Hey guys, not really new here but have trolled forever and been posting more recently. Not sure which forum this specifically can go in, so I figured this was the best.
Anyway, I recently took stock of my entire gaming collection. I'm not so much a collector as someone who had just played and enjoyed games and ended up with a bunch. I currently have 320 (not that much from what I've seen in these parts) but I was curious as to how many games I had sold or traded in all my years of gaming. Surprisingly I came up with 222 (add a few more for the countless sports games I can't keep exact track of what I had and a handful of Saturn, Game Boy NES and SNES games I either lost or had friends steal - i.e. before I let Gamestop "steal" my games). So maybe 230, 235, maybe even 240.
I've compiled a rough list (that 222 one) of games I'd like to acquire again. I don't care if they sucked, I never/rarely played them, or I loved them. I want to own them again for whatever reason. I guess you could say I'm getting a bit nostalgic (already, at 28) and want my gaming library/collection to reflect all my years in the hobby.
After a few weeks I've already acquired 46 titles. I've used ebay for some old cheapies I can't find as easily in town (PS1 and Dreamcast titles, some for as low as 0.99 - with shipping 3-4x that). I spent $54 on 15 old PS2 games at Gamestop I used to own. I'm sure they thought I was odd when I had stuff like NHL 2002 in there. Where else am I goint to be able to fill that hole for 0.99 though? (I imagine I could locate some for free if I really tried though). I might be the only person on this earth activiely looking for NCAA Gamebreaker 99.
I am a bit OCD on it, I like complete games that are in respectable shape. With the PS1 and DC, I don't care about cracked cases, I just swap 'em.
Anyway, I'm curious if anyone else has a collecting goal similar to mine? I'm having a ball chasing down all those old titles I cherished throughout my middle school, high school and early college years. It's great fun to nab these at pennies on the dollar.