Who's the Youngest with a Complete Nes Collection? [Archive]

Parpunk

12-07-2006, 08:48 PM

Hey guys. Well i was just thinking about something and i wanted to know if anyone knows whos the youngest person (that they know of) to totally complete the US NES collection cart only. Im very curious because after christmas this year im gonna be down to about 8 NES games i still need. SE, Bubble bath babes, peek a boo poker, Myriad, and Cheetahmen. ( think my mom might have got me hot slots as a surprise gift. And maybe a couple commons. (depends on what my parents and girlfriend might have got me for xmas) But I was down to only needing 30 nes games and i gave em both my list and they said they have been doing a lot of buying, so hopefully after the holidays that number might be knocked down a bit. Anyways im 20 years old turn 21 in january and was wondering if anyone else was my age when they completed theirs?

Vectorman0

12-07-2006, 09:38 PM

Jumpman Jr. is around your age, he is the only person that comes to mind.

Parpunk

12-07-2006, 09:54 PM

hmm that would be pretty sweet to be the youngest dude to do it. im gonna try to get the rest of em next year for sure

s1lence

12-07-2006, 11:18 PM

Yeah, I thought Jumpman had a complete set and was under 21 when he got it.

Jumpman Jr.

12-07-2006, 11:41 PM

I've always thought it was me as well, but thats just becuase I never heard anything about anybody else younger than me completing it.
I completed my collection in July of this year, which would mean that I completed it at 20 years and 7 months.

I'm still 20, and still sitting on the complete collection.

Aussie2B

12-08-2006, 12:03 AM

Jumpman Jr.

12-08-2006, 12:11 AM

Parpunk

12-08-2006, 12:45 PM

Heh, so since there are so many collectors that have complete NES collections you guys gotta find some other factor to tack on to somehow outdo everyone else?

Why even concern yourself with such things? The only purpose can be to show off and act like you're better than all the other collectors. Just enjoy what you have for yourself and to heck with whatever other collectors are doing.

lol figures there always has to be that one person who just trys to spoil it for everyone. listen dude im not in anyway bragging or showing off crap. I started this forum just because my one band member was like "dude i wonder if your the youngest punk to get every game" so it got me thinking. Obviousely im not because of jumpman so thats that. Besides i think its freaking AWESOME for jumpman. And aside from it being awesome i think its very very impressive. Trust me there arent too many 20 year kids who really have the TIME and of course the MONEY to do such a thing. So I think its kinda cool and should be noticed at least a little bit. Not saying they are better than someone who is older, but respected. It really takes a lot of time and determination to do such a thing. And being 20 i have a million things going on (getting my own place, starting to pay my own bills, etc.) It really takes a lot of skillfull spending to get this far. i mean yea its not that big of deal, but in reality it kinda is in a way. After seeing jumpmans forum the day he got every game was awesome, and really gave me some more motivation to keep collecting. Because im sure it has happened to tons of traders that when they get like 500 games they dont know whether to just sell em or keep going for it. (i know i did). So i didnt start this forum to be fighting with someone, so why be so negative?
Anyways congrats jumpman! thats awesome dude, i cant wait until i get there. One thing thats holding me up is when i started collecting i was always under the impression i would find stadium events, and the panesians at a yard sale (lol wishful thinking) but 3 years later i still haveent lol. Biggest regret i have is that i didnt buy them back when they were cheaper, now i gotta pay the price to get em now lol. But still im gonna do it and try to do it next year because i think it would be awesome, whats wrong with setting goals lol? If i didnt have any goals i would have sold it all a year ago, which i was considering, but im extremely glad i didnt. So trying to get every game by the time im 21 was a little goal i set for myself, and im sorry if that offends anyone lol. geesh Anyways jumpman i might possibly be getting a cib cheetahmen, so ill let ya have my box if i do. ill keep ya posted bro. thanks

DreamTR

12-08-2006, 01:06 PM

I completed my NES set in 1999 or 2000 (carts only at the time) and that would have made me 23 or 24. Of course, I did not have to pay anywhere near as much money as everyone is these days, but I am paying heavily for boxes I was missing.

