Hearing everyone talking about their weekend "Finds" has gotten me in the mood for collecting again. A few years back, I went on a little collecting bender that put me back a ton of money. My friends and I would go to obscure game stores all over the state trying to find good deals, and rare games. We mostly collected NES, Genesis, and SNES games. It was terrific fun.
However, this came and went. I would buy games up, sell them off, buy them up, etc.. I really wish I would just hide all of the games when I got bored, I would have a much larger collection.
Now, I feel like having a collection again. I have my Mame cabinet completed, and now I want to show off my old carts and stuff.
One problem that I have is that I have all of the games I want in other forms. For instance, I have an Atari 2600, and most of the games I played as a kid, but I also have every single ROM on my XBOX. The same goes for many older systems. I have a modded Saturn, modded PSX, etc. etc. In other words, it is hard to want to drop 150 bucks for Radiant Silvergun when I already "kind of" have it.
I can even play it on the TV with a regular controller. With the cartridge games, I do find a little more drive to collect, since you can't play it with the original system without actually having them. They just seem to have more appeal for me.
Anyway, I guess I would just like some suggestions on how to get my collection going. I have both DP rarity guides, so I have a list. Is there anywhere online aside from ebay where you can get your hands on a lot of cheaper "filler" games for systems such as the Atari 2600?