Introduce Yourself!

[Martianman]

Hey there! I'm a huge classic gaming fan and a really big collector. I've been a gamer since I got an N64 for Christmas back in 1999 and I still have a soft spot for Nintendo. In fact, the parts of my collection that I'm most proud of are my Nintendo things. I have a complete 64DD collection and a complete American Virtual Boy collection. Right now I am focusing on expanding my Sega collection, particularly my Saturn stuff. I'm going to be completing my Atari Jaguar CD collection very soon as well. I am also on a never ending quest to acquire an American Apple Pippin game. I've never ever seen one for sale online or anywhere else but someday....someday I will find one!

[retronintendonerd]

Hows it goin guys? I'm Candice, I'm new to the forum but not to gaming. I have been playing and collecting games since I first developed my motor skills and I don't plan on stopping any time soon. My collection varies from retro to new but I mainly focus on Nintendo consoles. Here's a link to most of my collection: http://imgur.com/a/JJwQT

http://i.imgur.com/KUhLcOI.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IRJ7AIn.jpg

[john8248]

Hello! I'm John, and I'm a avid collector of Sega Genesis, Master System, and Sega CD stuff. While I'm new here, I've been a member of Sega-16 and SegaAge for years. Thanks in advance for saying hello!

[Vanity59]

Hey guys, I'm William and I just joined the forum.
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- Who you are : William
- Where you live : France
- How you found the forums : Google
- What your favorite games are : Mario and a lot of masterpieces.
- What systems you collect for : Nintendo
- What you do in "real life" : Internet Marketer
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. : No specific reason.

[JoshDragon]

Hey,

I'm JoshDragon. In terms of my online life, most people know me through my involvement with the gaming forum tournaments. I've hosted over 20 of them and have competed in about 40 or so.

I also create all of the artwork for my tournaments:

http://i47.tinypic.com/ji0twz.png

http://i.imgur.com/sNxNh.png

I started gaming when I was three years old (20 years ago) and have been going at it ever since. The first games I remember playing were Sonic the Hedgehog 2, TMNT 1, and Donkey Kong Country 1.

[Damien_Da]

Hello!

Long time collector. Been visiting the site for a long time. Finally decided to start posting!

[RoboLPLP]

Hi! Im Prescott. I started messing wih super mario 64 around 3-4 years old. My favorite game is between Zelda wind waker and kirby and the amazing mirror. I currently have an NES, an SNES, an N64, gamecube, GBA, 3DS, Wii U, and two xbox 360s. I look forward to becoming a collector of old gaming stuffs.

[AstorReinhardt]

My name is Astor, I'm 23 and I'm a transgender female (meaning I was born female but I feel male, I'm still attracted to men so I'd also be gay.). I thought I might as well state that now since it might come up later.

I started collecting two years ago, but I've been gaming since I was 5. My first console was the NES. The first game I ever beat was Super Mario Bros 3.

I collect for a lot of systems. The systems I have now are the NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Gameboy, GBC, GBA, GBA SP, DS, DS Lite, 3DS; Genesis, 32x, Sega CD, Dreamcast; Playstation 1, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, PSP; Xbox, 360; Atari 2600, O2.

My collecting goal is this:

NES, SNES, N64 will be full sets of CIB and loose. Loose games will be stored in UGCs with custom cover art I make.

GC and Wii I'm collecting console exclusives, popular games, and hidden gems. They will be CIB.

GB, GBC, GBA I'm collecting console exclusives, popular games, and hidden gems. Loose mainly, CIB of favorite games. GBA will be stored in DS cases with cover art. I might mod DS cases to hold GB, and GBC.

DS and 3DS I'm collecting console exclusives, popular games, and hidden gems. Must be CIB.

Genesis, 32x, Sega CD I'm collecting console exclusives, popular games, and hidden gems. They can be loose or CIB, Sega CD has to be CIB.

Dreamcast I'm collecting console exclusives, popular games, hidden gems, along with all the survival horror, shooters/bullet hells and RPGs. Must be CIB.

PS1 I'm collecting console exclusives, popular games, hidden gems, along with all the survival horror, shooters/bullet hells and RPGs. Must be CIB.

PS2, PS3, PSP I'm collecting console exclusives, popular games, and hidden gems. Must be CIB.

Xbox, 360 I'm collecting console exclusives, popular games, hidden gems and for the 360 I'm collecting all the bullet hells. Must be CIB.

Atari 2600 I plan on trying to collect every game. Loose or CIB, I don't care.

O2 whatever I can find for it.

As of right now my focus is on PS1 and DC. I'm also trying to build up my NES, SNES and N64 library. One of my new years goals was to finish the N64 set off this year.

I'm also on NintendoAge, my name there is GirlGamer55.

[dsleaf67]

Hi All,

I am a long time gamer, relatively new to collecting.
My name is Scott
I am from Canada
I had been googling for knowlege and found this forum.
I am a IT Tech mainly stick to desktop support but dabble in all other areas (the dabbling is pretty much a requirement at our jack of all, mast of none shop).
I collect mainly PS1, but have PS1 through 3 and an assortment of games for all. I even enjoy collecting GBA.

I started gaming when I was young with a NES and Vic-20 then got away from it for quite some time. Rediscovered when I got older and had kids. I rediscovered it again when I got a Visor Delux Palm for work, yes for work. From there I bought my own handhelds, Tapwave Zodiac, Gizmondo, GP2x and GBA, DS and PSP then Pandora. The handhelds had me rediscover the PS1 from when my kids were growing up.

Any way, that's enough about me as I hope I can add some thing to these forums and certainly learn some things as well.

[KlytusImBored]

Hey everybody! Dave here. It's taken me a long time to remember to register here, but I finally have. I live in the North Jersey area and discovered Digital Press a few years ago. I've been frequenting the place ever since, but I barely end up talking to anyone when I'm there, so I'm not known as a regular or anything. Social anxiety and all that fun stuff.

There are a VERY limited select few who may know me from the late 90s co-hosting an online video game review show called "The Game Room with Mark and Dave". We posted a ton of episodes back in the day on lots of retro games, but it was before broadband, and online video wasn't really a thing yet, hence no one saw it:P Mark has gone on to reboot Classic Game Room and turned it into an amazing YT channel that people actually watch now....by the tons!

I am just beginning to really focus on building my collection back up - purely for nostalgia and the feelings these games gave me growing up. I'm really looking to prioritize my Genesis, Master System, and TurboGrafx collections, but I'm always down for a good deal on games and any system as far back as NES/SMS. I'm really looking forward to spending more time in these forums and collaborating with all the amazing collectors in the area and around the country!

I'll be going to my first NAVA today - hopefully I can get over being shy and meet some of you guys.

[Kaypar]

Hello, all! I'm Kyle! I'm a 23-year-old gamer living in Utah. I'm not much of a collector, but I love games of all sorts, and occasionally I fall to the temptation of buying older consoles and games. The crown jewel of my collection is a fully functional, but slightly discolored Sega Dreamcast. I only have a few games for it, and I can't remember the last time I turned it on. Heh. ^^;

I've been a gamer pretty much as long as I can remember. Days spent with my dad playing the NES and SNES instilled within me a love for games, and, probably thanks to RPGs, a love for reading and writing. If I had to pick a favorite console, it would probably be PS2 for sheer nostalgia reasons, but the Wii U is quickly becoming my most played console.

