Collecting Milestone Thread 2004

[Jasoco]

Got my very first games for a system I don't even own. Ecco the Dolphin for the Sega CD and King's Quest IV for...some sort of old computer, or something.

Also rearranged the game room so it looks much nicer. True sign of geekdom: "Hmm...Would "Legend of Zelda" go under L or Z?"

My first game for a system I didn't own yet was the Saturn 3-Pack. The Saturn didn't arrive for over a month after.

Anyway, I begrudgingly file the two Zelda's and other games under the first letter of the entire title, sand the word "The".

The Legend of Zelda is L.
The Adventure of Link is A.
Bart vs. the Space Mutants is under S because it's actually under "Simpsons".
But Krusty's Fun House is under K because it actually ends with "Starring The Simpsons".
Then Startropics is under S while the sequel is under Z for "Zoda's Revenge: The Story of Startropics II".

I could go all out and put all Zelda games under Z, all Simpsons under S, etc, but I wanna be correct. And order them the same way my listings order them. Damn the game creators for naming their games so differently!

[Duncan]

The Legend of Zelda is L.
The Adventure of Link is A.
Bart vs. the Space Mutants is under S because it's actually under "Simpsons".
But Krusty's Fun House is under K because it actually ends with "Starring The Simpsons".
Then Startropics is under S while the sequel is under Z for "Zoda's Revenge: The Story of Startropics II".

I could go all out and put all Zelda games under Z, all Simpsons under S, etc, but I wanna be correct. And order them the same way my listings order them. Damn the game creators for naming their games so differently!

Organization was my first milestone of the year. Nearly all of my games are now on some sort of a shelf or stacker, and all my systems (save the non-working RCA Studio II) are now hooked up and ready to go.

The previously mentioned kind of an alphabetizing mess is why I organize my NES carts first by distributor (Nintendo, Konami, SNK, etc.), then age. Which means that the black-label Nintendo releases come first, followed by the silver-label ones, then the rest. Konami's silver labels are first, then the rest. Data East carts are all together, black-label LJN carts are together, Tengen carts are together, etc, etc.

This system works a lot better with my Genesis and Master System carts, the majority of which are boxed. White SMS boxes are first, in age order (which I check via the last five main digits of the UPC codes). Then comes my sole Activision SMS game (Rampage, baby!) in its red box. Then the Genesis row starts with the early black-grid boxes, then the later ones, then moves on to the later red-stripe style. Then the EA cardboard boxes, then the EA oversize, then the Accolade/Ballistic cardboard...whoo! I didn't realize how tedious that actually is!

They look much better on the shelf that way, though.

Next milestone: Getting all or most of the earliest NES carts and peripherals that I can, from 1985-1987 or so. (Save for Stadium Events, which I'll happily deny the existence of. )

After that: Building up the SNES collection, though I really don't want to shell out what I think it's going to cost to get the good stuff. Hopefully I'll get lucky this summer...

[swlovinist]

Well well...it has been quite a year for me.

1. I not only got to be featured in Tips & Tricks Mag(Jan 04), but also got to be featured in Video Game Collector #1.

2. Topped 3600 different games as of late, with 45+different systems

3. Down to 8 games for my US Nes set, half of them are complete

4. Acqired Powerlords for my Odyssey 2 set, 6 more and I have them all for a US set!

5. I have a boxed and complete US 32X set!

6. Down to the final 15 for Sega CD!

7. Acquired two Astrocade protos, Galaxian and "Solar"

[Balloon Fight]

I just passed my first goal which was to get a game that was realeased in Europe for NES but not here. By the way, it is Parasol Stars.

[PapaStu]

Well last night i in a sense hit two milestones...

First i pushed 400 PSOne games. I went on a cheapie weird game spree and came out with 9 games from 3 stores costing about 30 bucks... pushing me to 403 PSOne games and 1/3rd of the way to a full NTSC-U library!

and the second which isnt really as much of a milestone as much as it was a finally found it, The insert to Mega Man 8 Collectors Anniversary Edition... which has been a thorn in my side for far to long....

[Dangerboy]

Just hit the 1200th US PSX game. WEEE!

[neuropolitique]

Anyway, I begrudgingly file the two Zelda's and other games under the first letter of the entire title, sand the word "The".

The Legend of Zelda is L.
The Adventure of Link is A.

I've always filed The Adventure of Link under Z, for Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.

Milestone for me is getting organized. Got my entire collection cataloged, found a decent storage solution, and narrowed my collection to only handheld/portable devices. Looking forward to a good year.

neuropolitique

[Arcturius]

I'm only 6 away from all 216 PAL Dreamcast games (well 5 really but one is missing a cover so I don't count that one)

[jose.yoshitake]

I'm 2 original NES carts away to the 100 mark...

[GamecubeFreek]

I just reached 300 games this past week. I also reached fifty NES games about a month ago.

[Arcturius]

Second milestone though not a huge one just hit 50 PAL Saturn games (Winter Heat was the 50th)

[dreamcaster]

Just got my 200th game today (Worms for Saturn).

I know my collection's still small, but I am proud of it nonetheless.

[Arcturius]

Everyone has to start somewhere I'm as proud of my collection now as I was when it was just starting up. It's not how big the collection is that matters it's what it means to you.

[Jasoco]

I haven't gone on any Collecting runs in a while. I just haven't been able to get into it lately. Which is good. There have been severe cutbacks at work, and I'm down to only a few days a week. So I have to save money.

So I'm only going for what I really want. Animal Crossing is my latest and hopefully will keep me occupied. Of course, I'll have to make another NES/Genesis/DC/etc run before GS really does get rid of the games.

I even had to hold off buying that Famicom SP I so really wanted. And not just because the Importers raised the prices because of Nintendo's newest boneheaded move.

[DDCecil]

Started at 1178 games at the beginning of the year, I have now past the 1300th mark, and I'm now at 1334 (not counting label variations or extras). Now to see if I can finish up my Sega CD collection...

[§ Gideon §]

Pssh. You guys have nothing on me, as I am now officially a Level 2 Strawberry.

Seriously, though, here are some realistic milestones I hope to accomplish. I'll come back later if things come to fruition:

-Construct arcade cabinet
-Complete SNES collection
-Top secret project
-Level 3 Orange

[Jasoco]

Boo-yah, Grandma! Boo-yah! Level THREE! Right there, baby!

:P

Workin' my way up to Level 4!

Edit: I'm literally halfway between 3 and 4 right now!

[Dangerboy]

Mission: "4k in 2k4" Complete!

4,002 games in the library. 4,000th was (if you count down the register receipt) would be Battle Arena Toshinden 1 (Not for Resale version). A rather honorable choice considering I am 43 away from the entire PSX US library. Yay!

Speaking of fruit, When do I get my cherry? : )

Jason

[Jasoco]

Speaking of fruit, When do I get my cherry? : )

Jason

41 more posts, buddy. 41 more posts.

[Goodwill Hunter]

Completed my NES collection tonight...at least in terms of carts. As an NWC cart, Stadium Events or any of the 3 Panesian games will likely only enter my collection if I find them in the wild, I have probably added the last domestically released NES title I didn't have to my collection.

The last game I needed was Romance of the 3 Kingdoms II, so I splurged on a complete copy and won it on Ebay tonight (go out in style, I guess). I'll still be looking for books and boxes, as I'm currently just under 500 for both, but unless I hit the jackpot, any future NES acquisitions will only be going to the tradebox.

Satisfying ...but at the same time, just a little sad.

Rich