Introduce Yourself!

[AWinterFuneral]

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.




Ok lets see here:

Who you are: I am Trevor, or A Winter Funeral. Hello.

Where you live: I live in Virginia, originally from Washington State though. I miss it alot, Virginia is lammmmmeeeee!

How you found the forums: A buddy of mine who is also on these forums introduced me actually. We are rare game hunters!.

What your favorite games are: That's a tough one, as there are so many. I love all types of RPG games. Right now I would have to say Suikoden 2, The Final Fantasy Series, Castlevania, Fallout, Ratchet and Clank games (Guilty Pleasure), Left 4 Dead titles, Wild Arms, Star Ocean, stuff like that.

What systems you collect for: Anything really. Well after the mid 80's actually. I am recently collecting for the PSone era, PS2, N64, SNES, and NES games and systems. Playstation and Super Nintendo being my my favored systems.

What you do in "real life": I am an F-15 Fighter Jet Crew Chief.

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc: Basically I started collecting because I started remembering the old games I used to play with my friends and stuff. It made me happy to think back to better times, So I started collecting. As it turns out, many of the games I used to play when I was younger are some of the most rare ones now haha, Go figure.


I'd also like to say thank you for everyone's kindness. This forum seems pretty awesome and I am glad that I have found so many others that share my interest in games and collecting. Yo!

[JtxGamer]

- Who you are: Jeff (JtxGamer) (16)
- Where you live: Florida
- How you found the forums: retrowaretv.com
- What your favorite games are: I love platformers, racing games, and fighting games. My top 3 games of all time are Donkey Kong Country (SNES), Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS1), and Tekken 2 (PS1)
- What systems you collect for: Any system, it depends on what I can find. I have 18 (different) systems.
- What you do in "real life": I am in high school, but on weekends I mow the grass at a neighbors house as a job.
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.: The first game system I had was given to us by my dad's cousin, it was the Super Nintendo. He later gave us a PS1. This was when I was 4, and I wasn't much of a collector. I actually had a black label Final Fantasy VII and sold it to EB Games (I think) back when it had little importance. Then one day I decided to stop selling games. I also decided that I wanted to play the ones I had missed out on. So in 2008, my game collecting started full force. I went from 8 consoles to 18 in 2 years, and went from about 150 games to 500 in the same 2 years. My collecting will never stop.

[ngirl]

- Who you are: My name is Fernanda, aka ngirl
- Where you live: I live in Brazil
- How you found the forums: Searching for a retro game for a contest (and I still want to know this )
- What your favorite games are: action, plataformers, adventure and racing ( resident evil, mario, abe's odyssey, nfs, etc etc)
- What systems you collect for: collect only games I really like ( series, etc)
- What you do in "real life": I'm in college (USP), studying Design
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. : not really collect anything specific, but I like to play retro games and know about them. I liked this forum, I learn a lot about the old games and consoles!

[SpiceWare]

- Who you are
Darrell Spice Jr.

- Where you live
Houston, Texas

- How you found the forums
don't recall, but mostly like via the easter egg entry for Medieval Mayhem (http://www.digitpress.com/eastereggs/26medievalmayhem.htm). Decided to sign up after hanging out with RetroYoungen at CGE 2010

- What your favorite games are
Platformers (Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper, Jak & Daxter), RTS (Starcraft 1 & 2), Portal, classics from the 70s and 80s.

- What systems you collect for
Atari VCS(2600), Amiga CD32, VIC 20, C= 64/128, Nomad (Genesis), PS3

- What you do in "real life"
Programmer, work for a company that creates software used to design spacecraft

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Have written 2 Atari VCS homebrews to date: Medieval Mayhem (http://spiceware.org/atari_medieval_mayhem.html) and Stay Frosty (http://spiceware.org/atari_stay_frosty.html) (one of the games in Stella's Stocking (http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=2779)).

[RetroDeviant]

Hello fellow retro gamers, my name is Stan but you can call me RetroDeviant.

* I found digitalpress through a friend, who had sold me a cool cib handheld.

* I love Dr. Mario and just about any classic snes game, or gameboy game like pokemon, megaman battle network, etc.

* I collect Handheld systems, most significantly Nintendo systems, though I have other types (Neo Geo, wonderswan, etc.)

oh yeah, almost forgot I also collect vintage video game flash/copier cards dating back to the 90's

well thats it for now :)

- RetroDeviant

[Storyteller]

Hi, I'm Richard, I just turned 24, and I've been collecting console games for several months now. I live in TN in the great city of Nashville, and I heard about Digital Press through a real life friend of mine that uses the forums. I have been using the online rarity guide that is hosted here as a sort of buying guide for my collection so far. I completely forgot there was a forum in here and just decided to go ahead and sign up!

My favorite games are Fighting games, Platformers, and First-Person Shooters. I'm into Super Street Fighter 4 and Modern Warfare 2, but I still have that soft spot for older games like Frogger, Adventure Island, Crusader of Centy; basically anything fun. I'm mainly a Sega collector, but I'll collect anything video game related. I own 16 game systems and around 700 games for them total, with my Genesis collection itself clocking in at 301 CIB games for the system by itself. I just recently got into arcade machines in a big way, kind of expanding the collection out to include the stand up machines.

Great to be here, and nice to meet you guys.

[rokubungi]

- Who you are:Michael
- Where you live: Olive Branch, MS
- How you found the forums: looking for a way to fix retro duo sound.. but have since gotten a real nes and snes because battletoads won't work on the duo :'[ (it'll stay around as backup)
- What your favorite games are: platform action (like Mega Man or Contra or Metroid), RPG's, SMUPS some specifics are Final Fantasy 1-6 except 2 MegaMan 1-5, Gunstar Heroes,Blaster Master, Gradius series, Giga Wing, Metal Slug,
- What systems you collect for:a few very select SNES and GENESIS titles but mostly NES I just started about a month ago but have amassed 160 NES titles so far.. I plan on acquiring a full collection of titles released during the systems lifetime.(sorry cheetamen 2) minus Stadium Events and Bubble Bath babes unless I can make a very lucky find (they will have repro placeholders)
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. : I am pretty good at fixing non-working electronics and putting them back together with new and interesting flaws.... in I also have a 2player mame machine and 2 pinballs

[cityofc]

Hi everyone,

My name is Brian and I'm 36 years old from Connecticut. I discovered Digital Press about 7 years ago, but never signed up for the forums. No time like the present, right?

I'm an electrical engineer with a regular day job and I tinker with arcade games, pinball machines, and gaming consoles as a hobby. I'm also in a band called Yellow 9, you can check it out at www.yellow9.com (we are also on myspace and facebook).

I've been over at the atariage forum for awhile and I'm always looking to add to my gameroom in the basement. The Digital Press guides have sure come in handy. I look forward to meeting people here in the forum.

Thanks!
Brian

[MikeOutside]

Hello, I am Mike.
Live in England.
fave games - Final Fantasy VII, F Zero X, GTA IV and others.
own snes, ps1, xbox, xbox 360, dreamcast, gameboy color, N64, Wii, gamecube, psp, ds.
Unemployed.
i think my first game might have been a hanheld game of Arch Rivals. or a second hand spectrum.

