Do You Have Games You Won't Let Anyone Borrow?

[RegSNES]

I'm a pretty generous guy that will loan out my games to my friends if they'd like. I've let one of my friends borrow Lufia: The Fortress of Doom a while back and he returned it to me just the way I gave it to him.

Then there are some games I will not let anyone touch, no matter how tight I may be with the person. There are various reasons why I won't let some people borrrow some of my games. Sometimes it's because its a particular game. And not just because it may have taken me forever to find a copy. There are current gen games I won't let people borrow just because. I guess there are some games I just always want to have on me, like Capcom Classics Collection, Mega Man Anniversary Collection, or Gun-Nac.

So are there games in your collection you won't loan out?

[max 330 mega]

hmm.. all of them? if someone ever asked to borrow a game from my collection, that would probably mean they wanted to borrow either a neo geo game or turboduo game... not happening.

[Damaniel]

I'd pretty much let most of my friends borrow anything from my current-gen systems. I've even lent out my copy of Phoenix Wright (with *some* reluctance :)) a few times. Same goes with most of my older games, though most of them probably wouldn't be of interest to the people I know, who tend to play only the latest and greatest anyway. The only exceptions would be my rare/more valuable stuff (Caltron 6-in-1, Akumajo Dracula X for the Turbo CD, my Working Designs games).

[Richter Belmount]

not my terranigma , solid snake 2 , snatcher , ff 3 home brew and eb zero homebrew.

[Malon_Forever]

I don't let many people borrow my games except for 1 close friend. I wouldn't let anyone else borrow anything older that is worth more than 20 dollars lol....I'm worried it may come back.....differently lol.

[Mayhem]

Lend games? Usually not, simply because most people don't treat them as well as myself and take ages to give them back :P

[Damaramu]

None of them. Friends are more than welcome to come over and play but take them home? Nah.

[dreamcaster]

None of them. Friends are more than welcome to come over and play but take them home? Nah.
Same deal here.

[Ed Oscuro]

Since I'm trying to pare down my collection...nope LOL

Hell, I don't even trust people to handle games, especially ones in cardboard boxes. @_@

[p_b]

Depends on the friend. With some friends, I have absolutely no reservations about giving them all my games. I know that they'll treat them well, maybe even better than I would, simply because they're my games. Other people only get my "common" games, i.e. games which can readily be aquired again. And one person doesn't get anything at all, because that person managed to scratch every single game borrowed (or even the ones bought by himself).

[jajaja]

hmm.. all of them? if someone ever asked to borrow a game from my collection, that would probably mean they wanted to borrow either a neo geo game or turboduo game... not happening.

Same here. I wouldnt lend any of my games away. Especialy not disc based games. Or, i would probly lend my loose NES games away.

[JerseyDevil65]

I only have one friend that actually owns classic consoles and he only cares about playing the popular games (Mario, Zelda, Contra), so I let him borrow them since they are so easy to replace.

None of my friends have an XBox, so I don't have to worry about them borrowing my XBox games.

[PentiumMMX]

I'd never let anyone borrow my games unless I trust them, the game can be replaced cheaply, and I dion't have any important saves on it.

Example: I let a freind borrow my copy of Kirby's Dream Land 2, and when I got it back, all my files where gone!

[jferio]

Right now, the point is kind of moot for me, since I have only one friend who I would lend games to, and since he's also a bit of a collector, I have no reservations about lending him anything. He also has no reservations about lending stuff to me. In fact, I'm going to be refurbishing his old NES for him. :)

[mailman187666]

I would let my brother borrow my games because he also collects (doesn't live with me though). Some of my other friends ask to borrow my games and i come up with some bullshit excuse as to why I can't do it. Then my roommate I let borrow my games because, well, he lives downstairs. A couple times i went into his room and found my disk laying on top of his 360 without the case and I just say to him "come on man you know how I take care of my stuff." and since then he's been good about it. But other than that, I don't like to lend out the games because it always takes me too long to get them back, and i don't like seeing the missing empty spot where the game used to be. I would sell my friends certain games for cheaper though if it wasn't something of major value if they really wanted it.