Last year, my buddy Nz17 asked if I'd be interested in writing some reviews for the site. I did end up writing a few, but only got around to registering and posting them in the relevant board just today! I hope you like my reviews, and, hopefully, they'll spark some discussion. I'm glad to be part of the community. Hopefully, I'll keep myself active, and see you guys around!

[alex_79]

Hi All!
Long time lurker here, I finally decided to register.
I'm Alessandro and I'm from Italy (sorry in advance for my bad english!).
I'm interested mainly in the Atari 2600. I rediscovered it some years ago, initially thanks to emulation, then I pulled my original console out of storage and I started buying games, controllers and other consoles as well. I discovered the homebrew scene and I was just blown away by the fact that you could write new games for an ancient console and put them on cart to play on real hardware. So I started collecting tech docs about it and learned a bit of programming (altough I didn't code anything really worth sharing...). I used a Starpath Supercharger to test code on real console and more recently I got an Harmony cartridge.
I also became interested in other consoles of the same era and I now have a Saba Videoplay and a Philips Videopac in my collection, which, for those who aren't aware, are european versions of the Fairchild Channel F and Magnavox Odyssey 2 respectively.

[ProjectCamaro]

Glad to hear you decided to join, we're happy to have you.

[Ness7281992]

Haldo,
I am David. I'm 22, and was actually raised on a secondhand Genesis and SNES, though I since lost both consoles and an excellent, most triumphant collection to a very heinous house fire (obviously, I'm a fan of Bill & Ted), so for the last year, I've been working on those collections once more. I'm a big fan of some subgenres of Metal music; Hair Metal/Butt Rock is not one of those subgenres. I primarily play RPGs, but I also have a limitation to my tolerance of time and difficult, the best example being Phantasy Star II.

I was born in Boise, Idaho. My family raised me in nearby Meridian. I now live... in Meridian. I've never been further north than 1/2 hour north of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, further west than the Oregon/Washington Coast, further south than lower Utah (Zion Wilderness, to be precise), and further east than somewhere in western Montana (I was 3 at the time, so I remember little else). As such, I haven't travelled much, but I would like to sometime down the road. Maybe NYC or Japan.

I found these forums on many occasions, each looking up something with Google. Someone on this site has an avatar that looks like a blue Jay Leno, but somehow vaguely familiar, as though it was tied to my earliest childhood. His posts were the ones I saw most frequently, usually something very specific in detail about the Sega Genesis. So I guess I've been a bit of a lurker, but an accidental one, basically.

I've played many games that I would consider my favorites. In the most convenient presentation I can provide (and excluding PC Games, as it's a hairy mess for me to pick, as well as everything modern, since this is the classic gaming section, excluding the occasional remake), they are:
A26: Adventure... that's it. Adventure. I'm not a big fan of all the others I've played.
Intellivision: SNAFU, Astrosmash, Night Stalker, Pinball, Thunder Castle, Tower of Doom
NES: The Guardian Legend, Zelda 1 and 2, Castlevania, Megaman 3, Megaman 6, Metroid, Dragon Warrior 2 (Dragon Warrior 1 however is my least favorite game of all time), Final Fantasy, Super Contra
SMS: Sonic 1, Phantasy Star, Space Harrier 3d, Hang-On, Battle Out-run
Genesis: Sonic 1, Sonic 3&K, Sonic 3D Blast, Gunstar Heroes, Contra Hard Corps, Space Harrier II, Sub-Terenia, Phantasy Star II, III and IV, Streets of Rage 1 and 2, Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force 1 and 2, Toejam and Earl 1 and 2.
Sega CD: Sonic CD, Lunar 2, Vay, Final Fight CD, Earthworm Jim Special Edition, Snatcher (one of several super-rare games I lost in that fire), Shining Force CD.
32x: Knuckles Chaotix, Star Wars Arcade, Virtua Fighter
SNES: Zelda LTTP, Earthbound (another gem lost in the fire), Final Fantasy IV and V (never was big on VI, and I have a friend with an imported copy of FFV. Music quality I still think is best on this version. Also, for what it's worth, I think FFIV:TCC on the PSP is the best version out of any, even the DS remake), Live A Live (love the robot, caveman and dark knight stories), Chrono Trigger (lost in fire), Donkey Kong Country 3, Super Mario World 1 and 2, StarFox (as well as the sequel prototype), Super Metroid, Super Mario RPG (again, in the fire), Actraiser, Kirby Super Star, Earthworm Jim 2, Soul Blazer (lost in the fire)
Sega Saturn: Albert Odyssey, Sega Ages Vol. 1, Daytona USA (the original, they changed it too much in the other versions), Virtua Fighter 2, Die Hard Arcade (prefer the controls in this version, even more so than the arcade cabinet edition), Rampage World Tour (again, controls), Shining the Holy Ark
PSX: Beyond the Beyond (even though I apparently have a bad disc), Lunar 1, Final Fantasy IX, Chrono Cross, Wild Arms
N64: Both Zeldas, Perfect Dark, DK64, Turok Rage Wars
GG: Sonic Chaos, Sonic Drift 2, Sonic Triple Trouble
GB/GBC: All Zeldas, Final Fantasy Adventure, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Silver, Pokémon TCG, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Dreamcast: Shenmue... and that's all I've played so far.
PS2: All Ratchet & Clank games, FFXII
GC: Both Zeldas, Sonic Adventure 2, Metroid Prime
Xbox: Tony Hawk American Wasteland and THUG2, Morrowind (my first entrance into western RPG's since Sierra's Hero's Quest on PC), Halo 2 (even though I still suck at Halo), SW Battlefront 2, Jet Set Radio Future

I know it's a crazy long list, but after you've played the hundreds of games I've played, you find it gets really, really, really hard to pick just a handful of favorites.
What systems do I collect for? Why, all of them, of course. All the major brand names, that is, none of those knockoff consoles, though I primarily focus on 16-bit consoles and some 8-bit handhelds. What I really need to work on is my PS2 game collection. Not that I don't already have a good amount, just that I still haven't found many I like. The same goes for Gamecube as well, and some of the good ones on Xbox are also on PC, so that generally makes it easier, as CD/DVD PC games are dirt cheap used (Floppies? Heh, don't get me started), so I likely won't add the Xbox versions unless I find the controls frustrating (like I did with Morrowind; seriously, why the hell can't I use a keyboard/gamepad for the menus?!).

In real life, I am a college student, studying IT. Right now I am enrolled in a local community college, but I plan on furthering my degree in bigger universities. My dream job would be something in PCB/IC design, but my dream hobby would be tinkering with the dear old Motorola 68000, the processor in the dear old Genesis, the console that started my adventure.