That's my advice to anyone, ALWAYS grab the box if you can locate it, they are just going to get tougher and tougher to locate.

Aussie: I don't think there are TOO many people with complete NES collections. I would say less than 20 for sure. A few years ago, I am not sure how many others besides myself had one.

s1lence

12-08-2006, 01:15 PM

You know what the cool thing is about you younger guys collecting NES games? You are collecting for a system that is almost as old as you are, which proves that young people like older games as well.

cyberfluxor

12-08-2006, 04:11 PM

You guys are making me feel old! Although I have no plans on completing any consule collection I would like to however get those Saturn games under my belt, but am in no rush. It's cool to see determination towards something that requires quite a bit of work, time and lots of cash. What would be more interesting is to hear how long it took someone that's just 20 to get complete collections. Did you already have 100s from your childhood or did you just save up pay checks and purge into getting hundreds of NES games off eBay bundles? I know a few on here do big bunch purchases from online auctions and it's really the only way sometimes to make it worth your money.

itobandito

12-08-2006, 04:45 PM

In no way am i trying to bash you guys by saying this but I find it VERY interesting that you were only 20 when you finished your collection. This is for a system that came out when you were only what 1 years old when it came out?? Thats really impressive that you respect the classics. But I guess its the same with movies, for example, I was born in 79 and I like star wars that came out in what 77? Congrats guys.

Parpunk

12-08-2006, 05:16 PM

thanks a lot man, see thats what im saying i kinda thought it was kinda cool as well to still be a semi kid and have almost all of em lol. i was born in january 1986. So yea i guess it kinda is like im collecting for a system thats about as old as me lol. never really thought of it like that, but it does sound pretty neat in a dorky way. haha. As for the other question about how>> well i was waiting to tell my whole story when i actually finish it, but for a quick sum up of things, i got my first nintendo when i was like 4, had about 10 or 15 games, sold it off at a yard sale when i was like 9 and then moved on to the snes, and n64, sega saturn, genesis. had em all when i was a kid. But then started downloading roms when i was 17 and playing the old classics, then got a top load for christmas in i think 2004. Picked up like 20 games from this thrift shop and then i was hooked lol. Started hitting flea markets every single weekend and before i knew it was over 100 games. And anyways a few summers later of doing the same thing, and hitting ebay and trade sites finally got over 700 games now. lol. As i said thats a brief story and will go into a ton of detail when i finish it lol. but as for this forum i was just curious whos around my age that has done it. :-)

icarwngs55

12-08-2006, 06:00 PM

I have a ton of NES games boxed I think I am around 400, though I have not counted lately. The only thing that holds me up is that I do not buy NES games from ebay. I made a deal with myself that I would only buy NES games I found in the wild, and I only buy games if they have a box or if the lot of loose games is cheap enough. I have a ton of loose games but I do not count those towards my 400 total (those are complete game/box/manual). I KNOW I KNOW, I have been around this forum long enough to know you guys are saying this kid will never find stadium events, hot slots, etc in the wild. So one day I may break my rule, but for now it is all flea markets and yard sales. Though I do still buy my demos and promo items off ebay (I think I have one of the more extensive demo collections for SNES, N64, GB, GBA, VB). So me being 21 I think I am doing ok with my collection.