[MikeOutside]

- i think i found the forums with general googling.

[Reklawnoom]

- Who you are : Hello there, my name is George and I am 25 years old.

- Where you live : Virginia

- How you found the forums : I've just decided to join the forums a little while ago but have been visiting this site for about a year, but found it searching for the best site for classic gaming of course.

- What your favorite games are : I enjoy something from every genre..but I do tend to stick with the weird ones, The Neverhood, Hard of Darkness, the Oddworld series..more on the classic side would be Mighty Bomb Jack, 3D World Runner, Bonk, Puggsy, Quarth ect ect.. I don't want to keep going but you get the picture :D

- What systems you collect for : Unfortunately the oldest thing I probably own right now would be the Vectrex, but would love to get my Atari collection back as well as others...I generally like to collect things that didn't sell well back in the day (sega nomad)...

- What you do in "real life" : I am a pianist as well as a graphic designer, and I work at a University.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. : I probably started collecting when I realized I was missing everything that used to be...a long time ago.

[tmge7188]

Hello everyone,

My name is Michael. I'm originally from the Twin Cities, but I currently reside in Japan. I live in a city called Hamamatsu, which is located in Shizuoka prefecture and is about 1.5 hours away from Tokyo.

I recently found digitpress while scouring the internet for information on import games. Since moving to Japan, I've been slowly amassing a collection of imports, or more specifically, games that were released only in Japan and never saw an official release stateside. The collection is just starting to get fairly respectable, so I thought it might be time to start sharing information about what I've been able to find during my time in Japan, and hopefully, at the same time get some more information about games I should keep an eye out during the duration of my stay.

What are my favorite games?? Wow! That's tough. I mean, I started out on an Atari and shortly thereafter moved on to the NES and SNES, so a lot of my most memorable gaming moments are from those three systems. I'm truly a classic gamer at heart, but I also fully embrace and support all facets of the gaming world.

While I was back in the states I was mostly collecting for the NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, and Game Cube, but now it's strictly Japanese games. I'm currently collecting for the Famicom, Super Famicom, Saturn, Dreamcast, PC Engine, PS1, PS2, Xbox 360, and occasionally I might pick something up for my PSP, DS, and GBA. I really try and stick to things I can only find in Japan, but occasionally I'll stray from the path and buy the Japanese version of something I already own back home. For example, something justifiably unique like the Japanese version of "Ico," which has extra game play elements not present in the US version. Something like that. Also, my favorite genres are probably shoot-em'-up, and fighting, so I own quite a few games in just those two genres alone. Some of my current favorites are Mushihimesama (PS2), Ketsui (xbox360), Zero Gunner 2 (DC), Battle Garegga (SS), Virtua Figher 2 (PS2), Hokuto no Ken (PS2), and basically any Street Fighter game (multiple platforms).

In "real" life, I'm a high school teacher. Or at least until my school loans are all paid off. Then it's most likely back to school=P

Hmmm... what else should I say about myself. I tend to spread myself out in terms of hobbies, which is sometimes a very bad thing because I'll end up neglecting something I love to do for a very long time. I've been skateboarding and snowboarding since I was in grade school and while it's not as easy to do in the area which I live in, I try and get out as much as possible. Cycling is another one. I don't own a car in Japan, so I use my bike pretty much everyday. Traveling is another thing I'm pretty passionate about. I've been using most of my vacation time to travel around and see as much of Asia as possible. So far I've managed to visit Korea, China, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Australia. Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and India are on the shortlist of places I wanna go next. I'm also a pretty big sports fan, too. Twins, Vikings, and Wild all the way!! Timberwolves, not so much=P Go Minnesota!

Well, that about does it. If anyone is up for chatting about imports from Japan, I'm all ears!! You'll most likely find me hanging out in Import-mania from here on out!!

[dustfilledhobo]

I'm Dusty, I've been lurking here for a while, but this is my first post. I'm from Provo, UT and I collect NES, SNES, N64, C64, and CV games and hardware. I found out bout this website through atariage or nintendoage (I've seen references to this site on both).

Dusty

[frogofdeath]

- How you found the forums
Stumbled upon them while googling something or other on collecting.

- What systems you collect for
My collections are small change compared to many I have seen on the boards, but my main areas would be Nintendo 64 CIB, plus N64 imports. My wife and I also are starting to build an NES collection, cartridge only.

We have a top loading NES, classic NES, Genesis 3, original GameBoy, GBA, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, XBox 360, DS, and Wii. We also have a SNES, but it's sitting in the garage collecting dust.

I still have most of the games I originally bought (in other words, most of my collection is "original owner"), though I am starting to sell some of my games (including my CIB N64 games). So, while I enjoy collecting, I am also looking to keep things in moderation.

[dra600n]

Name: Adam
Age: 27 (until next month)
Location: Connecticut
How I found this site: I typed in "retro gaming forums" in google

The consoles I own: SNES (3 of them), Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Wii, XBOX 360, Dreamcast, Gameboy, GBA, PS2, and I believe that's it. Next weekend I'm getting a Mortal Kombat 2 arcade machine, with a board to change out for MK3.

I'm a moderate collector. If I see a good deal on something, I'm going to buy it. I don't buy for the price value or to say "I have that". Well, some things I do have to say "I have it", but meh. I use to have a few classic NES's, but I have no idea what happened to them. I have a few (about 5 to 10) NES games that I'd love to play on the original hardware (Mario 3, Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy), though since I can't, I have the remakes of Final Fantasy 1 (as well as on the Wii VC). The newest to my collections (as of this afternoon) are the Sega Saturn (paid $50 for the console, 2 controllers, 2 guns, 11 games and the hookups), a Nintendo 64 ($20 for 2 controllers, the hookups, expansion pack and a controller pack), and 4 N64 games for $20 - Golden Eye (in box), Majora's Mask (collectors edition, in box), Donkey Kong 64 (in box) and Mario 64 (not in box - assuming it's the one that came with the console, or the owner lost the box).

I'm a strange type of gamer from all of my friends. My friends play a lot of sports/racing games, where I play a lot of role playing games, action/scrollers, and rhthmn games (guitar hero, rock band, and dj hero).

Most of the stuff I have for my collection range from moderately rare to pretty common. I use to have one really rare piece of hardware for the SNES called the Super Wildcard FX, but I sold it to a friend of mine who still has it. For those of you who don't know, it's a device that allows you to dump your cartridge onto a floppy disk, as well as play from a floppy disk. Interesting device.

My most prized item in my collection is my Super Nintendo with the RPG's I own for it - Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy 3, Secret of Mana, and Zelda. I might have a few more, but I'm not quite sure what they are off the top of my head.