Sorry for the long post, here's a gaming potato (yes, I'm a 9gagger):
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[Ogreatgames]

Hi all I am new to these boards and to answer one of the original posters questions we found the forums through a friend! 8-)

[Alexander]

Hi Everyone.:)

Just want to say hi and that I look forward to meeting you all and having some fun.

[MattJ155]

Hi everyone,

I'm MattJ155, you might recognise my name from YouTube or the AssemblerGames forums!

I collect a lot of PS1 and PS2 items, including all those hard to find Gran Turismo special editions, as well as a lot of pre-production stuff including beta builds.

You can all view my collection here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.482399585195733.1073741833.280300458738981&type=3

[Pantamorph]

Hi, Everyone! My name is Eugene and I come from Ukraine. The only console I have at the moment is a little Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld (I used to own a Game Boy Color and a Sega Saturn in the past but I've given them away)
I work as a Support Manager for a company specialized in Healthcare and Insurance, not the best job on the planet, but, certainly, not the worst as well, considering that we somehow manage to save people their lives and money. :-D
My main interest as a collector is actually music videos but I still have a lot of old games lying at home, waiting to be replayed LOL
Anyway, nice to meet y'all and I'll be around from time to time :)

[dylbob42]

hi all,
im dylan and i live in australia. I come in search of information on console repairs and mods mostly, which is how i found this forum (vain googleing attempts) .Grew up with a SNES but these days im really into the NES.

Ive always been a platformer but im trying to get into RPGs. Lately i have been collecting for the Famicom Disk System and what ever else i can plug into a Famicom like the Hyper Shot, man that thing looks too real.

[KWKBOX]

Greetings all! My name is Kevin and I am a family man from Indiana with a passion for video games and disc golf.

My work is very serious and stressful so I depend on my family, video games, and disc golf to recharge my batteries to go out and do my very best everyday.

I run a YouTube channel as a fun way to archive my achievements and experiences with my hobbies but it has grown into something much more. I currently have mostly retro video game videos but I do occasionally post modern game videos and Disc Golf. Thanks for the welcome wagon.

My Channel ► https://www.youtube.com/user/kwkbox
My Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KWKBOX
My website ► http://www.kwkbox.com
My Google+ ► http://google.com/+Kwkbox

[vainbatchelor42]

Hi my name is Brad. I live in winchester va. Been looking for a site to compare notes for coin operated games. Favorite games... defender, mario brothers, tempest, dragons lair . I just got a super mario brothers vs and a vurtur cop. And Been working on them. Great jobby

[vainbatchelor42]

Forgot I'm a handyman for real estate company's in the area. Owner of company

[SilverWolf9000]

Hello there! My name is Jake, I'm 17, and I'm from Ohio.

I've been gaming ever since I was a small child (emphasis on small). I started out the with Nintendo Gamecube, playing games such as Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and Luigi's Mansion til I dropped. Since then, I've acquired (as you can see in my signature) an NES (my newest addition, actually), SNES, N64, Genesis, GBA, GBC, PS1, PC, DS, 3DS, and Wii U (to a much lesser extent, the Wii. I do not play it much anymore). What kicked off the spree of console buying was the Nintendo 64, and the first game I ever owned for it: Goldeneye 007.

To be honest, I do not have a "favorite" video game. I love all of my games, but to name a few, I love The Elder Scrolls, Mario, Sonic, Fallout, Dishonored, Half-Life, Portal, Left4Dead, Zelda, and the list goes on and on and on.

I wouldn't necessarily say that I "collect." To me, collecting gives me the picture of a coin collector, with the coins just sitting around in their cases, gathering dust. I prefer to think that I am simply building up a library of games to be played and loved by myself and whoever may next come into contact with them.

I make Youtube videos (same username, but not much to be seen) for the fun of it. Nothing special really, just a little side thing I enjoy doing. Besides that, I dabble in programming and plan on majoring in Computer Science and Engineering in the coming years. I would also like to mention that I am working on the Skywind project for Skyrim; if you have not heard of it, I highly suggest you take a look at the project at TESRenewal. It really is something to see.

Nice to meet all of you!

[DPrime]

Hey all, name's Dylan. I'm from Canada and am a full time Reg Force officer in the RCN, aged 37. So yeah, obviously I grew up with the venerable NES, SNES and Genesis back in their heydays. :)

Only just rediscovered vintage gaming. I've always been into gaming to some extent, but I'm probably what most of you would describe as a casual gamer. I like to collect vintage toys - mainly GI Joe - and I think that collector mentality got me interested in reassembling my old videogame collection, which has mysteriously disappeared from my parents' house! (No one remembers what happened to them... for all we know, they're still there, but I'm starting to think we gave them away or something.)

If there are any other toy collectors here with extra vintage games, hit me up - I've got lots of extra toys to trade, but not a whole lot of games yet. :)

In the meantime, I'm really enjoying learning all I can about this stuff.

[Dormond]

Hey, you can call me Dormond here because I don't like putting out my real name. I collect retro and modern games as well as various Metal Gear Solid related stuff when I can afford it.

The systems I own and collect for are NES, SNES, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, Gensis, Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast, Playstation 1, 2, 3, and 4, Xbox, and Xbox 360.

My game collection can be found cataloged at this link > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s2kIgSM-XzzIpcyw3SccXPiihw9CHSJAupn8Tv3na7A/edit?usp=sharing

My favorite games are Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence and Terranigma.

The game I'm looking forward to most in 2015 is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

I also collect comics, but gaming is my primary interest.

[Funky.Art]

I’m Ernesto, i live in France, in the Nord Pas de Calais, and i found this forum searching information about the Retro Duo Portable ! http://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?159043-Retro-Duo-Portable-RDP-2-in-1-Portable-System/page5 This topic :3

My favorite games… Gosh a difficult question ! xD I love Castlevania, without counting Lord of Shadow saga, I love Zelda, Fire Emblem, the 6 first Final Fantasy, F-Zero, Star Fox, Shovel Knight, Battletoads, loooooooooot of games ! :D

I have all Nintendo Home Consoles, and I’m a High School student :3

I loved RetroGaming since I was 4, my uncle had a N64 and a NES emulator on his computer, so I used to play it all time, my first game was Ocarina of Time and Mario 64 :3 Then I left this universe, since he erased his emulator, and I didn’t know how to install it on my computer. And two years ago, I’ve found a N64 with a memory card, the expansion pack, two controllers, and Super Mario 64 and LylatWars for 25 euros, so since then I’m looking for old games, and my passion is growing more and more ! :D

[stealthrush]

From USA, 27 Male. I have been a gamer ever since I can remember. My specific taste in video-games are primarily from 1980-2005. My first console being the Nintendo Entertainment System back in 1990s shortly after Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Being an only child I was spoiled to a point of playing most releases for these consoles at launch either from rental or store purchase. Besides console gaming, arcade games also are a favorite of mine. Personally I enjoy playing titles that didn't reach the mass audience and/or that were shelved away from either lack of exposure or from an over-saturated market on a specific formula at the time. Original, genre-breaking titles are also very captivating to me.