Mike

mrmark0673

12-08-2006, 06:48 PM

Where do you guys find the cash to do this? I'm 22, and I don't have the kind of side cash to throw a couple hundred bucks on an NES game. I've just been focusing on thrift stores, flea markets and craigslist. I'm in the 200 range, but I had maybe 50 from childhood. I don't even want to think about a complete set, I'm just trying to move forward and collect as much as I can for as cheap as I can.

tom

12-08-2006, 07:29 PM

I always have to ask, what's complete NES collection?

complete US collection only?
complete US with complete Euro-only released titles?
complete US with complete Japanese-only released titles?
complete US with complete Chinese/Taiwan-only (Sachen) released titles?
complete US with complete released Euro/Japan?
complete US with complete Euro/Japan/Chinese/Taiwan-only released titles?

clarification please, as many seem to have 'complete US' but many times include Sachen titles, which is like ...weird... surely Japan titles are more interesting.

icarwngs55

12-08-2006, 07:40 PM

I would say it was US releases plus Sachen titles, but not pal or Japan releases. Also some include the NWC cart in this (both grey and gold) I would argue that those ar enot necessary seeing as how they were contest prizes and not actually released.

Mike

Parpunk

12-08-2006, 08:58 PM

im just including the us releases and not sachens yet. prolly later but for now just the US releases. i have a few PAL games that i found at a game show but thats pretty much it. i also have about 250-300 CIB NES Games as well including a whole bunch of the rares like caltron, F2, Bubble bobble 2 all CIB. as well as many others that i aquired in a very sweet trade about 2 years ago. As for the question about the money involed. LOL i have to say some very very skillfull buying lol. Dude i make 8 bucks an hour. So im defintly not raking in the dough to buy these games LOL. What happens is im actually fortunate enough to live in a location where i can go out on a weekend and find like 3 NES systems and like 20 games on a decent day easily. And mostly for a few bucks lol. (live in the boonies) So after lots of reselling and trading i manage to scrape up enough extra side cash to buy the games i cant find in the wild. But to be honest about 80% of my collection has come from being found in the wild, so ive had a lot of luck so far. Plus believe it or not where i live the cost of living is down so low that 8 bucks an hour is actually kinda decent in my town HAHA! and my house payment is only $250.00 a month lol. So eh i get by, but it does slow down the buying through the winter when i cant go out and find anything lol.

Aussie2B

12-09-2006, 12:55 AM

lol figures there always has to be that one person who just trys to spoil it for everyone. listen dude im not in anyway bragging or showing off crap. I started this forum just because my one band member was like "dude i wonder if your the youngest punk to get every game" so it got me thinking. Obviousely im not because of jumpman so thats that. Besides i think its freaking AWESOME for jumpman. And aside from it being awesome i think its very very impressive. Trust me there arent too many 20 year kids who really have the TIME and of course the MONEY to do such a thing. So I think its kinda cool and should be noticed at least a little bit. Not saying they are better than someone who is older, but respected. It really takes a lot of time and determination to do such a thing. And being 20 i have a million things going on (getting my own place, starting to pay my own bills, etc.) It really takes a lot of skillfull spending to get this far. i mean yea its not that big of deal, but in reality it kinda is in a way. After seeing jumpmans forum the day he got every game was awesome, and really gave me some more motivation to keep collecting. Because im sure it has happened to tons of traders that when they get like 500 games they dont know whether to just sell em or keep going for it. (i know i did). So i didnt start this forum to be fighting with someone, so why be so negative?

Man, your posts are really hard to read when you use so little proper punctuation.

I'm not offended or anything, nor am I trying to start a fight. I'm impressed by anyone who has the determination to complete a system library, especially one as large as the NES's, so I congratulate you on that. However, I think when you stray into the territory of comparing yourself to others, then it just seems like it's nothing more than a competition.