[smork]

Yes, that's all of my disc games. I regularly loan out cart games (nothing valuable, but I have nothing cart based and valuable), like GBA and DS and such. Only to people I trust, tho.

Too easy to screw up a disc, no matter how careful you are.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

None of mine get loaned out. Basically, if someone wanted a couple Genesis games to borrow, I'd probably be cool with it, but the only games my friends would want to borrow are PS2, and I DO NOT lend out any of my disc media. CDs DVDs anything, I've gotten fucked by people in the past and they wouldn't replace it because 'it still works, don't be so anal.' Fuck that, I like my stuff to be as nice as possible.

[Retsudo]

None of them. I've learned my lesson concerning lending out games.

[Steven]

Back in the day my best pal Nelson lended me SNES World Heroes like crazy.... I used to lend games to friends back in the day, but that was when we were young and less caring of condition and such, it was much more wreckless times back then. Today I don't have any real gaming buds any more so it's not an issue with me.

The last game I let someone borrow was Silent Hill PS1 back in 2000. Fool lost it.

Last game I borrowed was CV: Aria of Sorrow -- about 4 weeks back. From my cousin.

[Garry Silljo]

It depends on who asks and if they can pass "the course." Yes, I'm that anal that getting the priveleldge of borrowing my games comes along with something not unlike a drivers test. Some people hear theres a test and just say "forget it". It's desgined more as a deterent in the first place. Those who pass have never failed my trust.

[Haoie]

I don't know anyone who'd want to borrow what I have.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Well, I have let people borrow things in the past and with the exception of one person who I know I can trust, it hasn't been the best experience. I let 2 people borrow games, do you think I got those games back? NO. I don't understand how these people live with themselves LOL . Even though the games "borrowed" aren't hard to replace, it still angers me.

But I will let one friend borrow stuff, and I have borrowed plenty from him too, I think I still have some of his stuff that I have to give back to him too, LOL @_@ .

Dave

[roushimsx]

I don't lend out a god damn thing anymore. Ask the guy that borrowed and never returned Panzer Dragoon Saga about that one :'( (this was back before the price on it skyrocketed, but that doesn't change the fact that it was one of my favorite games at the time and the asshat didn't give it back)

[Geddon_jt]

Jeez, I'm surprised at the majority of attitudes on this thread. They're just games, guys! :) Most of the time they are replaceable if there is a real calamity.

For me, half the fun of gaming is sharing with your friends. Obviously if a friend trashes a game or you think he will disrespect your stuff that is one thing, but normally I am more than happy to share. I used to swap some pretty dang rare/expensive Neo carts with friends back in college, even entire consoles sometimes. That kind of attitude works both ways too - if you have a lot of gamer friends, they wont think twice about letting you enjoy some of their stuff if you are generous with them.

[Abman]

I don't most of the time. I mean if they want to borrow a Gamecube game I am fine with it. But anything before that I say no most of the time.

Mainly because none of my friends keep good care of there games. I was mad for a little while at one of my friends for losing my instuction book to the Legend of Zelda Collector's edition Gamecube game. That made me realize I had to be careful. Of course that game is not that rare, but probably will get there eventually.

So just as long as the game is not rare I have no problem with it. Of course that does change from friend to friend. I can tell which ones will treat it well and which ones will lose it and/or break up the case.

[Slate]

Experience when i was a little kid gives me a big "NO" attitude.

I won't list the experiences as i don't think anyone wants to hear about them.