I'm a video gamer that was born in the 1980s. I would consider the new generation of gaming more of a ponzi scheme; recycled game play with content deliberately removed so the consumer is forced to shell out more cash for it. The whole Download content, micro-transactions, pay-as-you-play method is atrocious - more or less the elephant in the room for contemporary gamers. Although I consider myself a gamer I have very little interest in the seventh, and current generation of systems and games. The last console I bought was the Microsoft Xbox 360 solely for arcade ports of my favorite series.

In 2004 I contributed to a dozen of p2p communities one of them being the private 'Sega Saturn Torrents'. I've done so weekly for a year until one-by-one the websites were shut down or discontinued. I'm also the administrator of a retro video game website entitled 'Special-Attack' that was online from 2005-2012 that featured reviews of obscure games, articles, opinions, composed by myself. Special-Attack is temporarily shut-down but all the posts were saved+encrypted and will return to the net in the coming future.

■ Fan of classic Sega / Hudson / Compile
■ Enjoys Fighter / Platformer / Puzzle / Shmup genre
■ Sega Saturn / PC-Engine import enthusiast
■ Dislikes FPS / Sport / Racing / GTA-esqe genre
■ Dislikes emulation / M.U.G.E.N

[Bozle]

- Who you are: Steve, 19 years of age
- Where you live: New Jersey
- How you found the forums: Google
- What your favorite games are: Chrono Trigger, Red Dead Redemption, Metroid Prime 2, Mega Man 2, Super Mario Sunshine/64, Pokemon Emerald, fairly obvious choices I suppose
- What systems you collect for: For now, I have a Genesis, SNES (well, Retron 3, but I'm getting a legit SNES soon enough), Saturn, Dreamcast, N64, Wii (mainly use it for GC games as I have a Wii U). Will be buying a Turbografx, Master System and NES when I get the chance.
- What you do in "real life": work at shitty ass Burger King for the time being
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.: My interest in retro gaming began after watching AVGN a few years back, and grew after watching other Youtubers like JonTron, Projared, the Completionist, and Game Sack. I was only able to start buying these games/systems since getting a job about a year ago
- Favorite Genre: RPGs/Platformers

[Bobo Mcloud]

Hi there,
big Nintendo fan from way back, these days I focus mainly on n64 prototypes.
I've heard of this site for a long time through Nintendo age and assemblers so I thought I'd give it a shot!
Cheers for the add :)

[Crazymoth]

Hi everyone!

I recently bought a Tomy Tutor off eb*y and looking to collect all the games for it plus that cool casette drive it had. Mostly its because I had one as a child. It was my first computer back in 1982.

So I'm hoping to find some good people and some good games I cna get.

Thanks.

[Giov3]

- Who you are David, 35
- Where you live Italy
- How you found the forums Surfing on the web
- What your favorite games are Castlevania SOTN, FFVII, Chomakaimura, super mario 64, Daimakaimura, Actraiser, Wild Guns, and a million more..
- What systems you collect for Super Famicom, Megadrive, PC Engine, Nintendo 64
- What you do in "real life" Working in my shops
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. I began in 1990, and stopped in 1999..I restarted in 2012.

I hope to be welcome in this community.

[JamieEvan]

Hi everybody!
My name is Jamie. I live in a small town, it's very small and called Peace-Nice name, right?:cheers:
I found out our forum by an accident and I enjoy Digitpress immediately.
I have a lot of favorite games. Honestly I am addicted to games.
I work as a freelance writer.Apart from games, my other hobbies is collecting paper money. I've collected them for 7 years

[BouncekDeLemos]

Hi peeps! BouncekDeLemos here! People just call me "Bounce". :)

I'm a graphics artist for video games, and I work at a game store in Florida. Nice to meet ya'll!

[Tristashio]

…I am Canadian. I live in Japan. I like classic games, can't stand most new ones; I think once big companies found out money was in games their glare came and phased them out…and I don't like the indies(as cute as they are)…just not enough in them(usually). I used to work construction in Canada(slate and shingle roofer), and now I work for TV and teach English as a second language in Japan. I found this site to be nice, and I had a question, so I created an account and posted…I still have no solution(thread is about "Dreamcast VGA" in the classic gaming forum section). I often get ill from teaching English, because I almost always teach kids, and they go to school no matter what; so…sometimes…they are sooooo sick, and I have to teach them how to shake hands and that…well…but its so much fun…They sometimes all jump on me, like, 40 kids, and they often spit when they try speaking in English; because they aren't used to it(well, except for some Englishmen, they'd probably congratulate them on perfect etiquette^^)…I used to work with English roofers remember.. Yeah.. I could go on… I like to skateboard, and I drink coffee in the morning, I like the food in Japan(it isn't genetically modified; corn, rapeseed, soya-beans)…so it's safe, unlike North America(it's true, sorry). My favorite game still has to be FFIV, it meant so much to me and still, such a beautiful game………………… ….. …ahh..perfect time..I was around 13 when I got that, it was my first game. my dad came home drunk, and I was sitting in front of a Zenith TV(it looks like a wooden box)..and the door is broken so we had a blanket bound to the frame, but the snow was still blowing in..and I was soooooooo happy…you don't know^o^… … I didn't have a memory card, I didn't know what it was…so I played over and over..and though, boy this is tough'…I made it as far as ..oh what is that thing…you know, when you fall into the sewer, and wake up the two girls, and fight a big boss(Rappies..or something) he did a total wave move…and when you get out it's a maze in the ghost train yard…mm..that. finally I figured out I needed a memory card…this was months later…then I was happy boy'! I really played that game. m. it probably changed my life, I'm sure; which is interesting, I don't think the world realises how much video games affect people(well, maybe, but not fully)..it seems most people just think they are a way to kill time'…ahh..gawd'.. no! and that they don't matter…no. and that only kids play them, or if your an adult, you need to play messed up games in order to fit in…I dunno'..maybe it's just me… I think they can have tremendous influences, in good ways, for kids; they can help you explore without danger, sometimes…thats why it's so sad, most games aren't founded with this in mind, recently; unless it's a math game or something(who's going to play that!..oh, I did…I remember that, Math with Mario on floppy drive!! I was right into it!) ..anyway, no! no math games!! I liked them, but …rrrr…I can't type it all out…anyway… games are cool, and I like fun games that you can learn from, not just math. mmm…yes..and then I moved to Japan, I started to find what the game was hinting at in some ways, and learn't about how these people live…it's funny…I had no idea of Japanese people growing up..I only knew they were Asian, and so were Chinese, and there was a difference, but not really what it was…like basically no information…so..well..a lot of that game was based on this society, I think…it's strange…I could still like the game from any part of the world, but it is neat to see some connections…I guess you'd really need to live in the country a while to feel it…alas..Japan is becoming more and more multicultural…that was part of why it was so fascinating..now it's not so attractive; after the war, there was almost a surge of culture from within trying to clear the viral American society out…honestly…and they sort of failed..and..now, it's not really Japan anymore…but..it was neat..the first video games came from the U.S. and without them, the Japanese designers may have never made video games as we know them, or not this early in human development anyway…so.. and with the cooperation between the two countries came some positive bits too…it's just always nicer if those things fall into place rather than be forced to happen(annexing a country for some time, and upon returning it laying heavy national rules which mainly benefit the victor)…well..can't say they didn't ask for it..they were bad..they wouldn't stop, they went to Korea, China, Australia…the list goes on…shouldn't of knocked on the door of a super-power I guess. Well, enough about that. I just hate to see a bloody McDonalds in every other town and every main city…it's actually disturbing…soooo many….and these business are aloud to import their food products from overseas(so GMO is ok) it's crazy! ….I'm going to put a web link in my profile somewhere for a GMO scanner, for the world, it's important to me, so…yeah'. That is me! Uh!