It's funny that you emphasize time and money, though. Honestly, I find nothing impressive about someone with a lot of time or money to spare. Generally, a kid with tons of games is just an indication that he comes from a better off family than the next guy. I am far more impressed by, say, a 35-year-old collector who manages to complete a collection after years and years of slowly collecting by trying to scrape up enough time and money between having a family to support, bills to pay, and a full-time job. Not that I know what your situation is; I'm just speaking in a general sense.

skankinmack

12-09-2006, 01:24 AM

It's funny that you emphasize time and money, though. Honestly, I find nothing impressive about someone with a lot of time or money to spare. Generally, a kid with tons of games is just an indication that he comes from a better off family than the next guy. I am far more impressed by, say, a 35-year-old collector who manages to complete a collection after years and years of slowly collecting by trying to scrape up enough time and money between having a family to support, bills to pay, and a full-time job. Not that I know what your situation is; I'm just speaking in a general sense.

well sorry we can't all be 35. I am a nes collector who is 21 and my collection is somewhere around 625. That being said, i don't get any help financially from my family. Car, phone, hydro, rent,food, i pay it all out of my own pocket. So why is it any less impressive when someone like me has a big/complete collection? at least i have passion for what i'm doing, so why do you need a reason to make me feel like a jerk? All you should care about is your life, your collection, not anyone elses'. people's situations in their life and their means to obtain these games don't really matter, all that matters is if they enjoy what they are doing.

icarwngs55

12-09-2006, 02:58 AM

well sorry we can't all be 35. I am a nes collector who is 21 and my collection is somewhere around 625. That being said, i don't get any help financially from my family. Car, phone, hydro, rent,food, i pay it all out of my own pocket. So why is it any less impressive when someone like me has a big/complete collection? at least i have passion for what i'm doing, so why do you need a reason to make me feel like a jerk? All you should care about is your life, your collection, not anyone elses'. people's situations in their life and their means to obtain these games don't really matter, all that matters is if they enjoy what they are doing.

I SECOND THIS GUY! I got my collection at my age (21) from hard work and thrifty spending. I work hard at my job and school so I can have fun too. So as for this other guys nonsense ramblings of how he feels. WHO CARES!?! Not me. You take care ya'll

Mike

ubersaurus

12-09-2006, 03:02 AM

Who's the youngest to have a totally complete NES collection, all US released games plus the sachens?

How old was Portnoyd when he completed his?

xmagxus

12-09-2006, 07:04 AM

nothing wrong with young collectors having a lot of games >.> I mean i'm 21 and while i dont really have a lot of nes games (prolly around 100 or so) I collect other systems and heck I know people younger than me with pretty large collections for various systems. I usually focus on whatever the current gen systems are, for instances I used to collect for ps one up till around 2002 and ended that at around 700-800 games roughly, outside of ps one my largest collections are xbox (450), ps2 (500) and also have pretty nice DS and psp collections ds is close to 200 now, psp is around 120, xbox 360 is sitting at 87 out of 89 US releases, gamecube was never a big focus for me I maxerd gcn out at around 130 games.

Anyway i am rambling and tired lol. My point is age doesnt really deterimine a collection size, collection size is determined by how insane some of us are lol.

Parpunk

12-09-2006, 09:19 AM

AUSSIE-----Poor punctuation because im in a hurry typing because im at work and im not supposed to be online lol. As far as scraping money together, if you had read the last post right above the one you posted it clearly stated i make 8 bucks an hour and how i obtain money to get this stuff :-) look up..^^ I wish i was one of those super rich kids who could just spend and spend like i didnt care. But yes i was one of the ones to slowly and painfully scrape my collection together and has taken me about 3 years. (sorry it hasnt taken me longer??) Im just lucky and fortunate that i found a lot of the toughest ones for a great deal. I mean like 2 years ago i traded a genesis model 3 and a few games for a cib Flintstones 2 lol. So lots of trades and deals like that is how i got the hardest to find games. NO HELP FROM MY PARENTS EITHER. Well maybe a little help i guess, because everytime my mom was out yardsaling she would always pick me up any nes stuff if it was cheap. And then give it to me to sell or whatever, but as for actually buying off ebay>>>> NEVER until maybe this christmas on the last ones i need. As for what i said about TIME and MONEY, yes there is something a little impressive about someone to get all this stuff when they DONT have NO TIME and defintly NO MONEY LOL

Aussie2B

12-09-2006, 06:54 PM

All you should care about is your life, your collection, not anyone elses'. people's situations in their life and their means to obtain these games don't really matter, all that matters is if they enjoy what they are doing.

