http://www.tribnet.com/entertainment...-4225949c.html
the article looks better in the paper, but you get the general Idea...go ahead and read up, thanks!
http://www.tribnet.com/entertainment...-4225949c.html
the article looks better in the paper, but you get the general Idea...go ahead and read up, thanks!
one time collector of consoles...I've had them all, literally. I'm now selling everything to raise money for Northwest Harvest, a charity that provides food and clothing for families in need in the Northwestern United States.
I wonder if he knows about this place.
Sweet dude, that's a great article and a kick-ass picture. I wish my family was as supportive...
You had the M2 hardware? Was it any good, or just a hump of metal you couldn't actually use? Sorry, just gotta know.
pretty much a box that played CDs since I had no software, so I sold it for a pretty penny.
one time collector of consoles...I've had them all, literally. I'm now selling everything to raise money for Northwest Harvest, a charity that provides food and clothing for families in need in the Northwestern United States.
Cool article. Sorry about your dad tho.
Dave
How did they find out about your situation? Did you approach them or did they approach you?
:thumbsup:DOriginally Posted by from article
I really should use this more. Wish I knew it back when I was on eBay :PFor instance, Nintendo becomes "Nitendo," Neo Geo becomes "Neo Goe," and Vectrex becomes "Vootrex."
A recent Google search pulled up 44,100 hits for "Nitendo," and the non-word showed up 13 times on eBay.
"That's a good trick," said O'Brien, who once found a $200 Memorex VIS for $15.
I see you've got one of those Nintendo 64 cartridge storage bins, just like I do ($9.99 at my local Babbage's a few months ago)--but also storage bins for NES games! W00t! Should try and find some of those.
That is just really cool. Congrats on the exposure, and it was nice to see the article wasn't demeaning to the hobbyists in any way. Good luck at the University in the future!
I had done the review on the PS2 when I was in high school for the paper and kept in touch with the writer, Bill Hutchins. I didn't see him for a while, then one day, out of the blue, I saw him at my store (gamestop at the time) and he thought my situation would make a good story, sort of show how games aren't a negative thing that secludes people, but can bring people out of seclusion, a year later, we did the article...simple as that.Originally Posted by Gamereviewgod
one time collector of consoles...I've had them all, literally. I'm now selling everything to raise money for Northwest Harvest, a charity that provides food and clothing for families in need in the Northwestern United States.
God it helps to read the title of the topic
Sweet article! Cool collection.
Nice article but the Astrocade wasn't the first programmable system: the Channel F was.
Leonard Herman
The Game Scholar
Publisher of Historical Videogame Books
http://www.rolentapress.com
Phoenix 4 coming in 2014
Well, it's not like he wrote the article. There are always inconsistancies in the newspaper.
Just one question:
What's this all about? Who uses this besides you?The collectors have adopted a point system that O'Brien devised as the way to rate collections - 10 points for the rarest machines, on down to one point for common items.
Sounds like the DP rarity categories. R1 thru R10. That is no doubt what they are referring to.
Things are always slightly screwed up in the newspaper. It's a good thing to always remember actually.
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Which Tacoma gaming shop is this?O'Brien, who lives in University Place, acquired some of the pieces in his collection while he worked for a Tacoma gaming shop.
Gamestop, why do you ask? Geez, you're in Seattle too...neatOriginally Posted by NE146
one time collector of consoles...I've had them all, literally. I'm now selling everything to raise money for Northwest Harvest, a charity that provides food and clothing for families in need in the Northwestern United States.
GREAT article, congrats Nolan.
It's nice to see videogame players and collectors presented in a positive way with all this violent game bla blah out there. BTW, great collection, I'm sure guys reading this article will be motivated now to collect, too.
Oh, damn, that means you'll have more collector competitors in your area hunting down games.
What's up with the "point" system listed in the article ?
FRED
Hmm...shouldn't "console" mean only stand-alone machines? The Nintendo 64 DD is just an add-on unit for the base N64 unit.