[MadaoBob]

Alrite, let's see if I'm doing it right...


- Who you are:

Me :3

- Where you live:

That little red dot right below Malaysia.

- How you found the forums

Searching for information about the PokeFami DX the past week. It was hell. :(

- What your favorite games are

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles for the Gamecube, Final Fantasy Ring of Fates for the DS, Tales of Innocence R for the PS Vita.

- What systems you collect for

Currently having a small collection of games I play for the 3DS, PS Vita.
I'm hoping to start a SNES collection on my first trip to Japan that's coming up soon. Soooooooo excited~ >.<

- What you do in "real life"

I'm a student in a Diploma of Game Development.
I learn how to make games.

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

I'm an idiot. I'm prone to impulse buying from the many times I wanted something, held off, and then the product stopped selling altogether. (Gamecube.... ;w;)

I hope to get along with you guys!

[Yamazaki]

Hi there,

Yamazaki here ^^

not really a new member but almost since being inactive here for probably more then 8 years ^^


so - glad to be back :D

[Flynn]

Hi all ! Well, I'm gonna introduce myself

- Who are you : Flynn, 20yo, video games lover, classics, arcade, retro, new, all of them !
- Where you live : I live in France
- How you found the forums : I just asked to my canadian friends to give my so good forums adresses about video games and video games classics. They gave my digitalpress.com !
- What your favorite games are : MGS, Crash Bandicoot, ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, Tomb Raider, Broken Sword, Deus Ex, Thief, Doom, etc, etc, I don't really know which are my favorite games. I love play, I love games.
- What systems you collect for : I don't collect systems because I don't have the money for. I just have PS1, PS2, PS3, XBOX 360, Gamecube, PSP, PS VITA.
- What you do in "real life" : Nothing. I am writing a book, but it's just a project. I also write for a writer plateform.
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. : I play video games since I'm 2. With my mom to Tomb Raider, the second to the sixth and with my dad to Broken Sword. I was fascinating by the games. Since this time, I play, I play, I play.

Oh and sorry for my english, isn't very good...

[Quack]

Long time collector, first time poster! Big Nintendo fan and homebrew fan. Hoping to track down some Retrozone/RetroUSB titles :)

[doctorx]

- Who you are Hi! I am longtime SFC collector :)
- Where you live: I live in Finland.
- How you found the forums: I was doing research where i can find Pokonyan for SFC. Trail lead me here.
- What your favorite games are: Rockman X series. I am also eager to try out all cool Japanese exclusive titles that i have missed when i was young. Finding hidden gems is cool aspect of this hobby. I would say that Shounen Ninja Sasuke is also one of my all time favourite games.
- What systems you collect for: SFC, Saturn.
- What you do in "real life": Study, work, ski, gym, jogging.
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.: I began collecting accidentally when I visited Japan somewhere around 2010 if I remember right. I saw loads of SFC games on market. That sparked my interest for retro gaming. SFC is my thing and will always be. Amazing system it is.

[segarocks30]

Wow, so this morning I was hit with a complete wave of nostalgia. I was reading someone's dating profile of all things, and they brought up older forums and stuff, and I couldn't help but remember "Oh shit, I signed up to Digital Press over TEN YEARS AGO now." At the ripe age of about 12 years old in my awkward early middle school years, I found very few places to talk about gaming stuff as my classmates and whatnot had no clue besides maybe playing Runescape on the computers at school during typing class. But somehow I found DP, and ended up learning a dearth of knowledge about retro gaming that I wasn't even alive for. I probably came off a total idiot on these forums with how young and stupid I was (Thanks for being good about it Joe Santulli), but I loved the community and what I learned from it. But, real life and my natural waning interest for things happened and I found little time for forums and stuff, as the social media revolution really came about during my high school years and changed the way a lot of us communicate online and of course as a teen I wanted to get on the train. Fast forward ten years (and a lot of hilariously awkward forum posts) later, I'm now 22 years old, a college graduate with a degree in Sports Management and in the process of finding some sort of work in the crazy job market. But as I looked at the crazy amount of consoles in my room this morning and thought about those old school forums and was overjoyed to see everything seems like it was when I left several years ago when I logged back into here this morning. It only seems fitting. Can't promise how often I'll be around because of real life stuff, but I'm gonna try my best to contribute around here. Bless ya Joe for keeping the store running and the site as well, I still never have made it down to the store yet.

Now that I realized I completely circumvented the intro formula, I'll hit on what I missed:

I'm from Connecticut. Yeah THAT place.

Favorite games: That's tough. My tastes have changed a ton over the years. Streets of Rage 2 still holds a special place in my heart as it made up a lot of my cousin and I's nights when we were like 4/5 years old. Shenmue is up there as well.

Systems: Well, in my room I have a top loader NES, SNES, Genesis (2 model), N64, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PS4. Also have a Game Gear stashed away I barely used, a ton of PSXs downstairs, and I do have a 3DS and Vita.

IRL: Like I said, looking for a job in my field, working part time at a local grocery store (been there over 5 years), watching a TON of wrestling and contributing to the wrestling website Wrestling With Words, etc.

Interesting Facts: Well, I did have a 2nd Degree Blackbelt in Tang Soo Do, quit when I was 14 though. Otherwise, I'm a halfway deceny hobbbyist musician (sticking to mostly covers and stuff) as I play guitar and own a J Mascis Jazzmaster and an ESP acoustic.

[Blu-Cup]

Hello all, Blu-Cup here.

I've been a gamer for pretty much my entire life, starting at age 3 (I'm 28 now) starting with Mega Man 2. I played it on my cousin's NES whenever I would visit his house. Later my older brother got an NES and then a SNES, both of which I eventually ended up with and buying games for.
The first game I can remember getting all to myself was Mega Man X and Gradius III for Christmas in 1994, and that was where my fascination with video really kicked into high gear and has been turning ever since.
I've owned a console/handheld from just about every generation since the Nintendo Entertainment system and I play all of them pretty regularly, with the SNES and Genesis still being two of my most played consoles today even a n3DS, PS4 and Wii U in my possession.

My favorite series(to name a few) are Harvest Moon, Mega Man, Metroid, Wild Arms, Breath of Fire and Sonic the Hedgehog. Favorite genres are jRPGs and platformers, but I play little bit of everything except for sports titles.

I'd say my all-time favorite games are(in no order, I can't number them): Secret of Evermore, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Breath of Fire III, Xenoblade and Harvest Moon Back to Nature.