My hobbies include (aside from gaming): playing guitar, writing (wrote a novel that I never let anyone read, lyrics for the bands I was in, and in the process of writing my first screen play that will be a locally shot and independently financed and filmed project with a few friends), drawing (paper/pencil as well as digital - I have a Wacom tablet that I can draw with in photoshop, which I prefer over paper/pencil because if I mess up or just don't like the drawing, it doesn't waste paper, though I'm doing more pencil sketches now), photography (nothing major, just some scenic things), and my website.

Anyways, that's all for now

[Cesque]

- Who you are
I'm Daniel, otherwise known as Cesque everywhere on the internet - I'm 15 years old, although it's less than a month until I'm 16. Then I'm getting a debit card and buying things online will be so much easier!

- Where you live
I live in Birmingham, England.

- How you found the forums
I just checked my browsing history - I only found DP last night - and it appears that I suddenly really wanted to buy a Famicom. Then somehow I got onto looking at the rarest NES games, which then led me here. I have no idea how that works, but I'm glad it did.

- What your favorite games are
Honestly, I have no idea. The game I've spent most time on is definitely Team Fortress 2 - the one current gen non-wii game I play. I loved Mother 3, so much so that I actually finished it, which I never do with RPGs. The Rhythm Tengoku series, too. And probably some others, which I'm missing. My tastes change a lot :P

- What systems you collect for
None, yet - I just snatch up anything which looks cool. I don't really have enough money to properly collect.

- What you do in "real life"
Real life?
I just go to school in the day and then sit on my computer in the evening :)

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I started with chiptunes, about 2 years ago. Had a couple of Gameboys, LSDJ carts. The my sister got me a SNES for Christmas, which I played for a bit then didn't touch for the majority of a year. Now I somehow have a load of stuff, and I'm not sure how that happened O.o I guess I blame car boot sales, and that one retro game shop in Sutton :P

Edit: Also, the day after I posted this, I trawled the charity shops, finding nothing but some strange game thing from 1981... I picked it up for £3. Turns out it was a Grandstand Astro Wars, which were selling for £20-£30 on eBay. I'm pretty happy about that :D

[ichigobankai]

- Who you are: My name is Fabrice aka IchigoBankai
- Where you live: I live in France
- How you found the forums: Searching for some informations about SplatterHouse nes with MMC3 hack ! ^_^
- What your favorite games are: action, plataformers, adventure
- What systems you collect for: Sega Master System, and game I really like on Snes, Megadrive, MVS, Nes
- What you do in "real life": I'm working in a Advertising Agency
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. : I've made few repro on many supports, always searching for new games to make ! ;)

[Tommittaja]

Hi dudes!

- Who you are
hmm i'm Tommi :-D

- Where you live
here in europe, finland

- How you found the forums
i was desperately searching for a retrogaming forum, and i found this :) yes!

- What your favorite games are
mmm... that's a really hard question.. BUT i think they go about like this:
Super bomberman (1,2), metroids, i wanna be the guy, i wanna be the fangame and other retro(ish) games, of course

- What systems you collect for
Sega, Atari, SNES, NES, (DOS)

- What you do in "real life"
i'm studying in highschool.. i play guitar and mostly just hang inside like a nerd :)

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
i don't know if collecting roms is collecting, but i just remembered some old games, like the lost vikings and supaplex and i suddendly felt this overwhelming nostalgia. i have about 1090 NES games, 900 or 700 SNES games (i want more!), 900 Genesis games and a couple (7 i think) DOS games

skyroads is the best game for dos

yeah, that's about right

[hellraiser]

well... my names hellraiser from ca.

i just got here...
anyways i just recently started collecting games again. The first time around i was into Nes, master system, genesis, snes and playstation 1...then stoped for over a decade.

Like a big dummy i got rid of all my stuff as the next system came out.
now im stuck starting from scratch, searching the flea markets and burning my eyes and bank accounts on ebay...lol

any how for now im into 8 and 16 bit nintendo but thinking about a sega genesis soon...

[CRTGAMER]

Hello!

I have been an active member at another Retro forum at Racketboy.com

I an Avid gamer who has seen first hand how the gaming Industry has grown. From the Pong games when they first hit my bowling alley, consoles from Bally Astrocade and Atari 2600 to C64 to VECTREX (Remember that cool Vector Monitor?) Dreamcast all the way to PS3. I love Video games best when I'm playing them.

Here is one of my posts on racketboy, links of other Guides I wrote towards the end of the article.

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=204314#p204314

The systems I own at my Signature.

[Atari Joe]

Hello Friends!


My name is Joseph and am very excited about video games! I enjoy classic 8-Bit video games such as Nintendo NES, ColecoVision, and Sega Master System, but ATARI has been and always will be my favorite video games of all time. Especially the 2600, 5200, 7800, LYNX and JAGUAR! I also like ColecoVision A LOT for the homebrew scene! There are some great new games by some wonderful programmers and they are some of the best games I've ever played! I also enjoy Super Nintendo, Genesis, Dreamcast, PlayStation 1 & 3 but not 2, and Donkey Kong. Also 8-Bit Computers. Nolan's mantra is my vision - easy to learn, difficult to master. That's how I like to play. I am also a dedicated fan of Steve Wiebe and support TEAM WIEBE and I also like Walter Day of Twin Galaxies. I hail from South Florida and right now I live in Naples.


I also really love learning about video game history and sharing my passion and knowledge of Atari History with others. Knowledge is like a candle light, you can pass it on by lighting other people's candles and giving them light. Thats what I like to think. Atari history is important to me and I think it should be passed on. And that is why I have dedicated my life's work to preserving the history of Atari, creating awareness and promoting the hobby.


I have been creating my own Atari web pages for many years with my first page going up in January 1995. And I am working on my newest and greatest web page. I found DP many years ago and have been coming for maybe 10 years now and reading what everyone has to say but now I am getting serious about posting. I would like to talk with old friends, meet new friends, and feel the positive energy of the Atari community to get new ideas and things that will make my next website the best ever. Thank you.


Your Friend,
Atari Joe

[cornacchia]

- Who you are
Anthony

- Where you live
New Jersey

- How you found the forums
I found the store first and figured I would join the forums

- What your favorite games are
RPGs and Platformers, Lunar, Sonic, Final Fantasy, etc.

- What systems you collect for
NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, PS1, PS2, PS3, Master System, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, Atari 2600, Turbografx/duo

- What you do in "real life"
College Sudent, RUTGERS

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Always loved video games, retro games were always my favorite, especially sega

[Lorfarius]

- Who you are

Keith

- Where you live

Glossop, Derbyshire in the UK

- How you found the forums

Heard about it in numerous places and made the odd visit over the years but always felt a bit intimidated. In the end just thought sod it and here I am!

- What your favorite games are

Vampire Bloodlines Masquerade because it is most enthralling modern RPG with the vampires mixed in. None of that Twilight twaddle for me!

- What systems you collect for

NES PAL A. Going after a complete set of UKV, GBR and unlicensed carts. Approx 190 out of 280 carts so far.

- What you do in "real life"

IT Technician.

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

Well I'm currently working on a UK NES based website that will be encyclopedic like with gameplay footage, reviews, screenshots, era articles etc Not far from launching and I'm bound ot have a link in my sig and mention it from time to time :bigmac:

[Noise]

- Who you are
I'm Jake.

