After six years, my US Liscensed NES set is complete!!!

[swlovinist]

I am proud to announce that my US Liscensed NES set is complete! I thank all who have helped me, as I am finished. Stadium Events finally has a resting place on my shelf. This will easily be my biggest set completed, as game sets are getting harder to complete. I thank all who helped me on this forum.

http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/noisycricketroomofdoom

[ProgrammingAce]

Congradulations! That's awesome.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

You didn't trade off your Magiccard to complete your NES set, did you? Well, whatever, let me be the first to congratulate you on an awesome achievement.

[fishsandwich]

Congratulations, dude, that's awesome!

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[swlovinist]

I did, but it was well worth it :D. I got a good trade for it if you believe that. The bottom line is that I am happy to have gotten my last cart. I did not think I would ever get that sucker.

[kainemaxwell]

Congrats for the great accomplishment!!

[njiska]

Congrats on your acheivement. I tip my hat to you.

[dojosky]

WOOT Congratulations !!!!! John !!! Glad u accomplished that long time goal !!! :D.

[drummy]

Congrats, that is flippin' sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Sweet setup too.

[Overbite]

oh my jesus, and I thought I had too many games when I was looking for something to play and couldn't decide between any of them @_@

[Whiskers the Wonder Cat]

congrats there lad.

[Muscelli]

Thats the most impressive collection I have ever seen.. Congrats on completeion

[atari_overlord]

congrats on the finish. Oh what it must be like to have the nes game weight lifted. I am only at a little over 500 and am very much looking forward to the day I can walk past a garage sale without wondering if they have anything I need.

But the search is half the fun. Congrats again!

[boatofcar]

Awesome, just awesome. What was your hardest fought conquest?

[swlovinist]

That is a good question. Once I won Magicard, I knew I could get my last Nes Cart(at least). Thanks to the boards for that one! That was very lucky of me. Cheetahmen II was scored at CGE 2K4. Caltron(with Myriad box and inst), Flinstones SADP, Secret Scout, Menace Beach, and Baby Boomer all were done with the help of ebay and this forum as well. Almost the entire rest was done in the wild by ultimate luck. Almost every Nes box you see in my collection was found locally in Northern California. Hardest one to find for me was Secret Scout and Menace Veach. Not by price but just availability. I feel for anyone trying to complete the Nes set.

[Kejoriv]

Nice job! What was the most you paid for a game?

[Jibbajaba]

:bday: -_-

[Julio III]

Wow! Good Job. Congratutlations on one awesome completed set!

[Truffle]

That is a good question. Once I won Magicard, I knew I could get my last Nes Cart(at least). Thanks to the boards for that one! That was very lucky of me. Cheetahmen II was scored at CGE 2K4. Caltron(with Myriad box and inst), Flinstones SADP, Secret Scout, Menace Beach, and Baby Boomer all were done with the help of ebay and this forum as well. Almost the entire rest was done in the wild by ultimate luck. Almost every Nes box you see in my collection was found locally in Northern California. Hardest one to find for me was Secret Scout and Menace Veach. Not by price but just availability. I feel for anyone trying to complete the Nes set.

Huh, where in N. CA are you? :)

[tylerwillis]

/salute

[KingCobra]

Ohhh... MY GOD!! @_@ 8-)

Very nice! That whole colletion is awesome.

[Sothy]

sup :rocker:

[SuperShark]

:cheers: Congradulations man. What does it fell like to have completed a collection for a console with so many games, haveing ever game possible for something with such a huge library. I am hopeing to someday get a complete Genny collection, and I know that it has no where near as many games as aa NES.

Is it like you have always been trying to catch something that seemed impossible to catch, like a horse much faster than you with a lot more stamina, and then you finaly caught up with it and jumped on top of it and got it, and then you are like, yay I finaly got it, and then, then, then what? Is it anything like that, and what do you do now that you have 'caught that horse'? :2gunfire: :deadhorse:

[mezrabad]

X_x

Pretty damned cool.

[-hellvin-]

Right on man! Congrats!

I think my poor genny project will be getting much neglect thanks to my neo geo =\.

[Vectorman0]

Congratulations on finishing your attack run. Have any other sets been plaguing you like the NES one did?

And is your n-gage set fully complete including the online-order only titles?

[exit]

Nice job man, the best feeling in the world is when you achieve your own personal goal.

[Qixmaster]

What's next John? SNES?

good luck and congrats!

I am still working on my NES set... it seems closer every day. 35 to go...

-Josh

[johno590]

Congrats dude, Must be a good feeling to know you own every game for that system... hopefully one day I will be able to say that about something.

[uptheirons1982]

congratulations!!! hopefully i'll be able to finish my NA nes collection before the new year. 4 unlicenced to go...

[Dr. Morbis]

Is it like you have always been trying to catch something that seemed impossible to catch, like a horse much faster than you with a lot more stamina, and then you finaly caught up with it and jumped on top of it and got it, and then you are like, yay I finaly got it, and then, then, then what? Is it anything like that? LOL Man that is some funny shit.

Anyway, "Congraturuation. You feel strongth welling in your body"

What percentage of your NES games are boxed or complete?

[Famidrive-16]

You have a picture of just your complete NES set?

[rick weis]

CONGRATS John,

now i can say i live 2 miles from someone that has a complete US NES set. @_@

Rick

[y-bot]

CONGRATS John,

now i can say i live 2 miles from someone that has a complete US NES set. @_@

Rick

And he can say he lives 2 miles from someone with the most insane Atari 2600 collection in the northwest. And I live 15 miles from both of you!