That's exactly what I was saying in the first place. As a collecting community, we should all look at each collector independently, and congratulate each person for what they've accomplished via their passion for games. We don't need to start comparing each other by numbers. Doing it faster, at a younger age, or having a bigger collection or more time and money are not factors that deserve more praise. Somebody who is struggling with money but has mustered up a collection of 20 games that they really love isn't less impressive than some 18-year-old kid with rich parents who has 2000 games. But that doesn't mean there's anything "wrong" with a young person with tons of games.

So if you guys want to get into the comparing games, you have to accept that not everybody defines "impressive" in the same way. It's not always who's fastest, youngest, and has the most. I said what I would find most impressive, but that doesn't mean I'm anything like that myself (I'm nowhere near 35, for one thing).

Parpunk

12-09-2006, 06:59 PM

cool man i see your point. anyways i still think its a cool topic and im still curious if there are anymore young collectors with tons of stuff, post your collections :-)

Jumpman Jr.

12-10-2006, 12:30 AM

Anyways jumpman i might possibly be getting a cib cheetahmen, so ill let ya have my box if i do. ill keep ya posted bro. thanks

Thanks man. Yeah, keep me posted.

You know what the cool thing is about you younger guys collecting NES games? You are collecting for a system that is almost as old as you are, which proves that young people like older games as well.

Yeah, it�s pretty cool. Although I was only born when the NES came out, I DID grow up with it, and that�s the reason I�ve always wanted to complete it.

What would be more interesting is to hear how long it took someone that's just 20 to get complete collections. Did you already have 100s from your childhood or did you just save up pay checks and purge into getting hundreds of NES games off eBay bundles?

It took me about 18 months to complete it. Pretty quick, really.

Where do you guys find the cash to do this? I'm 22, and I don't have the kind of side cash to throw a couple hundred bucks on an NES game.

Its not so much that I spend so much on NES games, its more that I don�t spend money on anything else. My collection gets 99% of the money that I earn.

I always have to ask, what's complete NES collection?

Just all the US games for me. Including all three Panesians CIB, Cheetahmen II, Stadium Events, Myriad, etc.. No import stuff for me

I'm still going for a CIB collection, but I'm not 100% focused on it at the moment as I'm ridiculously close to knocking off a few more libraries.

cyberfluxor

12-10-2006, 01:48 AM

It took me about 18 months to complete it. Pretty quick, really.

Wow, that's pretty amazing. And you said you spent nearly 99% of your money on your collection, that's real determination there. I very much so limit my spending and most of the time end up spending more on gas than games. I'm just a cheap cheap bastard most of the time or am too picky about picking up a game.

Aussie2B:
You need to relax. There was a simple inquiry about who is the youngest complete collector not who has the largest balls. It's actually an interesting topic to see how fast people can grab these games and put them on their shelves and it's what makes them unique and great conversationists. I'd like to see you having a bit more fun on the topic rather than bashing people for being young with rich parents, which by the way none of them have even admitted to.

tom

12-10-2006, 03:34 AM

So basically no-one has a complete NES collection, just a 'complete USA NES collection'

Adol

12-10-2006, 08:51 AM

I SECOND THIS GUY! I got my collection at my age (21) from hard work and thrifty spending. I work hard at my job and school so I can have fun too. So as for this other guys nonsense ramblings of how he feels. WHO CARES!?! Not me. You take care ya'll

Mike

I agree too.
I'm not in NES collection,but i had complete japanese MD/MCD/32X and PC Engine Hucard/CD/SCD/ACD collections by 1999,and i was 19! (that's like 1500 games total)
I had SMS complete collection as well (European+US exclusives)..

And all this without help of the family,only my work

And for same reasons than you: i have grown up with Nes/SMS,then MD/PC Engine (i'm 26 years now)

And soon i'll reach another dream: complete Super Famicom collection (1450 titles approx.),still missing 150!