[SeGaFiEnD]

Most my stuff is to old, but my friend has a Genesis. I would lend him any of them 'cause he would take care of them. :D

[RegSNES]

I don't lend out a god damn thing anymore. Ask the guy that borrowed and never returned Panzer Dragoon Saga about that one :'( (this was back before the price on it skyrocketed, but that doesn't change the fact that it was one of my favorite games at the time and the asshat didn't give it back)

KILL. HIM. :angry:

[BIGMIKE]

i've loaned out Bubble Bath Babes to a local video game place before.........man did they have some offers pour in

[RJ]

In school (15+ yrs ago) it was common to swap Atari carts for a week or so. One guy kept my 2600 Crystal Castles (I had his Pitfall 2) & absolutely would NOT give it back. I badgered him every single day; he seemed to "forget" on purpose & found a sort of strange twisted humor in it. Summer vacation began (!!!) & I called & told him my dad & I were coming over for my damn game.

These days if it comes up in conversation I'll offer to loan a game/demo, the guy I usually trade w/ is very responsible plus he's my co-worker so where's he going to go?

My next-door neghbor's son graduated high school & I let him borrow 5 PS2 games from me as kind of a gift (his friends gasped when they saw the big box!) He had Tokyo Extreme Racer 0- the only one he played- Deus Ex, Silent Hill 3, MAT 1 & another one.

Recently he let me borrow GT4, Tenchu: WoH & Episode I Racer (DC). I took the Racer manual to work & it somehow got wet/ruined in my lunchbox. Boy, did I feel shitty about it! I told his dad what happened & said I'd replace it, or do whatever to make up for it, but he was cool w/ it.

[cyberfluxor]

Since my friends have current generation systems the only newer one I can share is Gamecube. The people with PS2's will sometimes borrow my PS1 games but not too often. I only have 2 friends that own older systems, one of which has a SMS and we rarely share those, but Genesis seems to be the bigger. It's a bit odd my friends don't share that often, maybe their afrade stuff will get lost into my collection.

[diskoboy]

Most of my friends who are all my age (32) don't play games, so I don't have that problem of "Can I borrow so and so?".

The last time I did let someone borrow a game, I never got it back. But it was Forgotten Worlds on the Genesis back in 1990 - so it doesn't bother me too badly.

[MachineGex]

I have seen it back-fire too many times. To me, it is kinda like loaning out money, I hate to do both.

[XNemesisXTyrantX]

Well, out of my friends, I'm the only one with a system from the 8-Bit and 16-Bit eras, so no one asks to borrow my games. If they did, I wouldn't lend out some games ie. Bubble Bobble 2 or Chrono Trigger, just because they are in good condition and I wouldn't want them to get beat up.
On the other hand, we usually let each other borrow games like Ps1/2 or gamecube games. Some of my friends, however, don't even deserve to look at my games. :evil: Sounds evil, i know. But the last time I let one of my old neighbors borrow CV:SOTN, they scratched it all up and cracked the case!

[handheldchick]

i let my sisters borrow ds games all the time,and a friend let me borrow suikoden 2 for a few months. i wont let anyone borrow my gba castlevania games simply because they are my fav games. and ive already had to get a few of them twice now due to letting people borrow them.

[theshizzle3000]

Yeah I had horrible experiences with loaning out games back in middle school. (someone actually let another person borrow one of my games talk about messed up) I guess the only thing I would let people borrow now is sports games cuz they are replacable. And I would definitely not loan out any game that I really like or took me eons to find.

[l_lamb]

None of them. Friends are more than welcome to come over and play but take them home? Nah.

Preach it. The last time I loaned out games was for my 2600 and I never got them back. I kept getting put off, then the kid's family moved and I didn't see them for almost 15 years. They had sold their system with my games at a garage sale years before. I don't like to lend anything disc-based out because most people think small scratches and touching the bottom of the disc is okay. Working for Blockbuster and Gamestop and seeing the condition of the discs that were brought in for trade taught me that.