- Where you live
A tiny town called East Kingston.

- How you found the forums
I've known about them for some time. I think I originally found them on Google.

- What your favorite games are
The World Ends with You, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, GBA Castlevania games, Metroid Prime/Prime2/Fusion/etc, Phantasy Star Online, Space Invaders, and the list pretty much goes on for ever.

- What systems you collect for
Nintendo, Sega Dreamcast, and Super Nintendo primarily.

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

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I got my first game at the age of three. The rest is history.

:)

[Kobiekun]

Hello all,

My name is Jason and I was born, raised and still live in San Diego, CA.

I've known about DP for a long time, but have only just joined the forums after finding the answer I was looking for on these forums (the question: What kind of bit do I need to open up a PC Engine DUO-R? the answer: Torx Security #10).

Some of my favorite games are Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Mother 3, Shenmue - I'm leaving way too many out and can't pick just one.

I collect games a for all of the consoles and handhelds that I own. I own somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 distinct consoles and handhelds, upward of 30 if you count variants. I'm currently focusing on my Saturn, PC Engine and SNES collections.

In real life, I am a software developer.

I've been playing games since the early 80s, starting out with an Atari 2600. I kept a number of games from my childhood as a matter of course, but I officially started collecting in the late 90s with the advent of eBay and the availability of a certain boxed Sega Master System.

I'm glad to have signed onto these forums and hope that I can learn a lot here, as well as contribute any knowledge that I have acquired over the years.

[Jolteon]

- Who you are
My name is Amber, but you can call me by my second favorite Pokemon, Jolteon. :)

- Where you live
Ohio, United States

- How you found the forums
I googled something and stumbled upon a Gyromite thread.

- What your favorite games are
Mario, Sonic, and Pokemon! I love every thing on the Genesis and Nintendo 64!

- What systems you collect for
Sega Genesis is mostly all I collect. I have a large amount of SNES and NES games too though.

- What you do in "real life"
I work at Walmart but plan to attend college soon.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I have 8 cartridges of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and am still looking for more! I want to find the original revision :)

[twinbee1]

Newbie here. I'm 23 and I started playing the game & watch. It was like a gameboy micro but just had 1 game. Then there's the family computer, Nintendo, and so on. It's amazing how you've seen these things evolved!
I'm really interested to know more here. :) I'll see you around everyone! :)

[twinbee1]

Newbie here. I'm 23 and I started playing the game & watch. It was like a gameboy micro but just had 1 game. Then there's the family computer, Nintendo, and so on. It's amazing how you've seen these things evolved!
I'm really interested to know more here. :) I'll see you around everyone! :)

[skippious]

- Who you are
Arno, 34

- Where you live
Perth, Australia (since 2 years, original the Netherlands)

- How you found the forums
Have been looking here for ages every now and then, just never registered

- What your favorite games are
Dunno really, I like a lot, from Super Cobra on the Atari XL/XE up to God of War on the PS3..... I'm not into RPG's.
Edit: I remember, Tempest 2000 and REZ.

- What systems you collect for
Woa, hard one... I think I collect everything... I like boxed systems the most, with some boxed games. The rest can be loose.

- What you do in "real life"
Sparky (Electrician)

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Used to have an Atari 2600 with 6 games. About 20 years ago, my mom gave it to her almost blind really old aunt, and when she was to blind to see, about 12 years later, we got it back, of course she couldn't find the games. I found the console and started my endless search. When I left for Australia gave a lot of games and consoles away, like ps1 kiosk, a truckload of games and systems (no joke, just kept some stuff), and decided that was the end of my collecting. Started last December again and am on at least 30 different boxed systems (like 2600 vader, 2600 woody 6 sw, Saturn, Nes etc) and 15 unboxed systems (like Coleco Gemini, Intellivision, N64 etc), is it ever gonna end?
Dunno how many games I have ATM, bought a bigger house, which still has to be build. than I can start unpacking all my boxes which are stacked on each other and start drewling over my beloved pearls again.

[hanzelb98911]

I am new here to the forums and the site. I would stop in and introduce myself and hopefully getting to know some people.

[sixxgunner81]

Hey guys - I have been a member for a few months but just coming back out of the shadows. Been very active on NA lately, posting and trading. Just wanted to come back here and gain some new perspectives!

[Frizo]

Hey all! My name is Frizo, I am a 13 year old punk (yes, well, most people refer teens to 'punks' wear it proudly >:D ) anyways, I have been collecting this classic gaming stuff since I was 11, started off with a N64, and moved all the way back to an Atari 2600!
Here is a list of my consoles (listed by year):
-Radioshack Pong Console
-Atari 2600
-VIC-20
-NES
-Genesis
-Saturn
-Dreamcast
-PS3
Handhelds:
-GBC (WITH PRINTER + CAMERA BIOTCH!)
-Game Gear

[Collector_Gaming]

Tyler's the name
26
Central vermont usa
i love gaming but just like most things i love history to them even if i didn't have one.

What i own for gaming systems is
a computer for which i am talking to you on
a Xbox 360
a Game Cube
a Xbox
PSP
N64
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Original
and a NES

i got my start in gaming in the late 80s when i played on my uncles atari 2600 and then his NES
and after i got my hands on borrowing a 2600 for a few years i was hooked on gaming for sure!

i work in a local factory basically as a grunt worker
but do have inspiration to some day open up a shop in the area that specializes in selling collectable games and their consoles as there seems to be a growing market for that and for people my age or older that love the feel of nes controller in hand or a atari 2600 joy stick or the sheer size and weight of a Atari Lynx

got the idea from a game shop in salem massachusetts that does just that that i frequent when traveling down there!

i feel i know alot about classic and rare games and consoles but as i learned i am forever learning!!!! so yea :D

[justin cook]

Hi guys,

I'm new to the site. I am an avid gamer and I love all types of games (old and new). I grew up supporting the supermario franchise, castlevania, megaman, contra, mortal kombat, and the first installments of Final fantasy (1-7). I am also addicted to war and building games such as the C&C series, Age of empires, Warcraft, battlerealms, and the like. I also am a fan of role playing games such as Diablo 1 and 2, Final fantasy, etc. I am currently into the God of War Trilogy, World of Warcraft, and other online games. With programming developments and gaming console improvements, games are continuously evolving. A lot has changed on a graphics, sound, and gameplay perspective. This I think is the major reason why people get addicted to games nowadays, and I am not surprised if in the near future our population will grow significantly.

Justin Cook
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[Gatucaman]

- Who you are
My Name is Gatucaman, i love YTPs and Sprites

- Where you live
Mexico

- How you found the forums
When navigating trough retrowareTV

- What your favorite games are
Megaman, Capcom NES Games, some RPG's, Really underrated Late NES games, Fighting Games and Beat em Ups

- What systems you collect for
Right now, i Own an NES only with over 70 Games, i have just a few SNES and Genesis Games (in the past i used to own both a SNES and a Genesis along with my 1st NES, but had fewer games and had to sold them for money when i was in highschool).