When I was 6 or 7, I developed a fondness for recording myself playing games, and that eventually grew into a full-blown hobby. I had a collection of VHS tapes full of on and off-screen recordings of games like Mega Man X, Super Metroid. Heck there were even RPGs in my collection. Now very few of those tapes still exist today, but the hobby lives on. I picked up the hobby again in 2008, started uploading footage to Youtube using an old and outdated(even at the time) capture device. Needless to say it was a mess but I got through with it and eventually amassed over 1000 subscribers on my channel before my device died and I had to call it quits for a bit. Earlier this year, I purchased a Hauppague HD PVR2 Gaming Edition to continue the fun, but my PC couldn't handle it and it made whatever I did that involved video capture and editing an absolute chore, so I sold it off and just kinda disappeared from Youtube. Deleted a lot of my videos when I realized that most had issues resulting from poor hardware on my end. It bummed me out quite a bit.
But everything started turned around at Christmas this where when my parents got me a new PC AND an Elgato Game Capture HD. I was so excited, I immediately jumped back into recording games again that day am currently(at the time of this post) in the middle of a Breath of Fire run.

Other than gaming, I enjoy reading, writing and gardening. I'm a huge nature fanatic and I take a ton of pictures whenever I'm out on a walk. Not much of a movie or TV person these days, but I do enjoy the occasional film in theaters. Also, I'm a Kaijuholic; If I didn't have video games, then literally every cent I make would probably go towards Godzilla stuff.

This isn't my first visit to DigitalPress either. In 2004, I had bought a copy of Seiken Densetsu 3 off of someone here. :)

Can't wait to start posting here. I've been looking for a good clean forum to post on for a while now, and this one pretty great from what I've seen of it.

[Flamzeron]

Howdy! I'm Flamzeron. As you can probably assume, I'm a video game collector. I only collect games and systems that interest me, but I tend to play most of my games on Sony consoles. I recently got a Dreamcast however I became quite the Shenmue fan. My favorite video game series is the Tales series, to which I almost have a complete collection of (at least a version of each game, only missing two). Besides Tales, my favorite franchise is Dragon Ball. I also like Ys, EverQuest, Soulcalibur, Dark Souls (Demon's and Bloodborne included), Dynasty Warriors, Warcraft, Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mortal Kombat, Minecraft, The Elder Scrolls, and Star Ocean to name a few. I collect both retro and modern games and I've been working on my personal wishlist and trying to narrow it down to the absolute must haves. As a gamer, I'm mainly interested in A-RPGs but I also like platformers, fighters, adventure, puzzle, and action games.

I also collect other stuff, like anime, comics/manga, and action figures, but I also collect T-shirts and I used to collect swords back in the day. I just collect whatever interests me.

My passion is writing. I hope to be a novelist one day and I have been working on a samurai novel whenever I get the chance. I've written some short stories and poetry as well as a couple other novels, but I haven't gotten anything published yet. Maybe one day.

That basically wraps it up. Other than those tidbits, I used to do voice acting, but I retired due to a lack of creative drive. I also run a podcast and do videos on YouTube for funsies. I look forward to all the fun stuff we will will do and talk about about I hope we can all be buddies! :)

[stonemonkeylives]

Hey, I'm Jeremy. I'm 36 and originally from Germany but now live in the UK. I have only been collecting, seriously, for the last year or so.

I was mainly collect for Nintendo, but because Nintendo games can be as rare as hen's teeth I also collected for the original XBox. I have recently sold my XBox collect with the intention of concentrating on my Nintendo collection, which at the moment is sadly lacking. I am a member of a couple of retro games forums and was looking to expand my horizons when I found this forum.

As you may have guessed I am a Nintendo fan and my favourite console is probably the SNES. I tend to lean towards RPG titles more than others but I'm also a fan of the Street Fighter games. I couldn't possibly say what my favourite game is, as it's an ever growing list as I expand my library and knowledge.

Outside of game collecting I also collect comic books, mainly superhero books like Batman, Spider-Man, Flash etc.

My real life job is fairly boring, I'm a German interpreter for British Telecoms where I met a fellow collector who actually got me started in the world of retro game collecting, though he refuses to collect cartridge based games, fool. I have two beautiful daughters, who are slowly (with a lot of pushing on my part) getting the retro gaming bug too.

If you have any questions, please ask away and I look forward to learning from, and contributing to the community.

Jeremy.

[Cookie]

Who you are
Hi there. My name is Jacob, but you can call me "Cookie", the name of the protagonist from my favorite NES game! I'm simply another retro video game enthusiast. Happy to be here!

Where you live
I live in Maine, in a camper, in the woods. The weather is crazy, but I dig the view!

How you found the forums
I used to lurk the forums years ago and recently remembered that this site exists. I thought it would be fun to join in the conversations this time around.

What your favorite games are
Panic Restaurant is my favorite NES game, challenging and has a high aesthetic value. Mario RPG is my favorite SNES game. (Interesting that two of my favorite games have "living food" featured in them)

What systems you collect for
I am a major Nintendo company fanboy, love every console they've ever released.

What you do in "real life"
I really enjoy horror movies. I watch quite a few of those. I also enjoy just going for walks through the woods. I don't work for personal reasons.

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I began collecting with the NES when I was three years old. I was gifted the Sega Genesis for my birthday when it was released (although I really wanted a SNES :P). From there I got the N64 for xmas one year. By that point I was thoroughly hooked on gaming. been doing it ever since!!


Thanks for including me in your community. I look forward to chatting with you guys! :D

[PrimordialHelios]

Hey! My name's Tay, I'm 17, and I live in the Northeastern US. I found the forum after googling the Tengen AC Adapter after I heard Pat the NES Punk mention it, and I thought this seemed like a cool place, so I figured I'd join =P

Jak and Daxter is probably my all time favorite game, but BioShock, Mass Effect, and the Kingdom Hearts franchise are all up there too.
I wouldn't say I collect, but I mainly buy games for the PS2, Wii, Gamecube, Xbox, NES, and Atari 2600, as well as the PC.

I don't really do anything right now, I'm going to college for a B.S. in Computer Science as a programmer.

Like I said, I don't collect much, mainly for financial reasons (I'm completely broke), but I also like to play the games I buy instead of just collecting them. That said, I'd like to collect NES games, because I absolutely love the NES.

Can't wait to meet some cool people here!

[amace]

Hello, I'm Adam

I live in Canada, been into video games since I was a little kid. I don't consider myself a "gamer", as I don't play a ton of modern games, more just the sports titles on Xbox 360, but I've recently started re-collecting my classic consoles/games that I had when I was young (which I foolishly sold to pay for a Playstation)

I'm fairly handy, so I've been buying up non-working systems and trying to make them go. Currently I've got a NES, Genesis, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, PSOne, PS2, 360, and I'm scouring pawn shops, yard sales or anything for deals on any of the classics.

Truth be told I joined because I'm having troubles getting my SNES operational, hopefully could find some tips in the tech forums.

