Britboy
12-17-2002, 10:58 AM
Well, my DP Guide (prize from the Survivor game) showed up last week, and let me tell you, it just knocked my socks off. I hadn't bothered ordering one, because my collecting had, quite frankly, started to taper off. I'm not a collector that MUST have all games, I usually stick to the ones I had as a kid or desperately wanted as a kid. I had gotten all of the Atari 2600 games I had owned or wanted. I started collecting Colecovision on the premise that I had begged my parents for one back in the day and they refused me. However, the Colecovision collection stalled at 37 games after I finally realized that the system wasn't everything I thought it was going to be when I was a 12 year old. After that, I concentrated more on PS2 and the classic games started to gather dust.
Enter the DP guide. Man, I had no idea this thing was so big, and no idea it was so comprehensive. Quite honestly I thought it was going to be an extensive newsletter type of thing, not a serious book like it is. I quickly saw that I had nowhere near all of the Atari cartridges I wanted. So many were listed that I had forgotten about, and the collecting fire began fueling again... Then I flipped over to Atari 5200, and immediately realized that was where I was headed next in my collection. Next, I turned to the NES section. I had previously decided against collecting NES just because the sheer volume of games made the task so daunting. However, the organized listings and reviews in this section made me realize it wasn't so impossible to go NES after all! The detailed descriptions enabled me to remember all the games I had or had wanted, and now I'm going after them with gusto. You'll be seeing more of me in this forum as well as the buying/selling forum. And the story does not end here, Part II of this will be posted in the off-topic forum...
In conclusion, this guide has really impressed the hell out of me. Joe, you and the staff really outdid yourselves with this. Great reviews, comprehensive listings, and even stories and pics to help really increase the reader's interest. In my opinion, this should be considered THE must-have resource for anyone interested in classic gaming. Once again, a fabulous, amazing, really professional job. And Joe, I guarantee you your friend Kevin would be proud.
Cheers, and thanks again!
Mark
Enter the DP guide. Man, I had no idea this thing was so big, and no idea it was so comprehensive. Quite honestly I thought it was going to be an extensive newsletter type of thing, not a serious book like it is. I quickly saw that I had nowhere near all of the Atari cartridges I wanted. So many were listed that I had forgotten about, and the collecting fire began fueling again... Then I flipped over to Atari 5200, and immediately realized that was where I was headed next in my collection. Next, I turned to the NES section. I had previously decided against collecting NES just because the sheer volume of games made the task so daunting. However, the organized listings and reviews in this section made me realize it wasn't so impossible to go NES after all! The detailed descriptions enabled me to remember all the games I had or had wanted, and now I'm going after them with gusto. You'll be seeing more of me in this forum as well as the buying/selling forum. And the story does not end here, Part II of this will be posted in the off-topic forum...
In conclusion, this guide has really impressed the hell out of me. Joe, you and the staff really outdid yourselves with this. Great reviews, comprehensive listings, and even stories and pics to help really increase the reader's interest. In my opinion, this should be considered THE must-have resource for anyone interested in classic gaming. Once again, a fabulous, amazing, really professional job. And Joe, I guarantee you your friend Kevin would be proud.
Cheers, and thanks again!
Mark