All of this complete in box,of course..that'd be my 21st complete collection!

Parpunk

12-10-2006, 10:58 AM

I agree too.
I'm not in NES collection,but i had complete japanese MD/MCD/32X and PC Engine Hucard/CD/SCD/ACD collections by 1999,and i was 19! (that's like 1500 games total)
I had SMS complete collection as well (European+US exclusives)..

And all this without help of the family,only my work

And for same reasons than you: i have grown up with Nes/SMS,then MD/PC Engine (i'm 26 years now)

And soon i'll reach another dream: complete Super Famicom collection (1450 titles approx.),still missing 150!

All of this complete in box,of course..that'd be my 21st complete collection!

Wow thats awesome man! See us youngens are more determined i guess lol. And honestly i would say i always spent about 80% of all the cash i made on Game stuff as well.I almost had to, to be able to get this far. So i can totally see what jumpman means. I was there too lol. As for the rich parents........eh not really. My old man has his own Body Shop which rolls in the $ but he nor my mom, ever get on ebay and buy me anything lol. they have no idea what to look for lol. And plus both of them have like NO computer skills lol. even this christmas my tells ME to sign into their ebay account and add stuff to her watchlists (i dont think she really knows how lol) And then some how ....some way they just figured out how to use paypal, so i think i might possibly get some of the ones i still need for xmas this year, but besides that i have had NO help from parents, besides whatever they picked me up at yard sales. Which was pretty much just some nes consoles and games that i ended up reselling. What really gave me a huge boost in my collection was getting like almost all the rare games (besides the inane ones) all from an old collector for practically nothing. its a long story and i really dont feel like going through it again as ive told it a million times but heres a link to it if anyone is interested:

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=70&enterthread=y

just scroll down to where i posted there. But after that huge trade it was pretty easy from there to get all the ones (except for the extreme rares lol). So anyways i guess a lot of luck , and also being at the right place at the right time was how i started collecting this stuff, and was able to get a lot of it without having to spend a fortune. :-)

cyberfluxor

12-12-2006, 09:54 PM

All of this complete in box,of course..that'd be my 21st complete collection!

Dear lord that's a lot of stuff. Do you have a picture or an account on the videogamecollectors.com?

skankinmack

12-12-2006, 11:35 PM

its a long story and i really dont feel like going through it again as ive told it a million times but heres a link to it if anyone is interested:

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=70&enterthread=y

just scroll down to where i posted there. But after that huge trade it was pretty easy from there to get all the ones (except for the extreme rares lol). So anyways i guess a lot of luck , and also being at the right place at the right time was how i started collecting this stuff, and was able to get a lot of it without having to spend a fortune. :-)

thats is the most insane stuff i have ever seen, you must be the luckiest person in the world. you should go buy some lottery tickets or something. I am SO JEALOUS of you.

wrldstrman

12-13-2006, 12:12 AM

So basically no-one has a complete NES collection, just a 'complete USA NES collection'

When you think of complete as in every game that could play in a nes no one will ,nor will anyone ever have a complete collection..same as in atari and every other console..nes there are probally a few thousand pirate games, pal, scahen etc, etc etc. For those of us that live in the US a complete collection would be every released US game. as in games you could buy in your local store...

As far as I know no one has a complete US nes collection box, manual, game Ive seen a few close but they were all missing something.

I do agree it is more impressive to have found all the games by buying them new or at yard sales, thrifts and flea markets over time.