- What you do in "real life"
I finally finished Collage, and seeking for a Job next year

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I own a Good looking cart of Panic Restaurant that i bought from Obregon Sonora in 2008.

[jb2004]

hey everyone just found this forum. im 24, am in the Navy, stationed in hawaii and am a huge fan of retro gaming. I've been building up my collection over the past few years of almost all of the classic systems. glad to be a part of the forum!

[Mattopoly83]

So I just wound up here while looking for the value of an item I found. I am a novice collector and I would like a hand in finding out how much a Nintendo Radio Boy is... Not the radio that attaches to the top of the system. This is an AM/FM Radio shaped like an original gameboy. It is still sealed in its original package. I couldnt really find it anywhere and I am looking for someone who might have a better idea. I have a couple of them and I posted 1 on ebay. It currently has a bid of 34.99 but I don't know if this is a good price for this. I posted it higher and did not get any bids. Please let me know what you think.

[FoxHack]

Edited

[TheDeFiler]

Hello all,

My name is Rob and currently reside in Jersey. I've been coming to this site and the store for about 3 years but never actually created an account. I've always enjoyed games that thought outside of the box when it came to game design. For instance anything Shin Megami Tensei is genius along with games made by Bioware althought Mass Effect 2 left a little to be desired. Some of my favorite games would be Metal Gear Solid (1st was the best IMO), Shadow of the Colossus, Psychonauts, anything Kirby, and A Link to the Past just to name a few. I currently work for Columbia University working for their IT department in the hopes of getting my A+ certification. It's a pleasure to meet you all.

[Scotterpop]

***lurker mode off!***
Hello fellow gamers and collectors! My name is Scott and I'm in Jacksonville, FL. I've been a gamer since the glory days of the Atari 2600 and Colecovision. I discovered this site after watching the sad, slow decline of traffic on the RGVC newsgroup. I collect for all systems and love learning anything I can about them and their software. I'm particularly fond of the PS1, SNES and Genesis. I love survival horror, sci-fi shooters, adventure, and RPGs. Well, now that I've introduced myself, I'll be seeing you guys (and gals) in the forums...

[Is This Real?]

My names Kyle. A buddy of mine brought me to the store yesterday and I was in heaven. I looked the place up and found this forum. I'm just starting a collection now that I'm out of college and working full time, for whatever reason. 21 years old and grew up on my dads Intellivision II. Best case scenario in my eyes. Working on growing my NES collection very slowly. My list of consoles to get is massive though. My time will come..

[NESFan80]

Name's NESFan80. I just wanted to introduce myself and say hello.

[fourswords]

Hi.

Daniel, 22 yrs old.

i collect everything zelda and also have an interest in beta versions in general.

[8bitmusic]

Hey hey hey. I'm the new guy.

Name's David, and I'm very happy to be here! (I forget which movie I'm quoting). I was born in a small town in Missouri, did my undergrad at Berklee College of Music in Boston, had a brief stint in Philadelphia, and currently reside in Chicago, IL. What can I say, I get around. *chicka bow wow*

I've actually been a frequent visitor to the site and forums, but never thought to get involved and register until today. I must be bored due to being with family, and away from my collection. Hey, they're great people, but I was nearly through Super Metroid for the whatever-eth time and.. yeah. Anyhoo..

As many can attest, naming your favorite games can be difficult, particularly when there are so many variables that make a great game (re-playability, music, nostalgia, etc). So I'll just say that, yes, I love all the games that 90% of collectors love. The Zeldas, the Castlevanias, the Marios, all go without saying... even though I just said it. Some of my favorites growing up were The Guardian Legend, Jaws, Pilot Wings, Pitfall, Final Fantasy II (IV), Rampage, Wolf 3d, Marble Madness, Paperboy, California Games, NBA Jam, Goldeneye, RBI Baseball, is anyone still reading this? This is impossible.

The systems for which I currently collect are:

Atari 2600, 7800
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (why am I typing these out?)
Nintendo 64
Tiger Hand-helds
Xbox 180 ;)
Xbox 360

In the real world, I am a Professional Musician. A multi-instrumentalist, but predominantly a drummer. I actually have a youtube channel which features some "drumming to video games" typed media. http://www.youtube.com/caffeineadvocate if you're at all interested. I play gigs, teach lessons, teach drumlines, compose, and such. I wear a lot of hats--none of which pay enough for a sealed copy of Bubble Bath Babes, but hey.. what can you do?

I suppose I've always been a collector. Much of my collection are my childhood games. I didn't take it seriously until about 2005-2006, just after moving to Boston (having recycled about 15 years of GamePro Magazine a month before *face palm*). I started on eBay, wised up and switched to thrift stores, and continue to beg friends to raid their parent's basements for their old stuff. You all, I'm sure, know how it goes.

I'm here to be around like-minded individuals, share my excitement on any recent 'scores' (SNES Shadowrun CIB for 2 bucks!), and get some tips from those more experienced.

Sorry for the autobiography. I'm drunk. Bye!

[Raekwon]

- Who you are
I am Adrian A.K.A. Raekwon and I'm 24.

- Where you live
Tampa,Florida

- How you found the forums
I've seen the the website and the forums mentioned many times on the Retro games thread in the Games subforum on somethingawful.com and figured I should join these forums.

- What your favorite games are
RPG's, SHMUPS, and Fighting games are my favorite genre's but I play anything thats fun.

- What systems you collect for
I've just started collecting games and systems again, so right now I'm focusing on getting SNES/Super Famicom games and NES/famicom games right now, but I am planning on getting a Genesis/Mega Drive, Turbografx/PC engine, and would love to get a Neo Geo AES or a MVS. Also collect games for Dreamcast, Saturn, and PS1/2.

- What you do in "real life"
I am a student right now studying for my journalism/english degree's.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Ive been a gamer since the age of three when my older cousin gave me his Atari 7800 and a bunch of games, and then a year later he gave me his NES and thats when my love for videogames began.

If you would like to chat about older games just hit me up on either facebook or AIM!

[Polygon]

Who you are

My name is Clint and I'm 30.

Where you live

Utah

How you found the forums

I was searching Google for a retro video game forum. This was the best one on the first page.

What your favorite games are

That's a hard question. I'm the kind of person that hates top ten lists. I don't mind if other people want to make them, don't ask me too. I like far too many game to play favorites. I like most all games. My least favorite genres are RPGs and sports games.

What systems you collect for

Currently I collect for:

NES
SNES
N64
CameCube
Wii
Jaguar
Genesis
32X
Dreamcast
Game Gear
Playstation 1
Playstation 2
X-Box
X-box 360
PC

Systems I'm contemplating buying:

Saturn
Sega CD
Atari 7800
Playstation 3

What you do in "real life"

I'm a field engineer for Hewlett Packard. I go around and fix desktops, laptops, servers, and printers for business customers. I also run my own business doing the same for consumers.

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

I began collecting the Christmas I got my first game system. A Genesis model 1 which I still have and play.

