. So far, we've managed to put together about 40 DVD-R's worth of material.

Other than that, I'm a huge Phillies fan and thanks to an auto accident settlement and a layoff from the cable company, I'm back in college. I'll be starting my junior year at Wilkes University in the fall working towards my political science degree and a teaching certificate.

I'm intrigued by the home brew games and the reproductions of Japanese games translated to English and unreleased titles. I'd like to add a few to my collection in the near future. I'd love to get my hands on Secret Of Mana 2, Starfox 2 for SNES and the Penn & Teller game for Sega CD.

Well, that's about it. I'm sure I'll talk to many of you later. I've been coming to the digital press website for quite a while now (since the 4th edition of the collectors guide). If I have time, I'd love to write a piece for the Lore book about the Aladdin's Castle I frequented as a child. I owned the college kids at Discs Of Tron when I was 4. :)

Have a good weekend, folks.

- will (aka: Mac Tonight)