DreamTR

12-13-2006, 02:20 AM

Tom: If we are going just by NES, and not the Famicom equivalent, then it should be defined as just "NES". To answer your questions:

I always have to ask, what's complete NES collection?

complete US collection only? (Can be with or without boxes or manuals, there are up to 20 that I believe with at least cart only. AS far as complete with all manual,s, boxes, and everything else, JHD7 used to own everything as far as I know, perhaps missing one box, but I recall him having everything complete at one point. I have every game including ALL of the contest carts, but I am missing a few boxes)
complete US with complete Euro-only released titles?-(I've got all the European only titles as well. I'm not sure how many of the 20 that completed the NES NTSC collection have the Euro/Australian titles, I would say less than 5 have these.)
complete US with complete Japanese-only released titles?-No one that I know has this. There would have to be at least 600 Japan "only" titles notncluding name changes and what have you. I am going to try and collect all of the Famicom and Famicom Disk games one of these days when I have time, and I will consider it the toughest collection to obtain because of the language barrier and rarities of some of the carts, but I have around 650 different already.)
complete US with complete Chinese/Taiwan-only (Sachen) released titles?-(I've got all the Sachen titles, but this company is as bootleg as it gets....)

So to really answer your question, on this site, we consider complete NES collections to be complete NTSC NES collections.

catbox_9

12-13-2006, 04:39 AM

I'm only 19 so if I had a complete collection, I'd be in the running. Sadly, I don't have a complete collection (not even close) so I guess I'm out. I always thought it would be cool to complete a collection but the problem is with 700+ games, do you really enjoy them all, or do you just have them to have them? Eventually I want to collect a complete library for a system but I'll probably start with something a little easier than the NES. If I upgrade to something harder, I guess I'd go for the Atari 2600.

Parpunk

12-13-2006, 12:27 PM

id say about 70 percent of my collection has been from finding stuff in the wild. Im fortunate enough to live in a location where this kinda stuff can still be found. (harder now than when i first started though) As for catbox id say yea its kinda tough trying to get every NES Game especially if your only source for games would be ebay. If i would have had to buy everything offline i would have never got this far and probably would have gave up a long time ago. Anyways i also wouldnt consider this a contest. It was just something i thought about and was curious. Good luck to ya man on what ever route you take on the games.

cyberfluxor

12-13-2006, 03:02 PM

catbox_9:
I don't know about some of the others but to answer your question on my end (since I'm hitting the 900 area with all my games) whenever I purchase a game I try to play it when I get home. However, this doesn't mean I'll spend the whole day/night or week playing it and I may not even get back with it. I try to concentrate on playing 3-5 of my games at any time (hence why I have 5 systems hooked up at 2 different TVs) and randomly might play a game off the shelf if I have an itch for it. Most of my collection is from the wild but when it comes to more specific systems (such as the Saturn) I tend to buy a lot online because I can't get many of the wanted titles around here.

I have identified myself as a Saturn collector and gamer and have been putting effort into getting the entire library in the USA, pick up exclusives from EU (and keeping any duplicates I get), and grabbing select exclusive titles in Japan (which currently there's around 30 games I want). I'm nowhere near where I want to end up but I've been cruising at a nice rate and can see myself getting bigger bundles and more expensive titles (like Panzer Dragoon Saga and Silvergun) after college when there's more income for me to play with. Right now due to limited funds I concentrate on buying up quantities of cheaper and common games. It's also easier to begin this way (and I've been collecting for consules almost 4 years now).

wrldstrman

12-13-2006, 11:00 PM

DreamTR

12-13-2006, 11:06 PM

cyberfluxor: Daytona Netlink Edition is going to be the toughest for you for US games...get it now if you can, it was the last game to complete my Satrun collection.

wrldstrman: Atari 2600 is actually a system I don't want to complete entirely, I'm going for one of almost everything boxed, but purposely statying away from Sears and Atari duplicates of games, but collecting the Sears only (not released otherwise titles such as Submarine Commander and Stellar Track) so in that sense, the only stuff I really will never try to obtain unless they fall in my lap are: Video Life, Eli's Ladder, etc. I pretty much have 95% of the 2600 library minus around 10 tough to find titles boxed, and it really only took a litle bit of time to locate most of the items, but the XONOX boxes, Mr. Do's Castle, Out of Control, X-Man, and Springer are eluding me....