[Twin Paradox]

Who you are

My name is Baker McCutcheon and I am 25 years old.

Where you live

I live in Hampton, Virgina with my Fiance Carolyn

How you found the forums

I found these forums while searching for a complete list of US SNES games

What your favorite games are

Man . . . That is a difficult question to answer. I tend to prefer games from the 8-bit or 16-bit era, but I can appreciate any game if it has some merit. As far as genres go, I tend to prefer thought provoking games such as puzzle, fighting and rpg games, but at the same time I can't turn down a well made platformer.

What systems you collect for

I currently own and collect for:

32X
Dreamcast
Game Boy
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
Game Cube
Game Gear
Genesis
Jaguar
Neo Geo
NES
Nintendo 64
Nintendo DS
Playstation
Playstation 2
PSP
Saturn
Sega CD
SNES/Super Famicom
TurboGrafx
Wii
Xbox
Xbox 360

What you do in "real life"

In real life, I am an 8th grade geometry teacher.

Any other interesting facts

I am a multi-instrumentalist who enjoys covering video game music. I have recording numerous songs from the 8-bit and 16-bit era and I am currently seeking some other dedicated and talented musicians who would like to play some live shows. I plan on reposting all of my music online after I finish tweaking some of the recordings. I will certainly try to let the great people on this forum know when I post it so I can get some feedback.

On another note, I just bought my 700th SNES game, which means that I only need 20 more games and I will own the entire US SNES library! I already have the majority of the rare games, so I plan on completing my SNES collection within a few months.

Sorry this post wasn't very entertaining, lol. . .

[Satoshi_Matrix]

- Who you are
Hey everyone my name's Brady and I'm a big retro gamer and aspiring writer.

- Where you live
Ontario Canada

- How you found the forums
Google! I was looking for another retro gaming community to join.

- What your favorite games are
Megaman, Street Fighter II, Fallout, Mario, Zelda, etc etc. Also Kaboom on the 2600.

- What systems you collect for
NES
SNES
NDS
2600
PS2

- What you do in "real life"
Journalism student

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I'm a senior member of Famicom World and a mod on the coverproject.

Nice to meet everyone!

[AntonLebedev]

Hi there, I'm a University Associate Professor, living in St.Petersburg, Russia. I have found this forum via Google, while searching for old Artworx poker games for sale. My fav games are Tomb Raider series and also Starcraft & Warcraft classics. And, of course, Blade Runner. Now I'm mostly interested in DOS PC games, however, I have some Sega MD (genesis) and Nintendo cartridges - though I do not have the systems themselves now, since I have bought the cartridge, I think it's quite fair to use PC emulations (which allow to save, BTW =). Hope the 10 days will pass soon enough, and I'll be back with my wish/offer list. I guess, it will be rude to print it now and thus break the rules.

Regards,
Anton Lebedev

[DJ Daishi]

....damn, it's been awhile. Hi again everyone!!

[TheBardsTale]

A big "hello", from desolate and snowbound East Tennessee. The name's Chris. I expect that most of my posts will be in the Classic Gaming section of the forums, because all of the systems I own seem to fall under the category of "classic". Mind you, this isn't because of some hardcore retro philosophy, it's simply because I'm too poor to afford anything current-gen. haha.

Anyway, I hope you'll bear with me while I try to decipher the in's and out's of this internet message board business. I look forward to chatting it up with all of you, soon.

[FrankGarret316]

Well I've been gaming since 1985, I had the original Japanese Famicom, and pretty much every since since then. I eventually would love to work in the gaming industry. Not too many jobs like that in Columbus Oh though....

In my spare time, I make Youtube video game parody videos, and these days I've been giving a particular focus on retro games. I have nearly 700 subscribers, I would love to have more :)

[Atamos]

Hi everyone !

I'm Sébastien, I live in Canada, Québec
I found the forum with my friend Google.
Hard to say what's my most favorites games but I'll say that Golden Sun, NieR, Metroid Fusion, Zelda games, Chrono Triggers, Kingdom Hearts games, Ninja Gaiden on NES, Mario on NES and SNES ... too much to listed here.
I collect games that I like and rare games, a treasure hunter !
In real life, i'm actually a students on school.
I think that's all and sorry for my poor english, french is my first language, I do my best !

See ya !

[keldon]

Hello All! Here is my checklist.

- Who you are: Real name is Jamie, but my nickname is Keldon (i've had this for many years and its from Magic the Gathering).

- Where you live: Atlanta, GA but I travel from time to time due to my job.

- How you found the forums: Google. I was looking for printable master game lists and came across this place.

- What your favorite games are: The Zelda series, old school beat em ups, shooters, RPGs, etc... pretty much anything and everything 8/16/32 bit almost by default.

- What systems you collect for: Neo Geo CD, NES (working on a complete collection), SNES, all things Sega, Turbo Grafx 16, to name a few.

- What you do in "real life": Training manager for a company that makes/sells broadband monitoring software.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc: Three older brothers passing down older systems is where I got my start. It continued thanks to being in and out of the game industry since 1998. I'll post pics of my game room at a later time.

[NESBoy]

My name is Darrin. Some people call me "Big D".

I live in New York City. Manhattan.

I found the forums through the AVGN.

My favorite games? Currently I'm playing River City Ransom on NES.

I collect the following systems: Atari 2600, NES, N64 (just started), Sega, Intellivision, Game cube... Mainly NES now though.

What do I do for real? Im a manager of a very successful lobster roll restaurant here in the big apple.

Any other interesting facts? Not really. Just a freekin' nerd at heart.

[BamBoo]

Hey :D My name is Phil, I collect video game's from the NES to the PS3 and I mostly collect Metal Gear Solid items.

[cool_boy_mew]

- Who you are: cool_boy_mew, but call me CBM or Mew

- Where you live: Canada, Québec

- How you found the forums: I've known about it for a while, I really needed some questions about Terranigma that could only be answered quickly here. People are seems really nice so maybe I'll stay (Is subscribed to too many forums already x_x)

- What your favorite games are: I'm a huge Quintet fanboy, so the Heaven & Earth Trilogy, Treasure games (Especially Mischief Makers), Chrono Trigger and more.

- What systems you collect for: Pretty much anything but older stuff than the Nes

- What you do in "real life": I'm a tech support

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc: Well, I've been playing ever since I'm 2 years old, so yeah, the earliest memories I have is me playing the Nes. I began "collecting" when I realized that my collection was pretty awesome already, so instead so playing some games on the emulators, I prefer seeking out the real thing, which "feels" much betetr in my opinion. I'm a collector I'd say but mostly a functional one, I mostly buy stuff I'm planning to play/use

[DonnyK]

- I'm DonnyK
- From San Francisco
- Found the forums when googling rare Saturn games
- My biggest software collection is in Dreamcast stuff
- I still work in software
- I'm an ex Sega employee cleaning out storage and selling off stuff and ready to share some history with folks.

[Retronick]

Alright, I'm gonna try to do this by the book... Ready?