[pixelpie77]

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.

Hi I'm James from Iowa, a friend recommended this forum to me a week ago and just now got the chance to sign up. Favorite games, fire emblem awakening, command and conquer Generals, and my most favorite is Hitman. I don't collect but did and still own some gaming consoles namely, gamecube, ps2, ds lite, and 3dsxl. I'm in an athletic-wear business with a very hectic schedule and in my rare off days I spend gaming or keeping up with the gaming news. Who's next in the introductions?

[sydpinkfloyd]

Hi again Everyone,

I'm Tristan and I live in Canada. I was an active member of this forum about 10 years ago, but other parts of my life got in the way and I ended up selling off most of my non-essential gear. Just getting back into my retro gaming ways and decided to get involved in this site once again. Couldn't remember my old password (or username for that matter lol) so I decided to make a brand new account! :)

I'm a huge fan of challenging side-scrollers (Ghosts and Goblins, Contra, Mega Man, etc.), and I collect mostly for NES and SNES.

I'm a Computer Engineer by trade.

Got inspired to start collecting again after seeing my friend's collection and thinking that why aren't I doing the same?

Talk to you all soon!
-Tristan

[PatBoy785]

Name: Patrick Lewis
Location: Live in New York
Found: I found this site when I was looking at game forums
Favorite Games: Crash Bandicoot, Super Smash Bros., Mega Man, Bomberman, Mario, Kirby, Nintendo stuff, PlayStation stuff, 16 and 32 bit games, Puzzle Games, Racing Games, Platformers, Fighting games, RPG's, and etc.
Systems Collect for: GameCube, Wii (occassionally), GameBoy Advance, PS1, PS2, PS3, DS, and 3DS.
In Real Life: Go to school, go on internet, draw, play videogames, eat, watch TV shows (anything like cartoons, anime, and live action), and go out.\\^_^/

[GrapeChelly]

Greetings and Salutations!

~My name is Michelle, I usually am called Chelly by my friends. :)
~I live in NY, and no not the city.
~I found the forums while I was looking up storage options for my games. Looking for good containers and shelving for NES and SNES games.
~Favorite retro games include: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, and Kirby's Dreamland.
~I collect SNES, NES, Famicom, Super Famicom, and GB titles. :)
~In real life, I am a bookkeeper at a local business by day and a ceramic artist by night. I make sculptures and functional pottery. When i'm not playing video games of course. :P
~My first retro console was the intelevision. My dad handed me the controller for burgertime when I was 3 back in 1993 and I was instantly hooked (despite being very bad at it...) I also had an NES and SNES... but both were taken by my older brother when he moved out of the house. So I stumble upon an SNES at a garage sale.. and i'm working to get my collection back. And thats where the collecting and revival started. I also play modern games. My favorites titles are the Dark Souls series, the Zelda series, Metal Gear Solid series, Final Fantasy series, and many many more.

Thanks for having me! I appreciate it, I hope I can both contribute and seek out advice and other details helping me on my seemingly impossible quest.

[Terminusvitae]

It's been a while since I've read the newest posts in this thread, but I do want to give welcome to all of you who've joined Digital Press and have introduced yourselves. Hello!

[shadowgangs]

Hi everyone;

I am the creator of Shadow Gangs, an ninja game which takes takes inspiration from late 80's ninja arcade hit, Shinobi arcade in particular but not limited to it.
http://www.shadowgangs.com/uploads/6/1/9/4/61944069/8086438_orig.jpg

[stlgamer75]

Hi all, new member to this forum. Just a quick intro to who I am. I'm a middle aged retro gaming enthusiast from St. Louis. Grew up with the NES and SNES but started collecting all systems in the late 90's/early 2000's thanks to ebay. Own nearly every home console from late 70's to the early 2000's from Atari to Intellevision to Coleco to Nintendo to Sega to Sony. NES is my favorite system due to the iconic games and nostalgia but also enjoy collecting for TG-16, Sega Genesis/CD, Saturn and Dreamcast consoles. What I'm playing and looking for is constantly changing but this allows me to play all the consoles I own.

I primarily only play retro games. I do own modern consoles such as Xbox 360, Wii and WiiU but those are mostly for my kids now. I'll be spending most of my time here on the classic gaming forum.

[BlueBart]

My name is Jason, I'm from Canton, OH USA.

Originally I found the DigitPress website from Cinemassacre.com (James Rolfe, the Angry Video Game Nerd's website.)
The forum, I just recently found out about.

My favorite video games are:
1.) Gran Turismo 2
2.) Final Fantasy 7
3.) Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

I collect for NES, SNES, N64, GCN, PS1/2/3/4

In real life I work at a desk with a computer in a cubicle.

I was introduced to video games through the Atari 2600 around 1987, and a year later in 1988 discovered the NES from my neighbors, and never looked back since.

[PekoTAS]

My name is Brian. I'm 26 years old and have been a fan of video games my whole life.

I've played many games for many systems, but I've settled into my original favourite system, the Game Boy. I'm always trying out original Game Boy games I've never played, and I'm just really passionate about the small fan community Game Boy has. It's a system that is fun to collect, fun to play, and fun to talk to others about. I don't play many Game Boy Colour games, and tend to just stick to the original library.

Aside from my love of Game Boy, I also enjoy drawing, swimming, and learning how to cook simple dishes to perfection. I also don't like upsetting people, so I try to be friendly whenever I can. I'm also Canadian, which you can take as a good or bad thing I suppose. :P

I guess that's all I have to say, so I'm ready to join the forum. :)

[LAGO]

Hey everyone! I've been around for a long time but it has been so long since I have been on the boards I figured I would reintroduce myself.

I currently reside in Mississippi. I enjoy video games, books, movies, and long walks on the beach ... wait this is the wrong type of introduction.

Seriously, I am starting my collection up again. I am going after complete NES, SNES, and SMS. I am an aspiring game designer. I have been for a number of years, but I am actually really close to completing my first game.

Other than that I like all sorts of IT stuff and just tinkering with things in general. I look forward to getting to know all of you, or dusting off old friendships as the case may be.

[Mogarth]

Hey im Mogarth and I live in northern NJ pretty close to DP.

I found the forum by randomly searching around the interwebs.

My favorite games are... really do I have to choose? uhhh. hrrrm.. maybe Ocarina of Time/any shmup/Advance Wars.

I collect for a lot of systems such as N64/Wii/GameCube/PS2/DS/GBA/GB/GBC/SNES/NES but at the moment I am focusing on completing my N64 collection.

In real life I am a undergraduate history student and I run multiple websites including a RPG review website.

I began collecting maybe a year and a half ago and I got interested because I wanted to slim down my hobbies which at the time included a few card games. I figured video games are something I can play by myself and with friends, and they do not get outdated and become worthless like many card games do.

[Fuyukaze]

After 4 years away, I'm back. Past 4 years have been pure hell but finally back where I can return. Not sure anyone around will remember me. Had family die, got married, moved out of state, got divorced, moved back, went through the joys of a nervous breakdown, but back. Not all sane and ain't got the huge gaming collection I had but hell, back is back.