Congrats John, I just bought a collection last weekend and I am getting very close to completing Atari 5200 (need 2), Atari 7800 (need 4) & Vectrex (need 3).

y-bot

[swlovinist]

I do not have the N-gage online ones yet, but soon I will. I have alot of options, as I am only 22 games away from SMS, 25 from 5200, and 13 away from a 7800 collection. I am also 2 away from RCA studio and 3 away from Virtual Boy. If I want to get real ugly, I am only 5 away from my Astrocade set as well, now that I got Sneaky Snake. To me, everything from here on out is gravy, for the mountain has been climbed


On a side note, I figure with me, Rick and y-bot so near, we could form a video game Voltron!!!

[Lothars]

Congrats

Im happy for you, it 's a great accomplishment :D

That is awesome though

[anagrama]

I am hopeing to someday get a complete Genny collection, and I know that it has no where near as many games as aa NES.


Actually, it's not that far off - the US library for both have 700-odd titles, right?

[poloplayr]

respect.

[captain nintendo]

Congrats!

I am just about the 600 mark for NES myself, with around 520 CIB. I hope to be done around this time next year, but dont want to push too fast.

[shvnsth]

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A COLLECTION LIKE THAT.

HOLY FUCKING HELL, THAT IS A GAME COLLECTION TO RIVAL THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

[shaggy]

I am proud to announce that my US Liscensed NES set is complete! I thank all who have helped me, as I am finished. Stadium Events finally has a resting place on my shelf. This will easily be my biggest set completed, as game sets are getting harder to complete. I thank all who helped me on this forum.

http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/noisycricketroomofdoom

How many games are in a licensed NES game set?

[DreamTR]

I'm confused, he said "licensed", but he mentioned unlicensed stuff like Myriad and Secret Scout.....there's around 770-775 I think...

[rbudrick]

Great Job. :-)

BTW, does this include the yellow test carts and/or the NWC90 cart? I mean, I guess they aren't licensed, since they are first party (do they really have to license themselves?), but I thought I'd ask.

-Rob

[DreamTR]

rbudrick, I think he means "games", not special circumstance carts.

[prismra]

Very nice, man!

BTW, what is Magiccard? :embarrassed:

[ice1605]

Very nice, man!

BTW, what is Magiccard? :embarrassed:

I *think* that MagicCard is a rare Atari 2600 game. As an NES collector, I salute you. I only have around 55 NES games, which pales in comparison to your collection.

May the Force be with you!

Ice

[Enixis]

What an achievement! Congrats.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Very nice, man!

BTW, what is Magiccard? :embarrassed:

Heh, it's actually called Magicard. I stupidly spelt it wrong in my original post. :eek 2:

Anyways, here (http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=22024) it is.

[Bronty-2]

I'm confused, he said "licensed", but he mentioned unlicensed stuff like Myriad and Secret Scout.....there's around 770-775 I think...

That's definitely about right for the complete set, although licensed only would be a fair bit less so I'm not sure which number we're working with.

Throwing out the unlicensed would reduce the set by maybe 100 games (that's a guess).

[smokehouse]

Congrats buddy, truly impressive!

[y-bot]

On a side note, I figure with me, Rick and y-bot so near, we could form a video game Voltron!!!

If Lothor and his Robeasts ever try and invade the Portland/Vancouver area they're in trouble.

y-bot

[Felixthegamer]

Impressive,most impressive! Congrats! I am sure all the hunting and everything has paid off and it must feel great!

[swlovinist]

To clarify what a I have in my Nes Collection(which I am double checking and testing right now).

I have every US game(minus variants, any Sachen, test carts, Panesian, and NWC cart). I have all of the unliscensed non sachen carts(American Video Entertainment, Tengen, Bunch, Wisdom Tree, Color Dreams, among others), but I do not feel that spending 1000 to 1500 on the Panesian games is worth it to pursue. I count the liscensed set as every game you could go out and buy that was a grey liscensed cart, and that dam Stadium Events is one of them. If I was rich or happy going into debt I would pursue some of the others but as of right now I am happy to say that I have a complete liscensed set. I have approximately 450 of my games boxed and protected, many of them the evil unliscensed games that are now very hard to find. I now want to pursue some easier sets, although I know that I will want to push up my boxed count, as most of my games for other systems are boxed.

[pr8cjb]

Great stuff! I remember the joy of completeing a 100 piece set, and I have to admire your determination to finish off one that size.

[DigitalSpace]

Congratulations! I remember first reading about your quest shortly after I joined the board, so I'm glad to see you finally accomplished it. :D

[Jumpman Jr.]

That is freaking sweet. I've seen your signature as "1 NES game left - Stadium Events" for so long, I will miss it.

congrats!

[cracked8ball]

Congrats. Most people try to get them all and get burned out after awhile (myself :D).

[christhegamer]

Exellent!!! :)

I hope that I am as good as a collector as you are some day! (I only have 30-or-so licenced NES games...)

[Videogamerdaryll]

Congradulations! That's awesome.

Ditto...

[swlovinist]

I am overwhelmed by all the congrats, I would not of even been close is it wasn't to the kind and generous gamers on this board. Again thank you folks, and I will try to return the favor by keeping an eye out for those must have games people need!