Hello, I'm Nick, a game collector from the greater Washington DC area. I found these forums a bit over a year ago while searching for resources on Turbo Duo repair when I was considering buy a broken unit off somebody on ebay. I flipped through the forums since then. After finding the specific model number for the Sega Saturn (ver.1), laser eye in these forums I decided that it would be a great group of people to join up with and talk about collecting and repairing classic games and consoles.

As for favorite games, I don't have too many specific titles, but there are multiple genres I enjoy playing. I love SHUMPS, FPSs, Platformers, and old-school point and click adventure games. I used to be big into RPGs, but I seem to have gotten passed that. That said, I can give you 5 off the top of my head that I still enjoy playing, but if I went into a detailed list of EVERYTHING I still, and still enjoy playing that's all this post would be.

-Blazing Lazers/Gunhead
-Day of the Tentacle
-Sam & Max Hit the Road
-Under a Killing Moon
-Virtual On

Bit of an odd-ball list I know, but I didn't own an NES until it was discontinued. For the most part I cut my gaming teeth on the Turbo-Grafx 16, PC, Genesis, and Saturn.

As for systems I collect for, I try and buy whatever looks interesting whenever I can get a decent deal. I'll also go for games I desperately wanted when I was younger, but lacked the means or the hardware to buy and play.

To feed my habit I work as a creative director for a small company in the DC suberbs. I do animation, motion graphics, etc...

I started collecting around Christmas, 1990. We had an Atari 2600 and an Ultra Pong Doubles console leading up to then, and that year my brother sister and I asked for an NES for Christmas. Everyone at school had one and we wanted to be able to play the same games as everyone else. When my parents went to the store to pick up said NES, the saw it running next to Blazing Lazers on the TG-16. They were completely swayed and picked it, and blazing lazers up (I think we got Bonk a short time later). I've sort of had the bug since then, but really got into it when we got our Saturn.

That's about it for me. I can elaborate on any of it if anyone's interested. All I'll say now is that I'm happy to be in such good company :D.

[blodger]

My name is Jim, I'm 29, and live in Closter, NJ.

I've known about and read these forums for years but only recently visited the Digital Press Store in Clifton.

Favorite Games? Super Metroid probably - but I'm also a huge PC gamer and the original Alone in the Dark (Not the ridiculous new one), is still exciting to me.

As far as my collection goes, after a period of stockpiling, I tend to keep only the games that have meaning to me. I like fixing old systems and cleaning them up to sell or give away.

Interesting fact? I was diagnosed with leukemia back in 2007 and have been on disability for most of the time since. Video games, especially ones from my youth, have been key in keeping my mind off the more dramatic issues.

[ryborg]

I love Lonely Playstation game

you're also spam

[Flack]

My name is Jim, I'm 29, and live in Closter, NJ.

I've known about and read these forums for years but only recently visited the Digital Press Store in Clifton.

Favorite Games? Super Metroid probably - but I'm also a huge PC gamer and the original Alone in the Dark (Not the ridiculous new one), is still exciting to me.

As far as my collection goes, after a period of stockpiling, I tend to keep only the games that have meaning to me. I like fixing old systems and cleaning them up to sell or give away.

Interesting fact? I was diagnosed with leukemia back in 2007 and have been on disability for most of the time since. Video games, especially ones from my youth, have been key in keeping my mind off the more dramatic issues.

I've only been to the store once, but yeah, it's pretty awesome.

I'm a fan of the original Alone in the Dark as well. It was a great example that atmosphere was/is more important than graphics. I remember jumping out of my chair more than once playing that game back in the day.

[Gumbyneeley]

- Who you are.. I am Marcus Neeley.. aka GumbyNeeley.
- Where you live... I live in Madison, Wisconsin.
- How you found the forums... Found it through GameRave.com
- What your favorite games are.. That's a toughie.. I am pretty fond of Shadowrun.. but
but also love the Suikoden series for the PS.
- What systems you collect for.. Up until now it's only been Playstation (1,2,3) but i also
dabble in genesis and some nintendo stuff here and there.
- What you do in "real life"... I am a grease monkey in a manufacturing facility
- Any other interesting facts... I am looking high and low for a mint copy of Ogre Battle
for the SNES.

[starsabre]

Just rejoined (I used to be registered here, not sure why my account got deleted).

My name is jt august. Long time readers of the old, now generally forgotten and abandonned newsgroups (usenet) might recognize me as starsabre@ any of the following domains:
oui.com (1992-2003)
i1.net (1999-2004)
worldnet.att.net (2004-2007)
att.net (2005-present)
sbcglobal.net (2007-present)

I have been a game fanatic ever since playing a friends Odyssey in 1973. My first home computer encounter was a TRS-80 model I Level I in 1976, two months before commercial release. I joined my first computer club in 1977, a club for high schoolers at a computer store in Clayton, MO (the now defunct Forsythe Computers). My first game console was an Odyssey 2 (for which I now have every US released title), and my first home computer was a TI-99/4a.

I wrote games for the TI-99 and Atari 8-bit in the early 1980's, and made a grand total of $57 in royalties for six titles released.

I currently have a collection of over 180 game machines and computers (including 4 arcade cabinets), including 37 different Pong clones. All told, I have over 3000 games. My "video playground" is a work in progress, still a ways off from completion.

I do have a Wii, I do not have a PS3 or XB360. I rarely buy machines new.

I was recruited to act as the local PR man for the last standalone JagFest, the 2002 edition in St. Louis. I came on board 5 weeks before the show, and scrambled to try and get local players interested in attending. Due primarily to its hard to get to location in Downtown St. Louis, hampered by road closures due to construction all around the hotel, and the fact that the hotel booked was in a part of St. Louis many locals were not comfortable in going into, only 23 locals paid to attend the event, which lost over $2000 in expenses paid to the hotel booked by show organizers. I personally lost over $200 in advertising expenses that could not be recouped. Despite, I still had a blast.

I live in St. Louis, MO. I work as a machinist, and I am married with two kids, both of whom are video game fanatics (my son, very much so).

My current collecting interests are easier summarized by what I don't collect: the C= Vic-20 and anything for the DOS/Windows platform. On the Vic-20, I just don't like that machine. As to DOS/Windows, I saw one of the first 8 IBM PC's produced as part of a tour around the country showing the machines to computer clubs prior to the release date, and was so disappointed with what I saw I never took a liking to the platform.

In addition to my passion for video games, I am a Disney theme parks fanatic and I like to cook "gourmet" food. I regard myself as a "Hobbiest Chef."

I registered for DP early on in its life, and I am guessing that since I didn't use it much, it got deleted in some form of system update or housecleaning. I was a VERY active poster and reader in the old newsgroup rec.games.video.classic, and never was fond of the look and feel of any web based forum. But due primarily to newer users not venturing any more technical than web browsers and e-mail, most old-school internet services (news, ftp, gopher, finger) have all but disappeared. I have decided I need to have some interaction somewhere, and since I have good thoughts regarding Digital Press the predate their web based forums, I decided to make this my new forums home.