[Graham Mitchell]

After 4 years away, I'm back. Past 4 years have been pure hell but finally back where I can return. Not sure anyone around will remember me. Had family die, got married, moved out of state, got divorced, moved back, went through the joys of a nervous breakdown, but back. Not all sane and ain't got the huge gaming collection I had but hell, back is back.

Welcome back! I'm sorry you've had a rough go, but I think a lot of us are fairly fucked up. That's why we horde video games.

[FanofSMBX]

9896
Hi there! It's taken a while to get confimed, but now I'm here! I came here to ask for help for finding an old Famicom game manual (Matendouji/Conquest of the Crystal Palace) scans.

P.S. In Matendouji/Conquest of the Crystal Palace, there is a hidden move that most people do not know about. When you make Farron swing his sword, while the "whoosh" air sprite is showing (before his sword is flat in front of him), press the opposite D-pad button of where Farron is facing. He'll swing his sword back behind him for more damage than normal. It will make a metallic clink sound and have a different sprite so you know you did it. You can defeat the first form of the final boss in three hits using this move! It also helps for the Second Quest mode.

[Fuyukaze]

Welcome back! I'm sorry you've had a rough go, but I think a lot of us are fairly fucked up. That's why we horde video games.

Thanks. Truth be told, I missed a good number of people that used to frequent the site. The hardest part about everything honestly has been learning to accept what's happened, all that I lost, and simply getting back up and moving on. Having lost most of my collection, it's been a mixed blessing. On one hand, having lost what I did, at first, all I could think was how much time and money I had spent getting everything. Then one day it hit me. It's just stuff. I can always choose to rebuild it, or not. I can choose to just focus more on what I will play. In short, I didn't have to take a pokemon approach and collect them all. Also helps that all classic gaming looks to have become so expensive. Yeah, that last one I'm not crazy over but one can either accept it or suffer. Pick one or the other, it's still what it is.

When you get right down to it though, that which I miss the most isn't the games, the DVDs, or even the furniture and clothes I lost but the friends I'd developed over the years on this site. Stuff is stuff and people are people, but once is mass produced and the other is once in a life time. Sappy sounding as hell, but it's the truth.

[AstroCreep]

Hey My name is Mike I'm 30 live in NY I found the forums through a friend, I work for a hospital in the city and I mostly collect SNES games. I love playing my old school titles theres nothing better than SNES brings me back to my childhood love it!

[WulfeLuer]

Hello, I'm Ian, and I live in Martinez, Georgia (fun fact, it's not pronounced how you think). I'm an RPG specialist with a fairly atrocious work/sleep schedule, so if you need a study in fatigue's effects on the English language, here I am.

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I haven't posted on here in years and wonder if anyone even remembers me here at all, but regardless, hey to everyone that has joined since then!

[mbgraham]

I'm Matt, 32 years old from the South. I've been a die hard NES fan all my life and still own one today. The only real collection of NES games I have is probably just the quick pick up and play action titles you can plug into 10 minutes at a time with friends.

Some of us get older, and then all that time spent trying to complete the Dragon Quest series is gone!

So now in my spare time I like to chat on forums, research retro gaming, and play those classic action/adventure greats we all cherish. Thanks to the moderators and board leaders for letting me jump in and share the same love for gaming with the world.

It's a very well made board, by the way!

[jonas_dussell]

- I am Jonas Dussell
- I hail from Texas
- I stumbled across the forum one day while farting around online
- Absolute favorites: Final Fantasy VI and VII, Super Mario 3, Legend Of Zelda: Ocarnia Of Time, Mega Man 3, L.A. Noire, Ninja Gaiden, Goldeneye 007
- NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, PS, PS2, XBOX, XBOX 360, Wii
- I work for a bank and I hate almost every minute of it
- I also collect records and CDs. I only recently started collecting games again (my original collection was stolen about 10 years ago)

[Montrealer]

Hey guys!

Montrealer here. Real name Julien and I'm a 35 yr old gamer/hoarder dad.

I found the website on the 5-6th page of a google search I did looking for 3DO games.

My current whims are 3DO longbox titles, 3DS and Wii games.

Looking forward to discussing games and trading with people here.

[Graham Mitchell]

Hey guys!

Montrealer here. Real name Julien and I'm a 35 yr old gamer/hoarder dad.

I found the website on the 5-6th page of a google search I did looking for 3DO games.

My current whims are 3DO longbox titles, 3DS and Wii games.

Looking forward to discussing games and trading with people here.

Welcome from a huge Bomb Jack fan!

[Montrealer]

Welcome from a huge Bomb Jack fan!

So very few of us. Did you see it in the Cracked dot com top 20 worst NES games? Ridiculous! I always liked this game and find it's cruelly underrated.

[Graham Mitchell]

So very few of us. Did you see it in the Cracked dot com top 20 worst NES games? Ridiculous! I always liked this game and find it's cruelly underrated.

That's absurd! I love it so much I scored a Bomb Jack PCB. The NES game is amazing. I need to spend more time with Bomb Jack Twin.

[Montrealer]

That's absurd! I love it so much I scored a Bomb Jack PCB. The NES game is amazing. I need to spend more time with Bomb Jack Twin.

Sorry if this is derailing the thread.

I never played the original in the arcade. My understanding is that it got the same treatment as Mario Bros. when they made it into a NES game.

Mario Bros. = Single screen arcade game ; Super Mario Bros. = (legendary) Scrolling platformer
Bomb Jack = Single screen arcade game ; Mighty Bomb Jack = (super fun!) Scrolling (both vertical and horizontal) platformer

How correct is my info?

[celerystalker]

Sorry if this is derailing the thread.

I never played the original in the arcade. My understanding is that it got the same treatment as Mario Bros. when they made it into a NES game.

Mario Bros. = Single screen arcade game ; Super Mario Bros. = (legendary) Scrolling platformer
Bomb Jack = Single screen arcade game ; Mighty Bomb Jack = (super fun!) Scrolling (both vertical and horizontal) platformer

How correct is my info?

That's correct. In the arcade game, you had to collect all of the on-screen bombs before they explode. Aside from downloads, it was available on original Xbox on the Tecmo Classic Arcade disc, and I believe there was a black and white Game Boy port.

[leonardobiagi]

Hello averybody, I'm Leonardo from Brazil and I annoy people from differents forums asking them for scans/ HQ pictures of console boxes to make replicas for myself to store my systems since I can't find any to sell in a fair price. I'm 41, father of two girls (one is 2,7 years and the other is due May 7) and my favorite game is Wonder Boy 3 for the SEGA master system and Zelda games. I'm currently in a buying classic games spree and my targets are ColecoVision and Odyssey 2, with Intellivision in a close third place. Thanks.

[carew]

Hello everybody! My name is Adam and I've just become a member of this community. I am a huge fan of retro games and that's why I've decided to join this forum. Memories are still alive in me and I would love to play some old games from my past. :) Greetings!

[PDiggityDogg]

Hi everyone. Just got approved and saying hello. I have been looking for a better board to be a member of for awhile.