[alec]

I used to let people borrow games all the time. There are still a few super nintendo games that I've never gotten back, ones that come to mind are:
Actraiser (missed the most)
F Zero
Joe & Mac
Spider man and the X men

Oh and for Genesis:
X-Men
Mortal Kombat
NHL 94

PSX:
Bushido Blade

These days, people don't ask to borrow my games so much because most of them don't have the same systems that I have. I have one friend who I will let borrow any of my Neo Geo games though, that because he will let me borrow any of his.

A friend of mine wanted to borrow my Super Nintendo and Final Fantasy II a few weeks ago, and I would have let him, except that my sister still plays the super regularly.




If you borrow a game from someone, GIVE IT BACK

[bunbunz23]

The only person I let borrow games is my best friend. He is probably the only friend I have that will return the game the same way. He has an Xbox and PS2 so I do not mind letting him borrow next gen games but classic stuff, I do not think I could do it.

[Hwj_Chim]

I don't borrow games to people. I used to but have had to many bad experences.

[Hammy]

i lend stuff out all the time, just as long as i borrow something of equal value in return (just in case!)

[Sailorneorune]

I have a couple of friends that I trust with my games, and they take care of the games they get from me. The only person I have had any real problems with is my ex... when we were still together, I lent him my GB Player, Outlaw Star, Slayers, and Sailor Moon anime DVDs as well as several Gamecube and GBA games. The DVDs are on the verge of ruin (only the Slayers Try discs were in bad shape to begin with... fucking Amazon Marketplace), and the GB Player was never returned. The Gamecube and GBA games are fine, because it's not too easy to mess those up.

Oh well, I have his DS. :fist:

People who don't take care of their games piss me off. People who don't take care of other people's games, more so. :deadhorse:

[Rogmeister]

I never really lent my games out because I didn't know many people who were into games...a few friends were but that didn't last long. One friend, however, would borrow books and take forever to give them back. I think he borrowed a Roger Corman book and kept it for about 3 years and he never did read it. After that, I decided he wouldn't get to borrow any of my stuff again.

My best friend borrowed my Game Boy and several games. He passed away while he still had them and I never got them back but, all things considered, they just weren't that important.

[Xantan the Foul]

I don't lend my games to anyone. Most people I know don't take care of things the way I do, and if something gets ruined, I don't want to get pissed at a friend (or pretend like I'm not as pissed off as I would really be).

[aaron7]

Never. I don't even play them myself!

[Xander]

Hum, I don't mind letting my friends borrowing my games. But they prefer playing it at my home :) My couch is so comfy :roll:

But I'm actually kind of sharing a collection with my best friend. It's a bit weird, I'll give a few exemple of how we work things out.

He sold me his old PS1 for 10$, just because he knew I would let him borrow it if the need to play his old game arose.

He co-bought (50-50) quite a few games with me on ebay (Bubble Bobble, TNMT1,2,3 for exemples), mostly because they were games he knew we would play together.

He borrowed few of my games (Xenogears and XS1 for exemples) for YEARS, and it was cool between us. Same for me, he gave me his boxed La Pucelle, Disagea, Phantom Brave and a few others, and I kept it for months.

I have moved to a new city last month, and we knew it was kind of the end of our collaboration. So he gently asked me if I wanted to buy him some of his game I borrowed for months, and he sold them to me for a very low price. He also gave me back most of my games (because he knows I'm the better one to keep track of everything), and just before I left, he gaves me his FFT (his favorite game) and told me to take great care of it, is it mine now? We both don't know, it's not important. He also gave me his Harvest Moon and as I gave him a disgusted look, he smiled and told me to trade it for some good oldschool game ^^. Since he knows he can borrow anything from my collection at anytime for as long as he wants, he don't mind if I keep most of our stuff at my home.

Now that we are separated with 500km, I continue the collection alone. I keep him informed on my new acquisition, and we both look forward to see eachother again, we will have tons of new games to play. And he will most probably go home with a few of my games at this moment :)

Anyone else sharing collection with other people?