One last thought on the look and feel of web forums vs. newsgroups. All through the 1980's, I was active on many local BBS systems. Reading newsgroups was very much like a BBS forum, except that the user base was global. No graphics, no avatars, no fonts, no HTML (I still hate how MS brought that on despite established rules against that in the newsgroups). Just simple, fixed width 80 column blocks of text. Even in its earliest forms, web forums had all this other stuff which distracted from the body of the text. Plus, with newsgroups, I could choose my reader of choice (MT Newswatcher for Mac, in my case). In web forums, each site has its own interface, and not all of them are easy to use, none as easy as my newsreader.

[Infinite]

Hello,

- Who you are
I am a young Swiss gamer who likes to play old and new games.

- Where you live
I live in Switzerland

- How you found the forums
I like to read discussions about games and I'have been visiting this site for months without registering myself here but now I have a problem with my Vectrex and couldn't find any help so I hope that anybody can help me here.

- What your favorite games are
Combat (Atari2600)
Berzerk (Atari2600)
Goldeneye (N64)
Crazy Taxi 2 (Dreamcast)
Bioshock (PS3)
GTA IV (PS3)
I am sure that I have other favorite games but these games are coming to my mind right now.

- What systems you collect for
Because I am pretty young (19), I don't have that much money but I have many old consoles with a flashcart (Atari2600. NES, SNES, Vectrex). When there is a new game I'd like to play I buy it of course.

- What you do in "real life"
I am an IT guy and I like to party with my friends who can talk about other things than games and computers.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I just love old videogames and I began to buy old systems a couple of years ago. It is a lot of fun to play old games with friends, for example Combat on an Atari2600. I don't like playing online very much, I am a person who likes to play local multiplayer with friends while drinking beer and having a good time.

[drek]

Hi all!

Who: Josh

Where: Ontario Canada

How: Heard about it on Assemblergames

Favorites: Arcade classics (Donkey Kong), Shooters, RTS.

What systems: 2600, PS, Xbox, DC, GC, NES, 360 (mostly betas, not so much into collecting normal games).

What you do in "real life": Retail management.

Interesting facts: Always loved video games, love tinkering with systems with special mods, DC VGA, 360 Jtag, etc. But over the last little while I've just had a hunger for rare & obscure. Started on a 360 beta/preview/alpha collection.

:bday:

[wfnjstallion]

Hey everyone my name is Wayne. I have been coming to the store and this site for a few years now but never introduced myself.

I am originally from CA, now a proud resident of northern NJ. A few years back along with someone I knew locally from college I decided to rekindle my love of video games and thus began the search for old school video game stores. I had the NEs when I was younger, but it was the last system I owned until the Gamecube so needless to say there was quite a gap to cover. In my college days I fell in love with the N64 & PS2. We found Digital Press b/c a co-worker of mine lived in Clifton and said we should check it out. Our 1st trip to the store was a treasure chest of greatness and I was back in full swing collecting.

My favorite games are Mario, Zelda, Sonic, baseball, and Goldeneye. My collection currently consists of NES, SNES, N64, GC, Wii, PS2, PS3, 360, Gameboy, & DS. I will be purchasing a Sega Genesis in the very near future.

I am currently an accountant, but my true passion is in sports. Hopefully someday I can make that transition so when I am at "work" I am actually having fun, and not stressed out of my mind.

[smallfish]

In the intrusively bothersome thing known as real life, my name is Todd and I'm working at a newspaper company in Dayton, Ohio. Aside from the requisite love of gaming, my hobbies include reading, hiking, and animation.

[RyanS]

Hello All,
This is ryan, I am newbie here.. :)

[Tsukasa]

Hey all,

I was looking for some video game forum which covers my video gaming needs.
A friend recommended Digitpress forums on AG, so here I am!

[cynicalhat]

Hi! I'm an avid game collector/player since 1987 when i opened a NES on christmas in 1987.

Im from Massachusetts, and will collect just about any gaming system, game, neat obscurity that fascinates me. My favorite part about collecting is the poking and prodding fun you can have at yard sales and flea markets. I started collecting because years back I sold/lost my games for stuff i long forget. Emulators didn't satisfy what i was looking for, as they don't look and feel correct. Nothing IMHO beats playing a game on the hardware it was intended for.

I came across this forum in a Google search when i was looking up SNES variants. I picked up a SNES that didn't have any color degradation. When I opened it to give it a good cleaning, i noticed it had different internals than the one i had from the early 90's. I noticed lots of good information being passed around and thought i had a bunch to learn from this group of people.

Favorite games? Toughie!

Twisted Metal 2
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy 7
Any Need For Speed where i get to run from the cops.
Any Dynasty Warriors that comes out (old ones are obsoleted in this series IMO)
The legend of Zelda
Zelda II
Demon's Souls

This list could continue ad infinitum.

Anywho, Im glad to join up here.

[Eleuthria]

Hello everybody. I'm a newbie to the forums here, but I'm hoping to become a regular. I've opened a vintage/classic used video game store recently (link to come later), and felt that a good way to get started would be establishing a presence in some of the communities where my fellow old school gamers are at.

I've been playing video games since I was 2 and a half (1989). I grew up on NES and Game Boy, and was always one of the first kids in school to have the latest gaming consoles. Growing up I always thought it would be neat to own a video game rental store, or just a general store. Little did I know that mail based rentals would kill brick and mortar places, and that the mom and pop stores would be all but extinct due to GameStop and Wal-Mart.

By far my favorite consoles were SNES and Genesis. Around the age of 6 or 7 I became an avid RPG gamer, and I still own almost every RPG released for the SNES. Recently I've been going back and working on collecting complete in box copies of my favorite games from that era.

[Eternal Champion]

Did I post in this thread way back in 2003? Who knows...

Joined the site in '03 when I got back into the NES. Got a NES in 1987, sold it in 1990 for a Genesis, which I still have. Got a SNES with Zelda III in 1994, which I still have. Bought a NES with new 72-pin in 2002 and my old games again after my NES Classics Metroid was #@$% stolen from basement storage. Just the cart! Man, Ebay was mad for video games back then.
Sadly I sold off Phantasy Star II a couple of years ago (cripes that thing cost me an arm and a leg in 1991); I'm in my mid-30s with a child; the days of PSII are long gone.
In 2006 got a Dell WFP monitor specifically for the composite and s-vid inputs. SNES on s-video...yeah.
Got obsessed with RGB and s-video for Genesis back then but figured it would never happen.
This lingering obsession has brought me back here.

[fanlynne]

Hello,i am lynne from Anchorage Alaska ,i am new here,glad to meet you here,hope to know more about you...........

[forte]

Hello :)

Not sure if this is rare but, I am a Megaman fan from the UK :D I found this forum by my random searches on google. yeah, dont ask what I was searching for....

I collector many many Megaman games. I surprised even myself on how many PAL megaman games I got mint in box.

In "real life" I fix peoples computers in offices. But I am looking to do software testing in my next role and study for my software testing exams.

I look forward to staying with the forums.

-Forte