catbox_9

12-14-2006, 04:25 AM

cyberfluxor, I'm glad to hear you play your games. I know a lot of people try to get sealed games and never open them...what fun is that? I've bought some sealed games before because they were about the same price as the unsealed version but I always opened them and ended up with a game in pristine condition with a perfect box and manual. Also, I have just under 200 games but none of them are worth a whole lot because I have a hard time justifying spending hundreds of dollars for a single game right now (when I'm out of school, sure but not now) but if I won't ever buy a game so expensive that I'm afraid to play it.

cyberfluxor

12-14-2006, 10:58 AM

Ya, the most expensive games I own are pretty much the complete Lunar games on the PSone. I have a bunch of games that range in the $20-40 and a large quantanty that's under $10. The "rarest" game I own is Psychic Force on the PSone, which is a downer because it sucks compaired to the DC port. It's kind of funny actually because I saw it for the DC and thought it was cool, then months later found the PS version for $1 CD only and picked it up not knowing its rarity. One of my coolest finds was Crazy Climber for $1 loose which I traded on this board (because I don't collect much for Atari 2600) and got some nifty Saturn games I've wanted for some time, and boy was it worth it!

One of the most important things to me is when I decide to buy a game is cost. I don't generally care if I already own it or not, dupes just mean money back to pay for other games or things. If the cost of a game exceeds a certain cost/hour of estimated play and enjoyment I'll ignore it all together. I generally rationalize that $2/hr of gameplay is around the maxium for me, so if I drop $40 on a game I hope to get 80hrs out of it. This of course isn't from 1 sitting rather over the course I own the game so if I ever sell my collection I feel that I at least got some good time out of it for my money.

Dain

12-15-2006, 12:49 AM

I also think it's great that so many young gamers are into the NES -- it really shows what a great system it was and continues to be.

I have to agree, though, that I usually snicker when I hear people talk about complete collections, simply because I have over 2,000 games, and I'm not even close to a complete collection. Everyone has a different definition though of what constitutes a complete collection, so it's all good.

-Dain

mlambert890

12-16-2006, 12:29 AM

Not to perpetuate the conflict, but I see where Aussie was coming from. When someone brings up a purely subjective measure that, of course, they feel they would be the top in, it does make you think that there is some less than genuine motive behind it.

I frequent a car forum and we get that a lot. "Who is the YOUNGEST owner!!!!????" I have to say my reaction is typically to assume the person is trying to validate their self-worth. Not saying thats what Parpunk was doing at all, just saying its natural to think that when you see posts like this - esp from a younger guy wanting to know "who is the youngest?!" at something that involves money (cars, games, watches, whatever)

That said, it's amazing to me how many folks get even close to USA completion on the NES! Definitely hats off to anyone who does that. I couldnt even attempt it. My collecting tends to go horizontal rather than vertical (lots of systems, not so many games).

Parpunk

12-18-2006, 10:18 PM

lol yea i can see your point. i was actually just curious and not trying to start anything. i mean im getting within 10 games of having everyone and was basically just curious if there was anyone else out there that was my age that did it. because so far i had not met any, besides jumpman. So i was basically just curious really. And i think its pretty cool :-)

Mr.collection

12-18-2006, 11:07 PM

Parpunk

12-19-2006, 12:26 PM

I am 16 and going for a complete set, I just started so I only have 81 games. I let you guys know when I'm done.
I am an only child and the NES was always ready to play with me so its my favorite systemI realy want everything everproduced for the NES but that will take awhile and money LOL

Awesome Dude! I was 16 when i started too! Good luck man. My advice would be to get the rares first. Its best to try to get em outta the way. Also start hitting any local sources for games> friends, family, flea markets, yard sales, pawn shops etc. Only result to the NET when ya have to. And for the rares ya normally do, but i got a huge portion of my collection knocked out by finding stuff. good luck to ya and keep us posted :-)